Thursday Match Play League Event 7 Recap

Dick Barber led all players in the Thursday League at Lakeview with a net score of seven under par 28 in yesterday's play.  That gives him the top spot in the opening round of the Individual Handicapped Tournament.  Jack Lents and Pam Byron each had rounds of minus six to tie for second.  Dave Brown, JD Faris, Rex Hudson, Terry LaMar and Richard Lemmon are in a tie for fourth at minus five.  Jack Butcher and Rex Hudson strengthened their hold on first place with an 11.5 to 2.5 win in their match against subs Dave Strange and Ben Course.  Patty Bowling and Pam Byron stayed close with a 9-5 win over Mike McLaughlin and Leroy Allbright.  Low scores for the day were posted by Frank Fee, Al Kavanaugh and Mike Bird for low gross with 37's, by the aforementioned Dick Barber for his net 28, and by Dave Brown and Dick Lemmon for the team low of 60.  Hole prizes were claimed by Susan Fee and Morris Cornelius with close to the pin shots, and by Junior Byron with the long putt at #8.  Average gross score for the day was 44.72, down by more than a stroke from last week's 46.

Of note:  Five players stayed for the skins and flags game following league play.  Mike McLaughlin, Phil Hardwick and Mike Bird each had two birds during the game.  Not bad when you compare that with the total of nine birds claimed earlier in the day by the 29 players in league action.  Reminiscent of all the eagles being picked up last Tuesday by the Tuesday Men: three by Mark Potts, one each by Tyler Walton and Dave Wininger.  Nice to have the warmer and dryer weather, right?

Thursday Morning Golfers

 Top photo: Wayne Pearl and Dick Lemmon watching Junior Byron putt at #9.  Middle photo: Joe Gray blasting out of the sandtrap at #1.  Bottom photo: Phil Hardwick between games.

TMPL Results

Today's results are posted here.

Lakeview Golfers: Nick Toy, Mike Seals, Denny Waggoner, Adam Brough

Maelee Hawkins Taking Up Golf

She was out yesterday for the first of four sessions and is also going down to French Lick for a golfing camp later this month. 

Thursday Match Play League Today at 9

We've got lovely weather and a lovely place to play golf where scores are going down, down, down.  Come on out and enjoy the company of your competitors and fire a low round of your own.  The 36 hole, four week Individual Handicapped Tournament starts today.  Susan Fee is the returning champion - she won last year's event with a score of 12 under par; Jim Bateman and Pam Byron tied for second at 9 under par.

On the two home teams:  I have two subs coming in to cover the four spots.  If you have a pal who wants to come down and play with us this morning, bring him or her along.  We could use two more subs.

See you all in a bit.

Pam and Junior Byron Win May Challenge

Pam and Junior Byron completed Lakeview's May Challenge with a net score of 155.67, 20.33 strokes from par, to win the initial running of the four game event.  The two had the low net score in the alternate shot portion of the tournament and placed second in the best ball and scramble portions.  Second place in the tournament was claimed by Dave Brown and Dick Lemmon with a score 155.67, same as the winners but 19.33 strokes from par with the one stroke difference in the par scores for men and women.  Low net scores for the individual events were: Phil Roberts' and Vic Wallace's 29 in the best ball; Virgil Harper's and Gary LaMar's 25.67 in the scramble; the Byron's 30.33 in the alternate shot; and a four way tie at 63 for the individual stroke - Brown and Lemon, Jack Lents and Mike Bird, Tom Walker and Mike Bird, and Skip Ackerman and John Walker.  Comnplete scores here.