Friday, December 30, 2022
Winter thaw
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
Leroy’s “Free Ride”
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Tuesday the 6th
Friday, December 2, 2022
AND THIS IS WHY WE HAVE WINTER QUOTAS!
It's not often you see a team win the back and total with -9 and -10. But, you see it in the winter. My apologies for not being able to calculate your quotas after your Tuesday round, but the old laptop was packed for travel. Anyway, after your Thursday round, seven oldtimers have new quotas for the next battle. Charlie Voss - 29. Bill Hall - 27. Charlie Johnson - 31. Jim Eichelberger - 31. Mike Clark - 35. Mack Miller - 20. And, even though he won two legs in the last two contests, Tom Dunlavy dropped 4 to - 22.
Winter Quotas
Aholt 30 * Baer 29 * Blackwell 29 * Clark 35 * Coleman 32 * Cozzo 27 * Crow 33 * Curran 27 * Curtis 30 * Dister 27 * Dunlavy 22 * Ecklekamp 36 * Eggert 31 * Eichelberger 31 * Fortner 30 * Gildehaus 29 * Hall 27 * Herrick 28 * Johnson 31 * Kavanaugh 26 * Kossmann 25 * Loyd 23 * Miller 21 * Mitchell 27 * Moosmann 30 * Morris 22 * Nealis 23 * Purschke 22 * Sharma 29 * Triplett 30 * Viox 27 * Voss, Chas 29 * Voss, Colby 32 * Voss, Dean 36 * Zastrow 33 *
I must say, it did my heart good to see Mr. Loyd's name on the list of players. I hope his wrist is healing and am looking forward to seeing his name frequently.
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
We fought the course and the wind won
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
List of all non-regular quotas
WINTER QUOTAS OF 11/29/22
I won't be able to calculate new quotas until Friday, December 2nd, 2022. So, if you play the game on 11/29/22 and Thursday, 12/1/22, you'll have to use the quotas listed below for both rounds. My apologies. But, I do hope you have a pleasant winter here and are able to play often. So, Happy Holidays, send me all your scores through the Winter, and I look forward to seeing you all in the Spring. I will also send you another blog that has quotas from all who have played, but are not regulars.
Winter Quotas | |||||
Aholt | 30 | * | |||
Baer | 29 | * | |||
Blackwell | 30 | * | |||
Clark | 36 | * | |||
Coleman | 32 | * | |||
Cozzo | 27 | * | |||
Crow | 33 | * | |||
Curran | 27 | * | |||
Curtis | 30 | * | |||
Dister | 27 | * | |||
Dunlavy | 23 | * | |||
Ecklekamp | 36 | * | |||
Eggert | 31 | * | |||
Eichelberger | 32 | * | |||
Fortner | 30 | * | |||
Gildehaus | 29 | * | |||
Hall | 29 | * | |||
Herrick | 28 | * | |||
Johnson | 32 | * | |||
Kavanaugh | 26 | * | |||
Kossmann | 25 | * | |||
Loyd | 23 | * | |||
Miller | 21 | * | |||
Mitchell | 27 | * | |||
Moosmann | 30 | * | |||
Morris | 22 | * | |||
Nealis | 23 | * | |||
Purschke | 22 | * | |||
Sharma | 29 | * | |||
Triplett | 30 | * | |||
Viox | 27 | * | |||
Voss, Chas | 30 | * | |||
Voss, Colby | 32 | * | |||
Voss, Dean | 36 | * | |||
Zastrow | 33 | * |
Sunday, November 27, 2022
The hounds gave chase but the fox ran away
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Thanksgiving prelude
Friday, November 11, 2022
A Day of Firsts
I'll get to the relatively uninteresting results in a minute (Team 4 Sweeps,) but the conversation while waiting for their arrival was the highlight of the day ... maybe the year. In no particular order, I'll go over the topics.
1. One of my partners who is usually one of the best in our group, pointed out to me that he wasn't playing well because the golf cart was too noisy and the exhaust fumes were toxic and messing with his ability to chip. A first for excuses.
2. Leroy Eggert is going to be the first in our group to play golf in Busch Stadium. Today, November 11, 2022, Leroy and his son are going to play in the St. Louis area's first stadium golf event. We wish them well and are eager to find out how it will be contested.
