Notes on Tuesday Men's League Play

-Doug Denson did it for the second time - found birds at holes one and two and got himself one of Diane's complimentary cart cards.  He's the only one who has been able to birdie the first two holes during league play so far this year.

-In the Match Play Tournament, all four matches were close with the Mike Albertson/Mark Jones vs. Tony Wease/Charlie Sheetz being the closest.  They finished tied at 4.5 points each.  The tiebreaker, low net score for the team, gave the match to Albertson and Jones who shot a 70 against the 71 that Charlie and Tony carded.  I happened to be at hole #2 when the group on #9 whopped - Mark Jones had just chipped one in for birdie - it didn't win them the hole but it did get them to the net 70 that won them the match.  Charlie Sheetz also birdied the hole which won the hole for them and sent the match to the tiebreaker.

In the Mark Sherer/Mike Bird match with Bryant Tambaugh and Wayne Arvin, it took a four foot bogey putt that slipped in on the right side of the cup at the last hole to secure the win for the Sherer/Bird team in a 5 to 4 match.  Bryant Trambaugh, with the exception of a triple bogey at #5, had an exceptional round of 39 which included a birdie and a hole prize at #3.

Doug Denson's two birdie start and a even par round of 35 lead the Denson and Holland team to a 5 to 4 win over Paul Hart and Kent Summers.

In the fourth match of the day, John Drake and Tom McAtee won the 8th hole and tied the 9th to break a tie with Curt Johnson and Bric Parker and win their match by a score of 5 to 4.

The semifinals next Tuesday will have Albertson and Jones going out against Sherer and Bird, and Denson and Holland taking on McAtee and Drake in head-to-head competition.  No tiebreaker at this stage: if tied after nine holes, teams keep playing till a winner is decided.  Another note: no twice par pick ups if it decides a hole one way or the other - play till ball is in the hole.

In regular season action: George Templin and Don Nolan came in with the low net scores of the day at 31 and that also gave them the low net team score at 62.  Three players carded 35's to tie for the low gross of the day - Doug Denson, Mike Kidwell and Mark Potts.  Hole prizes were claimed by Bryant Trambaugh, Phil Eyler and Charlie Lyon at the par threes, and by Kent Summers, Chris Taylor and Charlie Lyon (a second!) on the long putts.  Kent Summers and Paul Hart stayed at the top of the team competition standings with Curt Johnson and Bric Parker sitting in second.  Paul Hart leads the individual competition with Mark Jones, Tom McAtee, Bric Parker and Rob Rollins, and a host of others, giving chase.  Complete results and standings here.