Boat show in #1 fairway

Actually, he needed a big space to turn around after making a wrong turn.

More F&W Photos

F&W Outing

One of the seven teams out for nine holes this morning, part of the 19th rendition of the Fields and Wininger Scramble.

Deidre and DJ photo

DJ had company at the golf course yesterday afternoon...

Tuesday Men's League Flights

The flights are posted for the season ending Individual Flighted Tournament - here.

Lents and Wallace Lead Scramble Win

In the Saturday Morning Manager's Scramble, the C and D team of Jack Lents and Vic Wallace shot an even par to trounce by three strokes the team of Curt Johnson and Bryant Trambaugh. Meanwhile, their AB partners Mike Bird and Kevin Byron held Chuck Baker and Junior Byron at bay, each team coming in at 34. That gave the Lents/Wallace/K.Byron/Bird team a combined score of 69 to a 72 for the Johnson/Trambaugh/Baker/JrByron team. The group played the par threes unusually well with ten pars and only two bogeys.

Saturday Scramble

The Manager's scramble starts at 9 tomorrow morning. Nine holes.

Tuesday Boyz Club East West Challenge

The details:

September 16th
Country Oaks 9am start
2 Man East teams playing against 2 Man West teams
The game: 6-6-6 (six holes best ball, six holes scramble, six holes alternating shot)

Looking for 12 golfers to represent Lakeview Golf Course and the East! Contact Junior Byron or the clubhouse.

Lakeview-Washington 2008 Golf Challenge

Here are the details:

Wednesday, September 24:
Washington Country Club
18 holes 9am start lunch follows

1st nine holes: Scramble (2 man team)
2nd nine holes: Best Ball (2 man team)

Wednesday, October 1:
Lakeview Golf Course
18 holes 9am start time lunch follows

1st nine holes: Alternate Shot
2nd nine holes: Individual stroke play

Contacts:
Lakeview: Mike Bird 295-5678 email: golflakeview@gmail.com
Washington: Dave Gingerich 698-0256 email: lsdlging@avenuebroadband.com

Looking for 16 golfers to represent Lakeview Golf Course in this second year of the Tin Cup Challenge which was won last year by the WCC golfers.

Senior League Note

The flights for the Senior League's Flighted Tournament are posted at the website - here.

Senior League Photos

Richard going up #6 and Morris going down #8.

Wayne Pearl going into #6.

JD Faris bagging an iron.

Jack Butcher coming in to #8 from #4.

Clyde, Dave, Virgil and Gary heading for the beach. No, make that #4 green.

Wilma, Richard and Diane stopping off for a breather on their way down #5.

Senior League Results

Senior League results are posted. Mike Anderson and Al Kavanaugh completely dominated the daggerless team of Jack Lents and Jim Bateman, 12-2, to win the Gold Flight in the playoffs. In the Black Flight, Jack Butcher and Rex Hudson beat the stand in team of Jack Nickless and Morris Cornelius, 11-3, to win in that flight. The excellent play of Al Kavanaugh and Mike Anderson allowed them to slip into first place in the Team standings to win by half a point over the Mike Bird/Richard Swayze team who were trashed by Diane Bird and Wilma Bateman, 11.5 to 2.5. Al, with a sterling round of 36 also vaulted over Mike Bird in the Individual standings to claim the season trophy in that competition. More comments and photos later. Now on to the Individual Flighted Tournament though we will pair the two flight winners next week so one of them can go home witht the bragging rights. A big congrats to the winners!

Update - Friday morning:

The Wrap: Low scores for the regular season finale were turned in by Bob Norris with a nifty low net of 26. Clyde Wake and Dave Strange were tied for second with 30's. Team low net was 58 by Bob Norris and Leroy Streepy. Low gross scorer was Al Kavanaugh at 36 while his partner Mike Anderson got second with a 38. Hole prizes were claimed by Dave Brown and Ray Shaw on the long putts and by Dave Brown and Jack Nickless on the close shots to the pins. Only two birdies on the day, those found by Dave Brown on #6 and Wayne Pearl on #9. The average gross score for the group dropped a bunch: from 46.97 to 45.59. An amazing 24 of the 29 golfers shot net par or better on the day.

