In the final week of the season in Metro Seniors each team plays the one closest to it in the standings. (e.g., 1 vs 2, 3 vs 4 and so on). The match was at Oak Marsh on a very soggy course that played long.
13th place Valley played 14th place Gross. Valley has been at the bottom of the standings most of the year and finally passed Gross last week.
Ted Roberts traded blows on the front 9 and lost 1 down. He then bounces off the ropes and blows the opponent away on the 2nd 9 winning the match 4-2. captain Sheldon Silberman won the 9th hole to tie the front 9. He then wins holes 10-12 & 16-18 to crush his opponent and wins 5-1. Richard Courtney, the contrarian, lost the 9th hole to lose the front 9 then lost the back in stunning fashion and was shut out 0-6. Late Sub and first time out this year, Emmy Yates showed no rust and won the front 4 up and was able to hold on to win the match as his opponent came roaring back to grab the 2nd 9. Emmy wins 4-2.
Overall, Valley won 13-11 and were able to finish their season in 12th place in the league, jumping over Como that dropped 2 spots to 13th.
5th place Golden took on 6th place Green Haven. Tom Hansen showed he was human and drew a net 68 (gross 78) opponent with a 0-6 final tally. Jim Sanford saw his buddy getting beat up and won the front 9 4 up and then posted a nice net 72 winning his match 5-1. Captain Roger Hamm, who skillfully topped a ball backwards on the first hole halved the front 9 with a win on holes 7 & 9 then added 2 birdies on the back to shoot a net 69 -against an opponent who also shot a net 69 – but was able to win the match 5-1 . Dan Olson had a double bogey train on the front, but righted the ship to lose the front side just down 1. He rode that wave to a match victory by his match play savvy winning 4-2.
In total, Golden won 14-10. They finished the season in 4th place, moving up one position.
Final Standings This Week Full Website
Sheldon and Roger wish to thank all the guys that played matches this year. Together we had 31 guys play in 112 matches across 13 area golf courses over 14 weeks.
Bonus Highlight: In the title match (1 vs 2) It was 2 time defending Champions, University versus 2020 Champions Fountain Valley.
Fountain Valley started the day with a huge 12 point advantage for the season.
University team shoots nets of 75, 68, 74, 71 to beat the stuffing out of Fountain Valley 18-6 to end the season in a dead-heat.
The co champions for the 2023 Metro Seniors Season are University and Fountain Valley. PIC
