You just can’t mess with the official Smashing Time reverse mohawk. (Photos by Erik Kabik | Retna)

Now that Tiger Woods has derailed his run of undisputed-greatness-in-our-lifetime, it’s time to turn our attention to an established pattern of dominance that hasn’t been seen in a duo since Koufax and Drysdale: Ron Hamilton and Michael Popielarski, known by their nom de chug Smashing Time, have become the first back-to-back champions in the five-year history of the World Series of Beer Pong.

The Long Island pongers have competed in four of the five Series, and nabbed their second $50,000 grand prize at The Flamingo yesterday. More than 900 players came out to battle over their mutual love of small projectiles and cheap beer. The rest of us can go back to drinking Natural Light strictly for recreational purposes now.

By Jason Scavone

Gentlemen, start your plastic cups. (Photos by Erik Kabik | Retna)

Get your year started right — by involuntarily pounding enough cheap beer to strangle your hangover from tonight in its tiny little hangover crib.

The World Series of Beer Pong returns to the Flamingo Jan. 1 to Jan. 5. Last year, they got more than 800 pongers with Ron Hamilton of Brentwood, N.Y and Michael Popielarski of Massapequa, N.Y of team Smashing Time capturing the $50,000 grand prize. And you thought your college education went to waste.

By Jason Scavone

Why isn’t this in the Olympics yet? (Photos by Erik Kabik | Retna)

We don’t know how the professionals do it, but when we play beer pong, after about the third round, the game devolves into a drunken fight where you’re whipping ping pong balls at the other team’s heads.

We imagine the 800 or so participants in the World Series of Beer Pong this weekend at the Flamingo treated the sport with the proper grace and reverence that it deserves. After all, this is a sport that has hallowed rules like, “Distractions should not violate any local, state, or federal laws.” and “The Dipshit Not Paying Attention Rule: 1. If TEAM1 knocks over one of its own cups, that dipshit’s team (TEAM1) loses that cup(s). However, if the other team (TEAM2) also contains dipshits not paying attention that do not catch the first team of dipshits (TEAM1) knocking over their cup, then TEAM1 may keep that cup.”

The WSOBP drew Bruce Buffer to handle announcing duties and ended with 25-year-old partners Ron Hamilton of Brentwood, N.Y and Michael Popielarski of Massapequa, N.Y., ripping down the $50,000 grand prize.

By Jason Scavone