WNL Week 14 Recap (8/7/24)

The rain stayed away and we were able to get another great night for WNL. Heading into Club Championship weekend, there were lots of golfers out there with their gamed dialed in. Then there were others who were using 3 different putter grips over the course of 9 holes or playing an 800 yard par 5 that spanned 3 different holes.

Lots of low nets this week. Net 31 was a popular number with people getting dialed in for the Club Championship. Maybe you can pool the chit money together for a bucket of balls to share at the range…

Good luck to all of those playing this weekend!

Rain Makeup Date: Set your calendars for Wednesday, September 4. With the rainout for the original Week 14, we will be utilizing the rain make-up date. Hopefully the rest of the year stays dry. If however, either of the last 2 weeks rain out, those 2 weeks will be prioritized for the make up as they are divisional weeks.

Additionally, keep in mind that we are moving tee times up the last few weeks to accommodate daylight. The rain makeup date tee times are moved up 30 minutes, with the first group teeing off at 3:00. Please start coordinating with your captain on your availability for September 4. We’ll do our best to set firm tee times as soon as possible.

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

  • With the weeks shifting after the rain date, I had to call the IT desk (Richard Bryneston) to fix some Golf Genius issues. He was able to get things sorted out and scored correctly. Thank you, Richard, for all the help as we work through our first year with Golf Genius!

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 – Dan Grubb, Bill Wallace, Joe Wrecza, Wayne Nau, Roger Hamm, Steve Couture (31) ($1.67 each)
  2. Low Gross – Dan Grubb, Will Rosengren (34) ($5 each)

Net Skins ($50.00 per side)

  1. Front 9 – Kevin Ahtou (eagle on 4); Jeremy Hagen (eagle on 6) ($25 each)
  2. Back 9 – Curtis Medina (eagle on 12); Michael Huhn (eagle on 17) ($25 each)

Nearies ($10.00 per winner)

  • Hole 1 – Closest to Pin in Two – Todd Olson
  • Hole 4 – Closest to Pin – Tim Lueder
  • Hole 8 – Closest to Pin – Kevin Ahtou
  • Hole 9 – Longest Putt – Kevin Ahtou
  • Hole 11 – Closest to Pin in Two – Frank Timpone
  • Hole 12 – Closest to Pin – Curt Medina
  • Hole 17 – Closest to Pin – Mark Lauffenburger
  • Hole 18 – Longest Putt – Mark Lauffenburger

Golden Sneaks Past Valley in a productive last week of the Twin Cities Metro League regular season

Brookview Golden hosted the Twin Cities Metro Senior League at Brookview this past week. The course was in great shape and the home teams played pretty well. Valley stopped the Gross team from advancing with a 12-12 tie, sticking them in a three-way tie for 3rd place. Golden defeated Daytona 14-10 pulling them out of the top 5 into 7th place. Only a little more than 20 points separate both our teams from first place.  

This week, Ted Roberts led the way for the Valley team losing the front nine but picking it up on the back with a 45 (net 38) winning the back and the match for 4 points. Jeff Towey shot a great 39 (net 34) on the front but was not able to keep up the pace and tied the back and the match. Dean Penk shot a disappointing net 80 but still was able to take advantage of the home course and win the back nine for 2 points. Emmy Yates came through with 3 points winning the front and tying the match. Valley tied the match 12-12 but fell to 13th place.

Golden team captain, Roger Hamm captured 5 points with a net 73 in a tight match. Playing partner Mike Deed also shot a net 73 and picked up 5 points in another tight match. The C/D group didn’t fare quite as well as Steve Couture shot a net 75 and won the back nine with a par on $#18 to gain 2 points. Dan Olson shot a net 36 on the front but it took a par on #9 to beat his opponent that he was giving 13 strokes. Dan hung in there but lost the match and the back on #18. Golden beat Daytona 14-10 and finished the regular season 1 point ahead of Valley.

