Look, I can’t help myself. This is SO good! Especially for the FMI as we are all a little loopy for getting up so early and leaving our families in their nice, warm beds! Enjoy! Way to go with a great FUNNY commercial Callaway!

So this is just for the two or three of you who actually check my blog without being prompted! Let me know if you like it!

This is it! I think! Click on the above link for the first ever FMI audio! a mini podcast if you will! It is from the FMI/Tweet up! Take a listen! Let me know what you think!

OK, this is new! We will be playing this week at Queenstown – probably teeing off at 8:00 so try to show up around 7:30 – however it would be indredibly helpful if you can let me know if you are going to make it and how many you have coming. Thank you! I hope to see some of you there for what will be one of our last outings this year – but stay tuned for details of our 18 hole BINGO BANGO BONGO Bash! No date yet set…

OK, folks, that is enough! I am gonna try to get us at South River this week – anyone interested???

Let me know if you are! I am also preparing for an 18 hole BINGO BANGO BONGO championship at Potomac Ridge for later this month – stay tuned!!!

That is it for this morning!

Happy Halloween to all the Irregulars!

OK, ok, it is a cowboy golf ball. that’s all. just a cowboy golf ball.

Yesterday I had the opportunity to watch the very end of the Maryland State High School Golf Championships at Potomac Ridge. The place looked amazing, especially with the very full parking lot. But more importantly it reminded me of a music festival, there were people all over the property just hanging out and enjoying a spectacular day. It was fun just driving in and seeing some of the tee shots – the ones I never make!

Mike Harvey and all of the staff at Potomac Ridge do a fantastic job everyday, and it showed perfectly yesterday. I spoke with several coaches as well as a couple of the contestants and everyone was very pleased. These events are the future of golf – these are not only the golfers of tomorrow, but also of today.

To prove my point is the 2^nd place winner in the girls’ category, Mckenzie Cutter. Mckenzie is a Junior Member at Potomac Ridge. And she has a fifth, a fourth, and now a second place. Next year – Mike is predicting a first!  She is the one all the way to the right in this picture. I spoke to Mckenzie and some of the other girls and they were all very nice and very professional. It is inspiring (ok, also scary) to watch them golf!

 Thanks to Mike and John and all the staff for a great event and for being strong advocates of youth golf. This was a special event for us and for all of the families and especially the competitors.

Greetings Faithful Irregulars!

 We will be meeting at Potomac Ridge this week – so bring $15 and show up at 7:15! and next week on Tuesday is the Classic! Yow! I will be selling raffle tickets for the 52″ TV!! let me know if you NEED some tickets! Yeah!

…. AND we have GERRY Swarbrick and PHIL Gardner playing music at the Classic this year -

- you know, plus Godzilla, raw bar, specialty vodka drinks, breakfast, lunch, dinner, the inflatable Chicken (from Chikfila) – of course the floating golf green – the air target, cigars, the Greene Turtle, and assorted circus animals.

Congratulations for Heather (for the Summit School) and Reggie Broddie (for the Boys & GIrls Clubs of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County) for hosting great tournaments at South River.

Hope to see you at Potomac Ridge! Here is our classic 18th hole video tip, if you have missed it!

Greetings fellow faithful Friday Morning Irregulars!

For those of you who are new: The Friday Morning Irregulars is a very loose band of early morning golfers – very early.. We meet at one of the Atlantic Golf courses and play nine holes in a spectacular format - can you say BINGO – BANGO – BONGO? – and we are done early enough to get you to work by 10:30 or thereabouts. The cost is $15 – and the only trick there is that I no longer make change! Finally, this is NEVER cancelled due to rain. Even if you don’t show up, I will be there. I think one time Chris Muhly and I both drove to Potomac Ridge in a monsoon for … coffee. But I will be there – even if you are not.

..although most of the regular irregulars have figured this out and are bringing exact change….

THIS WEEK: we are meeting at South River. Please try to be there by no later than 7:15 as we will go out pretty quick after that. Bring business cards and a good joke if you have one! I dare you to stump me on golf jokes!

Hope to see you there!

FINALLY….. Two weeks left until the Classic! Yeah! I hope that any of you that are interested will call me and let me know – there is still space left! The economy has hit everything and we are no exception. While we do have 200 golfers there will be space if you are interested – and we will sell singles and twosomes this year.

Here is one of a seven part series that Irregular Doug Keim filmed at the tournament last year – Stay tuned for more!

and PLEASE check out, or even better – become a ”fan” –  the Classic Facebook fan page! Let me know what you think!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Brick-Companies-Foundation-2009-Classic/117483055571

Greetings!

Last week’s time at the Seafood Festival was, well, WET on Friday! Let’s hope for better weather this week! We are on for Potomac Ridge at 7:15 am! I hope you can make it! There are NEW prizes… and a MYSTERY PRIZE (really! a good one!)  for everyone who shows! Yikes! What could it be?

THREE WEEKS TO THE CLASSIC! Sign up before we sell out! This one is going to be FANTASTIC!

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Greetings Faithful Irregulars!

Lots going on – but no golf this Friday! Why you ask? Cause I will have the Airtarget and Godzilla at the Maryland Seafood Festival! So come on over and have some crab soup and visit my booth – and Isabel and I (more commonly known as “Girl on Mars!” will be performing on the acoustic stage at about 1:30 on Saturday for… oh,.. maybe 10 of 15 minutes! really!

VOLUNTEERS: I will be manning this booth mostly myself, and will probably just close it when Isabel and I have our set, but if any of you would like FREE tickets to the festival with VIP PARKING … let me know! I have the tickets and could sure use a spare hand! Many thanks to all the people, like Janie, who always try to help out. Shelly Ford has already volunteered – but it is a long three days! Thanks for thinking of it!

CHECK THIS OUT!!!! here is a link to a radio show that Brendan and I did to promote the festival! WITH a banjo joke! (that is for you Chris Muhly!) http://atlanticgolf.wordpress.com - just click on the carrot to the right of the speaker button underneath the heading: Charlie Birney: on-air & on a banjo. Give it a listen! I think it is pretty good!

SO—– This Thursday is the Wine, Nine, Vodka and Whiskey at South River! Gerry Swarbrick will be playing and it will be a blast. We will be on the deck NOT in the pavilion, but we will have a tent and it will be perfect. Thank you Gerry!

and the Classic! We have about 130 golfers signed up already! the date is October 6th and if you are interested in participating – let me know! I am hoping to finish filling it up over the next two weeks.

Here are some pictures from the TWEET up! that was fantastic! THANKS to everyone for coming out!

Melissa, Garret, EJ and Dan Franko!

I LOVE the socks! YEAH!

Doug, Phil, Donna and Gerry!