Saturday, January 4th: Five Polar Bears Brave the Cold before the Snow!!!

NOTE:   Closest to the holes for January are #7 & #11.

Conditions:  On Saturday, five golfers played on a very ‘balmy’ and cloudy day. 27-30 degrees, 2-8 mph winds, 65% humidity, firm fairways and mid-speed greens.

Team Winners:  N/A

Individual Winners:  Hall won the front (+3) and total (+1). Dunlavy took the back (+1).

Closest to the Holes:  Hall won both #7 and #11.

Even/Plus Points Club:  Hall (+1) and Dunlavy (€).

75 & Below Score Club:  None

Golf Quote: “The better you putt, the bolder you play." – Don January

Golf Stuff: Golf clubs in 1900 were quite different from what we see today! Here are some key points about them:  Materials: Most golf clubs had hickory wood shafts and heads made from softer woods like pear or beech. Steel shafts were introduced later, around 1925.  Design: The heads were often long and thin, which made them less forgiving and harder to control.  Set Composition: A typical set in 1900 usually consisted of only 6 clubs: a play club (driver), brassie (2- or 3-wood), wooden cleek (4-wood), spoon (5-wood), niblick (wedge), and a putting cleek. Performance: The clubs were less consistent and harder to strike well compared to modern clubs.

Quota Increases:  All (+1)… Hall

Quota Decreases:  All (-1)…  Eggert & Johnson

Quotas: Aholt 31 * Alferman 34 * Baer 31 * Blackwell 28 * Breid 23 * Clark 35 * Coleman 28 * Cozzo 26 * Crow 33 * Curran 28 * Curtis 31 (White Tees) * Dister 29 * Dunlavy 24 * Eckelkamp 36 * Eggert 27 * Eichelberger 29 * Elcan 30 * Fortner 28 * Gildehaus 31 * Hall 28 * Herrick 23 * Hoemann 33 * Johnson 29 * Kavanaugh 27 * Kossmann 28 * Lindhoff 31 * Loyd 23 * Marquart 25 * Miller 20 * Mitchell 27 * Moosman 28 (Gold Tees) * Morris 25  * Meyer 28 * Nealis 22 * Palumbo 31 *  Parmentier 32 * Purschke 20 * Scheer 20 * Scheidegger 32 * Schrader 33 * Sharma 27 * Stapp 33 * Stoehner 25 * Tiefenbrunn 27 (Blue Tees) * Triplett 30 * Viox 27 * Voss, Chas 25 * Voss, Colby 32 * Voss, Dean 34 * Zastrow, Owen 30 * Zastrow, Josh 35

Thursday, January 2nd: Meyer Rings in the New Year (+5)!!!

NOTE:   Closest to the holes for January are #7 & #11.

Conditions:  On Thursday, nine golfers played on a very brisk and cloudy day. 41-45 degrees, 1-9 mph winds, 65% humidity, firm fairways and mid-speed greens.

Team Winners:  Hall, Johnson & Meyer swept the front (+7), back (€) and total (+7).

Individual Winners:  Meyer won the front (+4).  Eggert & Moosman tied the back (+2) and Meyer won the total (+5).

Closest to the Holes:  Meyer won #7 and Moosman took #11.

Even/Plus Points Club:  Meyer (+5) and Eggert, Hall & Moosman (+2) and Johnson (€).

75 & Below Score Club:  Clark & Meyer (75).

Golf Quote: “The real joy of golf is in playing the game for its own sake, not for the score." - Harvey Penick

Golf Stuff: In the 1960s, golfers primarily used persimmon wood for their club heads. Persimmon was favored because it was hard, tough, heavy, and shock-resistant, making it ideal for driving long distances. Other types of wood, such as beech, ash, and maple, were also used, but persimmon was the most popular choice.

Quota Increases:  All (+1)… Eggert, Hall, Johnson, Moosman & Meyer

Quota Decreases:  All (-1)…  Clark

Quotas: Aholt 31 * Alferman 34 * Baer 31 * Blackwell 28 * Breid 23 * Clark 35 * Coleman 28 * Cozzo 26 * Crow 33 * Curran 28 * Curtis 31 (White Tees) * Dister 29 * Dunlavy 24 * Eckelkamp 36 * Eggert 28 * Eichelberger 29 * Elcan 30 * Fortner 28 * Gildehaus 31 * Hall 27 * Herrick 23 * Hoemann 33 * Johnson 30 * Kavanaugh 27 * Kossmann 28 * Lindhoff 31 * Loyd 23 * Marquart 25 * Miller 20 * Mitchell 27 * Moosman 28 (Gold Tees) * Morris 25  * Meyer 28 * Nealis 22 * Palumbo 31 *  Parmentier 32 * Purschke 20 * Scheer 20 * Scheidegger 32 * Schrader 33 * Sharma 27 * Stapp 33 * Stoehner 25 * Tiefenbrunn 27 (Blue Tees) * Triplett 30 * Viox 27 * Voss, Chas 25 * Voss, Colby 32 * Voss, Dean 34 * Zastrow, Owen 30 * Zastrow, Josh 35