The Two-Man Match Play Championship took place on Thursday, September 26th. The event featured Darin Allen and Ted Roberts (both with 16 handicaps) against Larry Jocelyn and Eric Beitlich (16 from the Gold Tees and a 23 handicap).

The match was close overall, with both teams having the lead.  Allen and Roberts secured their victory on the eighteenth hole.The match began with a tie on the first hole, as both Roberts and Jocelyn scored par.  Allen took the lead on the second hole with a birdie. Jocelyn responded by winning the third hole with a birdie and the fourth with a par.

Roberts brought the match to a tie by winning the fifth hole with a par. The sixth and seventh holes were halved, keeping the match all square going into the eighth hole. Jocelyn’s bogey on the eighth hole gave his team a one-shot advantage, as Allen and Roberts couldn’t match his effort. The ninth hole ended in a tie, leaving Allen and Roberts one point down at the turn.

Jocelyn extended his team’s lead to two points with a birdie on the tenth hole. The eleventh hole saw a tie between Allen, Roberts, and Jocelyn, maintaining the two-point difference in favor of Jocelyn and Beitlich.

Roberts’ bogey on the fourteenth hole put his team down by a point. On the fifteenth hole, Roberts’ hit a beautiful chip shot over the bunker that allowed him to make par, tying the score.

The sixteenth hole ended in a tie as both Roberts and Beitlich holed out for six, setting up a dramatic finish. The seventeenth hole saw Allen, Roberts, and Jocelyn all shoot par, keeping the match tied.

On the eighteenth hole, Allen hit a solid drive to the right rough, about 200 yards from the flag. Roberts’ drive landed in the pond on the left, while Beitlich’s drive went out of bounds past the pond. Roberts’ second shot also found the pond, and Beitlich’s second drive went out of bounds. Jocelyn’s drive from the Gold Tees ended up in the water to the right.

This left Allen in a strong position to manage the course, and he secured the championship for Allen and Roberts by winning the eighteenth hole. The match was very close and both teams played well!

From the last wild card spot in the Golden Valley conference, the #6 seed in the playoffs, Par Then Bar (team #14) defeated perennial favorite, Bald Man Brewing (the 2nd seed in the playoffs) 42-39 in the finals on a beautiful Wednesday night. While captain Phil Berndt was out of town, his team pulled off the victory after a shaky start loosing the first match in at 13-1/2 to 6-1/2. The second match in nearly caught up with a 12-1/2 to 7-1/2 win for Team #14. The third match came in with a solid 12-8 win putting the eventual champions up 31-29. The earlier tie-breaker match was won at 7-3 so Bald Man Brewing needed at least a 2-1/2 point margin in the last match. But that didn’t happen with an exciting (and slightly controversial) 10-10 finish.

Congratulations to the whole team of captain Phil Berndt, Phil Barlow, Greg Donohue, Kyle Johnsrud, Tyler Lux, Andy Marten, Brett Mory, Matt Payne, Kyle Spicer, Adam Thom, Chris Tietz, and Randy Zejdlik.

It was a great end to a great season! Thanks to all the players, captains, the BMGA Board and all the staff at Brookview.

Don’t forget to come watch the shoot out at noon on Sunday October 6 and sign up for the Banquet on October 25 and relive some of the great moments and congratulate all the 2024 winners.

Apologies for the delay in getting this posted. I know everyone was on pins and needles anticipating who had made the championship!

Moving onto the final is Par Then Bar and Bald Man Brewing.
Tee times for the championship round are this Wednesday at 4 and 4:10. With gorgeous weather in the forecast all are welcome to come celebrate the champions and last official night of Wednesday Night League. Whether you decide to tell your significant other that the league year is coming to a close is up to you.

Good morning. Today we start the process of identifying out 24 players for the 2024 Tournament of Champions to crown our eventual Shootout and BMGA Champion!

The below is the current Top 12 in WNL and Shootout points. There are some duplicate names so we will work down each list until we have 12 WNL and 12 Weekend Players.

