September 6, 2012 Results
These results had to wait a day while I attempted to bowl after golf. Operative word; attempted. I'm not sure about the rest of you but this golfer/bowler doesn't fare too well in super-humid conditions. Good golf for me lasted perhaps 10-11 holes, then the sweat took over and the productive effort level sank, or should I say stank. I contributed to the team effort for a while and then I was just the driver. Apologies to my teammates are in order. Oh yeah, bowling was similar to golf.
Anyway, this course was in excellent condition. It seems that several courses we've played in the last month or so (not counting Union Hills) were in exceptional condition considering the brutal summer we've had. I definitely should've hired some of these greenskeepers to look after my disaster lawn. The only fault I could find with the course would be the cart paths on the steep hills. Obviously asphalt creep has invaded this place and in some instances was of a dangerous nature. It appears large tractor trailers have been practicing braking on the hills and have folded the asphalt into cute miniature moguls. Quite an adventure negotiating the little devils.
But, the golf part of the course was a pleasure to play. The fairways have matured tremendously since I last played here and the greens were quite receptive and relatively easy to putt on. The only problem was that on at least 6 of the greens the cups were misplaced by at most an inch causing our team to be robbed of yet another birdie. Probably just as well, however, because thanks to the flighting system, you never know if playing well is going to be penalized or rewarded, and vice versa. In our case green frustration was rewarded.
Results:
Flight "A"All alone in first place, and aided by a scorecard error in their favor, was the Tom Wulf, Vince Koehr, Russ Wall, and John Ross team. These guys thought they were at -8 but instead they finished at a -9. Very nice fellas.
In second place was the Jack Eckhard, Charley Wilson, George Eickhoff, and Dan Snowden team with a -8.
In third place with a -7 was the Bob Day, Gary Turner, Dave Swain and Jim Mead team. These guys beat out the Phil Lucido and John Prather teams via the scorecard playoff starting with hole number 14.
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Flight "B"Really cashing in for the day with his lock on the 50-50 drawing was the Dee Ridenhour team with a 66. Dee's partners were John Tipton, Frank Vien, and Roger Hennen.
They beat out the Ernie South, George Keil, Jerry White and Ed Boyer team, and the Randy Pratt, Bob Meinhardt, Dennis Meade and Ed de la Peña team because of the scorecard playoff
Also with a 66 was the Ted Isringhaus team. The John Boyd and John Dierker teams brought up the rear in B flight with identical 67's.
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Flight "C"Winning C flight with a 68, and by virtue of the scorecard playoff, was the Joe Jarvis, Bob Gay, Dennis Swift, and Doug Nolte team. Next, also with the 68, was the Paul Pals, Dan Ottoline, Tom Gill, and Jerry Burgherr team. They nosed out the Joe Goines, Harry Trammel, Bob Brewer, and Bob Foeller team who also carded the 68.
Finishing with 69's were the Pierre Sans Souci and Bill Clark teams.
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Flight "D"By virtue of the scorecard playoff the John Dierker, Joe Pfeifer, Bob Eddy, and Jim Hawkes team saw their -2 score (70) beat out the Harold Howard, Dave Rapp, Bert Schott, and Paul Scheffer team, and the Lou Pessoni, Larry Riedisser, Alan Schaeffer, and Don Schmidt team. Also shooting 70, but out of the playoff, were the Earl Phillips and Paul Rivard teams.
Finishing at a -1 was the Ted Schuessler team.
And finishing in the big money with a +4 was the Larry Willman team.
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Awards:
Closest to the pins for the day:
#16 Bill Emrick
#8 Ted Schuessler
#12 Larry Riedisser
#16 Larry Amen
Skins:
The Isringhaus team on #9 with a birdie.
The Wulf team on #17 with an eagle.