’08 Duffer News… Week #20, September 2nd
IN THIS ISSUE…
Attendance
READY GOLF / Pace-o-play
Match Play Tournament
Consolation bracket
Scheduled Events
Skin
Game
Moron’s Corner
Outing
info
LEAGUE INFO…
Recap…
Tuesday, September 2nd the 20th official week of the
DUFFERS 2008 season. The weather was
hot and sunny with 85-degree temperatures.
The final round of the Match Tournament is waiting to be played with
League President, Jack Tabor meeting Mike Kennedy. Attendance last night was light with only 42 (1
pre-play) of 50 members
(84%) and 5 guests making their way around the front nine. It sure was great to see former members Dave
Harley and Batman hanging around the clubhouse last night! Member attendance for the year has
slipped back down to 92%, while total attendance, including guests and
make-up rounds has moved back down to an excellent 101%!
MAKE-UP ROUNDS reported for last week…
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None L |
MEMBERS WHO MISSED Wk #20 were…
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‘Pronk” Bunevich |
Dave Haeberlie |
Bob King |
John Little |
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Glenn McLaughlin |
Mark Sustarsic |
Scott White |
J.Z. |
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.
Play READY GOLF!
‘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 |
5:58 |
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Holed Out |
6:25 |
Holed Out |
8:18 |
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Played in: |
2:04 |
Played in: |
2:20 |
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 is once again an issue. Each week we are losing approximately 12
minutes of precious daylight.
Yesterday’s sunset was at 7:58, and next weeks sunset will be at 7:47.
Our last group had better tee off by 5:40 next week! Try your best to arrive early and play
quickly! Give your fellow Duffers at the back-o-the pack a break and make
EVERY effort to get around the course in a timely maner!
’08 Match Play
Tournament
Round #5 has been finalized and awaits Jack Tabor and Mike Kennedy
to face off in the FINAL Round. Good
luck to both our finalists and thanks to everyone who participated in this
year’s Match Play Tournament.
Hopefully, the tourney will run again next year.
Consolation
bracket…
With only TWO weeks of regular season play remaining, I want to
remind those of you who are in the ‘Consolation Tournament’ that you can get
back into the ‘Championship Tournament’ by winning one of the remaining
regular play WEEKLY TOURNAMENTS! The POINTS
tournament is becoming quite a horse race with a handful of players within
reach of the Points Championship. I should remind you that there is still one
KnockDown Tournament remaining and we pay off three places in the Points
Tournament, so please make every effort to get to Creekwood and play yourselves
either into the money or out of the ‘Consolation Tournament’!
Remaining ’08
Scheduled Events…
KnockDowns…
The last KnockDown is Sept. 16th (front 9).
Note: As always, you must be present and play during the regular league
hours to be eligible to receive KnockDown Tournament Points.
Final
Outing…
’08
Season Final Tournament & Outing…
Soon, I will start preparing for The Duffer Outing. It’s time to start thinking about your
groupings and tee times.
Most tee times will be available to ‘committed FOURSOMES’ on a
first-come, first-served basis. As you
should know, the ‘08 Final Outing is being held at Creekwood Country Club,
Saturday, September 20th at 9:00. It’s usually an all day affair.
The only cost to members is $10 for entry into the Skins / Blind Bogey
game. All league members and guests
will receive 18-holes (carts included) and dinner (steak roast, with all
the trimmings) catered by Alexander’s Restaurant. A prize ceremony will follow dinner.
As in any Duffer event, GUESTS are welcome to attend. However, this year, guests are not
eligible for any games or prizes (including skins / blind bogey). If you
still wish to bring a guest to play in your foursome, the cost is
$60.
Extra meals for wives, girl friends, or significant others are
available for $20 each.
A league member
who is unable to attend ‘The Outing’ may designate a guest “proxy player” to
attend at the reduced price of $40.
This ‘proxy player” program was instituted as a courtesy to members who can’t attend ‘The Outing’ thus providing them the ability to give the gift of a dinner to a friend, while still allowing ‘The League’ to maintain it’s significant prize pool. “Proxy players” are considered to be guests and as such, are excluded from all money games.
All guest, ‘proxy’,
and extra dinner fees must be PAID IN FULL by Tuesday Sept. 16th. Tee times and extra meals can only
be guaranteed to 100% committed members and Paid-in-Full guests.
See Stanny if you have any questions or comments.
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 #20…
we had 35 out of the 41 players (85%) in the game for a pot of $165… For
the first time this year, THE POT WAS $5 LIGHT!!! L
those not playing were…
Rich Began
Ted Dieterich
Donny Griffith
Jim Martin
Rob Sibley
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 (31) – Mark Roth – $33
Pin #4 – Mark Roth – $33
Pin #7 – Todd Cramer – $33
TWO Skins were out @ $33 each…
#1 – birdie – Todd Cramer
#6 –
birdie – Skip Skufca
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.
5+4+5+4+5+4+5+5+5 = 42 not 43 – Frank Bago
5+6+5+5+6+5+4+3+6 = 45 not 46 – Ted Dieterich
42-9 = 33 not 31 – 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”!
'Till Tuesday,
John (Stanny) Stanbrook
Duffer League Treasurer and Secretary
440-871-7821