Bits and Pieces

-Scramble at 8 this morning.  If you're coming out, go do yourself a favor and drink a couple of glasses of water now.

-The Wie Lass had herself another good round of golf yesterday at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship (wonder if they have a SW Arkansas or maybe a Central Arkansas championship?).  She opened with a couple of bogeys and then went one under for the rest of her round.  She finds herself tied for 55th and one up on Yani Tseng (what has happened to her?!).  Veronica Felibert from Venezuela leads after the first of three rounds with a six under.  Shanshan Feng, a winner earlier in June and the first Chinese (mainland) golfer to win on the LPGA, is in second one back.

-Tiger in contention at the Congressional.  A winner come Sunday evening?  I wouldn't be surprised one way or the other.  Guess it's going to be warm there just like here.  In Arkansas for the Ladies as well.  An endurance contest?

-Last day for Lakeview League teams to get their scramble score in.  Current leaders: Dan Jones and Lonnie Hawkins with a score of 26.67.  Two are tied for second at 27.00: Stan Hodges and Mike Arvin and JD Simmons and Karry Stoll.

-See some of you in a little bit.

Tuesday Men July Match Play Tournament Pairings

Pairings are here for the Tuesday Men's Match Play Tournament.  First two weeks, low net score for the nine holes determines who advances and who retires to the sideline. 

Bits and Pieces

-Hot, hot and more hot.  Spent yesterday afternoon in the house and then went out at six to go back to the golf course - we closed it for the afternoon, something we will again do today.  The blast of heat, 106 degrees and a breeze that felt hotter, reminded me of our days in Southern California when we lived in Tustin and were treated to the Santa Ana winds on an annual basis.  Ferociously hot coming in from the desert.  Guess we're being treated to some of the same.

-Scramble at 8 tomorrow morning - we'll be done before the real heat comes in.  Right?!

-Got the Tuesday Men's Match Play Tournament set up - will post the brackets this afternoon.  The top four teams in the standings do get a free pass to week two since we have only 28 teams in the league.  Still working on the Thursday Match Play and the Community League's tournaments.

-Did have two teams come out last night just after seven to play their scramble: James Hager and Ryan Johnson along with Stan and Marvin Graber.  Temps still in the 90's when they started, at 86 when they finished.  Not bad - it was dry heat.  Challenged each of them to try and do as well as Jack Lents and I had done earlier in the day (a 30 gross - missed a birdie at our last hole, the makable 6th, to miss tying the leaders for both the low gross and the low net - dang)).  James and Ryan had a chance on nine after getting to four under at eight, but each of their putts of about fifteen feet collapsed to the left of the cup.  Stan and Marvin did get their birdie at nine, from just off the green, to get to two under.

-Two eagles at the fourth hole yesterday morning during the Thursday Match Play Leagues scramble run:  Virgil Harper pitched one in from 70 yards out for a three, and I chipped one in from ten feet off the left side of the green for  a three as well.  Good stuff.

-If you are going to play golf today, do it now or wait till after seven tonight.  Don't forget to hydrate - start now.  I'm making a Bloomington run so will have to wait till later to golf.

Photos of play at the ninth last night (click to enlarge):

