News article for the week of August 17

News article for the week:

Seven Under Wins Lakeview Scramble

Karry Stoll dropped a twenty-something putt on #6 for an eagle to cap a seven under round for the Dave Wininger, Larry Hembree, Karry Stoll and Tarry Bratton team in the Saturday Morning Scramble at Lakeview. They followed the eagle with pars on their last two holes to go along with the six birdies they shot to open their march to victory. Four other teams competed for the prize and came in with scores ranging from six-under - Mike Kidwell, Noah Callahan, and George Templin, to the two-under, shot by the team of Trenton Kidwell, Joe Allen, Jack Nickless and Kevin Byron.

Community League

As expected, Adam Wagler did hang on to the top spot and is now the individual champion in this season’s Community League. Adam missed the final two weeks of the season with a broken bone in his foot but had built up an insurmountable lead before his injury. Bill Harder made it interesting during the final week, firing a net thirty-three and garnering fifty-four points to finish in second at 639 points, just fifteen points behind the champion. Ray Shaw, shooting the low net round of the week with a nifty thirty-one, finished in third place. In team play, Adam, with partner Tyson Stoll, claimed the championship with a total of 347 points. Bill Harder and Tarry Bratton finished second at 329 points while Clyde Wake and Bob Norris were third at 301 points. In the season-ending Individual Handicapped Tournament, Lucas Bird claimed the championship by firing a net sixty-three over the final two weeks, beating Ray Shaw by the thinnest of margins, a single stroke. Bill Harder, Noah Callahan and Richard Yoder finished in the third, fourth and fifth positions.

Thursday Senior League

Diane Bird and Pam Byron lit up the fairways and greens this last Thursday with the two of them coming in one-two in low net scores for the day and with each of them walking away with a hole prize. Diane stuck one close on #9 while Pam got herself the long putt on #8. Diane and JD Faris, subbing for Wilma Bateman, also got the low team round with a sterling sixty-three on the day. Other hole prize winners were Jack Nickless with a long putt at #6 and Richard Swayze with a close to the pin shot at #7. Mike Bird shot the low gross of the day with a nifty thirty-four. With two weeks to go in the regular season, both the team and the individual races are up for grabs. In the Individual competition, Rex Hudson leads Junior Byron by one point and Vic Wallace by seven. Several other players, including Mike Bird, Carroll Rayhill, Jack Nickless and Ray Shaw are well within striking distance. The Team competition finds Wayne Pearl and Junior Byron with a little more breathing room, up seventeen over Mike Bird and Richard Swayze, and twenty and a half points on Tony Wease and Charlie Sheetz. In the thirty-six hole Individual Handicapped Tournament, Pam Byron leads the field after twenty-seven holes with a score of nine under par. Jack Nickless sits in second place at five under while Rex Hudson, Vic Wallace and Diane Bird are tied for third at four under.


Tuesday Men’s League

Change at the top was the order of the day in the Tuesday Men’s League. In Team competition, Terry Padgett and Gary Burris jumped into first, bumping Mike Kidwell and Joe Allen to second, twenty-four points back. The duo shot a net sixty-five on the day. In Individual competition, Mike Breeden came out of nowhere to take the lead over Tracy Rayhill, Gary Burris, Larry Sutton and Bric Parker. Mike is on a hot streak and has shot a thirty-seven and a thirty-eight over the past two events. Low scores for event eighteen include Keith Parsons with a net twenty-nine, Terry Butcher with a gross thirty-three, and the team of Terry Butcher and Jeff Doyle with a nifty sixty-four. Sharpshooters were Jeff Doyle, Larry Sutton and Mark Potts on close to the pin shots, and John Butcher, Derek Gilbertson and Warren Atkison with long putts.