Category: WNL

Week 4 is in the books! The greens were rolling fast and the pace continues to be good. It’s hard to believe we’re over 20% of the way through the WNL season. There is still plenty of time for teams to work their way up the standings.

Score Cards: Lots of great looking cards this week! Both low scores (sorry Howie and Richard) and completed fields.

• Tee Box: We were down to only 2-3 cards that were missing tee box. Continue to mark if you’re playing Blue / White or Gold to help ensure we’re applying the correct handicap

• Tee Time: Also, down to only 2-3 cards that were missing tee times. In fact, they may have been the same 2-3. Having your tee time on the card helps to ensure we have all of the cards at the end of the night.

• Hole Max: A reminder, per the League Guide, if you reach 8 strokes and you have not yet holed out, you are to pick up your ball. If this happens (or you concede your hole outside of a given putt) please mark an X on your scorecard for the hole. This is new for this year and helps scorekeeping in Golf Genius. It is also in line with the new USGA handicap guidelines for holes that are not finished.

The League Guide (which Roger has memorized) calls out if you hit the hole max the best you can do is tie the hole (if both you and your playing partner hit the max). Regardless of your handicap.

Scoring:  All scores have now been entered and posted to your GHIN.

Team Results: https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/10414042410068789156

Team Standings: 

WNL Individual Standings: https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/10414042410941204389

Weekly Prize Results (Paid in Brookview Credit):

Low Gross & Low Net ($10.00 per category)

1. Low Net – Randy Milbert (31) ($10)
2. Low Gross – Mike Manion (35) ($10)

Net Skins ($50.00 per side)

1. Front 9 – Erik Pederson (eagle on 2); Dean Penk (eagle on 4); Randy Milbert (eagle on 7) ($16.67 each)
2. Back 9  – Paul Olson (eagle on 14): Daniel Kjosvik (eagle on 15): Tom Aamot (double eagle on 18) ($16.67 each)

Nearies ($10.00 per winner)

• Hole 1 – Closest to Pin in Two – Jeremy Host
• Hole 4 – Closest to Pin – Richard Brynteston
• Hole 8 – Closest to Pin – Marshall Rosner
• Hole 9 – Longest Putt – Matt Haws
• Hole 11 – Closest to Pin in Two – Joel Longo
• Hole 12 – Closest to Pin – Dan Kjorsvik
• Hole 17 – Closest to Pin – Andrew Gruber
• Hole 18 – Longest Putt – Tom Aamot

Hall of Shame Nominee #2

• Who is Brian?
• What tee time were you?
• What tees did you play?

Sharing a reminder of the WNL beer program for 2024. Also including the current beer schedule for the remaining weeks of the year.

WNL Beer Program:

• The first keg each week will be the remainder from the following week. (if any is left)
• There is 1 light and 1 craft / domestic beer selection each week.
• The kegs are tapped one at a time to keep the line moving and ensure later groups access.
  • The light and craft / domestic order alternate each week.
• Glass sizes are 12oz to reduce waste.

Reminders:

• The patio bar remains full service.
  • Additional beer, cocktail, & wine selections are available by cash, credit, and Brookview credit “chits”.
  • Nonalcoholic beverages are also available.
• Food ordering and servers will return to the patio when 316 seasonal staffing allows.
• Food is 10% off with Brookview membership.
• An 18% service fee is included in the BMGA beer prices. This is not applicable to food orders or alternative beverage purchases at the patio bar.

2024 WNL Beer Schedule:

Pace of Play: It seemed like we saw an improvement this week. Nice work everyone in keeping things moving!

Score Cards: We saw a big improvement in scorecard hygiene this week! Thanks for making my job a bit easier.

Areas of improvement:

1. Tee Box: This should either be Member (or Blue / White) or Gold.
   • There were about 1/3 of the cards that either didn’t have this filled in or had 1 / 10 in that box.
2. Handicaps: Continue to check your and your opponent’s handicap prior to teeing off.
   • Your handicap on the Front 9 and Back 9 may be different.
   • We had 5-10 people with incorrect handicaps on the card.
3. Tee Time: Please complete this field, it helps us ensure we have all of the cards in hand.

