April 14, 2016 Results
The first outing of the year at The Bluffs was an unqualified success (whatever that means). We had 117 show up for our usual 0800 tee time and some 5-6 hours later we finished. All appeared to have a good time. For those that didn't, there'll be many more outings for you to hone your games to the fine tuned spectacle you all know they can become. Fortunately the weather held up and it was a rather gorgeous day. April can be a real challenge as we all know.
The course was in good shape for this early in the season, and you could tell they'd gotten a recent shower or two because of the squishiness factor on some of the fairways. The golf balls were just too heavy for the soft fairways and would tend to sink in upon landing, creating minimum roll. This already long course played a good 3000 yards longer than normal. Our intrepid foursome probably managed to hit 4 greens in regulation due to lack of an extra 20-30 yards of roll on our drives, etc. (need some excuse, eh?)
And, due to those early spring phenomena known as aeration and sanding half the greens were an adventure prompting the committee to make the decision we all don't like to make; the 2-putt rule. After your first putt you can pick up and add a stroke, pretty much regardless of where you are on the green which makes for a new interpretation of the "gimme" concept. Our foursome used the rule less than a handful of times, but it did come in handy for that handful. We had to be careful, however, because several times we "putted" from the fringe, which is not a putt in reality but a stroke nonetheless, so we had to make sure we were close with those "strokes". Anyway, we abided by the rule and survived the day.
Results: Playoff hole was #17.
Flight "A"
In First via the playoff hole was the Doug Torrie team with a 66 (-5).
In Second with that score was the Mark Bryant team
In Third the Dan Edmiston team
In Fourth was the Bill Heidbreder team.
Coming in at a -4(67) were the Dave Page team and the Jon Meyer team.
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Flight "B"
Four teams tied atop this flight with -2(69) scores.
In First via the playoff hole was the Erle Craig team
In Second was the John Prather team
In Third was the Steve Comfort team
In Fourth was the Lon Schwake team.
A whole slew of teams, namely the Paul Kinser team, the Dan Fergus team, the Steve Dierker team, the Dan Ottoline team, the Dave Busse team, and the Curt Opperman team all came in at -1(70).
The Jim Mead team and the Larry Riedisser team took time out to kiss their sisters and finish even par (71) while the Russ Wall team squeaked in at +1.
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Flight "C"
Four teams tied for best in this flight at +2 (73).In First was the Tom Fichter team won out because of the scorecard playoff (SCP).
In Second was the Bob Pankey team
In Third was the Pierre Sans Souci team
In Fourth was the Jerry White team.
The Paul Pals team shot +3(74)
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Flight "D"
Four teams tied at +4(75). In First was the cream of the crop was the Bill Wegge team
In Second was the Pete Grouzos team
In Third was the Dennis Meade team
In Fourth was the Doug Nolte team.
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Awards:
Closest to the pins for the day: 2 Don Moschenross #6 John Dierker #8 John Boyd #14 Jerry Mullen #17 Dave Page