Oct 18, 2018 Results
Oh man, if only every golf day could be as grand as this one. At bit nippy at the beginning but what a gorgeous day after that. The biggest factor, in my mind, was the lack of wind. It could've been similar to last week had the wind come up and put some frost on the old pumpkin but we were very fortunate to play almost the whole round without a whisper of a zephyr. If there was just the slightest breeze it did not hamper our play, nor our spirits. Most everyone showed up and the final tally for attendance stood at 122 - a great turnout for our grand finale.
The course was in quite good shape. The fairways were pretty much as we like them, enough of a growth so the ball would sit up just a tad. And the greens, tho a bit pock marked by old ball craters, were not too bad. Except, except management decided to aerate the greens in the not too distant past leaving the dreaded dimples in the clear cut way to the cup. Frustrating to say the least. But, when you think of it, with everyone hitting from the front tees that distance advantage was nullified in a way by the dimpled greens making true putts only a dream. Any putt outside of 18" was an adventure to say the least.
But the dimples weren't the only thing on the green that proved a bit disconcerting. Did you notice the condition of the cups themselves? I don't think I've ever seen such ragged cups on a course of this stature. They weren't cleanly cut by any means and it appeared they'd been made by a dull hacksaw from my perspective. The only other possible explanation might be that our foursome was right behind Randy Pratt and company and judging by their fine score of -15 they had to have been pounding those holes pretty well, probably just missing slam dunking on a majority of their approaches.
One more comment about the course. Did you happen to notice all the new construction on the hotels surrounding the course? I guess the economy is booming when you see these huge houses being constructed. That's good, it's putting a lot of folks to work for sure.
I had to leave the post round proceedings early to get home for a few minutes before leaving for bowling, which starts at 4:00. It's only 40 miles for me to get home! And speaking of bowling, our whole bowling team (4-man) was at the final outing and we're all at least septuagenarians (even one octogenarian) so you can imagine the physical, and mental, strain on our systems after a tough, but wonderful day on the course. So what, we overcame these hardships and managed to win two of three games against a team of lesser age and maintain a stranglehold on first place in a pretty competitive league. Watch out for next week other teams, we won't be playing golf first!!
Results : The playoff hole was #2, that relatively short par 3 with the pin fairly up close.
Flight "A"
In First, After talking sweetly to the computer with its randomly generated playoff hole, the winning team just happened to have Randy Pratt amongst its players (John Boyd and Sonny Javier). This squad shot a sparkling -15(57).
In Second was the Tom Braun, Bob Braun, Brian Kennedy and Paul Kinser team with -15(57)
In Third was the Don Bratcher, Bill Park, Doug Torrie and Joe McDaniels team with -14(58)
In Fourth was the Joe Cernich, Jim Hawkes, Dee Ridenhour, and Steve Comfort team with -14(58)
Also with 58's were the Dan Edmiston and Wayne Lamborn teams. With a 59 was the Ken Knarr team, while the Kevin Walsh team shot 60.
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Flight "B"
Six teams in this flight shot -11(61)
In First was he Bob Stephenson, Jack Reiner, Lou Pessoni, and Jerry Mullen team
In Second was the Steve Dierker, John Dierker, Ernie South, and Charley Wilson team
In Third was the Bob Eubank, Harvey Ruth, Jerry White and Ralph Buettner team
In Fourth was the Jim Zweifel, Roger Nikrant, Erle Craig, and Dennis Hoffman team.
Also at -11 were the Jack Eckhard and Curt Opperman teams. The Dave Page , Larry Willman, and Bill Heidbreder teams all finished at -9(63).
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Flight "C"
The top two teams in this flight tied at -8(64)
In First was the Lee Readus, Joe Goines, Bob Thibodeaux, and Pick Williams team
In Second was the Bob Gay, Art Soble, Paul Rivard and John Balog squad.
In Third was the Mike Sommerville, Rick Bonnot, Tom Wulf, and Don Wulf team at -7(65)
In Fourth was the Paul Villhard, Bob Meinhardt and Ron Martens team at -7(65).
Also at -7 was the John Hofmeister team while the Rich Graeff team, the Dan Rademeyer team, the Don Moschenross team and the Mark Gordon team all shot -6(66).
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Flight "D"
The top 3 teams in this flight all shot -5(67)
In First was the Dan Fergus, Bob Hickey, John Ross, and Lee Hanson team
In Second was the Ron Ruffin, Ed de la Pena, Larry Riedisser, and Bob Foeller team
In Third was the Dennis Terhaar, Joe Pfeifer, Bob Edwards and Jon Meyer team
In Fourth at -4(68) was the John O'Toole, Bill Gust, George Eickhoff, and Tom Prinzi.
The high score for the day was actually a -3(69), one of the first times the high score has been under par. Is that really pink ball worthy??
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Awards:
Closest to the pins for the day : #2 Jack Reiner #6 Lee Readus #8 Tom Braun #13 John Dierker (masquerading as Sonny Javier) #16 Curt Opperman
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