Howdy fellow golfers. This may be Week 16 but we still have one more week left before the playoff field is set. Reminder that we are playing on 8/22 – we’ll be using the same tee times as Week 1 (4/25). That doesn’t mean you’re playing at the same time you were initially scheduled, but your captains should be setting a lineup for y’all soon so bug them if you haven’t seen that yet. I know I haven’t heard back from most Captains about this, but hopefully you all have or will soon.
We had a scary ball-meets-head situation out there last night. Tom Nestvold was looking for his ball on the right side of #7 and took a nugget off the old noggin (from #16 tee, who couldn’t see him over the hill). Tom played it off pretty cool after the round (and finished bogey-par-par after the doink), but it was quite a welt and hope he’s not feeling any ill effects today. Nobody’s fault, just be careful out there boys.
Things are lining up for the playoffs, and two teams have a virtual lock of their Divisions. CTB crushes ForePlay 52-28 to clinch the Bassett Creek Conference, $40/dude, and a 1st round bye. WTF lost 32.5-41 to Range Balls, but are up by 25.5 points over Zed Heads (who beat Who’s Your Caddy 41-31.5) so they clinch the GVC East Division barring 5 no-shows next week.
With their 42.5-32.5 win over Pin Seekers, Par then Bar is 6 points ahead in the Division and 9 points ahead in the Conference. Team Hack Attack won 43-37 over Putt 4 Dough, who remain in 2nd place in the GVC West by 6 points, and also lead the Wildcard slot in that conference. Who will get the bye and $40 in the GVC Conference? Next week we’ll have that answer – and I plan on entering in scores as they come in so we hopefully have an answer before the beer runs out.
Mid-Round Crisis handles Last Call 44.5-35.5 to jump an 11 point lead over I Like Big Putts, who lost handily to Fairway 2 Heaven, 34-46. Next week we’ll see who comes out on top of the division and wins that $20/guy in the BCC North. We’ll also see if Bald Man Brewing Co. can sneak into that Wildcard slot (7.5 points behind) after losing this week to The Loopers 38.5-41.5.
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2-Man Low Net (Even Weeks):
- $17.50 each: 66, front – Olson, Jeffrey (32) & Steichen, Peter (34), Team 12
- $8.75 each: 67, front – Wrecza, Chris (34) & Johnson, Ross (33), Team 1
- $8.75 each: 67, back – Hendrikson, Nick (32) & Swanson, Erik (35), Team 11
Low Gross ($10):
- Nick Hendrikson, Team 11, with a smooth 33 on the back – 6 pars and 3 birdies. <yawn>
On Course ($10 each):
- Closest-to-Pin-in-Two #1: Jeff Olson, Team 12 – Cozies the putt up for a par.
- Closest-to-Pin #4: Scott Hartmann, Team 8 – A miss? This can’t be correct…
- Closest-to-Pin #8: Doug Paquette, Team 11 – Drops a deuce out there. Nasty.
- Long Putt #9: Phil Steinweg, Team 10 – Par saving effort from long range.
- Closest-to-Pin-in-Two #11: Todd Crandell, Team 16 – Birdie time with a one putt.
- Closest-to-Pin #12: Steve Binenstock, Team 10 – Missed birdie opp.
- Closest-to-Pin #17: Mike Deede, Team 7 – Drops it like it’s hot.
- Long Putt #18: Steve Binenstock, Team 10 – I’ll just say “nice putt” and ignore what the putt was for since he’s a former teammate of mine. #respect