Mid Season Scramble Update

Lakeview Golf Course
Mid-Season Scramble 2012
Week of June 24, 2012
Team handicap = player a h'cap + player b h'cap divided by 3 with a maximum of 6.
	Teams/League	Score	H'cap	Net	League
			(max=6)
1	Hawkins/Jones, Dan	32	5.33	26.67	TuMen
2	Hodges/Arvin	33	6.00	27.00	Comm
3	Simmons/Stoll	33	6.00	27.00	Comm
4	LaMar/LaMar	33	5.67	27.33	Comm
5	Bird/Lents	30	2.33	27.67	Thu
6	Callahan/Potts, Mark	29	1.00	28.00	TuMen
7	Lemmon/Brown	32	3.67	28.33	Thu
8	Byron, Junior/Byron, Kevin	33	4.33	28.67	TuMen
9	Bird/LaMar, Terry	32	3.00	29.00	TuMen
10	Byron, Jr/Hudson, Ken	33	4.00	29.00	Thu
11	Flynn/Breeden	35	6.00	29.00	Thu
12	Fee/Fee	33	4.00	29.00	Thu
13	Hager/Johnson, Ryan	31	2.00	29.00	TuMen
14	Graber/Graber	33	4.00	29.00	TuMen
15	Padgett/Padgett	34	4.67	29.33	TuMen
16	Wininger/Stoll	32	2.67	29.33	TuMen
17	Bledsoe/Sutton, Mark	33	3.67	29.33	TuMen
18	Seals/Toy	33	3.67	29.33	TuMen
19	Hudson, Rex/Butcher, Jack	34	4.33	29.67	Thu
20	Johnson, Kevin/Burch	34	4.00	30.00	TuMen
21	Templin/Waggoner	35	5.00	30.00	TuMen
22	Ackerman/Walker	34	4.00	30.00	TuMen
23	Butcher, Terry/Sterling	34	4.00	30.00	TuMen
24	Courter/Sutton, Larry	36	6.00	30.00	TuMen
25	Breeden/Trambaugh	36	6.00	30.00	TuMen
26	Potts, Greg/Potts, Joe	33	3.00	30.00	TuMen
27	Souerdike/Allen	34	4.00	30.00	TuMen
28	Wease/Sheetz	36	6.00	30.00	Thu
29	McAtee/Drake	35	4.67	30.33	TuMen
30	Summers/Mosby, Dane	37	6.67	30.33	Thu
31	Walton/Johnson, Curt	35	4.33	30.67	TuMen
32	Divine, Jack/Jeffers, Short	34	3.00	31.00	TuMen
33	Harper/LaMar, Terry	37	6.00	31.00	Thu
34	Albertson/Jones, Mark	36	4.67	31.33	TuMen
35	Kemp/Kemp	37	5.67	31.33	Comm
36	Sanders/Jones, Chris	39	6.00	33.00	Comm
37	Harper/LaMar, Terry	39	6.00	33.00	TuMen
38	Jeffers/Divine, Jordan	35	2.00	33.00	TuMen
39	Sheetz/Chanley	40	6.00	34.00	Comm
40	Bird/Bird	40	6.00	34.00	Comm
41	Mosby, Anna/Byron, Pam	43	6.00	37.00	Thu

Thursday Leaguers - Come on Down!

Seems like it's already hot - the sun is already making like mid afternoon.  But it's still in the low 70's.  Hydrate.

Scramble today, for those of you who want to come out and play - it is optional and you can play anytime before Saturday evening - though I don't think it's going to get any cooler from here on till maybe Sunday or Monday.  Jack and I plan to shoot a super low 28 and jump into the lead. 

See some of you in a little bit.

Bits and Pieces

-Coming up next week: July Match Play Tournaments in each of the three leagues.  Details shortly.  We'll be getting back to regular season play as well.

-Still got Gabby Love's Ping Eye 2 black dot irons for sale in the clubhouse.  Great set of clubs - you cannot go wrong.  Much better than a lot of the new clubs being sold today.

-Anybody out there interested in an Adams gap wedge?

-Thursday Match Players:  We scramble at 9am tomorrow morning.  Hole prize markers will be out.  Temps expected to be 75 degrees at 9, 88 at 11, 100 at 3.  Hydrate.  Note to partner Jack Lents:  Bring your A game - we're going low - how about a 29?  That would tie us for the current lead; best we make that one better and go for the win.

-Diane's birthday today.  Fiftieth anniversary of her 21st.  Going to take her out to The Junction for a late breakfast at 11:30.  Whoop.  Happy Birthday, Diane.

Photos: From the top:  A Monday afternoon shot of Kay Sheetz who had just learned that she was co-champ of the Community League's June tournament; Chris Jones and Tim Sanders finishing up their mid season scramble at hole #1 on Monday; Terry LaMar, flanked by Virgil Harper and brother Gary LaMar, shortly after chipping in for eagle yesterday morning.

