• Entry deadline: Friday, August 20^th at the wilgusinvitational.com store located on the right-hand side of the home page. Our site is safe and secure through PayPal (This method worked flawlessly for last year’s event. Additionally, you do not need a PayPal account to use this service). PLAYERS ARE REQUIRED TO PRE-PAY ONLINE as soon as possible. The first 54 responses will be entered. Late entries will be placed on a waiting list. If the waiting list reaches 12 players, the field can expand to 66.
• Format: Three-man team scramble, playing in six-man groups at McKenzie River Golf Course. Teams will be created according to the PARS system (Player Ability and Relationship Seeding). We are accepting team requests this year. Please include this if you wish in an RSVP email (wilgusinvitational@gmail.com). Iron play only due to the lost ball potential with metal woods. A sound conduct penalty will be enforced after first warning. Score cards will indicate the SSI level (Sound Sensitivity Index) of each hole. In the event of a tie, a sudden death playoff will ensue.
• Check-In: The Invitational has evolved into two-day riverside event situated off Highway 126 at 90376 Thomson Lane. Green and yellow balloons will mark the turn located on the right-hand side of the highway. Players and caddies will have the option to check-in to the private drive-in camp site at 3 pm on Friday the 27^th. A twilight practice round can be played at your discretion. On Saturday we have a plethora of river activities and various competitions making it critical to arrive early and blow off any boring weddings or worthless celebrations. The Committee recommends that players, caddies, and spectators bring their ‘A’ game. For participants unable to arrive on Friday we encourage you check-in no later than 6 pm on Saturday the 28^th. A 10:17 pm shotgun start will commence play.
• Entry fee of $100.00, payable online at the wilgusinvitational.com store includes: A weekend at our exclusive, pristine riverside location perfect for drive in camping (If you don’t have a tent, there is a giant covered structure ideal for a mat and sleeping bag set-up). Greens Fees at McKenzie River Golf Course. Two glowballs (This year we have the latest breakthrough in glowball technology, the Night Flyer Constant Light. Equipped with a powerful LED light, this is the brightest golf ball on the planet. Recently, NASA reported a space shuttle noticing a massive glow tournament on the southern tip of South America). Each player will receive two of these balls valued at ten dollars each (Additional CLs will be available for purchase at the event). The course will be equipped with the most glow gear of any tournament on the West Coast and will feature patented “Light Saber” pin setup. An Oregon Crescent Sticker. Pre/Post-Tournament party and award ceremony. A Fifth Anniversary Players Edition Shirt. A fantastic firework show. Multiple kegs available to players and caddies (The Committee strongly advises all attendants to BYOB as well, due to reported cases of dehydration in the 2009 Shadenfreude Scramble). A shuttle service to and from the course on Saturday night from the party site. A custom souvenir scorecard. An event photographer. Group/team photos will available for purchase online. Our best raffle ever. Awards for 1^st and 2^nd place, Most Outstanding Player, Long Drive, Long Putt. KP on each par three will receive a complimentary off season round at Bandon Dunes Resort valued at $75.00 each. In the event of a double hole-in-one, a coin toss will determine the winner.
• Spectators are highly encouraged this year. Tickets are available online at the wilgusinvitational.com store for $20.00 or can be purchased at the event campsite for $25.00. A Limited Edition shirt and glow gear will be included.
• Congratulations to the team of Justin Real, Kyle Overstake, and Tommy Franzen for their one shot victory last year. Real, a chiseled night golf veteran making his fourth appearance in the WI, guided his team throughout the Canyon to capture the MOP award. Overstake sealed the win with a 25 foot birdie putt on the last hole. Well done gentlemen.
• The Committee would like to thank the following volunteers and participating businesses from last year in no particular order: Brendan and Rihana Roseta and The Craigmont Canyon Cabin, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, Shawshank, Chris Dignam, Big Cat, Big Dave, Ryan Omlid and McKenzie River Golf Course, Jon Locke, The Wayfarer Resort, Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, The Duck Shop, Elliot Dobkin, Sign Pro, Delp’s Awards, Cassy Berry, Gene at Clothing4All, Zack Klonoski, Mac’s Taxidermy, Ryk and the Ninkasi crew, DJ L8 Knight, Kyla Magiera, Hague’s Printing, Ashley Gillespie, Newman Banners, Bill and Maxine, Paper Plus, Eli Kriegh, Alex Boone, Sky at Skopil’s Cleaners, Jacoby Puglisi at Banana Republic, Pat at Night Flyer, Lauranne Crooks, Tom Connor, Brent Adler, all of our loyal traveling players, and everyone who has supported us throughout our struggle in becoming “The Most Mysterious Event on the West Coast” –The Oregonian 2008.