3. Three of our Oldtimers swept last week's Chili Open here at FCCC. Messrs. Clark, Crow and Eichelberger finished 1, 2, 3 in the Championship Flight. Congrats to you all.
4. Jim Eichelberger had back-to-back eagles in the event. Because holes 7, 8, and 9 were closed due to the weather, Jim eagled 6 and then went directly to 10 where he eagled again. None of us can think of ever seeing back-to-back eagles in a round before. (Some of us are still trying for eagles in back-to-back decades.) Congrats to Jim.
5. But wait! Another first for Eichelberger is that he finally confirmed ... publicly ... that he is, indeed, a jac***f, and that he's known it for a long time.
6. That brought the conversation around to how many of the Oldtimers have s**t their pants ... or played with someone who s**t their pants ... during a round of golf ... and kept playing after the event occurred. Hall digressed when he told us the story of the day he was interviewing a client when the client s**t his pants. Another member knows a guy who s**t his pants while walking Augusta National during The Masters and refused to leave to clean himself up because the ticket was so hard to get.
HILARIOUS DAY!
Now the results. Thirteen players. Four teams. The team of Moosmann, Kossmann, Aholt and Merrick went +6, +5, +11 to sweep the team event. Individually, Terry was 1st on the front with a +3, Dennis was 2nd at +2 and Dave Aholt (who moved to the Gold tees for the winter ... another first) was one of three people who tied for 3rd.
On the back, Aholt took first at +4, and Charlie Voss (the only guy from another team whofinished above 3rd) took 2nd at +3 and Drew Herrick took 3rd at +2. Aholt's +5 took total, Voss was 2nd at +4 and Terry and Dennis took total 3rd at +2. That's right. All 4 players on the team were plus for the day.
Dave Aholt +1 to 30. Drew Herrick +1 to 28. Charlie Voss +1 to 30. Tom Dunlavy -1 to 23. Jim Eichelberger -1 to 32. Charlie Johnson -1 to 29.
Winter Quotas | ||
Aholt | 30 | * |
Baer | 29 | * |
Blackwell | 31 | * |
Clark | 36 | * |
Coleman | 32 | * |
Cozzo | 27 | * |
Crow | 33 | * |
Curran | 28 | * |
Curtis | 30 | * |
Dister | 27 | * |
Dunlavy | 23 | * |
Ecklekamp | 36 | * |
Eggert | 30 | * |
Eichelberger | 32 | * |
Fortner | 30 | * |
Gildehaus | 29 | * |
Hall | 30 | * |
Herrick | 28 | * |
Johnson | 29 | * |
Kavanaugh | 27 | * |
Kossmann | 25 | * |
Loyd | 23 | * |
Miller | 21 | * |
Mitchell | 27 | * |
Moosmann | 29 | * |
Morris | 23 | * |
Nealis | 23 | * |
Purschke | 22 | * |
Sharma | 30 | * |
Triplett | 30 | * |
Viox | 27 | * |
Voss, Chas | 30 | * |
Voss, Colby | 32 | * |
Voss, Dean | 36 | * |
Zastrow | 33 | * |
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
JUGGERNAUT!
Sometimes ... maybe when you're driving home ... or walking the dog ... or standing in line to check out at Schnuck's ... you think that if that putt hadn't lipped out you would've won. Not today! No matter how you add it up, Hall, Moosmann and Purschke would've beaten you ... make that whupped you. They were the only team of the four that had all their players plus ... on the front ... the back ... and total. Not only that, two of their members finished in the top 2. And the third would've won something individually in every round we played in the last month. Today, he was just along for the ride. Mind you, his +3 helped his team to a +11 front, +3 back and +14 total. Congrats are definitely in order for their fine play.
Tom Dunlavy stuffed one to about 3-feet on 5. Greenie! I have no idea how close Hall was on 11, but when we went through, it looked like Eckelkamp had a shoo-in. Greenie for Hall.
Individually, Hall won the front at +5 and total at +6. Teammate Moosmann wins 2nd on the front at +4 and tied for 2nd total with Dister at +5. Loghead's +3 was good enough for third on the front. Voss and Dister shared 1st and 2nd on the back at +3 and Ryan Eckelkamp's +2 won third.
