A warm and humid night for golf resulted in a season low 44.9 average for league players. Seven golfers shot in the 30s led by Yanbing Lu's 35 and Lynn Paulson's 36. Steve McDonnell shot a 37 to edge a little closer to Dave Rieves for the season low average. Chad Shultz apparently decided to sit out a week to see if he could back door his way into the season lead. That strategy didn't hurt his chances, other than he needs to get 12 rounds in to qualify. He has work to do to get there.
The foursome of the night was the 5:38 Molter:Kraus group. Those four players shot an average of 38.75, and a collective net 20 strokes under par. The foursome included Eric Durkee's net 24 and Ed Molter's net 25. The Kraus team had all four players shoot net scores under 30, collecting 5 points and moving into a tie for the second half lead with team Raymer, who had a 6 point night. The three teams at the bottom of the standings after week 12 secured 14 points, leaving all ten teams within 8 points of the lead with 5 weeks to go.
Jake Holler had perhaps the par of the year on hole 5. His tee shot ended in the middle of the hole 7 fairway, traveling most of the way to the hole 7 tee box. That he was able to get anywhere near the green in two more shots was amazing, and then he chipped in for his par. If anyone is looking for a souvenir of Jake's achievement, his favorite chipping club may be available after he snapped it in two on hole 8 after a disappointing chip.
Pat Fahey had the worst round of the night, but is hard to blame him given his playing most of hole 6 with a ball with a gigantic cut in it. Even a player with Pat's talent is likely to struggle with that.
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