Jim and Ruth at Six

Jim's ball fell into the cup for a nice up and down.

Seniors: Come on down and shine!

The Senior League has just today to settle the accounts and finish up the regular part of the season. Next week and the week after are taken up by the Individual Flighted Tournament. Today the 'Playoffs' continue with Jack Lents and Jim Bateman playing Mike Anderson and Al Kavanaugh for the honors in the Gold Flight while Jack Butcher and Rex Hudson take on Jack Nickless and Morris Cornelius (stand-ins for the Charlie Swayze and Allen Swayze Team, both of whom are otherwise preoccupied) in the Black Flight. All the other teams are involved in match play as well with the Diane Bird-Wilma Bateman match with Richard Swayze-Mike Bird taking on some added importance because of the closeness of the race in Team competition: a big win by Diane and Wilma could vault either the Lents/Bateman team or the Anderson/Kavanaugh team into first place. Don't need to say that Diane and Wilma are keen on doing their part in these last day dramatics.

Weather is supposed to continue to be very nice - sunny with moderate temperatures. Fairways are hard and the greens are soft - should see some low scores with the seniors getting an additional ten to twenty yards on their drives.

Carol and Ray photos, TBC Challenge

Carol and Ray Shaw out at #4 green. Carol was acting as Ray's caddy during this outing.


The TBC has a flyer up for its season ending challenge coming up in a couple of weeks.

More Tuesday Men Photos

Super sub Kyle Jones hitting into #3 with Terry, Mike and Bryant tracking.

Doug chipping in for birdie at #5.

Steven Downey coming through at #6.

John Walker had a word or two for his buddies before hitting at #9 tee.

Tuesday Men Photos

Rob and Don at #1.

Mike, Terry and Kyle following Bryant's tee shot.

Jim Murphy on the tee...

Doug Denson with a full back swing.

Chris Bledsoe putting while Buck Holland ponders (?).

Joe Doyle on the tee with Terry Butcher, Larry Sutton and Brent Courter in attendance.

Tuesday Men Results

Wednesday morning update:

The Wrap:

Guess you all know that the fairways and the greens were pretty hard yesterday and that the balls just kept on going. For some, that turned into birdie time. Four golfers found three birdies in their rounds yesterday: Trenton Kidwell, Phil Eyler, Short Jeffers and Mark Sherer. Another seven found two birdies: Steven Downey, Mike Kidwell, Tyler Kidwell, Terry Butcher, Doug Denson, Chris Bledsoe and Mike Bird. That was a large part of the reason the average gross score dropped to 41.04 from 42.82. Hole prizes were claimed by Jason Rominger, Steven Downey and Chris Bledsoe on the closest-to-the-pin shots while John Drake ran a long putt in on #8. The daily 'Go-for-it' contest prizes were won by Mike Breeden on #4 and Steven Downey on #5. The overall winners in that contest are Tom McAtee at #4 and Mark Sherer at #5. Low scores for the event: low net at 28 was Charlie Lyon with Curt Johnson and Mike Smith tied for second at 29. Low net team with a 60 was shot by last year's team champions, Keith Parsons and Bill Carrico. Low gross was turned in by Trenton Kidwell with a 33 with Doug Denson's 34 taking second place. No change at the top as Noah Callahan leads Jim Murphy by 37 points in the Individual race. Terry Padgett and Gary Burris hold on to first in the Team standings with a scant nine point lead over Rob Sterling and Jim Murphy and a twenty-seven point lead over the third place team of Todd Baker and Noah Callahan.

The results are up. Comments from the golf course up to the time I went out and golfed with Dave Wininger, Mike Arvin and Scott Arthur - I was subbing for Joe Allen.

