Format	Originally a medal play tournament, the 2002 event was held as match play - a change which will likely carry over to future years ... or not, it appears we can select our mode of play at the beginning of each year's  tournament, and we do! The "Sinister" in the name does (as many of you have no doubt already wondered) refer to left-handed-ness.  In fact, one of the seekers after the sport coat is always left-handed, while the other is always right-handed.  Except on this one occasion, of course - the whole point here is that we trade clubs and play golf in the opposite orientation to our normal proclivities.  And a grand time is had by all, you may have no doubt!
History	Begun in AD 2000, the Sinister Invitational has a rich and storied history.  In 2000, the tournament was held at Metropolitan Beach - a gorgeous venue with spectacular lake vistas and tempting freighters  In 2001, the site was Warfield Greens in Utica - no lakes or boats, but beautiful in its own way.  Then, in 2002, the third of the three rotating courses was introduced: Belle Isle - another site with water and boats, but with the added temptation of plenty of geese. In observance of the Biblical injunction to let the fields have their rest in the Sabbath Year, the Sinister Invitational skips each seventh (7th) year.  Should a tournament inadvertently be played in a sabbatic year, all results resulting from said inadvertent tournament will be null and void, and the jacket returns to the winner of the previous - and sanctioned - tournament. In a radical retooling of the tournament, all "courtesy" of disgraced former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, the Belle Isle course has been removed from the roatation due to its having been closed. (It's not easy to play in waist-high grass right- or left- handed.)  In its once-hallowed place, the Garden Bowl on Woodward has been added, as has bowling as an official sinister sport. As always, the jacket only changes hands (shoulders?) during sanctioned events, but now there is a whole new kind of event being sanctioned!
Participants	Andrew DeWitt and Charlie van Becelaere with Christian van Becelaere as official scorekeeper in perpetuity and ad hominem
Results	2000 - DeWitt in a walk  2001 - van Becelaere in a walk  2002 - van Becelaere by 1 hole (on the last putt!) 2003 - DeWitt by 4 holes and 4 strokes (all in the first four holes!) 2004 - DeWitt by 1 hole and zero stokes! 2005 - van Becelaere by 3 strokes - decided in the last 2 holes! 2006 - first Sinister Sabbath 2007 - DeWitt by 2 strokes (dead even back nine!) 2008 - van Becelaere by 2 strokes - again, down to the last hole! 2009 - van Becelaere by quite a few pins (yes, pins - see the details below and revision above) 2010 - DeWitt by 7 strokes 2011 - DeWitt by 5 strokes 2012 - van Becelaere by several pins 2013 - second Sinister Sabbath 2013 - (pre-played 2014 round) DeWitt by 10 strokes (all on the front nine again)
Highlights	2000 - the freighter shots, plus the amazing triple hole in one on #18! (captured on videotape for all those doubters out there)  2001 - new venue, transfer of the hallowed "sinister sport coat" trophy  2002 - new venue, multiple goose shots, plus the last hole putt to save the match by Charlie as the lights started to come on. 2003 - no freighters this year, but a new pair of shoes may have had a "hand" in the results, four holes to get broken in, then parity (pair-ity?), transfer of the hallowed jacket once again. 2004 - beautiful day, par on opening hole, final putt decides the tourney for the second time, and a late-discovered wardrobe malfunction 2005 - what was this - the British Open?  rain (off and on), goose poop everywhere, and still, we had more fun than even on a regular work day!  Also, a return to Medal play. 2006 - first Sinister Sabbath 2007 - we've returned to the site of the first Sinister Invitational - Metropolitan Beach, as well as to medal play. 2008 - back to venue # 2, Warfield Greens.  Gorgeous weather, slower than sinister players all around, and even a sign greeting the Annual Sinister Invitational at the clubhouse! 2009- not just a new venue, a new sport.  You may not believe it, but it's true, and the evidence will be posted once it exists!  The new venue is the Garden Bowl on Woodward in midtown Detroit.  The nation's oldest still-operating bowling center is now the third venue for the Sinister Invitational - now adding off-hand bowling to the original golf-only format! 2010 - back again to venue # 1, Metropolitan Beach, and its available freighter shots and other splashing goodness. 2011 - back again to venue # 2, Warfield Greens, and its loquatious proprietor! 2012 - back again to venue # 4, the Garden Bowl, and its tasty pizza and mis-behaving computer. 2013 - second Sinister Sabbath 2013 - Pre-played 2014 round at Metropolitan Beach to accomodate an upcoming birth!
	2009 Initial disbelief turns to dismay and disdain:     PS - It's all Kwame's fault! We still had fun, and the Garden Bowl is definitely in the top three of our current venues!
	2008 Photos to come soon (or never, that's when my camera ruined the memory card!)
Photos	2007 Ceremonial Jacket Photo
	2012 Ceremonial Jacket Photo
	2013 2014 Pre-Play Round Celebration

2013 2014 Sinister Invitational Pre-Played Round Scorecard
Metropolitan Beach Golf Course - 21 September 2013

2012 Sinister Invitational Scorecard
Garden Bowl - 29 December 2012

2011 Sinister Invitational Scorecard
Warfield Greens - 27 August 2011

2004 Sinister Invitational Scorecard
Warfield Greens - 28 July 2004

2003 Sinister Invitational Scorecard
Metropolitan Beach Golf Course - 11 October 2003

2002 Sinister Invitational Scorecard
Belle Isle Golf Course - 26 August 2002

2001 Sinister Invitational Scorecard
Warfield Greens - DD Month 2001

2000 Sinister Invitational Scorecard
Metropolitan Beach Golf Course - DD Month 2000