Mack Miller -1 to 21. Terry Moosmann +2 to 29. Leroy Eggert -1 to 30. Bill Hall +1 to 30. Charlie Johnson +1 to 30. Dave Dister +1 to 27. Dave Aholt -1 to 27. Rich Purschke +1 to 22.
Winter Quotas | ||
Aholt | 27 | * |
Baer | 29 | * |
Blackwell | 31 | * |
Clark | 36 | * |
Coleman | 32 | * |
Cozzo | 27 | * |
Crow | 33 | * |
Curran | 28 | * |
Curtis | 30 | * |
Dister | 27 | * |
Dunlavy | 24 | * |
Ecklekamp | 36 | * |
Eggert | 30 | * |
Eichelberger | 33 | * |
Fortner | 30 | * |
Gildehaus | 29 | * |
Hall | 30 | * |
Herrick | 27 | * |
Johnson | 30 | * |
Kavanaugh | 27 | * |
Kossmann | 25 | * |
Loyd | 23 | * |
Miller | 21 | * |
Mitchell | 27 | * |
Moosmann | 29 | * |
Morris | 23 | * |
Nealis | 23 | * |
Purschke | 22 | * |
Sharma | 30 | * |
Triplett | 30 | * |
Viox | 27 | * |
Voss, Chas | 29 | * |
Voss, Colby | 32 | * |
Voss, Dean | 36 | * |
Zastrow | 33 | * |
Thursday, November 3, 2022
Curran Does the Unthinkable ... And Thrives
There's an old saying in the journalism biz. When your headline reads, "Dog Bites Man," it's not much of a story. But, when your headline reads, "Man Bites Dog," now you have a real tale to tell.
It happened on the 4th green today. Greg Curran inadvertently left a couple clubs there. It's happened to every single one of us. And the older you get, the more often it happens. Not much of a story there. But wait! Greg's story has an unbelievable twist that makes it real news. The group behind found the clubs, drove forward to Greg's group and tried to return them. Greg thanked them for the effort, but told them that the clubs didn't belong to anyone in the group. So, like the good citizens they were, they turned the lost clubs into the clubhouse. Again, not much of a tale to tell. We've all done exactly the same thing.
EXCEPT ... THE CLUBS ACTUALLY WERE GREG'S ... AND HE PLAYED THE NEXT 14 HOLES WITHOUT THEM. Not only that, Greg and his team of Eichelberger, Eggert and Moosmann won two of the three legs .. back and total. And they couldn't have done it without Greg being +2, +1, +3 on the day!!! The only player out of the 13 that p;ayed who was plus on everything. That's right, Greg won 2nd individual on the front, 3rd on the back and 1st on total. MAN BITES DOG!!!! Folks, we have a real story here. And he wins damn near everything with two of his clubs sitting in the clubhouse!!!
Fellow Oldtimers. That has to be a first in the entire half a millennium history of golf. Two good Samaritans try to return his lost clubs ... he refuses them ... and goes on to win the majority of the pot. And the pin is still sticking sideways on the back of 18 green.
The front was won by Kossmann +3, Dunlavy +1 and Morris -3. They were +1. Kossmann wins 1st on the front, Curran 2nd and Dunlavy 3rd. First on the back was split by Voss and Moosmann at +2. Curran was 3rd. Curran's +3 was 1st total, Moosmann at +2 was 2nd and Johnson and Kossmann split 3rd at Even.
Dunlavy won the #5 Greenie. Voss won #11.
Curran goes +2 to 28 (the only guy to add to his quota today.) Voss -1 to 29. Dister -1 to 26. Hall -1 to 29. Purschke -1 to 21. Aholt -1 to 28. Dunlavy -1 to 24. Morris -1 to 23. Eichelberger -1 to 33.
No game Saturday. Chili Open. See you next Tuesday.
