’09 Duffer News… Week #17, September 1st
IN THIS ISSUE…
EARLIER TEE TIME
READY GOLF / Pace-o-play
Match Play
KnockDown #4
Final
Outing
Skin & 50/50 Games
Moron’s Corner
AfterSkins
Reminder
Larry Lahiff’s Skin Game
LEAGUE INFO…
Recap…
Tuesday, September 1st
was the seventeenth week of the Duffers 2009 season. The weather was picture perfect with
73-degree temperatures, low humidity, and sunny skies. The Final round of the Match Play tournament
was played last night. Congratulations to this year’s winner, a founding member
of the Duffers, Chris Pizzuli. Thanks
to all who played in this year’s tournament, I hope it was enjoyable. Yesterday attendance was better than average
with 52 of 55 members (95%) and 4 guests making their way around
the front nine.
Member attendance for the year remains 92%, while total attendance, including guests and make-up rounds remains a
PERFECT 100%.
MAKE-UP ROUNDS reported for Wk#16…
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None L |
MEMBERS WHO MISSED Wk#17 were…
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Wayne Cerney |
Paul
Chichester |
Ron
Pereira |
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
~55 members + guests and the league ahead of us; the Duffers MUST
play READY GOLF!
Daylight
continues to slip away from us.
We are now losing more than TEN minutes of daylight each and every week and
once again we are struggling to finish before dark.
FYI… The Sun Sets Next Tuesday
(9/08)
at 7:49. Our last group should be off
the tee box by 5:30.
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First Group |
Last Group |
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Teed Off |
3:45 |
Teed Off |
5:42 |
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Holed Out |
5:56 |
Holed Out |
8:21 |
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Played in: |
2:11 |
Played in: |
2:39 |
Yesterday’s Pace of play was good at the front of the pack and too damn slow in the
back!
The main problem continues to be not enough players using the READY GOLF
techniques discussed in these pages all season!
Finishing
in the dark isn’t much fun. Please
allow our “back-of-the-pack players” to finish before sunset by playing
ready golf and playing quickly.
Just remember that ‘your proper position on the golf course is behind
the group in front of you, NOT
in front of the group behind you!’
League
Tee Time Moved UP…
Our friendly starters (Jack and Don) have arranged for the NASA
league that normally plays ahead of us, to play opposite us these last few
weeks of the season. That means that the tee box
is ours for the taking any time after 3:45!
If you can, you
are welcome to arrive and play early these last two weeks of the season.
Consolation
Bracket…
With only ONE week 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 the remaining regular play
WEEKLY TOURNAMENT!
The yearlong POINTS Tournament has tightened up and the “money spots”
will once again be determined by next weeks KnockDown. I encourage you to get to Creekwood and play
yourselves either into the money or out of the ‘Consolation Tournament’! J
Final
Outing…
’09 Season
Final Tournament & Outing…
Next Tuesday (9/08), in preparation for The Duffer Outing, I will be collecting Skin / BlindBogey (money
and numbers), Visitor, Proxy, and Extra dinner fees. Please ‘lend Stanny a hand’ and be prepared to pay your $10
Skin fee and give him your Outing BlindBogey number. As a reminder,
your BlindBogey number will be subtracted from your Saturdays GROSS
score. All players whose BlindBogey results are between 70 and 80
(inclusive) will be eligible for the BlindBogey drawing. Thanks, in
advance, for your help.
To insure there are ample T-times and meals available for everyone in
attendance, all visitor and extra meal fees must be paid by Tuesday
(9/08).
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Outing attendance intensions UNKNOWN |
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Wayne
Cerney |
Bill
Lilley |
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Fred
Lima |
Mickey Lima |
Pat
Lima |
If you are listed above,
please contact Stanny to confirm YES or NO!
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NOT
attending this years Outing |
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Jim
Martin |
Ron
Pereira |
Wayne
Reisinger |
Jack
Tabor |
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As you should know, the ‘09 Final Outing is being held
at Creekwood Country Club, Saturday, September 12th 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 of golf (cart
included), lunch at the turn, and dinner (BBQ ribs with chicken and all the trimmings)
catered by Lone Tree. A prize ceremony
will follow dinner.
As in any Duffer event, GUESTS are welcome to attend. Again 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 $65.
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, lunch, and beverages, 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. 8th. 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.
’09 Match
Play Tournament…
The
Final round of “The Match Play Tournament” ended yesterday with Chris Pizzuli
taking the first place prize. Completed match results
along with a final bracket can be observed by checking out the Match Page.
’09 Scheduled Events…
Here are this
year’s remaining Duffer events.
KnockDown
#4, Sept. 8th (back 9).
As in ALL KnockDowns, you must be present the evening of the
KnockDown to receive any BONUS Points.
Final Outing
Saturday, Sept. 12th 9:00 at Creekwood Country Club.
Skin News…
Our Skin Committee members are: Chip Dubosh, Skip Skufca,
Mark Sustarsic, Mike Milam, and Todd Cramer.
Their
duties are to: ENCOURAGE game participation (Skin & 50/50) by
our members, guarantee 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 ideas or suggestions about
how these games could be run more efficiently please see a committee member
or Stanny.
’09
AfterSkins & Pins extension season starts Tuesday (9/15)...
Just because this year’s official League activities have come
to an end doesn't mean that golf on Tuesday evening has to! Join us for Skins and Pins through the
months of September and October. It's a beautiful time of the year to
play a round at Creekwood!
AfterSkins and
Pins is open to ALL players with no restrictions so bring your friends out to
play golf and Skins!
SKIN
RESULTS for Wk#17…
we had 46 out of 52 members (88%) in the game for a pot of $225
those not playing were…
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Chuck
Bartsche |
Jim
Martin |
Don
Schofield Sr. |
the usuals… |
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Mark Clark |
Bob Gawronski |
Rob Sibley |
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Remember, you can’t win if you don’t play!
Tuesdays Winners were…
Low Net
(32) – Rick Lear – $45 – 2nd time low net winner this year
Pin #4 – Rick Lear – $45
Pin #7 – Chris Pizzuli – $45
– good day for Chris – thanks for the beers!
THREE Skins were out @ $30 each…
#2 – birdie
– Alex Martinez
#4 – birdie – Wayne Reisinger
#6 – birdie – Mike Kennedy
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!
50/50 Game…
we had 47 in the game for a pot of $47
not playing were…
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Mark
Clark |
Bob
Gawronski |
Mike
Kennedy |
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Rick
Lear |
Pat
Lima |
Jim
Martin |
+
All 4 guests L |
The winning number, drawn by Dick Ade was #4
Allen Bass – $24 – Happy
Birthday BassMan!
Tradition
dictates that the winners buy the drinks, or be heckled miserably!
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.
6+7+10+4+9+5+10+8+8 = 67 not 66 – Mark Clark
6+3+8+5+7+5+4+5+9 = 52 not 49 – Alex Martinez
a friendly REMINDER…
It is each and every member’s personal responsibility to
insure that his own score is CORRECTLY and LEGIBLY 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.
The remaining date is:
Friday September 4th.
It is also being 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