Day 2: Mike Clark in Thailand

Blue Canyon Lakes and a happy reunion between myself and my 14 long lost friends!

Day 2 in Thailand started off on an obviously positive note as my golf clubs and I were finally reunited last night about 11pm. No damage thank goodness and enough stickers and urgent tape strapped all over the hard case to ensure someone other than me thought this to be extremely important.

A nine o’clock pickup up this morning finds us hurling through a maze of scooters, taxis, tuk tuks ( a type of open air flashy taxi) and general cars of all types for almost an hour away to Blue Canyon golf club.

The entrance to the Thai golf clubs are pretty telling of what’s behind the fence and this place is snappy.

The LPGA is here next week and they are gearing up and doing their best to showcase the course and clubhouse. I play this course one more time before I leave this area and I’m going to make a point of allowing extra time to enjoy the club experience. The locker rooms are fit for royalty with spa, sauna, steam and all are included and expected in your day of golf. The locker room attendant was visibly disappointed that I could not take advantage due to a tight pickup time from my driver, but I still gave him a tip for a nice fresh towel.

Another great caddie today and a real sweetheart in Aroma. She was barely as tall my side saddle putter but a real go getter. These gals want you to have a good time and believe me they talk among themselves constantly.

Today I was paired with a very nice husband and wife from Russia and a banker from Switzerland. The poor caddie that had this guy really drew the short straw. He was having a bad day, and as we all know, you start trying too hard and it only gets worse. He was not the most pleasant guy, which obviously impacts the caddie. Thus I found it internally amusing when he randomly disturbed a fire ant mound and was frantically doing the happy dance trying to brush them off his legs and ankles. Bottom line is you’re on vacation… don’t be an asshole.

I played a mixture of the blue and black tees today as the fairways were firm and fast and the greens rolling a true 10. I actually made a few putts today….. which keeps me from being an asshole.

Happy to have my clubs back I’ve got a -1 in the books for the day.  Aroma was all smiles as was I !

Day 1: Mike Clark in Thailand

Today started the official Thailand tour and the course today was Loch Palm….it did not disappoint.

Let’s preface today’s action by how we got to this point.

22 hours of actual sitting on the plane not counting layovers and a delayed flight. Indestructible samsonite luggage arrives with one wheel off and replaced with a six inch hole in the bottom with what appeared to be a pair of foot joy socks peeking out and at the time of my arrival last night, my golf clubs were somewhere between Chicago and Istanbul.

I am now in Phuket, a beach town that’s a mixture of elegant hotels and condos and a lot of third world set in between them. It all works well and people are incredibly friendly.

My caddie today was Darane who has 15 years experience at this club. The caddies mean business and won’t let you touch a club not handed to you or the flagstick. She was not crazy about me not putting with the line and I did give into her a few times.

Today’s golf was played with at least a 12-15 year old rental set of Titliest API clubs of some sort with spaghetti shafts. Since all my gear is still in route I had to buy a pair of nock off Hoka shoes in the night market just to have something to play in. All in all it was a great experience.

The greens were about perfect and what appeared to be some sort of Bermuda grass, and the fairways were very tight. I sent a pic of some type of grass I’m not familiar with that is also in some fairways. It’s wide bladed and coarse. I was in a couple of bunkers but they were very playable.

I will say that it’s HOT. It’s Hot at night, it’s hot in the morning and only gets hotter during the day. There is a time for hot and wet, but not when it’s every article of clothing I’m wearing plus the golf glove and the grips. I don’t know how these gals do it all bundled up like they are but they do their job happily and with a smile.

I enclosed a pic of the scorecard she kept and the unusual scoring system she used. Hopefully tomorrow my golf equipment will finally arrive before I leave to play again.

Thanks to Jimmy Eichelberger and the apple dot he gave me, it does appear that the clubs and I are nearing a happy reunion. All in all I’m headed for a swim and then dinner.

Life doesn’t suck!

Thursday, February 29th: February Ends with Nice Weather !!!

NOTE:   Closest to the holes for March are #5 & #11.