Winter Quotas | ||
Aholt | 28 | * |
Baer | 29 | * |
Blackwell | 31 | * |
Clark |
36 | * |
Coleman | 32 | * |
Cozzo | 27 | * |
Crow | 33 | * |
Curran | 28 | * |
Curtis | 30 | * |
Dister | 26 | * |
Dunlavy | 24 | * |
Ecklekamp | 36 | * |
Eggert | 31 | * |
Eichelberger | 33 | * |
Fortner | 30 | * |
Gildehaus | 29 | * |
Hall | 29 | * |
Herrick | 27 | * |
Johnson | 29 | * |
Kavanaugh | 27 | * |
Kossmann | 25 | * |
Loyd | 23 | * |
Miller | 22 | * |
Mitchell | 27 | * |
Moosmann | 27 | * |
Morris | 23 | * |
Nealis | 23 | * |
Purschke | 21 | * |
Sharma | 30 | * |
Triplett | 30 | * |
Viox | 27 | * |
Voss, Chas | 29 | * |
Voss, Colby | 32 | * |
Voss, Dean | 36 | * |
Zastrow | 33 | * |
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Yup, there was a Baer in the woods sighting
Sunday, October 30, 2022
2022 Summer Finale -- Beginning Winter Quotas
October 29th turned out to be a beautiful Fall day. There were 11 contestants ... some very good scores ... and all 11 went home with some cash. The quotas you'll find at the end of this blog will be the first quotas you'll use for the winter season which starts Tuesday, November 1. They will also be the quotas we'll revert to on April 1, 2023. The reason we're doing this is simple. A small but ferocious group will play the game all winter. Needless to say, the conditions can be brutal and will cause quotas to drop like the stock market. We will use the same calculating system in the winter ... the average of your last 5 scores ... but it will all be erased on April 1st of next year and your current quotas will be re-established along with the last five scores on your current list. This is the only fair thing to do and we are proud of the fact that we have the fairest game in the club.
Now, let's congratulate our top 5 players of the year. These are all members who played way more than once or twice. 1. Mike Clark -- 36. 2. Jim Eichelberger -- 34. 3. Ryan Crow -- 33. 4. Bob Coleman -- 32. 5. Leroy Eggert -- 31.
Saturday's results. The front nine was tied at +6 by the teams of Hall, Kossmann and Morris, the first group off ... and the last team off, again at +6 ... (in very close to a five-hour day I might add) Eichelberger, Mitchell, Dunlavy and Viox. Led by Jim E. and Dave V., these final 4 easily took total at +5. All it took was Even to win the back nine and that was spearheaded by the red-hot Moosmann who dragged Curran, Voss and Dister across the finish line.
Individually, Terry Moosmann won first on the front at +4. Second and third place money was split three-ways by Morris, Hall and Viox. They were at +3. The back saw Moosmann and Viox split 1st and 2nd at +3. Eichelberger took third at +2. Jim had a beautiful, even-par round for the day. +7 won total. That was crafted by Terry Moosmann. And newcomer Dave Viox must've been a little short on lunch money this week, so he made his second (2 for 2) winning appearance for 2nd at +6. Jim took third at +3.
Greenies were more interesting for some than for others. Your old, Acting Commish hit a shot that disappeared behind the flagstick on #7. His teammate Charlie Voss pulled his shot slightly. He ended up 6 inches to the left of the flagstick. Charlie won the greenie by less than two inches. Tom Dunlavy won the greenie on #14. I understand all three of those shots ended up with birdies.
Dennis Kossmann -1 to 23. Tim Morris -1 to 24. Jim Eichelberger +1 to 34. Brad Mitchell -1 to 27. Dave Viox +2 to 27. Terry Moosmann +1 to 27. Greg Curran -1 to 26.
Aholt | 29 | * | ||
Blackwell | 31 | * | ||
Clark | 36 | * |
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Coleman | 32 | * | ||
Cozzo | 27 | * | ||
Crow | 33 | * | ||
Curran | 26 | * | ||
Curtis | 31 | * | ||
Dister | 27 | * | ||
Dunlavy | 26 | * | ||
Ecklekamp | 36 | * | ||
Eggert | 31 | * | ||
Eichelberger | 34 | * | ||
Fortner | 30 | * | ||
Gildehaus | 29 | * | ||
Hall | 29 | * | ||
Herrick | 27 | * | ||
Johnson | 29 | * | ||
Kavanaugh | 27 | * | ||
Kossmann | 23 | * | ||
Loyd | 23 | * | ||
Miller | 22 | * | ||
Mitchell | 27 | * | ||
Moosmann | 27 | * | ||
Morris | 24 | * | ||
Nealis | 23 | * | ||
Purschke | 22 | * | ||
Sharma | 30 | * | ||
Triplett | 30 | * | ||
Viox | 27 | * | ||
Voss, Chas | 29 | * | ||
Voss, Colby | 32 | * | ||
Voss, Dean | 36 | * |
Friday, October 28, 2022
OMG, another mouth to feed😀
Saturday, October 22, 2022
"Thar She Blows!!!!!!!!"
