Luis Armenta and Tracy Colin who won the B-Flight with a score of 59 left early with instructions to Ben to buy everybody a drink if they won. Ben who collected the winnings also left early, something about a lap dance.

Andy Christie and Tony Benjamin shot an outstanding team score 57 to win the C-Flight said something about bacon and lettuce or ham and eggs, then seeing that I was confused said forget it, this course is too easy, get a harder course. Yup, if my “photogeneric memory” serves me right, Andy's team also won at Johnson Ranch last year.

The 2nd place teams gave the front runners a run for their money. Jeff Davis and Chuck Halstrand were close, Karen recruited golfer guru Dee Thompson to bring home the W, but came just short of winning. Greg Canoy who is very familiar with winning the AnnualPartee collected the 2nd place loot with partner Todd Minder.

Denny and Ed lucked out again and won the side action with a measly score of 61.

Congratulations Everybody! You all looked like winners and it was great seeing you all. Hey I don't care how far I have to go in the valley to find good company, Casa Grande, East/West Valley, or Gold Canyon. You're all good and I'm there. Props to President Ed Anderson and the Annual Partee staff for doing an excellent job.

19th Hole:
The cart girl pulled up suddenly on 5th hole and surprised the hell out of one of our players who was watering a saguaro cactus. The player in a panic tried to put his watering device back but wasn't successful in turning it off, got all wet. You might say that he was “holding his own” on that hole, but then he slipped and fell in the casual water on the next hole.

Denny Andrew impressed his Minnesotan buddies by offering his drink version of the margarita which is ice, Safeway tequila, and Gatorade. His buddies Kirk and Kevin were very impressed that you can get green, pink, and blue margaritas. They said this is a good drink for ice fishing when we go back home.

Neil Herslow was recounting to Harley the many fights he was involved in. By his count, he lost 3o and won 1. He described the one he won as I kicked her in the nuts and ran.

Jerome Daniels was desperate to win something, anything, even last place got a helping hand from Ben who hooked him up with Mark Klung. Ben told him that with Mark's sanding bagging 11 and Jerome's true 30 handicap, they're shoo in to win something. What happened? They Sucked.

Johnson Ranch was impressed by our cleanliness. Our youngest team of Jason Postovit and Derek Ramos collected all the empties and threw them in the trash. Older brother Marc told Jason and Derek that first time players have to clean up if they want to play again in the Annual Partee. Great job Marc.

I would like to thank you all for the excellent tournament at Johnson Ranch. The JR tournament coordinator assures me that our tournaments will not be interrupted in future play. In return, I assured him that when I say sixty players, it means sixty and not eighty.

How about our website? I was told that most of you (80 %) used our website to sign up. Jim Nibali rocks. He's got some pictures out there see attach, also he's listed special golf events if you're interested. http://www.annualpartee.com/feb05pics.shtml
Great job Jim, Thanks.

I would also like to Thank Harley Cogswell for the idea, and Karen Behrens for the execution of the 50/50 raffle sale and you all for your excellent participation. The funds will help us maintain our website, cover expenses when a course charges us for missing players, and if we have anything left over at year end we'll have an annual partee. That's probably what we had in mind when we named the club.

Our schedule for this year is complete, see website. I tried to get the best possible prices in the valley, but it's a challenge especially this time of year when golf is so expensive. Please let me know if you know of a course that will give us a good price, shotgun start, and early start. Arizona Traditions is a very nice course that's always kept in immaculate shape. Thanks to Phil Lolmaugh for helping to set this up. Phil's son is the local pro at AZ Traditions. Note that we will be playing Casa Grande in May. We will try to set something up for the players that may want to stay there Friday or Saturday night.

Thank You and God Bless.      Ed.

The Best Mexican Restaurant in the Valley
Our restaurant critique team visited the restaurants you all have recommended. So far, Los Dos Molinos on Central between Baseline and Dobbins gets the highest rating of TSP. The high end restaurants in Scottsdale and AhwaTukee are not bad, but you're better off going to Taco Bell and save your money.

Dear Cart,
I'm sorry it's that time of the month period. Men and women have been watering oxygen producing trees and grass since the beginning of time. Now our forests are dying and we got ozone depletion because nobody's whipping out their watering devices anymore.

Dear Sam,
I think there should be a rule against partner dumping in this club. Just because somebody plays bad doesn't mean that it's always going to be that way. The Annual Partee needs to have a partner dumping etiquette rule.
Signed: Hurt

Dear Paul,
I'm sure Karen didn't mean to dump you as a partner and play with somebody who's a much better golfer than you, just to get an easy win. I'm sure she didn't mean for you to play with Marc, Jason and Derek who suck at golf just like you to make you feel bad enough to drink Denny's multi-colored margarita mix. I'm sure that, well come to think of it, I'm not sure anymore.

Dear Sam,
I don't play golf but, please remind the Annual Partee players about the club's number one rule. You all just came back from a long break, and some of your members may have forgotten this very important rule.
Signed: Wanting and Waiting

Dear Wanting,
Thank you for the reminder. To all Annual Partee members, the club's Number One Rule is thus: After every Annual Partee tournament, all players must go home and have wild sex with their loved one for a minimum of four hours. Obey this rule, or you get kicked out of the club.