Couples Golf March 25th 2012

Lorraine Chalas showing the group how it's done on the 13th hole.

The first of this years Couples Golf Events was completed on Sunday, March 25th despite some threatening weather.  As the day started we had some beautiful warm weather with s few clouds forming but as play commenced at 1pm the big rumbling clouds moved in and it looked a bit ominous.  Nothing could deter our couples from finishing though.  We had a few doubters who when hearing a few rumbling sounds of thunder were motivated to move closer to the clubhouse.  Rick Knight heard some loud thunder but assured me based on his scientific background it was miles away.  Turns out that guy has brains to go along with those rugged good looks.  Dodging a few raindrops along the way the Couples finished in just over 4 hours then sat down in the Cornerstone for a nice meal.  While they waited for their meal they watched the UNC Tarheels being ousted from the NCAA tournament and Tiger winning his first PGA tour event in two years.  According to Ronnie that guy might be back on track.  Just before dinner Gordon stepped to the bar and announced the big winners of this years first Couples Golf.  The closest to the hole winners were announced first with Rick Knight throwing inside of 6ft on the 9th to collect $10 in shop credit.  Not to be outdone Stephanie Stokes hit a beautiful shot that finished inside of 10ft to best all the other ladies for her closest to the hole finish on the 12th hole.  Enjoy that $10 in shop credit Stephanie!  Now on to the team winners.  We paid out 3 places in the event with the team of Steve Schwerin, Chip & Pat Peterson taking the 3rd place spot ($10 per couple) with a score of 60.  Lorraine was home nursing an injured back but assured me she would be happy to spend the $10 in shop credit that her hubby won for being part of the 3rd place team. The 2nd place winners ($20 per couple) were Dave & Lynn Dunn along with Ray & Becky Deaton.  They turned in a score of 58.7.  Only 7 tenths of a shot out of a tie for 1st place.  Every time those two couples team up they are cashing a check.  Great work Dunn's & Deaton's!  The big winners of this years first Couples Golf is Russell & Stephanie Stokes along with Lorraine Chalas and Rick Finnin.  Paul Courneya had numerous complaints about the group behind them hitting the ball to far which turned out to be long hitting Dr. Stokes.  The team capitalized on his distance to bring home the bacon.  The score of 58 was just good enough to capture the first place prize of $30 per couple.  Great work team Stokes, Chalas & Finnin!  Thanks to all the couples for coming out and playing.  Even though the weather was not ideal we had a nice showing with 28 players.  Hope to see you next time.  Couples golf in April will be on the 29th.  It will be a 1pm shotgun start with dinner to follow in the Cornerstone.

At least the weather was nice for the practice before the start.  Play started on time despite multiple threats of bodily harm to pro shop staff (namely me) if it started to rain.  Sorry Mrs. C.  At least it didn't rain the whole time.

Pat Black cleaning up another one of Jim's messes on the 9th green.

Dave Harper wanted to make sure I caught on Camera the vibrant Yellow outfit he was sporting.  Sorry Dave I don't know what went wrong with my camera. 

I did however manage to capture this beautiful blue jacket that Bev Harper was wearing.

The Mamuzic's Look on as Joel Tew stripe one up onto the 15th green.

Ouch!  Just a little bit farther Rick.

Chip Peterson launches one as Pat looks on in amazement.

Men's Day 2012 is under way with some excellent golf played today by many of our members. The weather gave us a little taste of everything today with a little rain a little sunshine and a little wind.   Today's Format was Best 17 with both Gross & Net divisions.  We also had the standard Skins, Stableford & Beat the Pro (not very hard today!)  In the Best 17 format we had Ron Coffman Jr. Come out on top in the Gross division with a nice 68.  Who would have known that he would be in contention after starting the day off 5 over par after 5 holes.  Then we found out why they call him Fire because he went on a run of 4 birdies in a row to go out in only 1 over par.  Nice playing Ron!.  Paul Courneya turned in a very respectable round 71that earned him second place money in the gross.  In the Net division we had Ed Bernard and Bill Womble locking horns for the number 1 spot at 59 (both players shot a net 66 WOW).  Only 1 shot behind those two aces were Jim Blank and Mark Watson at 60 to lock up the last 2 paying spots in the Net category.  

In the Stableford format Ed Bernard blitzed the field shooting an excellent round of 77 which earned him 33 points which put him 8 points over his quota.  Nice playing Ed.  Mark Watson was close behind with +7.  The jury is still out on that guys handicap.  Nice shooting Mark!  

Their was a feeding frenzy on the pro today with 8 people besting the pro to double their money in that game.  Looks like the Pro will have to get some time out on the practice tee to knock some of the rust off of his game.  Thanks to everyone for playing today and don't forget to sign up for next weeks game.  It will be Best 1 net ball of the two player team.  The pro shop will be making up the teams and it will be a 10:00am shotgun start next week.

Best,

Dave

Mark Watson driving it down the 6th hole after making 4 straight pars.  Did I mention their is an official investigation ongoing into the validity of his handicap.

Jim Blank putting from about 6 feet away.  He calls this his comfort zone because his expectations of making the putt are so low it allows him to stroke the ball a little better.  Of course he made this one for par which started him on a red hot streak of 5 pars in a row.  There has also been talk of some committee members investigating his handicap.

Paul Courneya holding court in the Cornerstone after finishing his round.  His foursome had quite a good day all shooting in the 70's.  

I guess Jim was not satisfied with his round of net 68 so he went to the range to see if he could buy a game.  After finding out his driver was just fine he progressed to the hybrids but had to check with the boss at home before making a purchase.