Sept 26, 2013
A final count of 96 players teed it up during a gorgeous day at Stonewolf. A last minute cancellation by Gene Erard allowed us to create 24 teams of 4 players each, a rare happenstance. Gene is an exceptionally loyal trooper when it comes to these outings, this being only his second missed outing for the year. Whatever the reason for missing this one, we certainly hope he can make the last two of the year.
In addition to the weather being delightful, the course was i n marvelous shape. The fairways were exceptional, perhaps the best we've seen all year and that does not take anything away from the other courses we've played all of which have been in wonderful shape. The greens were a bit soft indicating an abundance of watering, to go along with the lush fairways. It makes you wonder what their water source is since there's no river really close by. But then again it's Illinois and the soil is noticeably richer on the east side of the river.
One interesting incident for us occurred on hole number 16 when a red fox loped across the fairway behind us trailing a distinctive scent of a skunk. He circled our party at a fair distance, traipsed across the green and settled at the foot of a tree above the green to scratch himself, no doubt trying to get rid of the skunk smell. He then disappeared, only to be smelled, but not seen, again on the tee to the next hole. Poor guy must've tangled with a skunk by mistake. Other golfers told me later that they too had smelled a skunk during their round, evidently coming within olfactory distance of the animal who wisely stayed out of sight.
Results:
Flight "A"
Coming in First with a -8 (63) and winning the SCP (hole #6) cup was the Jerry White, Jim Hawkes, Jack Eckhard, and Dennis Terhaar team.
In Second Shooting the same score but losing the SCP was the Larry Amen, Pete Grouzos, Ernie South and Bill Heidbreder team.
In Thrid The Dave Buesse,John Prather, Ron Muse and Jack Panula team finished at -7 (64).
The Harry Trammel team shot 65, and the Phil Hess and Bill Clark teams each shot 66's.
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Flight "B"
In First The Tom Wulf, John Aubuchon, Paul Villhard, and John Dierker team shot a tidy 67 (-4) to take honors in B flight.
Two teams followed this with identical 68's; Next in Second the Steve Dierker, Vince Koehr, Charlie Riedisser and Dee Ridenhour team
Then in Thrid the Rich Graeff, Joe Cernich, Bob Brewer, and Lewis Rosenbaum team
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Flight "C"
Five teams shot -2 (69's) but the top 3 via the SCP were the Pierre Sans Souci, Paul Pals, Jim Waugh, and John O'Toole team in First
In Second the Dan Snowden, Russ Wall, Don Moschenross, and Bob Meinhardt team
In Thrid the Jerry Mullen, Harvey Ruth, Ted Isringhaus, and Joe McDaniels team.
Also with 69's were the Del Lohmann and Larry Riedisser teams. Following them at 70's were the Bob Eddy team, the Roger Hennen team, and the Joe Mullins team.
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Flight "D"
Five teams shot even par for the day and were excited by the prospect of dates later with their sisters. Coming out on top due to the SCP was the Bob Stephenson, Bob Edwards, Tim McCullen, and Livingston Sykes team. in First
In Second was the Ron Martens, Phil Helm, Al Rosenberg, and Lou Pessoni team
In Thrid the Pat Reed Don Schmidt, Harold Howard and Dan Fergus team.
Also with 71's but shut out by the dreaded SCP were the Bob Checkly and Charley Wilson teams.
Rounding out the scoring and not even threatening par for the day were the Doug Nolte team (72) and the Paul Scheffer team (74).
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Awards:
Closest to the pins for the day:
#2 Jack Eckhard #3 Rich Graeff #6 Jerry White #13 Larry Willman #17 Jim Hawkes
Skins:
NONE
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