Current Standings  This week’s results

Next week we play at Oak Marsh (hosted by Braemar) in the final week of the league, known as the position round. The top five teams are within 10 points of each other so this will be really important for them as anyone could end up on top. Golden plays 11th place Braemar and Valley takes on last place Como.

Final Four is set in Individual Match Play!

The winners of the 4 brackets are:

  • Chuck Ellis Region – Matt Haws
  • Al Rosby Region – Dave Bialke
  • Bill Alexander Region – Chris Gaspard
  • Bob Littlefield Region – John Bolduc
The Final Four

Congratulations to these fine competitors and good luck!

Full results are here: https://bgc-2024individualmatchplay.golfgenius.com/pages/10315250968995874690
Click on Results / Tournament Results.

Thanks to everyone for getting matches played in a timely fashion.

Race to the Shootout!

We are 13 weeks in WNL and have only three tournaments (plus individual and 2-person match play points) to reach the Shootout.

This is a qualification event, where the top 12 players in WNL and top 12 players in weekend BMGA Cup points earn their spot. After 9 holes, the lowest 10 net scores advance to the shootout where one player is eliminated per hole until there is only one remaining.

WNL Players earn their spot with the points accumulated through the season. Taking the best 10 scores. Weekend players earn points through tournament results.

RankPlayerTimes PlayedTotal PointsAdjusted Pts
1Steve Binenstock1064.564.5
2Theo Scheunemann1370.564
3Brian Beitlich1270.562
4Corey Smith106161
5Adam Thom1060.560.5
6Luke Fox126860
7Justin Wallace105959
8Brad Jordan126458.5
9Andy Marten105858
10Mick Krause105858
11Phil Berndt95858
12Ramiro Sifuentes105858
13Sam Casey95858
14Lee Hulkonen116056.5
15Jeremy Hagen1056.556.5
16Jim Stetler1056.556.5
17Steve Couture1158.555.5
18David Repinski105555
19Randy Milbert95555
RankPlayer# Events# WinsBehind
1Richard Brynteson860
2Brad Jordan81125
Mr. Howard Hoffman72212.5
T4 Larry Jocelyn81250
T4 Patrick Hoffman81250
T6 Peter Steichen80262.5
T6 Sheldon Silberman80262.5
Erik Swanson51275
T9Corey Smith81287.5
T9Larry Hahka81287.5
T9Luke Rajkowski81287.5
12 Mr. Brent Lindstrom71300
13 Richard Courtney80312.5
T14 Douglas Paquette61325
T14 John Bolduc80325
16 Connor Paulsen61331.25
17 Darin Allen80337.5
18 John Von Eschen71350
19 Matthew Payne60354.17

Tupperware 2 Man Scramble Results

The good news is that the breeze helped on a hot humid day. Full results are here: LINK

In the Gross division a crowded leaderboard had just 7 teams finish under par:

  • T6 -3 Greg Donahue / Matt Payne
  • T6 -3 Justin Wallace / Tom Nestvold
  • 5  -4 Luke Rajkowski / Matt Haws
  • 4  -5 Brent Lindstrom / John Von Eschen
  • 3  -7 Howard Hoffman / Perry Jacobson
  • T1 -8 Brad Jordan / Erik Swanson
  • T1 -8 Nick Hendrikson / Richard Brynteson

Richard and Nick had about an 8 footer for birdie on #18 to go to -9 and grab their sixth birdie on the back 9 but could not get it to drop.

The Net division was also very tight with seven teams finishing within 3 shots of the lead

  • T5 -7 Matt McClernan / Steve Shellenbaum
  • T5 -7 Luke Rajkowski / Matt Haws
  • T5 -7 Howard Hoffman / Perry Jacobson
  • 4   -8 Greg Donahue / Matt Payne
  • 3   -9 Brad Jordan / Erik Swanson
  • T1 -10 Brent Lindstrom / Jon Von Eschen
  • T1 -10 Nick Hendrikson / Richard Brynteson

Brent and John had a awesome start with Gross birdie-eagle-birdie and finished the front 9 with a net 29! Their only dropped shot of the day came at 18, which ended up costing them solo first with Richard and Nick closing fast with their net 30 on the back 9.

