Week 6 Pairings - June 1

Below are the pairings for June 1. Scores this week will be applied to this week's and last week's pairings, so you're playing for two weeks this Tuesday.

As of right now, we're short two golfers (on the Dvorak team). If you know anybody who can golf Tuesday night, please let me know. Thanks.

4:52 & 5:00	Williams vs. McEvilly
Ron Weiss	21		Herb Stanford	26
Bob Crowe	18		Pat McEvilly	12
Matt Blouin	16		Ed Corcoran	17
Dave Rieves	5		Dave Delveaux	9
5:07 & 5:15	Moritz vs. Wolfe
Bob Moritz	14		David Wolfe	18
Tom Hidde	14		Adam Hopkins	18
Paul Schuettler	13		Mike Sanders	17
Steve Moritz	9		Paul Barnett	13
5:22 & 5:30	Loescher vs. Kraus
Rob Zimmerman	24		Steve Smith	17
Ed Molter	17		Mike Kraus	13
John Loescher	16		Andy Taylor	12
Will Nagel (JL)	14		Lynn Paulson	6
5:37 & 5:46	Miller vs. McGettigan
Charlie Hoslet	15		Tom Weber	23
Doug Hoerr	12		Shawn McGettigan	14
Ed Meachen	13		Scott Gomez	10
David Miller	12		Chris Weber	7
5:53 & 6:00	Dvorak vs. Nelson
Vacant			A Tomaszewski	20
Vacant			Brad Nelson	18
Jeff Dvorak	13		Steve McDonnell	11
Mike Warren	10		Mike Williams	8

Weathered Out Tonight

Conditions were poor (lots of thunder) with no promise of improvement on the radar, so Bill and I decided we'd probably not get nine in.

Steve Smith is the luckiest league member, because I was bringing it tonight!

Week 5 Pairings - May 25

As of right now, we're looking at a high of 87 for Tuesday. Should be beautiful by the time we get out there. Here are the match-ups.

4:52 & 5:00	Kraus vs. Wolfe
Steve Smith	17		David Wolfe	18
Andy Taylor	12		Mike Sanders	17
Mike Kraus	13		Adam Hopkins	18
Lynn Paulson	6		Paul Barnett	13
5:07 & 5:15	Loescher vs. Williams
John Lobe	30		David Crowe (MB)	New
Ed Molter	17		Bob Crowe	18
Rob Zimmerman	24		Ron Weiss	21
John Loescher	16		Dave Rieves	5
5:22 & 5:30	McGettigan vs. Dvorak
Tom Weber	23		Tom Eberle (V)	27
Scott Gomez	10		Jeff Dvorak	13
Shawn McGettigan	14		Will Nagel (V)	14
Chris Weber	7		Mike Warren	10
5:37 & 5:46	Moritz vs. Nelson
Tom Hidde	14		A Tomaszewski	20
Steve Moritz	9		Steve McDonnell	11
Paul Schuettler	13		Brad Nelson	18
Keith Brown (BM)	7		Mike Williams	8
5:53 & 6:00	McEvilly vs. Miller
Herb Stanford	26		Charlie Hoslet	15
Pat McEvilly	12		Doug Hoerr	12
Ed Corcoran	17		Ed Meachen	13
Dave Delveaux	9		David Miller	12

Week 4 Recap

Now that's more like it. The weather was gorgeous for Tuesday night's round, and the beer was flowing like wine. Results and standings are now posted.

There are many things to discuss.

• The NELSON team strengthens their first-half lead with four points, and now lead the field by five points.
• Giving hope to all those looking up at the leaders, the KRAUS team swept their way from 5th into a 2nd-place tie in one week. There are still 8 teams who could be no worse than 2nd place with a sweep next week.
  
• The DVORAK team is still in need of two permanent golfers. Please help us recruit so we don't have to use up the available subs to fill those vacancies.
• I have received fees from all but two golfers, who missed the first week when I collected most of them. I will email those two separately about the $25 fee. I also am unable to collect fees from the two vacant positions, so at this point our budget is $50 light.
  
• In this week's pairings post I incorrectly billed the Weber-Rieves match as being "a match-up of the league's two best golfers." Chris Weber's subsequent 46 made me question that, so I went back to the spreadsheet where it clearly shows that Lynn Paulson and Dave Rieves had (and have) the two lowest handicaps in the league. This explains why Rieves so easily dispatched of C-Web. (Lynn was seemingly not driven to success by the potential bulletin board material, however.)
• On that note, congratulations to Mike Kraus and Dave Rieves, for their league-leading 39's on Tuesday night. Mike also had the league-low net score of 25.
• There were only two birdies this week - Paul Barnett on #1 and Steve McDonnell on #4. (On the positive side, there was only one septuple-bogey!)
  
