Monday, July 20, 2009

News Article for the Week

Lakeview Golf Course News
Week of July 19, 2009

Byron, Nickless, Parker and Webb Triumph

Junior Byron, Jack Nickless, Bric Parker and Gary Webb used birdies on #6 and #7 to tie and surpass the team of Mike Bird, Tony Wease and Kevin Byron in Saturday's Lakeview Scramble. The winners came in with a score of four under in a short version of the Saturday scramble, with most of the regulars playing up north at Eagle View in the Butcher-Gee scholarship scramble.

Kimball Outing

Mike Kidwell had a group of golfers from Kimball out for an 18 hole scramble early in the morning. Two teams came in at ten under with Kurt Begle, Randy Stemle, Kenny Young and Mark Sander winning the tiebreaker. Hole prizes were claimed by Troy Trambaugh for longest drive, Junior Sweet for longest putt, and John Taylor and Joan Lechner for close to the pin shots.

Community League

The semi-final pairings in the Community League’s July Team Tournament were decided with play this past week. Junior Byron and Tyler Booker will be playing Richard Swayze and Tom Taylor in the first match while Clint Knepp and Rob Graber will take on Tyson Stoll and Adam Knepp. The four teams advanced by firing net team scores of 67 or better during league play. In regular league play, Tyson Stoll and Adam Knepp moved to the top of the team standings, with the teams of Bryant Ackerman with Clinton Burch and Tarry Bratton with Bill Harder breathing down their necks just four and six points back. Adam Knepp remained well ahead in the individual race, up a hundred and twenty-five points on second place Bill Harder. Low scores this week were posted by Rich Graber with a nifty net 26; Junior Byron and Mark Potts each posted even par 35’s for low gross; and Lucas Bird and Oma Bird carded a low nine under to take team honors.

Senior League

In the Senior July Team Tournament, two teams have advanced to the championship round with seemingly easy victories over their opponents. Ray Shaw and Dave Brown triumphed over Bob Elliott and Joe Gray by a score of 10 to 4, and Wayne Pearl and Junior Byron beat Charlie Sheetz and Mike Strawn by seven points, 10.5 to 3.5. They meet in the final match on Thursday, July 23rd. In the points race component of the tournament, Ken Hudson and Carroll Rayhill jumped to the top by scoring 87 points as individuals and lead the second place team, Pearl and Byron, by five points. Low scores for the event were posted by Ken Hudson with a net 28, Junior Byron with a gross 37, and the team of Ken Hudson and Carroll Rayhill with a net 62. Sharpshooters were Mike Bird and Carroll Rayhill with long putts, and Mike McLaughlin with close to the pin shots on both #7 and #9. Pearl and Byron increased their first place lead in the Team standings and now lead Swayze and Bird by thirteen points. Jack Lents had a round of 40 and increased his lead in the Individual standings. He is ten points up on Carroll Rayhill. and thirteen points on Junior Byron.

Tuesday Men’s League

The Tuesday Men completed the second round of their team tournament with nine teams advancing to the third round to be played on Tuesday, the 21st. The teams advancing are: Trenton Kidwell and Chris Bledsoe, Mike Albertson and Mark Jones, Sherer and Huff, Wininger and Steiner, Denson and Holland, Wease and Sheetz, Ward Smith and Terry LaMar, Tyler Walton and Mark Potts, and Mike Kidwell and Joe Allen. It took a net 68 in play last Tuesday for teams to advance. In regular season play, Doug Denson and Buck Holland moved back into first place, and now lead second place Mike Kidwell and Joe Allen by sixteen points. Last week’s leaders, Curt Johnson and Bric Parker, tumbled to third but are just thirty-two points behind the leaders. Holland remained in first place in the Individual competition. Bric Parker returned to play and reclaimed second place with a round of 43, while Gary Burris took over third place with a very nifty round of 36. Doug Denson, with a round of 34, dropped his handicap to a zero, joining other par and sub par golfers, Mark Potts, James Hager and Short Jeffers. Denson sits in fifth place in the standings, just behind Larry Sutton. Low scores for the day were posted by super subs Don Carrico and Brent Dalrymple with net 30’s, James Hager, Mark Potts and Dave Wininger with gross 33’s, and the team of Trenton Kidwell and Don Carrico with a net 62. Earning hole prizes with remarkable shots were Tony Wease and Mark Potts (twice) with close to the pins, and Greg Potts, Skip Ackerman and Doug Denson with long putts.