Since there were teams finishing in the money in both Gross and Net, prizes have been adjusted.

Valley Team Surpasses Golden Team in Metro Seniors

It was slow and hot at Como this week – nearly a six hour round for the Valley team! But the Valley boys withstood the test and split the match against Daytona (although there is still a dispute over 1 point) moving them up to 11th place, one point above the Golden Team.  

The Valley team was lead by Dean Penk and Randy Zejdlik both sweeping their matches with a net 73 and and net 67 respectively. Jeff Towey apparently was swept but thought he tied the front nine. (He was given the wrong handicap by the league director – but we are disputing the after the match change.) Chuck Bernardy shot a net 75 but was unable to secure any points against a net 68. Valley tied the match 12-12 (pending the dispute) and moved up to 11th place.

Mick Krause joined the Golden team and picked up 2 points with birdie on #18, finishing with a net 77 in his inaugural Metro Seniors outing. Dan Olson also shot a net 77 but could only muster 1 point, missing a par putt on 18 which cost 2 points. Steve Silken got on the board winning the back nine for 2 points with a nifty net 73. Unfortunately, Jim Sanford had to give up 4 strokes to his opponent, who shot a net 68 and got no points. Golden lost the match to Bunker Hills with three of their opponents players shooting sub-par net scores. The 19-5 defeat opened the door for Valley to move up in the standings.

Current Standings  This week’s results

Next week we play at Brookview where Golden hosts and plans to stomp 6th place Daytona and Valley plans to take down 3rd place Gross. If we can’t win the league, we can play spoiler!

WNL Week 13 Recap (7/24/24)

The playoff picture is coming into focus. With only 5 weeks left the last wild card spot in each league is up by 24 points. Plenty of time for a last minute push, but the next few weeks will be crucial.

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 – Theo Scheunemann (30) ($10)
  2. Low Gross – Howard Hoffman (35) ($10)

Net Skins ($50.00 per side)

  1. Front 9 – Tom Scheunemann (double eagle on 3); Frank Timone (double eagle on 6) Andrew Gruber (eagle on 9) ($16.67 each)
  2. Back 9 – Sam Casey (eagle on 13) ($50)
  3. Week 12 Front 9 (add for gross eagle on hole 9) – Tom Nestvold ($25)

Nearies ($10.00 per winner)

  • Hole 1 – Closest to Pin in Two – Ben Zurn
  • Hole 4 – Closest to Pin – Erik Pedersen
  • Hole 8 – Closest to Pin – Jared Britton
  • Hole 9 – Longest Putt – Andrew Gruber
  • Hole 11 – Closest to Pin in Two – Matt Grove
  • Hole 12 – Closest to Pin – Bill Wallace
  • Hole 17 – Closest to Pin – Steve Binenstock
  • Hole 18 – Longest Putt – Joel Longo

Metro Seniors continue to struggle at Valleywood

Valleywood made a few tee box changes and with “Purple” and “Green” tees but retained the mixed par settings between the two. But that was not the reason for slow play or less than stellar golf by our metro senior teams.  

There is only a 16 point spread from first to sixth place.  However, the BMGA teams are not in the top four. In fact, they remain in the bottom four places in the 14 team league. It looks like the league will not add makeup dates for the three rainouts this season so there remains only three more weeks to make a charge. Although we may still play some “fun” matches at the clubs we missed. With 24 points available each week, neither team is mathematically eliminated, but….

