Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Tuesday League: Jordan Divine a Double Winner as Season Ends

Jordan Divine completed his first season in a Lakeview league by topping both the individual and team standings.  His final day round of net 36 earned him 40 points and a season leading total of 1420 in the individual competition.  He topped second place Danny Jones who finished at 1360 points.  Divine and playing partner Mitch Jeffers combined for a net 68 on the day, earned 42 points and won the team championship with a total of 737 points.  They beat out three other teams who had designs on the top spot when the day started.  John Walker and Skip Ackerman posted a net 69 and finished in second place at 703 points while the team of Dan Jones and Lonnie Hawkins fired a net 64 to finish at 701 points.  Tom Walker and Mike Bird also posted a net 68 and finished the season in fourth place with a total of 700 points.

The two wins by Jordan came up one short as he started the day on top of the B Flight in the flighted tournament.  His 39 gross opened the door for Junior Byron who fired a 37 for the day, slipped ahead of Divine and won the B Flight with a 36 hole total of 147.  In the other flights:  James Hager shot a final round 34 to finish with a super seven under par 133 for the 36 holes in the A Flight.  His nearest competitor was Dave Wininger who finished at 141.  Karry Stoll won C Flight by firing a 41, two strokes better than last week's co-leader, Jake Divine.  Stoll finished at 159, two up on both Divine and Skip Ackerman.  In D Flight, Paul Hart completed his romp with a final round of 40 and a total of 154.  That gave him a thirteen stroke advantage over second place finisher Curt Johnson.  Kevin Byron shot a 45 to finish at 180 for the tournament and a win in the F Flight.  He beat out Virgil Harper who finished with a total of 184.  Tom Trambaugh also had an easy time in the F Flight.  His final day 50 gave him a 186 total and a fourteen stroke win over Tom Flynn.

Final day low scores were posted by Derek Gilbertson, Tom McAtee and Kent Summers, each with net 30's.  Derek Gilbertson also tied for the low gross honors; he along with James Hager and Josh Hawkins fired 34's.  Hole prizes were claimed by Mike Bird (who aced #3 for the only hole-in-one in the league this year) and by Wayne Souerdike and Tim Voegerl with close to the pin shots.  Tom Flynn, Karry Stoll and Kent Summers had long putts.  The average gross score of 41.71 was lower than last week's 42.35 but well above the season low of 40.26 posted two weeks ago.


Mike Bird Aces #3 at Lakeview


Mike Bird holed out his tee shot at #3 during the final day of League play on Tuesday, claiming his second ace at that hole and third ace overall.   Playing with Tom Walker, Greg Potts and Tracy Rayhill, Bird used a Taylor Made 22 degree rescue club to drive his ProV1x ball through the headwind some 150 yards and onto the green.  The golfers noted the excellent path of the ball but were not able to see its final destination.  After reaching the green and seeing the divot some 15 feet in front of the flag but no ball sitting on the green, and after Tracy Rayhill identified the ball off the green directly behind the flag as his, someone suggested that it might be in the hole.  Bird, still wondering which clubs he would need to finish the hole, watched as Rayhill ambled over and found the ball in the cup.  Raising his arms in delight, Bird accepted congratulations from his playing partners and commented that that took care of the double bogey at #2.  Bird went on to finish his round with a one over par 36.

Passing the Buck at Conclusion of East-West Challenge

Mike Bird on the left passing the 'proverbial buck' to Mike Anderson yesterday after the West (Country Oaks) squad dominated the East (Lakeview) squad on the second day of the annual Anderson East-West Challenge at Country Oaks.  The two day, four game event had 34 players going at it in a two ball-alternate shot-best ball-scramble format.  After coming away from Lakeview play on Monday tied at 16 points apiece, the 'Oakies' showed no mercy in winning the second day games by a score of 20-12.  Final score was 36-28 in favor of the West team. 

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Tuesday Men's League Results

Today's league play results are posted here.  Congrats to our league champions - Jordan Divine and Mitch Jeffers in team, Jordan Divine in individual.  Congrats also to our flight winners: James Hager in A, Junior Byron in B, Karry Stoll in C, Paul Hart in D, Kevin Byron in E, and Tom Trambaugh in F.  Also congrats to Mike Bird for his hole-in-one at #3 today.  :)

East-West Challenge - Day 2 at the Oaks: West Dominant


Tuesday Men, Come on Down!

Final day of the regular season with Jordan Divine and Mitch Jeffers topping the team standings, and Jordan (Divine) also at the top of the individual standings.  He has only Karry Stoll to fend off there while several teams still have a shot at ending up in first in the team competition including John Walker and Skip Ackerman, Tracy Rayhill and Greg Potts, and Tom Walker and Mike Bird.  Then there is the flighted tournament to wrap up.  The B and C Flights are the most competitive with Junior Byron just one back of Jordan Divine in B Flight.  In C Flight, Jake Divine and Karry Stoll are tied for the lead and Skip Ackerman is only two shots out.  James Hager in A, Paul Hart in D, Kevin Byron in E and Tom Trambaugh in F all enjoy 4 and more stroke leads.  Not that they can't be caught; it will just take a bit more from the challengers.

Weather is lovely; course has fairways that are fast and greens that are soft.  Best come on down and have a good time on this final day of the 2011 season.

Note:  September Challenge starts next week.  Be thinking of who you are going to pair up with.


September Challenge (All League event) - 2 person 27 hole handicapped game over a three week period starting with the week of September 18th; participants may play anytime during the week of the particular game.

-Scramble: Week of September 18th
-Alternate Shot: Week of September 25th
-Best Ball: Week of October 2nd