August 27 Scramble Results

With the end of the second half, it was time for a scramble prior to the championship match on Saturday.  The weather was again quite pleasant.

Team Dvorak won the scramble with an excellent score of 29 - three under par - great job!   Team Dvorak had birdies on 2, 6, and 8.  Team Downing finished second with a 30, with birdies on 4, 5, and 8, and unfortunately a bogie on 9.  I will pass out the prize money to the two winning teams at the banquet.

Here are all the scores:

• Team Dvorak 29 (First Place)
• Team Downing 30 (13 putts) (Second Place)
• Team Raymer 31 (12 putts) 
• Team McEvilly 32 (16 putts)
• Team Jokisch 33 (14 putts)
• Team Rieves 34 (12 putts)
• Team Kraus 35 (15 putts)

Challenge Winners were as follows:

• Dan Stanford - Longest Drive on Hole #1
• Don Alvis - Closest to the Pin First Shot on Hole #3
• Mike Sanders - Longest Putt on Hole #7
• Andrew Preboski - Closest to the Switch on Any Shot on Hole #9

August 27, 2019 Scramble Tee Times and Rules

The UW Employee Golf League Banquet will be held on Tuesday, September 10 at Lucky's on Regent Street (1313 Regent St) beginning at 5:00 to 5:30.  We will order off the menu.

Here are the scramble rules and other information.  Please remember to count your putts!

There will be four "regular" holes prizes.

·      Longest drive on #1

·      Closest to the pin in 1 shot on #3

·      Longest putt on #7

·      Closest to the switch (any shot) on #9

Tee Times

4:56 Team Dvorak - Please take flags out for the 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 7th holes.

5:04 Team Downing

5:12 Team McEvilly

5:20 Team Raymer

5:28 Team Rieves

5:36 Team Kraus

5:44 Team Jokisch - Please bring flags in.

Reminders:

·      Hit your tee shots on hole 8 from the upper tee.

·      You must count at least one tee shot from each member of your group. On your scorecard, note who hit the tee shot you used on each hole.

·      Count your putts on each hole, and note them on the scorecard.

Rules (for those unfamiliar with the scramble format):

1.    Each foursome plays as a team and keeps one score for the team (including putts).

2.    After each golfer tees off, the team picks one shot to play next, and each golfer hits from there. The three people whose shots won't be used should retrieve their balls and drop within a club-length of the ball chosen to be played, but if the ball you are playing is in the rough or a hazard you must play from that rough or hazard. You may improve your lie (winter rules).

3.    Follow this same procedure until your team holes out.

4.  One shot/ball per golfer - if you only have three golfers, only three shots.

5.    When putting, the first person puts a mark down to identify where the others should putt from if the first person misses.

6.    At least one tee shot from each golfer in the foursome must be used on one of the nine holes. You do not need to decide whose tee shot is to be used until after everybody has teed off on a hole, unless you are forced to use a specific golfer’s tee shot on holes 7, 8, or 9 because you have not used one of their tee shots yet.

Tiebreakers

1.    Most holes-in-one

2.    Most eagles

3.    Most birdies

4.    Fewest putts

5.    Higher average team handicap (those without handicaps will not be counted)

6.    If still tied, prize money will be divided proportionally.

Week 16 (August 20, 2019) Results and Standings

Congratulations to Team Rieves for edging out a victory in the second half of the 2019 University of Wisconsin Employee Golf League.  Team members include Dave Rieves, Ambuj Shatdal, Barry Wanner, and Mike Brania.  Team Rieves finished with 28 points to beat out hard charging Team Raymer with 27 points.  To how how close it was, Team Dvorak finished in sixth place only 5 points back.  For those of you who followed our post-match discussion, even if Team Rieves and Team Raymer finished tied, Team Rieves would still have won because the first tie breaker is the 2nd half head to head competition, which Team Rieves won.  I have to note what a fabulous job Team Raymer did in the second half, starting 0-6 and almost coming back to win.  Team Rieves will be playing Team Downing (the first half champs) on Saturday, August 31 - tickets are still available!

Once again we somehow managed to avoid rain that seemed to be coming our way on Week 16 at Glenway.  The average score was again an excellent 44. Six golfers, Alec Triggiano, Jimmy Yednock,  Mark Woodruff, Aaron Kroth, Dave Rieves, and Mike Brania broke 40.  Alec, Mark, and Jimmy shot a 38, while Aaron, Dave, and Mike shot 39.  Jeff Dvorak, Andrew Preboski, Eric Durkee, Matt Raymer, Mike Sanders, and Ambuj Shatdal had the low net score with a 28.  Aaron Kroth, Steve McDonnell, and Mike Brania had net 29.

Challenge Winners were as follows:

• Dan Stanford - Closest to Pin on First Shot on Hole #2
• Aaron Kroth - Longest Drive on Hole #5
• Jimmy Yednock - Closest to the Pin on 2nd shot from off green on Hole #8
• Stephen McDonnall - Longest Putt on Hole #9 

A special congratulations goes to Ed Molter for 12 putts!

Five golfers had a birdie this week:

• Mark Woodruff on Hole #6
• Mike Brania on Holes #1 and #4
• Dave Rieves on Hole #2
• Dan Stanford on Hole #2
• Mike Kraus one Hole #3

Congratulations to our League Flight Tournament winners

• Dave Rieves (Flight 1 - Handicap of 4-11) 85
• Eric Durkee (Flight 2 - Handicap 12-14) 79
• Tom Stafford (Flight 3 - Handicap 15-24) 81