Saving the best for last, Team Captain Matt and I are on the same flight outs, so my quiet foam dice will allow us to get a few solid games of Yahtzee on the plane. Capitols and the DBacks game will give me 11 ballparks visited. You may be wondering where I am headed, since I have not yet mentioned it? The destination is Scottsdale, Arizona, which conveniently will allow me visit another State Capitol and also catch a Diamondbacks game. There is even practice round on “arrival day”/Thursday so for the first time in my life, I’m scheduled to play 72 holes of golf in 4 days…and I have yet to swing a club! Players wear different color shirts on each day to signify what group they are playing in since there are always a few freshman in the group. (The rental house usually sleeps 16+ and as expected, has lots of toys on the property.) Two teams face-off, much like the United States versus Europe -for bragging rights and of course, some cash. This is a 3-day Ryder Cup-style, team best ball format, complete with longest drive, closest to the pin, putting contests and a comical amount of side bets and gambling in between rounds with cards, “pong,” shuffleboard, and billiards. The Chewning Cup is no regular, packaged, run-of-the-mill golf tournament. Stemming from a best buddies’ bachelor party in Charleston, I made some new best buddies during our rounds of golf, with one lobbying me hard to join the annual golf trip, happening in Fort Lauderdale the following spring. Last day of the 2018 Chewing Cup, a 3-Day Ryder Cup Style tournament, Emerald Lake Golf Club, FL.Īuthors Note: With spring starting to break through the crisp grey mornings, I find myself getting ready for the Chewning Cup, my annual golf trip down south or out west.

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