Mike Smith misses his first par round ever by getting a double bogey on nine but still finishes with his best ever round, a 36; that’s a net 29. Trenton Kidwell had himself a pretty good round by finding birds at four, six and seven; he finished with a gross 33 and a net 30; the 33 is his best round ever. Eddie Green is out there without brother Richie who just became a papa again for the third time, a second baby boy. Charlie Lyons had an exceptional round, a 40 which included an 8 on #5; that’s a net 28 for Charlie on top of the loose change he won from his buddies in side bets. Phil Eyler had to get three birdies to offset three bogeys on one, two and three and a fourth at #7 in a round of 36. The leader of the pack, Noah Callahan, chipped in one on three for a birdie and went on to shoot 37, a net 31. John Drake continued his hot shooting, bringing in a round of 41 gross, net 32 and that was after opening with a triple bogey. Doug Denson breaks into the sub par figures with a round of 34 that included consecutive birdies on holes five and six.

Tuesday Men: Three to go...

Three events to go in this year's league play with the Flighted Tournament covering the last two. Time to get down to business and finish with a roar. First, a little history:

On this date five years ago, Brian Ader (42) and Dick Barber (43) had the low net scores of the day at 28 while Phil Eyler had the low gross at 33. Six different players came in with two birdies: Phil Eyler, Short Jeffers, Junior Byron, Scott Callison, Greg Potts and Dave Wininger. Shooting even 50's were Brent Courter, Ed David and Murray Stuckey; Mark Sutton and Mark Taylor each shot a 40. The day itself was sunny, hot and humid with temperatures in the 90's. Top of the Individual standings: Junior Byron, Wayne Souerdike, Mark Sutton, Tim Voegerl and John Foddrill. There was a tie at the top of the Team standings: Short Jeffers and Don Mills along with Joe Allen and John Foddrill.

Back here in 2008: The Go-for-it contest finishes up today with both the daily winners and the closest shots over the three events. Tom McAtee (just over two feet from the barrel in #4 fairway) and Mark Sherer (just over ten feet from the pin at #5) have the marks to beat if you want to claim the big prize ($25). And, in case you haven't noticed, both races, Team and Individual, remain very close though it seems like Terry Padgett and Gary Burris have been sitting at the top or near the top of the Team standings for most of the year. Something to be said for consistency with both Terry and Gary sharing that characteristic. Noah Callahan currently sits on top of the Individual standings and has started back at school; don't know if that will affect his game much. No hole-in-ones last week; maybe today.

Tribune article for the week

Lakeview Golf Course News for the week of August 25th with attached photo. Photo caption:

Lakeview golfers' Jack Lents, Richard Swayze and Jim Bateman share a funny while waiting to tee off during last Thursday's Senior League competition.

Joe Potts and Mike Arvin go low to seal scramble victory

Joe Potts and Mike Arvin played the C and D positions in a foursome that included Dave Wininger and Larry Hembree in the Saturday morning modified scramble. The four, playing in different groups, shot a combined score of 66 to snatch victory by one stroke over the team of Greg Potts, Mike Bird, Joe Allen and Jack Lents. Potts and Arvin shot three stokes better than any other C/D twosome, making up the two shot deficit that Wininger and Hembree had against other A/B twosomes. The scramble was modified to a second degree as the A and B players went out in foursomes that included other A and B players, and the C and D players did the same. The golfers played their own ball on the par threes with the low score counting as the team score. The results: 1st: score: 66 - Dave Wininger and Larry Hembree (32)/Joe Potts and Mike Arvin (34); 2nd: score: 67 - Mike Bird and Greg Potts (30)/Joe Allen and Jack Lents (37); 3rd: score: 68 - Terry Butcher and Tyler Kidwell (30)/Kevin Byron, Gary Webb and Dan Henning (38); and 4th: score: 71 - Tyler Walton and Wayne Souerdike (31)/Karry Stoll and Bryant Trambaugh (40).