Conditions:  On Thursday, six golfers participated sunny day that started off chilly and quickly turned very sunny & nice, 44-52 degrees, 5-10 mph winds, 65% humidity, firm fairways and mid-speed greens.

Team Winners:  Eggert, Hall & Herrick won the front (+3).  Clark, Dunlavy & Meyer won the back (+1).  The total was tied (-1).

Individual Winners:  Eggert won the front (+3).  Dunlavy took the back (+2).  Dunlavy & Eggert tied the total (+2).

Closest to the Holes:  Herrick won #3 and Clark took #14.

Even/Plus Points Club: Dunlavy & Eggert (+2) and Hall (€).

75 & Below Score Club:  Clark (75).

Golf Quote: “You’ve got to have the guts not to be afraid to screw up.” – Fuzzy Zoeller

Quota Increases:   None

Quota Decreases:   None

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

Tuesday, February 27th: Purschke Beats the Wind with (+4) !!!

NOTE:   Closest to the holes are now #3 & #14.

Conditions:  On Tuesday, ten golfers participated on warm, partly sunny and very windy day, 78-80 degrees, 12-32 mph winds, 35% humidity, firm fairways and mid-speed greens.

Team Winners:  Curtis, Eichelberger & Hoemann won the front (-1).  Eggert & Purschke (Johnson had to drop out) took the back (+4) and the total (+1).

Individual Winners:  Curran won the front (+3).  Purschke took the back (+4) and total (+4).

Closest to the Holes:  Eggert won #3 and Curtis took #14.

Even/Plus Points Club: Purschke (+4), Eichelberger (+3) and Curran (+2).

75 & Below Score Club:  Eichelberger (73) & Clark (74).

Golf Quote: “For this game you need, above all things, to be in a tranquil frame of mind.” – Harry Vardon

Quota Increases    All (+1):  Eichelberger

Quota Decreases:   All (-1):  Clark, Dunlavy, Eggert and Hoemann.

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

Thursday, February 22nd: Hall on Top with (+6), 73 !!!

NOTE:   Closest to the holes are now #3 & #14.

Conditions:  On Thursday, eight golfers participated on partly sunny and windy day, 60-66 degrees, 8-14 mph winds, 65% humidity, soft fairways and faster greens.

Team Winners:  Clark, Hall, Herrick & Devon Lindhoff took the front (+2) and total (+2).  Eggert, Johnson, Meyer & Nealis won the back (+2).

Individual Winners:  Hall swept the front (+3), back (+3) and total (+6).

Closest to the Holes:  Nealis won #3 and Eggert took #14.

Even/Plus Points Club: Hall (+6) & Meyer (+2).  Herrick, Lindhoff & Nealis (€).

75 & Below Score Club:  Hall (73), Clark & Lindhoff (75).

Golf Quote: “When you lip out several putts in a row, you should never think that means that you’re putting well. When you’re putting well, the only question is what part of the hole it’s going to fall in, not if it’s going in.” – Jack Nicklaus

Quota Increases    All (+1):  Hall & Nealis

Quota Decreases:   All (-1):  Clark & Eggert

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

Tuesday, February 20th: Johnson Threepeats with a (-1) !!!

Notes from Hilton-Head:  This past Saturday, Sunday & Monday, Tom, Ray and Jeff Cozzo had the opportunity to play the three Palmetto Dunes courses that Mike Clark worked at during his professional golf career. We played the Arthur Hills (Par 72… Rating-Slope 71.1-124… Yards 6,122), the Robert Trent Jones (72… 70.6-132…6,141) and the George Fazio (70… 70.8-130… 6,239). These courses we all gorgeous, most with very green winter rye in the fairways & tee boxes. They had a nightmarish number of fairway & greenside traps, water hazards, OB everywhere and alligators.  Many of the greens were smallish &/or narrow with challenging undulations and pin placements being well protected by traps.  With the fairway traps and OBs, tee shots demanded a threading of the needle.  Many approach shots required long irons or fairway woods.  Course knowledge is of a premium value when playing these courses.  Although scoring was challenging, we all had a blast!  We had great weather on Saturday and Monday, but it was quite windy & cold on Sunday at RTJ.  Hilton Head is a beautiful place to visit.  We stayed at the Hilton Omni on Palmetto Dunes.

