June 26, 2014 Results
113 of us gathered at Pevely Farms on a windless Thursday morning to swing away once again in an attemp t to perform the act of a perfect game of golf. So much for the attempt. 113 being an odd number, and a prime number at that, we would normally have 3 threesomes in the mix, but the addition came at the last moment and we opted not to upset our normal early morning registration chaos by breaking up several teams just to create the threesomes, so we overloaded one team with a 5th player and fortunately for that team they seemed to do ok by posting a fair-to-middlin' -27 walking away with every possible award this group can even imagine. We also sell bridges in Brooklyn if anyone is interested.
This course was in quite good shape, which is nothing unusual since it's one of the finer venues along Lewis Road, which sports numerous courses for us to enjoy. By the way, what course owns that singular hole on the other side of the road adjacent to #3? It's surrounded by trees and seemingly has no access from any other part of the phantom course that it supposedly is part of. Any ideas?
Anyway, the fairways were quite nice, especially #10 which for the first time since I've played this course, they let us drive on. Can't figure that one out. We've never, ever, ever, been able to drive on this fairway. What gives PF??? And the greens were good, possibly a bit slow but still manageable. The only disparaging thought that came to my mind was the distance we had to play. The whites were at a published distance of 6200+ yards, which is a lot more than a stretch for an aging ball striker such as myself. And then the actual tee markers were set back on the box so the actual total yardage was quite a bit more than the published value. Ouch!!! We've got to make sure in the future that the course can be re-rigged to give the under 75 group a more reasonable yardage, like somewhere in the 5500-5700 range. Da Commish usually does this but we need to assist him (like remind him) in this responsibility for each of our outings. He's got a lot on his plate for each outing so we need to tweak his brain a bit before we blast off on that first tee again. Another item for the checklist.
But, the playing field was the same for everyone in that age bracket so we can't complain too much. And I certainly don't want to wish age on anyone just to qualify for the front tees.
Results:
113 Players
Playoff hole: #16
Flight "A"
Two teams tied at -6 (65) for the low score for the day. In First The Wayne Warneke, Dennis Swift, Jack Reiner, and Joe Cernich team came out on top via the SCP.
Next Second the Lewis R os enbaum, George Keil, Art Soble, and Ed de la Pena team.
In Third with a -5 (66) via the SCP was the Bob Pahmeier, Mark Gordon, Max Saunders, and Dale Issac team.
Also finishing with the 65 but getting bumped out of the big bucks via the SCP was the Jeff Delaplain team. The Roger Nikrant team and the Gene Erard teams shot 67 and 68 respectively to fill out the A Flight.
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Flight "B"
Four teams shot -2 (69) but only the top three made the money list because of the SCP. Coming out First was the Frank Vien, Bob Kriss, Ralph Buettner, and Dave Kunz team.
In Second was the Bob Haddad, Dan Fergus, Gill Clark, Jim Akers, and John Loscuito team.
In Third was the George Blaney, Ted Schuessler, Dan Edmiston, and Bill Houston team. With the same 69 but aced out by the SCP was the Ron Muse team.
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Flight "C"
Seven teams shot even par, got the thrill of the buss from their sisters, and even took home some cash, at least the top 3 of the seven did. In First Bob Gay, Jack Eckhard, Wayne Lamborn, and Dee Ridenhour team bested all seven by winning the SCP.
In Second was the Dale Crittenden, Earl Phillips, Ed Boyer, and Ron Martens team.
In Third was the Bob Meinhardt, Bob Edwards, Bob Foeller, and Pierre Sans Souci squad.
The Don Wulf, Dennis O'Connor, Harry Trammel, and Ernie South teams all shot the same even par 71 scores but didn't finish in the top 3 as determined by the SCP.
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Flight "D"
Four teams shot +3 (74's) In First the Lon Schwake, Joe Pfeifer, Russ Wall, and Dan Snowden team came out on top in the playoff.
In Second was the Joe McDaniels, Lee Hanson, Paul Kinser, and Larry Riedisser team.
In Third was the Bruce Schnelle, Bob Checkley, Bob Thibodeaux, and Stewart Pagenstecher team.
The John Dierker team also had the 74 score but must've screwed up on #16, the playoff hole.
The Lou Pessoni team shot 75, the Pete Grouzos team had 76 and the Jerry Mullen and Darryl Rue teams tied at 77 with the high scores for the day.
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Awards:
Closest to the pins for the day:
#5 Vince Koehr (measured at a miniscule 1' 1")
#8 Bob Thibodeaux (measured at 10 1/2")
#14 Art Soble (measured at 5' 5")
Skins:Only one and it was on #11 by the Bob Pahmeier team.