The Shootout will happen on Sunday, October 6th. We encourage all BMGA members to attend the shootout portion which will start at approximately 2:00 PM on Hole #10. For players, the first nine starts with a 12:00 Noon shotgun start.

WNL

Corey Smith

Steve Binenstock

Richard Courtney

Daniel kjorsvik

Randy Milbert

Steve Couture

Phil Berndt

Paul Yakshe

Brad Jordan

Brian Beitlich

Theo Scheunemann

Mick Krause

And …

Weekend

Richard Brynteson

Brad Jordan

Jeff Towey

Howard Hoffman

John Bolduc

Larry Jocelyn

Patrick Hoffman

Richard Courtney

Brent Lindstrom

Steve Shellenbaum

Darin Allen

Luke Rajkowski

Again, this is NOT a final list of those playing as you can see duplicates. We will update this once we have confirmation of our final 24 players.

Below are all of the details of the 2024 Calcutta. We will continue to update this single post as new information becomes available.

Tee Sheet

You can find Round 1 and Round 2 tee sheets here. Remember, we have an 8AM shotgun and an approximate 1:15PM shotgun.

Horse Race

You can bid online via this form. Any bets must be entered by Saturday at noon on September 21st. Payment must be made before the event starts or your bet is removed.

Current Favorites (Updated 9-20-2024 10:00 PM). Pool is at $1,257 dollars.

• Team 5 (Brynteson & Joceyln)
• Team 16 (Gomez & Syverson)
• Team 10 (Donahue & Payne)
• Team 8 (Beitlich & Grubb)
• Team 14 (Monogue & Saless)

Team List

Players who have elected to play from the Gold Tees are indicated below with (G).

Team Number	Player One	Player Two	Calcutta
1	Alex Harding	Frank Timpone	$260 (Jocelyn)
2	Ben Zurn	Jeff Towey	$400 (Towey)
3	Brad Soderling	Stan Hop (G)	$400 (Smith)
4	Brent Lindstrom	Jon Von Eschen (G)	$320 (Gaspard)
5	Larry Jocelyn (G)	Richard Brynteson	$500 (Pederson)
6	Brent Nordstrom	Brian Notvedt	$240 (Hamm)
7	Brett Notvedt	Michael Ryan	$350 (Beitlich)
8	Brian Beitlich	Dan Grubb	$640 (McClearnan)
9	Chris Gaspard	Patrick Hoffman	$260 (Ramiro)
10	Greg Donahue	Matthew Payne	$640 (Doherty)
11	Charles Bernardy (G)	James Buckingham	$360 (Pederson)
12	Jeff Martin	Matt Haws	$540 (Pederson)
13	Lee Hulkonen	Mark McDonnell	$260 (Hulkonen)
14	Kevin Monogue	Michael Saless	$260 (Monogue)
15	Richard Courtney (G)	Yury Millman (G)	$400 (Courtney)
16	Mike Gomez	Scott Syverson	$420 (Beitlich)
17	Ken Hanson	Matthew Hadley	$260 (Hanson)
18	Marty Mangold (G)	Tom Nestvold	$500 (Pederson)
19	Erik Berg	Justin Larson	$300 (Meier)
20	Matt McClernan	Steve Shellenbaum (G)	$380 (Doherty)
21	Luke Rajkowski	Michael Tanaka	$500 (Smith)
22	Dan Kjorsvik	Dave Schoeller	$340 (Kjorsvik)
23	John Bolduc	Kevin Hearnen	$250 (Bolduc)
24	Ben Kieke	Sheldon Silberman (G)	$280 (Courtney)
25	Darin Allen	Martin Peyer	$220 (Courtney)
26	Steve Bensen	Ted Roberts	$420 (Roberts)

Individual Skins: Players who are interested in playing in Individual Skins can sign up here: https://forms.gle/ExZ3yZfaNySDmRma8. There is both a GROSS and NET skins option. Players MUST sign up by 9PM on Saturday, Sept 21st. Cost is $10 per event, $20 for both.