• I have many prize balls to give out next week. I am in the first foursome, so when you finish, look for me and I will be distributing prizes. Here's a list of those who have earned prizes this year:

Ed Corcoran (Low Net Score, Week 3)

Adam Hopkins (Longest Made Putt, #5, Week 4)

Mike Kraus (Low Net Score, Week 4)

Rich Lampe (Closest to Pin #8, Week 3)

John Loescher (Closest to Pin #6, Week 1; Closest to Pin #3, Week 2)

David McLean (Longest Made Putt, #9, Week 4)

Steve McDonnell (Longest Drive in Fairway #4, Week 2; Longest Drive in Fairway #5, Week 3)

Ed Meachen (Longest Made Putt, #6, Week 2)

Ed Molter (Closest to Pin #8, Week 1)

Steve Moritz (Longest Made Putt, #9, Week 3)

Lynn Paulson (Closest to Pin #8, Week 4)

Dan Ruder (Longest Drive in Fairway #9, Week 2; Closest to Pin #6 in Two Strokes, Week 3)

Doug Smedema (Low Net Score, Week 1)

Andy Tomaszewski (Longest Made Putt, #9, Week 1)

Brendan West (Longest Drive in Fairway #4, Week 4)

Mike Williams (Longest Drive in Fairway #5, Week 1)

• I'm going to try to start reporting the Sy Brandt Sportsmanship Award race next week. I still have some tweaking to do to the formula in order to give myself the best chance to win.
• Just a reminder that the league scramble is June 29. I'll have details soon about the cookout. (It will likely be around $11.)
  
• Any time you know you'll have a sub, please let me know ahead of time. It helps me set more appropriate match-ups if I know who will be playing and what their handicaps are.
• Another reminder - this time to League Champion Captain David Miller and his team - planning of the location and details of the league banquet this year are

Chris Weber comment expected in 5 . . . 4 . . . 3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . .

Week 4 Pairings

Here are Tuesday's pairings, including a match-up of the league's two best golfers - Chris Weber vs. David Rieves - in the last foursome. The weather forecast looks great.

4:52 & 5:00	Nelson vs. Miller
Brad Nelson	18		Ed Meachen	13
Steve McDonnell	10		Doug Hoerr	12
Mike Williams	8		David Miller	11
A Tomaszewski	22		Charlie Hoslet	14
5:07 & 5:15	Kraus vs. Moritz
Mike Kraus	14		Paul Schuettler	13
Andy Taylor	12		Bob Moritz	12
Lynn Paulson	5		Steve Moritz	8
Steve Smith	16		Tom Hidde	14
5:22 & 5:30	McEvilly vs. Loescher
Ed Corcoran	16		John Lobe	New
Dave Delveaux	10		John Loescher	16
Pat McEvilly	11		Ed Molter	15
Herb Stanford	25		Rob Zimmerman	23
5:37 & 5:46	Wolfe vs. Dvorak
David Wolfe	18		Craig Hughes (V)	20
Mike Sanders	17		Morgan Machina (V)	New
Paul Barnett	12		Mike Warren	10
Adam Hopkins	18		Jeff Dvorak	13
5:53 & 6:00	McGettigan vs. Williams
Shawn McGettigan	14		Bob Crowe	17
Scott Gomez	10		Matt Blouin	16
Chris Weber	6		Dave Rieves	5
Tom Weber	24		Ron Weiss	21

Week 3 Recap

Week 3 results and standings are now posted on the blog. I also updated Week 2 results and standings because, as you may remember, some folks were unable to play #9 in week two due to darkness. Their results are now complete.

I have a couple of friendly reminders based on last week's attendance.

• The league will play as long as Glenway is open. If you want to know whether or not we'll be playing, you can call the course to find out. Assume we're playing.
• If you don't show up for golf and don't have a sub, you are still responsible for your greens fees.

A few other housekeeping notes:

• The Dvorak team is still in need of two full-time golfers. If you know anybody who would like to join permanently, temporarily, full-time or part-time, let me know and we can use them at least for this season. I have the slots filled for 5/18, but no beyond.
• Rich Lampe got his name in the paper on Wednesday with a 38, which was a shock to him since he thought he shot a 40. He was right. I usually catch 1-2 addition errors every week on the scorecards. It's not a big deal to me, but if you're wondering why the blog reports a different score than you thought you had, it may have been an adding error on the scorecard. (As we know, my spreadsheet never makes a mistake!)
• Steve Moritz did not get his name in the paper on Wednesday morning with a 39, which was my fault. I missed his fine score when I was writing up the list. Well done, Steve!
• I've been a slow starter this spring, but I should be ready to start handing out prize balls next Tuesday.

So far, the forecast for next Tuesday looks great (72 degrees and sunny). That oughta bring the scores down. See you out there.

Week 3 Pairings

4:00 p.m. Weather Update: I was just at the course. It is open and playable and people are golfing and having fun. I recommend layers. See you out there!

