for the week of July 14th:
Lakeview Golf Course News
Photo: Winning team: Noah Callahan, Larry Hembree and Curt Johnson.
Noah Callahan hit an off the collar, sloping, twenty foot, pause-at-the-hole shot on #5, ala Tiger Woods
at the 16th in the 2005 Masters. That putt got him, Larry Hembree and Curt Johnson to two under and into the card draw for the Saturday Morning Scramble trophy. Dave Wininger paired up with Joe Doyle and birdied the long holes to get to two under, while Mike Bird and Kevin Byron used matching twenty-five foot putts on #3 and #7, along with a third birdie on #6 and a killer bogey on #8 to join the other two teams in the draw. Pam Byron again did the honors and made winners of the Callahan-Hembree-Johnson team.
Scott Arthur had the round of his life this week, shooting a brilliant 36 which translated into an equally brilliant 25 net. His round included a birdie on #5, and was a hugh factor in getting the Arthur-Mullen team the low net team score of the week, a low 57. Tarry Bratton also had an unusually good week, firing a gross 45 and a net 28. Lucas Bird, the youngest golfer at 13 in League play, parred two of his last three holes, sank several four to five foot putts, shot a gross 50 and a net 30 and impressed his Opa, Mike, who was standing in for his Oma. Patty Bowling had the low net round for Women and shared the low net for Seniors with Jim Hart; both had rounds of three under par. Scott Arthur had the low gross and the low net for Men, while Mike Bird had the low gross for Seniors with a 39. Kim Jones came in with a 50 which was good enough for low gross Women. Leaders at the end of the week's play: In Team play, father and son Jim and Paul Hart became the first team other than Cam Sheetz and Missy Kneip to hold the top spot, and now have a four point lead over the former leaders, 153 to 149. Jim Hart also jumped over Missy Kneip in the Individual standings with 317 points; Missy is in second with 309 points and Noah Callahan is in third with 293 points. Birdie shooters for the week included the afore mentioned Scott Arthur, and Mike Arvin, Tyler Walton, Kim Jones and Paul Hart. Average gross for the group went up by almost a half a stroke, from 48.8 to 49.2. Still, more than half of the golfers, fifteen of twenty-eight, came in with net scores of par or better.
The Senior League's Fun Tournament was held this Thursday with five teams playing a modified scramble - golfers played their own balls on the par threes with the low two scores counting as the team score; the remaining holes were played in traditional scramble fashion. The results have two teams shooting 88's, even par for the round. Rick Anderson, Jim Leonard, Ray Shaw and Bob Elliott used the only eagle of the day, on #2, to help offset a plus seven on the par threes, for their 88. That drew them even with the team of Mike Bird, Dave Brown, Kim Jones and Pam Byron who covered the par threes in a plus five and found an equal number of birdies. Third place was taken by Jack Butcher, John Chapman, Vic Wallace, Clyde Wake and Shirley Jeffers with a score of two over par 90. Mike Anderson, Dick Barber, and Denny and Sharon Wagoner shot a 91 for fourth place. Al Kavanaugh hit a bomb of a putt on his team's first hole, #8, a putt that covered thirty some feet. That putt gave Al the long putt hole prize but turned out to be the highlight of their play. Richard Swayze, Diane Bird and Charlie Sheetz joined Al and watched as putt after putt came up lacking in the following seventeen holes. Their team came in with a seven over par 95. Sharpshooters for the day along with Al were Ray Shaw for his close to the barrel shot at #2, and Dave Brown and Jack Butcher for their close to the pin shots on #7 and #9. Prior to the start of play, chipping and putting contests were held. Mike Anderson won the putting prize while Pam Byron captured the chipping prize.
Richie Green got himself another birdie, this one at #2, and shot a nifty fifty, and an even niftier net 30. Dave Brown, coming over from the Senior League, subbed for Junior Byron and fired a one under net 34. Bric Parker shot a 51 and wanted to talk about his third shot into the green at six, a high one over the trees and onto the green; the resultant two putt gave him his only par of his round. Steven Downey fired a 38 which included a chip in for eagle on #4. Greg Potts shot a very nice 36, a net 31, and found a birdie at #4. Keith Parsons rolled one in from just off the green on #9 to salvage a round that included fifty-one other shots. George Templin came out and practiced some on Monday afternoon, adjusted his swing path just a little, and then shot a very nice 38 gross, a very nifty 31 net and found a birdie to boot on #4. Short Jeffers had a 'well balanced' par round of three birds, three pars and three bogeys. Tyler Kidwell, getting close to being a dad, was two over through three, but then got four birdies in a row and finished with two pars and a hole prize on nine; a very nice 34 gross and a 31 net. TJ McAtee did one better with a super 33 which included an eagle on #5; TJ also had birdies on #2 and #3, got the low gross with his 33 and also low net with a 27. Hole prize winners included Josh Huff on #3, Larry Sutton on #7, Noah Callahan on #8 and Tyler Kidwell on #9. Leaders at the conclusion of play are Noah Callahan with 916 points in the Individual standings with James Hager and Buck Holland tied for second at 854 points. In Team play, Terry Padgett and Gary Burris remain on top with 526 points; Mark Sherer and Josh Huff are in second place with 483 points. After week one of the Team Tournament, Bric Parker and Curt Johnson top the leaderboard with their net score of 64 and 60 points; three teams are tied for second at 56 points: Doug Denson and Buck Holland, George Templin and Don Nolan, and Trenton Kidwell and Chris Bledsoe. The tournament concludes with next week's play.
Photo: Winning team: Noah Callahan, Larry Hembree and Curt Johnson.
