Month: June 2021

1st Half of the BMGA is in the books. Each of the 4 divisions has a competitive race going.  The new guy of the week is Alex Harding  He is originally from Iowa.  He was drafted by Darin Allen early in the draft for reasons that are unknown. I talked to the young lad on Wednesday and he had just won his first match of the season 6-4. He is looking forward to many more wins this season so watch out. Guys checkout the standings on the points scored on the spreadsheet to see where you are tracking for the Shootout Tournament. Good Luck in the 2nd Half.

Games $10 Each

Closest to the pin in 2 #1 Steve Shellenbaum

Closest to the pin #4 Brian Notvedt
Closest to the pin #8 Tim Lueder

Longest Putt #9 Jim Husnik

Closest to the pin in 2 #11 Ryan Johnsrud

Closest to the pin #12 Nick Hendrikson

Closest to the pin #17 Gary Scharmer

Longest Putt #18 Stan Hop

Low Net $10  3 way Tie so I picked one, Luke Fox (31)

Low Gross $10 Howie Hoffman (34)

Front 9 Net Skins ($25 Each) Don Grove 2 on #8 net 1, Carson Walker 2 on #4 net 1

Back 9 Net Skins ($16.50 Each) Chris Gaspard 3 on #12 net 1, Dan Roberts 4 on #18 net 2, Jeremy Hagen 5 on #16 net 3

What a week in Golf. No new guy of the week because I wasn’t there to take a picture this week. CTB reclaimed their #1 spot this week with a huge 52.5 win to leapfrog our great sponsor Bald Man Brewery. This week CTB play the hottest team in the league Putt for Dough. A 7 week win streak is on the line for PFD who are so desperate to put their names on the trophy! Hack Attack who desperately, needs a huge win faces off against last place (But their grinders) Foreplay. Another great match up will be Who’s your Caddy playing Last Call. Last Call is led by Bob Boufford who has had a career making season so far. Good Luck Guys….

Closest to the pin on #1 in 2 Nick Hendrikson $10

Closest to the pin on #4 M. Steinhauser $10

Closest to the pin on #8 Michael Meyer $10

Longest Putt on #9 Nick Hendrikson $10

Closest to the pin on #11 in 2 Paul Tharp $10

Closest to the pin #12 Tom Nestvold $10

Closest to the pin on #17 Matt Grove $10

Longest Putt on #18 Tom Scheunemann $10

Low Gross: Matt Grove & Zach Kamerer (35) $5 each

Low Net: Matt Grove (yup) & Jesse Rask (31) $5 each

Front 9 Skins: Dan Gregorich a 4 on #3 net 2, Eric Beitlich 4 on #7 net 2, Nick Bellestri 3 on #6 Net 2, Chris Herzig a 3 on #8 net 1, Luke Kannel 5 on #2 net 3. $10 Each

Back 9 Skins: Dylan Airhart 3 on #11 net 2 $50

You could not dial up a better weather for a morning of golf. The good scores did not result in any super low scores. In 2020, our winning score was -5 under.

In the Gross Flights, the champions will take home 100 BMGA Cup Points and $40.00 per person. Second place receives 75 BMGA Cup Points and $27.50 per player. Third place will take home $17.50 per person and 50 BMGA Cup Points. (Unless there was a tie and it’s noted below.)

In the Championship Flight, there was a tie for first place with an even par (72) with Jake Walezko + Nick Hendrikson and Mark Kraus + Tom Nestvold. Each player will take home $33.75 and 87 BMGA Cup Points. A tie for third place at +1 (73) between Forrest Nelson + Tom Hansen and Richard Brynteson + Zach Kamerer. Each player will receive $8.75 per player and 25 BMGA Cup Points.

In the first flight, there was a tie at +3 (75) between Chris Wrecza + Joe Wrecza and Matt McClernan + Ramiro Sifuentes and the same amounts below ($33.75 and 87 BMGA Cup Points). Third place goes to Carson Walker + Matthew Payne and each earn $17.50 and 50 BMGA Cup Points.

The second flight, your champion was Martin Peyer + Marty Mangold at +9. Second place, went to Steve Couture + Steve Shellenbaum and third place to Larry Larson + Sheldon Silberman.

In our net flight, we only award the top team with $15 each. That goes to Chris Wrecza + Joe Wrecza at -7.

For on course prizes:

• #1 – Richard Brynteson
• #3 – Howard Hoffman
• #4 – Joe Wrecza
• #7 – Ben Zurn
• #8 – Gary Scharmer
• #9 – Gerald Meier
• #11 – Steve Slivken
• #12 – Steve Shellenbaum

Let’s take a quick look at the top 12 for BMGA Cup Points. Remember, the top 12 are invited to the Shootout in October for the top BMGA Player of the Year.

1. Matthew Payne
2. Carson Walker
3. Steve Couture
4. Jeffrey Olson
5. Steve Shellenbaum
6. Larry Larson & Sheldon Silberman
7. Marty Mangold
8. Martin Peyer
9. Kevin Monogue
10. Ramiro Sifuentes & Matt McClernan
11. Ted Roberts & Jeff Martin

The Brookview 16-man team defeated the boys from Fountain Valley 22-2 on Sunday, June 6th. The weather was hot and the wind was strong but we were able to win all 8 matches on the day. 6 of the teams were able to sweep and get all 3 points and the other 2 teams won their match 2-1.

The course played challenging at times, especially those holes into the wind. The hole location on 4 was pretty dicey in the back left corner of the green. It yielded some three putts as well as some putting it off the green. Holes 16-18 played dead into the wind and yielded no birdies on the day.

