It promised to be a beautiful Friday morning on the grounds of historic Les Bolstad golf course at the UofM.
The Valley team took to the fairways to take on Fountain Valley. In a day of feast and famine, they had two 0-point and two 6-point outcomes for a 12-12 tie. In an uncharacteristic round, Jeff Towey did not find his game and was swept 0-6. Dean Penk, vying for team MVP, drops a net 69 and wins all the points 6-0. Doug Paquette continued with solid play with a net 70 also won all the points with a 6-0 drubbing. Unfortunately, anchor man Randy Zejdlik was off his game and was shut out, losing 0-6.
The Golden team did not fare well versus 3rd place Gross. Steve Slivken dropped the front 9 and the back 9 went down to the last hole where he almost dropped the birdie on the 409 yard par 4 finishing hole. With his gimmie par he was able to win the back 9 for 2 points. Roger Hamm won the front side 1 up and was 1 down on the back. He also parred 18 with a great up and down from over the green to win that hole and the match and a tie on the back 9 for a 5-1 victory. Stan Hop admitted that he forgot how to putt on the front 9 and lost that 3 down. He improved on the back by 9! strokes but even that was only good enough for a back 9 split and a 1-5 loss. Dan Olson lost the front 9 on the 9th hole and was even on the back through 13 before the pot holes knocked the wheels out of alignment. Dan lost 0-6. The team finished with a 8-16 loss.
Valley gained a spot to 12th place overall with their split and Golden dropped to to 9th.
Current Standings This week’s results
Next week we play at Greenhaven course where Valley plays 2nd place Wirth and Golden will hope to get better versus dead-last Como.