2013 Battle at Bears Valley Results

What a weekend for golf our contestants had for the 4th annual Battle at Bears Valley.  The temps in the morning were a little cool but the sun was out and we had very little wind so the scoring conditions were excellent.  This year the Front 9 Fellas were the defending champions so they only needed 20 points to retain their bragging rights for another year.  The format for the golf was 4 separate 9 hole matches with the first 3 being two man team matches and the final 9 hole matches were singles matches.

The first match got underway at 9:00 am Saturday morning with the Front 9 Fellas playing on their home turf (the front 9).  The format for the first match was captains choice and the F9F were hot out of the starters block.  Despite Dr. Stokes holing out from the fairway on the 3rd hole their side could only muster 3 of the 8 points available giving the F9F the early lead.  The second match of the day was played on the Back 9 Boys turf with the teams competing in the always challenging Alternate Shot.  It was a bit of a bloodbath on the back nine with the FNF taking it to the B9B in their own back yards.  They took 6 1/2 of the 8 points and had a day one lead of 11 1/2 to 4 1/2.

Day two started the boys out with another stellar breakfast buffet because we all know everything goes smoother with lots of bacon!  The 3rd match was better ball format and the blue team looked a little nervous to me having to make up 7 points to get things tied up.  They were only able to muster two points in match three extending the lead for the F9F to eleven points which meant they only needed 2 1/2 points to retain and 3 points to win.  You never know what is going to happen though with 16 points available in the singles matches anything is possible.  Unfortunately for the blue team the inevitable came about with the posting of the Jeff Huber vs. Guy Spears match.  The F9F accumulated 20 1/2 points and officially won the 2013 Battle at Bears Valley.  The final result was 24 to 16 with the B9B at least getting a moral victory winning 9 and tying one of the singles matches.  Congrats to the Front 9 Fellas for a job well done.

Thanks to everyone for playing in this years Battle.  We appreciate all the players taking the time to participate as I know the demands of today's busy world have on everyone's time.

Best

Dave

Red Team! Front 9 Fellas defend their title.
Back Row from left to right:  Pat Butcher, Mark Watson, Dave Haper, Steve Ahlfeld & John Masotti.
Front row from left to right: Richard Hemming, Rick Finnin, Jim Blank, Ken Bass, Dave Dunn, Dick Tilley, Steve Dougherty, & Andy Summers.
Not pictured because they bailed on me to early:  Jeff Huber, Doug Turner & Tom Boals Jr.

Sven Tilly stripes one up onto the 18th on the final day of action.

Richard Hemming putting on a bit of a putting clinic for Birdie Bill Fitzgerald and Dave "the Dunner" Dunn

Steve Dougherty splashing one out of the bunker on 16 as everyone looks on in awe of his excellent golfing ability.

Buzz "A.T." Baughard showing off his 8th grade arms while Dr. Summers drains a nice birdie putt in the background.

Dick Tilley hoping to pick up a few short game pointers from Mark Watson on the 14th.

That is some smooth action by Guy Spears.

T.P.  Firing up the troops.