The golfer and the imposter

Seven oldtimers set out Tuesday in a light drizzle which was much enjoyed after the heat wave we just experienced. Two of the 4 man team would boast the same quota but while one would rise to the highest level the other would flounder and fall into the abyss. The border guard would report the only plus score on the front and would have led his team to victory except Loghead triple bogeyed his way to an ignominious -8. The other team(and i use the term loosely) of Bill, Greg, n Mike won front with a -6. Providing inspiration with 5 birdie's on the back and plenty of inspirational talk (vulgarity) Bob and his henchman Grizzly (with 3 birdies of his own) carried Loghead n Retread to victory on back n total. Bill won closest on 5 and true to the statement "there is no fairness in golf" Loghead won closest on 11 even though Mike, who forgot to mark, was probably closer. loghead was last seen taking his ill gotten winnings to buy lottery tickets".............Bob Coleman +2 to 34. Charlie Voss +1 to 30.

We fought the course and “WE won”.

Greg left no birdie unmade romping over the front at +7, tying the back, and winning total with a smooth +8. It was, however, Mac and his band of merry men(Loghead n The Auditor) who won the team trifecta. Mac took second on the front with a cool +5, tied back with Greg n Loghead and took 2nd on total with +7. He will not however, enjoy his winnings since it is almost certain the club will bill him for damage when his ball hit the pin on 5 and damaged the cup leaving his ball within 6" of the cup for closest on 5. The lumber baron won closest on 11................Greg Curran +2 to 29. Charlie Johnson +1 to 32. Dennis Kossmann +1 to 28. Mac Miller +1 to 24.Charlie Voss -1 to 28. Aholt 29 * Blackwell 31 * Clark 36 * Coleman 32 * Cozzo 27 * Crow 31 * Curran 29 * Curtis 30 * Dister 28 * Dunlavy 22 * Ecklekamp 37 * Eggert 30 * Eichelberger 32 * Fortner 31 * Gildehaus 29 * Hall 30 * Harrison 23 * Johnson 32 * Kavanaugh 27 * Kossmann 28 * Loyd 23 * Miller 24 * Moosmann 28 * Morris 24 * Nealis 23 * Purschke 22 * Sharma 32 * Voss, Chas 28 * Voss, Colby 32 * Voss, Dean 36 *

Saturday 7/16

The team of Charlie Voss, Bill Hall and Greg Curran swept all three legs of Saturday's event +3, -1, +2 over the hapless team of Tom Dunlavy, Leroy Eggert and Terry Moosmann. The losers posted +2, -4, -2. Individually, Dunlavy's +3 took first. Curran's +2 was the runner-up. The back showed Voss and Moosmann tying with +1. Voss took total with +2, and Hall, Curran and Moosmann tied 2nd at even. Terry Moosmann +1 to 29. Bill Hall -1 to 29. Greg Curran -1 to 27. Leroy Eggert -2 to 30 (he dropped a 38.) Aholt 29 * Blackwell 31 * Clark 36 * Coleman 34 * Cozzo 27 * Crow 31 * Curran 27 * Curtis 30 * Dister 28 * Dunlavy 22 * Ecklekamp 37 * Eggert 30 * Eichelberger 32 * Fortner 31 * Gildehaus 29 * Hall 29 * Harrison 23 * Johnson 31 * Kavanaugh 27 * Kossmann 27 * Loyd 23 * Miller 23 * Moosmann 29 * Morris 24 * Nealis 23 * Purschke 22 * Sharma 32 * Voss, Chas 29 * Voss, Colby 32 * Voss, Dean 36 *

Outbid outdoes himself

There was only one story today, and that was the excellence of Mike Clark. In spite of a little bad luck on #16 fairway sand trap he scored 10 birdies and an awesome 64. He scored a singles slam and led his team of Ryan and Leroy to a win on front, total, and tie on back. Dave A was the perfect bridesmaid taking 2nd on front and total plus tying the back. Bob was closest on 5 and Greg on 11.......Four players will have different quotas next time they compete. Dave Aholt +1 to 29. Charlie Johnson +1 to 31. Bill Hall -1 to 30. Terry Moosmann -1 to 28...note; No player may achieve a quota greater than even par or 36..... Aholt 29 * Blackwell 31 * Clark 36 * Coleman 34 * Cozzo 27 * Crow 31 * Curran 28 * Curtis 30 * Dister 28 * Dunlavy 22 * Ecklekamp 37 * Eggert 32 * Eichelberger 32 * Fortner 31 * Gildehaus 29 * Hall 30 * Harrison 23 * Johnson 31 * Kavanaugh 27 * Kossmann 27 * Loyd 23 * Miller 23 * Moosmann 28 * Morris 24 * Nealis 23 * Purschke 22 * Sharma 32 * Voss, Chas 29 * Voss, Colby 32 * Voss, Dean 36 * .

Tuesday’s turnovers

Turnover..def... The act of a teams (see border guard) losing possession of a ball through error or minor violation of the rules.... loghead got out quick and stayed the course for a singles sweep (+3, +3, +6)on Tuesday. The lumber Baron n border guard joined his victory celebration on the front but then the border guard started bouncing balls in the water and off trees into the neverland and the team cratered. Retread tied Tim for second on the front and also took second total. Guys named Dave tied for second on back. Rich n Dave A, along with Leroy were solid all day winning back n total............Charlie Johnson +2 to 30. Dave Dister +1 to 28. Rich Purschke +1 to 22. Bob Coleman -1 to 34. Tim Morris -1 to 24. Aholt 28 * Blackwell 31 * Clark 36 * Coleman 34 * Cozzo 27 * Crow 31 * Curran 28 * Curtis 30 * Dister 28 * Dunlavy 22 * Ecklekamp 37 * Eggert 32 * Eichelberger 32 * Fortner 31 * Gildehaus 29 * Hall 31 * Harrison 23 * Johnson 30 * Kavanaugh 27 * Kossmann 27 * Loyd 23 * Miller 23 * Moosmann 29 * Morris 24 * Nealis 23 * Purschke 22 * Sharma 32 * Voss, Chas 29 * Voss, Colby 32 * Voss, Dean 36 *