Senior League: Daggers to the heart

Jim Bateman gave away four strokes on the first hole and Jack Lents gave away an equal number on the last two holes but they still came away with a win over the #1 team of Mike Bird and Richard Swayze. The #3 seeded team managed to do it with three deadly daggers to the heart: a 12 foot chip in by Jack on #5 for a birdie, a 20 foot roll in from off the green for par on #8 by Jim, and finally a 30 foot chip in from the fluffly surround on #9 for a birdie, again by Jim. Those three shots created a six and a half point swing in the match and gave the two of them a resounding 11-3 win in the match to advance to the championship round in the Black Flight. Joining them in that round will be Mike Anderson and Al Kavanaugh who easily handled the team of Diane Bird and Wilma Bateman, 10-4. Over in the Gold Flight, Charlie Sheetz and Jack Nickless advanced the Sheetz and Swayze team to the championship by trouncing the team of Dick Barber and John Chapman, 10.5 to 3.5. That team will be going up against Jack Butcher and Rex Husdon who beat Leroy Streepy and Bob Norris, 10-4.

In other highlights of the second-to-last regular season event: Low net team score was turned in by Dave Strange and Clyde Wake, a sterling 63. Low net score was shot by Dave Strange with a five under par; Pam Byron was second with four under. Low gross was shot by Mike Bird with a 36; Al Kavanaugh turned in a 37 for second place. Birdies were found by Jack Lents on #5, Al Kavanaugh on #6, and Jim Bateman and Dave Brown on #9. Hole prizes were claimed by Dave Brown and Vic Wallace with long putts on #1 and #4; and by Al Kavanaugh and Jack Butcher with close-to-the-pin shots on #7 and #9. Leaders with one event to go are: Richard Swayze and Mike Bird in Team with 156.5 points; Jack Lents and Jim Bateman are in second with 149.5 points with Mike Anderson and Al Kavanaugh in third with 147.5 points. In Individual play, Mike Bird leads with 619 points with Al Kavanaugh in second with 598 points. Jack Lents is in third place with 555 points. Average gross score for the group improved about half a stroke from the previous week at 46.97.

Tuesday Men Results

The Wrap: At day's end, the leaders in Team remained the same with Terry Padgett and Gary Burris on top with 697 points. Jim Murphy and Rob Sterling are second with 676 points and Todd Baker and Noah Callahan are in third with 670 points. Noah regained the top position in Individual at 1304 points while last week's leader, Jim Murphy, slipped to second at 1285 points. Kevin Byron, Bryant Trambaugh and Buck Holland round out the top five. Hole prize winners were Kevin Byron, Warren Atkison and Curt Johnson with long putts; John Drake, Terry Padgett and Bric Parker with close to the pins; and Bric Parker and Mike Kidwell at #4 and #5 in the Go-for-it contests. Low net team score was turned in by Dave Wininger and Dan Steiner with a score of 62. Low net individuals were John Drake at 27 and Tim Voegerl at 28. Low gross score leaders were James Hager and Dave Wininger at 34. Notes from the golf course: Mark Jones brought in a card seven strokes off of last week's 39 but was very happy with his drive on #5 – happened to hit the cart path and roll a mile – he put his name down on the long drive prize marker. Noah Callahan shot a 38 and was very happy with that; his playing partner, Todd Baker, playing without a rider this week, went south with a score plus thirteen over the 34 he turned in just seven days ago. Gary LaMar and Virgil played early and had superior rounds – Gary a 43 gross and a net 30, Virgil a 46 gross and a net 34. That's a pretty good team score of 64. John Drake got himself another sub 40 round, a 39; that's a net 27. Tracy Rayhill was happier with his round of 41 which included birds on the long holes. Buck Holland came close to getting an eagle on #4 but his six foot putt wouldn't fall into the cup. Brent Courter had a round of 41 gross and 29 net and a birdie on #7. Terry Padgett shot a 37, a net 32, and got his shot at #7 six inches closer to the hole than up-to-then hole prize winner Brent Courter. He also made the putt for birdie. Playing partner Gary Burris played his consistent old self, firing a 41 and a net 35. Kevin Byron started with a putting bomb on #1, some 40 plus feet, went on to get four more pars before coming down to earth and finished the last five holes with a plus eight to come in with a 43 gross and a net 34. Playing partner and dad, Junior, shot a 38 with a net 34. Another father/son combo faired rather well as well: Tyler Kidwell shot a 36 with an eagle on #2 and a birdie on #8 while dad Mike shot a 37 with a birdie on #4. The nets: a 32 and a 33 for a super team net of 65. James Hager found out he could chip one in the hole on command; his approach shot on #6 came to rest just off the back side and it was suggested that he just chip it in for his birdie. He did just that in a round of 34 that included a birdie at #4 as well. Tim Voegerl got his first eagle ever at #2 with a putt from just off the green that traveled a good twenty feet; he also found a birdie on #5, missed two or three short putts and came in with a nifty round of 39 which translates to a super net of 28. Playing partner Warren Atkison also did well on #2, finding a birdie in a round of 42. Dave Wininger and teammate Dan Steiner shot a net 62 as a team. Dave found birdies on the long holes and shot a 34; Dan shot a more than solid 42 which translated to a net 30. Fives are wild on Scott Arthur's scorecard: he ran off seven fives in a row before finishing with a four and a three for a round of 42, net 33.

