This is it! One week in the regular season to go and only one team is technically out of reach of a division championship! This week’s Division swapped the second and third place teams in the GVC East standings and 3rd and 4th place teams in the GVC West. But the lead in several divisions are still legitimately up for grabs in the final week of Divisional play. Mid Round Crisis (11) looks to have a commanding 52.5 point lead in the BCC North but they play the second place team with 80 points on the line. In the BCC South, Bald Man Brewing (15) has a narrow 11 point margin.
In the GVC East, Who’s Your Caddy (6) holds a 18.5 point margin over the second place with the third place team set to play the second place team next week. It could be tough to unseat the leader if these teams play even against each other. Team Hack Attack (3) continues to lead the league with a total of 690.5 points. They hold a pretty commanding 24 point lead over Sons of Parnarchy, their opponent in the final week of the season. Aside from the division winners, each conference advances two wild card teams to the playoffs.
Next week we begin play 20 minutes earlier on the front and 10 minutes earlier on the back than originally scheduled to avoid sunset – the first tee time on the front is 3:10 PM. The first tee time on the back is 3:20 and may be delayed by a scramble event making the turn right before the league. We have decided that the group originally scheduled in the last spot on the back for next week will move to the front and tee off at 5:50. Your captain will be communicating to you about these changes.
Even without playing this week Nick Ward continues to lead the MVP race with 78.5 total points closely followed by Doug Paquette with 78.0 points. The twelve players with the best ten-score WNL total qualify for the season-ending Shootout on October 7, as do the dozen highest cup point players from the weekend events.
Shout out to the five players with a net 1 this week. Jeff Olson and Tom Bischel both on #4 Jesse Doughty on #8, Andy Czech on #12 and Jeff Mirviss on #17.
Remember:
- If you are not scheduled to golf on any particular night, we can use you as a spotter or ranger. It can help with pace of play. To spot, just report to the pro shop and let them know and you’ll get a cart and flags for marking the ball. Common holes for spotting are #2, #3, #14, and #16. Or you can range around helping the groups that are slow catch up.
Standings
**Full Standings and Stats Posted Here**: https://www.dropbox.com/s/egd85hvygokq5bq/WNL2023-Stats.xlsx?dl=0
Prize Winners (Paid in BMGA “Chits”)
Low Gross & Low Net ($10.00 per category)
- Low Gross – Mike Sustad (Front), Mark McDonnell (Back) and Adam Thom (Back) with a 37’s. $3.33 to each.
- Low Net – Mark McDonnell and Brad Johnson with 31’s on the Back. $5.00 to each
Net Skins ($50.00 per side)
- Front 9 – Ramiro Sifuentes – 3, net 2 on #1, Tyler Lux – 3, net 2 #9, Matt McClernan – 4, net 3 on #3, Brian Egan – 3, net 2 on #5, Jesse Doughty – 3, net 1! on #8. $10 to each.
- Back 9 – Andy Czech – 2, net 1! on #12, Mark McDonnell – 3, net 2 on #14, Jeff Mirviss – 2, net 1! on #17, Patrick Hoffman – 4, net 3 on #16, Matt Grove – 3, net 2 on #10. $10 to each.
Nearies ($10.00 per winner)
- Hole 1 – Closest to Pin in Two – Ramiro Sifuentes (Birdie, net Eagle)
- Hole 4 – Closest to Pin – Jeff Olson (Birdie net 1!)
- Hole 8 – Closest to Pin –Roger Hamm (Par, net Birdie)
- Hole 9 – Longest Putt – Tyler Lux (Birdie, net Eagle)
- Hole 11 – Closest to Pin in Two – Neal Oestreich (Birdie, net Eagle)
- Hole 13 – Closest to Pin in Two – Tom Hansen (Par)
- Hole 17 – Closest to Pin – Bill Carlson (Par)
- Hole 18 – Longest Putt – Dean Penk (Bogie, net Par)
Weekly WNL Director Stats
- Legibility was very good again this week. It seems like a lot of you forgot to enter the ending time – I chalk that up to the heat and being anxious to re-hydrate! Here is a listing of the the problems that slow down score entry:
- Number cards without finish time: Front: 4, Back: 5
- Cards with folds across scores: Front: 1, Back: 1
- Cards with missing or addition errors: Front: 3, Back: 1
- Cards missing or wrong team numbers or full names: Front: 0, Back: 1
- Starting Tee times were on 32 of 32 matches. (Please enter the scheduled tee time, not your actual time to tee off.)
- Pace of play – incredibly, given the heat, we finished in better than our average time: 2:25 on the front and 2:21 on the back. Nice job everyone!
Weekly Reminders
- If an issue arises on the course during WNL play that may impact the result of a match, please bring the matter to the WNL Director’s (or other BMGA Board Member) attention so we can try to resolve it right away.
- If you are in the last group (6 PM tee time) please collect the on course flags when you leave the hole and put them in the bucket on the deck at the end of your round.
- Post your score! (The league does not post for you). We highly recommend hole-by-hole posting as it does a better job of calculating your proper ESC score.
Scorecards
- Please enter both the match start time and end time in the space provided. Make sure every bank on the card is filled in.
- Scorecards should be signed by at least one player from each team.
- Please don’t fold the card where scores are entered – this really impacts legibility.
- If someone concedes a hole, please mark an “X.” This is especially important when both players score a 9 but the hole is conceded by the player who picks up their ball first.
