Mike Warren - "Look like a pro, play like a pro".

Another good weather night resulted in 38 golfers participating on August 4, although scores were not as good as the wonderfully humid previous week.  Team Rieves took advantage of 2 team McEvilly no-shows to propel it to a 6 point night while winning the 2 contested matches by one stroke each.  One week after securing 6 points, team Raymer posted a big 0 against team Miller.  Three teams are tied for first with four weeks to go, and all ten teams are within 7 points of the lead.  The second half race is shaping up to be a doozy.

Keith Brown shot his season best 34, moving into second behind Dave Rieves for the season low average in his attempt win that honor two years in a row.  Those two players were among 5 who broke 40.

Mike Warren showed up in golf slacks, claiming that he forgot his shorts and gripping about being too hot.  The real story is that he wanted to play like the pros and Dave Rieves do, and the results were positive as he shot a 37 (net 27).  We may see Mike in slacks the rest of the season.  Tom Weber played the first hole like a pro, getting a birdie that propelled him to a net 27.  Upon learning that they both broke 50, Brad Nelson and Bill Crahen (net 27) celebrated by throwing a party for those still at the course.  That will teach players who already left.  Jay Krafft was the fourth player to shoot a league low net 27, thereby seriously draining the league's golf ball supply.

Pay Fahey hit 6 trees in 3 shots on hole 7, making him sad that he lost his magical ball that somehow avoided trees and found that green in previous weeks.  Even Pat is human.

The first group out decided that the prize for hole 9 was "Drive closest to the 150 marker".  Your commissioner, who hit his longest drive in the fairway on hole 9 in two years, was not pleased.  Speaking of the commissioner, 3 of the 8 points he has won have come via a forfeit.  Expect more postings about trying to get people who beat him fired - it seems to be working.

The three straight weeks of Chris Weber appearances came to end, and we are all poorer for it.