14 Players ... 10 New Quotas

Some found the conditions easy, some ... not so much. A beautiful, early autumn day brought a variety of scores. The teams were easy to figure. Team Dunlavy with a big assist by Coleman and an attempt to drag it down by Dister won the front at +6. Team Hall led by Curran, Blackwell and Aholt took the back and total at +2 and +7. My scoresheet is so full of scratch marks from score changes, lets just say Coleman, Dunlavy, Kossmann, Voss, Curran, Blackwell and Aholt all won something individually. I can only hope they got paid close to what they earned. Coleman got the greenie on 5. Aholt scored on 11. Bob Coleman +1 to 34. Dave Dister -1 to 27. Rich Purschke -1 to 23. Leroy Eggert -1 to 26. Terry Moosmann -2 to 28. Dennis Kossmann +1 to 27. Charlie Johnson -1 to 32. Charlie Voss +1 to 28. Tim Morris -1 to 26. Randy Blackwell +1 to 32. Aholt 29 * Blackwell 32 * Clark 36 * Coleman 34 * Cozzo 27 * Crow 32 * Curran 26 * Curtis 30 * Dister 27 * Dunlavy 25 * Ecklekamp 36 * Eggert 26 * Eichelberger 33 * Fortner 30 * Gildehaus 29 * Hall 30 * Harrison 23 * Johnson 32 * Kavanaugh 27 * Kossmann 27 * Loyd 23 * Miller 24 * Moosmann 28 * Morris 26 * Nealis 23 * Purschke 23 * Sharma 32 * Viox 25 * Voss, Chas 28 * Voss, Colby 32 * Voss, Dean 36 *

Border Guard Sets All Time Earnings Record

Bob (Border Guard) Coleman splits 1st and 2nd Individual on the front with Hall and wins $3.50. He does the same on the back with Charlie Voss and rakes in another $3.50. He greedily takes total at +3 all by himself and grabs $4.00. He wins all three legs of the team with pardzies Moosmann, Miller and Hall and stacks $3.75 more on his pile. And to top it off, wins the greenie on #11 for $3.25 more. That's a total of $18.00. Quite a day, Mr. Coleman. And you did it with a 1-over 72 ... on aerated greens. By the way, #5 greenie was taken by Moosmann. Both greenie winners were in the last group. Verifying once again that ... to quote Loghead ... "If you're in the last group and you don't win the Greenies, you're just cheating yourself." There was a 3-way split for third on the front. Loghead takes third on the back. Grizzly (Voss) takes second total and the Lumeber Baron (Hall) takes third total. 10 of the 13 players will have new quotas on Thursday. Coleman +1 to 33. Johnson +1 to 33. Moosmann +1 to 30. Morris -1 to 27. Dister -1 to 28. Curran -1 to 26. Eggert -1 to 27. Purschke -1 to 24. Miller -1 to 24. Kossmann -1 to 26. Aholt 29 * Blackwell 31 * Clark 36 * Coleman 33 * Cozzo 27 * Crow 32 * Curran 26 * Curtis 30 * Dister 28 * Dunlavy 25 * Ecklekamp 36 * Eggert 27 * Eichelberger 33 * Fortner 30 * Gildehaus 29 * Hall 30 * Harrison 23 * Johnson 33 * Kavanaugh 27 * Kossmann 26 * Loyd 23 * Miller 24 * Moosmann 30 * Morris 27 * Nealis 23 * Purschke 24 * Sharma 32 * Viox 25 * Voss, Chas 27 * Voss, Colby 32 * Voss, Dean 36 *

What course was he playing?

On a day when Mother Nature reminded us that she can easily turn a 95-degree Wednesday into a 72-degree, swirling-wind, Thursday, Tim (Hardwood) Morris blistered the front nine with a 1-under par +6. He dominated front and total (+4) individual, but his +6 wasn't enough to drag his team of CV, DA and GC into first. That was handled by Dennis (The Menace) Kossmann who was +3 (2nd individual.) He took DD and TD to victory on the front and total. They were +2 ... the only plus team side of the day ... and -2 total. The back was won by BC, RP, BH and TMoosmann at even. Four guys split 3rd on the front at even. The back individual was split three ways at +1. TMoosmann, BH and DD. 2nd total was split by the same three guys at +1. DK won the front greenie and DD won the back. Eleven players competed compliling a cumulative -22. (No reason discussing the pin positions. We all had to play them. We would like to remind the staff that Ed's Revenge is over for the year. Tim Morris +2 to 28. Terry Moosmann +1 to 29. Dave Dister +1 to 29. Charlie Voss -1 to 27. Greg Curran -1 to 27. Bob Coleman -1 to 32. Aholt 29 * Blackwell 31 * Clark 36 * Coleman 32 * Cozzo 27 * Crow 32 * Curran 27 * Curtis 30 * Dister 29 * 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 29 * Morris 28 * Nealis 23 * Purschke 25 * Sharma 32 * Viox 25 * Voss, Chas 27 * Voss, Colby 32 * Voss, Dean 36 *

