July 19, 2018
120 guys who love this game gathered at Stonewolf on a semi-beautiful morning to once again tee it up to see what our swings felt/looked like after a week off. Some were ugly, some were not - right?
Anyway, this course, as usual was in very good shape. The fairways, when hit, were wonderful, just wonderful. The greens were ok, quite fast and true but a bit pock-marked. The rough was ok even when encountered. All in all, we were privileged to play this subdivision jewel and for sure will return for years to come.
I was fortunate enough to play with a group which was quite versed in the ways of pasture pool (golf). Even to a guy with an excess of 50 years of experience on the links new terms come in play occasionally and today was no exception. Whilst lining up one of our putts on an early green one of our experts noted that the proper line for the putt was to the right corner of the cup. As you expect that comment elicited a variety of responses the least of which was probably meant to explore the concept of a square/rectangular/triangular cup shape to liven up this game. Needless to say, the $%^*(@%!!! putt was promptly missed because the jocularity surrounding the comment disrupted the needed sharp focus to sink the darn thing!! And of course the remainder of the round was rightfully full of comments about cup corners no doubt possibly keeping us from scoring properly to somehow outwit the computer into placing us in the big bucks at the end of the round. But, we still had a great time and at least in my mind cup corners will forever be embedded in my mind - no question.
Last week I purposely cut the dialogue short on my recent trip to several states because one of the players jokingly said he probably didn't care that much about where I/we went on said trip. Today he said he didn't seriously mean that admonition and no doubt would've enjoyed at least a little bit more of the description of our adventure. Here's just a little bit more, and this alludes to an incident on our journey home. While heading home on I-35 north of San Antonio I was minding my own business keeping this 15K pound behemoth between the lines on a three or four lane highway when a tractor/trailer began moving past me on the right. That's normal, but what wasn't normal was what happened next. The trailer suddenly swerved into my lane and with a sickening thud hit the right side of the RV. We pulled along side the truck and my wife made sure the driver saw her taking his picture with her phone. Both vehicles managed to come to a stop shortly thereafter and the driver and I got out to explore the damage. The only thing showing any effects of the contact on the RV was the large rear view mirror that sticks out perhaps 10-12 inches from the side of the vehicle. Its body had been pushed in towards the side of the RV but no glass had been broken.
The truck driver asked if the mirror was remotely controlled and if it still worked. I checked and it did. He said if there was any other damage he would cover it. There wasn't. I pushed the mirror body back into shape and we both drove off after exchanging phone #'s, etc. I noticed afterwards that the mirror appeared to be just a bit more stable than before - a strange phenomenon for sure. Before the mirror would jiggle just enough to be annoying, but now seems more stable. Amazing.
Results:Playoff hole was #11, that interminable par 5.
Flight "A"
In First with overall low score for the day (-11, 60) was recorded by the Sonny Javier, Ron Ruffin, Bill Parrish, and Joe Cernich team.
In Second was Paul Rivard, Dave Hitt, Doug Torrie, Randy Pratt team with a -10(61)
In Third was the Rich Graeff, Dave Erker, Brian Kennedy, and Calvin Britt squad with a -10(61)
In Fourth was the Ted Schuessler, Mark Gordon, John Prather, and Pick Williams team with -9(62).
Three teams tallied -8(63) and in order were the Jerry White team, the Bob Edwards team, and the Joe Goines team.
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Flight "B"
The top four teams in this flight all shot -7(64)
In First was the Dennis Terhaar, Rick Hartmann, Kerry Rockwell, and Roger Nikrant team.
In Second was the Bob Foeller, Bob Stephenson, John Strebeck and Dennis Meade team
In third was the Harold Lindahl, Dennis Hoffman, Bill Peniston, and Dan Fergus team
In fourth was the George Keil, Rick Bonnot, Bob Braun, and George Mosinski team.Also with 64's but out of the money were the Livingston Sykes team and the Tom Benedum team.
5 teams managed 65's; the Larry Riedisser team, the Jerry Mullen team, the Max Saunders team, the Ed de la Pena team, and the Doug Nolte team.
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Flight "C"
Seven teams all shot -5(66) to fill out this flight
In First was the Tom Braun, Dave Buesse, Earl Phillips, and Jerry Kent team.
In Second was the Del Lohmann, Paul Sawchak, Steve Venker, and Bob Thibodeaux team
In Third was the Wayne Lamborn, Don Schneider, John Shetterly, and Ralph Buettner team
In Fourth was the John Dierker, Russ Wall, Don Bratcher, and Ernie Aehle team.
Also with 66's but out of the money were the Tom Wulf, Lou Pessoni, and Joe Pfeifer teams.
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Flight "D"
In First was the Ward Klocke, Jon Meyer, Mark Bryant, and Frank Greening team scored lowest, -4(67)
In Second was the Tom Fichter, Ernie South, Eric Erkkinen, and Paul Kinser team at -3(68).
In Third also shooting the 68 was the Pierre Sans Souci, Harvey Ruth, Steve Smith, and John O'toole team
In Fourth also shooting the 68 was the Gary Dyhouse, Bert Schott, John Balog and Dan Edmiston team.
Taking home the pink ball honors for the day was the Curt Opperman team with a +2(73).
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Closest to the pins for the day: #2 Bob Thibodeaux #3 Ed Boyer #6 John Shetterly #13 Joe Goines #17 Erle Craig
A reminder; Since we often encounter courses with too many sand traps and occasionally find ourselves in them, we instituted a new rule this year; remove the ball from the trap and place it in such a way that you have to hit over the trap to get to the green.