Pairings for Week 16, August 18

The pairings for August 18 follow.  It is starting to get dark earlier, so a good pace of play will be appreciated by all.

4:42 & 4:50	Kraus vs. Raymer
Nick Probst (bj)	New		Mike Sanders	18
Gary Buehler	17		Paul Barnett	14
Mike Kraus	15		Matt Raymer	11
Eric Durkee	12		Adam Hopkins	13
4:58 & 5:06	Weber vs. Molter
Matt Blouin (cw)	15		Dave Downing	13
Shane Gibson	15		Rob Zimmerman	23
Pat Fahey	22		Ed Molter	12
Tom Weber	23		Matt Wornson	13
5:14 & 5:22	McEvilly vs. Miller
Pat McEvilly	14		Jay Krafft (ch)	8
Jim Zweifel	10		David Miller (bs)	12
Ed Corcoran	15		Sasi Pillay	20
Dan Stanford	13		Doug Hoerr	10
5:30 & 5:38	Warren vs. Moritz
Chad Shultz	8		Tom Hidde	12
Jake Holler	10		Steve Hineline (ps)	10
Mike Warren	8		Bob Moritz	14
Jeff Dvorak	12		Keith Brown	7
5:46 & 5:54	Rieves vs. Nelson
Dave Rieves	6		Steve McDonnell	8
Lynn Paulson	8		Bill Crahen	20
Steve Smith	16		Brad Nelson	17
Michael Brania	12		Kevin Kiser	14

A Rare Hole-In-One

August 11 featured 38 golfers averaging a season best league wide average of 43.6.  Team Weber, sparked by net 25s by Shane Gibson and Matt Blouin and a net 26 by Tom Weber, had a 6 point night to surge up in the standings.  While those net scores were respectable, they paled in comparison with the net 21 posted by the ever improving Bill Crahen.  Keith Brown shot a 37 and Dave Rieves a 38 as they essentially set up a two person race for the season low average crown with three weeks to go.  The second half team race remains tight, with team Molter edging out in front of the pack.

The highlight of the evening was delivered by Michael Brania.  Frustrated by 5 three-putts in his first seven holes, Mike decided to take putting out of the equation by holing his tee shot on the eighth hole for the league's first hole-in-one in two years.  He was a little excited.

In other news....

> Jay Krafft was scheduled to sub for Michael Brania until Michael's plans changed.  Bitter about the late notice of this change, Jay managed to secure a sub spot for team Molter in the same foursome, and them put a serious beat-down on the commissioner.  At least he had the decency to buy the commissioner a beer after the round.

> Mike Warren drove the first green, but left his eagle putt 6 inches short.  But, his birdies on holes 1 and 9 helped secure a 39, showing he can break 40 in slacks or shorts.

> There was an Ed Corcoran sighting for the first time in several weeks.  Ed shot a net 29, but lost by 4, which sadly may discourage a return next week.

>  Channeling his inner Chad Shultz, Steve Smith attempted to sneak a ball through the trees on hole 5 only to hit the same tree on consecutive shots.  Perhaps if enough of the rest of us follow this strategy we can thin out a few trees by knocking them down.

Pairings for Week 15, August 11

The pairings for August 11 follow.  With all ten teams in the mix, this should be a good night, and the forecast is excellent.

4:42 & 4:50	Moritz vs. Raymer
Keith Brown	7		Matt Raymer	11
Jim Beyer (th)	New		Paul Barnett	14
Steve Moritz (bm)	10		Adam Hopkins	13
Steve Hineline (ps)	10		Mike Sanders	18
4:58 & 5:06	McEvilly vs. Weber
Dan Stanford	14		Shane Gibson	15
Jim Zweifel	10		Tom Weber	24
Pat McEvilly	13		Pat Fahey	22
Ed Corcoran	16		Chris Weber	8
5:14 & 5:22	Miller vs. Warren
Doug Hoerr	11		Chad Shultz	8
Bill Swisher	20		Jeff Dvorak	12
Charlie Hoslet	16		Mike Warren	9
Sasi Pillay	20		Jake Holler	10
5:30 & 5:38	Molter vs. Rieves
Matt Wornson	13		Lynn Paulson	8
Dave Downing	14		Michael Brania	11
Rob Zimmerman	23		Steve Smith	16
Ed Molter	11		Dave Rieves	6
5:46 & 5:54	Nelson vs. Kraus
Brad Nelson	18		Mike Kraus	15
Steve McDonnell	7		Bob Jokisch	17
Kevin Kiser	14		Eric Durkee	12
Bill Crahen	22		Gary Buehler	17