Current Standings in This Week's Mid Season Scramble

Lakeview Golf Course
Mid-Season Scramble 2012
Week of June 24, 2012
Team handicap = player a h'cap + player b h'cap divided by 3 with a maximum of 6.
	Teams/League	Score	H'cap	Net
			(max=6)
1	Hawkins/Jones TuM	32	5.33	26.67
2	Hodges/Arvin CL	33	6.00	27.00
3	Callahan/Potts TuM	29	1.00	28.00
4	Byron/Byron TuM	33	4.33	28.67
5	Bird/LaMar TuM	32	3.00	29.00
6	Padgett/Padgett TuM	34	4.67	29.33
7	Wininger/Stoll TuM	32	2.67	29.33
8	Bledsoe/Sutton TuM	33	3.67	29.33
9	Johnson/Burch TuM	34	4.00	30.00
10	Templin/Waggoner TuM	35	5.00	30.00
11	Ackerman/Walker TuM	34	4.00	30.00
12	Butcher/Sterling TuM	34	4.00	30.00
13	Courter/Sutton TuM	36	6.00	30.00
14	Breeden/Trambaugh TuM	36	6.00	30.00
15	Potts/Potts, Joe TuM	33	3.00	30.00
16	Souerdike/Allen TuM	34	4.00	30.00
17	McAtee/Drake TuM	35	4.67	30.33
18	Walton/Johnson TuM	35	4.33	30.67
19	Divine/Jeffers, Short TuM	34	3.00	31.00
20	Albertson/Jones TuM	36	4.67	31.33
21	Sanders/Jones  CL	39	6.00	33.00
22	Harper/LaMar TuM	39	6.00	33.00
23	Jeffers/Divine, Jordan TuM	35	2.00	33.00
24	Sheetz/Chanley  CL	40	6.00	34.00

Bits and Pieces

-It's mid-season scramble week for the three leagues and we are having a combined league scramble.  That means that you play best ball with your partner for your event this week, not your own ball.  No regular season event this week- we're taking a little holiday (did the same thing last year). Hole prizes will be offered today for Tuesday League members doing their scramble as well as Thursday morning for the Thursday Match Play members who play then (9am start).  It is a handicapped scramble; handicap calculation: player A's handicap plus player B's handicap with the total divided by three and a maximum of six.

-Played nine holes with Curt Johnson and Tony Trambaugh last night - skins and flags.  Tony got hot after opening with two double bogeys, he played even ball with two birds, three pars and two bogeys. He also got three skins and two flags over that seven hole stretch.  Sizzling.

-Two firsts yesterday:  Denny Waggoner and Larry Hembree each putted for eagle at #2 for the first time in their Lakeview golfing careers.  Gotta love these late August fairways (still would like to see a nice steady rain for the next several nights...)

-Weather today:  more sun and hot though we are having a cool morning - mid 60's here on top of the hill just south of the golf course.  Even cooler tomorrow morning - mid 50's.

-2011 Scramble winners (before we limited the handicap):

POS	Net	Player A	Player B	Gross	Team	H'cap A	H'cap B	Team
						H'cap
	1	25.67	JEFFERS, MARK	JEFFERS, SHIRLEY	33	7.33	3	19	34
	2	27.00	HART, PAUL	BOYD, JON	31	4.00	7	5	6
	2	27.00	BROSMER, DENNIS	TRAMBAUGH, TOM	36	9.00	14	20	16
	4	27.33	SUTTON, LARRY	COURTER, BRENT	33	5.67	6	11	19
	4	27.33	SHEETZ, CHARLES	WEASE, TONY	35	7.67	16	7	35

   

League Notes

-Coming up this week:  Mid-season scramble: 2 person, handicapped, nine holes, play anytime during the week.  This is a combined league event with all league players eligible to participate.  Entry fee: already covered in your league entry fee.

-Tournament champions crowned.  The season's second four week, 36 hole tournament was wrapped up this past week with four winners:  Kay Sheetz and Jeremiah Kemp shared the title in the Community League with scores of -10; Pam Byron won in the Thursday League also with a score of -10; and Terry LaMar triumphed in the Tuesday League with a score of -13.