Charlie Curtis mentioned today that FCCC might be the only golf course in the world on which you could play directly into the wind on all 18 holes. It seemed that way today. In fact, on 16, Charlie's drive went through the green, took a left turn and almost ended up on 14-green. He hit what I thought was a good pitch. I was standing on the left side of the green watching Charlie's shot. As soon as his ball rose above the top of the hill, the wind hit it. The ball seem to stop its forward progress and rose even more before dropping straight down on the side of the hill. In all my years, I've never seen a ball do that from up close. But the wind didn't seem to bother Voss, Hall, Dunlavy and newcomer Brad Mitchell. All four finished the day at "plus." And, that's saying something! Congrats to them all.
Mitchell's +5 front ... an even par 35 ... propelled his teammates, Curtis, Kossmann and Dister to a +3 victory on the front. Voss, Hall and Sharma took the back and total thanks to +3s on the inward 9 from Voss and Hall. Combined with their even front and Ray's even back, they squeaked by total at +1.
Speaking of squeaking by, Brad's +5 took individual on the front and left Tom's +4 good enough for 2nd. Voss, Hall and Dister tied for 3rd at Even. Voss and Hall split 1st and 2nd on the back at +3 and Dunlavy took third at +1. Dunlavy's +5 total easily won that third with Voss and Hall's +3 splitting 2nd and 3rd.
Hall took the greenie on 7 and Eggert got 14.
Charlie Curtis +1 to 31. Tom Dunlavy +1 to 26. Charlie Voss -1 to 29. Ray Sharma -2 to 32. Dennis Kossmann -1 to 25. Brad Mitchell +1 to 28.
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Blackwell | 31 | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clark | 36 | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coleman | 33 | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cozzo | 27 | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Crow | 33 | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Curran | 27 | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Curtis | 31 | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dister | 27 | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dunlavy | 26 | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ecklekamp | 36 | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eggert | 30 | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eichelberger | 32 | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fortner | 30 | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gildehaus | 29 | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hall | 28 | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Herrick | 27 | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Johnson | 29 | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kavanaugh | 27 | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kossmann | 25 | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loyd | 23 | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miller | 22 | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thursday, October 20, 2022
BACK IN THE HOOD ON A BEAUTIFUL DAY
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Oldtimers don’t fear weather
Saturday, October 15, 2022
The Days Dwindle Down
We're at the midpoint of the last month of the season ... and a beautiful day it was. Gentle breeze ... low 70s ... and only three fivesomes in front of us. The first team out set the pace for the day. Team Eggert swept all three team bets at +5, +3, +8. Bill Hall took charge of the front at +3. Leroy Eggert thought the back was a pushover at even par ... +5. And Leroy's +5 carried over to decisively win total at +5. Dister's +2, +1, +3 swept second individual. Charlie Voss took third front at +1. Bob Coleman's Even was good for third on the back. And Hall's Even on total placed third for him. Only three of the ten participants were Even or better for the day.
There was no Greenie on #7. Leroy's 10-footer (which he converted with a rare birdie) held up on #14.
Leroy Eggert +1 to 27. Charlie Voss -1 to 29. Tom Dunlavy -1 to 23. Charlie Johnson -1 to 28. Terry Moosmann -1 to 26.
Aholt | 29 | * |
Blackwell | 31 | * |
Clark | 36 | * |
Coleman | 34 | * |
Cozzo | 27 | * |
Crow | 33 | * |
Curran | 27 | * |
Curtis | 30 | * |
Dister | 26 | * |
Dunlavy | 23 | * |
Ecklekamp | 36 | * |
Eggert | 27 | * |
Eichelberger | 32 | * |
Fortner | 30 | * |
Gildehaus | 29 | * |
Hall | 28 | * |
Herrick | 27 | * |
Johnson | 28 | * |
Kavanaugh | 27 | * |
Kossmann | 27 | * |
Loyd | 23 | * |
Miller | 23 | * |
Moosmann | 26 | * |
Morris | 25 | * |
Nealis | 23 | * |
Purschke | 22 | * |
Sharma | 32 | * |
Triplett | 30 | * |
Viox | 25 | * |
Voss, Chas | 29 | * |
Voss, Colby | 32 | * |
Voss, Dean | 36 | * |
Thursday, October 13, 2022
How'd Ya Like Pin On #8, Boys?
