Metro Senior League teams have mixed results at Green Haven – Big match next week!

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The Brookview Golden team took on their second place rivals – the University Team at Greenhaven Golf Club on July 16th. Unfortunately, they were not able to keep pace losing 10-14 allowing the University team to move back into first place by 2 points. The Valley team had a positive day winning 17 points from Chomonix who only brought two players. The win keeps the Valley team in the same place (6th) in the standings but only 3 points out of third place. The Valley teams trails the Golden team by 16 points setting up an important head-to-head match next week at Valleywood.

With two missing opponents for the Valley team, @Marty-Mangold and @Richard-Courtney were “playing the card” meaning they had to win one more hole than they lost (to net par) on each nine and the match (with an adjusted handicap.) Marty got all six points playing from the short tees but Richard got tripped up on the front nine with a tie – just too many double bogeys. He came back strong on the back to win 5 points for the match. @Jim-Husnik had a strong game with a net 71 vs a net 69 to win all 6 points. But @Ted-Roberts got skunked losing to a net 72.   

Golden captain @Roger-Hamm shot a nice net 71 but could only tie the front nine for 1 point against a net 68. Roger seems to have his competition playing their best against him! @Ramiro-Sifuentes did not fair much better getting only 2 points shooting a net 76 vs a net 73. Some pretty good golf – just not going the way the team wanted in a first place match. @Doug-Paquette also shot a net 71 wining the front and the match for four points while @Doug-Diedrich lost the front nine and came back strong to win the back and tie the match for 3 points with both players shooting a net 75.

So the big question for the week: Should the Valley team take a sucker punch for the Golden team to score big and vault into first place? Not a chance – expect this week’s match at Valleywood to be very competitive. Bragging rights between the teams!
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To find out more on the league, see Sheldon or Roger.

Fourball Results

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In what was supposed to be a day with lots of rain, Saturday ended up being one of the best Saturday’s of the summer. In our second year of running the Fourball (best-ball) tournament, we had 52 players on 26 teams playing in a single NET and GROSS event.

First place players will take home $50 and 100 BMGA Cup Points. Second place is worth $40 each and 75 BMGA Cup Points. Third place is $25 per player and 50 BMGA Cup Points. Fourth place is $15 per player and 40 BMGA Cup Points.

In the Gross Tournament, Erik Swanson + Kelly Gallagher took first place by shotting a steady -7 (65) – finding 7 birdies and no bogeys on the tournament. In second place was the team of Richard Brynteson + Zach Kamerer with a -2 (70). They found a way to overcome a +2 through 4 holes. Third place went to Forrest Nelson + Steve Hartmann at E (72). Fourth place goes to Kirk Williams + Nick Hendrikson with a +1 (73).

In the Net Tournament, Christopher Gaspard + Christopher Herzig took first place with a -10 (62) including a net Ace on #17. In second place was the team of Stan Hop + Steve Shellenbaum at -8 (64). There was a tie for third place at -7 with Jeffrey Olson + Steve Couture, Erik Swanson + Kelly Gallagher and Dan Peters + Daniel Peters. Each player with receive $20 and 22 BMGA Cup Points.

For on course prizes paying out $10 each:

  • #1 – Kelly Gallagher
  • #4 – Ryan Rogers
  • #8 – Kelly Gallagher
  • #9 – Nick Hendrikson
  • #12 – Steve Shellenbaum
  • #17 – Steve Couture
  • #18 – Matthew Payne

A look at the BMGA Cup Point Standings. Remember, the Top 12 are invited to the Shootout in October to crown the top BMGA Player.

  1. Steve Shellenbaum
  2. Matthew Payne
  3. Steve Couture
  4. Jeff Olson
  5. Richard Brynteson
  6. Stan Hop
  7. Larry Larson, Sheldon Silberman, Carson Walker
  8. (Tied 10th) Ramiro Sifuentes, Matt McClernan

Golden Team snags first place – Both Brookview teams have a great day at Daytona

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The Brookview Golden team had an outstanding day against Hiawatha on July 9th at Daytona Golf Club winning 21-3 and while passing the University team to take first place in the league of 16 metro teams. The Valley team also had a good day winning 19-5 over Green Haven and moving up to 6th place. The Valley teams trails the Golden team by 23 points.

