Tuesday Men - Come on Down!

Neat things that could happen today:

-Terry Butcher and Doug Denson could fire a third straight round in the 32-33 range.

-Kevin Byron could shoot another net 26.

-Tracy and Cory Rayhill could shoot a pair of 35's for the second week in a row.

-Mark Potts could return to form and join Terry and Doug in that 32-33 range.  He and Dad, Greg, could shoot a gross 70 as a team.

-Mark Sherer and I could shoot a gross 70 as well.

-Hard working Tom McAtee could spend a third straight week on top of the individual standings.

-Phil Eyler and Doug Denson could get their handicaps down to the big Zero and join Terry Butcher and Mark Potts at that lofty plateau.

-John Drake could get another two hole prizes to repeat last week's claims at #7 and #9.

-A second golfer could get a complimentary cart card from Diane by getting birds on the first two holes.  Doug Denson was the first to get one by doing that last Tuesday.

-Somebody, anybody, could get a hole-in-one.

Note:  Watch out for weather today.  Looks like we are going to have stuff in the area.

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News Article for the Week of June 7

For the week of June 7, 2010
Lakeview Golf course News
by Michael Bird, Lakeview Golf Course Manager

Jeffers, Arvin, Wease and Kidwell Win Lakeview Scramble On Tiebreaker

Photo: Trey Kidwell, Mike Arvin and Tony Wease, winners in the Lakeview Saturday Morning Scramble.  Not pictured: Mark Jeffers.    Photo by Michael Bird
 
At Lakeview Golf Course on Saturday, June 5th, Mark Jeffers, Mike Arvin, Tony Wease and Trey Kidwell won the Saturday Morning Scramble with a score of 31.  The foursome was tied by the team of Wayne Souerdike, Stan Graber, Joe Allen and Kevin Byron, and the team of Tyler Kidwell, Larry Hembree, George Templin and Joe Doyle.  The Jeffers team won on a tiebreaker, a draw of the cards.  One other team participated and came in at three under par in the low scoring affair.

Thursday Match Play League Notes

First nine holes of the 36 hole Individual Handicapped Tournament was played on Thursday, the 3rd of June, with Jim Bateman  firing the low net score of the day, a nifty 29, 6 under par.  Three players share second place at 4 under par: Jack Lents, Susan Fee and Pam Byron.  Bateman and playing partner, Wilma Bateman, also remained on top in the regular season team standings, trumping Clyde Wake and Dave Strange by a score of 11.5 to 2.5.  The Batemans also had the low net team score of the day, a 63.  Frank and Susan Fee are in second place in the team standings; they crushed their opponents of the day, Ken Hudson and Carrol Rayhill by a score of 12 to 2.  Low gross score was turned in by Mike Bird with a nine par even par score of 35.  Walter Henrichsen's 39 was the second best as were his 6 pars.  Bird leads the Individual standings and is followed by Wayne Pearl, Jim Bateman and John Chapman.  Hole prizes were claimed by Ken Hudson at #7 and #8 while Jack Butcher got the one at #9 for the second week in a row.  Average gross score for the day was 46.64, down from the 47.11 of the previous week and the second lowest for the season.  Event one's average of 46.36 remains the low for the year.  Hole #6 played the hardest on the day at 1.6 strokes over it's par 5, while hole #2 played the easiest at .72 strokes over it's par of 4.

Tuesday Men's League Notes

Terry Butcher had a five birdie afternoon last Tuesday and turned in the low gross with a sterling 32.  Doug Denson also had a good afternoon with three birds and a score of 33.  Kevin Byron had the low net of the day, a very nifty 26 on a gross of 40, and is the leader of the Individual Handicapped Tournament after nine holes.  He leads Tracy Rayhill by three strokes, and is four up on Dennis Brosmer, Doug Denson, John Drake and Greg Potts.  Hole prize winners on the day were John Drake (2) and Skip Ackerman on close to the pin shots, and Terry Padgett, Dennis Brosmer and Jon Boyd on the long putts.  Low net team score was a tie at 63 by the Terry Butcher/Rob Sterling team and the John Drake/Tom McAtee team.  Leaders in the standings after seven events are Doug Denson and Buck Holland in team competition and Tom McAtee in the individual competition.  On the day, 42 of 59 players shot net par or better, 35 of them in the better category.  Group average gross score was 41.80, a new low for the season.

Community League Season Underway

Lakeview Golf Course's Community League got underway during the week of May 30th.  Seventeen two person teams are participating in this summer league where the golfers play their round at their convenience sometime during the week.  For the initial week of the season, Jack Lents and Allen Yoder came out clicking on all cylinders, each shooting sterling net 29's.  That puts them on top of the individual standings as well as tied for first in the Individual Handicapped Tournament, a four week, 36 hole event to start the season.  In team standings, Allen Yoder and Dale Yoder are on top after firing a net 60.  Second place is held by the team of Jason Graber and Perry Yoder who combined for a net score of 62.  Low gross score was Short Jeffer's 37 with Mike Bird's 38 taking second.

