Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for August 11, 2018

What’s the obsession with the Valley Juniors? An 83 would give them zero chance of winning anything. Maybe making the Valley Juniors is like getting into the right prep school and being set up for life.

Other expectation-managing inspirational quotes from Coach Thorp: Always give 85-90%. If at first you don’t succeed that’s normal. You will miss 100% of the shots you don’t take, and a significant percentage of those you do. Winning isn’t everything, so get used to losing.

P1, 87? Gil’s happy to shoot his age.

P2, And remember, Tiger Woods had been golfing for over a dozen years by the time he was your age. Slackers!

P3, Tell it to the hand, kid.

P1- Twinkling is GilPa’s eye for talent.

P2- Boys, the legend is true. We have a loofah this long.

P3- What is it going to take to get these St. Fabian boys ready for the Valley Juniors? Hand on tutelage?

In all reality , Look gentlemen you haven’t shot an 83 in a tournament because you have to count all strokes and there a no Gimme putts . Now let’s go into the rough and I’ll show how to use a foot wedge . Gee thanks Mr Thorp you’re swell in all reality !

At least he didn’t call them “gents”.

Gil sure knows a lot about golf considering he never even touches a club.

P-3: Milford has tournaments! Plural! for Junior Golfers? I’ve heard Golf Courses are suffering financially.

The tournaments need to start serving lemonade. Look what it does for Gil.

Ugh, I think I’m just going to skip over this strip for the next couple of weeks until golf is over. I hope it’s just a couple of weeks, at least.

Why does he have a piece of chocolate pie upside down on his head in that last panel?

The kid in P3 looks like he should be yelling at Gil to stay off his lawn.

P-3: Didn’t the Beatles want to do it in the road?

If 83 would get you into the Valley Juniors, what would get you in the Arroyo Misses, the Canyon Women’s, or the Gulch Plus Sizes?