Sept 27,2018
A packed house of 121 golfers made it to Aberdeen on a chilly morning that actually turned out quite nice, in fact very, very nice. For sure I've never played this course when it wasn't windy, but Thursday was the one exception - no wind!!! And that's especially good on hole #12, that interminable par 4 that's always, always into a gale. Didn't help us tho, we bogeyed the darn thing.
Anyway, they told us at the beginning that the course was in very good shape. They absolutely were not lying. This was the best shape yours truly has ever, ever seen this course and I've played it fairly often. Usually they shave the fairways so they look more painted than grassy. On Thursday the ball actually sat up just a tad so us hackers could simulate getting the club underneath the ball. Some of the pros among us, I won't mention their names, probably don't mind tight lies but I personally don’t care for hitting the big ball first because that darn thing doesn't move very far when you're busy swinging for the fences.
And the greens were excellent, although gravity seemed to affect them on many occasions forcing our perfect putts to go astray horizontally instead of vertically. They were just a smidge on the shaggy side but still ran pretty true and looked very good. Not a lot of ball marks either and when there were the marks they were easily fixed because of the softness of the surface.
Before we started we were treated to something a bit spectacular. One of our own, Calvin Britt to be exact, dropped in from the sky on a pre-planned surprise jump, with a chute mind you, to start off the festivities. Thanks so much Calvin. If anyone caught pictures of him please send to me and I'll forward to the group after the next outing. Actually, Randy and I missed the whole thing as we were cleaning up after registration, but we knew it was coming. My concern was that Calvin got the right course since there are three of them in close proximity and we wouldn't want him to land at Pevely Farms by mistake and miss his tee time - great job Calvin. He's been trying to get me to go up with him and get crazy enough to plunge out of a plane at 300,000 feet to safely land somewhere. The first rung on a step ladder makes me dizzy.
Results : Playoff hole was #16, that dinky par 3 that Ron Muse probably used a 76 degree wedge to win CTP. BTW Academy sports has a 76 degree wedge if you're interested!
Flight "A"
Four teams tied with very good -9(63).
In First was the John Strebeck, George Mosinski, Bob Foeller and Ernie South team
In Second was the Art Soble, Steve Smith, Don Schneider, and Don Bratcher team
In Third was the Ron Ruffin, Dave Erker, Paul Rivard and John Dierker team.
In Fourth was the Dale Crittenden team
the Rick Hastings and Doug Torrie teams recorded -8(64).
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Flight "B"
All but one team shot -7(65) in this flight.
In First was the Mike Devereaux, Paul Villhard, Max Saunders, and Russ Wall team.
In Second was the Don Moschenross,Ed Boyer, and Don Wulf team
In Third was the Bill Park, Jack Panula, Jerry Kent, and Norbert Loebs team
In Fourth was the Bob Edwards, Larry Edwards, Charley Wilson, and George Eickhoff team.
The John Hofmeister, Frank Greening, and Paul Kinser teams also recorded 65's while the Rich Graeff squad had a 66.
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Flight "C"
The top 4 teams in this flight all shot -5(67)
In First was the John Ross, Steve Dierker, and Dave Page team
In Second was the Ron Muse, Bill Clark, Bob Hickey, and Harvey Ruth team
In Third was the Dan Edmiston, Lee Readus, Jon Meyer, and Bob Bischoff team
In Fourth the Jack Eckhard, Karson Kosowski, Ted Schuessler, and Harold Lindahl team.
With 68's were the Tom Braun, Dave Hitt, Rick Hartmann and Brian Kennedy teams.
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Flight "D"
The top four teams in this flight all posted 69's (-3)
In First was the David Hall, Tom Prinzi, Darryl Rue, and Tom Benedum team.
In Second was the Jim Hawkes, Bob Eubank, Bill Parrish, and Bob Pahmeier team
In Third was the Joe Cernich, Paul Sawchak, Bob Checkley, and Bob Stephenson team
In Fourth was the Ken Knarr, Kevin Walsh, Dave Gillett, and Dee Ridenhour squad.
The Dave Buesse team, the John Boyd team and the Bill Gust teams all shot -2(70) while the Dan Fergus team, still shooting a -1 came in and gleefully garnered the pink ball award for the day. It's not often the high score for the day is under par.
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Closest to the pins for the day: #3 Ed de la Pena #5 Dave Page #11 George (1 inch) Mosinski #16 Ron Muse