The college football
season is almost over; only the truly big (from yesteryear) bowl games and, of
course, the FBS championship game, remain. As I reviewed my bowl game picks
(not so accurate) and, looking forward, poured over the list of upcoming PGA golf tournaments
for the 2019, 2020 PGA season, I notced a peculiar similarity: there were some incredibly goofy names for
these events on both sides of the ledger.
So, let’s test your knowledge. I
am going to provide a name of an event; you guess whether it is a bowl game or
a golf tournament:
1. Cheribundi Boca Raton – bowl or PGA event
2. Tropical Smoothie CafĂ© – bowl or PGA event
3. Rocket
Mortgage – bowl or PGA event
4. FBC
Mortgage Cure – bowl or PGA event
5. Bermuda – bowl or PGA event
6. Makers Wanted Bahamas – bowl or
PGA event
7. San Diego County Credit Union–
bowl or PGA event
8. Mayakoba – bowl or PGA event
9. Corales
Puntacana – bowl or
PGA event
10. Valero Alamo – bowl or PGA event
11. Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla – bowl or PGA event
12. Mitsubishi Motors – bowl or PGA event
13. WGC-DELL Technologies – bowl or
PGA event
14. Genesis
- – bowl or PGA
event
15. Barracuda – bowl or PGA event
16. Tony The Tiger – bowl or PGA
event
17. Famous Idaho Potato – bowl or
PGA event
18. Barbasol
– bowl or PGA event
19. WGC-FedEx St. Jude – bowl or PGA event
20.. Camellia – bowl or PGA event
Answers:
1. What’s a
Cheribundi?
2. Got to be a bowl
(I think)
3. Got to be a PGA
event
4. Wait a minute,
are you sure?
5. Great place to
visit, regardless of the event
6. Ditto. Bahamas, not Elk Village. But support this event for a worthy cause.
7. Worst name ever, regardless of the event.
8. See 1.
9. See 8 and 1.
10. “Alamo” gives
it away – bowl.
11. Seriously, what’s a “Gasparilla”? By the way,
what’s a pirate’s favorite letter?
Arrhh!! (or "C", depending on your audience).
12. No clue.
13. PGA event; finally found one.
14. Great band; otherwise, no clue.
15. Great song by Heart; must be a PGA event.
16. Whatever it is,
you have got to be kidding me.
17. Got to be a
bowl – of spuds!
18. Forget which
event; you have to guess in what famous movie this product’s can is an important prop. Watch out for your little
friends, Newman!
19. PGA event – and another good cause.
20. Extra
credit (bonus points) if you guess that Camellia
is not just a 2019 bowl game but also the name of the 10th Hole,
‘Camellia’, at Augusta National Golf Club, nestled in the so-called Cathedral
of Pines, often described as the toughest hole on the course.
If you think some
of these names were a bit unusual, then you must play The Name Game. These lyrics are proof (if you needed any)
that the ‘60s were a wild time, especially musically.
THE NAME GAME
Lyrics: Shirley Elliston-Lincoln Chase)
Words & Music
Copyright November 18, 1964
Publisher: Embassy
Music Corporation
EMI
Al Gallico Music Corp.
The name game. Shirley! Shirley, Shirley
Bo-ber-ley, bo-na-na fanna
Fo-fer-ley. fee fi mo-mer-ley, Shirley!
Bo-ber-ley, bo-na-na fanna
Fo-fer-ley. fee fi mo-mer-ley, Shirley!
Lincoln! Lincoln, Lincoln. bo-bin-coln
Bo-na-na fanna, fo-fin-coln
Fee fi mo-min-coln, Lincoln!
Come on ev'rybody, I say now let's play a game
I betcha I can make a rhyme out of anybody's name
The first letter of the name
I treat it like it wasn't there
But a "B" or an "F" or an "M" will appear
And then I say "Bo" add a "B" then I say the name
Then "Bo-na-na fanna" and "fo"
And then I say the name again with an ""f" very plain
Then "fee fi" and a "mo"
And then I say the name again with an "M" this time
And there isn't any name that I can't rhyme
Arnold! Arnold, Arnold bo-bar-nold
Bo-na-na, fanna fo-far-nold
Fee fi m-mar-mold. Arnold!
But if the first two…
Good Luck.
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