Weekly Recaps

TONAWANDA, NY – It took last week's winner, Tom Barbops 1,477 days to reclaim the green jacket of the worlds most prestigious putt-putt league. Shawn Conschafter, who has been a top-10 finisher each of the first four weeks, took this as motivation and did the unthinkable: he skipped happy-hour with his watering hole partner, Mike Mondoux.

This bold move proved to be the change Conschafter needed to make. After 1,841 days, the now two-time champion drove out of the Dome a champion. Where did he drive to exactly? The media outlet TMZ obtained photos of Conschafter just hours after his victory still wearing the green jacket, ordering a Mighty 6-pack and a Nachos Deluxe from Mighty Taco of course.

Driving himself home and feasting on Mighty is not the Conschafter of 2017, the last time he won the green jacket. It was steaks, champagne, and yachts back then. "Times are tough. Boat sales are down. I've settled down but not by choice. It has been good of my putting game though." Conschafter made these claims despite multiple spottings at the cAnal Club and The Grill every week and Consumer Reports that boat sales across the country are at an all-time high.

"Don't let him fool you" said his long time pal, John Coyle. "When he saw Barbops win the green jacket that enraged him. He likes to say because of his height he is at a disadvantage on the greens. It makes no sense but that is what he claims. And seeing another little-man like Barbops win, that set him off."

When confronted about these claims, Conschafter took umbrage with Coyle's claims and blasted Coyle for making such claims. "When was the last time that asshole won? It's been years since he won this jacket." Conschafter inaccurately claimed while still wearing the green jacket at Anchor Marine days later.

"Actually, Coyle won in 2018, week-8" the reporter shot back.

"I call bullshit. This interview is over." said Conschafter as he walked away, phone in hand. Conschafter could be heard minutes later yelling in his office after assumingly searching PutterInHand.com to see that the reporter was in fact correct, Coyle had won in 2018.

This victory, accompanied by a shocking post-putt 43-0 by Barbops, catapulted Conschafter to 2nd place overall just behind defending champion Jeff Luke.

That wasn't the most shocking event of the week. While reviewing the "All 25" replay of the nights action, the rules committee was called to a special session to review footage of the night.

What the committee had witnessed was disgusting. Shocking. Something it hadn't ever witnessed in the five seasons of PIH: A foot-job given on the course. Yes, a foot-job! This was a blatant violation of League Rules.

On multiple occasions throughout the night, Kelly Caito took relief using Steve Steck's foot while Steve Maziarz and Joel Cady gleefully watched. It didn't happen once or twice, it occurred six times over the course of 18-holes.

The first person the Committee was able to reach for interrogation was Steck. He did not deny the acquisitions instead, he flat out bragged about it. "Yeah I lent a foot. She asked for it so I gave it to her. Do you blame me?" Steck said while smirking a bit. "It's been years since a female has asked me to perform such an act on her. I take what I get these days" he said while whipping off his shoe and boasting "When you got it, you give it", proudly showing the committee his foot.

When investigating Steck's foot for evidence, they noticed something unusual. The sock Steck was wearing had the PAnon logo. "Are you PAnon?" a committee member asked. "I can not confirm nor deny such a thing!" Steck replied. "If you have any additional questions you'll have to speak to my lawyer, Rudy". Steck walked away with no further comments.

Next to be interrogated was Caito. When approached about "Foot Job Gate" she first denied the accusations. When told that the league has cameras that enable them to review all 25 putters on all 18-holes, Caito changed her tune.

"Yeah, I used Steve's foot. Listen, whoever said size doesn't matter hasn't putted in this league before. Size matters. And Steve, he was clearly larger than the other guys in the group." Caito added "Not to mention, I read up on the league rules. And unless something changed THIS week, there is no rule against using another putters foot for relief."

Caito had a point. There was no rule in the books that details this as a violation of any kind. Though it does break the spirit of the game, there was no explicit rule written in the books.

Maziarz and Cady also pointed this put when asking about their voyeurism. "Hey, if a guy wants to lend a foot, who am I to say 'stop'. To be honest, I was kind of jealous." admitted Maziarz.

"It was great. I pay $9.99 a month to watch that on my phone at home. Seeing it live was great. This league rocks!" said the rookie, Joel Cady.

