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Lakeview Golf Course News

Ward Smith Ignites Amazing Comeback

Photo: Ward Smith, Mike Arvin, Noah Callahan and Tyler Walton are all smiles after a hugh comeback earns them a scramble win.

Faced with a plus five after two holes on the scorecard, Ward Smith took matters into his own hands during the modified Lakeview scramble this Saturday morning. Ward, Tyler Walton, Noah Callahan and Mike Arvin started with a par on hole #2 then went way south with a bogey-double bogey-double bogey on hole #3. Not to worry after Tyler's drive on #4 put them within 170 yards of the hole: Ward knocked his approach to six foot and then made the putt for a desperately needed eagle. The still-down-by-three foursome then found birdies on each of the next four holes to get to one under. That included a birdie by Noah Callahan on #7 and a ten foot putt for birdie on #8 by Mike Arvin. Pars on the final two holes brought them to the clubhouse with a winning score. The team of Mike Bird, Greg Potts and Gary Arvin went into their last hole at one under but then shot themselves out of contention with a plus two on #9. Wayne Souerdike, Karry Stoll, Joe Allen and Kevin Byron also entered the last hole in minus figures but finished with a plus four on the hole to end at plus two for the day. Call it an amazing comeback and a couple of last hole meltdowns.

Community League Season Ends, Missy Kneip Big Winner

Community League Highlights

Missy Kneip and partner Cam Sheetz closed out the Community League season with a pair of sterling 44's to seal their position on top of the Team standings with a total of 229 points. Their net score of 60 let them squeak out a three point victory over the fast closing team of Mike Arvin and Scott Schutte. Mike shot his best ever round of 37 and dropped in an eagle putt of six feet on hole #4 in a last gasp attempt to get to the top. Third place went to a couple of guys heading back to college, Kent Summers and Noah Callahan; they came in with a final total of 222 points. In Individual play, newcomer Missy Kneip ended the season right where she spent a lot of it, in first place. She finished with a total of 492 points, easily outdistancing Noah Callahan (458), Mike Arvin (439) and Jim Hart (417). Other highlights of this last week's play: Richard Swayze finished his season with a birdie on #9 and a round of 44 while Lucas Bird ended his with a gross 47 and a nifty net 32. Tarry Bratton and Karry Stoll each shot sterling 42's with Tarry's a net 30 and Karry's a net 32 to post the second lowest net team score for the week, a 62. Individual low net scores for the week went to Missy Kneip overall and in Women with a 28; Richard Swayze in Senior with a 34; and Mike Arvin in Men with a 28. Low gross scoring honors were claimed by Missy in Women with her 44; in Senior, Bob Walton had a 43; and in Men, a tie between Mike Arvin and Tyler Walton with their 37's. Mike Arvin and Missy Kneip share the round-of-the-week honors with their double low scores in gross and net. In the Team Tournament that covered the final two weeks of the season, Tarry Bratton and Karry Stoll posted a net score of 17 under par to narrowly beat out Kim Jones and Kay Sheetz who came in with a score of 16 under. The Sheetz/Kneip team finished third with 11 under while the Arvin/Schutte team came in fourth at 10 under.

Senior League Highlights

The Senior League started its last three weeks of the regular season in playoffs that paired teams 1-8 in the standings in a Gold flight and teams 9-16 in the standings in a Black flight. At the end of play, all the higher ranked teams with the exception of one advanced in the winners bracket. There were some squeakers. Dave Brown and Ray Shaw, the number 8 team in the Gold flight, took Mike Bird and Richard Swayze, the number one team, to the edge before falling by a single point, 7.5 to 6.5. In another squeaker, the undermanned Wayne Pearl, playing by himself against Jack Butcher and Rex Hudson, barely lost in a 6 point to 8 point match. In the only match that saw a lower ranked team triumph over a higher ranked team, Leroy Streepy and Joe Doyle, taking the place of Sam Potts and Bob Norris, took the measure of Ken Hudson and Carroll Rayhill, 12 to 2. Other winners included: Diane Bird and Wilma Bateman over Dave Strange and Clyde Wake, 11.5 to 2.5; Mike Anderson and Al Kavanaugh over Pam Byron and June Eckerle, 9.5 to 5.5; Charlie Sheetz, all by himself, over Bob Elliot and JD Faris, 7.5 to 6.5; and Dick Barber and John Chapman over Vic Wallace and Ward Smith, 10.5 to 3.5. All teams advance to the second round next Thursday, eight into the winners bracket and the other eight into the other bracket.

Hole prizes for the day were claimed by long putters Jim Bateman (#1) and Dick Barber (#4), and sharpshooters Mike Anderson (#7) and Jack Lents (#9). Leroy Streepy had the low net score of the day with a nifty 30 while Jack Lents and Jim Bateman tied for second with 32's. Those 32's got the Lents/Bateman team the low team score of the day, a 64. Low gross for the day was shot by Mike Bird with a 36; Mike Anderson, with three birdies in his round, had a 37. Other players gathering in birds were Diane Bird at #7, Jack Lents at #9, Al Kavanaugh at #2 and Mike Bird at #3. The average gross score for the event was 47.47, down .3 of a stroke from last week's average. In the standings, Richard Swayze and Mike Bird continue to lead in Team play though Lents and Bateman at 138.5 points and Kavanaugh and Anderson at 137.5 points closed the gap a little bit. In Individual play, Mike Bird at 591 points extended his lead over second place Al Kavanaugh by 9 points. Al's second place total is 550 points with Jack Lents in third at 518 points.

