Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 17:39:12 +0000 (UTC) From: Mike Simmons Subject: It was all about the bets 381 I was up before the alarm and took a long shower and shaved. The problem was the polo shirt they wanted me to wear and the last thing I wanted was to wear long pants. I put on boxer briefs but no undershirt and put on the tightest of the two polo shirts. I figured I would make them hot, just wearing them. I put on casual shoes and no socks. Then I packed a VT shirt and an Oakmont shirt in my backpack. I also added shorts and sandals. With that I went to the lobby in search of coffee. What I found was a guy who immediately came up to me and said Mike, thanks for being early. Mr. Palmer is on a very tight schedule and he has filmed his individual commercial. In the limo I have your script for your individual commercial. I just shook my head and said, well I'm not going anywhere without coffee. The driver laughed and said well we have all the coffee you want in the limo. He took my backpack and led me to the limo. I got in and there was coffee, danish and a young lady sitting there and I was handed a coffee. I smiled and said thanks but I'm at a loss as I haven't been told you name. Mike, I'm Carla and I'm your aide for the shoot. Well Carla, thanks for the coffee and I started to read my script. The coffee was strong and hot and I skipped the danish. I read the script a second time and set it aside and took a sip of coffee. I was just drinking the coffee and looking out the window. Carla said Mike, it's important that you have that almost verbatim. Rapidly, I just repeated the entire script. Carla asked Mike, they warned me about you but damn that was impressive. I smiled and said well I do that a lot but the script isn't me and I'll do it, as I'm obligated, but it won't sell a single jet. I hope the joint commercial with AP is a lot better. Mike, what would you change? Everything from the script to this outfit. However it doesn't matter as I'll simply do what they want and get back to golf. I went back to looking out the window. As I poured another cup of coffee I asked Carla, why was it necessary to warn you about about me? Mike I was told that you could charm the pants off anyone and then thing would go exactly how you wanted. I laughed and said, well unless I'm mistaken your pants are still on and I'm getting out of this thing and doing what is expected. She smiled and said well you are not back at the lodge yet. I just laughed and took a sip of coffee. At the airport we entered through a maintenance gate and were quickly at the set. It was the tow jets with the tails almost touching and I knew there would be a mention of the unique tail numbers. I had not seen the script for this commercial. When AP saw me he smiled and we both headed for each other. I third to shake his hand and was pulled into a hug. Then he looked at the director and said Lou, I need a few minutes with Mike. Lou shook his head and said, you are the one with the tight schedule. There was that rye smile and we walked away from the set. AP said Mike, Cole is doing very well but can he keep it up with the new caddie? Then he asked is that the kid who caddied for you at Pebble? Arnie, it is and he know his shit. Besides his Pro gave him a a course book and he was studying it the entire way here and he walked the course as soon as we got here. Besides, Liam isn't cleared for today and it will be what it becomes. Mike, Jack had an approach with caddies and he felt that they needed to show up on time and shut up. Why don't you mention that to Cole until,Liam is healthy enough. I laughed and said, Cole might have to gag him. AP laughed and we when back to the job at hand. For this shoot we stood there and answered a few questions. There was no real script and I knew my answers were not always what they wanted. I guessed that they would simply cut the parts that countered the script that I had memorized. It went quickly and they were finally satisfied. AP was quickly on his way back to the club. I was escorted to a trailer where Carla let me and said you should hang out here until they move the jets. Mike, do you need to review the script? I just said Carla, I'm good but thanks. As I was alone I went over the script in my head and practiced the appropriate inflections and some hand motions. Carla reappeared 20 minutes later and said Mike, they are ready for you please follow me. Outside my jet was moved to in front of a Textron hanger. I met with the director and he wanted to do a dry run. I talked him into just filming it and see what happened. It started with me introducing myself and saying how easy it was to fly. Then there were 3 fake reasons why I like the Cessna Citation and why I purchased it for our company. None of it meant any sense to me and when I finished I heard, that's a rap. The director, Ted, said Mike that was awesome and I can count on one hand the times we do this stuff in one take. As we walked to the trailer so I could get my backpack Ted asked Mike, what did you think? Ted, I wish you hadn't asked me as it wasn't me and it won't impress anyone or even sell a single jet. There was nothing about my love of flying or how I settled on the Citation and toeing me into all this with AP was cute but not much more. Besides you dressed me like a 30:year old. True, there isn't an 18 year old who could or want to buy a jet. However, there are a number of high profile athletes who might relate to me. Mike, I would be interested in trying it your way. No promises buy I want to see what you would do with something you actually approve of. We went back to the trailer and I said Ted, I want to change into comfortable clothes. In the trailer I changed into khaki shorts, sandals and the VT shirt which was white and a VT in school colors. The director had three cameras and I opened stairs and sat on the top step. Ted asked if I was ready and I gave him a thumb up signal. Ted yelled, Action and I smiled and said, Hi I Mike Simmons and I bought this