-Coming up in July:  The season's third tournament, the match play tournament.  Details shortly.

-Rounds of the week:  Mark Potts had the low gross with a 33 on Tuesday; James Hager had a 34 in the same league.  Low net round was turned in by John Drake (Tuesday Men) with a super net 27 on a super gross 36.  Tim Sanders and Chris Jones had the low net team round of the week with a nifty 60 in the Community League.

-Team Leaders:

     -Mike Arvin and Scott Arthur stay at the top in the Tuesday League even with an off week by Mike; Scott picked him up by going low in his round, something which also vaulted him into first place in the individual standings.  Terry Butcher and Rob Sterling still in second place.  Wayne Souerdike and Joe Allen along with Danny Jones and Lonnie Hawkins moved into serious contention this week and find themselves within thirteen and nineteen points of the top position.

     -Ken Hudson and Junior Byron lost some ground in the Thursday League but still held onto first place by 6.5 points (92 point total).  Jack Butcher and Rex Hudson took them on last Thursday and came out triumphant with a 9-5 match play win which tightened the race for #1.  Frank and Susan Fee drew within striking distance with a 11-4 win in their match with the short handed Dave Strange.  Also moving into contention with a big win was the team of Virgil Harper and Terry LaMar; they handled Dick Lemmon and Dave Brown by a score of 10-4.

     -The Kemp Brothers, Jonathan and Jeremiah, are on top in the Community League after six events.  Their 67 point total is nine better than Lamar Graber and Marly Wagler.  Jonathan and Jeremiah each did well in the June tournament, Jeremiah claiming a tie for first with Jonathan coming in third.

-Individual Leaders:

     -Chris Jones remains at the top in the Community League at 140 points, a nine point advantage over surging Jeremiah Kemp.  Each did well this past week with net rounds of 30 and 31.

     -Dick Lemmon keeps the top position in the Thursday League for the second week in a row but saw his chief competition draw even closer.  Rex Hudson, on the strength of a net 34 round (versus Dick's net 35), finds himself just two points out of first place.  Pam Byron, with her net 30, which propelled her to her tournament win, closed to within seven points of the top position.

     -Mike Arvin's fall from the top (after a horrendous net round of 44) benefited his team partner as Scott Arthur climbed into first after a net round of 34.  His 634 points leads George Templin by a scant 11 points (in a league where 100 point swings can occur in a given event).  Mark Jones, who also shot a net 34 on the week, is an additional two points back.

Photo:  Short and Shirley Jeffers on the green at #8 playing their Community League round last  Thursday evening. 

Top 25 League Players at Mid Season

 

Lakeview Golf Course
Combined Leagues 2012
Season Averages Through Ten Events June 24, 2012
Top 25 League Players with a minimum of three events in 2012
Players in multiple leagues: lowest gross average displayed.
POS	Player	Evts	Gross	League
1	POTTS, MARK	7	34.00	Tues
2	JOHNSON, KEVIN	9	34.78	Tues
3	WININGER, DAVE	9	35.44	Tues
4	HAGER, JAMES	9	35.78	Tues
5	EYLER, PHIL	5	35.80	Tues
6	BUTCHER, TERRY	9	36.11	Tues
7	JEFFERS, MARK	6	36.67	Com
8	BIRD, MICHAEL	10	36.90	Thurs
9	BYRON, JUNIOR	10	37.50	Thurs
10	JEFFERS, MITCH	10	37.70	Tues
11	BOYD, JON	6	38.00	Tues
12	SEALS, MIKE	10	38.20	Tues
13	DENSON, DOUG	10	38.50	Tues
14	BLEDSOE, CHRIS	10	38.70	Tues
15	DIVINE, JORDAN	10	38.70	Tues
16	LAMAR, TERRY	6	39.50	Com
17	JONES, DAN	10	39.60	Tues
18	FEE, FRANK	9	39.67	Thurs
19	SOUERDIKE, WAYNE	10	39.70	Tues
20	GRABER, LAMAR	6	39.83	Com
21	KEMP, JONATHAN	6	39.83	Com
22	CALLAHAN, NOAH	10	40.00	Tues
23	RAYHILL, TRACY	10	40.10	Tues
24	WALKER, JOHN	6	40.33	Tues
25	HODGES, STAN	5	40.40	Com

Golf is a Hoot 2!

