@MerchCzar It absolutely does. I was honestly impressed with the knowledge of 2000’s Big Ten basketball. Shoutout Brian Butch.
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Thought I had lost my mind at the mention of (as I heard it) ‘Supermacs’;
Which is a truly awful fast food place over here. Alas, it was Super Max the prison which makes a lot more sense than a solitary Supermacs fast food place being in Colorado.
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This is the better photo of Butch
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Appreciate all the kind words from everyone. A few people have mentioned purchasing things but that was really not the intention. This show is NLU’s baby…they have worked tirelessly to get it to where it is today. I’d be happy to work with anyone on artistic endeavors, in the event I have time but won’t personally be selling NLU themed / adjacent stuff. I love Strapped, it is probably the series I look most forward to…so I wanted to simply create something that would make a few people giggle. 
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They could fly into El Paso and play Butterfield, then hit Blackjack in Lajitas, and then Hogan Park in Midland or better yet, Quicksand in San Angelo.
That’d be my reco.
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… Nukey Boys…
Funny enough, the minor league baseball team in Albuquerque is the Isotopes.
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Only because the team moved from Springfield.
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I’m originally from Lubbock, so I’ll be bummed if Rawls isn’t in the mix.
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Strapped: New Mexico…come for the budget-friendly golf, stay for the correct usage of the word “isthmus.”
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Much love to DJ Pie and the Nest
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I think a trio of Butterfield, Rockwind Community Links and Rawls would be one helluva weekend and quite affordable.
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Which does have a casino nearby for potential budget growth.
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I was enjoying the episode until I saw the beans being cooked for dinner at the end. What a disgrace. Can’t believe they’d do something like that.
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A really fun first episode. Well done as always gentlemen. The very first shot definitely gave me some great Breaking Bad vibes…but then we didn’t see a pair of pants flying in the breeze.
The grocery scene was cracking me up as we got to see @MerchCzar’s thought process, as well as the ketchup conversation. @Randy’s disappointment was palpable.
Also, this shot right here:
Are you kidding me @djpie?? Just unreal.
The golf seemed a little Jebby this time around - not sure if it was disappointment at missing out on the first course or the travel impact, but the rest of the episode made up for it. Now I can’t wait to see how the boys handle days 2 and 3 in these sleeping arrangements!
This exchange between the boys had me rolling:
And finally - I take pride in seeing this in each ep:
Keep it up fellas!!
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A little surprised that Four Corners won, personally I voted for Mountain West.
Would be fun to see the boys hit the Four Corners in a single strapped season. @djpie @Randy @MerchCzar would y’all be up for a strapped redo or is this where we make the c-suite rough it?
Lots of feels in this episode. Spent many, many hours driving this part of southern Colorado and it’s a beautiful spot.
The Denver to Pueblo drive in particular is really crazy as I grew up in Denver and my grandma lived in Pueblo. She lived more or less across the street from Walking Stick (once it was built) and so I played there a decent bit with my dad. It’s a fine course for a Art Hills effort, but as the boys said there’s not a lot of interest to the land. The arroyo is the best feature, but it only comes into play on two holes–those are the best by far. #4 is a par 5 that wraps around the arroyo with the trouble to the left. 12 is a par 3 with the green sort of an island in the desert, with the arroyo right and desert short, long, and left. There are other holes that are fine, but nothing you’d call memorable. The absolute best thing you can say about it, and it’s not a small thing really, is that it’s a mid-90s course where they at least kept all the housing built around it to the perimeter. There aren’t many of those, especially courses built on a muni budget.
Played Elmwood as well (back when it was just called City Park). Definitely more the Strapped vibe as it’s just your classic parkland course that’s been there over 100 years. A lot less likely to lose balls or have to search them out in the cactus.
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I’m just going to say this, the diner boys never disappoint.
Bring on the pancakes
I’m still waiting for a Good Will Hunting situation where the camera is shaking from @djpie laughing too hard
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This is basically how I feel about every Arthur Hills I’ve played. He makes boring land an enjoyable walk, but rarely a memorable one.
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Usually his memorable holes are memorably bad. The man had a penchant for awkward forced layups and par 5s where the drive couldn’t go more than 250 yards and that sort of thing … the product of taking on so many projects and some of them on land that had a lot of restrictions (wetlands, roads, homes, or all of the above in some cases).
Of course, at a certain point his firm got so big that a lot of “Arthur Hills” courses were really Steve Forrest courses, or some other associate. But Art Hills was the brand, for better or worse.
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Same @MerchCzar same.
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