NOTE:   Closest to the holes are now #3 & #14.

Conditions:  On Tuesday, five golfers participated on nice sunny February day , 59-64 degrees, 4-8 mph winds, 40% humidity, soft fairways and slow greens.

Individual Winners:  Johnson & Purschke tied the front (-1).  Hall won the back (+1).  Johnson won the total (-1).

Closest to the Holes:  Eggert won #3 and Hall took #14.

Even/Plus Points Club: None.

75 & Below Score Club:  None.

Golf Quote: “If profanity had an influence on the flight of the ball, the game of golf would be played far better than it is.” – Horace G. Hutchinson

Quota Increases    None

Quota Decreases:   All (-1):  Meyer

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

Thursday, February 15th: Johnson Repeats on Top (+3), 74 !!!

Thursday, February 15th:  Johnson Repeats on Top (+3), 74  !!!

NOTE:   Closest to the holes are now #3 & #14.

Conditions:  On Thursday, eight golfers participated on nice sunny February day , 47-51 degrees, 2-7 mph winds, 55% humidity, firm fairways and faster greens.

Team Winners:  Clark, Eichelberger, Hoemann & Johnson swept the front (-2), back (+5) and total (+3).

Individual Winners:  Hall won the front (+2).  Eichelberger won the back (+3).  Johnson won the total (+3).

Closest to the Holes:  Clark won #3 and Herrick took #14.

Even/Plus Points Club: Johnson (+3), Hall (+2), Clark & Eichelberger (€).

75 & Below Score Club:  Clark & Hoemann (71) and Johnson (74).

Golf Quote: “The mind messes up more shots than the body.” – Tommy Bolt

Quota Increases    All (+1):  Clark, Eichelberger, Hall & Johnson

Quota Decreases:   All (-1):  Meyer

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

Tuesday, February 13th: Johnson Rolls to Victory (+6), 73 !!!

NOTE:   Closest to the holes are now #3 & #14.

Conditions:  On Tuesday, seven old timers participated on fabulous February day , 54-61 degrees, 5-6 mph winds, 40% humidity, firm fairways and faster greens.

Team Winners:  Dunlavy, Eggert, Johnson & Miller swept the front (+3), back (+7) and total (+10).

Individual Winners:  Johnson won the front (+2), the total (+6) and tied Hall on the back (+4).

Closest to the Holes:  Clark won #3 and Johnson took #14.

Even/Plus Points Club: Johnson (+6), Hall (+5), Dunlavy (+3), Eggert (+2), Clark & Meyer (+1).

75 & Below Score Club:  Clark (70), Johnson (73), Eggert & Hall (75)

Golf Quote: "What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive.” – Arnold Palmer

Quota Increases    Johnson (+2)… All (+1):  Dunlavy & Meyer

Quota Decreases:   All (-1):  Clark, Eggert & Miller... Note: Clark had a 43  & Eggert had a 34 fall off, which caused the drop.

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

Saturday, February 10th: Eichelberger (+4), 74… D. Voss (+1), 72 !!!

NOTE:   Closest to the holes are now #3 & #14.

Conditions:  On Saturday, seven old timers participated on cold/overcast day , 44-46 degrees, 6-10 mph winds, 50% humidity, nice fairways and semi-slow greens.

Team Winners:  Dunlavy,  Eichelberger, Johnson & O. Zastrow won the front (-1).  Hall, Sharma and D. Voss won the back (+5) and total (-3).

Individual Winners:  Eichelberger won the front (+2) and total (+4).  Hall won the back (+3).

Closest to the Holes:  O. Zastrow won #3 and Dunlavy took #14.

Even/Plus Points Club: Eichelberger (+4), Johnson & D. Voss (+1).

75 & Below Score Club:  Voss (72) and Eichelberger (74).