jet for my company. I laughed and said, I am aware those of you seeing are asking how can this 18 year old punk jock buy a jet for his company. I'm not here to talk about my or my company, I would suggest that you look up me and the company, MJS Technology. Flying all started for me when I met Major James Messer and he took me for a ride in his F-18. I immediately fell in love with flying and I learned on a single engine Cessna. Then it moved to a twin engine Cessna then this jet. I was the top recruit at linebacker and selected VT. In a couple of months I'll be in Blacksburg and the jet will be housed in a new hanger just off campus. I can fly back to Pittsburgh in 90 minutes. That's important because I have projects going on. Besides my stepbrother is a Pro Golfer and it gets him from one tournament to the next tournament. So why this jet, for me and MJS Technologies? Well it's comfortable, easy to fly and it's damn fast. What I'm saying is that this jet is reasonably priced and meets whatever need you or your company might have. You should call Cessna and schedule a test flight. It is the future of corporate jets. Thanks for your time and fly smart. There were 2 more takes until Ted was satisfied. With that done I was driven back to the club and Carla gave me a hard time the entire ride back but finally said rear was much better and I hope you know you asked a lot of people t check you out. I thanked her and went inside the Lodge. Once inside the lodge I went to my room and called Cole. MJ, what's up? Well bro are you set with a caddie? MJ you know the choice is Trey or some kid from here, I'm staying with Trey. MJ, we have talked and I told him he has too many opinions and he is not getting me to take too many chances. I don't want to do it but I might simply tell him to carry the damn bag and shut up. I laughed out loud and Cole want to know what was so funny. Cole, I'll tell you later and you will laugh. Then I said, hit them where you want and hung up. I check his tee time and he was third from the last and playing with Zoeller. With that, I went looking for Winnie. What I found was a note under the door saying she went to Disney World with Emily. I just shook my head stripped of my clothes and jumped into bed. I had hours with nothing to do and I simply fell asleep. I woke because someone was pounding on my door. I threw on the shorts I had worn earlier and opened the door shirtless and there was JJ. He smile and said he was looking to get some lunch but this looks better. He closed the door and jumped on the bed. I laughed and said get those grungy jeans off my bed and I dropped my shorts where I was standing and said better yet get on your knees and work on this and I pointed to my cock. He let me stand there while he stripped and eventually got on his knees. By this time I was soft and when he opened his mouth he took all of my soft cock and I grabbed his head and pulled him tight and held him so he couldn't move. I kept his head there as my cock bred to its full length. When I let go I was pushed back on the bed and my feet were on the floor and my legs were apart and JJ moved between them and started licking my balls. That was awesome and then he lifted my legs and went to work on my ass and his tongue penetrated my hole and I was moaning. Finally he went back to my cock and worked it sucking, licking and kissing the head and as he was playing with the head of my cock he shoved a finger up my ass and I shot a load in his mouth. Then he climbed on top of me and kissed and we shared my cum. We laid in the bed and talked and kissed and talked and eventually I went down on his cock and again we shared the load. JJ laughed and said I hope the damn girls don't come back. We should have left them in Pittsburgh. I'm sick of Emily but she serves a purpose. I laughed and said JJ, I'm at the same point with Winnie and I have decided we are done before we get to camp. Hell you will be enough of a distraction. JJ laughed nd said dude, I really came here to get you to go to lunch, I'm fucking starving and a few ounces of cum wasn't enough. I put my cock by his lips and he slapped it away and said lunch. I laughed and I got dressed for the day. Lunch for me was a Cobb salad and JJ had a Ruben and fries. So JJ you keep eating like this and you will be too fat to play Safety. JJ shook his head and you eat like you do and you will be undersized sitting on the bench. Don't they want you at 230 lbs. well JJ I want to be 225. JJ shook his head and said MJ, why pick that fight over 5 lbs. MJ, they control your starting position, you need to cooperate or they will sit your ass just to show everyone that nobody is special. I shrugged and took a drink of my tea. The food came and we ate pretty much not saying a word. I charged the food to my room and when we were walking out I put my arm around JJ's neck and said dude, it won't be a fight and I get what you said it my position coach and he is making a point about who is in control. I'm going to work it out with him and come to camp at 230 and lose weight because of all the work. At that point it will be performance and not weight. Those 5 lbs will slow me down and I know my body better than he does. With that we went outside and went looking for Cole. Cole was easy to find as he was 45 minutes from tee time and he was 80% through the warmup. Trey was dressed as the caddie and was in Steeler attire. What surprised me was that Liam was there watching. It looked to me that Cole was hitting it well but there was no getting close to him and I knew if he want me he would find a way. As Cole was finishing up JJ and I headed to the practice green before the mob got there. We were there in a great spot and just watched. Cole appeared with Trey but Liam was close and simply watching. I also noticed there wasn't any contact between Trey and Liam. I made my way over to Liam and asked how he was? Mike, I'm pissed there is no way I shouldn't be out there but Cole insisted. So Liam what do you think of Trey? Mike he is ok