Saturday July 9

THE RETURN OF "JZ" Not the husband of Beyonce, but the return of a very good golfer named Josh Zastrow. It's been a long time, Josh. Welcome back. Josh was joined by 6 other Oldtimers on a rare, cool, Saturday in July. Josh was joined by Hall and Moosmann. All three contributed to a solid performance. They beat the team of Eichelberger, Curran, Purschke and Kossmann on the front and total ... Even and +3. Dennis Kossmann's outstanding +4 propelled his team to victory on the back. Individually, Bill Hall's +1 on the front was good enough for first. Zastrow and Eichelberger shared second on the front with Even. The back was a different story. Only 1 out of 7 Oldtimers (who will remain nameless) posted a negative score. Dennis' aforementioned +4 took first and Moosmann's +3 took second. Kossmann prevailed with +3 to win total and Josh and Terry shared second with +2. Terry Moosmann +1 to 29. Dennis Kossmann +1 to 27. Josh Zastrow -1 to 33. He dropped a 2-under 38. Aholt 28 * Blackwell 31 * Clark 36 * Coleman 35 * Cozzo 27 * Crow 31 * Curran 28 * Curtis 30 * Dister 27 * Dunlavy 22 * Ecklekamp 37 * Eggert 32 * Eichelberger 32 * Fortner 31 * Gildehaus 29 * Hall 31 * Harrison 23 * Hoemann 38 * Johnson 28 * Kavanaugh 27 * Kossmann 27 * Loyd 23 * Miller 23 * Moosmann 29 * Morris 25 * Nealis 23 * Purschke 21 * Sharma 32 * Voss, Chas 29 * Voss, Colby 32 * Voss, Dean 36 *

Return of the Keh’s

The Keh Sisters were the 2022 incarnation of the James Gang. Munchkin and Wenyung Keh joined ten Oldtimers today, giving us three, equal foursomes. They took home the loot and quietly went to Meramec Caverns to stash it. At $3.50 entry fee it wasn't that much, but it was worth the price of admission to watch them play. Wenyung, with Coleman, Moosmann and Dister, took the front at +4. She shot a 32 (+3), which we thought was pretty good, but all it could do was tie her sister, Munchin for individual honors. Mike Clark and Terry Moosmann split 3rd at +2. Munchin's team included Charlie Voss, Kossmann and Eichelberger. Her 32 (+4) on the back helped their team go +4, +5 to win back and total. Munchin Keh shot 64 folks! Individually, Mike Clark's friend David Lee and Dister shot +2 on the back to split 2nd and 3rd. Needless to say, Munchin's +7 won individual total, while Wenyoung took 2nd at +3 and Kossmann and Dister split 3rd at +1. It was hot and steamy, and if you couldn't putt the slow greens and weird pin placements like the Keh sisters ... and none of us could ... you couldn't score. +1 was the best the Oldtimers could do, +7 and +3 from the Keh Sisters. Awesome! As for Closest to the pin, Wenyung won #5 and #11. Combined distance ... 3.5 feet. No contest. Bpb Coleman +1 to 35. Greg Curran -1 to 28. Aholt 28 * Blackwell 31 * Clark 36 * Coleman 35 * Cozzo 27 * Crow 31 * Curran 28 * Curtis 30 * Dister 27 * Dunlavy 22 * Ecklekamp 37 * Eggert 32 * Eichelberger 32 * Fortner 31 * Gildehaus 29 * Hall 31 * Harrison 23 * Hoemann 38 * Johnson 28 * Kavanaugh 27 * Kossmann 26 * Loyd 23 * Miller 23 * Moosmann 28 * Morris 25 * Nealis 23 * Purschke 21 * Sharma 32 * Voss, Chas 29 * Voss, Colby 32 * Voss, Dean 36 *

The good, the bad, and the ugly

Outbid took off like a house a-fire with a +5 on the front. Jimbo's eagle on 4 got him 2nd. CPA man n the lumber baron were badasses all day tying total with +6's and spliting the back with Grizzly at +3. The ugly? That would have been Loghead, whose lost balls on 17 n 18 kept the team of JE, TM, n DK from a team trifecta by one point. Instead the team of Hall, Dister, n Eggert won back at +1 inspite of some ugliness of his own by Leroy. Retread n Mr 300 won closest on 7 n 14..... BULLETIN.... #5 n #11 will be closest to the hole in July........MIKE CLARK +1 TO 36. Bob Coleman -1 to 34. Bill Hall +2 to 31. Charlie Voss +1 to 29. Tom Dunlavy -1 to 22. Jim Eichelberger +1 to 32. Terry Moosmann +2 to 28. Charlie Johnson -1 to 28. Aholt 28 * Blackwell 31 * Clark 36 * Coleman 34 * Cozzo 27 * Crow 31 * Curran 29 * Curtis 30 * Dister 27 * Dunlavy 22 * Ecklekamp 37 * Eggert 32 * Eichelberger 32 * Fortner 31 * Gildehaus 29 * Hall 31 * Harrison 23 * Hoemann 38 * Johnson 28 * Kavanaugh 27 * Kossmann 26 * Loyd 23 * Miller 23 * Moosmann 28 * Morris 25 * Nealis 23 * Purschke 21 * Sharma 32 * Voss, Chas 29 * Voss, Colby 32 * Voss, Dean 36 * .