Mike Bird, Stan Graber and Gabby Love shot a five under par in regulation to tie Dave Wininger, Larry Hembree and Kevin Byron in the Saturday Morning Scramble at Lakeview yesterday. On the first extra hole, after a Bird drive just off the fairway on the right at the 95 yard line, Gabby Love pitched to within seven feet of the pin. That putt was conceded after the Wininger team took three shots to reach the green (their second shot was a punch back into the fairway from underneath the fir tree between the first fairway and the ninth green) and the missed par putt of twenty some feet. The winning trio used birds at holes one, two, four, six and seven along with three pars to post a score of 30. The Wininger team had birds at two, four, six, seven and eight to post the same score and force the playoff. A third team, Wayne Souerdike, Greg Potts and Joe Allen, finished at 32. The group played in an off and on light rain that didn't dampen anybody's spirits what with the drought like conditions of the last several weeks.
Of note: The Souerdike team started out like gangbusters with birds at three of their first four holes but then parred out over the last five holes for their score of 32.
Photo: The contenders on the tee box starting the playoff. From the left: Gabby Love, Larry Hembree, Mike Bird, Stan Graber, Kevin Byron and Dave Wininger. Photo by Pam Byron.
Of note: The Souerdike team started out like gangbusters with birds at three of their first four holes but then parred out over the last five holes for their score of 32.
Photo: The contenders on the tee box starting the playoff. From the left: Gabby Love, Larry Hembree, Mike Bird, Stan Graber, Kevin Byron and Dave Wininger. Photo by Pam Byron.