We're thinking of starting a Go Fund Me page for the guy who decides where to cut the pins. The money would be used to send him to Pin Placement School. And then, whenever someone in our group 5-putts because the pin is sticking sideways out of a hill, he would have to pay a portion of it back. When the green speeds are running 11+ on the Stimp, you really should be a little more careful.
We had 15 players today. I think that might be a record. It was good to see Mike Clark again. And we always look forward to Jimmy E. and Ryan C. joining the group. It was tough out there today. The winds were swirling and the greens were fast. Two guys out of the 13 finished "plus." Greg Curran at +2 and Mack Miller at +1. The other 13 were "minus."
The team of Curran, Voss and Dister were -4, +3, -1. They tied Coleman, Dunlavy, Moosmann and Aholt on the front at -4 and otherwise swept the back and total. That was completely attributable to the unbelievable back nine play of Greg Curran ... +4. The front individual was split by Coleman and Miller at +1. Crow and Dister split third at Even. Second to Curran on the back was Dunlavy at +2 and Crow and Purschke split third at +1. Total was taken by Curran's +2. Miller was second at +1 and Purschke, Crow and Dister split third at -1.
Mike Clark brought the 54-yard 7th to its knees for the Greenie (cart paths were being installed to force a shortening of the hole.) And newcomer Drew Herrick nailed the Greenie on 14.
Charlie Johnson -1 to 29 Bill Hall -1 to 28. Terry Moosmann -1 to 27. Jim Eichelberger -1 to 32. Drew Herrick -1 to 27. And Ryan Crow has the honor of being the only Oldtimer to see his quota increase. He is now a 33. He dropped a 29, added a 31 and that 1/5th of a point kicked his quota all the way up to 33.
Aholt 29 *
Blackwell 31 *
Clark 36 *
Coleman 34 *
Cozzo 27 *
Crow 33 *
Curran 27 *
Curtis 30 *
Dister 26 *
Dunlavy 24 *
Ecklekamp 36 *
Eggert 26 *
Eichelberger 32 *
Fortner 30 *
Gildehaus 29 *
Hall 28 *
Herrick 27 *
Johnson 29 *
Kavanaugh 27 *
Kossmann 27 *
Loyd 23 *
Miller 23 *
Moosmann 27 *
Morris 25 *
Nealis 23 *
Purschke 22 *
Sharma 32 *
Triplett 30 *
Viox 25 *
Voss, Chas 30 *
Voss, Col. 32 *
Voss, Dean 36 *
List of all who have a quota but are not regulars:
Alferman, D. 30
Alferman, T. 33
Carter 35
Edmonston 23
Gildehaus 29
Harrison 23
Hoemann 36
Homeyer, Steve 28
Homeyer, Dale 20
Isgriggs 20
Lakebrink 20
Lamke 20
Lee 36
Lucy 22
Marquardt, B. 30
Marquart, M. 26
Parke 30
Parmentier 32
Sciuto 26
Smith, M 22
Stoehner 25
Thater 27
Zastrow 33
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
The Last Time ... Ever
The group of 9 voted. The result of the vote will prevail. We will award Bob Coleman the Greenie on #7 today even though he forgot to mark it. We will never award a Greenie to someone who forgets to mark the Greenie again. It was a unanimous vote. Bob is recovering from Covid. His mind was momentarily diminished by illness. He gets the last unmarked Greenie ... ever.
Also of note is that two Oldtimers prevailed for Third Place in the Tom Beste Member/Member tourney this past weekend. Messrs. Moosmann and Kossmann had the right stuff. Congrats to you from the group.
Today, the Charlie Voss team ... which also included Johnson and Dister ... swept the team event +6, Even, +6. This commanding victory was totally due to the outstanding play of Charlie Voss who won individually the front and total (+6 and +7) while only tieing the back with Paul Nealis at +1. Tom Dunlavy won 2nd Front and total at +3, +2. Dave Dister won third front at +2 and tied for third with Nealis at +1. Of interest is that all three team members shot their age today. You already know who won the Greenie on #7 and Kenny Triplett won it on #14. The Greenies will remain on #7 and #14 until the end of the season on October 31.