Scoring:  All scores have now been entered and posted to your GHIN.

Team Results: https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/10414042410068789156

Team Standings: Working on a way to automate. You can use the Team Points in Golf Genius in the interim.

WNL Individual Standings: https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/10414042410941204389

Weekly Prize Results (Paid in Brookview Credit):

Low Gross & Low Net ($10.00 per category)

1. Low Net – Brad Jordan, Brent Lindstrom; Matt Haws; Andy Martin (33) ($2.50 each)
2. Low Gross – Will Rosengren (35) ($10)

Net Skins ($50.00 per side)

1. Front 9 – Kevin Monogue (eagle on 1); Nick Ward (eagle on 3); Mark Lange (eagle on 5); Joe Christianson (eagle on 6) ($12.50 each)
2. Back 9  – Brian Sutton (double eagle on 18!); Brent Lindstrom (eagle on 14); Theo Scheunemann (eagle on 12) ($16.67 each)

Nearies ($10.00 per winner)

• Hole 1 – Closest to Pin in Two – Kevin Monogue
• Hole 4 – Closest to Pin – Mark Steinhauser
• Hole 8 – Closest to Pin – Val Nde
• Hole 9 – Longest Putt – Mark Steinhauser
• Hole 11 – Closest to Pin in Two – Wayne Nau
• Hole 12 – Closest to Pin – Matt McClernan
• Hole 17 – Closest to Pin – Rick Monro
• Hole 18 – Longest Putt – Brent Nordstrom

Scorecard Hall of Shame (First Nominee):

• First and Last names are helpful to have on the card to ensure scores are assigned to the right person.
• Teammates should either both be on the top or both be on the bottom for recording matches.
• Tee box should either be Member (Blue / White) or Gold. The card already says Front 9 on the top.
• Other than these 3 areas, this card is perfectly filled out and legible. Close to Hall of Fame material!

Week 1 is in the books and the weather conditions could not have been better!

NOTE FROM RICHARD: We have confirmed that when posting the 9-hole scores from Golf Genius you CANNOT add stats after the fact in the GHIN App. However, it does work for 18-hole rounds (i.e. Weekend Tournaments). Golf Genius is aware of this, working on an update but we do not have a timeline yet. I apologize for misspeaking about this as the 18-hole vs 9-hole limitation wasn’t listed in their support documents.

Scoring: Thank you all for your patience as we worked through some of the kinks in our new league scoring system. All scores have now been entered and posted to your GHIN.

Team Results: https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/10414042410068789156

Team Standings: Working on a way to automate. You can use the Team Points in Golf Genius in the interim.

WNL Individual Standings: https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/10414042410941204389

Weekly Prize Results (Paid in Brookview Credit):

Low Gross & Low Net ($10.00 per category)

1. Low Gross –  Erik Pederson ($10)
2. Low Net –  Brian Sutton ($10)

Net Skins ($50.00 per side)

1. Front 9 –  Michael Huhn (eagle on 1); Dylan Johnson (eagle on 5); Brian Egan (eagle on 7) ($16.67 each)
2. Back 9  –  Kent Riggs (eagle on 16) ($50)

Nearies ($10.00 per winner)

• Hole 1 – Closest to Pin in Two – Rahul Tamhane
• Hole 4 – Closest to Pin – Jake Waletzko
• Hole 8 – Closest to Pin – Dave Repinski
• Hole 9 – Longest Putt – Neal Oestreich
• Hole 11 – Closest to Pin in Two – Jeff Mirvis
• Hole 12 – Closest to Pin – Adam Thom
• Hole 17 – Closest to Pin – John VonEschen
• Hole 18 – Longest Putt – Ken Hanson

Housekeeping Items:

• Pace of Play: We averaged 2:20 – 2:30.
  • Continue reminding your team and playing partner to play ready golf and putt out when on the green.
    
• Scorecards: Scorecard hygiene was mostly good, but there were some ugly ones…
  • Confirm your handicap using the GHIN app before teeing off.
    • We had 7 incorrect handicaps this week. GHIN and Golf Genius are our source of truth for handicaps, not the scorecard.
    • You may want to check your playing partners handicap as well…

• Tee field: Should be either BW or Gold.
  • If we don’t know you played on the gold tees, we’re assuming you were on the Blue / White if it is not filled in.
    
