’07 Duffer News… Week #01, April 17th
IN THIS ISSUE…
The 2007 season
FINALLY starts
Attendance
New Members
Dues
No Gimmies
READY GOLF / Pace-o-play
Scheduled Events
Skin Game (new info)
Moron’s Corner
Larry Lahiff’s Skin Games
LEAGUE INFO…
Recap…
Tuesday, April 17th was the first official week of the DUFFERS 2007
season. The weather was sunny and cool
and with no snow or lightning in the area, the Duffers lined up at the first
tee to get this year’s activities under way. It’s nice to finally get the
practice rounds finished and begin the regular season. Those of you, who decided not to experience
a typical Duffer start, will have the usual 1-week to play your make-up
round.
Attendance was disappointing considering the generally pleasant
conditions! Only 37 of 61 members (61%) and 2
guests made their way to the tee box.
Member attendance for the year is 61%, while total attendance, including
guests and make-up rounds is 64%.
MEMBERS WHO MISSED Wk #1
Pat Anderson III
Mike Bartell
Bill Bunevich
Mike Bobincheck
Paul Chichester
Mark Clark
Jim Grimmer
Patrick Keaton
Bob Kosky
John Little
Glenn McLaughlin
Rob Melbar
Tom Melbar
Dave Murray
Bill Pfeil Jr.
Bill Pfeil Sr.
Brian Pfeil
Tom Reiss
Tim Roche
Rob Sibley
Dan Stanik
Gary Thomason
John Toth
Scott Wickham
REMEMBER, you have one week to play your make-up round. You must play the same side
that the league was originally scheduled to play. Turn your scorecards in to a Creekwood Clubhouse Counter Staff
Member, asking them to place it in the Duffer File, or give it to Stanny on
Tuesday.
Also:
Even though no points are awarded to members whose dues are not paid-in-full,
your make-up rounds are eligible for handicap and attendance purposes. Maintain your Final Tournament
Eligibility by having no more than two absences!
MAKE-UP ROUNDS reported for last week…
since this is Wk#1 no make-ups were possible.
NEW MEMBERS
Mike Blaner – friend of Frank Bago
Tom Broadhurst – friend of 10 year member, Paul Ebright
Mike Campbell – just happened to hook-up with Patrick Keaton and Mike Bartell
while they were playing a practice round
Chip Dubosh – friend of Paul Chichester
Jim Martin – friend of Paul Chichester
Bob Nimrichter – neighbor of members Mark Clark and Ron Cross
Tim Roche – friend of Mickey Lima
John Toth – friend of Paul Chichester
Please join me in
welcoming them all to the Duffers.
Introduce yourselves, buy them a beer, teach them the Duffer ways, and
do whatever you can to make them feel welcome.
DUES ($100) are now PAST DUE!
Members who still owe are…
Pat Anderson III
Mike Bartell
Mike Bobincheck
Bill Bunevich
Paul Chichester
Mark Clark
Jim Grimmer
Bob Kosky
John Little
Glenn McLaughlin
Rob Melbar
Tom Melbar
Dave Murray
Tom Reiss
Tim Roche
Rob Sibley
Dan Stanik
Gary Thomason
John Toth
Scott Wickham
Get your dues paid and enjoy all the benefits of Duffer
Membership… entry into the Skin Game AND the WEEKLY POINTS you should have
earned!
No
Gimmies…
Unfortunately for some members, no one at the ‘Spring Kick-off Meeting’ brought
up the issue of holing out all putts. So, again this year…
Gimmies will not be
permitted! ALL PUTTS MUST BE HOLED OUT
AT ALL DUFFER EVENTS.
With
close to 60 members, the Duffers MUST play READY GOLF!
Be ready to hit when it’s your turn.
Plan in advance; think about your impending shot while you’re
approaching the ball and go ahead and hit it if there is no one else in the
vicinity, regardless of who has honors.
If you are not in another player’s way, line up your putt while
another player is hitting his. Regardless
of the ‘beer girl’ not everyone in the foursome needs to hang around
the beer cart when she is present, someone should be hitting the ball while
others are buying the beer.
Please recognize that ‘your proper position on the
golf course is behind the group in front of you, NOT in front of the group
behind you!’
