2012 Couples Member Guest "Fall Classic" Results

The weather for this years Couples Member Guest seemed to be on every ones mind but Superstorm Sandy only gave us a we bit o wind and that is about it.  Not nearly enough to deter any of our hearty competitors from playing in the 2012 Couples Member Guest Fall Classic.  We had a nice showing of 13 teams which gave us 52 total players.  A big thank you to Mr. & Mrs. Hyland and Mr. & Mrs. Boals for coordinating this event.  They did a  great job and should be commended for all of their hard work making sure this years Fall Classic was one to be remembered.  The weekend started off with a practice round better ball game on Friday where we saw great participation and some very low scores!  Joel & Cindy Tew along with their guests Craig & Donna Linton fired an amazing 16 under par 56 which was two shots better than their closest competitors and earned them the top paying spot in the Friday Better Ball game.  The final two paying spots for second and third place were our tournament organizers.  Team Boals/Tufts scored a very respectable 58 with the help of Tom Boals back nine score of 39 gross!  Team Hyland/Watterworth rounded out the top paying spots with a scorecard playoff at 59.

Saturday's forecast was 70% chance or rain and high winds.  That forecast did not come through as predicted and the Fall Classic went on as scheduled.  So much for Superstorm Sandy.  The format for tournament day was 2 best balls of the four player team with both gross and net divisions.  The top paying spots were 1st place gross along with 1st, 2nd & 3rd place net.  We had three special event holes with hole #9 as the beat the pro hole along with closest to the hole prizes for ladies on the 12th and men on the 17th.  We had Gordon "Great Scot" McKinlay out on the 9th challenging all comers with his silky smooth swing.  The game was that you could bet any amount you wanted and if you hit it closer than the Pro you doubled your money.  This game was a no loose game though because if you did not hit it closer you still got your money in pro shop credit.  This fact may have eluded Norman "the crusher" Finegold who bet the minimum $5 and careened one off of the rocks into the middle of the pond but not his wife Karen who stepped up the bet to $10 and proceeded to knock it to within 3 feet nearly holing the ball out to beat the Great Scot who had hit his ball to about 12 ft.  Gordon continued to be on his game as we had near 100% participation in this event with only 12 players beating the pro.  Congratulations to those players.  The closest to the hole on #12 for the ladies was Diane Tufts and the winner for closest to the hole on the 17th was Lynn Olmsted.

First Place in the Gross division went to the team of Bruce & Lorraine Chalas along with their guests, Lynn & Diane Olmsted.  They carded a respectable score of four over par 148 to beat their nearest competitor by two shots.

The First place net winners were the team of Ray & Becky Deaton with our former members Mike & Kathy Fiske.  They fired an astounding score of 22 under par 122 which surprisingly was only two shots ahead of the 2nd place finishers of team Boals/Tufts.  Rounding out the last paying spot was the Michigan connection of Scott & Sharon Fields along with Joe & Kim Deyonker.  They were at 16 under 128.  Well done to all of the top competitors.

The golf was followed with a very nice cocktail reception where the winners were announced.  The evening was concluded with Dinner and Dancing in the ballroom.   Good times were had by all who participated and the anticipation is already building for next years Fall Classic!  Thanks to everyone who played in this wonderful event and to those that contributed their time in making it happen.

Team Boals/Tufts finishing up on the difficult 4th hole

Sharon Fields fires one in from the fairway on the 18th

Scott Fields demonstrating exceptional skills with his favorite club in the bag.

Team Michalek finishes up on the 16th.  They get my vote for best dressed.

Cindy Boals attempting to hole one on the 5th.

Steve Tufts cleaning up after taking a dip in the creek on the 5th hole.  

Tom Beddow shoots one over the creek on #5 as Kathy looks on.

Wanda Little attempts to hit it closer than her playing partner Kathy.  That may be a tall order though as you can see how close her ball is to the hole here.

George Little attempting to get this one over the creek on #5.  He did get it over the creek but we won't talk about where it ended up.

Tall, Taller, Tallest

Best of friend's

TP giving out the final results of the big event.

And the winner is?