For the Valley team, the 18th hole proved pivotal: @Chuck-Bernardy won the back nine and the match on the last green to get 4 points in a tough match against an opponent with a 1 handicap! Chuck shot a net 75 but won the holes he needed to come back after losing the front nine. @Steve-Slivken shot a nice net 73 against a net 70 but won enough holes to take all 6 points. @Larry-Larson copied Chuck’s success with a tie on the last hole to tie the back nine and win the match due to his 1-up win on the front for 5 points. Captain @Sheldon-Silberman also followed Chuck’s lead by winning the last hole for a 2-up win for the back and the match to gain 4 points.

Everyone won for the Golden team. @Stan-Hop swept all 6 points with a net 71 against a 3 handicapper on a bit of an off day. @Dan-Peters shot a net 69 grabbing another 6 points and walloping his opponent. Not to be outdone by his teammates, @Chris-Reuter shot a net 67 after struggling a bit on the front nine for a tie and then rolling on the back for the win and picking up 5 points. Captain @Roger-Hamm shot a net 73 against the day’s medalist who shot 75 (net 73) but Roger was able to win the back and the match for 4 points. The sizable win advanced the Golden team into first place in the league with a narrow margin of 2 points over the University team. Golden takes on University in a key match next week at Green Haven.

The 4-7th place teams are all within a 3 points of each other. The competition is pretty exciting as teams jockey for position. The Brookview teams are representing us well against the other 14 teams.
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To find out more on the league, see Sheldon or Roger.

16-man Team Runs Into Buzzsaw

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Thanks to everyone who was able to come out at play on somewhat short notice. The Brookview 16-man team travelled to take on the boys from New Prague Golf Club on June 27th. The day did not go as planned. The boys from New Prague used their home course knowledge and easily dispatched of the Brookview squad 17.5 – 6.5.

Only two groups on the day were able to pull out the win. The Sustad/Grove duo took 2.5 points and the Gallagher/Krasen combo was able to nab 2.0 points. The other 6 squads were only able to muster 2 points collectively. Shot of the day goes to Kelly Gallagher who almost made an albatross on the par 5 – 13th hole and instead had to settle for a tap in eagle.

There were 7 skins awarded on the day:

Sustad/Grove – 2 on #7

Lueder/Kraus – 3 on #8

Manion/Towey – 4 on #11; 2 on #12

Gallagher/Krasen – 3 on #13

Swanson/Jordan – 3 on #15

Hendrikson/Grupa – 3 on #17

We are still alive for the playoffs with our final match taking place on Sunday, August 1st at home against Braemar. The top 2 teams in each division will move on to the playoffs so if we win, we are in.

Week 10 Results

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July 1st is known as Bobby Bonilla day, well June 30th is now know as Charlie Morse day. Talk about a round that will never be forgotten and will be talked about for years to come. A 7 for 9 handicap, Charlie manages to be 4 over after 7 holes. On #8 he puts his tee shot less than a foot from the pin. On #9 he drops his 2nd shot (90 yards) into the cup for an eagle. -3 under on the last two holes. Congratulations Charlie and yes you got a skin for #9 oh and Low net, oh and closest to the pin on #8.

The new guy of the week will be postponed since I broke my phone and the picture wasn’t in the cloud. This week we have off so I’ll see you guys next week.

Closest to the pin on #1 in 2 Darin Allen $10

Closest to the pin on #4 Sheldon Silberman $10

Closest to the pin on #8 Charlie Morse $10

Longest Putt on #9 Erik Swanson $10

Closest to the pin on #11 in 2 Brian Beitlich $10

Closest to the pin #12 Paul Bryan $10

Closest to the pin on #17 Steve Couture $10

Longest Putt on #18 Dave Repinski $10

Low Gross: Erik Swanson (35) $10

Low Net: Charlie Morse (37 net 30) $10

Front 9 Skins: Charlie Morse 2 on #9 net 1, Ryan Brunt 3 on #7 net 2, ($25 Each)

Back 9 Skins: Jay Steffenhagen 3 on #11 net 2, Nate Jordan a 4 on #18 net 2, ($25 Each)

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Fourball Details

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The 2021 Fourball is scheduled for July 10th. Here are the key details:

Format: Both players will play their own golf balls throughout and the lower net score between them on each hole counts as the team score. This is an 18-hole tournament.

Players must hole out all putts for a score to count. A player may pick up on a hole but the partner must then finish the hole. If both players on a team fail to hole out on a hole, the team will be disqualified from the tournament.

Rules: USGA rules shall govern all play. Per USGA recommendation, 85% of handicaps will be used of each player. Max of 11 stroke differential between playing partners.

Payouts: The top 4 in the NET and GROSS flight will earn BMGA Cup Points and chits.