’07 Scheduled Events…
Here are the tentative dates (weather permitting) for this year’s Duffer
Events.
Fun Nites…
May 22nd, June 26th, and August 14th.
If you have any ideas about games or menu items that you feel might be
appropriate, please see a committee member.
They are:
Patrick Keaton, Gerry Rapp, Frank Bago, Mickey Lima, and Dale Sandvick.
KnockDowns…
Are scheduled for: May 29th (front 9), July 3rd (back
9), August 7th (front 9), and Sept. 11th (back
9).
The second “Glenn
McLaughlin Summer Solstice” Bonus Points Tournament…
June 19th (back + front)
Final Outing…
The Final Outing is being held Saturday, Sept. 15th,
9:00, at Creekwood Golf Course. Mark
your calendars now!
FYI, we
will be enjoying a steak roast with all the trimmings, catered by Alexander’s.
Skin News…
Our Skin Committee members are: Frank Bago, Patrick Keaton, Todd Cramer, Mickey Lima,
and Gerry Rapp.
Their duties are to: ENCOURAGE participation from both
members and guests, ensure correct sign-in and tabulation, watch and
sort the money, ensure there is no ‘after posting’, assist in score
keeping, and help with prize money distribution. If you have any suggestions or ideas about how the Skin Game can
be run more efficiently please see one of them or Stanny.
Reminder to all
Duffers, especially our ‘early bird special’ players:
All Skin Game entry
(payment and entry indication) must be made on an official ‘Skin/Score
sheet’ prior to teeing off.
Posting
and/or paying after your round is completed, is not permitted. To help those wishing to play early, thus
taking advantage of an open tee box, Pat Anderson, who usually arrives early,
has agreed to bring an official Skin/Worksheet and Skin box to accommodate Skin
entry prior to Stanny’s arrival. If
anyone else would like to volunteer to bring an additional ‘early arrival
Skin/Score sheet’, see Stanny for details.
SKIN
RESULTS for Wk #01…
we had 36 out of the 39 players (92%) in the game for a pot of $175
those not playing were…
Wayne Cerney
Jim Martin
unknown guest
Hey guys… it’s just like the lotto, ‘you can’t win if you don’t PLAY!
Low Net (35) – Mike Milam – $35
Pin #4 – Frank Bago – $35
Pin #7 –
Paul Scott – $35
One Skin was out @ $70 …
#6 – birdie – Freddy Lima (guest)
Tradition
dictates that they buy you a drink, or be heckled miserably!
NOTE… PLEASE DON’T PREMATURELY CIRCLE YOUR BIRDIES ON THE SKIN SHEET! It’s a pretty television graphic
presentation BUT it makes it VERY DIFFICULT to see the TRUE SKINS!
MORON’S
CORNER… (Formerly JETHRO CIPHERS)
This is the spot where I will highlight (low light) the SPECIAL
skills of Duffers and their simplistic mathematic disabilities.
45 - 9 = 36 not BLANK – Dick Ade
50 - 0 = 50 not BLANK – Mike Blaner
45 - 4 = 41 not BLANK – Mike Campbell
54 - 0 = 54 not BLANK – Jim Martin
43 - 3 = 40 not BLANK – Gerry Rapp
If you wish to be considered for the ‘net’ portion of the ‘Skin Game’, the ‘net
score box’ must be properly filled in.
a friendly
REMINDER…
It is each and every
member’s personal responsibility to insure that his own score is CORRECTLY
recorded (both gross and net) on the weekly skin / work
sheet. Even
though you may not have been the person keeping score for the foursome, it is
your duty to insure that it was done correctly! Do it
right and you won’t end up listed in the “Moron’s Corner”!
LARRY LAHIFF'S SKIN
GAMES…
are a great way to s t r e t c
h the summer holiday weekends and
play a round of golf with friends at one of the areas FINEST golf courses.
This years dates are; Friday May 25th, Friday July 6th,
and Friday August 31st.
Again this year, all three events will be held at Eagle Creek GC in Norwalk.
The first tee time is ~9:30 and everyone is welcome to attend.
See Larry for further details or if you have any questions.
'Till Tuesday,
John (Stanny) Stanbrook
Duffer League Treasurer and Secretary
440-871-7821