Not to be lost in the Calcutta auction last night, was the 1^st week of the WNL Playoffs.

Moving on to the 2^nd round are:

• Par Then Bar (Team 14) over Team Hack Attack (Team 3): 42 – 38
• I Like Big Putts (Team 10) over Mid-Round Crisis (Team 11): 46 – 34
• Bald Man Brewing (Team 15) over Fairway 2 Heaven (Team 2): 48.5 – 31.5
• Brooky Strong (Team 4) over Who’s Your Caddy (Team 6): 42 – 38

The 2024 BMGA WNL regular season is officially complete. Thank you to everyone for the great season!

Brooky Strong, Par Then Bar, and Mid-Round Crisis held off charges from Dukes of Hazards and Foreplay over the last few weeks to secure the final wild card spots.

We’ll be working to confirm the tee times for the 1^st round of playoffs next week. Captains will be reaching out with the pairing and tee times in the coming days.

Scoring:  All scores have now been entered and posted to your GHIN.

Team Results: https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/10414042410068789156

Team Standings: 

WNL Individual Standings: https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/10414042410941204389

Weekly Prize Results (Paid in Brookview Credit):

Low Gross & Low Net ($10.00 per category)

1. Low Net – Jeff Wagner (30) ($10)
2. Low Gross – Jeff Wagner (33) ($10)

Net Skins ($50.00 per side)

1. Front 9 – Mick Krause (double eagle on 1); Brad Soderling (eagle on 8); Paul Yakshe (eagle on 9) ($16.67 each)
2. Back 9 – Brad Jordan (eagle on 10); Brian Egan (double eagle on 15); Jeff Wagner (eagle on 18); Jeff Gillis (eagle on 13); Nick Ward (eagle on 16) ($10 each)

Nearies ($10.00 per winner)

• Hole 1 – Closest to Pin in Two – Gary Ridout
• Hole 4 – Closest to Pin – Richard Brynteson (1994 Cleveland VAS 792)
• Hole 8 – Closest to Pin – Paul Yakshe
• Hole 9 – Longest Putt – Rick Monro
• Hole 11 – Closest to Pin in Two – Erik Pederson
• Hole 12 – Closest to Pin – Kyle Johnsrod
• Hole 17 – Closest to Pin – Jeff Wagner
• Hole 18 – Longest Putt – Perry Jacobson

The penultimate week is in the books. With one more week of league play remaining, the playoff picture is coming into focus. We’ll see if Dukes of Hazards or Foreplay can complete their comebacks to gain the 2^nd wild card spot in each conference. As mentioned below, lots of individual prizes and a spot in the shootout are also still up for grabs.

Scoring:  All scores have now been entered and posted to your GHIN.

Team Results: https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/10414042410068789156

Team Standings: 

WNL Individual Standings: https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/10414042410941204389

Weekly Prize Results (Paid in Brookview Credit):

Low Gross & Low Net ($10.00 per category)

1. Low Net – Brad Soderling; Doug Lang (31) ($5 each)
2. Low Gross – Will Rosengren (35) ($10)

Net Skins ($50.00 per side)

1. Front 9 – Jeff Martin (eagle on 4); Brian Egan (eagle on 5) ($25 each)
2. Back 9 – Jeffrey Olson (eagle on 12); Paul Rust (eagle on 16) ($25 each)

Nearies ($10.00 per winner)

• Hole 1 – Closest to Pin in Two – John Bolduc
• Hole 4 – Closest to Pin – Chuck Bernardy
• Hole 8 – Closest to Pin – Matt Haws
• Hole 9 – Longest Putt – Kevin Monogue
• Hole 11 – Closest to Pin in Two – Wayne Nau
• Hole 12 – Closest to Pin – Jeff Olson
• Hole 17 – Closest to Pin – Brian Beitlich
• Hole 18 – Longest Putt – Wayne Nau