It was a pretty exciting week, and I’m expecting the following two weeks to be just as exciting. We will be making up the Week 1 snow-out on 8/22 – captains will be putting together their lineups…could come down to the wire for more than one team, that’s for sure. Final housekeeping – next week is food night! No, we are no longer allowed to grill steaks so it will not be our usual end of year Steak Night. But we’re going to try something different than burgers/brats – everyone playing will get a voucher from the starter, and I will be next to the BMGA bucket after my 3:30 match with vouchers for those not playing (all are invited). The voucher is for one of the $7 nightly specials (select burgers and wraps) that 316 offers up. Hopefully y’all enjoy, I know I will.
Ok, on to the results!
The biggest jump came in the GVC West: Team Hack Attack had a rough week, losing to GVC East leading WTF 35.5-44.5 – it got twice as rough because Par then Bar leapfrogs them with a dominating 45-35 win over Zed Heads to take over the division lead by 6.5 points. Hack Attack still has the Wildcard lead, and there are two weeks to nab back the division lead. The Golden Valley Conference champions will be a tight race – remember Conference Winners (2 teams) get $40 per player, Division winners (2 teams) get $20 per guy.
Meanwhile in the BCC North, I Like Big Putts beat CTB 41-39 but Mid-Round Crisis won bigger, 43.5-36.5, over Bald Man Brewing Co. to take the division lead by a scant 0.5 points. With CTB firmly in control of winning the Conference, Big Putts and Crisis are battling for the division win and some cash (Wildcards get $0, but do get a chance to earn some dough in the playoffs).
The race for WNL MVP has Craig Wethington in the lead, with Randy Zejdlik 7 points back. Both of these guys have played twice in one week multiple times to avoid the dreaded no-show penalty for their teams. There is also a tight race for the Shootout qualifiers (see Ind Pts tab for the rundown) with 14 fighting for 12 positions (not accounting for weekend qualifiers).
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Individual Low Gross ($10)
- Jeff Wagner, Team 2, with a smooth 35 on the back.
Individual Low Net (Odd Weeks) – 6 way tie with net 32 ($11.66 each)
- Greg Larson, Team 6, back
- Stacy Sundet, Team 7, front
- Jeff Wagner, Team 2, back
- Chris Garcia, Team 9, front
- Sheldon Silberman, Team 10, back
- Chris Wrecza, Team 1, back
On Course ($10 each):
- Closest-to-Pin-in-Two #1: Steve Slivken, Team 6 – Only name on the card, but the putt doesn’t drop.
- Closest-to-Pin #4: Tony Moe, Team 14 – A ho-hum par.
- Closest-to-Pin #8: Mike Ryan, Team 7 – Never a doubt birdie.
- Long Putt #9: Brent Lindstrom, Team 6 – Snakes it in for his 2nd birdie in a row (Mr. Ryan sniped his efforts on hole #8).
- Closest-to-Pin-in-Two #11: Greg Larson, Team 6 – Drains it for a birdie.
- Closest-to-Pin #12: Ben Peterson, Team 2 – Makes the birdie putt.
- Closest-to-Pin #17: Isaac Philibert, Team 10 – Knee knocker miss, settles for par.
- Long Putt #18: Nick Ward, Team 11 – It’s a rare birdie sighting for Mr. Ward…well done!
