Perfect Attendance

On a cool August evening the league posted a season first as 40 players participated.  Apparently effectively playing two matches with a second half title and the season ending flight tournament on the line was inspirational.  The downside was the half-hour gap between the first and second groups of the evening, resulting in the last 2-3 groups finishing in the dark.  Pat Fahey reported that is was so dark that his foursome needed to use a sextant and use the stars to guide them on holes 8 and 9.  That sextant seemed to work well as that group made the two longest putts of the evening on hole 9.  Steve McDonnell was heard to say "We don't need no stinking sunlight".

Chad Shultz, in a belated and likely futile attempt to win the season low gross average title, led the league with a 35.  The two players in the strongest position for that honor, Dave Rieves and Keith Brown, shot 38 and 37 respectively.  Jake Holler (38) and Doug Hoerr (39) also broke 40.  From the near miss department, Mike Williams shot a 42 with a 9 on hole 5.

In another attempt to wipe out the league's golf ball supply, four players led the league for low net for the second time this season.  Ed Corcoran, Brad Nelson, Mike Sanders, and Chad Shultz all shot net 27s.  Those four are in contention for the flight tournament titles, but many others could still win with a low score next week.  The race for the Sy Brandt award is historically close.  With several players still in contention, the ultimate winner will almost certainly need to win his match next week and shoot a score below his season average.

The head-to-head matches this week were competitive, but the blind matches caused some separation among the teams.  Team Raymer put itself in the driver's seat for the second half title, but several other teams have a mathematical chance and will be rooting for Team McEvilly to take 6 points from Team Raymer next Tuesday.

Dave Rieves, captain of the defending league champions, is making arrangements for the league banquet at Babes for either September 8 or 15.  More details should follow soon.