OILMAN'S TOURNAMENT: TALK ABOUT HAVING FUN!!

Just like a family reunion!

In the 4 1/2 months we have been part of Elk City Golf & C.C., we have been part of several really good events in western Oklahoma, all unique in different ways, and all of them accomplish what the hosts have wanted. Really, all are great events. Some are older and more of a tradition, some may be bigger in the field, others bigger in the prizes to the winners, others yet, have several better players in the field, but none have shown to be bigger in the fun and camaraderie, as I saw during and after play yesterday. Almost as if golf is secondary and only an excuse to get together.

Brian Carnes, never a dull
moment on the course!

Tony Turnbull shortly after
holing out for eagle on
#2 from 120 yards.

And the food! It seems that every big event here is a contest of which event has the better food or service, a judgment that I will leave to others because as they say, "it is well above my pay grade", but I can say this: I have no clue what Select Energy Services does in the business world, but their staff cooks the best pork chops I have ever tasted, and Chy Johnson cooks the best Cajun bratwurst I have ever tasted as well. So good, that I ate too much of both and didn't have the room to taste anything else! But there was food for every taste, like steaks, fajitas, shrimp, cat fish and other food provided by many other businesses in the oil industry.

Rod Little teeing off on #1

Perhaps, the Oilman's Tournament is nothing more than an outing of friends and people in the oil business and barely "qualifies" as a "tournament" only because it recognizes the best scores in 4 different flights at the end, but, in reality, at a day's end, everyone is a winner, with several of the players actually winning a door prize of much higher value than their share of the winning prize had their team won.

James Ainsworth made
eagle putt here on #9.

The door prizes range from a dozen balls worth $50, to a flat screen TV worth $800 and everything in between including, shotguns, expensive truck tool boxes, sets of expensive golf clubs, golf bags, putters, $100 bills (yes, "c" notes), expensive wedges from Cleveland or Titleist, top of the line drivers like Titleist 910's, the new Callaway Razr and Cobra S-3's, where you would have to spend a minimum of $340 and as much as $450.00!

Andy Blankenship & james Atkinson
posing in front of the 100's of prizes

In short, the organizers within the "oliman's" field, this year Andy Blankenship, James Atkinson, Ricky Marr & Joe Wynn, along with the title sponsor, Barber-Dyson Ford, make it a point to give every penny in entry fees back to the players and more, and do a good job of it. It is all about fun! Here are the results:

Championship Flight: 1st (52) COUGAR; 2nd (54) IMPACT SERVICES; 3rd (55) POST CONSTRUCTION.

Former Arkansas golf pro
shows new style to "load" the lower
body, nothing to laugh about,
look at impact in the next picture

"A" Flight: 1st (57) CUDD PRESSURE SYSTEMS, 2nd (57) RED BONE, 3rd (58) SFI/JET SPECIALTIES

"B" Flight: 1st (61) SOONER SERVICES, 2nd (62) BRONCO, 3rd (62) J.A. OILFIELD SERVICES

"C" Flight: 1st (66) NEWPARK SERVICES, 2nd (66) REDMAN OIL SERVICES, 3rd (67) COUGHLIN OIL

Wow!! Powerful move learned
from John Daly in person!

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and, see you next year!!