Randall Parks
PERSONAL – Randall lives in Rossville, Georgia with his wife, Erica, and their 4 Siberian Huskies (I knew I liked this guy – Go Huskies!). He’s a mailman for the United States Postal Service and has been golfing since he was 16.
TIE TO THE MONTEMAR – Simon Gober has a tendency for attracting Tennessee Volunteers fans. Back in about 2009 Gober took me to Ole Miss to check out the Grove and watch Ole Miss beat LSU. We flew into Memphis before the game and ended up getting 25 year-old drunk. We stumbled into a bar completely filled with LSU fans – hundreds of them. There were no Ole Miss fans there but there was one Tennessee fan – an extremely large and muscular man named Trey Grey. Trey Grey was trying to pick a fight with all 100 of the LSU fans but he was so big nobody would talk back. Simon and Trey became besties instantly and we all headed off to the pink poodle. Trey Grey ended up literally banging 2 or 3 of the strippers in the back room and we were tired so we ditched him 45 minutes out of town at the poodle. He more than likely wasn’t able to take his kid’s to the zoo the next day (his wife had told us that was the plan) and they more than likely got divorced after that. There was so much potential for Trey to be Gober’s life-long Tennessee fan buddy but Trey probably wants to kill us - which is scary - so it didn’t work out.
8 years ago or so Simon had a second chance at happiness with a Tennessee fan, this time in the most unlikely of places for a couple of country boys from the south. They both happened to be on a bus ride in Jamaica. Randall noticed Simon was wearing his ugly ass Ole Miss gear and that Misty was wearing her patented Auburn garbage. There was no way he couldn’t say anything he so he starting doing what any good college fan would do – he started talking shit. After 45 minutes or so on the bus and saying god only knows what to each other back and forth, the two happened to be staying at the same resort. The couple Randall and his wife were with boned out early so they replaced them with Simon and Misty. The four stayed up and had a classic night of drinking and talking shit. Unlike Simon’s late night of drinking and talking shit with Trey Grey, his relationship with Randall has lasted. They’ve been on multiple vacations together, had some great laughs, and consider each other truly great friends.
When I think about Kirk’s story from yesterday and Randall’s today, it makes me wonder how often we’re on a bus or plane or walking down the street and somebody we have the potential to be great friends with just walks on by and we never get to know them.
Lucky these two met and I’m excited to meet the infamous Randall Parks at the Montemar. Simon has spoken highly of him ever since that meeting in Jamaica and it sounds like the Montemar’s got another good one.
ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MONTEMAR – Hopefully the man comes through with some more ProV1s.
WHAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN IN 2024– Much more of the same from a fun standpoint. From a golf standpoint, learning to avoid those double and triple bogeys would go a long way. Randall is in a much friendlier division this year because he’s got the benefit of a returners handicap and that alone will help him fly up the leaderboard. He’s bringing his brother this time around and I’d imagine they’ll scramble it up together. Who they pair with will help a lot with how those points go. He knows a lot more guys this year and that should help him tremendously come draft day. I except Randall to take a huge leap in the standings this time around.
WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN 2024 – It’s still the doubles and triples and quads. Randall makes a solid number of pars but when shit hits the fan it really hits the fan. Snowmen are really fun in the winter time but there’s no place for ‘em on a golf course. Although the golf game wasn’t as sharp as he can be, Randall excelled again in the most important thing - the fun aspect. He’s quickly becoming a Montemar favorite. Just a damn good dude who’s always smiling.
WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN 2025 – Keep smiling but give yourself some reasons on the golf course to smile more. The 32 handicap is friendly and creates a huge opportunity. Play with the idea of double bogey max and see how far you can fly up that leaderboard.
ODDS TO WIN 44-1
FUN FACT – Neyland Stadium, where Tennessee plays it’s home games, and Husky Stadium, are the only two stadiums in the country where you can SAIL gate. The two school’s have announced a home and home series for 2029 and 2030. As I’m planning ahead here, those games might be fun to build a Montemar or two around.
MONTEMARS PLAYED – 2 (Scottsdale 2023, Coeur D’Alene 2024)
MONTEMAR ROUNDS PLAYED – 6 (TPC Scottsdale, TS-Piipaash, TS-O’odhaam – 2023/Circling Raven x 2, Coeur D’Alene Resort Course - 2024)
LIFETIME POINT TOTAL – 495 (26th)
JACKETS WON – 0
TOP 3 FINISHES – 0
TOP 5 FINISHES – 0
TOP 10 FINISHES – 0
RECORDS – 0
TOURNAMENT HANDICAP – 32
INVITED BY – Simon Gober
PLAYERS INVITED - 1 (Chris Gentry)
PRIZES DONATED – Box of ProV1s?
