July 19, 2012 Results

Ninety-nine of us converged on the South course of this wonderful complex and began our outing at 0730, as promised by the course. Lucky that we did because we managed to hit the cloudiest and coolest part of the day. We finished perhaps the last 2 or 3 holes in the sun and it was toasty by then, but we could see the finish line and dogged that we were we plugged on until the end. I’m not sure of the temperature when we finished but mid 90’s would be the guess. One thing did surprise me; they usually have all the food under the pavilion but I guess they felt it too hot to subject their staff to working outdoors – understandable.

The course was in wonderful shape. The fairways nice and lush and the greens were quite soft, so soft that those of us good enough to hit our approach shots to an exact yardage (anyone know of such a player in our midst?) were rewarded with the ball just where we wanted it. One thing noticeable about this course is all the holes that finish up hill. These are very difficult shots in golf because number one you don’t know how far back the pin might be, even though it’s color-coded, and two even if you did you have trouble hitting to that yardage because your club distance is distorted by the uphill hit. Challenging to say the least. That’s our excuse and we’re sticking to it.

Once again we put the results into the grouping, or flighting, format, creating four groups with 4 winners, second place, and third place finishers. As we’ve announced in the past this is our final outing using this format in our test period. We’ve gotten some feedback on the feelings about it and we’re having a committee meeting before the next outing to decide on its fate. The next pairings, and the note along with it will tell what we’ve decided.

Results:

Flight "A" In FIRST place with a wonderful 61 was the Don Bartoni, Ken Klasing, Jack Reiner, and Joe Cernich team. I didn’t hear any fibs from this storied foursome but they must’ve had some fierce putting going on. Tied for SECOND with identical 63’s were the Ron Muse, Don Moschenross, Paul Villard, and Jerry Mullen squad and the Duane Jefts, Mark Hagler, and Rick Palloni team. Muse’s team edged out the Jefts team in the scorecard playoff (starting on hole #11). The only feedback I received from either team was the comment something to the effect that Muse’s swing belongs on tour and Duane Jefts is a regular in the 300 yard club.

Flight "B" In the scorecard playoff between 5 teams with a 66, the John Dierker, Al Rosenberg, Dan Ottoline, and Paul Pals team edged out the Jim Hawkes, Bert Schott, Joe Pfeifer, Doug Nolte team and the Bob Day, Casey Szpak, Larry Amen, and Ron Krick team. All I know about the winning team is that Dan Ottoline is one heckuv an addition from the front tees. On our team Bert Schott played like he was on tour, and on the Bob Day team, Mr. Day is extremely dangerous off the front tees.

Flight "C" In the C Flight, carding identical 67’s were the Randy Pratt, Ted Isringhaus, Bruce Schnelle team, the Jack Eckhard, Jeff Delaplain, and John Tipton team, and the Phil Lucido, Charlie Fischer, Lowell Barnes, and Ernie South team. Of course Randy Pratt’s team managed to win the scorecard playoff, with the Eckhard and Lucido teams placing in second and third.

Flight "D" In the D Flight the Joe Jarvis, Lew Rosenbaum, Darryl Rue, and John Hessler team finished first with a 71, the Tom Gill, Pat Reed, Pierre Sans Souci, and Dave Buesee squad shot a 72 for second place, and the Jack Panula, Tom Murphy, Bob Pankey, and Dennis Meade team shot another 72 for third place via the scorecard playoff.

Awards;

Closest to the pins for the day; #2 Bob Pahmeier #8 Don Wulf #12 Bob Day #14 Rick Palloni #17 Ron Butler

Skins: Contrary to popular belief there were no skins today. Due to the realization that a scorecard error was made, it turned out that there were no lowest scores on any holes.