All the teams put in steady performances on the day. Individually, Perry Jacobson went out and birdied 3 out of the first 5 holes and his opponents weren’t able to recover. Mike Manion threw in an eagle on #2 (not good enough for a skin as Brad Jordan also eagled) and a few more birdies on the front 9. There were only 2 skins on the day: Manion/Sustad birdie on #8 and Brynteson/Swanson birdie on #15.

Our next match takes place on Sunday, June 27th at New Prague. We are both 2-0 on the season and we have the slight advantage having 36 total points to their 30 points. The winner of this match is guaranteed to make the playoffs so let’s bring our A game boys.

Hot Wednesday night this week! Quick rule update that has been going on that needs to be addressed. You CAN’T help your teammate with his putts. The way the league is setup Yes we have teams and your playing with a teammate, but you both are in a separate match so Please don’t help your teammate with putts. I could go into more detail, but that pretty much says it all. Also on the spreadsheet ignore the Weekly Results page its not correct and I don’t have enough time in the day to bother with it.

The New guy of the week is the young guy on the right Carson Walker. He’s a natural at meeting people and his new buddy Chuck Bernardy can vouch that this kid has some game. Apparently on a weekend tournament this Spring he didn’t put in money for skins and sunk an eagle on #3. Opps! Carson is from Chicago originally where he attended East Lake High School. Currently he is a Wealth enhancement director for UBS.

This week in the standings a few teams made some strong moves playing division opponents, so the standings definitely had to be adjusted. Ramiro is still on top of the individual points board. Who’s going to stop him?

Closest to the pin on #1 in 2 Tim Lueder $10

Closest to the pin on #4 Brad (No Clever Name) Jordan $10

Closest to the pin on #8 Nick Ward $10

Longest Putt on #9 Brad (No Clever Name) Jordan $10

Closest to the pin on #11 in 2 Doug Zuck $10

Closest to the pin #12 Eric Swanson $10

Closest to the pin on #17 Mike Manion $10

Longest Putt on #18 Kyle Johnsrud $10

Low Gross: Erik Swanson (33) $10

Low Net: 4 way tie so I picked a name out of a hat “Mick Krause” 51 net 33 $10 Bucks

Front 9 Skin: Christian Olson #5 a par for a net 2 $50 (New guy of the week last week)

Back 9 Skin: Michael Sales a birdie on #3 net 1, Dave Repinski a birdie on #15 for a net 3, Jeff Towey a birdie on #11 net 2, and David Hillesheim a birdie on #12 net 1…. “Where’s my drink David?” $12.50 each

The long-range forecast says the heat will be gone and the day will be perfect on June 19th. (That means – it’s going to 41 and raining or 107 that day!!!)

Here are the details for the 2021 2-Person Rotation:

Tee Times can be found online via Golf Genius. Please note we are going off the front and the back and I tried to put an entire flight off the back to keep it more equalized. With that constraint, I tried to handle all tee time requests.

Remember, the format is:

• Holes #1 to #6 – Scramble
• Holes #7 to #12 – Best Ball
• Holes #13 to #18 – Alternate Shot

Even if you start on the back nine, this is still your hole setup. Holes 10 to 12 would be best ball, starting on 13 you would start alternate shot. You get it!

A note on alternate shot. One player will tee on off on holes #13, #15, #17. The other will tee off on #14, #16, #18. You must make that decision before teeing off on #13.

A note on scramble. Two drives must be used by each player.

Lastly. Remember this is a GROSS event for chits and BMGA Cup Points. We do have a single – uber large – Net Flight for fun and $8.75 in chits.

On course prizes. Since holes #13 to #18 are alternate shot it’s not fair to have course prizes. We will have them all on holes #1 to #12. The lineup requested I requested is:

• #1 – Closest to the Pin in two
• #3 – Long Drive <– Yes, you must hit the smallest fairway on the course to count!
• #4 – Closest to the Pin
• #7 – Long Putt
• #8 – Closest to the Pin
• #9 – Long Putt
• #11 – Closest to the Pin in two
• #12 – Closest to the Pin

Flights. You can find all the details in this document.

Do you know what a Ringer Score is? The internet defines it as:

A ringer board or ringer report shows the best score each player has posted during a set time period for each hole on a specific course and set of tees.

Well good news is, we just happen to have a set time period and a specific course we can look at! So how does it work? Let’s say you have played the front-nine three times this year. And your scores on the first hole are a 3, 5 and 6. Your Ringer Score on Hole #1 is then a 3. Your lowest score. Repeat that for each hole and you have your ringer score!

What’s the best Ringer Score of 2021 so far? Excluding the 20 players in Wednesday Night League who have not yet played both sides after week 6. Here is your Top 10:

1. Howard Hoffman: 66 (34 – 32)
2. Brad Jordan: 67 (33 – 34)
3. Zach Kamerer: 68 (35 – 33)
4. Erik Swanson: 68 (34 – 34)
5. Jeff Wagner: 69 (35 – 34)
6. Perry Jacobson: 70 (34 – 36)
7. Tom Nestvold: 72 (37 – 35)
8. Dave Supalla: 72 (41 – 31)
9. Tim Lueder: 73 (39 – 34)
10. Ramiro Sifuentes: 73 (37-36)

What’s our All-Time Ringer Score? This is based on 16 years worth of Wednesday Night League data. Your Top 10 active BMGA Players:

1. Howard Hoffman: 49 (23 – 26)
2. Kelly Gallagher: 50 (23 – 27)
3. Tim Lueder: 50 (26 – 24)
4. Tom Nestvold: 50 (24 – 26)
5. Michael Ryan: 50 (26 – 24)
6. Perry Jacobson: 51 (25 – 26)
7. Dave Supalla: 51 (25 – 26)
8. Chris Wrecza: 52 (26 – 26)
9. A huge tie at 53…

You can find all of the Ringer Scores below! Don’t worry – you don’t need to post these scores.