Tuesday Boyz Club at Lakeview

On Tuesday, August 12th, the Tuesday Boyz Club played a modified scramble with all golfers playing their own ball on the par threes. Three low scores counted as the team score. And those par threes played havoc with each of the three teams out for the fun and games. The results with the par three score following the total:
1st Jerry Robinson, John Chapman, Mike Anderson and Mike Bird: -2 and +7
2nd CV Burgess, Jim Henry, Jack Butcher and Phil Culver: 0 and +6
3rd Ray Shaw, Danny Thomas, Junior Byron and Tony Burnside: +4 and +10

Tuesday Men Results

The wrap: Low net scores for the day belonged to Charlie Lyon with a 28 and Tim Voegerl with a 29. Terry Butcher turned in the low gross score, a 33, with Todd Baker and Dave Wininger also going low with 34's. Low net team score at 63 was turned in by two teams: Dave Wininger and Dan Steiner along with Tim Voegerl and Warren Atkison. Hole prizes were claimed by Dan Steiner, Tyler Kidwell and James Hager with long putts; and Trenton Kidwell and Dave Wininger (twice) with close to the pin shots. The 'Go-for-it' contest leaders after the first week (it's a three week contest) are Tom McAtee at #4. His shot came to rest about two feet from the barrel some 180 yards from the tee box. Mark Sherer put one just over ten feet from the pin at #5, some 300 yards from the tee box. At the close of play, leaders in the standings are Todd Baker and Noah Callahan with 660 points in the Team competition. Mark Sherer and Josh Huff are breathing down their necks just eight points back. Jim Murphy jumped to the top of the Individual standings with 1201 points; last week's leader, Noah Callahan, is a scant five points back in second place. Bryant Trambaugh is in third with 1163 points. Average gross score for the event was 42.97, just a bit higher than the previous week. Other comments and highlights: Tracy Rayhill finished with a birdie on #9, even had a par on #7, but didn't much like the rest of the story - he finished with a 47. Eddie Green found a birdie on #2 and shot seven strokes better than his round for last week; he brought in a 41 gross and a net 32. Tom McAtee, playing early, apparently took the 'Go-for-it' contest very seriously; his tee shot on #4 came to rest within a couple of feet from the barrel some 180 yards down the fairway. Now he has to wait another two weeks to see if it will hold up. Mark Jones had himself a pretty good day at the golf course and would have done a bunch better if he hadn't given away three strokes on the last two holes. Mark shot a gross 39, a net 32. 'Ace' Ackerman followed his hole-in-one round of a week ago with a round of 38 though he did manage to bogey #7 (where he got his ace). Charlie Lyon had an excellent round of 41 which included going one over for the last six holes; the 41 translates to a very nifty 28 net. Playing partner Phil Eyler, who was one of many getting back to school this week, had a dismal day at the golf course, firing a 40 with a plus one handicap; that would be a net 41. Ouch. Another ouch goes to Steven Downey who found himself one under after two but then finished with a not so nice plus ten over the last seven holes to come in at 44. Terry Butcher was even after three but then eagled four and birdied seven and nine; add a few bogies to the mix and call it a sterling round of 33. Playing partner Joe Doyle did a-ok for himself, coming in with a gross 45 and a net 34. Rob Sterling likes his trend line: 46, 45, and now a 44, the last his best nine holes of the season. Chad Wade subbed for the recently retired George Templin and shot a super 41 gross and a net 30; could have been better except for a triple bogey on 'crazy' hole #8. Tim Voegerl had himself a pretty good round, a 40 which included a birdie on #5; that would be a net 29. Playing partner Warren Atkison got a couple of birdies in his round of 42, one on #4 and one on #7. Jack Divine brought a friend to ride along with him; she must have inspired him – he shot a 44 gross and a net 32. His playing partner, Short Jeffers, had birdies on two and four but plus four on the other holes to come in with a 37. Mark Sherer, back from surgery, hit a monster drive on #5 and is the current leader in the 'Go for it' contest at that hole. His ball stopped 10'11.5"s from the pin. He also birdied #2, #5 and #7 in a round of 36. Brent Dalrymple, filling in for Josh Huff, shot a 41 gross and a 32 net (he also subbed for Josh in the August 5th rain event and shot his best ever round, a 37). Todd Baker also had a rider and she provided inspiration as well. Todd had a round of 34 with three birdies, one at #2, and the other two at #8 and #9. Dave Wininger closed well, too. He found a bird and a hole prize at #7, and then picked up the hole prize on #9; his round of 34 was pretty nice, too.