The second half got off to a fine start for four teams that managed 5 point nights to take the early lead. One of the striking outcomes was the margin of victory for 3 teams even though each lost one match. Teams Rieves and Kraus each won by a net 17 strokes, yet could not match the 22 stroke victory for Team McEvilly. In a year of amazing outcomes, three teams winning by 17 or more, while only winning 3 matches, may take the cake.
Dave Rieves, despite playing with antique golf clubs, shot a league season low 34 while rimming out par putts on holes 8 and 9. His night included a birdie on hole 5, where another rare occurrence of having teammates (Rieves/Paulson) shoot a combined one under par on hole 5 was a league highlight. Dave's net 26 was excellent, but fell far short of the net 23 recorded by Bob Jokisch. This was the second time in 5 weeks that Bob had the low net score for the league, which may be a sign that he is getting closer to mastering golf. However, there were a few suggestions that sandbagging was a factor.
Some other noteworthy results.......
> Apparently motivated by the new Golf Channel show "Altered Course", Sasi Pillay arrived late and mimicked the show by hitting a shot, grabbing his bag and running to his next shot, and repeating that approach until he caught up with his group on hole 4. That worked for the first two holes, but a max 8 on hole 3 showed that we should all have great respect for the physical fitness of the golfers on that show.
> After hitting an estimated 700 shots with the same ball, Pat Fahey finally lost the only ball he has played the last 12.5 rounds (unless he sneaked back on the course and found the ball after league play). Considering some of the places that ball visited, it was truly special.
> During week 9 Team Warren shot a net collective 11 under par to take the first half title in a head-to-head battle with Team Kraus. During week 10 the first half champions shot a net collective 11 over par. A raging debate among league players ensued. The more charitable among us praised their ability to step up when the league title was on the line. The more suspicious believe they are padding their handicaps in advance on the league playoff. At the end of the night, all agreed that both theories could be accurate.
> Matt Raymer hit an insanely long drive uphill, into the wind, and on a cool night on hole 4, and two great shots to hole 7, but shot a 42. We can all fear the night he hits those great shots consistently.
> For a second straight week, Jeff Dvorak was left wondering what might have been, shooting a 42 despite back-to-back triple bogies on holes 4 and 5 (equaling the combined score of Rieves/Paulson on hole 5, not that anyone is bragging).
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