• Scoring: These fields are separated by matches not by teams. 
  • Example: You and your opponent should be on the top 2 lines. Your partner and their opponent should be on the bottom 2 lines.
    
• Completeness: Need card filled out completely. team numbers, handicaps, gross scores, match points
  • This is used to validate data entry into Golf Genius
    
• Other Stats: For ease of legibility, the official card should not include anything other than the fields that are on there.
  • Circles for wins and dots for handicap holes are acceptable.
  • If people want to keep track of net points, how much they’re up down, etc…  use a separate card for that.
    
• This is what good looks like. We may start a “Hall of Shame” for ugly cards going forward.

Congratulations to Team 6 – Who’s Your Caddy, captained by Steve Shellenbaum. It was a convincing 45.5 – 34.5 win. It was close after the first two groups came in with CTB only 4 points down at 22-18. The next group in was a 11-9 win for team 6. CTB needed a big card in the last foursome. It was not to be as Who’s Your Caddy brought in a 12.5 – 7.5 final card.

Results:

Team 6 winners are:

Steve Shellenbaum, Steve Slivken, Chuck Bernardy, Stan Hop, Doug Paquette, Dean Penk, Michael Manion, Brent Lindstrom, Mike Deede, Tom Bischel, Jimmy Buckingham and Patrick Burrage. Congratulations all!

Thanks to every of the 192 golfers in our league for a very successful and fun year. Watch this web site for information about signing up for the 2024 season. Hope to see many of you at the Banquet on October 27 where we can celebrate our wins and remember all the great shots.

It’s down to two teams! Bassett Creek Conference Wild card team CTB (Team #1), captained by Matt Grove persevered over Mid-Round Crisis (11) 43.5 – 36.5 to move into the championship match next Wednesday, September 27. Only 1 point down after the first two matches, Mid-Round Crisis was still positive but after the next two matches were lost 4-6 and 3.5-6.5 things looked bad. A 3.5-6.5 thumping in the 5th match put things almost out of reach with a 9 point deficit and only three matches left. A strong showing, but a split on the last card didn’t get it done.

Who’s Your Caddy (6), captained by Steve Shellenbaum continued their steady performance with an equally decisive 43.5 – 36.5 win over spunky Brooky Strong (4) in the Golden Valley Conference. After the first 6 matches Who’s your Caddy was up by 4 points with one foursome to finish. The 7th match came in tied at 5-5 but the last match went 6.5-3.5 for the win.

CTB had 667 points in the regular season. Ten other teams had a higher season point total but CTB is in the championship match for the season. Every team in the Golden Valley Conference had more points than CTB. But who played better in the playoffs? Keep this in mind next year…

Results:

Next week the matches begin at 4:00 PM.

Congratulations to the conference finalists that will compete next week for the chance to represent their conference in the Wednesday Night League season championship on September 27.

In the Basset Creek Conference the North Division champions Mid-Round Crisis (team #11) narrowly defeated wild card team ForePlay (7) 41-39. They will play against wild card team CTB (1) who clobbered BCC South Division champs Bald Man Brewing(15) 46-34.

League leading and Golden Valley Conference West champion Team Hack Attack (3) was destroyed by the rising stars of wild card team Brooky Strong (4) with a 48.5 – 31.5 win. In the tightest match of all, GVC East Division champs Who’s Your Caddy (6) defeated Sons of Parnarchy (13) by 1 point, 40.5 – 39.5. One measly lip-out away! Team captain Roger Hamm was seen trying to trade off his players after the match.

Here are the results of the first round playoffs:

Next week the Conference Finals begin at 4:00 PM where 36 players determine who will play for the 2023 League championship.

