September 20, 2012 Results
A chilly morning and signs of possible rain greeted 90 of us at the Emerald Greens Golf Course. "If it's raining it must be Emerald Greens"!! The past two seasons we've been rained out at this course so really, unless you've played this course by yourself, or with friends, in the past two years you've probably not laid eyes on it for some time. What a difference two years makes. The fairways were gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous. You wouldn't think we've experienced one of the worst droughts this area has ever seen if you were to look at these lush grounds. And the grounds crew has improved the overall look of the layout.
Hole #17 has been really improved with the rip-rap around the base of the peninsula that the green sits on. It's a very nice sight now instead of the barren ground that used to lead down to the water. And Joe Goines and his team can be thankful for the rip-rap as well. Joe faded a tee shot toward the downslope of the peninsula and as we watched the arc of the ball it appeared to be headed for the ball wash. Instead, at the last second, it came back far enough to hit the rocks and as if by divine providence the ball struck a perfect surface and ricocheted back onto the green! We used his ball for our next stroke!
But the greens were something else. They looked great from a distance but it's that time of year when the courses do their aerating and sure enough we had the old dimple effect on every putting surface. It helped if you were within 2 feet for either a birdie or par putt because these multi-lumped surfaces certainly were expert at giving you a wandering putt. Somehow, our team made some rather miraculous long putts to give us some very lucky birdies because our approaches were definitely not of the "close" variety. Obviously the whole field experienced the ping-pong effect on the greens so we had nothing to complain about.
In spite of the cool beginning by the time we were a half dozen holes into the effort the sun had warmed us up enough to allow the shedding of outer garments and the rest of the day was quite pleasant. Fortunately there was minimal wind so the remaining coolness in the air did not turn into a scramble for the re-application of those earlier discarded articles of clothing.
Results:
Forgive me if I get some of the teammates wrong in the write-up but for some reason when I got home I shredded the pairings sheet which showed who ended up where after we had 4 cancellations for the day. If I slighted anyone you have my permission to come after me with a politely worded email.
Flight "A"Running away with the whole shootin’ match was the JimWaugh, John Dierker, Paul Rivard, and Tom Wulf team who destroyed the rest of the field with a remarkable -13.For some reason, known only to God, these guys were right behind us and Tom Wulf being one of them things were relatively quiet given their fantastic score. Perhaps he was being muzzled by someone??
Three teams tied for second place at 61 (-9 for those keeping track) but because of the scorecard playoff, which began on hole #10, the John Ross, Phil Hess, Dee Ridenhour, and Dale Bruce team came out on top. Next was the Mark Bryant threesome of Chops Adams and Bill Heidbreder. Also with a 61, but not in the scorecard playoff running, was the Jack Panula team.
Rounding out the A Flight scoring with a 62 was the Ted Schuessler team and the Bob Brewer team with a 63.
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Flight "B"Four teams vied for first in B flight with a 64 (-6). Rising to the top via the scorecard playoff (it was hole #10, remember?) was the Jerry Mullen, Bob Haddad, Tom Murphy, XXXX team. I know they ended up with a fourth member to replace Harry Trammel but at this desk, only the shredder knows.
In second place was the Bob Day, Joe McDaniels, George Eickhoff and Bob Foeller team.
And in third was the Doug Nolte, Paul Pals, Bob Edwards and Joe Goines team.
One other team, the Joe Cernich squad, shot a 64 but fell out of the top 3 by virtue of the good old scorecard playoff.
Three teams finished with 65's (-5). The Steve Dierker team, the Don Bartoni team, and the Harvey Ruth team.
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Flight "C"The only team to shoot a 66 for the day, took home honors in C flight. That belonged to the Charley Wilson, Wayne Lamborn, Livingston Lanning, and Gary Turner team. Two teams followed them with identical 67's
Finishing second via the scorecard playoff was the Frank Vien, Bob Stephenson, Dan Ottoline, and Jim Petraitis team.
In third place with the 67 was the Mark Gordon, Bob Kriss, Joe Jarvis, and Paul Villhard team.
Next was the Harold Howard team with a 68, and the Del Lohmann and Joe Pfeifer teams with identical 69's.
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Flight "D"Capturing D flight with a scorecard victory was the Joe Roeder, Dan Fergus, Dan Snowden, and Al Rosenberg team who carded an even par 70.
They nosed out the John Hessler, Don Wulf, Bob Pahmeier, and Vince Koehr team.
In third place, via the scorecard playoff was the Rick Palloni, Bob Pankey, Roger Hennen, and Paul Scheffer team who turned in a 71 for the day.
Also at 71, but losing in the playoff, was the Gene Erard team.
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Awards:
Closest to the pins for the day:
#3 Jack Eckhard
#6 Tom Murphy
#8 Joe Jarvis
#12 Mark Bryant
#15 Paul Villhard
#17 George Eickhoff
Skins:
Only one and it was an eagle on the par 5 18th by the Mark Bryant team.