July 8th O'Bannon Creek Friday Night Couple's League Update

Closest to the Pin:  Men, #5--Nobody, no man got on the green!  Come on, guys, work on your 150 yard shots!
Ladies, #7--Ann Wurster.  Ann, nice shot, remind me to give you your prize.

Standings:  Steve and Donna Bunn are in 1st place with 52 points after 4 matches.  The Gennaro's and Garrision's are tied for second with 48 points, followed very closely by Randy Lansdell and Debbie Yingling with 47 points.  Looks like a close run to the finish for these three teams.  And, looking ahead, Randy and Debbie scored 13 points in their July 22nd match so they may move up the standings.  Oh, and watch out for those Lindle's, they scored 30 points in the last 2 weeks!

Scoring Highlights:
There were a lot of good net scores posted after the July 8th matches.

Ladies:  Janet Lindle and BrookAn Gennaro both shot net 33's, 4 under par.  Deanna Spatz shot a net 34, 3 under par, Linda Miller shot a net 35, 2 under par, Donna Bunn shot a net 36, one under par, and Kathy Shaut shot (say that 3 times fast) a net 37, even par.  Nice rounds, ladies, seems like you would buy us guys some drinks at dinner when y'all play so well.

Men:  Randy Lansdell shot a net 33, two under par.  Randy, I can see that handicap falling!  Four men shot net 34, one under par:  Steve Bunn, Gary Trame, Lowell Bowie, and Fred Spatz.  Dale Lindle shot a net 35, even par, and my neighbor and buddy Walt Wurster shot a net 36, one over par.  And guys, while I'm thinking about it, you can always buy me a drink, or several, whether you shoot a good score or not!

Natural Birdies (not to be confused with unnatural Birdies):   There were 4 Natural Birdies, Brookan Gennaro (2 on #5), Bob Pare (2 on #7), Dave Shaut (3 on #1), and Ben Basone (2 on #5).  No prize, just honorable mention on this infamous Blog. 

Play July 22nd Matches:  Please make up July 22nd matches as soon as possible.  If you can't/aren't going to make up matches, please let me know the disposition (big word) of the points.  I'd like to get the standings updated before the August 5th matches if possible.  And, please, try to play the matches on the night scheduled whenever possible, and make reservations for dinner.  The restaurant relies on us Friday Night Leaguers as a base of business so please play and eat.  And, if your match is canceled, please come out and eat anyway.  Thanks for your consideration.

The next scheduled matches are on August 5th.  Please do your best to play your matches that evening.  Let's finish strong in August, play as many matches as possible on Friday nights.  

Dave

June 24th O'Bannon Creek Golf Club Friday Night Couple's Golf League Results

First, there are two matches from June 24th yet to be played but I want to get most of the results out to all of you today.  I will include any highlights (assuming there are some) and will also send out updated standings after all the matches are complete.  Also, a disclaimer.  Am sure it is hard to believe, but I make mistakes.  So, check your scorecards, make sure the handicaps are correct.  I do my best to get the cards prepared correctly but I also sometimes (okay, almost all the time) have a glass or two of wine or a glass or two of Blanton's bourbon, the Best Single Barrel Bourbon in the World, while preparing the scorecards.  So, mistakes occasionally happen.  Same with standings and points scored.  Do my best, but if something looks out of wack, let me know, tell me what you think is wrong, and I'll do my best to correct the error.  And one more disclaimer, I review all the cards every week looking for highlights, i.e. low scores, good scores on holes, etc.  My intention is to say "good job" to players who do well over the whole match or on a certain hole.  Again, surely I miss something, so please don't be upset if I don't mention that eagle you scored on number 4!  Help me by noting on the score card something outstanding, interesting, or funny that happened during the match. 

Standings:

 So, after the June 24th matches, Team Bunn is in 1st place with 39.5 points, Team Gennaro is in 2nd place with 37.5 points, and Team Shaut is in 3rd place with 37 points.  Team Bunn plays Team Shaut, so there could be some movement at the top this week.  Or, Team Basone has a make-up match scheduled Thursday, July 7th, and if they do really well, they could move into the top spot.  There are ten teams within ten points so standings are tight.

