Month: August 2020

The two man championship was played on Sunday August 30 on a top ten weather day between the team of Dan Grubb/Brian Beitlich (both 8 handicaps) and Ramiro Sifuentes/Matt McClernan (10&16 handicaps).  

The BMGA sent along it’s cub reporter who wrote back:’

The first hole was solidly won by Brian who two putted for par.  The second hole was halved with pars but on the third hole, Dan made birdie for the win.   The Dan/Brian team made par on #4 for a 3 up lead.  The teams halved #5 and on number #6 Ramiro made birdie for the win.  The seventh hole was won with Matt making net par for the win.  Dan/Brian were up 1 going into the 8th which was halved and so was the 9th. 

On number 10 every player made bogey but Matt was getting a shot so his net par made the match tied.   Dan/Brian came back with a par on #11 for the win and then Dan made his second birdie on #12 for a 2 up lead.   On #13 Ramiro made his birdie putt (second for the day) for the win.   And followed that up with a par on #14 for the win and making the match a tie going into #15.   Brian made a birdie on #15 to have his team go up 1 headed into #16.   But with Ramiro getting a shot and making par on 16, the match went back to a tie.  On 17 with a middle right pin position, Dan hit his tee shot to the far left of the green but then drained his 45 footer for his third birdie of the day.  More importantly, his team was going into 18 one up.   Only Ramiro had a decent tee shot to the green on 18 but pulled his approach in the weeds behind the green.  Both Dan and Brian made bogey and it was all up to Matt to extend the match.  He had a 13 foot, net par, uphill putt to extend the match.  

Bam!   He made it to extend the match.  Extra holes!   The teams decided to play #10 and Matt hit his approach 15 feet above the hole.   He then drained the downhill putt for a natural birdie and Team Ramiro Sifuentes/Matt Mcclernan were declared the champions.   It was a great and friendly match.  Both teams played well.   

OK it went better than I thought. The front side played faster so good job to all those guys. Please play ready golf this week. We lost even more sunlight so this will be a huge challenge if we can get it done. We are making up August 12th this week and we are moving up the tee times to 10 minutes earlier.

We have some tight races going so Please don’t have any forfeits this week.

Week 1 Team Winners $10 Each “Pin Seekers” aka BROOKY STRONG: Dan Klein, Steve Benson, Mike Gomez, Jeff Martin, Craig Wethington, Jeremy Host, Ben Peterson, and Paul Carlson.

Low Net $5 Each: Matt Payne and Kevin Monogue (31)

Low Gross $5 Each: Alan Johnson and Jeff Wagner (36)

Front Skins $12.50 Each: Mr. Double Eagle Matt Doherty 3 on #7, Steve Binenstock 2 on #4, Paul Carlson 3 on #1, Nick Hendrickson 4 on #3.

Back Skins $10 Each: Howie Hoffman 3 on #15, Ted Roberts 2 on #12, Kevin Monogue 3 on #10, Alan Johnson 3 on #16, Dan Anderson 2 on #17

Make up Week 1 (May 6th tee times) next week. PLEASE remember to play Ready Golf. We need to get everyone in so for the early tee times do not play slow… Keep up with the group in front of you. Seriously

Week 16 Team Winners $10 each: Bald Man Brewing (53 points) Doug Lang, Ted Scheuneman, Tom Scheuneman, Dan Jacobs, Jeff Gillis, Bill Wallace, Justin Wallace, Luke Fox

Low Net $3.33 Each- Dave Repinski, Doug Lang, Bill Wallace (30)

Low Gross $10- Howie Hoffman (35)

Skins Front $17 Each – Jay Steffenhagen 2 on #8, Richard Courtney 4 on #9, Nick Schultz 3 on #2

Skins Back $17 Each – Frank Abramson 4 on #18, Ryan Rodgers 5 on #15, Sheldon Silberman 3 on #14.

Starting Sunday two strokes behind, Tom Hansen found his swing and his laser focused irons to shoot a 71 on the second day to finish five strokes better than first round leader Perry Jacobson. 3rd Place went to Forest Nelson, 4th place to Steve Hartmann and 5th Place to Steven Houtz.

In the net flight, Doug Paquette won by three strokes with a net 74-71. Stan Hop added to his money-bank with a second place tied with Chuck Bernardy. In a fourth place tie, Jim Sherburne and Roger Hamm were +5.