Golf Quote: “Of all the hazards, fear is the worst.” – Sam Snead

Quota Increases    All (+1):  Eichelberger

Quota Decreases:   All (-1):  Johnson & Sharma

Quotas: Aholt 31 * Alferman 34 * Bean 33 * Blackwell 28 * Clark 36 * Coleman 30 * Cozzo 26 * Crow 33 * Curran 27 * Curtis 31 (White Tees) * Dister 28 * Dunlavy 23 * Eckelkamp 36 * Eggert 30 * Eichelberger 30 * Fortner 27 * Gildehaus 29 * Hall 27 * Herrick 23 * Hoemann 34 * Johnson 28 * Kavanaugh 25 * Kossmann 26 * Lindhoff 31 * Loyd 23 * Miller 21 * Mitchell 27 * Moosman 29 * Morris 25  * Meyer 29 * Nealis 23 * Palumbo 31 *  Parmentier 32 * Purschke 20 * Scheer 20 * Scheidegger 33 * Schrader 33 * Sharma 28 *  Stapp 33 * Stoehner 25 * Tiefenbrunn 27 * Triplett 30 * Viox 27 * Voss, Chas 25 * Voss, Colby 32 * Voss, Dean 34 * Zastrow, Owen 25 *  Zastrow, Josh 36

Thursday, February 8th: Blackwell Beats the Wind (+4), 76!

NOTE:   Closest to the holes are now #3 & #14.

Conditions:  On Thursday, nine old timers participated on a extremely windy day, 62-66 degrees, 15-30 mph winds, 70% humidity, nice fairways and semi-slow greens.

Team Winners:  Blackwell, Hall & Johnson won the front (+7), the total (+8) and tied Clark, Meyer & Purschke on the back (+1).

Individual Winners:  Hall won the front (+3).  Blackwell won the back (+2) and total (+4).

Closest to the Holes:  Blackwell won #3 and Johnson took #14.

Even/Plus Points Club: Blackwell (+4), Hall & Herrick (+3) and Johnson (+1).

75 & Below Score Club:  Clark (72).

Golf Quote: “What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive.” – Arnold Palmer

Quota Increases    All (+1):  Blackwell, Hall & Herrick.

Quota Decreases:   All (-1):  Dunlavy & Meyer

Quotas: Aholt 31 * Alferman 34 * Bean 33 * Blackwell 28 * Clark 36 * Coleman 30 * Cozzo 26 * Crow 33 * Curran 27 * Curtis 31 (White Tees) * Dister 28 * Dunlavy 23 * Eckelkamp 36 * Eggert 30 * Eichelberger 29 * Fortner 27 * Gildehaus 29 * Hall 27 * Herrick 23 * Hoemann 34 * Johnson 29 * Kavanaugh 25 * Kossmann 26 * Lindhoff 31 * Loyd 23 * Miller 21 * Mitchell 27 * Moosman 29 * Morris 25  * Meyer 29 * Nealis 23 * Palumbo 31 *  Parmentier 32 * Purschke 20 * Scheer 20 * Scheidegger 33 * Schrader 33 * Sharma 29 *  Stapp 33 * Stoehner 25 * Tiefenbrunn 27 * Triplett 30 * Viox 27 * Voss, Chas 25 * Voss, Colby 32 * Voss, Dean 34 * Zastrow, Owen 25 *  Zastrow, Josh 36 

Saturday, February 3rd: Dean Voss Shines with a (+1), 72!

NOTE:   Closest to the holes are now #3 & #14.

Conditions:  On Saturday, seven old timers participated on a cool and windy day,: 47-56 degrees, 8-15 mph winds, 55% humidity, nice fairways and semi-fast greens.

Team Winners:  Hall, Johnson, Sharma & Voss took the front (+1) and total (-3).  Dunlavy, Eggert & Miller won the back (-3).

Individual Winners:  Dunlavy & Sharma tied the front (+2). Hall & D. Voss tied the back (+1).  Dunlavy won total (+2).

Closest to the Holes:  D. Voss won #3 and Hall took #14.

Even/Plus Points Club:  Dunlavy (+2), Hall & D. Voss (+1).

75 & Below Score Club:  D. Voss (72).

