Lakeview Golf Course News for the week of July 21st:
Lakeview Golf Course News Mike Bird, Greg Potts and Joe Allen shot minus 2 on the three par threes and minus three on the other six holes to come in with a score of five under. That was more than enough to take the Saturday Scramble trophy. Dave Wininger, Kevin Byron and TJ Howell had a plus one on the par threes and a minus four elsewhere to finish with a three under. Doug Denson, Karry Stoll, Gary Webb and Ward Smith had three over on the par threes to go with four birdies and came in at one under. Junior Byron, Larry Hembree and Curt Johnson, the team with the best score on the scramble holes, a five under, also managed to do the worst on the par threes with nary a par, going plus six to finish at plus one. The winning team's mastery of the par threes started at number three when Greg Potts and Mike Bird each got up and down; they each then birdied the short seventh hole. Joe Allen joined the party on the par threes by getting an up and down on the ninth, a feat matched by Greg.
Missy Kneip stormed back from losing first place a week ago by firing a 47 gross and a 28 net.
That gave her a double low for Women, both gross and net, for the week.
It also propelled her back into first place in the Individual standings.
Oma and Lucas Bird had a dandy low net team score of 60, with Oma leading the way with a net 28 which tied her for low net round for Women (with Missy).
The two Waltons did okay for themselves as well, with Tyler getting low gross round for Men with a 36 and Bob getting low gross round for Seniors with a 39.
Low net score for Men was a tie between Phil Ader and Scott Schutte, each getting a 31.
Birdies for the week were gathered in by Bob Norris (#3), Tyler Walton (#4), Joe Potts (#1) and Tom Taylor (#2).
In Team standings, Jim and Paul Hart remained on top with 161 points though closely followed by Kent Summers and Noah Callahan with 160 points.
The Sheetz/Kneip team is third with 159 points.
As mentioned, Missy Kneip, with 366 points, is on top in the Individual standings.
Jim Hart, Noah Callahan, Mike Arvin, Bob Norris and Bob Walton round out the top six with points ranging from 342 down to 277.
John Chapman birdied five, had a bunch of pars and only two bogies to post a 36 gross and a 26 net. That gave him a double low score for the day, one of those things that doesn't happen any too often. Mike Bird went seven holes at par and then found a bogey and a double bogey to close with a 38. Partner Richard Swayze found five extra shots on his closing three holes to finish at 44 and a net 35, having shot just four over on the first six holes. Mike Anderson found the only other birdie, a four on hole #4. Vic Wallace, playing with Dale DeLong's replacement, Ward Smith, shot a 46 and a net 29; the 29 gave him second place in the low net category. Vic and Ward shot the low net team score for the day with a 61. Hole prize winners for the day were Junior Byron on #3, Al Kavanaugh on #7, Ward Smith at #8 and Wilma Bateman on #9. Average gross score for the day was 46.59, down .3 from the previous week. At the end of play, Richard Swayze and Mike Bird remained in first place in Team play with115 points; Dave Strange and Clyde Wake climbed into second place with 106.5 points while Jack Lents and Jim Bateman slipped into a tie for third place with Mike Anderson and Al Kavanaugh at 103 points. In Individual play, Mike Bird slipped into first place with 417 points, one point in front of Richard Swayze and sixteen in front of Jack Lents. Al Kavanaugh at 395 and Don Lannan at 392 are in fourth and fifth place.
Kevin Byron came out and played early with Junior's sub, Dave Brown, found a lot of fours including one on #6 for a birdie, and shot his best round ever, a 40 and a net 28. He and Dave combined for a net 62. Gary LaMar and Virgil Harper had themselves a super day, coming in with scores of 42 and 43 and a net team total of 62, the second one of the day. (Course playing easy?) Phil Eyler: eight pars and a birdie on #2; 34 gross, 34 net. Trenton Kidwell got out early cause of a day trip to Holiday World, found a double bogey on three but then birdied six and eight to go along with six pars to turn in a round of 35. Bill Carrico, who knew that his 59 placed last five years ago, birdied the first hole and went on to card a 45, a net 32; playing partner Keith Parsons shot a 47 with a net 31. Terry Butcher birdied #2 and #6 and six pars to shoot a 34; both he and partner Joe Doyle shot net 33's. Alan Burch had a stretch of birdie, birdie, eagle from hole two through four and even par on the rest for a brilliant 31 gross and a net 27. Of note: Tyler Kidwell and his wife have a baby girl named Riley, born last Friday. Jason Rominger is getting married this weekend. Congrats to Alan Burch and TJ McAtee who traded super outings the last two weeks to propel their team to a tie with Terry Butcher and Joe Doyle at 89 points for the Team Tournament II trophy. Buck Holland and Doug Denson came in third a mere point behind the leaders. Trenton Kidwell and Chris Bledsoe got the fourth spot with a total of 80 points.
