That’s a wrap! The regular season is over and the playoffs begin! Thanks to all who participated this year, and congratulations to the teams making the playoffs. Please remember, that if you want to play next week, it is open to the entire membership, not just the teams that made the playoffs. You will just need to reserve a tee time from Brookview before Sunday evening.
There were six playoff spots up for grabs. The top two spots went to the two teams with the highest overall points total. Here’s how that race played out: Going into Week 16, Drawshank held the top spot by 12 points over CTB, by 14 points over Young Gunz and by 19 points over WTF (Where’s the Fairway). Drawshank recorded a slightly better than average score of 41, but all three teams trailing them scored higher. CTB scored 46.5 points, but still fell 6.5 points short; Young Gunz scored 47.5, but still fell 7.5 points short; and finally, WTF scored a league record shattering 56.5 points coming from 19 points back, to fall only 3.5 points short of Drawshank. Even though WTF fell just short of the top spot, in their record-setting display, they ripped the first round bye from CTB by 3 points, in earning the 2nd highest overall points.
The third and fourth spots went to the first half winner and the second half winner, respectively. Young Gunz was unable to elevate their position and take one of the top two spots, but they rest easy knowing that they already secured the first half win. Leading up to Week 16, The Loop held the second half title by 5 points over WTF, by 6.5 points over Drawshank, by 12 points over Unfinished Business, and by 13.5 points over Range Balls. The Loop crashed and burned only scoring 32.5 points, ceding their top spot to a team more worthy. WTF crushed it, scoring 56.5 points and easily overtaking the second half win. Drawshank was steady eddy putting up 41 points, and securing the 2nd place spot for the 2nd half. Unfinished Business charged ahead with 45.5 points, which was significant, as they were 12 points behind The Loop, and they beat them by 13. But also significant because they were only 1.5 points ahead of Range Balls. Range Balls made quite a charge scoring 46.5 points, moving ahead of The Loop by 1/2 a point! BUT falling a measly 1/2 a point short of Unfinished Business! SO….. The second half winner went to WTF by an astounding 17 points, and with that title, each player on WTF gets $40 in chits. However, since they already secured the second overall spot, the second half winner drops to the second place team, which was Drawshank Redemption. And with that title, each player on Drawshank gets $20 in chits. Again, since Drawshank already secured the top overall spot, the second half winner drops to the third place team, which was Unfinished Business, ousting The Loop by 1 point and Range Balls by only 1/2 point!! So, since Young Gunz won their half outright, they get the 3rd playoff spot, and Unfinished Business gets the 4th playoff spot. Range Balls loses out on the playoffs by 1/2 point.
Finally, the Wildcards….. Coming into Week 16, WTF held the first wildcard spot and Cowboy Jacks held the second wildcard spot. Neither team held onto those positions…..We all know what happened with WTF, as they elevated their game and their position to the second overall spot, leaving the first wildcard spot vacant. But since they evicted CTB from the second overall spot, CTB had to fall somewhere, so they fell into the 1st wildcard seat, finishing the season with 574 points, third most overall. Young Gunz finished with 573 points, fourth most overall, but since they already have the 3rd playoff spot, they don’t get the second wildcard spot. Unfinished Business started the last week, 9.5 points behind Cowboy Jacks for the second wildcard spot, and they happened to play each other this week. In the end, Unfinished Business finished Cowboy Jacks’ business, crushing them by 14 points, holding them to only 31.5 points. Unfinished Business would have taken the second wildcard spot, but since they slipped past The Loop for the second half win, by 1 point, the second wildcard spot was up for grabs between The Loop and Cowboy Jacks. This was a battle of attrition…. Cowboy Jacks started the last week, 3.5 points behind The Loop in the overall point total. The Loop gave them an opening, only scoring 32.5 points…. but Cowboy Jacks, facing a fierce opponent in Unfinished Business, could only muster 31.5 points, losing grip of the second wildcard spot, by 4.5 points. The Loop ended up with 554 points total, which was tied for 5th overall (with Unfinished Business), and a shoestring playoff birth.
Playoffs:
Round 1 (Aug. 24th): (1) Drawshank Redemption and (2) WTF get byes. (3) Young Gunz will play against (6) The Loop. (4) Unfinished Business will play against (5) CTB.
Round 2 (Aug. 31st): (1) Drawshank Redemption will play the winner of (4) Unfinished Business and (5) CTB. (2) WTF will play the winner of (3) Young Gunz and (6) The Loop.
Championship (Sept. 14th): There is no play on Sept. 7th as Brookview will be aerating the greens on Sept. 6th.
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Week 16 noteworthy individual performances: Dick Koppy decided that he just doesn’t like to putt on hole 1, so he knocked it in from 180 yards for an eagle. Needless to say, he earned the closest-in-two flag event. But, he wanted to prove he could putt if he had to, so he decided to take the longest putt flag event on hole 9 as well. Dan Anderson & Ted Roberts decided to break the two man low net record with a -12, 60; shooting net 29 and net 31 respectively. Compared to that, Brandon Meder & Barry Nelson’s -9, 63; and Robert Wise & Chris Garcia’s -9, 61 (on a shortened back nine) were fairly unimpressive…. Brandon Meder took the low gross for the 2nd week in a row, finishing his regular season strong with a -2, 34. Right on his heals were Dave Supalla and Joe Larson with -1, 34’s on a shortened back nine.
Two Man Low Net Score:
1st: Dan Anderson & Ted Roberts (front) – 60: $17.50 each
Tied for 2nd: Brandon Meder & Barry Nelson (front) – 63 / Robert Wise & Chris Garcia (shortened back) – 61: $8.75 each
Low Gross:
Brandon Meder (front) – 34: $10
Weekly Hole Winners ($10 each):
CTP in 2 #1 – Dick Koppy
CTP #4 – Ted Roberts
CTP #8 – Derrek VanLith
LPutt #9 – Dick Koppy
CTP in 2 #11 – Darin Allen
CTP #12 – Chris Garcia
CTP #17 – Justin Waters
LPutt #18 – Kevin Schultz