News Article for the Week of August 9

For the week of August 9, 2010


Lakeview Golf Course News
by Michael Bird, Lakeview Golf Course Manager

Denson-Wilcher Golf Game

Winners at the Denson-Wilcher 27 hole golf event at Lakeview this last Sunday were Randy Stoll and Doug Denson in A Flight with a score of ten under par; Short Jeffers and Terry Butcher in B Flight, also at ten under par; and Cap Knepp and his son Craig in C Flight at three over par.  Twenty-seven teams of two participated in the golf extravaganza.

Notes on Tuesday Men's League Play

Mike Albertson and Mark Jones went head-to-head with Doug Denson and Buck Holland and came out the other side with a win and the championship of the July Match Play Tournament.  The Denson/Holland team took their only lead at hole #5 but then saw Albertson and Jones take the next three holes.  Mike Albertson's chip in at #8 for birdie proved decisive.

The August Individual Flighted Tournament got underway.  Leaders after the first of four rounds are: Mark Potts in the A+ Flight with a 32; Derek Gilbertson, Junior Byron and Terry Padgett in A Flight with 37's; Terry LaMar in B Flight with a 36; Larry Sutton in C Flight with a 37; Tim Voegerl in D Flight with a 40; and Mike Strawn in E Flight with a 47.

Low scores for this week were posted by Larry Sutton with a 29 for low net score, Mark Potts with a 32 for low gross score, and Brent Courter/Larry Sutton's 62 for low net team score.  Hole prizes were claimed by Greg Potts, Phil Eyler and Charlie Sheetz with close-to-the-pin shots, and Chad Wade, Trenton Kidwell and Tim Voegerl for long putts.  Mark Potts and Warren Atkison got the only two eagles of the day, with Atkison's being a dramatic 176 yard shot at #8.  Curt Johnson and Bric Parker (528 points) got back to the top of the team standings with Doug Denson and Buck Holland (519 points) in second place.  Paul Hart at 1057 points has a comfortable lead of 71 points in the individual competition over second place Mark Jones.  Bric Parker and Rob Rollins are tied for third at 972 points.  Average gross score for the Tuesday Men was 41.57 on the day, up slightly from the 40.72 of a week ago.

The Community League's 36 hole Individual Flighted Tournament got underway this last week.  Leaders after nine holes are Short Jeffers and Mike Bird, each shooting 36's, in A Flight; Mike Arvin at 37 in B Flight; Gary LaMar and Tyson Stoll share the lead in C Flight with 42's; Paul Weisheit in D Flight with a 45; and Sharon Frye in E Flight with a score of 51.  In regular season action, low scores for the week were turned in by Mike Arvin with a low net of 30; a tie for low gross with Mike Bird and Short Jeffers each at 36; and also a tie for low net team score, Mike Arvin and Scott Schutte equaling Mike Seals and Paul Weisheit at 66.  With three weeks to go in the Community League's season, Dale Yoder and Allen Yoder, at 185 points, have an 18 point lead in team competition.  Gary LaMar and Terry LaMar sit in second place at 167 points with Short and Shirley Jeffers in third at 165 points.  In individual competition, Allen Yoder, with a round of 43 gross, net 33 and a pick up of 46 points, continues to hold the top position with 413 points.  Gary LaMar, in second place some 38 points back, also earned 46 points with a round of 42.  Tyson Stoll, in third place, shot a gross 42, net 32 to collect 50 points for the week.  Group average gross score for the week was 43.93, up a little over a stroke from the previous week's 42.87.

Notes on Thursday Match Play League

The top two teams in the Thursday League for the last several weeks will duke it out for the team championship next week after each of them scored 10-4 wins over their opponents in yesterday's play.  Frank and Susan Fee polished off Al Kavanaugh and Mike Anderson while Jim and Wilma Bateman did the same against Ray Shaw and Dave Brown.  The two leaders are separated by a mere two and a half points with the third place team of Wayne Pearl and Junior Byron, 9 to 5 winners over the fourth place team of Jack Lents and Mike Bird, too far back to get to the top in next week's final day of team competition.  Low scores for the day belonged to Junior Byron who attained a rare double in getting both the low gross and the low net for individual play.  He carded a 33 gross and a 30 net in a round that included two birdies and seven pars.  Frank and Susan Fee shot the low net team score with a 67.  Hole prizes were claimed by John Chapman at #7, Junior Byron at #8, and Susan Fee at #9.  In individual competition, Jack Lents and Al Kavanaugh gained ground on the leaders, John Chapman and Mike Bird, with net rounds of 32 and 31.  With five weeks to go and some 50+ points available each week, several players remain in contention for the top prize.  Chapman with 452 points leads Bird by 18, with Lents in third at 429 points.  Dave Brown (426 points) sits in fourth, with Jim Bateman another ten points back in fifth, and Kavanaugh in sixth, 49 points from the top.  On the day, the group average gross score was 46.48, up more than a stroke over the previous week's 45.37.

Wease and Sheetz (!) Win Thursday Match Play Tournament

In spite of a family emergency which sent one of the players home after five holes, Tony Wease and Charlie Sheetz (and a friendly 'ghost' substitute) survived a match that was tied after nine holes. Leroy Streepy's errant shots on the one extra hole (costing him three strokes) and a very nifty pitch to five feet and then a putt for bogey by Tony Wease (his second shot found the water) gave the hole, the match and the trophy for the Thursday July Match Play Tournament to the Wease/Sheetz team. Dick Lemmon and Leroy Streepy, playing for the Course team, put up a gallant fight but could not survive the overtime.