Week 8 (June 29, 2021) Results and Standings

Week 8 of the UW Employee Golf League saw more great weather for golf.  Unfortunately, with the rain came a little less roll on shots.  The big news was that Team Kraus won the first half of the season!  Congratulations to Mike Kraus, Eric Durkee, Gary Buehler, and Tom Stafford.

Another item of big news is that the golf banquet will be Tuesday, September 7 at Tully's 2.  Happy Hour will be at 5:30 and Dinner at 6:30.  For those of you who are new, each person pays for their dinner and drinks.

We had 30 golfers for our eight teams and the average score went up slightly to 49.  No one broke 40 this week.  Jon Wellik and Scott Larson shot 41, with Ken Miller shooting 42.  Eric Durkee, Stephen McDonnell, and Jon Wellik had the low net scores at 32, while Ken Miller, Scott Larson, Dan Steinhoff, David Downing, Mike Blum, Phil Coan, and Mike Kraus had a net 33.

My apologies for missing this last week - Jason Raffel had 12 putts on his round.  Congratulations Jason!

The final point standings for the first half showed Team Kraus with 32 points.  Team Jokisch in second with 28 points, and Team Larson third with 24.5 points.

Two golfers had birdies this week:

• Ryan Olson on Hole #4
• David Downing on Hole #4

Prize Winners:

• Closest Second Shot on Hole #1: Jason Raffel

• Closest to pin on first shot on Hole # 4: Jimmy Yednock

• Longest Putt on Hole #9: Adam Hopkins
• Most putts on Hole #9: Stephen McDonnell

Week 8 (June 29, 2021) Match Ups and Tee Times

4:40 Jokisch v. McEvilly
Jon Wellik (9) v. Tom Mack (12)
Jason Raffel (8) v. Jimmy Yednock (8)

4:50 Jokisch v. McEvilly

Bob Jokisch (11) v. Dan Stanford (15)

Al Crist (16) v. Pat McEvilly (15)

5:00 Larson v. Downing

Ken Miller (10) v. Ed Molter (12)

Scott Larson (8) v. Mark Woodruff (5)

5:10 Larson v. Downing

Dan Steinhoff (13) v. David Downing (13)

Andrew Preboski (18) v. Rob Zimmerman (25)

5:20 Hammen v. Rieves

Mike Blum (15) v. Ambuj Shatdal (10)

Patrick Hammen (14) v. Tom Hidde (DR) (NA)

5:30 Hammen v, Rieves

Chris Hammen (15) v. Mike Brania (10)

Clyde Kaikuaana (25) v. Barry Wanner (15)

5:40 Kraus v. Raymer

Gary Buehler (16) v. Stephen McDonnell (12)

Eric Durkee (13) v. Adam Hopkins (12)

5:50 Kraus v. Raymer

Phil Coan (TS) (15) v. Mike Sanders (13)

Mike Kraus (17) v. Matt Raymer (14)

Week 7 (June 22, 2021) Results and Standings

Week 7 of the UW Employee Golf League saw more great weather for golf.  We had 31 golfers for our eight teams and the average score went down to 48.  Three golfer broke 40, with Jason Raffel shooting 37, Bob Jokisch with a 38 (no that isn't a misprint), and Mark Woodruff and shooting 39.  The Commissioner shot his lowest score ever and was second on his team.  The Commissioner had the low net score with a 26, while David Downing had a net 27.

With one week to go in the first half of match play, Teams Kraus has a commanding lead with 27 points.  Team Jokisch is the only team that can catch them for the first half title with 22.5 points.

Seven golfers had birdies this week, with the Commish getting birdies on two holes:

• Bob Jokisch on Holes #2 and #4
• Mike Sanders on Hole #2
• Dan Stanford on Hole #9
• Jason Raffel on Hole #9
• Scott Larson on Hole #8
• Jimmy Yednock on Hole #2
• Mark Woodruff on Hole #6

Prize Winners:

• Longest Drive on Hole #2: Jimmy Yednock

• Closest Chip from off the green on Hole # 5: Rob Zimmerman

• Longest Putt on Hole #8: Chris Hammen
• Closest Second Shot on Hole #9: Jason Raffel