Allen & Roberts Named Two-Man Match Play Champions

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!

Par Then Bar Takes WNL Championship (9/25/24)

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.

The winning players

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.

WNL Playoff Week 2 Results (9/18/24)

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.

Rudy Luther Toyota 3 Ball (Calcutta) Results

On a beautiful day 26 teams battled for the largest calcutta pot in BMGA History. Full results are here: https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/10315283464684881850

After the best ball 18 holes, everyone was chasing Ben Zurn (net 68) & Jeff Towey (net 74) who combined for a team net 61.

Standings after the Best Ball Portion

That was good for a 3 stroke lead over Chris Gaspard & Patrick Hoffman, 4 over the teams of Kevin Monogue & Michael Saless; Brett Notvedt & Michael Ryan; Brian Beitlich & Dan Grubb. Four other teams were at net 66.

As always the tournament turns on the final 9 holes where both balls count.
Towey & Zurn continued their solid play and turned in a net 71 (-1) even after dropping shots on 8 & 9. None of the chasers could better that…except

Gomez / Syverson Net 67

Mike Gomez & Scott Syverson come charging with their 67 (-5) on the back of Gomez who shoots a 35 (net 31!) with gross birdies on 2, 8 and 9. They closed the gap by 5 strokes in the last 4 holes.



The end result was a 1 stroke win by Zurn & Towey over Gomez & Syverson.

The Final Top 10 (click for bigger image)
On Course Prizes (click for bigger image)
Skins for the first 18 (click for bigger image)
Skins for the final 9 (click for bigger image)

Shootout Qualifers

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.

Calcutta Details

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 NumberPlayer OnePlayer TwoCalcutta
1Alex HardingFrank Timpone$260 (Jocelyn)
2Ben ZurnJeff Towey$400 (Towey)
3Brad SoderlingStan Hop (G)$400 (Smith)
4Brent LindstromJon Von Eschen (G)$320 (Gaspard)
5Larry Jocelyn (G)Richard Brynteson$500 (Pederson)
6Brent NordstromBrian Notvedt$240 (Hamm)
7Brett NotvedtMichael Ryan$350 (Beitlich)
8Brian BeitlichDan Grubb$640 (McClearnan)
9Chris GaspardPatrick Hoffman$260 (Ramiro)
10Greg DonahueMatthew Payne$640 (Doherty)
11Charles Bernardy (G)James Buckingham$360 (Pederson)
12Jeff MartinMatt Haws$540 (Pederson)
13Lee HulkonenMark McDonnell$260 (Hulkonen)
14Kevin MonogueMichael Saless$260 (Monogue)
15Richard Courtney (G)Yury Millman (G)$400 (Courtney)
16Mike GomezScott Syverson$420 (Beitlich)
17Ken HansonMatthew Hadley$260 (Hanson)
18Marty Mangold (G)Tom Nestvold$500 (Pederson)
19Erik BergJustin Larson$300 (Meier)
20Matt McClernanSteve Shellenbaum (G)$380 (Doherty)
21Luke RajkowskiMichael Tanaka$500 (Smith)
22Dan KjorsvikDave Schoeller$340 (Kjorsvik)
23John BolducKevin Hearnen$250 (Bolduc)
24Ben KiekeSheldon Silberman (G)$280 (Courtney)
25Darin AllenMartin Peyer$220 (Courtney)
26Steve BensenTed 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.

Gaspard wins Indy Match Play Title

Individual Match Play Finals Featuring Matt Haws vs. Chris Gaspard.

The match was played on Friday, September 13th at 11am on a beautiful day.

Matt had to give Chris 16 stokes, so Gaspard was stroking on every hole except for 5 and 17. On the front 9, Chris had four pars on 3, 5, 6, and 8. Matt had pars on 1, 2, and 7. We finished the front 9 with Gaspard shooting a 49 and Matt shot a 42. Gaspard was up 1 and going on to hole 10. After 10, Matt tied the match up and on 11 he went ahead a hole. On 12, both scored a 4 to even the match again. Gaspard parred both 13 and 14 to go up 2 in the match. We went onto hole 17 with Gaspard up 2 with 2 to go. The wheels came off for Gaspard and he forgot how to hit the ball scoring a 6 on 17 and a pick up on 18. Haws stayed consistent with four pars on the back 9 including a par on 17 and a bogey on 18. The match was tied and going into a playoff on hole 1. Matt hit right, in front of the pond. Gaspard missed the drive and did not make the fairway. Gaspard hit a long fairway wood into the left rough 100 yards out. Haws hit the green and bounced over setting him up for a short chip shot. Gaspard hit the green from 100 out and left himself a 20 footer. Haws chipped on, but did not get the ball to roll down the hill toward the pin on the front of the green. Haws putted downhill and missed the hole by less than half an inch, and leaving him with a 3 foot uphill putt. Gaspard putted and left it short. Haws hit the 3 foot putt for a five. Gaspard putted in from 2.5 feet to also get a five.

It did not occur to Gaspard that the match was won with the stroke that Haws had to give on the hole.

– Written by Chris Gaspard.

Final Four

WNL Playoff Week 1 Results (9/11/24)

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

Moving on to the 2nd 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

WNL Recap Week 18 (9/4/24)

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 1st 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

WNL Week 17 Recap (8/28/24)

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 2nd 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