Ope 4 - July 11th and 12th, 2025 (Raffle sheet in post 3800)

Thank you so much for your time.

1.) favorite flavor of Ben and Jerry’s

2.) what’s your favorite style of hat? (Ex. Rope hat)

3.) what’s one of your favorite professional golf rounds/tournament highlights to watch?

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Always happy to support the local press.

extreme Tron voice

Lots of directions I can go with this. If I want something that’s sweet BUT also refreshing so I don’t feel like a complete tub o lard, I go Cherry Garcia. It’s got fruit so it’s practically a super food.

HOWEVA, if all bets are off and I don’t have to look at myself naked for three days? Chocolate Therapy all day.

Whatever you would call the regular Branded Bills hats. Fitted with a little stretch and air holes for circulation. However @BabblingBrooksKoepka has hypothesized that I could perhaps MAYBE make a visor work so I’m excited to get a little vi-curious before the OPE

Call me a homer if you want but watching Tiger and Brooks highlights from the final round at Bellerive makes me feel things. Tiger almost jarring #3 and Brooks absolutely stuffing it on #16 (a hole I played from those tees once and couldn’t sniff with a drawing Driver) are pure electric.

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Follow question, who should we be talking with next?

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The world demands to hear from SV taco enthusiast and STL course rater @chrismarz

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@chrismarz

Hello! Battisstatus, Ope Journal. A moment for a few questions?

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I just want to step in and say thank you for keeping this going.

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I appreciate the compliment

I just love the Ope

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and the Ope

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I said I loved the ope in my tiny text too!

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Sorry and I’m sad I kept my fan waiting. Taco enthusiast by day, uber driver and kids sports watcher by night…

I’m all yours ‘Ope Journal

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@chrismarz

Thank you so much for your time this morning. Our readers really appreciate it.

1.) are you a waffle or Pancake person?

2.) bacon or sausage?

3.) do you have a favorite refuge golf memory?

4.) who is another person in the Ope field you’d like to learn more about?

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I’ll answer in gifs! At least 1 & 2

Favorite refuge golf memory, or at least the first time I felt like I was in the know what the fuck this place is, was Cheating Scandal coming from NIT 1. I was basically out of the loop of ALL the inside refuge topics before and during the NIT as a refuge newcomer for the most part. But coming out of that, I knew the people in play, and the mix between people really taking the topic seriously and the ones that were just stirring the pot were obvious and hilarious. I was hooked ever since.

As for someone I want to know more about - @CarlyRaeJepsenFan - and dude, I think I owe you an apology from last Ope. As you were chipping behind 10 on Links while I was coming up 13 nearing the green, and was my normal too-loud self. I’m pretty sure I fucked you up there, as that’s a spot you were already not pleased to be, and I made it worse. You are an intimidating dude, so I ran away, hoping I’d get a public forum to apologize formally. So thanks to the Ope Journal for giving me the platform!

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GIF de Well I Never | Tenor

People do this?!?!?

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I’m not sure if you’re referring to @CarlyRaeJepsenFan or me, but if it was me, you have absolutely nothing to apologize for. Me being stinky at golf is on me, not you.

If it was CRJF, I have to defer on that response.

Speaking of, @CarlyRaeJepsenFan a few moments for the media this morning?

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Batti - you’d have gotten right in my face - I’m certain of that.

It was CRJF, and his kit which made it very clear it was CRJF.

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I Would Never GIFs | Tenor

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I honestly have no recollection of any of this, so no worries I guess? :man_shrugging:

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Thank you, @CarlyRaeJepsenFan

1.) if you were forced to change your roost, what roost would you join?

2.) what’s your favorite meal of the day?

3.) if you were able to play any golf course in the world, but you only got to go that one time, where would you go?

4.) who do our readers need to get to know more? Who should we talk with next!?

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