Scramble Rules and Tee Times

Cookout to follow (7:30-7:45ish). $12 covers food, tax, and tip. If you haven’t already, please pay Dave Wolfe before you tee off or when he comes off the course.

There will be four "regular" holes prizes:

• Longest holed shot (putt or chip) on #3
• Longest drive in fairway on #4
• Closest to the pin (on the green) in 1 shot on #6
• Closest to the pin in 2 shots (on the green) on #7

Tee Times
4:52 McEvilly – Please take flags out for the 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 7th holes. Thanks.
5:00 Moritz
5:07 Nelson
5:15 Kraus
5:22 Rieves
5:30 Molter
5:37 Warren
5:45 Weber
5:52 Wolfe
6:00 Miller - Please bring the flags in


Reminders:

• You must count at least one tee shot from each member of your group. On your scorecard, note whose tee shot you use on each hole.
• Count your putts on each hole, and note them on the scorecard.
• Get some damn birdies!

Rules (for those unfamiliar with the scramble format):

• Each foursome plays as a team and keeps one score for the team (including putts).
• After each golfer tees off, the team picks one shot to play next, and each golfer hits from there. The three people whose shots won't be used should retrieve their balls and drop within a club-length of the ball chosen to be played, but if the ball you are playing is in the rough or a hazard you must play from that rough or hazard. You may improve your lie (winter rules).
• Follow this same procedure until your team holes out.
• When putting, the first person puts a mark down to identify where the others should putt from if the first person misses.
• At least one tee shot from each golfer in the foursome must be used on one of the nine holes. You do not need to decide whose tee shot is to be used until after everybody has teed off on a hole, unless you are forced to use a specific golfer’s tee shot on holes 7, 8, or 9 because you have not used one of their tee shots yet.

Tiebreakers

1. Most eagles
2. Most birdies
3. Fewest putts
4. Higher average team handicap (those without handicaps will not be counted)
5. Higher lowest individual handicap on the team
6. Fewest total strokes on the five par 4 holes
7. Best score on #5
8. Best score on #7
9. Winner of thumb wrestle-off
10. Higher average body-fat percentage
11. Lower blood alcohol content (BAC)
12. Winner of four-person relay from first tee to 4th pin
13. Longer time balancing a vertical 3-wood on one’s nose
14. Winner of contest naming U.S. Vice Presidents in backward chronological order, taking turns until one team answers incorrectly or fails to answer
15. Dueling pistols at 20 paces

First Half Results

I have not had time to officially tabulate the results from last night, however . . .

(Unofficial) Congratulations to the McEvilly team for (unofficially) winning the first half! They went into the night with a 2-point lead over the Weber team, and (unofficially) scored five points to (unofficially) put the top spot out of reach.

Time for the scramble next Tuesday. I got the $12 cookout fee from most of you last night (and regrets from a few others). I'll catch up with the rest of you next Tuesday. If you have a sub for the scramble, please tell them about the cookout and let them know they can pay me Tuesday. Thanks.

Week 9 Pairings - June 21

Pay no attention to that forecast. Sunny skies and mid-70's, I'm thinking.

The tee times for next week's scramble are posted in the upper right corner. Please bring your $12 for the cookout this week. I'll be there from the first tee time to collect. There are a couple of you from whom I will also collect the $25 annual fee.

Given McIlroy's destruction of the rest of the field, I'm already coronating Irishman Patrick McEvilly the first-half champ. That could change, though, if the Weber team uses Shawn McGettigan as a sub!

Here are the pairings.

4:52 & 5:00	McEvilly vs. Molter
Dave Delveaux	8		Matt Raymer	11
Ed Corcoran	16		Adam Rieves	15
Pat McEvilly	12		Ed Molter	12
Herb Stanford	25		Rob Zimmerman	21
5:07 & 5:15	Kraus vs. Warren
Lynn Paulson	8		Taylor DeValk	8
Bruce Marble (smith)	10		Tim Mattes	15
Andy Taylor	9		Mike Warren	10
Mike Kraus	13		Jeff Dvorak	11
5:22 & 5:30	Miller vs. Wolfe
Doug Hoerr	11		Yanbing Lu (hopkins)	New
David Miller	14		David Wolfe	16
Ed Meachen	14		Paul Barnett	15
Charlie Hoslet	16		Mike Sanders	17
5:37 & 5:46	Moritz vs. Rieves
Bob Moritz	11		Dave Rieves	6
Steve Moritz	12		Matt Blouin	12
Paul Schuettler	12		Bob Crowe	19
Tom Hidde	12		Ron Weiss	20
5:53 & 6:00	Weber vs. Nelson
Chris Weber	7		Mike Williams	9
Tim Coger	13		Steve McDonnell	12
Dave Poznanski	17		Matt Abraham	13
Tom Weber	20		Brad Nelson	16

Week 8 Results

UPDATE: The cost for the cookout will be $12 per person. I will be offering a special government employee rate of $11.92. Please bring cash or check this Tuesday if you can.

