Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for January 11, 2023

A 7 iron “to begin”? Must be a par 3 course.

“Coach Erika Strata, reporting for duty’”

No, Coach, I’m going with the 2 iron!!!

In all reality, what kind of a hustler are you ? You Gitt before I call the club ranger !

Coach Carter has a totally new game in mind for Mrs. Thorp.

Mimi: Who’s that old white haired guy ahead of us? He kept muttering on the putting Green about Winter rules, improving his lie, not being a slouch and gophers.

That’s a great golf course!

So, Mimi is taking a solo vacation…

P 2.5: ‘…ok!…sounds good!…please hand me a right-handed club while you’re at it…"

It’s a bad coach who suggests clubs before seeing how the player swings and hits.

Could be the putting green, complete with those popular – and generous – holes.

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any more boring….

Scottsdale AZ, eh? Too bad dinner at Amy’s Baking Company is not an alternative anymore.

Wife of a former state champ Coach . . . 250 yards away. . . she’s got a 7-iron. . . oh, she got all of that one. . . about to become a Masters champ . . . tears in her eyes . . .

What about Mrs. Clover? Is she languishing on her deathbed while Mimi hits the links?

P2.5: I wasn’t talking about your clubs.

P-3: Apparently, Mimi’s new coach is legally blind, as she looks off over Mimi’s shoulder instead of looking at her. What could go wrong?

Obviously, Mimi isn’t coaching girls’ basketball this year. Did the budget cuts mean that the program has been discontinued, or will Gil and former sophomore star Cami be the coaches, or will the boys’ team go co-ed?

this author has a real bad case of ADD

I don’t know if Kaz is leaving — MUT would say escaping — the strip, but it appears that as of today, he’s no longer coaching. That makes him ineligible for consideration under Coaches Held Hostage. And if Mimi is playing golf instead of coaching three teams, she too is out of the running. That leaves Gil, who appears just often enough to make a count of time unnecessary. Henry, you’ve written me out of a job. I guess I’ll just have more time to devote to pushing, er, selling Hoo.

She was going to say caddy.

From a bon fire to a basketball game to a golf match in Arizona. This strip has more twists and turns than Lombard Street.

Coach….certainly not first class…

Watch out for the windmill and shoot for the middle hole in the castle.

P-2: Hidden Clue: This coach is a beginner. She only has three rings.

Their hands accidentally brushed against each other. Mimi held it there for far too long. She gazed into Ericka’s eyes and then asked, “What do we do now?” Ericka took her hand and whispered into her ear, “Let’s go back to my place and read today’s issue of Mopped Up Thorp!”