Golf Quote: “Don’t play too much golf. Two rounds a day are plenty.” – Harry Vardon… or was that a Mike Clark quote?

Quota Increases    None

Quota Decreases:   None

Quotas: Aholt 31 * Alferman 34 * Bean 33 * Blackwell 27 * Clark 36 * Coleman 30 * Cozzo 26 * Crow 33 * Curran 27 * Curtis 31 (White Tees) * Dister 28 * Dunlavy 24 * Eckelkamp 36 * Eggert 30 * Eichelberger 29 * Fortner 27 * Gildehaus 29 * Hall 26 * Herrick 22 * Hoemann 34 * Johnson 29 * Kavanaugh 25 * Kossmann 26 * Lindhoff 31 * Loyd 23 * Miller 21 * Mitchell 27 * Moosman 29 * Morris 25  * Meyer 30 * Nealis 23 * Palumbo 31 *  Parmentier 32 * Purschke 20 * Scheer 20 * Scheidegger 33 * Schrader 33 * Sharma 29 *  Stapp 33 * Stoehner 25 * Tiefenbrunn 27 * Triplett 30 * Viox 27 * Voss, Chas 25 * Voss, Colby 32 * Voss, Dean 34 * Zastrow, Owen 25 *  Zastrow, Josh 36

Thursday, February 1st: Aholt Shines with (+4), 73!!!

NOTE:   Closest to the holes are now #3 & #14.

Conditions:  On Thursday, eleven old timers participated on a very nice day,: 60-66 degrees, 7-8 mph winds, 55% humidity, soft fairways and slightly faster greens.

Team Winners:  Aholt, Curtis, Eggert & Johnson swept the front (+2), back (€) and total (+2).

Individual Winners:  Aholt & Meyer tied the front (+2), Aholt & Herrick tied the back (+2).  Aholt won the total (+4).

Closest to the Holes:  Aholt won both #3 and #14.

Even/Plus Points Club:  Aholt (+4), Herrick (+2), Eichelberger (+1) and Eggert & Johnson (€).

75 & Below Score Club:  Aholt (73).

Golf Quote: “It’s how you deal with failure that determines how you achieve success.” – David Feherty

Quota Increases    Aholt (+1)

Quota Decreases:   All (-1):  Hall & Meyer.

Quotas: Aholt 31 * Alferman 34 * Bean 33 * Blackwell 27 * Clark 36 * Coleman 30 * Cozzo 26 * Crow 33 * Curran 27 * Curtis 31 * Dister 28 * Dunlavy 24 * Eckelkamp 36 * Eggert 30 * Eichelberger 29 * Fortner 27 * Gildehaus 29 * Hall 26 * Herrick 22 * Hoemann 34 * Johnson 29 * Kavanaugh 25 * Kossmann 26 * Lindhoff 31 * Loyd 23 * Miller 21 * Mitchell 27 * Moosman 29 * Morris 25  * Meyer 30 * Nealis 23 * Palumbo 31 *  Parmentier 32 * Purschke 20 * Scheer 20 * Scheidegger 33 * Schrader 33 * Sharma 29 *  Stapp 33 * Stoehner 25 * Tiefenbrunn 27 * Triplett 30 * Viox 27 * Voss, Chas 25 * Voss, Colby 32 * Voss, Dean 34 * Zastrow, Owen 25 *  Zastrow, Josh 36

Tuesday, January 30th: Eichelberger Takes Charge (+5), 73!!!

NOTE:   Closest to the holes are now #3 & #14.

Conditions:  On Tuesday, seven old timers participated on a cold, and cloudy day: 40-41 degrees, 10-15 mph winds, 70% humidity, damp/soft fairways and mid-speed greens.

Team Winners:  Clark, Dunlavy, Hall & Meyer won the front (-3) and total (-7).  Eggert, Eichelberger & Johnson won the back (-2).

Individual Winners:  Eichelberger swept the front (+2), back (+3) and total (+5).

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

Even/Plus Points Club:  Eichelberger (+5) and Hall (+2).

75 & Below Score Club:  Clark (72) and Eichelberger (73).

