Notes on Tuesday Men's League Play

In the semi finals of the Match Play Tournament, Mike Albertson and Mark Jones fell behind for the first time on the eighth hole in a see-saw battle with Mark Sherer and Mike Bird.  They tied it at the ninth when Jones rolled in a six foot par putt and Mark Sherer's four footer for the win lipped out.  The extra hole, an ugly affair with both sides seeing errant shots galore, was finally settled with Jones sinking a bogey putt of five feet and Albertson's double bogey putt being conceded.  The winners go on to face Doug Denson and Buck Holland who had a slightly easier time of it, closing out Tom McAtee and John Drake at the eighth hole.  Their match was tied through five but then Denson and Holland won the next three holes to advance.  The two winners face off for the championship next Tuesday.

In regular season action:  Tom Trambaugh, an extended sub for the still recovering Ward Smith, found his first birdie at hole number five and went on to fire the day's low net, a 27, on the strength of a gross 47.  Short Jeffers and Mike Seals fired 34's to tie for the day's low gross.  Jeffers, two over through three, found three birdies and three pars on his final six holes to get his 34 while Mike Seals rolled in eight pars to go along with his single birdie at #4.  Two of the Kidwell brothers, Tyler and Trenton, playing in separate groups, found consecutive birdies at holes four, five and six in even par rounds of 35.  Four different teams shared the low team score of 62: Greg Potts and Tracy Rayhill, Virgil Harper and Terry LaMar, Allan Harmon and Rob Rollins, and Short Jeffers and Jack Divine.  Hole prize winners were Jack Divine, Greg Potts and Chris Bledsoe on the par threes, and Charlie Lyon, Rob Rollins and Short Jeffers on the long putts.  At the end of the day, Allan Harmon and Rob Rollins sit at the top of the team standings with a very slim five point lead over second placers Curt Johnson and Bric Parker, and a seven point lead over last week's top team, Kent Summers and Paul Hart.  Paul Hart does retain his top spot in the individual competition, expanding his lead to 44 points over second place Mark Jones and 54 points over the surging Rob Rollins.  Of note:  Mike Seals has been playing well over the past several weeks, so well that he now has become a member of the zero handicap group, a very select group with only two members at the moment (he joins Mark Potts).  Coming up on August 3rd: the first week of the four week Individual Flighted Tournament.