but he has a lot of opinions on how Cole should play and he needs to talk less and carry the fucking bag and listen. Sure Cole and I talk and weigh our options and unless I think he is totally out of it, it's his call. Mike, I'm staying here and will stay out of the way and I'll follow Fred. Cole, was introduced and got a massive applause. The drive was solid just left of center. Cole's partners hit and Cole walked the ropes on the left side and Trey walked on the fairway to the ball and waited for Cole. Cole check his course book and Trey started to say something and Cole ignored that and pulled out a club, went through the pre-swing routine and hit it to 15 feet. He missed the putt and had a par. It went pretty much like that for 9 holes and Cole was even par. JJ and I had moved ahead to get a good spot by the 10 tee and damn there was Liam and he was obviously unhappy. When Cole got to the tee he was hitting second and there was a wait. Liam called him over stuck a finger in his chest and had a very animated one way conversation. When he was done he walked away before Cole could say a word. I had no idea what was said but Cole remained calm and he had a par on 10 missing a makable putt. There was a birdie on 11 and I thought things were looking up. The 12th is a Par 5 playing 557 today and there was a bit of a tail wind. Cole and Trey had settled to very little conversation and Cole took the driver and it must have gone more that 330 and on the right side of the fairway. Cole ignored the spectators and was looking at his course book the entire way to his ball. Cole was now about 220 yards away and when he pulled an iron out of his bag there was a groan from his spectators. What they didn't know was that it was a 3 iron and he wasn't laying up. The pin was up front barely on the green. Cole shot ended on the fringe right in the front and was 12 to 13 feet away. He had missed 4 putts that length this round. Trey was just standing there and then he handed Cole an iron and nota putter. Trey want Cole to chip it and not putt. Cole pulled the putter out put the iron in the bag but took out a different iron. Cole took longer looking this over and it was obvious that he wanted that eagle. Finally he tossed the iron in Trey's direction and bent over and looked the putt over. It was a different setup with a slightly opened stance. Trey removed the pin and Cole was ready. One final practice stroke and he addressed the ball and the ball hit the back of the hole popped a bit in the air and fell into the cup. The place went nuts. Cole was now 3 under for the day and a birdie on 16 would have him finish at -4 for the day and -8 for the tournament. While this was going on Fred was tearing the course apart and shot 63. Cole's 68 left him way back as he lost 5 strokes to the leader Couples. He was in second and would be in the final group on Sunday. There was the usual mob as he made his way to sign his scorecard and then the Press Conference. At the door to signing his card the NBC reporter was there and she asked for a minute. As they were broadcasting the event live. So Cole good round today what are you chances tomorrow? Cole actually laughed and said well it looks like unless Fred withdraws I have to settle for first loser. Look, I'm in second a ridiculous number of stroked behind, I want to win but really I'm double digits behind. I'm having a great tournament and there has been enough drama nd I always want to win. Cole who will caddie for you tomorrow? I'm hoping Liam is up to it. Trey was a very good caddie and was super prepared and I appreciate what he did for me, thanks. With that Cole went inside to sign his card. The Press Conference was all about the caddies and Liam's health. Cole went on and on about Trey and his preparation. Then Cole said for me a caddie is a teammate, I listen and take in the information but I m Lao well prepared and the final decision. I play well because of my caddie and the people who watch me play. So Cole what did Liam say to you on the 10th tee? Guys that's between Liam and me but it was a come to Jesus meeting and I wasn't Jesus. The place erupted in laughter. When the laughter ended Cole said one more question and that means one and not three. Again there was laughter. Cole pointed to Gary Dulac from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette and said Gary as a local guy I bet you have a question. Cole what do you expect from your caddie. Cole thought for a minute and said there are two schools of thought on that. Some Pros want the caddie to show up, be on time and shut up. Well I want them to show up, be on time, know the course and stop me from doing something stupid and Liam fits that bill. Hell he even promised not to bread my driver again. Extreme measures late in a round to keep me from a stupid mistake. Sometimes I'm stubborn, thanks everyone. Cole signed autographs and had a late dinner with Collin and mom and dad. Ashley was there as the daycare was now closed. JJ was eating with his dad as he flew in earlier to fetch mom and dad. I had dinner with Kyle and his wife and there was some work chat as he laughed about my impromptu commercial. When he got serious he said they were going to focus group test it. I shrugged and changed the subject. It was a bit after 9:00 when I got to my room. I made sure the door was locked between my room and Winnie's and took a very long and hot shower. I laid out clothes for tomorrow and they would serve as my clothes for the flight back. I wanted my rest as I was actually flying back and JJ was free to sit and watch. I needed to call the airport and have the jet fueled and ready for a 9:00 PM flight. Cole was going with the Major and Jessica was changing jets to be with Cole. I didn't set the alarm and slid a note under Winnie's door saying I hoped she had a good time. I stripped and jumped into bed.l Please take a moment and consider a donation to NIFTY,it is important. Thanks for reading and sorry for the delay, people in from out of town for the Senior Games.