Golf Quote: “If profanity had an influence on the flight of the ball, the game of golf would be played far better than it is.” – Horace Hutchinson

Quota Increases    Hall (+1)

Quota Decreases:   All (-1):  Dunlavy & Eggert.

Quotas: Aholt 30 * Alferman 34 * Bean 33 * Blackwell 27 * Clark 36 * Coleman 30 * Cozzo 26 * Crow 33 * Curran 27 * Curtis 31 * Dister 28 * Dunlavy 24 * Eckelkamp 36 * Eggert 30 * Eichelberger 29 * Fortner 27 * Gildehaus 29 * Hall 27 * Herrick 22 * Hoemann 34 * Johnson 29 * Kavanaugh 25 * Kossmann 26 * Lindhoff 31 * Loyd 23 * Miller 21 * Mitchell 27 * Moosman 29 * Morris 25  * Meyer 31 * Nealis 23 * Palumbo 31 *  Parmentier 32 * Purschke 20 * Scheer 20 * Scheidegger 33 * Schrader 33 * Sharma 29 *  Stapp 33 * Stoehner 25 * Tiefenbrunn 27 * Triplett 30 * Viox 27 * Voss, Chas 25 * Voss, Colby 32 * Voss, Dean 34 * Zastrow, Owen 25 *  Zastrow, Josh 36

Thursday, January 11th: Johnson Leads with (+5), (74)… Clark Even (€)-Even (71)!

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

Conditions:  On Thursday, eight old timers participated on a fairly pleasant day that was partly sunny day: 45-50 degrees, 1-10 mph winds, 55% humidity, damp fairways and mostly slowish greens.

Team Winners:  Curran, Hall, Johnson & Miller won the front (€) and total (€).  Clark, Dunlavy, Meyer & Scheidegger won the back (+2).

Individual Winners:  Curran won the front (+2).  Johnson took the back (+4) and total (+5).

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

Even/Plus Points Club:  Johnson (+5) and Clark, Curran, Miller, Meyer & Scheidegger (€).

75 & Below Score Club:  Clark (71), Johnson (74) and Scheidegger (74).

Golf Quote: “Golf is the loneliest sport. You’re completely alone with every conceivable opportunity to defeat yourself. Golf brings out your assets and liabilities as a person. The longer you play, the more certain you are that a man’s performance is the outward manifestation of who, in his heart, he really thinks he is.” – Hale Irwin

Quota Increases    Johnson (+1)

Quota Decreases:   Hall (-2) and Dunlavy (-1).

Quotas: Aholt 30 * Alferman 34 * Bean 33 * Blackwell 27 * Clark 36 * Coleman 30 * Cozzo 26 * Crow 33 * Curran 27 * Curtis 31 * Dister 28 * Dunlavy 25 * Eckelkamp 36 * Eggert 31 * Eichelberger 29 * Fortner 27 * Gildehaus 29 * Hall 26 * Herrick 22 * Hoemann 34 * Johnson 29 * Kavanaugh 25 * Kossmann 26 * Lindhoff 31 * Loyd 23 * Miller 21 * Mitchell 27 * Moosman 29 * Morris 25  * Meyer 31 * Nealis 23 * Palumbo 31 *  Parmentier 32 * Purschke 20 * Scheer 20 * Scheidegger 33 * Schrader 33 * Sharma 29 *  Stapp 33 * Stoehner 25 * Tiefenbrunn 27 * Triplett 30 * Viox 27 * Voss, Chas 25 * Voss, Colby 32 * Voss, Dean 34 * Zastrow, Owen 25 *  Zastrow, Josh 36

Thursday, January 4th: Johnson Leads with a (+2), 77!!!

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

Conditions:  On Thursday, seven old timers participated on a very chilly, and partly sunny day: 38-40 degrees, 2-6 mph winds, 60% humidity, good winter fairways and slowish greens.

Team Winners:  Blackwell, Clark, Dunlavy & Eggert took the front (+1).  Hall, Johnson & C. Voss won the back (-3) and total (-11).

Individual Winners:  Blackwell won the front (+3).  Johnson took the back (+3) and total (+2).