Community League Notes

Additional news and stats for the Community League: Season Low Net Scores: Overall and Women: Missy Kneip: 33.00; Men: Noah Callahan: 33.75; Junior: Lucas Bird: 34.10; Senior: Jim Hart: 34.54. Season Low Gross Scores: Overall and Men: Tyler Walton: 37.58; Senior: Bob Walton: 41.00; Women: Kim Jones: 48.58; Junior: Lucas Bird: 51.60. Individual Handicapped Tournament winners (play during the weeks of June 29th and July 6th): First place: Brian Mullen with an 18 hole net score of 60. Tied for second with net scores of 61 were Tarry Bratton and Scott Arthur.

Community League Notes

The Community League ended a week ago. Additional news and stats: Season Low Net Scores: Overall and Women: Missy Kneip: 33.00; Men: Noah Calahan: 33.75; Junior: Lucas Bird: 34.10; Senior: Jim Hart: 34.50. Season Low Gross Scores: Overall and Men: Tyler Walton: 37.58; Senior: Bob Walton: 41.00; Women: Kim Jones: 48.58; Junior: Lucas Bird: 51.60. Individual Handicapped Tournament winners (play during the weeks of June 29th and July 6th): First place: Brian Mullen with an 18 hole net score of 60. Tied for second with net scores of 61 were Tarry Bratton and Scott Arthur.

Sunday Golfers

The Brock family from Bedford was over for 18 holes of fun. Here they are finishing up in the mid afternoon heat.

Jim and Wilma starting the first of their 18 holes this afternoon.

Late Golfers on a Hot Saturday Night

Roy and Wayne from down around French Lick and Paoli up for a late round.

Tom McAtee running a putt in on #7. That's his intent anyway.

Moon Dogs and City Slickers

Guys who grew up together and yesterday played golf together, here finishing up on #9. Recognize them? (Hint: DL, CW, BW,and JDS.)

