TMPL Event 12 Recap

Ed Summers and Dane Mosby fired a team low net of 62 and took the lead in the Thursday Match Play League's July Match Tournament.  The duo dominated the short handed team of Joe Gray and Bob Elliott and won their match by a score of 13 to 1.  Ed led the way with a sterling round of 40 which gave him a net score of 29, good for the low net of the day.  Low gross scores were shot by Junior Byron and Al Kavanaugh, each of whom shot 37's.  Dick Barber and John Chapman, with an 8.5 to 5.5 match win over Frank and Susan Fee, held on to the top position in team competition.  Pam Byron and Patty Bowling stayed close with a 9.5 to 5.5 win over Tony Wease and Charlie Sheetz.  Mike McLaughlin shot a net 34 on the day, garnered 34 points for his efforts and retained the top spot in individual competition.  He leads second place Dick Lemmon by 15 points; Dick shot an even par net 35 in his round and claimed 25 points.  Hole prize winners for the week were Pam Byron and Jack Butcher with close to the pin shots and Wayne Pearl with the long putt of the day.  The group average gross score was an even 45, up almost a half a stroke from last week's 44.59.