The Valley team played some good golf against the team from Como with all of the players garnering points in their matches. Ramiro Sifuentes swept all 6 points while shooting a pedestrian net 77. But he won more holes than his opponent. A net 85 by Dean Penk wasn’t nearly enough but he won the 18th hole to tie the back nine and earn 1 point. Steady Ted Roberts shot a net 77 but lost by one hole on the front. He came back strong on the back winning the last two holes with a bogey and a birdie to take the back and the match for 4 points. Chris Gaspard was down 3 after five holes on the front but exploded on the back to win the back six up and win the match for a total of 4 points. Valley won the match 15-9 but is still stuck in 13th place.

The Golden team could only muster 8 points against Hiawatha leaving the team tied for 11th place and just a slim 6 points ahead of the Valley team. Dan Olson swept his opponent taking 6 points with a nifty net 72. The rest of the team struggled as captain Roger Hamm was able to come back on the back nine for a win and two points while Steve Silken and Larry Jocelyn were both swept.

Current Standings  This week’s results

Next week we play at Como where Golden takes on 8th place and Valley takes on 6th place Daytona. A couple of wins would certainly stir up the standings.

WNL Week 12 Recap (7/17/24)

A picture-perfect night for Bald Man Hot Summer Nights and Coors Lights on the patio. With only 6 weeks left, we’re getting into the playoff push.

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

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

Note: 6.5 points from Team 9 are not currently reflected in the weekly standings due to Kam Hanson playing 2 rounds. The 6.5 points have been added to the standings below and will be updated in the aggregate Golf Genius scoring next week.

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 – Dave Bialke (31) ($10)
  2. Low Gross – Dave Supalla (33) ($10)

Net Skins ($50.00 per side)

  1. Front 9 – Doug Paquette (eagle on 1); Thomas Nestvold (eagle on 7) ($25 each)
  2. Back 9 – Paul Yakshe (eagle on 12); Brett Notvedt (eagle on 14); Neal Oestreich (eagle on 18) ($16.67 each)

Nearies ($10.00 per winner)

  • Week 11 Hole 9 – Lee Haulkonen
  • Hole 1 – Closest to Pin in Two – Doug Paquette
  • Hole 4 – Closest to Pin – Dave Schoeller
  • Hole 8 – Closest to Pin – Scott Syverson
  • Hole 9 – Longest Putt – Peter Crane
  • Hole 11 – Closest to Pin in Two – Pat Hoffman
  • Hole 12 – Closest to Pin – Mike Ryan
  • Hole 17 – Closest to Pin – Dylan Johnson
  • Hole 18 – Longest Putt – Dave Supalla

CIT Fourball has surprising results

In a rain/lightning interrupted and shortened event (15 holes) the full field (52 players across 26 teams) had an interesting go of it.

In the Gross division, Richard Brynteson & Luke Rajkowski held on to a one stroke victory over Howie Hoffman & Brad Jordan. Richard & Luke managed a 1 under front 9 versus the level par from the chasers, and that was the difference maker.
Rounding out the top finishers were 3rd place at +1, Larry Hahka & Doug Paquette and a three-way tie for 4th at +2 with Roger Hamm/Gerry Meier; Stan Hop/Steve Shellenbaum; Pete Steichen/Sheldon Silberman.

The Net division was also a close finish with many of the same names as above. Hahka/Paquette with a 1 stroke win at -9 over Brett Nybo & Dylan Johnson. Nybo/Johnson had a 3 stroke lead at the turn but stumbled on 13 and 14 to slip back.
Third place at -7 was Steichen/Silberman and in a four-way tie for 4th place at -6 were: Conner Paulson/Charlie Morse; Meier/Hamm; Brynteson/Rajkowski; Hop/Shellenbaum

Full results including skins and on course prizes can be seen here:
https://bgc-2024citfourball.golfgenius.com/pages/10315266233041209246
Or you can see this big-ass report

Too bad we had to shorten it as the final 3 holes could have been a difference maker with the results so tight.

Our weekend events have been very full, so remember to sign up for the next event, the Tupperware 2 person scramble on July 27th.  Registration ends July 19th.