Well, it’s that time of year again. Chestnuts are roasting on an open fire, and Jack Frost is nipping at various body parts, or so they sing. But in the real world, Jack Frost is MIA, because there’s no snow anywhere. For example, a USA Today Headline on December 7, 2015 read “Buffalo Sets Record For Lack Of Snow”. It turns out that Buffalo has set a record for lack of snow this late in the season. As of Dec. 7, no measurable snow has fallen in the city. Before this year, December 3, 1899, was the last time Buffalo went this long without a tenth of an inch of snow, according to the USA Today report. Reliable weather records go back to the early 1870s. Thank you, El Nino.
While Jack Frost may be having a rotten winter so far, his pal Frosty the Snowman is all over the Christmas scene. While not technically a Christmas song, Frosty the Snowman has been associated with Christmas for many years. Written and recorded by Gene Autry, the Singing Cowboy, in 1950, the character’s popularity took off after the 1969 Christmas special was broadcast on network television.
Of
course, as noted in one of my first posts in 2012, the term has been known to
golfers for many years as well, although not very fondly. The genesis of the term is shrouded in the
mists of time, although the reference is obvious. Just plug a corncob pipe, a button nose and two eyes made out of coal in
a figure-eight on the scorecard, and there you have it.
Dustin
Johnson had a remarkable year, winning more than $5.5 million and finishing first
in the World Golf Championships-Cadillac
Championship last March. But his
disastrous finish on the last hole at Chambers Bay in the U.S. Open in June
ruined his chance to lose the title of “Best golfer to Never Have won a Major
Tournament.”
Ironically, the remarkably-talented Johnson was on a
first-name basis with Frosty in 2015, carding
a snowman on the par-4 6th hole at
AT&T Byron Nelson in May, and leading off the final round of the PGA
Championship at last August with another figure-eight. All this while earning more in one year than
Arnold Palmer earned in his 50 years on the PGA and Senior PGA Tours.
Anyway,
I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and best wishes for a Happy (and snowy!)
New Year in 2016. And, of course, for
not too many snowmen on the course this coming year.
Peace on Earth in the New Year Everyone!!
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| Not A Course in Buffalo |
Frosty The
Snowman
Composed
by:
Parody Lyrics:
Frosty the Snowman is a dirty rotten score,
With a corncob pipe and a button nose
Turns your score right into coal.
Frosty the snowman is a fairy tale, pros say,
They may never know but real golfers
Know how he comes to life each day.
There’s something very tragic in that
real bad lie they found.
For when they hit down on the ball
He began to come around.
O, Frosty the snowman
Was alive as he could be,
And the duffers say he could laugh
And play with you as well as me.
Thumpetty thump thump,
Thumpety thump thump,
Look at divots fly.
Thumpetty thump thump,
Thumpety thump thump,
foot-long clumps fly high.
Frosty the snowman felt
The sun was hot that day,
So he said, "Let's run and
I'll have some fun
As I melt your match away."
Down to the frog hair,
With a broomstick in his gut,
putting here and there all
Around the green saying,
Score me if you can.
He led them down the traps and rough
Right to the 18th green.
And he only paused a moment when
the duffer hollered "Stop!"
For Frosty the snow man
Had to hurry on his way,
But he waved goodbye saying,
"You should cry,
I'll be back again next day."
Thumpetty thump thump,
Thumpety thump thump,
Look at divots fly.
Thumpetty thump thump,
Thumpety thump thump,
foot-long clumps fly high.
AMDGTM
©
2012-2015 R.E. Kelly