Closest to the Holes:  Blackwell snuggled #7 and Clark won #11.

Even/Plus Points Club:  Johnson (+2) and Blackwell (€).

75 & Below Score Club:  Clark (73).

Golf Quote: “Golf tips are like Aspirin: One may do you good, but if you swallow the whole bottle you’ll be lucky to survive.” – Harvey Penick

Quota Increases    None

Quota Decreases:   All (-1):  Blackwell, Dunlavy & C. Voss.

Quotas: Aholt 30 * Alferman 34 * Bean 33 * Blackwell 27 * Clark 36 * Coleman 30 * Cozzo 26 * Crow 33 * Curran 27 * Curtis 31 * Dister 28 * Dunlavy 26 * Eckelkamp 36 * Eggert 31 * Eichelberger 29 * Fortner 27 * Gildehaus 29 * Hall 28 * Herrick 22 * Hoemann 34 * Johnson 28 * Kavanaugh 25 * Kossmann 26 * Lindhoff 31 * Loyd 23 * Miller 21 * Mitchell 27 * Moosman 29 * Morris 25  * Meyer 31 * Nealis 23 * Palumbo 31 *  Parmentier 32 * Purschke 20 * Scheer 20 * Scheidegger 33 * Schrader 33 * Sharma 29 *  Stapp 33 * Stoehner 25 * Tiefenbrunn 27 * Triplett 30 * Viox 27 * Voss, Chas 25 * Voss, Colby 32 * Voss, Dean 34 * Zastrow, Owen 25 *  Zastrow, Josh 36

Tuesday, January 2nd: Mac is Back! (+8), 79… Clark (+7), 65 (Eagled #18) !!!

Mike Clark put on a clinic today!  Birdied #1, #2, #3, #4, #6, #9, #17 and Eagled #18.  Mike finished with an amazing 65!!!

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

Conditions:  On Tuesday, eight old timers participated on a very chilly, and partly sunny day: 38-43 degrees, 4-10 mph winds, 60% humidity, good winter fairways and faster greens.

Team Winners: Eggert, Hall, Miller & C. Voss kicked ass… front (+8), back (+9) and total (+17)!!!!

Individual Winners:  Clark & Miller tied the front (+5).  Dunlavy & Miller tied the back (+3).  Miller won the total (+8)!!!!

Closest to the Holes:  Eggert took #5 and C. Voss won #11.

Even/Plus Points Club:  Miller (+8), Clark (+7), Eggert (+4), C. Voss (+3), Hall (+2) and Dunlavy & Johnson (+1).

75 & Below Score Club:  Clark (65) and Eggert (73).

Golf Quote: “When you lip out several putts in a row, you should never think that means that you’re putting well. When you’re putting well, the only question is what part of the hole it’s going to fall in, not if it’s going in.” – Jack Nicklaus

Quota Increases    All (+1):  Dunlavy, Eggert, Hall & Miller.

Quota Decreases:   All (-1):  Meyer

Quotas: Aholt 30 * Alferman 34 * Bean 33 * Blackwell 28 * Clark 36 * Coleman 30 * Cozzo 26 * Crow 33 * Curran 27 * Curtis 31 * Dister 28 * Dunlavy 27 * Eckelkamp 36 * Eggert 31 * Eichelberger 29 * Fortner 27 * Gildehaus 29 * Hall 28 * Herrick 22 * Hoemann 34 * Johnson 28 * Kavanaugh 25 * Kossmann 26 * Lindhoff 31 * Loyd 23 * Miller 21 * Mitchell 27 * Moosman 29 * Morris 25  * Meyer 31 * Nealis 23 * Palumbo 31 *  Parmentier 32 * Purschke 20 * Scheer 20 * Scheidegger 33 * Schrader 33 * Sharma 29 *  Stapp 33 * Stoehner 25 * Tiefenbrunn 27 * Triplett 30 * Viox 27 * Voss, Chas 26 * Voss, Colby 32 * Voss, Dean 34 * Zastrow, Owen 25 *  Zastrow, Josh 36