Aug 30,2018 Results
We didn't quite make the triple digit level this time as just 99 of us showed up at Gateway National just in time to tee off at an earlier than usual 0730 green light-head-to-your-first-tee start time. The course must've had something special planned for the rest of the day because for some reason the inside of the clubhouse was not open for us when we finished our round. Luckily, Randy comes with a fully charged laptop so our patented, sophisticated, state of the art scoring program can be processed without the need for a normal outlet.
Whilst coursing the course yours truly had an interesting time with his cell phone. Assuming those of you who carry cell phones can always tell when an incoming call arrives on the phone and the display lights up telling you at least what the phone number is, and if you're lucky enough to have that person in your address book, the number will have that name associated with the number. Now I get an annoying number of calls from all over the states, not associated with names in my address book and I just assume those numbers have been hi-jacked from some old phone number data base that's been unintentionally made available to any hacker that wants to take the time to steal said number(s). Each time I get a call from said number I dutifully block the number from ever calling me again. Do you guys do this?
Anyway, as we were playing some non-descript hole on this course I heard my phone ring. I stuff it in my golf bag so it doesn't possibly interfere with my less-than-perfect swing. Hustling over to the bag I retrieved the phone from one of the side compartments and looked at the number emblazoned on the screen. What do you know, my %^*#ing phone was calling itself!!!! Recently I've received calls from local numbers but when they're not in my address book I just ignore them and consequently block them. But this time was different. This time my phone called itself. Strangely enough it didn't identify the caller as being me, but instead said the call originated from Winchester, Missouri. Another puzzle; I live in Manchester!
I received two more calls from myself after the round so when I got home I called my carrier, ATT, and asked for an explanation. The lady said she'd never heard of such a thing although she coined the phrase "phone spoofing" as a description of the activity that I'd suffered through. And she did give me an aid that could/might preclude receiving such prank calls in the future; an App called ATT Call Protect. I've since downloaded this App and hope it shuts off calls from myself. Also, as further protection I've blocked myself from calling me. I'll show me!!
Now, onto comments about today. This course plays pretty long. If you're on your putting game, especially the 30-80' putts you can do ok. Approaches are key and getting the ball fairly close to the hole is especially key. Our foursome only missed two greens in today's effort but every putt was long, long, long. And, being 75+ was not necessarily an advantage today. One keen observer of the game opined that on 9 holes, exactly half the number of holes on an 18 hole course, the coveted red tees were even with the yellow tees. What kind of an advantage for old farts was that?? There was a time on the course when I considered calling my parents for a refund on my birthing since it really didn't make much of a difference to be old. Oh well.
Results: The playoff hole was number 16. Let me guess; flat with some water and tall grass.
Flight "A"
In First at -8(63) was the Calvin Britt, John Dierker, Charley Wilson, and Mark Bryant squad - pretty much predictable.
In Second at -7(64) was the Dan Edmiston, Jack Reiner, Ron Muse, and Steve Venker team - predictable.
In Third at -6(65) was the Kevin Walsh, Dave Page, Gary Dyhouse, and Ernie South team
In Fourth at -6(65) was the Dennis Hoffman, Tom Braun, George Eickhoff, and George Keil team.
Two teams shot -5(66), the Doug Torrie team and the Erle Craig team.
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Flight "B"
All teams in this flight shot -4(67)
In First was the Dan Rademeyer, John Hofmeister, Joe Goines, and Rich Graeff team.
In Second was the Rick Bonnot, Tom Benedum, Dale Crittenden, and John Boyd team
In Third was the Jack Panula, Don Zugmaier, Ed de la Pena, and Don Schmidt team
In Fourth was the Eric Erkkinen, John O'toole, Livingston Sykes, and Sonny Javier team.
Also at 67 but out of the money were the Kerry Rockwell and Don Bratcher teams.
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Flight "C"
The first four teams in this flight all shot -3(68)
In First was the Jim Hawkes, Tom Prinzi, Doug Nolte, and Bob Eubank team
In Second was the Steve Smith, Pick Williams and Jerry Kent team.
In Third was the Paul Sawchak, Ken Knarr, Frank Greening, and Dennis Terhaar team
In Fourth was the Mike Owens, Dan Fergus, Joe Pfeifer, and Harold Lindahl team.
The Larry Willman team also shot 68 but was out of the money. The John Shetterly and Dave Hall teams both shot -2(69).
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Flight "D"
The top two teams in this flight shot -1(70)
In First was the Steve Dierker, Bill Parrish, Larry Riedisser, and Tom Wulf team
In Second was the Skip Knopf, Bob Bischoff, Bob Foeller, and Ted Schuessler team via the SCP.
In Third was the Jim Frost, John Balog, Gary Turner, and Mark Gordon team shot 71.
In Fourth was the Brian Kennedy, Randy Pratt, Ernie Aehle, and Pierre Sans Sousci team at even par 71 .
Also at the lip puckering score was the Joe McDaniels team while the Lee Hanson squad walked away hugging the pink ball prize for high score of the day (76).
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Awards:
Closest to the pins for the day: #4 Frank Vien #7 John Dierker #12 Dave Page #14 Mike Devereaux #17 Tom Braun