Men's Day Results October 13th 2012

What a beauty of a day we had today.  We had 17 players show up today and play in our format of 2 net and 1 gross of the four player team.  Dave Sundman came blowing back into town and gobbled up the lions share of the winnings today with a beautiful performance in the Stableford with a +5 coupled with a tie in the team game for first place and to top it all off he mad a net skin on the difficult 13th hole.  Great work Dave.  Nice to see you back in town.  Another out of towner came back from his stay at college to scrape up all the skin money.  Sam Packard, who has been away at ECU, was had 5 skins which included 3 birdies and an Eagle!  Nice work Sam.

In the team game we had a tie between the teams of  Mark Packard, Sam Packard, Mark Watson, Ron "Fire" Coffman &  Steve Ahlfeld, Dave Dunn, David Sundman, Alan Curtis.  Both teams were deadlocked at 202.  Well done guys!

Dave Sundman was the only one to beat the pro today as most people did not get their points in the quota game today.  Better luck next time everybody.

Check out the results sheet below for complete tournament results.  Next weeks format will be best 2 net of the 4 player team and we will have a shotgun start at 10:00 am.

 Don't forget to sign up for the Battle at Bears Valley.  We still have a few spots left.

Thanks to everyone for playing today.

Best,

Dave

2012 Men's Club Championship Results

With a bit of a cool final day for our finish the guys dodged the rain and got it in with a new Champion being crowned this year.  

The Men's portion of the Championship saw nineteen players divided into 2 separate flights.  The first flight played from the blue tee markers and had a Gross and a Net Champion.  The Net portion was a battle with it coming down to the wire and a bit of a controversial finish.  After day one we had a tie at 2 under par 70 with Tom Boals Sr. and Ron Murray holding the top spot.  Day 2 saw a very similar situation with both players still tied for first place net.  With the rule sheet clearly stating that there would be a playoff starting on hole #1 after completion of play.  The important part of that equation is that you have to be present for the playoff.  With the absence of Ron Murray, Tom Boals was declared the 2012 Net First Flight Champion.  Great playing Mr. Boals!  

The Gross winner this year was sharp shooting, cigar smoking, renaissance man Steve Ahlfeld.  He captured the title with some nice steady play over two days with rounds of 78, 76 for a total of 154.  Steve started out both days with some excellent play on the first nine holes where he was actually 1 under par on those first nine's.  He must have not wanted to beat up on his competition too badly for fear of never getting a bet out of them again on their regular Sunday morning game. Great work Chopper!

In the Championship flight we had a close race after day one with four out of the seven players within shouting distance of our day one leader Ken Bass who fired an impressive 73.  Day two was a different story for the field where William Rocchi turned in an impressive showing of how consistency wins championships.  He had one bogey and 17 pars to shoot 73 on the final day.  That combined with his day one score of 74 gave him a total of 147 and a six shot victory over former champion Ron Coffman and eight shots clear of two time defending champion Steve Dougherty.  Great work Rock!

Congratulations to all of our 2012 Champions and to all of those who played in this years championship

Best,

Dave

Jim Blank firing away on the 7th hole

What kind of lie is that?  I guess it is the lie of a Champion.

Philip Bailey trying for a par save on the 6th hole

The Dunner sinking a nice par putt on the 6th

Blanchard Granville showing that Dave Dunn is not the only one who can sink a long one.

New Member Alan Curtis watches as his ball undoubtedly drops close to the flag.

Pat Butcher reeling back for another powerful blow at the golf ball on #6

Long Driving Fabian Alzamora with another short iron approach to a green.

Rob Oldroyd trying from long range for birdie on the 5th.

Day one leader Ken Bass cleaning up his par put on the 5th hole

Flight one Gross Champion and Cigar aficionado Steve Ahlfeld cranks one out there on the 5th

Lets get that shirt tucked in John.  I don't want to have to send you a letter for dress code violation.

SMASH!

Back to Back Champion Steve Dougherty attempting to splash one out of the bunker on #4

2012 Champion William Rocchi attempts to hole a long one on the 4th

Just one more putt that hangs on the lip for Matt Oldroyd

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