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	*

Interim Blogger

Loghead is taking a well-deserved break from the computer and has made his way to Ohio to mend his wounded arm.  Meanwhile, your Acting Commish is gonna try to keep you up-to-date on matches until his return.  Yesterday, the greens were running faster than we've seen them in a while.  Our group noticed it on the first green when The Menace (DK) turned a six-foot par putt into an 8-foot bogey putt ... and then repeated the process.  (He made the double with a little muttering and head shaking, but bounced back like the true champ that he is.)  The rest of us took notice and the lag putting commenced.  The team of TM, DD, DK and BH swept the front, +1, back -1 and total, Even, over the team of CV, BC, TD and GC.  TM and DD split 1st and 2nd on the front with +4s.  DD won back and total (+2, +6.)  DK got 2nd back (+1) and TM got 2nd total (+3.)  TM +1 to 28.  DD +1 to 28. BC -1 to 33. BH -1 to 31.  TD -1 to 24. DK _1 to 27.

Aholt	30	*
Blackwell	31	*
Clark	36	*
Coleman	33	*
Cozzo	27	*
Crow	32	*
Curran	28	*
Curtis	30	*
Dister	28	*
Dunlavy	24	*
Ecklekamp	36	*
Eggert	29	*
Eichelberger	33	*
Fortner	30	*
Gildehaus	29	*
Hall	31	*
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	29	*
Voss, Colby	32	*
Voss, Dean	36	*

Premier league promotion???

unlike Tuesday when positive numbers abounded and a +10 for DD did not result in a single team victory Thursday the course won. 10 of the 12 Oldtimers were minus, one was even and only one was plus. Mike shot a scorching 65 for a front, back, and total win while leading his team of CV, DD, n MM to a victory on back and total. Rumor has it that the Saudi back premier league has offered him several million to lure him away from the Oldtimers. Terry took 2nd on front n total and led his team of LE, BH, n JF to victory on front. DD n DK tied for 2nd on back. Bob was closest and Grizzly (CV) on 11...........Dave Aholt -1 to 30. Leroy Eggert -1 to 29. Jeff Fortner -1 to 30. Bill Hall -1 to 32. Aholt 30 * Blackwell 31 * Clark 36 * Coleman 34 * Cozzo 27 * Crow 32 * Curran 28 * Curtis 30 * Dister 27 * Dunlavy 25 * Ecklekamp 36 * Eggert 29 * Eichelberger 33 * Fortner 30 * Gildehaus 29 * Hall 32 * Harrison 23 * Johnson 32 * Kavanaugh 27 * Kossmann 28 * Loyd 23 * Miller 25 * Moosmann 27 * Morris 26 * Nealis 23 * Purschke 25 * Sharma 32 * Viox 25 * Voss, Chas 29 * Voss, Colby 32 * Voss, Dean 36 *

Club champion hangover

On a beautiful day for golf(or anything else outside) most of the 9 Oldtimers came in with excellent scores. Mr 300 led the way with a 2 under par front winning front n total with a +10. Mr CPA warmed up with a +3 (3rd) on the front then posted a +5 back(1st) and 2nd on total, Honorable mention to DA n RP for 2nd place on front n back. DA, CV, n TD scored well to win front but their +11 total wasn't good enough to beat Tm, RP, n DK who won back n total with +9 n +12. The Lumber Baron, one of our recent senior club champions was apparently depressed not to receive a parking space like in the good old days. He did win closest on 11 while Motor Home won on 3. Our guess is our other senior champ (Outbid) couldn't make the tee time due to the paparazzi......and now the bad news..........Dave Dister +2 to 27. Dave Aholt +2 to 31. Rich Purschke +1 to 25. Charlie Voss +1 to 30. Terry Moosmann +1 to 27. Tom Dunlavy +1 to 25. Bill Hall -2 to 33. Aholt 31 * Blackwell 31 * Clark 36 * Coleman 34 * Cozzo 27 * Crow 32 * Curran 28 * Curtis 30 * Dister 27 * Dunlavy 25 * Ecklekamp 36 * Eggert 30 * Eichelberger 33 * Fortner 31 * Gildehaus 29 * Hall 33 * Harrison 23 * Johnson 32 * Kavanaugh 27 * Kossmann 28 * Loyd 23 * Miller 25 * Moosmann 27 * Morris 26 * Nealis 23 * Purschke 25 * Sharma 32 * Viox 25 * Voss, Chas 30 * Voss, Colby 32 * Voss, Dean 36 * ..

