Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for July 14, 2010

I predict that we’re going to have trouble with the golfing equivalent of the Sideline Dad. What a vile creature that is!

Doesn’t he know what golf carts are for? At a lot of clubs it’s illegal to actually play golf without renting a golf cart. They are there to play golf, not go out for cross country.

That will be three laps for you Chuck, with a full bag of clubs!

What are those pyramid things on the ground?

Most golf courses are not round, won’t the kids go off in all kinds of directions and some get lost. Second guess Gill NEVER!

Gil will learn the only good place to coach is an orphanage.

Ut oh - Doesn’t Gil know that bad golfers play rough?

Of course it’s illegal at a lot of clubs not to rent a golf cart. You think they lose any chance to squeeze extra dollars out of the golfers?

That being said, you’re all wet, Chuck. Think a professional teacher is going to lose an opportunity to get a bunch of kids to sweat off their Nintendo guts?

Two laps around the golf course?

What purpose would that serve except giving Gil an hour or so to grab a cocktail and check out the moms at the pool?

Now I know what happened to Captain Kangaroo. He’s running the Pro Shop at the Milford Country Club.

Tomorrow, Gil will hand-pick the young women to drive the beverage cart around the course.

2 laps around the course? That doesn’t make sense unless it’s a Putt Putt. How do you even know what the boundaries of the course are? It’s probably like 5 miles around the perimeter.

I think the two laps thing was an attempt at humor by the Gilster. Is Gil a charter member of the Club?

grshprnh - those pyramid things are practice range balls. The really nice clubs like Milford Country Club have mold that they put over the basket to do that to the range balls.

What the hell does Gil know about golf anyway?

@MilfordAsstDA Good call on Captain Kangaroo. I thought he kinda looked like the dude from Monopoly without his hat. I thought kids played golf so they wouldn’t have to run. Gil is in for a LONG summer.

Golf Shoes…not the best for running a few miles…also in P1: what’s up with the “loafers” for sale…..I sure hope they are not golf shoes!!

Can anyone should some light on what that giant M thing on the right of P3 is?

Some sort of mortuary statuary? Giant entertainment center?

I just want you all to know that I as much as I used to enjoy the strip…I think I now enjoy the commentary a lot more. I miss Joe Sharkey and some of the others.

It must be Milford country club. Good call by the Judge, Gil is working the pool in panel 4

What’s Mimi doing now?

Maybe only the survivors of the two laps make the team.

Mimi’s running the hot dog cart, right there on the right in P3 - “Mimi’s Hot Links”. That’s either Cap Kangaroo or Gepetto - “I’m gonna make a real boy while you run the Jr program!”