Tribune Article for week of 8/4:
Lakeview Golf Course News
A couple of brothers-in-law, Dave Wininger and Karry Stoll, spouses of two of the Lemon sisters, joined with Larry Hembree to shoot a nifty four under in the Saturday Scramble. That was plenty good enough to beat the competition who came in with scores of one under, even par and three over. A Dave Wininger approach shot to twelve feet at #6 and a Larry Hembree putt got the only eagle of the day. Each of the teams played over par on the par threes: the winners were plus one; the second place team of Wayne Souerdike, Bryant Trambaugh and Mike Bird were plus two; the third place team at even par, Junior Byron, Greg Potts and Joe Doyle, were plus three; and the guys who brought in the caboose, Joe Allen, Mike Kidwell and Kevin Byron, were plus five.
The Community League enters its final two weeks of the season this coming week and plays a team tournament in conjunction with the regular rounds. This past week, Karry Stoll found consecutive birdies on holes two and three in his round of 42. Jim Hart and Kent Summers also found birdies at the second hole. Tyler Walton shot a super 34, a round which included birdies on #6 and #9; the one on nine was off a tee shot that came to rest about two inches from the hole (golfers say: when they are that close, they really should drop in the hole). Richard Swayze got a birdie on #7 in a round of 41 while his playing partner, Tom Taylor, shot his best round of the year, a 40. Shirley Jeffers fired her season low with a 56. Susie Chanley also had her best outing of the season, a 49 gross with a net 30; the 30 earned her low net score in both Women and Senior. Low net score for Men at 31 was achieved by several golfers: Bob Norris, Richard Swayze, Mike Arvin, Tom Taylor, Karry Stoll and Tyler Walton. Low Gross scores for the week belong to Tyler Walton (34) in Men, making him a double Low Score Winner; Wilma Bateman (48) in Women; and Richard Swayze (41), making him a double Low Score winner as well, and Bob Walton (41) in Seniors. Average gross score for the week was 47.23, down almost a stroke from the previous week and the new low for the year. League standings show Kent Summers and Noah Callahan with 194 points climbing into first place in Team for the first time in a race that is hotly contested. Several teams, including the second place teams of Hart and Hart, and Sheetz and Kneip, remain in contention for the top honors. In Individual play, Missy Kneip remains on top with 420 points; Noah Callahan is close behind in second with 412 points, and Jim Hart isn't far off in third with 391 points. That race, too, is far from over.
Carroll Rayhill returned to golfing, did a practice round on Wednesday, then came out for League and carded a 45, shooting his handicap. Pretty good for a guy who has been occupied with more serious matters most of the year. Allen Swayze had the low net score with a round of 30 on a gross of 53. That helped him and Charlie Sheetz shoot a team net score of 64, low for the event. Mike Anderson started his round by chipping one in for eagle on #4 and then ended it by getting his shot on #3 close enough to claim the hole prize. His 38 was good for second place in low gross. Wayne Pearl had five pars in his round of 40 gross and a net 33. Mike Bird found birdies on #4 and #8 to go along with six pars and a bogey for a 34 and the low gross of the day; his net 32 was good for second place in that category and his long birdie putt on #8 claimed a hole prize. Other hole prize winners were Al Kavanaugh on #9 and Rex Hudson on #7. Average gross score for the event was 47.54, a sharp hike from the 45.66 of a week ago (blame it on the rain and the slowed down fairways). At the end of play, Swayze and Bird remained on top in Team competition, leading Lents and Bateman by twelve points. In Individual competition, Mike Bird at 510 points is thirty-five in front of Al Kavanaugh and sixty ahead of Jack Lents.
Bryant Trambaugh turned in his card with a smile on his face: he followed last week's 37 with a nifty 40 this week. That would be a net 31 for Bryant. Rob Sterling had to play early as well, went out with the Green brothers, and carded a 45 gross and a 31 net; change of playing partners helped this time. Skip Ackerman hit one out of bounds on #5 and then drove the green with his 2nd tee shot; he finished his round with a 39, net 32. First eagle of the day was claimed by Steven Downey who chipped one in at #4; the rest of his round was pretty good with a few birdies offset by a few bogies giving him a 33 gross and a super fine 30 net. Jim Murphy came in and said he was ready to stop golfing; he had just shot a 39 gross, a net 28, and said that was pretty darn good for him. Of course, he was only joking - about stopping golfing - he did shoot the 39. Kevin Byron came out early and shot a super 40 with a net 29; tied his dad with the 40. Trenton Kidwell and Chris Bledsoe managed to birdie #4 but that turned out to be the highlight in a disappointing round for each of them, a 40 and a 42. TJ McAtee and sub Josh Hawkins each shot solid rounds of 37 and 41 and netted a team score of 64. Jon Boyd subbed for Tyler Kidwell, shot a 39 and had his eagle putt on #4 come up about this far (think a tiny bit) from dropping in. Short Jeffers had three birdies, four pars and a single bogey to come in with the 2nd 33 of the day. Brent Dalrymple subbed for Dave Strange, shot a 38 with a birdie and a hole prize on #3, and a net 30. Dave Wininger shot one under over the last four holes; the first five were something else in his round of 40. The wrap: Short Jeffers and Steven Downey's 33's were the low gross scores for the day while Jim Murphy's 28 was the low net. Don Nolan and Kevin Byron tied for second place in low net with 29's. Low net for a team was turned in by Rob Sterling and Jim Murphy, playing separately, with a more than decent 59. Hole prizes were claimed by Brent Dalrymple at #3, Mike Breeden at #7, Ryan Johnson at #8, and Terry Padgett at #9. Leaders remained the same with Noah Callahan staying in front of charging Kevin Byron and Jim Murphy in the Individual competition. In Team play, Terry Padgett and Gary Burris keep rolling on with Todd Baker and Noah Callahan, and Mark Sherer and Josh Huff giving chase in second and third place. Average gross score was 42.23, down more than a stroke from the previous week.