In the Super-Senior Net event. Doug Paquette won with a -1 to win the flight by three strokes over Dick Koppy.

1st place paid out $125.00 and 200 Cup Points. 2nd place $95.00 and 120 Cup Points. 3rd Place $65.00 and 75 Cup Points. 4th Place $30 and 50 Cup Points. 5th Place paid out $15.00 and 30 Cup Points. Players in ties will see combined and lower winnings.

1st Place Super-Senior paid $55. 2nd Place paid $40.

After the winds had come, the trees had fallen, we were given maybe the two best days of golf. Scoring on Saturday was hard and the pins got tricky on Sunday.

Howard Hoffman scored his third consecutive club championship title and eighth overall by shooting an even par 71-73 over the two days. He held off Alan Johnson 75-70 to win by one stroke. In third place was Eric Swanson at +2. Zach Kamerer finished in fourth place at +10.

In the first flight, Brad Jordan drove the green on hole #9 (started on #10) to make birdie and win the flight by one stroke over Justin Wallace. The top 5 was rounded out with Perry Jacobson (3rd), Tory Stellick (4th) and Mike Gomez (5th).

In the second flight, nearly every player shot better on day 2. Chuck Bernardy started with a two-stroke lead and added to it to win the flight by 4 strokes over Gary Rideout. Tied for 3rd was Steve Slivken and Roger Hamm. 5th Place ties were given to Kevin Monogue and Ramiro Sifuentes.

In the Net, 3rd Flight, John Bolduc lead wire to wire with a two stroke victory over Doug Paquette. 3rd was Stan Hop, 4th Jim Sherburne and 5th Sheldon Silberman.

1st place paid out $125.00 and 200 Cup Points. 2nd place $95.00 and 120 Cup Points. 3rd Place $65.00 and 75 Cup Points. 4th Place $30 and 50 Cup Points. 5th Place (except Champ Flight) paid out $15.00 and 30 Cup Points. Players in ties will see combined and lower winnings.

Due to a rainout we decided to push this past Wednesday (August 12th) will be played on Sept 2nd instead. This will be our last Wednesday to make up any weeks because of the lack of daylight. Please play ready golf..

We will be making up week 1 on August 26th. If you were not scheduled, this would be a good day to try and sub in for a free round. If you were scheduled to play either one of these weeks you will have the same tee time as scheduled.

Playoffs are still set for September 16th, 23rd, and 30th. See you on the course.

At the end of the season, the top 12 Wednesday Night League and top 12 Weekend Players are invited to the BMGA Shootout. A nine hole match, followed by group play to eliminate players on each hole until only one remains.

With three weeks to go in WNL let’s look at the top 20.

Player Name (Team):	Top 10 Total	Shootout Ranking (Top 12 Invited)
Riggs, Kent (9)	70.5	1
Couture, Steve (6)	64.5	2
Waters, Justin (3)	70.0	3
Grove, Don (1)	62.5	4
Beitlich, Brian (7)	66.5	5
Hendrikson, Nick (11)	61.5	5
Mangold, Marty (8)	61.5	5
Shellenbaum, Steve (6)	69.0	5
Berg, Eric (16)	65.0	9
Meyer, Michael (5)	64.5	9
Silberman, Sheldon (14)	68.0	9
Anderson, Dan (13)	60.5	12
Eames, Ward (2)	64.5	12
Nestvold, Tom (10)	66.5	12
Niska, Dylan (13)	66.0	15
Smith, Cory (8)	66.5	15
Wallace, Justin (15)	66.0	15
Schostag, Richard (9)	66.5	18
Gallagher, Kelly (10)	67.5	19
Grubb, Dan (7)	64.5	20
Hop, Stan (6)	58.5	20

In Weekend Play, our Top 20 are:

Name	Points
Richard Brynteson	563
Curtis Medina	435
John Bolduc	430
Peter Steichen	425
Roger Hamm	420
Larry Hahka	408
Doug Paquette	408
Steve Couture	400
Steve Shellenbaum	391
Stan Hop	391
Jeffrey Olson	390
Kirk Williams	347
Brad Jordan	340
Craig Wethington	340
Jeff Martin	340
Matt Grove	338
Ted Roberts	330
Steve Slivken	320
Chuck Bernardy	320
Steve Hartmann	315