Saturday Morning Scramble - Shamble - Golf Game: Time for change

In this season of change: It's been over a dozen years that I have been running a nine hole golf game on Saturday mornings and I think that is more than enough for any one person to be holding the baton. It has been a lot of fun playing with a multitude of players with all different levels of skill. Over the last several months, my own interests have changed and that has resulted in a change in the kind of golf games being organized on Saturday mornings. They, too, have been fun as well as challenging in different ways than the traditional scramble. But that has resulted in a mixed reaction from the Saturday morning participants. So, in order to make room for other enterprising individuals, and I know there are several out there, I am placing the baton on the podium to be picked up by whomever. I appreciate and am thankful for the many games that have been played all these Saturday mornings over the last dozen or so years, and , of course, for the many chances to share a few hours with a pretty good bunch of guys.

Senior Game Results

Ray Shaw birdied #9 to seal a win for himself, Dave Strange and Mike Bird in a the Thursday afternoon senior game. The trio bested Jack Lents, Rex Hudson and Jack Butcher in a '345' game where the players played their own balls on the par threes, scrambled on the par fours, and did alternate shot on the par fives. The winning team ended up shooting par in a three stroke victory over their opponents.

Shamble Definition

The meaning of 'shamble' - it is a golf game...

WCC Retains Tin Cup with Singles Mastery

The results are posted here. WCC overwhelmed the LGC golfers in the singles matches by a score of 12.5 to 3.5. That overcame a four point lead that Lakeview opened with a 5.5 to 2.5 win in the Alternate Shot competition that preceded the singles matches at the Washington Country Club this morning. Photos and more comments later.

Tin Cup Pairings for October 8th

Tomorrow's pairings for the second leg of the Tin Cup Challenge 2008 are posted here. Play starts at nine in the morning and is followed by lunch and trophy presentation. On weather: we have our fingers crossed and hope that the rains will be done by tee time. Will up date early in the morning once we see what the skies look like.

Game reminders

-The Denson pick-up scramble is scheduled for a 5 o'clock tee off this afternoon. Doug will be putting together the teams shortly before that time and we'll do what we can to minimize the expected rain, at least temporarily.

-The Tin Cup Challenge 2008 wraps up tomorrow at Washington Country Club with a 9am start. The Lakeview roster is the same as last week with the addition of Wayne Souerdike, Jack Lents and Denny Wagoner (update: make that Vic Wallace rather than Denny) and the deletion of Tony Wease, Rex Hudson and Kenny Hudson. Expect to post the pairings later today along with rain options (though we will again ask both the Rain and the Golf godesses to look favorably upon our requests for a delay or a temporary cessation in the expected downpour).

-The Thursday Senior game will start at 10 am.

Tin Cup Results Week 1

The results for the Scramble and Best Ball matches at Lakeview are posted here. The Lakeview Golf Course crew came out of the day with a 8.5 to 7.5 point lead over the Washington Country Club crowd.

Tin Cup Challenge update

The teams are set and can be seen here. One late change this afternoon: Jack Lents wrenched his back and will be replaced in tomorrow's games by Tony Wease.

Tin Cup Challenge update

Update: Tentative pairings for October 1st are posted at the website.

The roster for Lakeview has been filled out with the additions of Ken Hudson, Ward Smith, Morris Cornelius and Leroy Streepy. Expect to post tentative pairings later tonight or early in the morning. Our website has the complete rosters here.

The Tin Cup Challenge - roster update

The Lakeview roster so far (have twelve, need four more...):

Mike Bird
Junior Byron
Wayne Souerdike (2nd week)
Bryant Trambaugh
George Templin
Jack Butcher
John Chapman
Herb Roach
Jack Lents
Rex Hudson (1st week)
Ray Shaw
Dave Strange
Gary Webb

Tuesday's Game

Tomorrow's post league season game (#5) will be a two person handicapped modified scramble where players will play their own balls on the par threes with both scores counting as the team score. The other six holes will be played using the scramble format. Handicaps will be figured by adding the players' handicaps together and dividing by three with a maximum of ten. Fee is $3 per person and all Lakeview League participants and their guests are welcome to play anytime Tuesday.

Tin Cup Challenge update

Information on this year's Tin Cup Challenge can be found here at our website. Data includes Washington's pairings and Lakeview's partial roster. Once Lakeview's roster is complete, pairings will be finalized.

Junior Byron Team Triumphs Again!