The regular season is complete! Some tough battles were played and there was some shuffling of the qualifying wild card teams based on the last week of play. Congratulations to the division winners:

• BCC North – Mid Round Crisis (team #11) and BBC #1 seed with 717.0 points
• BCC South – Bald Man Brewing (15) and BBC #2 seed with 684.5
• GVC East – Who’s Your Caddy (6) and GVC #2 seed with 709.0
• GVC West – Team Hack Attack (3) and GVC #1 seed with 730.0

And to the four Wild Card teams (two from each conference):

• BCC seed #3 – CTB (1) with 667.0 points
• BCC seed #4 – ForePlay (7) with 664.0 points
• GVC seed #3 – Sons of Parnachy (13) with 707.0 points
• GVC seed #4 – Brooky Strong (4) with 698.5 points

Three teams had 13 wins during the season. The team with the highest winning percentage was Sons of Parnarchy with a 81%. However, Team Hack Attack scored 100 more points than they had scored against them. There are no prizes for statistical wins!

The three weeks of playoffs begin after Labor Day week, on September 13th with Seed #1 playing Seed #4 and Seed #2 playing Seed #3 in each conference. First tee times are at 3:30 PM. Captains will be selecting their eight players with designated tie-breakers.

There are no open slots for non-playing finalists although you are welcome to reserve a time to play after the league play is started and join everyone for refreshments and scoring after golf.

Nick Ward wins the MVP race with 85.5 total 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. Since some players qualify in both classes or cannot participate, others may move up the qualifying list until 24 players are selected.

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)

1. Low Gross – Dave Supalla (Front) with a 35. $10.00 to Dave.
2. Low Net – Jeff Gillis (Front), Kevin Monogue (Front), Corey Smith, (Front), Ramiro Sifuentes (Back), and Lloyd “Chuck”Kugler (Back) with 33’s. $2.00 to each.

Net Skins ($50.00 per side)

1. Front 9 – Dan Gregorich – 3, net 2 on #5, Jeff Gillis – 4 net 2 on #7, Paul Carlson – 2 net 1 on #4, Kevin Monogue – 4, net 3 on #2. $12.50 to each.
2. Back 9  – Jeffrey Olson – 5, net 3 on #15, Stan Hop – 3, net 2 on #18, Kirk Williams – 3, net 2 on #13. $16.67 to Jeff, Stan and Kirk.

Nearies ($10.00 per winner)

1. Hole 1 – Closest to Pin in Two – Luke Rajkowski (Par)
2. Hole 4 – Closest to Pin – Paul Carlson (Birdie net 1!)
3. Hole 8 – Closest to Pin –Corey Smith (Par)
4. Hole 9 – Longest Putt – Phil Berndt (Birdie)
5. Hole 11 – Closest to Pin in Two – Neal Reykdal (Birdie, net Eagle)
6. Hole 13 – Closest to Pin in Two – Brad Soderling (Bogey, net Par)
7. Hole 17 – Closest to Pin – Kevin Stoner (Par)
8. Hole 18 – Longest Putt – Wade Warden (Bogie, net Birdie)

Weekly WNL Director Stats  

• Legibility was very good again this week. I will spare you the details about the errors.
• Pace of play – 2:25 on the front even though we started the last match for the back on the front and 2:25 on the back. Nice job everyone!

Thanks everyone for putting up with my nonsense and trying to ease the burden.

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)

1. Low Gross – Mike Sustad (Front), Mark McDonnell (Back) and Adam Thom (Back) with a 37’s. $3.33 to each.
2. Low Net – Mark McDonnell and Brad Johnson with 31’s on the Back. $5.00 to each

Net Skins ($50.00 per side)

1. 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.
2. 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)

1. Hole 1 – Closest to Pin in Two – Ramiro Sifuentes (Birdie, net Eagle)
2. Hole 4 – Closest to Pin – Jeff Olson (Birdie net 1!)
3. Hole 8 – Closest to Pin –Roger Hamm (Par, net Birdie)
4. Hole 9 – Longest Putt – Tyler Lux (Birdie, net Eagle)
5. Hole 11 – Closest to Pin in Two – Neal Oestreich (Birdie, net Eagle)
6. Hole 13 – Closest to Pin in Two – Tom Hansen (Par)
7. Hole 17 – Closest to Pin – Bill Carlson (Par)
8. 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

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.