Week 4 Results Posted

Use the links to the right for Tuesday's results and the new standings. This was the first week this year the average score went up. It was pretty windy (and it seemed to me like the greens were much faster than usual) - I'll chalk it up to that.

Week 1: 48.2
Week 2: 46.7
Week 3: 45.6
Week 4: 46.5

Here are the May 20 pairings and groupings. Looks like morning showers for Tuesday and then it will clear up for us.

4:52 & 5:00	Team 10 vs. Loew
			Shawn McGettigan	12
Chuck Mistretta	10		Chris Weber	9
			Scott Gomez	9
Dave Poznanski	22		Jack Loew	12
5:07 & 5:15	Wolfe vs. Thoeny
David Wolfe	23		John Loescher	18
Adam Hopkins	18		Ed Molter	13
Paul Barnett	16		Travis Thoeny	3
Mike Sanders	25		Rob Zimmerman	21
5:22 & 5:30	Miller vs. McEvilly
Doug Hoerr	14		Ed Corcoran	18
David Miller	13
Ed Meachan	12		Pat McEvilly	11
Charlie Hoslet	15		Herb Stanford	25
5:37 & 5:46	Williams vs. Marble
Dick Moll	17		Steve Smith	14
Joe Elliott	12		Bruce Marble	9
Dave Rieves	7		Lynn Paulson	7
Bob Crowe (Williams)	17		Mike Kraus	16
5:53 & 6:00	Thomas vs. Moritz
Rick Moll	11		Tom Hidde	14
Jeff Dvorak	9		Bob Moritz	12
Jason Thomas	6		Paul Schuettler	12
Mike Warren	15		Bob Lomasney	20

How Are Pairings Set?

Some of you have been asking me how pairings are set up, since you seem to golf with the same teammate each week. I will try to explain the formula that is used, but would welcome any comments or suggestions for improvement. (See my previous post for instructions on Leaving a Comment on the blog.)

1^st Half
For the first round, the pairings are meant to pit each team’s #1's against each other, and the same goes for the teams’ numbers 2, 3, and 4. So, a particular match-up and grouping would look like this.

Group 1

• TeamA’s #1 vs TeamB’s #1
• TeamA’s #4 vs TeamB’s #4

Group 2

• TeamA’s #2 vs TeamB’s #2
• TeamA’s #3 vs TeamB’s #3

(Sometimes I switch it up so the 2/3 pairings go in Group 1 and the 1/4 pairings in Group 2.)

Anyway, because of this formula, if there’s little movement of handicaps on your team, your 1 and 4 may play together week after week, and your 2 and 3 will likewise be grouped together.

2^nd Half
In the second round, golfers are paired and grouped so the foursome is "fresh." By the end of the season each golfer should have been in a foursome with every other golfer in the league.

Exceptions can be made to this formula when golfers ask to change groupings in order to share a cart.

As I said, please leave comments or suggestions if you’ve got them.

- Dave