’08 Duffer News… Week #17, August 12th
IN THIS ISSUE…
Attendance
READY GOLF / Pace-o-play
Match Play Tournament
Scheduled Events
FunNite
#3 = GREEN BALL
TOURNAMENT
Skin Game
Moron’s Corner
Larry Lahiff’s Skin Game
LEAGUE INFO…
Recap…
Tuesday, August 12th was the 17th official week and third
KnockDown of the DUFFERS 2008 season.
The weather was close to perfect with sunny skies and near 80-degree
temperatures. Round #4 of the Match
Play Tournament continued with NO matches being played. Attendance was better than average with 47
of 50 members (94%) and 5
guests making their way around the back nine. One of those guests, Freddy Lima made his first HOLE-IN-ONE on
the 12th hole! Thanx for
the beers Fred! Member attendance
for the year remains 92%, while total attendance, including guests and
make-up rounds remains an incredible 101%!
MAKE-UP ROUNDS reported for last week…
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Larry Lahiff |
MEMBERS WHO MISSED Wk #17 were…
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Todd Cramer |
Bob King |
John Little |
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.
With 50 members and the NASA league ahead of us, the Duffers MUST
play READY GOLF!
Be ready to hit when it’s your turn.
Plan in advance; think about your up-coming 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!’
Pace-o-Play…
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First Group |
Last Group |
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Teed Off |
4:21 |
Teed Off |
6:08 |
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Holed Out |
6:26 |
Holed Out |
8:35 |
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Played in: |
2:05 |
Played in: |
2:27 |
Keep up with the group in front of you.
The back-o-the pack should be able to make it around in just a few
more minutes than the first group!
With summer slipping away and this years Duffer season
moving toward its end, daylight will once again become an issue. Each week we will be losing more and more
daylight, as sunset is earlier and earlier.
Yesterday’s sunset was at 8:31 while next weeks sunset will be 8:21. Give your fellow Duffers at the back-o-the
pack a break and make an effort to get around the course in a timely manner.
’08 Match Play
Tournament
Round #4 continued last night with NO matches being
played. No matches can be played
next week during FunNite. That
leaves just ONE date remaining (8/26). I hope it doesn’t rain that night! Get ‘er DONE!
KnockDown #3…
results can be viewed from the Home Page.
FunNite #3…
Our last FunNite of the ’08 season is being held (weather permitting) next
Tuesday (8/19). Mickey Lima and Dave
Gedeon are planning to have burgers and dogs along with the traditional picnic
fare. The FUN portion of the
evening will be the beloved GREEN BALL TOURNAMENT.
Pick your own 3-man team. Each team will be given one green golf ball to use in the event. Your team must then finish the round with that
ball, still in its possession, to be eligible for any prizes. The GREEN BALL
TOURNAMENT is 100% voluntary.
If you are one of those four sums who must play together, three
players can participate in the tournament while the fourth player can play
along for the fun of it all. Also,
those players who don’t usually play in the “Money Games” (Rich Began, Don Griffith, Jim Martin, Charlie Wright)
can fill in to make foursomes to aid in pace-of-play! As stated above, daylight is starting to become an issue. With so many threesomes playing it will
be imperative to keep our slow poke asses moving around the course next week!
Here’s a refresher
on how the GREEN BALL TOURNAMENT is played:
Each team member will alternately play 3 holes with the green ball. For example, player
‘A’ will have the green ball on
holes 1, 4, and 7, player ‘B’ will be given the green
ball to play holes 2, 5, and 8.
Then player ‘C’ will play the green ball
on holes 3, 6, and 9. To add to the
drama, the tournament will be scored as a NET event, so pick your team’s player
rotation wisely to get the most out of each player’s strokes.
hint…
Choose your team members as well as your team’s ROTATION
wisely! We will be playing the front
side and there are six ‘water holes’ that come into play. So, if you decide to gamble with the player
who is getting two strokes on a hole, be prepared to loose the green ball and any chance your team may have
to finish ‘in the money’!
NOTE…
The ‘tie breaker’ will be Total Team Putts so COUNT AND RECORD YOUR PUTTS!
Remaining ’08
Scheduled Events…
Here are the tentative dates (weather permitting) for this year’s Duffer
Events.
KnockDowns…
Remaining KnockDown date is: Sept. 16th (front 9).
Final Outing…
The Final Outing is being held Saturday, Sept. 20th,
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:
Mark Roth, Todd Cramer, Josh ‘Pronk’ Bunevich, Mike Milam,
and Chip Dubosh.
Their
duties are to: ENCOURAGE participation, 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 speak with a committee member, or Stanny
SKIN Results for Wk
#17…
we had 41 out of the 47 players (87%) in the game for a pot of $200
those not playing were…
Rich Began
Tom Broadhurst
Ted Dieterich
Donny Griffith
Bob King
Jim Martin
Charlie Wright
Hey guys (girls)… it’s just like the lotto, ‘you can’t win
if you don’t PLAY!
Tuesdays Winners were…
Low Net (32) – Pete White – $40
Pin #12 – Paul Ebright ?? – $40
Pin #17 – Ron Cross ?? – $40
Three Skins were out @ $26 each…
#12 – birdie – Paul Ebright
#15 – eagle – Pete White
#16 – birdie – Rick Lear
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!
Reminder to all Skin
Players…
This Year’s Skin Game is open to all dues paid MEMBERS (no guests). Game entry (payment and entry indication)
must be made prior to teeing off.
Posting
and/or paying after your round is completed, is not permitted.
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.
4+4+5+7+5+6+6+4+4 = 45 not 47 – Mark Hodgson
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 year’s remaining date is Friday, August 29th 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