Greatness can only be attained after the suns ambient light vanishes beneath the vast horizon of the McKenzie River Valley. Here in the darkness, legends are born. Accept your fate. Establish the culture. Welcome to the Fifth Annual Wilgus Invitational.

W. Adam Wilgus, Tournament Chairman

Whatever.

I’m jumping on board the Rory McIlroy bandwagon right now.  The kid is somebody to get behind.  He’s only 21 and hangs with all the older dudes on the links.  Just look at the rankings … the kid is currently 7th in the world.

Maybe if we all ceased hanging out in the Tiger waiting room, he’d finally bust out destroy a field and don the USA super-hero cape once again.

But you-know-what … I walked out of the Tiger waiting room.  I’m tired of the stale donuts he was serving up in there.  He used to serve up a gut-filling Sunday brunch every weekend … but now we get the Continental breakfast.

Fuck that!  I’m still used to that 32oz Bloody Mary I’d drink for breakfast at the Woods golf brunch (or poolside at the Paris in Las Vegas ).  A donut and cereal with milk is not what I want Eldrick!  Ugh.

I feel so unsatisfied. 

[yeah, that was a rounders quote for you movie buffs][teddy KGB is the man, you know it, I know it]

Don’t get me wrong, I will walk back into the Tiger Cafe with a major win.  But I’m not so sure that will happen any time soon.  If I’m gonna follow, or get excited about golf, then I need to get behind some ball-striker that isn’t worried about where his kids are staying the night, nor on the phone with his lawyer every day.  Sorry, Eldrick.  You still the man.  But I’m gonna get behind some kid that doesn’t care that his fro is more reminiscent of some 70′s female porn-star’s nether region.

Yup, you heard me Tiger.  I know Scott Van Pelt will continue to give hope as to when you are gonna bust out.  But no, I’m tired of waiting.

[It's kinda like being a bachelor and chillin at the bar waiting for some random hot chick to walk in to hit on ... sometimes you gotta realize that switchin bars is the right play and not waiting around watching the door]

I paid my tab and I’m rolling down the street to the Irish bar to dig in and get cozy with some McIlroy game.  I got some Irish blood in me, so I don’t feel too guilty about the switch.  That and the fact potatoes can be consumed many different ways.  I’m startching up fucker!

Waitress!  Can I have and order of boxty, blood sausage, and a pint of Guinness … please!

And if my pint glass ever has less than 4 ounces of beer in it, your tip is reduced to 10%!

Appleby started the final round 7 strokes behind the leader and when his 59th shot dropped in the bottom of the cup he was the leader in the clubhouse. He did have to wait it out and watch the final few pairings but his score of -21 was the eventual winning number. This was Appleby’s first tour victory in 4 years. You can see the new logo that he recently had put on all his golf balls. Pretty sick when you have your own logo on your ball and then go out and drop a 59 with it. 

As I said this is the 5th 59 of all time, and the second in the last month. There were also only 14 60′s ever shot on tour before the last month. In that time we’ve seen 3 60′s and 2 59′s…hmm PED’s?, I don’t know but something sketchy about that. Not about to give any athlete credit for any amazing accomplishment until after we test them these days.

Oh yeah this is a golf post so I just wanna say that Tiger Woods mobs!

As for round two, here is Beads (that’s what I call her, we’re tight like that) getting ready for the ESPY’s:

The only thing hotter than her hip-to-waist ratio and cleavage, is the Texas sun.

Here is Wendi at the Open Championship:
(fast forward to 2 minute mark)