GOLF

I knew my grandma had a sense of humor from a very early age.

In the only bathroom in the house, there was a picture on the wall that only contained the words, “No job is finished until the paperwork is done.”

I have no recollection of being potty trained. I do remember vividly how my granddaddy ‘Bop’ never verbally expressed anger when he had to come home from work to plunge the toilet that I had clogged up with my “paperwork”.

His body language, including facial expression, was screaming at me, but he never uttered a word. My Grandmother “TT” would be mopping the floor, humming a tune and smiling the entire time.

It didn’t take a real smart kid to figure out too much paper was better than not enough, but my other Gran-dad “Truck” took issue with using too much tissue. He was a World War II U.S. Army officer and was quite inspiring when he explained while he trained me in the “Art and Science of wiping” the hiney.

I’ll keep it short and say that part of the secret is in the fold.

In a formal golf competition, the round is not over until the paper work is done and completed accurately. Last week at the Canadian Open, my son Wesley messed up his paperwork at the “scoring table”, left the designated area, and the result was a disqualification.

While Wesley’s score was the last one listed on the scoring recap, Dustin Johnson who grew up here in the Midlands won the event. So his name was the first on the top of the list.

Speaking of lists, this is crunch time for juniors competing in the Hootie and the Blowfish “SCJGA summer series.”

There is one week remaining to earn a spot in the All-Star field. Here are the players contending in each division:

•(Boys 7-9 Division) - Trust Winter, Gavin Gaskins and AJ Weil are all in the hunt.

•(Boys 10-12 Division) - Liam Stilwell, Chase Cline and Gage Gaskins have a close race going. Ashton Eubanks, Jack Cuneo and Roman Mullinax are all within 10 points of each other.

•(Boys 15-18 Division) - P.J. Jacobs has a good lead at 121 points, but Blane Williams and Jacob Fuller have a tight race for second.

•(Girls 10-12 Division) - Edi-Raine Hardee leads her group with 90 points.

•(Girls 13-18 Division) - Emily Baker, Kennedy Gooding and Alexis Hodge and Ally Moss are bunched up at the top.

The last event at Ponderosa Country Club should be a fun one.

The Country Club of Lexington held its annual Peach Festival program that benefits the Special Olympics.

Three professionals tied for first with a 4-under-par

68. They were Burke Cromer of The Spur at Northwoods, Brooks Blackburn of Palmetto Golf Club and Dereck Watson of Carolina Golf Sales.

In the Pro-Am portion of the event, where each team counts one gross score and one net score, the team of Charles Chapman, Compton, Ellis, Bishop finished first with a total of 126. Second was the team of Gregory, Gregory, Kyle and McDaniel, shooting 128, and two teams ties for third shooting 129 (Cromer, Mc-Bride, Gooding and Taylor) and (Flynn, Tucker, Bright and Kirkham).