Club championships are being conducted during these summer months and the winners will receive the usual recognition: a trophy or plaque … a mention in the club newsletter … an awards ceremony, etc. Jim Onrye, GM/COO/PGA/CMAA/WTF, and newly-installed member of the Housatonic Valley Regional High School Intramural Sports Hall of Fame, is recommending a unique alternative.
“Here at The Assessment Golf Club, we’ve pushed the envelope in terms of recognizing our champions,” says Onrye. “If you think about it, what could be a more appropriate club championship award than a club sandwich? They’re well-loved, delicious, and their cost can be buried in your course superintendent’s nematode control budget. There are several benefits to this out-of-the-styrofoam-box thinking:
1.) Our members tell us they’d rather see the Men’s Club Champion eat a club sandwich than see his name on a plaque in the locker room. This is especially true at clubs where sandbagging is rampant.
2.) The Mixed-Pair Champions can share one sandwich … cut in half or diagonally.
3.) Cold cuts such as turkey and ham that are putrefying can be slathered with mayonnaise and still taste acceptable. Reducing food waste is a bottom-line savings. Enrique, our Executive Chef, often says that mayonnaise, like putting, is the great equalizer.
“I recommend the club sandwich model to all of my colleagues,” says Onrye. “You get a better bang for your club championship buck. And it goes without saying, ‘DON’T hold the mayo.’”
