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Lakeview Golf Course News

Butcher-Gee and Kimball Outing Replace Scramble

No scramble at Lakeview Saturday morning. The Butcher-Gee Scholarship scramble was held at Eagle View and down here at Lakeview, Mike Kidwell brought in a group from Kimball for an 18 hole scramble and then dinner at Stoll's.

Community League Results Event 9

The round of the week goes to the team of Oma Bird and Lucas Bird, each of whom had sterling rounds at net 28's. That gave them a net team score of 56, and individual net lows in the Women and Men categories. Oma also got low net round for Seniors with her eight under par. Low gross honors go to Noah Callahan in Men with a very nifty 36, his personal best so far; to Oma Bird and Wilma Bateman at 47 in the Women; and to Bob Walton in Senior with a score of 42. Birdie shooters for the week included Joe Potts, Patty Bowling and Noah Callahan at #2, and Cam Sheetz at #7. Leaders at the end of the week remain the same as the week before: Missy Kneip in the Individual competition with 406 points; Noah Callahan is second with 393 points. In Team play, Jim and Paul Hart top the list with 186 points with Cam Sheetz and Missy Kneip in second with 181 points. Average gross score for the group this week was 48.03, down from 48.73 the previous week and the best so far this year.

Senior League Results Event 14

Al Kavanaugh had himself quite a day, birdieing both one and eight, finding six other holes with pars and settling for a bogey on five; that gave him a double low score, a 34 in the gross and a 29 in the net. Mike Bird wasn't far behind in the gross, picking up pars on each of the nine holes to come in with a 35. Jim Bateman followed Al in the net category just as closely, coming in with a gross 41 and a net 30; Jim also got himself a birdie on hole #2. Dave Brown and Richard Swayze also found birdies on #2; Dave also picked one up at hole #7 in his round of 42. Virgil Harper, who got his first career ace during the American Legion scramble at Eagle View this past Sunday, continued his sharpshooting by picking up the hole prize at #7; other hole prize winners included John Chapman at #3, Al Kavanaugh at #8, and Jack Butcher at #9. Leaders at the end of the day's play were Richard Swayze and Mike Bird in Team competition with 125.5 points, and Mike Bird in Individual competition with 462 points. In Team play, Dave Strange and Clyde Wake remain in second place with 115.5 points; tied for third at 114 points are the teams of Mike Anderson and Al Kavanaugh, and Jack Lents and Jim Bateman. In Individual competition, Al Kavanaugh sits in second place with 451 points, and Jack Lents is in third with 446 points. Average gross score for the day was 45.66, down almost a full stroke from the previous week. The drier fairways have improved the carry of the golf ball off of the tee, something which all of the seniors appreciate (younger golfers, too, I expect).

Tuesday Men Results Event 15

Heard that Virgil Harper got himself a hole-in-one up at Eagle View during the American Legion scramble. Back here at Lakeview, he finished with a par on #9 and a gross of 44; that would be a net 33 for the new Ace. Five years ago, Mark Jones brought the caboose in with a score of 59; today, a 39 – that would be a twenty stroke improvement which is very nice. Steady eddie Phil Eyler shot an even par 35, finding a birdie on six to offset a bogey on three. John Walker and Skip Ackerman are hoping to vacate the cellar this week; each of them shot 39's. Greg Potts had to thread a needle, actually a couple of trees, up by #4 green; he did it and then made a long putt for par and finished with a round of 36. Larry Sutton found two birdies, one at #5 and the other at #7, in shooting an excellent 39 gross and a net of 31. Mark Sherer got five fours to start his round and shot even par on the final four holes for a round of 35. Chris Bledsoe found a new low with a round of 36 that included four birdies, two double bogeys and two bogeys and a single par. Short Jeffers found one of those blinkety-blank bogeys on #2, one of those for sure birdie holes, but then went on to shoot pars and birdies to finish with a 34. Alan Burch stumbled on six, had a few choice words to say, and went on to finish with three pars for a 36. Kevin Byron took a triple bogey on #2 but did well enough on the other holes to come in with a 44 gross and a good net 32. Jared Butcher, subbing for dad Terry, also had a triple bogey, his on #1, and also evened out his game to come in with a 40 and a net 32 as well. Bryant Trambaugh had the low round of his life, firing a 37 which included a birdie on #8; the 37 translated to a nifty net of 27. And that gave Bryant the low net round of the day. Second in that category was a tie at 28 between Don Nolan, Bric Parker and Tarry Bratton, who was subbing for Dave Strange. Low gross round was shot by Short Jeffers with his 34; second there was also a tie, 35's shot by Phil Eyler and Mark Sherer. Low net team score was a three way tie: Curt Johnson and Bric Parker, Steven Downey and Dave Strange (sub Tarry Bratton), and John Walker and Skip Ackerman. Hole prizes were gathered in by Bill Carrico on #3, Larry Sutton on #7, Bryant Trambaugh on #8, and Tim Voegerl on #9. Average gross score for the event was 42.35, more than a stroke better than last week's 43.44. Leaders at the end of the day were the same as last week: Terry Padgett and Gary Burris in Team competition, and Noah Callahan in Individual competition.