Pairings for Week 18, September 1

The pairings for our last full-field night are shown below.  To avoid another night of the last groups finishing in the dark  all  players should arrive early, tee of as soon as is reasonable, and keep up with the group ahead.  Team Raymer enters week 18 with the second half lead for the second straight year.  Will they hold on this time?

4:42 & 4:50	McEvilly vs. Raymer
Dan Stanford	13		Paul Barnett	14
Jim Zweifel	11		Matt Raymer	11
Pat McEvilly	14		Mike Sanders	16
Ed Corcoran	13		Adam Hopkins	13
4:58 & 5:06	Molter vs. Moritz
Ed Molter	12		Bob Moritz	14
Rob Zimmerman	22		Paul Schuettler	15
Matt Wornson	11		Keith Brown	6
Dave Downing	12		Tom Hidde	13
5:14 & 5:22	Weber vs. Rieves
Matt Blouin (cw)	14		Lynn Paulson	8
Pat Fahey	21		Michael Brania	12
Tom Weber	22		Steve Smith	16
Shane Gibson	15		Dave Rieves	6
5:30 & 5:38	Kraus vs. Warren
Eric Durkee	12		Mike Warren	8
Gary Buehler	17		Jake Holler	10
Mike Kraus	14		Chad Shultz	7
Bob Jokisch	16		Jeff Dvorak	12
5:46 & 5:54	Miller vs. Nelson
Doug Hoerr	10		Mike Williams (kk)	8
Bill Swisher	20		Bill Crahen	19
David Miller (ch)	12		Steve McDonnell	8
Sasi Pillay	20		Brad Nelson	16

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.

Pairings for Week 17, August 25

The pairings for August 25 are shown below.  In addition to the posted match, each players scores will be compared with his week 16 opponent to determine the outcome for those matches.  The scores from August 25 will count twice for the year-end tournament, but only once for regular match play handicap purposes.  It keeps getting dark earlier, so everyone should play fast out of consideration for the latter groups.

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