News Article for the Week

Lakeview Golf Course News
Week of July 12, 2009


Kidwell, Potts and Johnson Win Scramble

In a low scoring affair, Mike Kidwell, Greg Potts and Curt Johnson won the Saturday Scramble at Lakeview with a score of five under. Two other teams participated and came in at three under and one under. Guess everybody was distracted by the gathering storms - rains started falling as the last of the players finished up.



Community League

The Community League started its team tournament with 25 teams shooting for the eight spots to advance to week 2. The Junior Byron/Tyler Booker team led the way with a net score of 61 and the teams of Sharon and Ken Frye and Sandy Winter and John Drake fired 68’s to fill out the top eight teams. Four teams will advance to the semi finals during week two. In regular season action, low scores were posted by Junior Byron with a nifty double of a 33 gross and a 28 net; Junior and Tyler Booker also shot the low team net with a 61. At the top of the standings after seven events is the team of Bryant Ackerman and Clinton Burch with 230 points, with Tarry Bratton and Bill Harder in second place at 224 points. In individual competition, Adam Wagler continues his domination and now leads, at 563 points, second place Bill Harder by a hundred plus points.

Senior League

The Senior Team Tournament completed its second week of play with four teams advancing to the semi finals. Bob Elliott and Joe Gray continued their fine play with a resounding 12.5 to 1.5 win over Ward Smith and Clyde Wake. Junior Byron and Terry LaMar, subbing for Wayne Pearl, had almost as easy a time beating Mike Bird and Richard Swayze, 11.5 to 2.5. Ray Shaw and Dave Brown handled Richard Barber and John Chapman, 10 points to 4 points. In the closest match of the day, Tony Wease and Charlie Sheetz won the last hole to beat Ken Hudson and Carroll Rayhill 7.5 to 6.5, and advance. In the Points race part of the tournament, Bob Elliott and Joe Gray at 154 points hold an eleven point lead over the team of Byron/Pearl/LaMar. Byron and LaMar’s win moved the Byron/Pearl team into first place in the regular season standings. Bird and Swayze fall to second with Pam Byron and Patty Bowling sitting in third place. In the Individual standings, Jack Lents reclaimed the top spot with a round of 39. Junior Byron, Carroll Rayhill and Rex Hudson occupy the next three positions. Low scores for the day went to Bob Elliott for low net at 29, Junior Byron for low gross with a 35, and the Bob Elliott/Joe Gray team for low net team at 63. Sharpshooters were Carroll Rayhill and Tony Wease for long putts, and Diane Bird and Pam Byron for close to the pin shots.

Tuesday Men’s League

In the Tuesday Men’s League, week one of its Team Tournament saw 17 teams advance with net scores ranging from the low of 63 posted by Ward Smith and Denny Wagoner (subbing for Dennis Brosmer) to a two team tie at 70 by Virgil Harper and Gary LaMar along with Greg Potts and Tracy Rayhill. Eight teams (plus ties) will advance after this week’s play. In regular season play, low scores were shot by Denny Wagoner with a net 27, Mark Potts with a gross 30 (new career low at Lakeview for Mark), and a team low net of 63 posted by Ward Smith and Denny Wagoner. Sharpshooters for the day were Bill Carrico, Skip Ackerman and Derek Gilbertson with close to the pin shots, and Mark Potts, Tyler Kidwell and Weston Muessig with long putts. At the top of the standings after week 13 of the season were Curt Johnson and Bric Parker in team play, and Buck Holland in individual competition. Complete results and standings for all three leagues can be found at www.golflakeview.com.