On Friday Metro Seniors played Wirth. We all teed off late because Wirth cannot support 8 minute tee times then nearly the whole league had to skip the 10th hole because we were on pace for a 5:40 round. Worst pace I have seen. The first few groups were fine, then it wasn’t. Wet conditions, lift clean & place and swirling winds were all culprits.
In positive news, the Valley team took on perennial champ and #1 seed University and managed a 12-12 split! Making his first appearance, Doug Giron played as the A player vs League President Skip Schultz. Doug won the front 2 up and held on for dear life on the back 9 to halve the match at 3 each. Dean Penk also won the front 2 up and halved the back 9 (both he and his opponent had 5 straight 5’s to finish). Dean won 5-1. Darin Allen lost the front 9, and held even on the back until 16 & 17 took their tolls and finished with a goose egg. Randy Zedjlik lost the front 1 down then came storming back with wins on #11-#14 to take the back 9 and the overall with a 4-2 total. Well done Valley. I am sure the sportsbooks lost money on you!
Playing just behind Valley was the Golden team versus Gross. In a repeat of last week Slivken/Hamm went out first. Slivken won the opening nine 1 up by winning holes 8 & 9. They were all square on the back until Steve won 14-16 to put the match away with a 6-0 finish. Hamm halved the front 9 via (pick one: Opponent birdieing #9 or Hamm 4 putting #1). The back 9 was even after #14 when Hamm won #15 & #17 to win the second 9 and the total for a 5-1 finish. Jeremy Hagen (another rookie) lost the front 2 down but then won 4 out of the first 5 holes on the back to take the back, but stumbled a bit on the final 4 to lose 3 of those and the match 2-4. Dave Bialke with a great net 73 won the front 2 up, the back 3 up and ran away with all 6. The final was a 19-5 whitewashing.
Golden has now risen from 10th place after week 2 to 3rd place after week 5. In weeks 3-5 they have scored 52 out of 72 points (over 72%) and are 3 points out of 2nd behind Heritage Links.
Valley remains in 9th place.
Current Standings Weekly Results
If you are over 50 and interested in 18 hole handicapped match play on Friday mornings, please contact the Team Captains: Valley: Sheldon Silberman or Golden: Dan Olson. We promise that the pace is normally fine.
Next week we play at University.