She hadn't played golf in several years and surprised herself by hitting the ball on her first swing!  That would be Jacee who was part of the Denny Luccini birthday bash Saturday night.  Having fun at the golf course squared!

Mid-Season League Averages Combined

The three leagues averages have been combined here.  No deletions for players in more than one league or for a minimum number of league events (will do that when I post the top 25).

Wininger and Johnson Win Saturday Morning Scramble

Dave Wininger and Curt Johnson played their first six holes at three under (included an eagle at #4), then stormed the citadel with three birds on the final three holes.  The sudden birdie attack brought them in with a sterling 29 and a two stroke victory over the teams of the Doug Denson/Spenser Souerdike and Mike Arvin/Gabby Love/Bryant Trambaugh.  Finishing at three under were Wayne Souerdike and Greg Potts along with Mike Bird and Larry Hembree.  Short Jeffers and Joe Allen played eight and were minus two on their round while Travis Brett and Jake Divine came in at even par. 

Of note:

-Doug Denson and Spenser Souerdike got the only other eagle during the scramble, at #6.
-The fourth hole played at an average of 3.86 with six birds and one eagle.
-Holes two and six played even par for four of the seven teams, making them anything but automatic birds.
-The par threes had three birds, one bogey and seventeen pars; the par fours, nine birds and twelve pars; and the par fives, two eagles, seven birds and five pars.

Photo:  Dave and Curt hanging around to see what the other teams did in the scramble.

Community League Mid Season Averages

Community League 2012
Mid season averages
24-Jun-12
Player	Evts	Gross	Net	Evt 7
		Avg	Avg	Hcp
JEFFERS, MARK	6	36.67	35.33	1
LAMAR, TERRY	6	39.50	35.33	4
GRABER, LAMAR	6	39.83	34.00	4
KEMP, JONATHAN	6	39.83	34.00	4
HODGES, STAN	5	40.40	36.80	5
BIRD, ERIC	6	40.83	35.17	7
STOLL, KARRY	6	42.33	34.50	8
WAGLER, MARLIN	6	42.83	36.17	8
ARVIN, MIKE	6	44.83	38.67	11
SIMMONS, JD	6	45.83	35.67	11
KEMP, JEREMIAH	6	46.17	33.67	12
JONES, CHRIS	6	46.33	33.83	11
SHEETZ, KAY	6	47.00	34.83	10
LAMAR, GARY	6	47.00	36.67	13
SANDERS, TIM	6	54.33	37.33	19
CHANLEY, SUSIE	6	54.50	36.33	19
BIRD, COLLEEN	6	58.83	35.83	23
JEFFERS, SHIRLEY	6	58.83	36.33	24

Community League Results Posted

This week's Community League results are posted here.  Congratulations to Jeremiah Kemp and Kay Sheetz for their tie at the top of the Individual Handicapped Tournament.  Each finished with scores of ten under par.  Jonathan Kemp was third at minus nine.

Denny Luccini Birthday Bash Photos

Jacee and Caitlin in the top photo and the birthday boy Denny Luccini in the bottom one.  Denny and a bunch of relatives and friends were in town with about twenty at the golf course to wish him a wonderful 69th.  Happy Birthday, Denny, from all of us in the Lakeview family.

