TMPL Event 8 Recap

Patty Bowling got back on track with a sterling round of 43 yesterday.  That gave her the low net round of the day, a minus eight.  She and Pam Byron, who also had a pretty good day with a seven under net round, combined for a net 57, the best team score of the day.  They squeezed by their opponents, Dave Brown and Dick Lemmon, by 5.5 to 3.5 on the holes, and a single stroke on the low total score.  The win gave them 10.5 points and drew them closer to Team competition leaders, Jack Butcher and Rex Hudson who lost their match to Frank and Susan Fee in a similar fashion: 4-5 on the holes, a single, thin stroke on the low score.  Pam's excellent round vaulted her into the lead in the 36 hole Individual Handicapped Tournament at minus 13 after 18 holes.  Jack Lents and Dick Lemmon, who also had pretty good rounds of net 30 and 29, are tied for second at 11 under par.  Jack and Dick also moved up to second and third in the Individual competition, 12 and 19 points behind Patty Bowling, who reclaimed the top spot with a 60 point day.  Low gross scores for the day were posted by Mike Bird and Junior Byron with rounds of 36.  Leroy Allbright claimed hole prizes at #7 with a close to the pin shot and then rolled in the longest putt of the day at #8 to take that prize as well.  Larry Sutton took the close to the pin shot at #9.  Average gross score for the group was 44.06, down another half stroke for the season.  Yes, the grounds are drying out and the ball is running; not yet August hard but getting close and a whole bunch more bounce then the wet and soggy conditions of April and May.