2001

In the off season, many names are kicked around including The Carl Spangler Invitational, The Bushwood Beer Bash and more. The Putt, Piss and Puke Invitational is chosen. Later known as the PPP. Dave invites Dennis, Flip invites Jeff R. and Deron invites Rob M. There are 7 competing. The coveted trophy is designed and rules and new events are created. This marks the first year of the putting contest, longest drive and Century Club (all 3 rounds over 100). It is held on Mother’s day weekend in May. Dennis wins. Informal poker is played on Friday and Saturday. Two A-frames were rented.

2002

More people are invited but only 5 make it for the 3rd annual PPP. Dave R. creates a website for the tournament. It was great fun but no exciting or unusual stories during this year. Dave was winning after 36 holes but crumbled on Hole 17 and does a double club throw in frustration. Flip wins. The Ranch House was rented.

2003

The list of invitees grows and 9 players commit to the 4th annual PPP. This is the first year all 3 rounds are played on Dogwood. The heckle hole is invented. It was on hole 16 and lots of fun. Greg (Grandpa) brings Champagne to drink. The Happy Gilmore longest drive with Glow Balls contest is invented. Dave wins the inaugural event. No one gets hit. Closest to the Pin is implemented on hole 4 of all 3 rounds. On hole 6 of the second 18 on Saturday the “One club hole” is started. Dennis M. becomes an honorary committee member for his dedication to the tournament. Flip wins PPP. Three Standard condos are rented. In October a Fall recruiting tournament was held at Fossil Creek. Players were required to call in sick and not ask for the day off. Carl N. played but tore his rotator cuff and had surgery and missed the 2004 tournament. Flip lost his glasses, Mike had his club run over by a golf cart and Ken L. did 10 shots on Tequila 9 and managed not to heave.

2004

PPP Five year anniversary and it continues to grow and 10 players accept the invitation this year. Custom PPP shirts and golf tees are given to all participants. Of those 10 players, Eric S. makes his “mark” on the tournament. 2004 is the first year that no players join the Century Club. Shot Wizard comes onboard as the first official Sponsor of PPP. Deron spends most of Friday night filling shot tubes but it’s worth the effort due to the added convenience during the Tequila 9 and putting contest. For the first time, the putting contest was held on the par 3 next to the lake house. Flip wins again for the 3peat. A great time was had staying in the Lake house.

2005

This is the biggest year yet on many levels. We had 16 players and then KEVIN our first black player sets his race back 100 years and drops out the day of the tournament. All players receive a custom engraved divot tool with their name and PPP logo. Mike Mc. has a meltdown during the Friday night rules meeting and “reads the riot act” for the tournament. New players don’t know if he’s joking or serious. Ken L. almost gets hit in the head with a chunk of ice and Mike is asked to leave the condo. He plays in the tournament but does not keep score. Everyone still has a good time. With extra money from entries we purchase a $5,000 hole in one policy for the closest to the pin hole. Nite Magic and One Cool Product become sponsors of “theme holes”. This year the entry fee includes dinner and Dave and Dennis make Fajitas. New rules for the putting contest are created which caused several drunk bastards hours, and untold shots to finish the putting contest. Ken A. wins the putting contest and the next day everyone is saying, “shut the fuck up.” An official Friday night Hold’em tournament is started. Flip wins it and the PPP for an unprecedented and possibly never matched, fourth consecutive victory in a row. Dave suffers a bad case of the shits but prevails by saving it for a joke. Players are told a hole was kicked in the wall of a bathroom so they will unknowingly go look at the disgusting defecation. It is captured on hidden video. Dennis becomes a permanent committee member. We rented 4 of the Standard condos.

2006

For the second year in a row the tournament gets 15 players. Ken L. is commissioned to redesign the PPP website and it’s light years ahead of the previous version. On Saturday during 70-degree weather, Mike M. has a mild heat stroke and is carted back to the clubhouse and left on the steps by Ken L. who returns to the course just before the start of Tequila 9. On hole #2 Deron’s club head busts off and sails into the lake yet he still manages to park his ball 8 feet from the pin. Two other groups are watching and laugh their asses off. The heckle hole is moved to hole 14 due to it’s secluded location for better heckling. Ken L. secures a place in PPP history by sneaking in an Air horn during the heckle hole. Charlie M. was the victim. It scares the shit out of him and he shanks the ball directly into the woods 20 yards out. The tee box bursts into laughter. Groups hear the air horn several holes away. Ken L. and Ken A. are made honorary committee members. Ken A. becomes the first repeat winner of the putting contest. Saturday night meal is again included and it’s Spaghetti, Salad and bread. Ken A. starts off Saturday morning by puking in the flowerbed just outside the clubhouse. Grandpa gets caught jamming the pin into the green on hole #17 on Sunday morning and is asked to leave the course by the course pro, Justin. Eddie finally holds off Flip and wins his first PPP.

2007

Due to scheduling conflicts, only 13 players are able to commit to PPP but this year manages to become one of the most memorable. Because of Mike M. record breaking 172 a new rule is created to speed up the game. No more than double par on any hole. A non hacker golfer, Ron D. is invited to play and is handicapped for the first time. Eddie who’s game had gone above and beyond others in the tournament is considered to be handicapped the next year. A screw up in the reservations causes the accommodations to be in the A-frames and one Deluxe condo. Ken L. starts drinking on the way to PPP on Friday and ends up puking before 6pm. Everyone is having a great time in the bar of the clubhouse and Eric pays one of the young bartenders to lick her armpit before doing a shot of tequila. The place goes wild and other patrons start to leave due to the excess commotion. Charlie gets caught up in the drinking and has to be carried along with Ken back to the condos. Charlie pukes in someone else’s A-frame and has to be coaxed out and passes out in a bed with his clothes on. Ken L. passes out and misses the trip into town for dinner. The deluxe condo proves to be an excellent idea as all the partying can be done in one location with plenty of room. A rule is created that the last four to register have to be in the “party condo”. Eric S. is not the last one to register but volunteers to stay in the condo. Frito pie was the meal. Dave wins both nights of Texas Hold’em. Eddie wins the tournament for the second year in a row.

2008

In January for the first time in PPP history the tournament sells out within two weeks of accepting deposits and with a couple of alternates standing by in case of cancellations. Eddie is officially handicapped. Dave creates this log of the History of PPP. The tournament is considered to be the best one yet however one player backs out and once again it is NOT a sell out but 15 players did play. This marked the first year of DOUBLE shots on Tequila 9. Friday night dinner was mainly at The Farmhouse in Van. Eric takes Dave’s camera and has someone photograph his butthole. It was disturbing. After 36 holes, Grandpa stumbles in the parking lot and cuts his head causing a river of blood but he is not seriously injured. Carl suffers severe whiplash during a cart incident where James accidentally rear ends the SHIT out of him. Ken L. and Jeff crash a High school prom at the clubhouse on Saturday evening and have their pictures made with the bartenders on the HS prom photography backdrop. Eddie wins for the 3rd time and further increases his handicap for the next year. The dinner was Lasagna, salad and bread on Saturday. Three deluxe condos were rented with 5 players in each.

2009 – TENTH Anniversary!!

In Mid January PPP deposits are accepted at exactly 5pm via paypal. 13 slots were paid within the first TWO minutes of opening and the last 3 were paid in the next hour. Again we have a sell out but on March 15th Russell is forced to drop out due to a family illness. He is replaced by a friend of Eric. Grandpa drops out on April 10th but is replaced by Cowboy Bill. New for the 10th annual is CRAZY Pants were all player were required to wear wild Pants for Sunday’s round. (see notes at the end)