Tuesday Men's League Mid Season Averages

Lakeview Golf Course
Tuesday Men's  League 2012
Season Averages Through Ten Events June 22, 2012
POS	Name	Events	Gross	Net	H'cap
1	POTTS, MARK	7	34.00	34.00	1
2	JOHNSON, KEVIN	9	34.78	35.22	1
3	WININGER, DAVE	9	35.44	34.67	0
4	HAGER, JAMES	9	35.78	35.78	0
5	EYLER, PHIL	5	35.80	34.00	1
6	BUTCHER, TERRY	9	36.11	34.67	2
7	JEFFERS, SHORT	10	36.70	35.40	1
8	JEFFERS, MITCH	10	37.70	34.80	2
9	SOUERDIKE, SPENSER	2	38.00	33.00	4
10	BOYD, JON	6	38.00	34.33	2
11	SEALS, MIKE	10	38.20	35.20	2
12	DENSON, DOUG	10	38.50	34.80	2
13	BLEDSOE, CHRIS	10	38.70	35.00	4
14	BIRD, MIKE	10	38.70	35.80	3
15	DIVINE, JORDAN	10	38.70	34.90	4
16	GILBERTSON, DEREK	1	39.00	36.00	3
17	BYRON, JUNIOR	10	39.10	35.80	4
18	JONES, DAN	10	39.60	34.50	4
19	SOUERDIKE, WAYNE	10	39.70	34.60	4
20	CALLAHAN, NOAH	10	40.00	35.60	4
21	RAYHILL, TRACY	10	40.10	35.10	4
22	WALKER, JOHN	6	40.33	35.67	5
23	TEMPLIN, GEORGE	10	40.40	34.60	5
24	GRABER, STAN	9	40.44	34.56	5
25	ARVIN, MIKE	10	40.80	34.90	4
26	LEMMON, RICHARD	1	41.00	34.00	7
27	HOLLAND, BUCK	2	41.00	32.00	8
28	POTTS, GREG	10	41.00	35.60	6
29	JOHNSON, RYAN	10	41.00	34.60	6
30	PADGETT, COLLIN	10	41.10	35.10	5
31	MCATEE, TOM	8	41.50	34.88	6
32	ACKERMAN, CAM	8	41.50	35.00	4
33	WALTON, TYLER	9	41.67	36.22	8
34	ALLEN, JOE	9	42.00	35.11	8
35	HART, PAUL	10	42.20	36.70	7
36	JOHNSON, CURT	10	42.20	34.90	5
37	JONES, KYLE	3	42.33	36.00	7
38	MCATEE, TJ	3	42.33	38.00	6
39	STOLL, KARRY	10	42.50	36.00	8
40	ACKERMAN, SKIP	3	42.67	36.33	7
41	GRABER, MARVIN	10	42.90	36.70	7
42	DIVINE, JOSH	1	43.00	35.00	8
43	SIMMONS, JD	1	43.00	33.00	9
44	ALBERTSON, MIKE	9	43.00	35.22	7
45	DRAKE, JOHN	10	43.00	34.70	8
46	LAMAR, TERRY	10	43.30	35.10	6
47	WEASE, TONY	2	43.50	35.00	9
48	PADGETT, TERRY	10	43.50	35.80	9
49	ARTHUR, SCOTT	10	43.60	34.50	7
50	BREEDEN, MIKE	10	43.80	36.70	10
51	JONES, MARK	10	44.30	34.70	7
52	SUTTON, MARK	10	44.40	35.20	7
53	TOY, NICK	10	44.50	35.90	9
54	TRAMBAUGH, BRYANT	9	44.56	36.11	8
55	BYRON, KEVIN	10	44.70	34.70	9
56	DIVINE, JACK	8	44.75	34.50	8
57	SMITH, MIKE	1	45.00	39.00	7
58	SUTTON, LARRY	10	45.30	34.80	7
59	WADE, CHAD	1	46.00	40.00	8
60	ATKISON, WARREN	5	46.00	36.00	11
61	COURTER, BRENT	9	46.33	35.22	11
62	STERLING, ROB	10	46.50	34.50	10
63	GRABER, NORMAN	1	47.00	41.00	7
64	TUCKER, JOE	1	47.00	38.00	10
65	WAGONER, DENNY	3	47.00	35.67	10
66	BURCH, MATT	10	47.10	35.70	13
67	HAWKINS, LONNIE	10	47.70	35.60	12
68	STRANGE, DAVE	7	48.14	36.43	12
69	LAMAR, GARY	10	49.70	36.00	17
70	NOLAN, DON	6	52.17	34.83	17
71	HARPER, VIRGIL	9	52.22	36.89	16
72	FLYNN, TOM	1	54.00	39.00	16