The Junior Byron led team won the Thursday Senior Game by a score of 3 to 2. Twenty-two players joined in a game which had the golfers playing best ball, scramble and alternating shot over the nine hole game. Junior, Wayne Souerdike and Clyde Wake lost their match to Mike Bird, John Chapman and Pam Byron by a score of 36-38 but were supported by the other team members who did not lose any of their matches. Kenny Hudson and Dave Brown handled Jack Lents and Rex Hudson, 39-42; Dave Strange and Ray Shaw tied Denny Wagoner and Leroy Streepy, 41-41; Diane Bird and Wilma Bateman tied Kim Jones and Susie Chanley, 43-43; and Larry Dinkens and Dave Gingerich beat Phil Stiles and Tom Doyle in the deciding match: 38-40. Each match was worth one point and that gave the Black Team a victory by a score of 3-2.

Update: Score correction: Dave Strange and Ray Shaw lost their match to Denny Wagoner and Leroy Streepy, 40-41. That brought the teams to a 2.5-2.5 tie.

Tin Cup Challenge Change

The Washington Country Club is aerating their greens this week and to give them more time to recover, the location of the games has been reversed: October 1st scramble and best ball will be played at Lakeview and the October 8th alternate shot and singles matches will be played at Washington Country Club.

Brothers Tyler and Trenton Kidwell Win Post Season Game #3

Brothers Tyler and Trenton Kidwell shot both the low gross (32) and the low net (30.33) in the third post season game at Lakeview today. Second place went to last week's winners, TJ McAtee and Ryan Johnson, who came in with a net of 32 after finishing with a gross of 36. Fourteen two person teams competed in the nine hole handicapped game that had golfers playing Best Ball on the par threes, a Scramble on the par fours, and Alternate Shot on the par fives. All the results can be found here.

Tuesday All League Game

Tomorrow's game for all League members and guests will be a two person, handicapped Scramble/Best Ball/Alternating Shot affair. The Par Three holes will be played as Best Ball (play your own ball, low score is the team score); the Par Fours will be the Scramble holes; and the Par Fives will be Alternating Shot (both players hit from the tee box and then alternate shots till ball is holed). Handicap will be the sum of the golfers' nine hole Lakeview handicaps divided by three with a maximum of eight. Teams can play anytime during the day. Prize Fee: $3.

Tin Cup Challenge

That would be the upcoming home and away match play event between Lakeview and Washington Country Club (October 1st and 8th - at WCC first - starting at 9am with lunch following each 18 holes). Lakeview added two more golfers to its roster this weekend: Gary Webb and Bryant Trambaugh. Still looking for more golfers to join us. Call the clubhouse or send me an email at golflakeview@gmail.com.

Lakeview-Washington Challenge Date change

Let's try October 1st and October 8th for the dates of the Lakeview-Washington Challenge. Here's the details:

Lakeview-Washington 2008 Golf Challenge

Here are the details:

Wednesday, October 1:
Washington Country Club
18 holes 9am start lunch follows

1st nine holes: Scramble (2 man team)
2nd nine holes: Best Ball (2 man team)

Wednesday, October 8:
Lakeview Golf Course
18 holes 9am start time lunch follows

1st nine holes: Alternate Shot
2nd nine holes: Individual stroke play

Contacts:
Lakeview: Mike Bird 295-5678 email: golflakeview@gmail.com
Washington: Dave Gingerich 698-0256 email: lsdlging@avenuebroadband.com

Looking for 16 golfers to represent Lakeview Golf Course in this second year of the Tin Cup Challenge which was won last year by the WCC golfers.

Tuesday Boyz Club East West Challenge

The details:

September 16th
Country Oaks 9am start
2 Man East teams playing against 2 Man West teams
The game: 6-6-6 (six holes best ball, six holes scramble, six holes alternating shot)

Looking for 12 golfers to represent Lakeview Golf Course and the East! Contact Junior Byron or the clubhouse.

Lakeview-Washington 2008 Golf Challenge

Here are the details:

Wednesday, September 24:
Washington Country Club
18 holes 9am start lunch follows

1st nine holes: Scramble (2 man team)
2nd nine holes: Best Ball (2 man team)

Wednesday, October 1:
Lakeview Golf Course
18 holes 9am start time lunch follows

1st nine holes: Alternate Shot
2nd nine holes: Individual stroke play

Contacts:
Lakeview: Mike Bird 295-5678 email: golflakeview@gmail.com
Washington: Dave Gingerich 698-0256 email: lsdlging@avenuebroadband.com

Looking for 16 golfers to represent Lakeview Golf Course in this second year of the Tin Cup Challenge which was won last year by the WCC golfers.