News Article for the Week of September 6

For the week of September 6, 2010

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

Byron, Byron, Blake and Cissell Win Lakeview Scramble

In a pared down field of just eight players making up two teams, Junior Byron, Kevin Byron, Roger Blake and Adam Cissell got the best of it on Saturday at Lakeview. The foursome shot a nine hole round of four under to win the Saturday morning scramble, besting the team of Mike Bird, Lee Wininger, Ryan Winninger and Stan Graber by two strokes.

Notes on Thursday Match Play League

At the three quarter mark of the Individual Flighted Tournament, Terry LaMar has slipped into first place in the B Flight with a round of 38 and a 27 hole total of 120.  He lead's last week's leader, Tony Wease, by a single stroke and Dave Brown by three in the closest of the five competitions.  In the A Flight, Junior Byron carded an even par round of 35 that included a little magic at #2, the group's 7th hole of the day.  After hitting three errant shots, Junior stared down a downhill chip shot from 30' and knocked it home for an unusual par.  He finished the day with a five stroke lead in his flight and a score of 108 for the tournament.  In C Flight, Jim Bateman shot a second consecutive 43, ended the day at 126,  and has a three stroke advantage over Ken Hudson heading into the final nine holes of play.  In D Flight, Pam Byron, with a 44 on the day and a tournament total of 144, shot six strokes better than the first two rounds and has opened up an eight stroke lead over Charlie Sheetz.  Wilma Bateman in E Flight also had a super round, firing a 46, and sports a 30 stroke lead over Clyde Wake.

With one week to go in the regular season, Jim Bateman has an almost insurmountable lead of 29 points over Dave Brown in second place, and 39 points over Al Kavanaugh in third.  Low scores for the day were carded by Wilma Bateman with a super net score of minus eight, and by Junior Byron with an even par gross of 35.  Hole prizes were claimed by Dick Lemmon at #7, Terry LaMar at #8, and Dave Brown at #9.  Group average for the day was 43.64, down more than a stroke from last week's 45.00.

Of note:  The third of the three women playing in the league, Susan Fee, also had a pretty good day at the golf course.  After seven holes, she was even par for the day and in sight of her first par round ever.  It wasn't meant to be when she finished with three extra shots on the last two holes but still carded a super round of 39.

Notes on Tuesday Men's League Play

Bric Parker survived a horrific afternoon of golf where he shot thirteen strokes over his handicap, earned zero points, and still remained on top of the individual standings at 1263 points, some 44 points ahead of second place Rob Rollins.  With one week to go, the race has narrowed to four players: Bric, Rob, Paul Hart, who shot a net 31 and earned 102 points on the day, and Collin Padgett.

In team play, Parker and Curt Johnson, last week's leaders, tumbled to 3rd place behind Allan Harmon and Rob Rollins in first with 643 points, and George Templin and Don Nolan in second at 630 points.  Two other teams, Brent Courter/Larry Sutton and Collin Padgett/Terry Padgett, are within striking distance of the top spot in the team standings.

Low scores for the day belong to Dennis Brosmer with a net 30, Short Jeffers with a gross 33, and the team of Tom Trambaugh and Dennis Brosmer with a net 62.  The day's regular hole prizes were claimed by John Walker and Steve Downey with close-to-the-pin shots, and Trenton Kidwell, Mark Jones and Virgil Harper with long putts.  Average gross score for the day was 42.57, up almost a stroke and a half from last week's 41.16.

Terry LaMar and Phil Eyler captured the special competition prizes on Tuesday.  Terry's tee shot at #2 stopped about eight feet from the hole where he proceeded to run the putt in for an eagle.  Phil's shot at #7 stopped three feet from the pin and he too went into red numbers (at least on this hole) by rolling the putt in.  Next week the League's regular season concludes with another two special competition shots: a close-to-the-barrel contest and a long drive contest.  The September Challenge, an inter-league two person, three event game starts the week of September 12.

Of note: Both Short Jeffers and Trenton Kidwell started their rounds badly and then turned them around for sub par rounds of 33 and 34.  Short doubled #1 but then found four birdies to go along with four pars over the next eight holes.  Trenton was two over through three but found birdies at four and eight as well as an eagle at six on his way in.

Complete results and standings for the Lakeview Leagues can be found online at golflakeview.com.