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.
