Allen and Johnson sink crucial putts to grab win for Jokialjos

Joe Allen and Curt Johnson sank testy four and six foot putts on the ninth hole earlier today to give the Jo-Ki-Al-Jo team a one stoke victory in the initial Lakeview Manager's Scramble for 2008. Playing in windy and cool conditions, Joe and Curt were joined by Mike Kidwell and Kevin Johnson in coming from two down through the first six holes to grab a win from a team made up of Dave Wininger, Mike Bird and Trenton Kidwell. The usual scramble format was spiced up with each player having to play their own ball on the par threes with the total of the two low scores being the team score. For the record, the final score was 42-43 with 44 being the par for the game. Not terribly impressive but not all that bad under the not so nice weather conditions and the fact that a lot of swings were on the rusty side. Did I just say that there were a lot of ugly shots? Didn't mean to but indeed there were. Expect better the next time, both weather and shot making.

Update at 5:46 pm: Forgot to mention that Curt Johnson also rolled in a downhill, sliding fifteen footer to tie the game on #8 green. Dave Wininger sunk critical putts on #5, #6 and #7 to keep his team ahead of the charging Jo-Ki-Al-Jo's.