It's not entirely clear what Cady pays $9.99 a month for that is similar to what he saw on the course. After-all, this was not of sexual nature as many may have thought and Steck did keep his shoe on the entire time.

As a result of the "Foot Job Gate", a new rule has been put into place: "Caito's Foot Job" which reads. "Any player taking relief from a bordering wall or obstruction may use their foot, regardless of it's size, and no other foot. Each violation of this rule will result in a two stroke penalty."

In other news around the league:

Tom Barbops, post putting with Scott Wilson and Jeff Luke, took a five on #16 after putting his tee-shot in the bunker and his bunker shot out of bounds and finished with a 43+0, tied for 17th place. The five on #16 is reportedly the first five of Barbops' career. This poor performance pushes Barbops into 5th place overall, 10.25 points behind the leader.

Jeff Luke shot a 2nd place 38+2, moving him into first place, just 0.75 points ahead of Conschafter.

Finishing tied for 3rd this week was Mike Mondoux and Chris Wilkinson with a 38+1. Mondoux moved into 3rd place overall while Wilkinson, who has been hot and cold this year, sits in 10th place overall.

Returning to the top-5 this week is Joe Neeson and Pat Holden with a 39+1 each. Neeson sits in 13th place while Holden is one position behind him in 14th. Neither putter expects to be much of a factor in the final 5-weeks as they're typically good for just two decent rounds a season.

Tied for 7th this week were a pair of green jacket winners, Jeff Hewett and John Coyle with a 39+0 each. Hewett moves into 4th place while Coyle moves into 6th. Both putters are expected to compete for a green jacket each week and could make a move if that move is made on the night of a major. Both suffer from jittering knees under pressure but don't be surprised if they medicate themselves heavily one night and post a low round.

After two straight 22nd place finishes, Cady was energized by what he was witnessing on the course. The rookie shot a career best 40+1 to finish in 9th place. Cady sits in 20th place overall and after shooting his load in week-5, isn't expected to do much better the rest of the year.

Scott Wilson continues his very average year with a 10th place 41+1. Wilson sits in 8th place overall and isn't expected to veer too far from the middle of the pack. His roller coaster game isn't cut out for a 10-week season. He is looking forward to the skins game coming up the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.

Ina four way tie for 11th place are rookies Dominic LoVallo and Rob Vickers along with veterans Jim Neville and Nick Keil. The four shot a 41+0. None of their games are worth discussing more than simply mentioning what they shot. Until one of them makes a run for a green jacket, a participation mention is all they get.

Sitting in 15th place with a 42+0 is Harald Rehm. The only thing this 42+0 was good for was to knock off Barbops and Jay Flemming. Harald has now knocked off all but Mondoux, Coyle, and Luke. And with a pre-putt 40+0, these three men need to post a decent round to stay alive.

Sitting in 16th place is Mark Verost with a 43+1. Verost after the round was quite pleased with that score. This one time-green jacket winner has fallen from the ranks if a 43+1 makes him happy. "I remember when that score would put you in the money." said Versot after. Well the times have changed and it's time for Verost to change things up in the coming weeks.

Tied with Barbops was Scott Verost. Verost was excited to learn he tied the legend Barbops until he learned it was for 17th place that week.

After posting remarkably low scores all year, An came back to reality and scored a 44+0. Tied with him in 19th place was pre-season rookie of the year candidate Jason Cox and week-1 green jacket winner Jay Flemming. Cox is running out of steam and is looking for a swing coach to help him the 2nd half of the season. As for the reason for Flemming's poor showing this week, he blames his travel schedule. Flemming was anxious to finish the round and pre-putt for the next week so he could get to his wings. Flemming did rebound in his pre-putt as he tied the course record and shot a 35+2.

Rounding out the week was Brenan Dracup, Maziarz, and Caito. Dracup finished with a 45+0 and is considered nothing more than a donation at this point. Maziarz "destroyed" Caito by a stroke and finished with a 48+2 and 49+0 respectively.

Steck has not putt yet and isn't expected to do much to impact the standings.

And finally, hallway putting saw it's largest field as Flemming took home $50. The largest payout in hallway putting history.