The bad news? The condition of our #10 green has deteriorated to the point that the green has been closed, with a temporary green installed until further notice.The good news? For starters:
1.) The greens have diverted everyone's attention away from "Bunkergate".
2.) Anything inside 40-feet is an automatic two-putt (somewhere in Carrollton, a middle-aged white man in a large hat is rejoicing).
3.) It's paved the way for a new version of "The Gong Show", which will be produced by NBC and filmed on location from the 10th hole at LCCC.
For those like Matt Miller who weren't yet born, The Gong Show was an immensely popular NBC program that ran from 1976-1978, and which featured weekly contests between amateur performers of often dubious talent (in other words, just like LCCC on any given weekend). If any judge considered an act to be particularly bad, he or she could strike a large gong, thus forcing the performer to stop.
The The LCCC Gong Show will take on a couple of different twists. First, John Ehlert (playing the role of the legendary emcee, Chuck Barris) will interview the "Unknown Greenskeeper", who will offer various theories, hypotheses, and agronomy-related mumbo jumbo to explain the deteriorating conditions of the LCCC greens, all the while wearing a brown paper bag on his head to protect his identity.Second, as a featured part of each episode, a large, floating gong will be anchored in the pond adjacent to the 10th fairway, providing golfers with an alternative target to the temporary green on #10. Any player hitting the gong will be awarded 100 Carpenter Cup points (Note - requires payment of $50 Gong Management Fee to KSL), and the opportunity to repurchase their golf ball for $5.00 from Bob Dray (who owns mineral and diving rights in the pond).
Please see the following video clip of the pilot for the show, which was filmed in Ireland earlier this year.