Thursday 9/8

Rich got richer winning back n total. He probably would have made more if his partner hadn't bit the dust on 15. Dave D played bridesmaid taking 2nd on back n total. Mike, Dave A, n Bob tied the front with Bob closest on 3 n CJ on 11. The team game was split...............Rich Purschke +1 to 24. Terry Moosmann -1 to 26. Aholt 29 * Blackwell 31 * Clark 36 * Coleman 34 * Cozzo 27 * Crow 32 * Curran 28 * Curtis 30 * Dister 25 * Dunlavy 24 * Ecklekamp 36 * Eggert 30 * Eichelberger 33 * Fortner 31 * Gildehaus 29 * Hall 35 * Harrison 23 * Johnson 32 * Kavanaugh 27 * Kossmann 28 * Loyd 23 * Miller 25 * Moosmann 26 * Morris 26 * Nealis 23 * Purschke 24 * Sharma 32 * Viox 25 * Voss, Chas 29 * Voss, Colby 32 * Voss, Dean 36 *

One willow from 20 leagues under the sea

FCCC 7, Oldtimers 2

Perhaps it was the recent trauma of almost losing a cart to the lake, or maybe it was just the rain that did not give us the roll us old timers desperately need. whatever it was only Mike and Charlie Voss mastered the course and some of the other 7 scores were really ugly. Mike took front and total while Charlie V took back and second on total. Leroy Bill and Terry rounded out the money winners. Team Charlie took both greenies. Bob had to leave early to get home and sweep off his patio. We're hoping that his broom stroke far exceeds his golf stroke. anyone thinking about hiring Tim for a floor job might consider how badly he tore up the turf today. Only three things kept Charlie J from a great round today. The water, the sand, and a dim wit........Thursday at 11.........No tee times on Saturday or Saturday except for those playing in the club championship.......sign up by Wednesday........Mike Clark +1 to 36. Bob Coleman -1 to 34. Aholt 29 * Blackwell 31 * Clark 36 * Coleman 34 * Cozzo 27 * Crow 32 * Curran 28 * Curtis 30 * Dister 25 * Dunlavy 24 * Ecklekamp 36 * Eggert 30 * Eichelberger 33 * Fortner 31 * Gildehaus 29 * Hall 35 * Harrison 23 * Johnson 32 * Kavanaugh 27 * Kossmann 28 * Loyd 23 * Miller 25 * Moosmann 27 * Morris 26 * Nealis 23 * Purschke 23 * Sharma 32 * Viox 25 * Voss, Chas 29 * Voss, Colby 32 * Voss, Dean 36 *

Wipeout

So what was it that caused Dave D's Turn around from -3 on the front to a +3 on the back. logically it might have been the adrenaline produced following his Thelma and Louise moment. Or it could've been the gratitude he felt towards his partner Mike who waded through knee-deep poison ivy to rescue his clubs n stuff, or perhaps it was the quiet mentoring, compassion, and understanding shown by his Caption Bob(traits for which he is legendary). Regardless, one thing is certain, if Missouri mandates driving test for 80 and older we boyz in trouble...... thanks to Mike's recommendation we welcomed a new member, Dave Viox, into the group on Thursday........ as for the match CJ got out to a fast start and won the front with +4. However after pulling the cart out of the lake his game went South. Mike and Dave V took second on the front. Jimmy won the back with Dave and Dave tying for a second. Dave V won total with Mike second and three tied for third. Bob was closest on seven and Dave V on 14........September closest holes are 3 and 11..........Next week, Tuesday course closed, Thursday tee time is 11:00............Bob Coleman -1 to 35. Mike Clark +1 to 35. Jim Eichelberger +1 to 33. Greg Curran +1 to 28. Terry Moosmann -1 to 27. Dave Viox +3 to 25. Aholt 29 * Blackwell 31 * Clark 35 * Coleman 35 * Cozzo 27 * Crow 32 * Curran 28 * Curtis 30 * Dister 25 * Dunlavy 24 * Ecklekamp 36 * Eggert 30 * Eichelberger 33 * Fiox 25 * Fortner 31 * Gildehaus 29 * Hall 35 * Harrison 23 * Johnson 32 * Kavanaugh 27 * Kossmann 28 * Loyd 23 * Miller 25 * Moosmann 27 * Morris 26 * Nealis 23 * Purschke 23 * Sharma 32 * Voss, Chas 29 * Voss, Colby 32 * Voss, Dean 36 *