10:30 a.m. Weather Update: The course is open and playable and Bill is planning on us golfing tonight. If things change, we won't know until after 3:30. I'll try to post another update by 4:00, but plan on golfing.

Hi - We still need two permanent golfers for the Dvorak team. In addition, we need two subs for May 18 and 25. Please let me know if you know of someone who would like to golf. Thanks.

Mother Nature willing, here are the pairings for Tuesday. Remember, league play is ON unless the course (266-4737) is closed.

4:52 & 5:00	McEvilly vs. Moritz
Dave Delveaux	10		Steve Moritz	9
Ed Corcoran	17		Bob Moritz	12
Pat McEvilly	10		Tom Hidde	12
Herb Stanford	25		Paul Schuettler	13
5:07 & 5:15	Dvorak vs. Loescher
Mike Warren	10		Dan Ruber (JL)	New
Jeff Dvorak	13		Ed Molter	15
John Gillich (V)	17		John Loescher	16
Tom Eberle (V)	27		Sub ? (RZ)	??
5:22 & 5:30	Wolfe vs. McGettigan
Jeff Sartin (PB)	10		Chris Weber	6
Mike Sanders	16		Scott Gomez	10
Adam Hopkins	17		Shawn McGettigan	13
David Wolfe	18		Tom Weber	24
5:37 & 5:46	Williams vs. Miller
Dave Rieves	5		David Miller	11
Matt Blouin	16		Doug Hoerr	12
Bob Crowe	16		Ed Meachen	12
Ron Weiss	20		Charlie Hoslet	15
5:53 & 6:00	Nelson vs. Kraus
Mike Williams	9		Lynn Paulson	5
Steve McDonnell	11		Rich Lampe (AT)	13
Brad Nelson	19		Mike Kraus	14
A Tomaszewski	22		Steve Smith	16

Week 2 Recap

What did I say last week? Let me remind you.

Next week, we're back to our normal schedule. Keep up the ready golf and hope for sunshine, because it's going to get dark for the last groups. See you Tuesday!

Well, we had sunshine, yet the last group still couldn't finish, mostly because it was over 2:30 after their tee time. I hate to take some of the fun out of the league, but we need to do a better job getting the pace up. I've already had one sub tell me he's not interested in future opportunities because it takes so long to play 9 holes. Here are some tips to keep it moving.

• The first group needs to tee off on time. If they're late, everybody's late. The league in front of us is never running late.
• Limit yourself to one practice swing.
• Give and accept gimme putts. If you're given a putt, pick it up. Help explain gimmes to teammates - especially subs - if they don't know about them.
  
• Push slow teammates - especially subs - to keep pace.
  

Hopefully everyone has now shaken the winter rust off and we'll be just zippy next week.

So, results and standings for Week 2 are published, but they are incomplete. Last week's last group could not play the 9th hole, so they will get their Week 3 9th hole score applied to Week 2. Their scores and their tentative place in the standings are subject to change.

- Mr. Crabby-Ass Ready-Golfer

Update: The Dvorak team is still looking for two permanent golfers. We also need one sub for each of the next two weeks and two subs on the 25th. Please let me know if you have any candidates.

Week 2 Pairings

If you haven't yet seen Thursday's post, please do.

Here are the pairings for Week 2. This week's big match-up is a rematch of last year's championship. Let's see if the Miller team is resting on their laurels.

The forecast, as of Sunday, calls for sunny and 77. If that doesn't warrant a beer cart, I don't know what does.

4:52 & 5:00	Loescher vs. McGettigan
John Loescher	15		Chris Weber	5
Rob Zimmerman	22		Shawn McGettigan	13
Ed Molter	15		Scott Gomez	10
John Lobe	New		Tom Weber	24
5:07 & 5:15	Wolfe vs. Miller
Paul Barnett	12		David Miller	10
Adam Hopkins	18		Ed Meachen	12
Mike Sanders	17		Doug Hoerr	12
David Wolfe	18		Charlie Hoslet	15
5:22 & 5:30	Williams vs. Nelson
Dave Rieves	5		Mike Williams	9
Bob Crowe	17		Brad Nelson	20
Matt Blouin	15		Steve McDonnell	11
Ron Weiss	19		A Tomaszewski	22
5:37 & 5:46	Kraus vs. McEvilly
Lynn Paulson	6		Dave Delveaux	10
Mike Kraus	13		Ed Corcoran	16
Andy Taylor	11		Pat McEvilly	10
Steve Smith	16		Herb Stanford	25
5:53 & 6:00	Moritz vs. Dvorak
Steve Moritz	9		Jeff Sartin (V)	10
Tom Hidde	12		Dennis Hill (V)	11
Bob Moritz	12		Mike Warren	10
Paul Schuettler	13		Jeff Dvorak	13