May 24,2018
118 of us congregated at this course in the bend of the Meramec on what proved to be a toasty day uninterrupted by the ever-present wind on this mostly level layout. I don't think I personally have ever played this course when the wind hasn't been in my face on at least a majority of the long par 4's that we're faced with. So, this was a rare day (if ever come rare days in the month of June, or how ever the poem reads).
I don't know about you but I really enjoyed the write-up on the last outing done by none other than the guy who does just about everything related to this "organization" - the one and only Randy Pratt. When I got back from my sojourn to see my 99-year old father-in-law in S/W Minnesota I told Randy I'd gladly resume the additional duty of capturing the day's events in writing, but he just about tore my head off and pleaded to no end that he really, really enjoyed doing the write-up and if there was anything he took more pleasure in in life he would seriously doubt it. If you can imagine this, but maybe you shouldn't, he even got down on bended knee to plead with me over the chance to take over that task. We brain-wrestled about it for a while and I explained my case that somehow I have to earn my keep with this group and the write-up is just about the only way I know how, it certainly isn't my prowess on the courses. Anyway, in his infinite wisdom he caved to my logic so you're stuck with me for a while at least if you're really interested in what we accomplished for the day.
I do feel a bit sorry for Randy though and he'll probably be in a constant mope state for at least a month while I merrily pound away on this Logitech keyboard. Bear with me please and give Randy your condolences.
Aberdeen was in decent shape, the fairways have finally grown above the micron height and the greens, when accidently hit by our group, proved to actually be quite true and not too cratered by incoming white spheres. We do need to recognize the rough however. Forget about finding your balls (golf that is) embedded in the 5-6 inch grass. One of our group spotted a rather large snapping turtle off the tee box on #8 and tried to cajole the creature into cleaving a twig in two to illustrate to me the power of its jaw. The turtle, being a rather smart creature "rapidly" disappeared into the monumental rough growing off the side of the cart path. And disappear he did, in just a couple of seconds the rough was that thick.
Enough of the BS, here are the results. Oh yeah, the playoff hole was #10, the only uphill hole on the course
Results :
Flight "A"
In First, Running away with the whole shootin' match was the Ed de la Pena, Bob Hickey, Eric Erkkinen, and Frank Greening squad who managed to post a very, very fine -10 probably as a result of staying out of the jungle (rough).
In Second was the Tom Braun, Stew (Chicago bound) Pagenstecher, Pick Williams, and Tom Benedum foursome at -9(63).
In Third was the Lee Readus, Paul Pals, Art Soble and Mike Owens squad -8(64).
In Fourth was the Larry ($$$$) Willman, Don Bratcher, Ron Smith and Ted Schuessler group at -8(64).
Also at 64 but eliminated by the SCP (hole #10 remember) were the Larry Riedisser team, the Ed Boyer team, and the Jon Meyer team.
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Flight "B"
The top four in this flight were knotted at -7(65)
In First was the Kerry Rockwell, Jack Panula, George Keil, and George Blaney crew
In Second was the John Prather, Don Schmidt, and Dan Edmiston team
In Third was the Ron Ruffin, Joe Cernich, Gary Dyhouse team
In Fourth was the Doug Nolte, John Boyd, Bob Edwards, and Brian Kennedy team.
The John Dierker team scored a 66 while a whole gaggle of teams tied at 67(-5); the Curt Opperman team, the Dan Winter team, the Steve Dierker team, the Bob Braun team and the Joe Goines team.
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Flight "C"
Three teams tied at -4(68)
In First was the Bill Parrish, Mike Sommerville, Max Saunders, and Don Wulf team
In Second was the Calvin Britt, Bob Bischoff, Bob Pahmeier, and Frank Vien squad
In Third was the Tom Fichter, Ernie South, Paul Kinser, and Skip Knopf team.
In Fourth at -3(69) was the Paul Sawchak, Rick Hastings, Harold Lindahl, and John Ross team.
Also with 69's but out of the money were the Lou Pessoni, Ken Knarr, and Bob Thibodeaux teams.
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Flight "D"
Two teams tied for first in this flight with a -2(70)
In First was the Dave Gillett, Randy Pratt, Rich Graeff, and Bob Checkley team.
In Second was the Rick Bonnot, Dan Fergus, Dee Ridenhour, and Bob Foeller tea
In Third was the Bob Meinhardt, Jerry Mullen, Russ Wall, and Bob Gay team at 71(-1)
In Fourth was the Jim Frost, Bruce Schnelle, Dan Rademeyer, and Sonny Javier team at 71(-1) .
The Howard Friener team got a nice sloppy kiss from their sisters at even par and the Norb Loebs team received the pink ball award for the high score of the day (+1, 73).
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Closest to the pins for the day: #3 John Dierker #5 George Keil #11 Curt Opperman #16 Sonny Javier