Weekly Points:  

Team Lindle led all teams June 24th, scoring 16 points, followed by Team Ellis with 14.5 points and team Bunn with 14 points.  Good job!

Best Scores:

Ladies:  Kathy Shaut and Arlene Forsthoefel both shot net 36, one under par.  Janet Kuhn shot net 37, even par, and Ann Wurster shot net 38, one over par.  Nice rounds, ladies.  

Men:  Lot's of good scores for the men.  Several net 34's, 1 under par--Dave Forsthoefel, Jerry Paul, Randy Lansdell and Steve Bunn.  Jay Kuhn and yours truly shot net 35.

Best Holes:

Janet Kuhn had a birdie 2 on #5, great job Janet.  Ann Wurster parred numbers 3 and 5.  Sandy Garrison parred numbers 3 and 8.  And Ruth Paul parred number 7.  Jerry Paul birdied #4 and Jeff Garrison birdied #8.

Closest to the Pin:

Randy Lansdell was closest to the pin for men on #5 but he made it clear Janet Kuhn was much closer than he was, as evidenced by Janet's birdie on that hole.  Ruth Paul was very close on #7.  Good job Randy and Ruth.

July 8th Matches:

Let's hope for good dry, July weather for this week's matches.  Looks like weather is going to be good Friday afternoon/evening but who knows, it is summer and we do live in Cincinnati.  Kathy and I won't be playing Friday night so leave your score cards with Keith at the bar.  I'll gather them over the weekend.  And, please try to make up Friday's match if you can't play Friday night.

And hey, let's be careful out there!

Commissioner Dave 



 

June 10th Update

Okay, just experienced a Blog failure/problem so am going to send this June 10th update as an email.  Complete standings are attached for June 10th as well as partial standings through June 24th matches that were played.  As soon as all the June 24th matches are completed I'll send an update.  

The Basone's led the standings after June 1oth with 27 1/2 points, closely followed by Team Yingling-Lansdell and Team Garrison, each with 26 points.  From what I've seen so far of the June 24th matches, there will be some moving around near the top.  

Steve Bunn wrote a nice summary of the Bunn-Stokes match.  Think he is trying for Commissioner next year.  Here is Steve's summary:

Commissioner:

We played our makeup match with our archrivals……….The Stokes.
In the ladies’ match, Donna jumped out to a quick lead with some solid play while Lina was just warming up.  Lina found her form on #4 with a bogey.  She then scored par on both #5 and #7 only to find both were tied with Donna’s net 3’s.  Lina’s solid 5 on #8 brought her within a point when Donna stumbled a bit, missing an 18” putt.  But, true to her keen competitive spirit, Donna dug down deep and sealed the match with a sterling score of 5 on the final hole. 

On the men’s side, it was a seesaw match with Wayne going 1 up on the 3rd hole when Steve fumbled on the green.  The match stayed that way until the 6th when Steve made par, not using his handicap stroke, against Wayne’s bogey.  Wayne’s consistency won the 7th with a routine par to gain the advantage again.  On the 8th Wayne thought he’d polished off his opponent by hitting a stellar approach to within a foot but watched in angst as Steve answer the call by hitting his approach to within 3 ½ feet of the pin and calmly rolling in the putt to stay 1 down going to the 9th.  At the ninth, Wayne’s one-handed pitch shot left him a difficult par putt that failed to drop.  Steve’s delicate TWO_HANDED flop shot from the left to a short side pin left a makeable 8 footer that he rolled in for the tie.  

It’s always a hotly contested battle when these old, has-beens’ get together!

Scoring:

Steve & Donna Bunn              11 ½ 

Wayne & Lina Stokes             8 ½ 

So, Steve is working hard for his money!  Send me your summaries of your matches--jump in the fray for 2012 Commissioner!