September 24 Results
Somehow the golf gods were smiling upon us on Thursday. The weather was just about perfect for the 115 of us that came to this lowland course surrounded by multi-million dollar homes perched on the encompassing highlands. This may have been the first time I've ever played this course, and I've played it many times, that the wind was not blowing in our faces on some of the longer par 4's. It was just a great day to tee it up. Then again, when isn't it a great day when you tee it up, eh?
The course was in fantastic shape. The fairways were most noticeably just about perfect and the greens were not far behind. The management should be proud of its condition and I'm hoping someone related that to our hosts. I'm guilty of not doing it but I'm sure some of our more thoughtful members passed on this praise to the people who see to it that we have an enjoyable day. In the past when I've played here they've managed to cut the fairways within a micron of the ground surface making pure ball contact difficult for the average duffer. But Thursday they showed us some reasonable logic and gave us some grassy cushion between ball and dirt. Again, kudos to them.
As for playing, the results, although not spectacular, did show some excellent efforts on the course. The lowest score was a -9 and the highest was a plus 4. Not a bad spread considering this course can play tougher than it looks. Our foursome committed one of the mortal sins of the scramble format; we birdied the first two holes we played. Hot starts like this often lead to disappointment along the way. And we didn't disappoint - the birdie splurge was followed by quite a few mundane pars and a fortunate spattering of a few more birdies that led to a semi-wonderful round that didn't produce anything in terms of monetary reward. Such is golf.
Results:
Players: 115
Playoff hole: #15
Flight "A"
Two teams shot -9(63)
In First was the Reiner team coming out on top via the SCP.
In Second was the Bill Parrish team
In Third was the Lee Readus team -8(64)
In Fourth was the Jack Eckhard team -8(63)
The Bill Heidbreder team, the Gary Dyhouse team, and the John Prather team all finished at -8, but were aced out by the scorecard playoff scheme.
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Flight "B"
Two teams tied at the top with -7(65) scores
In First was the Mark Bryant team
In Second was the Rich Graeff team
In Third was Tom Braun team with -6(66)
In Fourth was the Paul Rivard team with -6(66)
Also at 66's were the Bob Pankey and Doug Nolte teams.
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Flight "C"
Two teams tied at the top with -5(67) scores
In First was the Don Moschenross team.
In Second was the Livingston Sykes team
In Third was the Dave Page team -4(68)
In Fourth was the Ron Muse team -4(68)
And here's where it gets interesting; Six teams filled out the remainder of the flight with 69's. In order, the Larry Riedisser team, the Jim Hawkes team, the Art Soble team, the Del Lohmann team, the Steve Comfort team, and the John O'Toole team.
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Flight "D"
Two teams tied at the top with -2(70) scores
In First was John Ross team
In Second was the Stewart Pagenstecher team
In Third was the Russ Wall team -1(71)
In Fourth was Lewis Rosenbaum squad at 72
The Ron Ruffin team shot a +1 for the day and the John Tipton team took home EOD honors with a 76.
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Closest to the pins for the day: #3 Joe Cernich #5 Larry Riedisser #11 John Prather #16 Ken Knarr