Notes on Tuesday Men's League Results

-Terry Butcher had a five birdie afternoon and missed a couple of short putts that would have made his 32 even sweeter.  Along with his 33 of last week, that makes a 65 for the last 18 holes.  Very nice.

-Doug Denson had a three birdie afternoon and shot his second 33 in a row.  That's a 66 for the last 18 holes and that, too, is very nice.

-Trenton Kidwell birdied #2, made a bunch of pars, wondered when he was ever going to get another birdie, then finally chipped one in on eight for his second birdie in a round of 33.

-Mark Potts shot a 37, gave two strokes to the field and finds himself dead last in the handicapped tournament with a net score of 39.  I imagine it's been a long time since the field had no player plus five over their handicap for the day.

-Overall, 42 of the 59 players shot net par or better; 35 of them in the better category.  Wow!

-Kevin Byron matched his Dad, Junior, with a gross score of 40 but had a few more handicap strokes, 8 to be exact.  Each of them came in under par - Kevin at 26 net leads the tournament after the first nine holes, three strokes up on Tracy Rayhill, 4 up on Dennis Brosmer, Doug Denson, John Drake, Terry Padgett and Greg Potts.

-Btw, Tracy and Cory Rayhill each posted rounds of 35.  Nifty.

-John Drake shot a super 39 gross and claimed hole prizes at both #7 and #9.

-Mike Bird led the par parade with 8, 3 putted #7 and left two or three birdies on the table.  (Been talking with my putter ever since - @#$%^&*@#.  Not really, but do have to spend some time on the putting green getting some more Arnie Palmer in my putting swing.  Playing partners Mark Sherer and Trenton Kidwell had some kind words on my missing those putts, like an exasperated 'Michael!' or something about strings and skirts and a girl named Alice.  Michael, indeed.)

-Another note: Curt Johnson had a more than decent round of six over for holes 2 through 9.  He tripled the first hole and we were talking about what he could do to get started, even trying a kinda half stroke (controlled) off the tee at #1.  His playing partner, Bric Parker, stepped in the clubhouse at that point and said what he needed to do was get rid of several of his half assed swings to make substantial improvement in his game.  Curt and I wanted to agree but...

-Tom McAtee puts in the time at the golf course to improve his game.  He finds himself at the top of the individual standings for the second week in a row.

-And Doug Denson and Buck Holland are on top in the team standings.  That's through seven events and it seems like they have been there more often than not.  The two of them are definitely on their games.