Bob Coleman -1 to 34. Bill Hall -1 to 29. Ken Triplett -3 to 30. Terry Moosmann -1 to 28. Tom Dunlavy +1 to 24. Dave Dister -1 to 26. Charlie Voss +2 to 20 Charlie Johnson -1 to 30.
Aholt 29 * Blackwell 31 * Clark 36 * Coleman 34 * Cozzo 27 * Crow 32 * Curran 27 * Curtis 30 * Dister 26 * Dunlavy 24 * Ecklekamp 36 * Eggert 26 * Eichelberger 33 * Fortner 30 * Gildehaus 29 * Hall 29 * Herrick 28 * Johnson 30 * Kavanaugh 27 * Kossmann 27 * Loyd 23 * Miller 23 * Moosmann 28 * Morris 25 * Nealis 23 * Purschke 22 * Sharma 32 * Triplett 30 * Viox 25 * Voss, Chas 30 * Voss, Colby 32 * Voss, Dean 36 *
Leaf rule
Friday, October 7, 2022
Records Are Made To Be Broken
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
Yet Another Team Sweep
Friday, September 30, 2022
14 Players ... 10 New Quotas
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Border Guard Sets All Time Earnings Record
Friday, September 23, 2022
What course was he playing?
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
The Brutality of September 20
Nine Oldtimers wore light-colored, loose-fitting clothing today. The temperature was forecast to hit 93 with high humidity to boot. Somebody also cut new pin placements. I doubt seriously if the culprit with the hole-cutter was actually an employee. They were dandies ... just right for very fast greens on a very hot day. Your Acting Commish hit two greens in regulation today ... the greenie holes ... 5 and 11. I'll be telling you all about my winning shot on five after I skim over the the results.
The team of TD, DA and LE (I list them with the top contributor first and then the lesser contributors in descending order) won the front at +2. The team of BC, DK and CV won the back and total at +1 and Even. TD easily won the front, tied for first on the back and won total with a tasty +5, +2, +7. BC split the honors on the back with his +2. RP, BC and DK split 2nd and 3rd on the front with +1s. CV gets 3rd on the back with +1. BC wins 2nd total at +3 and BH wins 3rd total at -1.
OK, now for me. I got to 5 with a swirling wind challenging a back-center pin. I decided to feather a little 11-wood in there to hold the green. All this thought took 2.4 seconds, because we noticed BC looking at his watch on 4. He hadn't taken his second shot yet, but he was noticeably annoyed at the pace of play. Anyway, I took a hefty swing and hit the ground about 1.5 inches behind the ball. The force closed the face and turned my little butter-cut into a rope-hook that hit the bank above the bunker in an ideal place. The ball popped onto the green, ran down the hill (yes, the front of 5 is higher than the back. No answer as to why) and ended up about 20 feet past the pin ... on the green ... closer than my teammates. I curled the 20-foot-right-to-lefter into the hole ... and even with a birdie shot my worst, competitive round of the year ... a -7 86. Hall was on the phone while I was creating magic and was visibly surprised to find that it was my shot, not Purschke's.
BH -1 to 30. CV -1 to 28. TD +1 to 25. LE -1 to 28. DA -1 to 29.
Aholt | 29 | * |
Blackwell | 31 | * |
Clark | 36 | * |
Coleman | 33 | * |
Cozzo | 27 | * |
Crow | 32 | * |
Curran | 28 | * |
Curtis | 30 | * |
Dister | 28 | * |
Dunlavy | 25 | * |
Ecklekamp | 36 | * |
Eggert | 28 | * |
Eichelberger | 33 | * |
Fortner | 30 | * |
Gildehaus | 29 | * |
Hall | 30 | * |
Harrison | 23 | * |
Johnson | 32 | * |
Kavanaugh | 27 | * |
Kossmann | 27 | * |
Loyd | 23 | * |
Miller | 25 | * |
Moosmann | 28 | * |
Morris | 26 | * |
Nealis | 23 | * |
Purschke | 25 | * |
Sharma | 32 | * |
Viox | 25 | * |
Voss, Chas | 28 | * |
Voss, Colby | 32 | * |
Voss, Dean | 36 | * |