What do the Miller, Molter, Moritz, Nelson and Wolfe teams all have in common? They were all mathematically eliminated from winning the first-half title on Tuesday. We're one week away from the end of the first half, and only the Weber and McEvilly teams are left standing, with McEvilly holding a two-point lead.

Overall, times weren't too bad last night. I was in the last group, and we teed off a full 10 minutes after our scheduled tee time. We finished the round in 2:20, though which isn't bad.

Great rounds last night by Ralph Stamler (35), Keith Brown (37), Bob Moritz (39), and Dave Rieves (39).

Next week I'll be there in time to catch the early groups and will be collecting for the cookout. I'll post the cost when I find out.

Week 8 Pairings, June 14

Dearest Fellow Golfers -

Tuesday's match-ups are posted below. Before you check them out, though, please read the following important notes.

There have been a couple slow groups the last two weeks - as in 2:40 rounds instead of 2:10. If you're not keeping up with the group in front of you, you need to get to your ball quickly, be ready to hit when it's your turn, and eliminate your pre-shot routine.

The LEAGUE SCRAMBLE will be held in two weeks. The LEAGUE COOKOUT will follow immediately. I will begin collecting for the (optional) cookout this Tuesday. I don't have an official cost, but I expect it will be about $11, with tax and tip included. (Here's the info from last year - I expect it will be about the same: The $11 covers brats, burgers, potato salad, beans, chips, dessert, tax, and tip. It does not cover your beverages. Food will be served around 7:30/7:45.)

Information about previous scrambles are here: 2009 and 2010. I'll re-post the rules the week of the scramble, but you can read them from last year here. For obvious reasons, tie-breakers will be improved upon from last year.

I am a little behind in handing out prize balls. I'll try to get caught up this and next week.

4:52 & 5:00	Weber vs. Kraus
Chris Weber	7		Lynn Paulson	8
Dave Poznanski	16		Mike Kraus	14
Tim Coger	13		Andy Taylor	9
Tom Weber	21		Steve Smith	16
5:07 & 5:15	Rieves vs. Miller
Dave Rieves	6		Doug Hoerr	11
Bob Crowe	19		Ed Meachen	14
Matt Blouin	11		David Miller	13
Ron Weiss	20		Charlie Hoslet	15
5:22 & 5:30	Moritz vs. Nelson
Keith Brown (schuettler)	7		Mike Williams	10
Steve Moritz	12		Matt Abraham	New
Bob Moritz	11		Steve McDonnell	12
Tom Hidde	13		Brad Nelson	16
5:37 & 5:46	Warren vs. McEvilly
Taylor DeValk	8		Dave Delveaux	8
Tim Mattes	15		Ed Corcoran	17
Mike Warren	10		Pat McEvilly	12
Jeff Dvorak	11		Herb Stanford	25
5:53 & 6:00	Wolfe vs. Molter
Paul Barnett	15		Matt Raymer	11
Mike Sanders	16		Adam Rieves	15
Adam Hopkins	15		Ed Molter	12
David Wolfe	17		Rob Zimmerman	21

Week 7 Pairings - June 7

Well, last week's round was slower than a trip around the farmer's market stuck behind a double stroller pulled by cute dogs. Every group came in at about 2:40, and the scores were not too good. Let's pick the pace back up this week - we had been doing pretty well this year.

The top two teams in the league went head-to-head last week, with McEvilly leapfrogging Weber for the lead, two-thirds of the way through the first half.

Here are Tuesday's pairings.

4:52 & 5:00	Wolfe vs. Moritz
Adam Hopkins	16		Steve Moritz	10
Mike Sanders	16		Bob Moritz	12
David Wolfe	17		Tom Hidde	12
Paul Barnett	14		Keith Brown (schuettler)	7
5:07 & 5:15	Nelson vs. Kraus
Steve McDonnell	12		Andy Taylor	8
Brad Nelson	15		Mike Kraus	14
Andy Tomaszewski	19		Steve Smith	15
Mike Williams	10		Lynn Paulson	8
5:22 & 5:30	McEvilly vs. Rieves
Pat McEvilly	11		Matt Blouin	11
Herb Stanford	25		Bob Crowe	18
Ed Corcoran	18		Ron Weiss	19
Dave Delveaux	8		Dave Rieves	6
5:37 & 5:46	Molter vs. Weber
Ed Molter	11		Tim Coger	13
Adam Rieves	15		Dave Poznanski	17
Rob Zimmerman	23		Tom Weber	21
Matt Raymer	11		Chris Weber	6
5:53 & 6:00	Miller vs. Warren
David Miller	13		Mike Warren	9
Ed Meachen	14		Jeff Dvorak	11
Will Nagel (hoslet)	12		Tim Mattes	14
Doug Hoerr	10		Kate Meyers (devalk)	New