Chit Show 6 - White Eagle Fesitivities

On the Wednesday before Chit Show, as everyone is traveling in from all over the world, finding a central meeting point can be a challenge. Do we wait to connect at the hotel? Or should we just get right to it, and get the golf going?

In what’s become a tradition, Mark Cabrera opened up his club, White Eagle in Naperville, IL, to all those that could attend. It’s a great 27 hole complex, that can be set up to be quite the challenge. The team at the club are always great, both those inside the club, and the grounds crew. Never not in tip top condition, and always a great place to play.

Last year I had the opportunity to join the crew with my camera instead of my clubs, and really enjoyed myself. So again this year, instead of losing a half dozen -ProV’s, I figured I’d cruise around in a cart and snap photos of all the degenerates I’ve come to love and appreciate.

A huge thanks to Mark and the White Eagle team for putting up with us, and all the things that happen along the way. It’s truly a great facility, and we feel blessed to have the chance to get out there.

Chit Show 5 - Morris Country Club

For a while they were my “internet friends”. After Chit Show 3, they were my “online golf buddies”. After Chit Show 4, they were the “Lamb guys”. With each Chit Show, and each year of texting and messaging, I can honestly say, this is a special group of men and women, with a bond that’s hard to describe.

For the last three years, it’s a date on the calendar that I wait for with great anticipation. Two or three days of fun, focused around golf and friendships. Folks travel from around the country to celebrate Tyson Lamb and Lamb Crafted, the brand he’s created. With a running chat group to keep many of us connected, though we may not get to see each other’s faces as often as we’d like, for these few special days, we’re all able to pick up right where we left off the last time we were together.

Kyle White started Chit Show back in 2018, and it’s since blossomed with the help of guys like Tim Eaker, Mark Cabrera, and others. This year, they turned the keys over to Lamb Crafted, to be run by Tana, Addason and Tyson. It was the first year that we had two full days of golf, and the first year I crashed at the hotel with everyone, and it didn’t disappoint. The midnight Taco Bell run that started by myself, and ended with seven guys piled in the car before we made it out of the drive thru lane, was something I’ll never forget. I can still picture the look on the cashiers face when the “walking” party suddenly had a ride - “Oh, so you’re the guy that picked them up...”

For Chit Show 5, we were lucky enough to have an entire club close down a course for us, Morris Country Club, and their sister club Nettle Creek. Nettle hosted us last year, so adding Morris this year was an added bonus. To have a club close access to it’s membership on our behalf is something special. Big thanks goes out to all the MCC members that helped make that happen - Kyle, Tim, Matt Painter, Beau Kuipers and any others I missed.

I planned to limit the number of photos I was going to take, and really focus on golf, but do find it hard to put down sometimes. Though distracting, I do enjoy snapping photos and finding new angles.

We had a couple of great days of golf, and some amazing weather. I lucked out and had some amazing partners in Brent Paske, Chandler Blake, and Rob Thompson. We battled hard, but I failed to carry my weight, and my approach game was embarrassing. Brent, Chandler and Rob, did all the heavy lifting, and got us close, but not quite close enough.

One of the highlights of the event was definitely when our Captain, Chandler, sunk a curling putt to win a new Bridgeport - stamped Steel Wool. I’m confident that it’ll patina ever some beautifully. And I won a nice little prize in the F Bomb, given away for longest drive. As the saying goes, every blind squirrel is bound to find a nut on occasion.

I’ll spare you all the daily play by play, and allow the photos to tell the story.

For those of you that haven’t taken in a Lamb event, I can’t recommend it enough. Just a few years ago I felt like there was no way this group would ever accept me, and that it was a clique only a few select folks could be a part of. Looking back a few years later, and I’m so glad to have put off the anxiety of meeting new people, and worrying I wouldn’t be accepted. This group is about the people, and we are truly family. To watch each other celebrate milestones in life, congratulate each other on small accomplishments, or even bust the balls of those of us without a Hole in One. These guys are the brothers I never had, and the fraternity I never knew I needed to belong to.

Tana, Addason, Tyson, Shelby, Kyle, Tim, and all the Morris CC staff - ya’ll rock, and I’m already getting pumped up for Chit Show 6. See you guys next year!

 

Chit Show 2022 Eve - "The Bird"

Some people are Christmas people.  Some people are Thanksgiving people.  And some people, well they like the day before the holidays.  There’s anticipation of the following days events.  It’s the time to prepare to ensure things go well.  And it’s normally the calm before the storm, when you can take a deep breath, knowing things are about to get nuts.  I’m that guy.

In the year’s I’ve been able to attend Chit Show, Mark Cabrera has generously offered to host us at his club, White Eagle CC, Wednesday afternoon, the day before all the events go down.  The Wednesday of Chit Show week I have always played 36, and arranged a few morning tee times at a club close to “The Bird” to give some of the folks traveling in some extra golf.  This year due to work, I wasn’t able to able to make either happen as a player.  Leading up, I was due to be in meetings all day, but a last second change, left my afternoon free, and a desire to play hooky.  

Mark was on board with me coming to hang out, and I thought I’d bring out the camera and do some shooting.

I had a blast jetting around the course and getting to hang with each of the groups.  Chatting, drinking and watching the merriment was a joy.  So many bonds have been formed over the years, and over the millions of FB messenger texts.  What these events have become is quite amazing, and always an abundance of fun.  

Thanks to Mark for hosting this group of degenerates, and I look forward to getting to play it again next year!