Birdie Pool:
Ian McPherson wins 1st place with a total of 8. He grabs $252 from the Birdie prize pool.
Rick Manda and Kevin Riley win 2nd place with a total of 4. Each gets $63 from the Birdie prize pool.
Russ Burdick and Mike Landry win 3rd place with total of 3. Each gets $21 from the Birdie prize pool.
Match 1: Russ Burdick v Gary Swanson. The battle went Gary’s way early, but Russ battled back to even the match at the end at 10-10. Kevin Horgan v Ken Crouch. Kevin played decently except for losing his shit on 3 holes. Ken played well from the Yellows and did not lose his shit. Kevin 8 and Ken 12. G+K=22. K+R=18.
Match 2: Tony Serra v Allie Perras. Tony was giving strokes and did not hold up his end of the bargain as Allie took him apart one hole at a time. Allie 13, Tony 20-13=7. Wayne Baldelli v Luis Gomez. Wayne played well and hoped he would do to Luis like Allie did to Tony. No such luck. Luis played very well from the Yellows and worked over Wayne 15-5. Luis + Tony=22. Allie + Wayne = 18.
Match 3: Kevin Riley v Jay Cox. Kevin played well, but Jay picked his moments to try keeping it close. Riley 12-8. Gary Smith v Quan Le (Bruce Gurney). Gary found someone in Bruce to take advantage of as he marched to a 13-7 win. Jay + Bruce=15. Kevin and Gary = 25.
Match 4: Mike Landry v Luke Alves. Mike shot a 39 and Luke found it difficult to do anything but make him look good. Mike got 17. Luke got crushed. Phil Miller v Jenna Cordero. Phil then recognized this thing is about getting more points than your opponent and tagged Jenna 13-7. Mike and Phil= 30. Jenna and Luke = 10.
Match 5: Ian McPherson v Alex Weiland. Ian pulled double duty as usual when his team needs the extra points. Really Ron? Do you feel me? We looked to Alex to keep up with Ian and he did not disappoint us. 10-10 tie. Ron Bates (Ian McPherson 2) v Phil Sharpe. Ian 2 then lined up on Phil None too Sharpe for a 10-10 tie as well. 20-20 tie.
Match 6: Bill Morrill v Jim Brawn (Steve Giguere). Bill played well and took 12 points from substitute Steve. Craig Marsh v Keith MacNeal. Craig also played well matching his low round of the year and getting 13 points from Keith. Bill and Craig=25 and Steve and Keith=15.
Match 7: The Course v Paul Boisvert. Paul went out and got 5 Birdies that didn’t count for the Pool because he played The Course. He also ended up shooting 55. The course got 16pts. The Course 2 v Bob Andrews (Mark Bouley). Mark filled in for Bob and got jobbed just like Paul, The Course 2 got 16 points.
Match 8: Chris Riley v Linda Mara. Linda played well tuning up Chris in the process 12-8. Rick Manda v Jody Smith. Rick played an excellent round and Jody felt abused because of it. Rick 13 Jody 7.
The Regular Season Champions are Ian and Ron. They outpointed Tony and Luis when it came down to the last few weeks. Well done fellas!
That now leaves the Playoffs for us all. Ian and Ron earned a Bye for the first round. The rest of us have been paired up according to lowest seed playing the highest seed and working down the line.
Recall that since it will be getting darker for the last few groups please keep the matches moving along. Each team should keep a scorecard so there are no burps at the end of the match with anyone unsure of the outcome. If you don’t know how to score your matches you should have contacted me during the 3rd week when I held scoring classes at the Westender. If there is a tie at the end of 9 holes you must determine a winning team by the time you hit the clubhouse. If extra holes are decided to break the tie any strokes that would have been given on the subsequent holes are still applied. You can also do a putt-off, draw cards, have a footrace, flip a coin, etc.
Check your matches and keep an eye to the weather for Wednesday. Note: Rick and Chris are a lower seed due to beating Mike and Phil head to head in week 9.
Rusty and Luke