Peter Bondra takes a pre-shot snack. (Caps Outsider)
On Monday, The Laughlin Family Foundation, which raises money to help fight rare cancers, held its second annual Golf “FORE” Rare Cancers Celebrity Golf Tournament at Crofton Country Club. Several Washington Capitals alumni members participated, including Braden Holtby, Peter Bondra, Karl Alzner,Rod Langway,Brent Johnson, and Ken Sabourin. One event had them driving marshmallows as far as they could, with the furthest winning a prize. Caps Outsider spent the entire afternoon on this.
In the end, after about a hundred participants took a swing, NASCAR driver Ryan Ellis took the top prize. We have no idea how far anyone actually hit it because we didn’t have a tape measure. Here are their shenanigans:
This is what they’re hitting.Joe Beninati spent about 25 minutes setting up his marshmallow on the tee.Joe Beninati drives it.Avid golfer Peter Bondra takes a turn.Someone finds another use for the marshmallow.Ken Sabourin takes a shot.Brent Johnson takes a shot.Marshmallows liter the golf course.NBC Sports Washington’s Chris Miller.Braden Holtby takes a turn.Karl Alzner cheats by sticking tees into his marshmallow.No matter, he didn’t win.Karl Alzner takes a mulligan.Alan May also took multiple marshmallow shots.Rod Langway said his marshmallow shot was his best of the day.NASCAR driver Ryan Ellis lines up his shot.Ellis swings, and hits his the furthest.Craig Laughlin takes a dozen practice swings.Craig Laughlin scolds me for heckling him.Wes Johnson is only posing. He didn’t actually hit anything.One guy got his marshmallow stuck on the stick.NBC Washington’s Alexa Landestoy, who monitored the competition, takes a shot.Ryan Ellis gets his reward. A signed Tom Wilson bobblehead and the leftover marshmallows.
