Yupp that was me! I usually carry at manakiki and sleepy since they’re so hilly. @MDM joined me for the front 9 of the first round
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Even when I have the day off, playing golf during the week feels naughty. Is that just me?
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May not be just you but I definitely don’t suffer from that. Cut out of work today to play a round with my wife.
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#RefugeAfterDark
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Most of my rounds are during the week. My work is really good about comp time. So I take advantage in the summer.
Using my push cart there yesterday and I was thinking carrying would actually be easier.
It was absolutely bucking yesterday, windy and very tough. The rough was thick and long in spots. The starter said the ladies was league was letting everyone know the rough was out of control! I needed help finding a ball that was about 5 yards left of 6 fairway.
Bumping this
Also want to touch on something else. I know we talked about this a bit last fall, but I was looking at the tee sheet for Saturday’s event, our roost major with an NIT spot on the line, and noticed we only have 41 people playing. That’s a shockingly small number of people. If we take out the guys who live in other states, it’s probably down to 35ish? Then we have another 5-10 handful who aren’t even nest members and/or have never posted on the refuge.
In the immortal words of Christopher Solomon: guys, what the fuck. I know we’ve talked about how it’s a tough time of year with kids, youth sports, graduations, all that stuff, but to only have like 25-30 active members of our roost playing in our major is jarring. Hand up, I don’t know where everyone on the list lives, but I don’t think I saw a single person from Cincy.
Is Findlay too far to travel? I’d hear that, but there’s also not a more centrally located place for the whole state other than Columbus. Do you not like the course? Are you just tired of playing the same course? Is it just purely a scheduling problem? Are you tired of all of us/burned out on doing roost stuff?
I’m genuinely asking. I know Joe cares about this stuff and wants it to be great for everyone, and I’m guessing 41 people is cutting it real close on even paying for the course rental. And outside of the weather looking sketchy, 41 rounds in a day is probably less than Sycamore would have on any spring Saturday. Even if we wanted to do a “better” course somewhere different next year, I don’t know that we could ask Joe to put himself on the hook for that with the low participation.
I’m super thankful for everyone who came up for the rust belt rumble a couple weeks ago, and it’s also great that almost all of the same people are back here for this event, but man we could really use some other folks. Even if you’re lurker, or someone who is on here all the time, or someone who feels to shy/nervous to come play with strangers, come out and have a fun day of golf with us. We have great players and terrible players 
alike. My first event two years ago, I didn’t know a single person despite the fact that I live in Findlay. Now I consider quite a few of these guys to be actual friends who I look forward to seeing a few times a year. I’m not gonna tell you it’ll be some life changing thing to come spend a day playing golf with us, but if you want it to be a fun day and meet some new people to hang out and play with, I can all but guarantee you’re going to get that
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Scheduling for me… I’d love to make it but anniversary is on Monday and we are celebrating on Saturday.
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We’ve only got 10 people signed up for our Columbus event, so apparently a central location is not the issue.
You’ve got some good callouts here, I would be genuinely curious on feedback too, we should collectively be better at the Roost stuff than we are.
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I’m in Cincy and had signed up, then realized it was Flying Pig weekend and Prom is also Saturday. Really bummed, was looking fwd to my first OATW event.
Prom is not every year, but I do run the 10k or half most every year of the Pig.
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For me personally, the distance and costs associated with that distance, are the biggest killer. I’m not a gui that can get up at 4am to drive hours to a course, play all day, and drive home. By the time I pay for a hotel Friday night, food and cold beers with the group Friday, the event Saturday, and 300 miles in gas round trip, I’m $300-350 in for effectively one round at the style of course I can play for $50-60 down here.
I had a blast playing in it last year, and plan on playing in future events, but that’s a lot to ask for given the course.
For others, I dare to guess it being Derby and Flying Pig weekend doesn’t help, as a lot of families have events for them.
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Speaking for me and me only. Wanted to play but family commitments plus a work trip coming up Monday made it a tough ask to spend a day away from the family when I’m turning around and spending days away in the plex. The border war was during my youngest’s first communion. I’ll be on family vacation during the Columbus event.
I bailed out on almost everything last year because of a multitude of family issues that are best reserved for the mental health thread.
I appreciate and respect everyone who is getting out to these events. Way to fly the flag. At the end of the day you just have to say this is the date and those that can make it will make it.
EDIT: my favorite NLU related event that I’ve been to was the first No Find-laying up event. So it’s not a distate for the location, the course, or the people. But those of us with younger children involved in activites have a different decision tree sometimes.
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I’ve got 23 of a desired 32 for the Tiki currently. I think summers are tough in general and as @pjsutherland said it’s the extra cost for out of towners to make it work @Gobrownies09 and I are a few hundred in all said and done this weekend but it’s also one of my favorites of the year and for us it’s not a bad drive. I can relate to not wanting to get up at 4 for these as I was a cold and tired gui that morning of the rumble after doing that.
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After the first year I decided to this event on the first Saturday in May to:
A) avoid Mothers day
B) Avoid high school graduations
C) Avoid full summer vacation mode
D) Because it’s usually not “fuck you hot” outside
All of that beind said, and this really isn’t a well kept secret, but this will be my last year of being Roost captain and would love someone to jump on the boat with me to ride out the rest of this year and help learn the ropes. If there isn’t a Findlay event next year someone will have to jump in to host the Major.
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I appreciate everything you’ve done Joe. You’ve done one hell of a job.
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Speaking for myself, unfortunately my golf season generally starts in late July and runs through mid January every year. Not ideal for someone that lives in Cincy, but work travel and commitments have me on the road about 200 nights a year, primarily concentrated from the end of January through mid August.
I appreciate all of the work that goes into putting these events together, and wish I could be a participant in more than just the Oct/Nov event at Avon Fields. It’s just the reality for me that I have other responsibilities now
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Truly just spitballing/talking out of my ass here, but what about some sort of elected leadership group with a Captain and then 3-5 other spots that take on specific duties like events, merch, promotion, etc.?
Solo guiding this ship seems like a tall task, I don’t envy the work you’ve put into this thing over the years and I think we’re all appreciative of your efforts.
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I’ve only been here since late 2020 but have no children obligations (nor will I and nothing against those who do) so happy to help if no one else is gung ho for the opportunity. Enjoying planning the Tiki event this year and have a pretty awesome club to host an event at potentially in the future.
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Committee I like it.
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