Tee Sheet: https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/7560784684855117615

Skins Sign Up: https://forms.gle/g4UUszifS7F8rtVS6

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Week 9 Results

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1st Half of the BMGA is in the books. Each of the 4 divisions has a competitive race going.  The new guy of the week is Alex Harding  He is originally from Iowa.  He was drafted by Darin Allen early in the draft for reasons that are unknown. I talked to the young lad on Wednesday and he had just won his first match of the season 6-4. He is looking forward to many more wins this season so watch out. Guys checkout the standings on the points scored on the spreadsheet to see where you are tracking for the Shootout Tournament. Good Luck in the 2nd Half.

Games $10 Each

Closest to the pin in 2 #1 Steve Shellenbaum

Closest to the pin #4 Brian Notvedt
Closest to the pin #8 Tim Lueder

Longest Putt #9 Jim Husnik

Closest to the pin in 2 #11 Ryan Johnsrud

Closest to the pin #12 Nick Hendrikson

Closest to the pin #17 Gary Scharmer

Longest Putt #18 Stan Hop

Low Net $10  3 way Tie so I picked one, Luke Fox (31)

Low Gross $10 Howie Hoffman (34)

Front 9 Net Skins ($25 Each) Don Grove 2 on #8 net 1, Carson Walker 2 on #4 net 1

Back 9 Net Skins ($16.50 Each) Chris Gaspard 3 on #12 net 1, Dan Roberts 4 on #18 net 2, Jeremy Hagen 5 on #16 net 3

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Metro Seniors Battle at Fountain Valley

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In a far-away land the Brookview Valley team took on the host, Fountain Valley and were able to come up with a split versus the home field team. Brookview Golden took on a talented Gross team and was able to come away a winner.

For the golden team, @Steve-Shellenbaum shot a nice net 76 and was able to halve his match for 3 points versus a net 74. It was a close one as one putt on each side made a big difference. @Tom-Hansen shot a 78 (one off medalist) and won the 2nd 9 and the match after dropping the front side and came home with 4 points. @Dan-Olson grabbed all 6 versus a struggling opponent and @Chris-Reuter, on a tight schedule, grabbed 5 points with his net 75. The final was 18-6 for a great win with points for everyone.

The Valley team had mixed results. Two guys were shut out and two swept their opponents. @Steve-Slivken, through his chipping woes, managed a net 74 and won all 6 points @Jim-Husnik also got all 6 points with his net 76. Unfortunately, both @Randy-Zejdlik and @Jim-Sanford were skunked. The final was a 12-12 tie.

The Golden win closed a gap with first place University, where only 5 points separate them. Wirth (20 points) made a move up T2 with Golden.
Valley dropped from T6 to solo 7 with their tie. Coming into the picture, and jumping up 4 spots is Braemar that had a perfect 24 point week, body slamming Columbia that sank from 5th to 9th with a big 0.
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Next week we are off for the 4th. On July 9th we play at Daytona where Valley takes on Greenhaven (8th place) and Golden matches up versus Hiawatha (10th place).

To find out more on the league, see Sheldon or Roger.

Week 8 Results

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What a week in Golf. No new guy of the week because I wasn’t there to take a picture this week. CTB reclaimed their #1 spot this week with a huge 52.5 win to leapfrog our great sponsor Bald Man Brewery. This week CTB play the hottest team in the league Putt for Dough. A 7 week win streak is on the line for PFD who are so desperate to put their names on the trophy! Hack Attack who desperately, needs a huge win faces off against last place (But their grinders) Foreplay. Another great match up will be Who’s your Caddy playing Last Call. Last Call is led by Bob Boufford who has had a career making season so far. Good Luck Guys….

Closest to the pin on #1 in 2 Nick Hendrikson $10

Closest to the pin on #4 M. Steinhauser $10

Closest to the pin on #8 Michael Meyer $10

Longest Putt on #9 Nick Hendrikson $10

Closest to the pin on #11 in 2 Paul Tharp $10

Closest to the pin #12 Tom Nestvold $10

Closest to the pin on #17 Matt Grove $10

Longest Putt on #18 Tom Scheunemann $10

Low Gross: Matt Grove & Zach Kamerer (35) $5 each

Low Net: Matt Grove (yup) & Jesse Rask (31) $5 each

Front 9 Skins: Dan Gregorich a 4 on #3 net 2, Eric Beitlich 4 on #7 net 2, Nick Bellestri 3 on #6 Net 2, Chris Herzig a 3 on #8 net 1, Luke Kannel 5 on #2 net 3. $10 Each

Back 9 Skins: Dylan Airhart 3 on #11 net 2 $50

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