Recently I was in Minneapolis. We have an upcoming story written by one of the assistant supers at Wayzata CC, so I stopped by the course to take some photos.
I quickly found out that it's a fun-loving, competitive crew at Wayzata CC. Assistant Adam Beers told me he kept a foosball table in his garage, and was something of a foosball expert. Now, keep in mind, Beers had already been giving me a hard time about being from Big 12 country. So I asked him what style of foosball table he had -- a butcher block, or a tornado?
"Tornado," he said. "Oh," I replied. "That's not a real foosball table." (I owned a butcher block-style table for years, and will stand by that comment. There's no such thing as THREE goalies!!!)
That comment sparked a challenge at just about every bar game we could come up with. The one we settled on? Lawn darts at assistant Michael Cauley's house, which is near the course. (Of course, we settled on a sport I'd never played before. But, being the bar-sports jock that I am, I figured, "no problem.")
I scored a few darts early, but then my aim got worse and worse... my team didn't muster a single win. I got beat down. Ugh.
Regardless, it was a great time hanging out with the crew at Wayzata CC. A great bunch of guys who take a ton of pride in their work, and it shows.
The first photo is of Beers about to launch a lawn dart in my direction, with Cauley standing next to him. The next photo is the crew at Wayzata -- 21-year Class A superintendent Bob Distel, his lovely fiancee, Julie Stallings, Cauley, Beers, assistant Mike Havens and yours truly.
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