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!