Sherer, Knepp, Allen and Nickless Win Saturday Scramble at Lakeview

On Saturday, May 29th, Joe Allen chipped in for eagle at #5 and then rolled in a 25 footer at #9 to do his share in helping teammates  Mark Sherer, Darvin Knepp and Jack Nickless win the Saturday scramble at Lakeview.  The foursome finished at eight under par for the nine holes and won the event on a card draw tie breaker as the team of Dave Wininger, Greg Potts, Abe Knepp and Trey Kidwell also finished at eight under.  Mike Bird, Wayne Souerdike, Gaby Love and Curt Johnson at six under par finished third in the five team competition.

Bits and Pieces

Photo: Hannah LaMar, celebrated Lion tennis star, finishing up a little painting out at the golf course this past Thursday.

-John Wooden dies.  What a great person.  Don't ever remember anybody making a big deal out of the fact that his 88 game wining streak was broken in South Bend (at Notre Dame), a city where he spent nine years as coach and teacher at South Bend Central.  Here's Wooden's idea of getting after a referee (from the link):

"Dadburn it, you saw him double-dribble down there!" went a typical Wooden complaint to an official. "Goodness gracious sakes alive!"

 Don't expect you would hear anything close to that nowadays or even back then.

-Lakeview Community League well under way.  Seventeen teams registered and on the books.  First week's results should be out later today or tomorrow.

-Eric and his boys, Lucas and Ian, and I went out last night and got our rounds in (for the Community League).  The first time any of them have played this year though each has spent many hours at the golf course.  Each of us used up our handicaps, and then some.  Went down to Dairy Master for a bite to eat afterwards.

-Steve Gootee brought in Tom Coyne's A Course Called Ireland.  The author takes a long walk around Ireland looking for "a Country, a Pint, and the Next Tee".  Sounds like a pretty neat thing to do with several months of your life.  Don't know about the walking part though.

-Susan and Frank Fee followed us around the golf course last night, being comfortable taking their time as we went about chasing our balls down and getting them onto the green and then into the hole.  Must have suited Susan just about right - she matched her best ever nine hole score at Lakeview, a nifty 39.

-Mark Sherer and his son, Jansen, along with Chuck Baker and Tommy Flynn, were also late Saturday golfers.

-Hope Tiger has a decent round, like 10 under, later this afternoon.  Expect the youngster, Ricky Fowler, will continue to play very well to get a big win at the Memorial.  Btw, did you hear Jack Nicklaus talking about his honeymoon during the rain delay yesterday?  About how few women get the chance to see such great golf courses on their honeymoon?  Three, I think he said.  And did you know that the Golden Bear has small hands - wears a men's small golf glove.

-Best get on with my day.  Diane still up in South Bend at a college reunion (St. Mary's).  Back on late tomorrow.  Daughter Danielle at home with her new baby, Jane Annabeth, now all of five days old.  Welcome to our world, little Jane.

Jeffers, Arvin, Wease and Kidwell Win Lakeview Scramble On Tiebreaker

Photo: Trey Kidwell, Mike Arvin and Tony Wease, winners in the Lakeview Saturday Morning Scramble.  Not pictured: Mark Jeffers.    Photo by Michael Bird
 
At Lakeview Golf Course on Saturday, June 5th, Mark Jeffers, Mike Arvin, Tony Wease and Trey Kidwell won the Saturday Morning Scramble with a score of 31.  The foursome was tied by the team of Wayne Souerdike, Stan Graber, Joe Allen and Kevin Byron, and the team of Tyler Kidwell, Larry Hembree, George Templin and Joe Doyle, but won on a tiebreaker, a draw of the cards.  One other team participated and came in at three under par in the low scoring affair.

Saturday Scramble Start Time

9am

Loogootee Summerfest Annual Golf Scramble on Saturday, June 19th

Mike Arvin, pictured above, wants to remind everybody that the Loogootee Summerfest Annual Scramble is coming up on the 19th of June.  That's about two weeks from today. 

Format:     ABCD with total team handicap greater than 40 with only one player having a handicap of 5 or less.

Cash prizes to be awarded and determined by number of teams competing.

Entry Fee:     $30 for non members; $25 for Lakeview Golf Course members.  Entry fee includes cart, green fees, door prize entry and lunch.

Mulligans:     $5 each - 1 per player

Date:    June 19th with an 8am shotgun start.  Registration 7:15 - 7:45.

Contact Mike Arvin (295-3429) or Dave Wininger (295-4282)