Joe Potts and Mike Arvin go low to seal scramble victory

Joe Potts and Mike Arvin played the C and D positions in a foursome that included Dave Wininger and Larry Hembree in the Saturday morning modified scramble. The four, playing in different groups, shot a combined score of 66 to snatch victory by one stroke over the team of Greg Potts, Mike Bird, Joe Allen and Jack Lents. Potts and Arvin shot three stokes better than any other C/D twosome, making up the two shot deficit that Wininger and Hembree had against other A/B twosomes. The scramble was modified to a second degree as the A and B players went out in foursomes that included other A and B players, and the C and D players did the same. The golfers played their own ball on the par threes with the low score counting as the team score. The results:

1. score: 66 - Dave Wininger and Larry Hembree (32)/Joe Potts and Mike Arvin (34)
2. score: 67 - Mike Bird and Greg Potts (30)/Joe Allen and Jack Lents (37)
3. score: 68 - Terry Butcher and Tyler Kidwell (30)/Kevin Byron, Gary Webb and Dan Henning (38)
4. score: 71 - Tyler Walton and Wayne Souerdike (31)/Karry Stoll and Bryant Trambaugh (40)

Eric at work, etc.

Eric taking out a hazard just off #6 green. The dry and hot weather has reduced the grass growth to almost nothing - harder fairways, softer greens, lower scores - or one would hope so.

Scramble in a little bit. Would be nice to have 16 golfers - would pair up the A and B players and the C and D players and send them out as foursomes. Making the par threes a play-your-own-ball task has involved each of the golfers much more than the old fashioned scramble ever did - to my way of thinking. Looking for ways to involve them even more. Suggestions?

Saturday Scramble

Tomorrow's Manager's 9 hole scramble will start at 9am.

Daggers to the heart

Jim Bateman gave away four strokes on the first hole and Jack Lents gave away an equal number on the last two holes but they still came away with a win over the #1 team of Mike Bird and Richard Swayze. The #3 seeded team managed to do it with three deadly daggers to the heart: a chip in by Jack on #5 for a birdie, a roll in from off the green for par on #8 by Jim, and finally a chip in from the fluffly surround on #9 for a birdie, again by Jim. Those three shots created a six and a half point swing in the match and gave the two of them a resounding 11-3 win in the match to advance to the championship round in the Black flight. Joining them in that round will be Mike Anderson and Al Kavanaugh who easily handled the team of Diane Bird and Wilma Bateman, 10-4. Over in the Gold flight, Charlie Sheetz and Jack Nickless advanced the Sheetz and Swayze team to the championship by trouncing the team of Dick Barber and John Chapman, 10.5 to 3.5. That team will be going up against Jack Butcher and Rex Husdon who beat Leroy Streepy and Bob Norris, 10-4.

In other highlights of the second-to-last regular season event: Low net team score was turned in by Dave Strange and Clyde Wake, a sterling 63. Low net score was shot by Dave Strange with a five under par; Pam Byron was second with four under. Low gross was shot by Mike Bird with a 36; Al Kavanaugh turned in a 37 for second place. Birdies were found by Jack Lents on #5, Al Kavanaugh on #6, and Jim Bateman and Dave Brown on #9. Hole prizes were claimed by Dave Brown and Vic Wallace with long putts on #1 and #4; and by Al Kavanaugh and Jack Butcher with close-to-the-pin shots on #7 and #9. Leaders with one event to go are: Richard Swayze and Mike Bird in Team with 156.5 points; Jack Lents and Jim Bateman are in second with 149.5 points with Mike Anderson and Al Kavanaugh in third with 147.5 points. In Individual play, Mike Bird leads with 619 points with Al Kavanaugh in second with 598 points. Jack Lents is in third place with 555 points. Average gross score for the group was down about half a stroke at 46.97.

Senior Photos

Jack and Jim listening to a Richard funny.

Rick Hudson filled in for Carroll Rayhill.

Jack Nickless filled in for Alan Swayze.

Jack and Charlie in blue and whites - Jug Rox colors.

Dick and John having way too much fun at #6 tee box.

Playing partner Richard addressing his ball in #8 fairway.

Rick, Kenny, Gary LaMar, filing in for George Foster, and Wayne Pearl at #7 green.

Wilma keeping an eye on Mike and Al at #8 tee box.