Sunday 3/13 RESULTS
I have to lead with some well deserved praise to everyone that played in this "event". Not only did everyone show up, but they all made it to the course on time, in spite of having to set their clocks ahead 1 hour the night before. Great job Men's Club!
Now, on to our "event". You hopefully have noticed that a descriptive word here has been italicized and underlined. These are events, not tournaments. Tournaments are things like the President's Cup, the Club Championships, Hanson Memorial, and 2-man tournaments like the SCGA 2-man, and the Eclectic. I may give the other "events" tournament-sounding names, but make no mistake, they are different. Hence, when I post these rounds, they are posted as regular rounds, not tournament rounds. When I put rules in like the most you can take on a hole is your adjusted maximum score for your handicap (the score that I would be posting for you anyway), I do this for 2 reasons. First, to keep play moving. We have all witnessed rounds (good, bad or indifferent), come grinding to a halt on #16, while the group that was right in front of you, well, is suddenly in the middle of #18. Not to mention the 2 groups behind you on 16 waiting to hit. And second, why wait until 16 when you can ruin a round on the 2nd hole with a 10 or more. The guys that play the best that day are still going to rise to the top. But, if you guys really want your double-digit scores back, let me know, because if you can keep track of them, I can add them all up, and let my computer decide which ones get changed.
Time now for the good news! Shots of the day belong to John Varner, who besides winning a closest to the pin, holed out on #8 for an eagle 2! Gregg Aubrey won low gross in flight 2 in a card off, but what won that was his 9 straight pars on the back nine! When I found Tom Woliver's second shot in the hazard left of #14, there were so many sticks and branches around it that it appeared to be in the middle of someone's future bonfire. Throwing caution to the wind, he hit a juiced-up screamer that landed over the green, then spun viciously back up the hill, almost going in. He calmly holed the 5 footer for a most improbable birdie. Johnny O'Brien's net 67 was celebrated in the scorer's tent with some fine Jameson's Irish Whiskey, courtesy of our President, Jeff Middlebrook. Jeff, if you have any more bottles of good stuff that you want to empty, bring them by the next event!
Interestingly enough, those four all won their flights! The other 2 flight winners...their handicaps are just too high, I guess.
1st Flight - Gross
73...Tom Woliver $60
75...Paul Rathbun $40
76...Jason Fry $25
1st Flight - Net
70...Bob Grassa $60
73...Scott Guthrie $40
74...Gary Matthews $25
2nd Flight - Gross
80...Gregg Aubrey c/o $60
80...Kirk Williamson $40
81...Zach Manuel $25
2nd Flight - Net
68...Bruce Barr $60
69...Bill Guetz $40
70...Scott Billion c/o $25
3rd Flight - Gross
81...John Varner $60
84...John Hensley $40
90...Jeff Middlebrook $25
3rd Flight - Net
67...Johnny O'Brien $60
73...Jim Tiensvold c/o $40
73...Allan Fraser $25
Closest to the Pins - Blue Tees $30 each
# 6 Kyle Hinsz
# 9 Scott Billion
#13 Joey Reando
#17 Scott Guthrie
Those of you that don't know Scott, he was the one sitting in the "scorer's lounge" with the binoculars focused on the 17th green, making sure that nobody got inside his shot. They didn't. (He made the putt, too.)
Closest to the Pins - White Tees $20 each
# 6
# 9 John Hensley
#13 John Varner
#17 John Hensley
Nobody got on #6 (the Hole-in-One pot thanks you!) Varner's second best shot of the day kept Hensley from sweeping the closest to's. I was handed a petition to put the two John's back on the blue tees for the next "event".
Which, by the way, has been moved to Sunday, April 3rd, with a possible format change in the works.