Aug 14, 2014 Results
At final count, 107 of us found Wolf Hollow golf course. It wasn't much problem for at least a dozen of us who played it the day before in the bi-weekly senior scramble that has been touted by many of us as a good place to be on alternate Wednesdays. It's a great deal for less than $30 where you can get a small bite to eat and a cup of coffee in the morning and a burger/brat and some fixin's at noon and possibly win some money on top of it. This course does a great job of marketing itself and I'll often get adverts in the mail to jump on board a 2-man scramble to attempt to win a lot of money. Unfortunately, the entry fees are astronomical for us peasants and knowing how good some of these guys are, I'm sure my astronomical fee would be in someone's bank account before morning. I'll pass on those expensive outings and concentrate on our affairs and those bi-weekly cheaper stints at this challenging course.
And it is a challenging course. The greens are devilish and many of the holes demand an accurate tee shot and second shot to somewhere on these greens that could never hold water. But it's fun to play and certainly gives you some great views of whatever county it's in. Is it Franklin county?
The course is in great shape, kept that way by the seemingly ever-present corps of guys mowing and doing some kind of landscaping work. Their presence can be annoying at times but perhaps they're just out there to learn something about the sport as they keenly follow our precise shots that are often accompanied by some descriptive language. All their efforts have kept this heavily played course in very good shape. And for the price it's very difficult to beat.
For some reason we seemed to play this course a bit faster than others. Not sure of the reason but it appeared that way. I'm sure some folks would vehemently disagree with that statement, but for our foursome the round took just over 4 hours and we did have some wait time in there also.
Results:
107 Players
Playoff hole: #6
Flight "A"
Fashioning an astounding -11 (60) on this course. In First was the team of Pierre Sans Souci, Jerry White, Doug Torrie, and Mark Bryant. Not sure where they came up with that score but they managed to birdie all the holes on the front, if I recall, and add a couple on the back. I believe they played all 18. Very nice guys.
In Second was the explosively loaded Randy Pratt, Harold Howard, Ed de la Pena, and Paul Kinser team. They moved around the course in a -9 fashion
In Third was the Ron Ruffin, Jim Akers, Lou Pessoni, and Ed Boyer team who posted the same wonderful score.
Finishing out the A flight were the John Boyd team with a 63, the Darryl Rue team with the same score, and the John Dierker team with a 64.
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Flight "B"
Three teams finished with identical -5 (66) scores
In First was the Bob Foeller, Jeff Delaplain, Jack Panula, and Harvey Ruth team
In Second was the Max Saunders, Jim Dwyer, Bruce Schnelle, and Don Congleton team
In Third was the Don Giarraffa, Ernie South, George Eickhoff, and Sonny Javier team.
Also in B Flight but with scores 1 off the 66 mark (a 67 in case you're wondering) were the Ron Smith team, the Ted Isringhaus team, and the Larry Knopfel team.
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Flight "C"
A gaggle of teams vied for first in this flight, most carding a -3 (68) but only 3 place in the money.
In Firstwas the Bob Brewer, Paul Scheffer, Dennis Terhaar, and Art Soble team. They came away as the big winners.
In Second nwas the Jim Hawkes, John O'Toole, Tom Murphy, and Bob Eddy squad.
In Third was the Dan Snowden, Dee Ridenhour, Mark Gordon, and Charlie Fischer team.
Also with 68's were the Joe Cernich team, the Larry Riedisser team, and the Bob Stephenson team. The Larry Amen team and the Dan Fergus team shot 69's.
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Flight "D"
Five teams shot -1(70)
In First was the Joe Jarvis, Charlie Riedisser, Mark Hagler, and Dave Gillett team.
In Second was the Dennis Meade, Lon Schwake, and Bill Howell team.
In Third was the Joe Goines, Del Lohmann, Bob Pahmeier, and Bob Haddad team.
The two other teams with the 70 score were the Steve Dierker and Joe McDaniels team.
Finishing with a big smacker from their sisters was the Steve Wallach team with a 71 (even par).
Putting in more effort than any other team and getting in a lot of practice for the next round was the Bob Thibodeaux team with a 73.
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Awards:
Closest to the pins for the day:
#5 Jerry White
#9 John Ross
#14 Randy Pratt
#17 Lou Pessoni
Skins:
#5 Pierre Sans Souci team with a birdie 2
#16 Randy Pratt team with a birdie 3