It was a chilly, overcast and judging by some of the scores, a difficult round as week two saw us play the longer blue tees for the first time this season.
Only one team posted a sub-100 round this evening as the Fat Shafts turned in a 99 and took six points in their match.
Glenn Lonergan just misses on hole #8.
Also taking all six were the Dubbers and CCCP. The KGB and Southpaws each earned five points while the Whizbangers grabbed four points. Taking two points was the Hackers while single points went to the Wedgers and Fivesome.
Al Wilkinson shot the low round of 29 to earn a share of the Individual Low Gross lead. The closest to the pin winners were Mark Adams on hole #2 and Tom St.Denis on hole #11. The 50/50 winner this week was Randy Conley.
Welcome back golfers! I don't want to my jinx anything but unlike last year when we weren't able to start play until May 2nd, this year after a long winter, we were able to get the league started on time.
Tony Schick tees off at the 14th hole.
I don't think we could have asked for a nicer evening for mid-April.
Two teams began the year by taking all the points in their matches as the KGB and Fat Shafts each earned six points. The Rolling Stones came close by taking five while the Fivesome, Latecomers and Bogies each grabbed four points. Two points went to the Dubbers, Wedgers and Whizbangers while a single point was nabbed by the CCCP.
Tim Donaldson set the early mark to beat for Individual Low Gross by posting a round of 29 while the KGB shot a combined score of 92 to grab the Team Low Gross lead.
The closest to the pin winners were Jerry Powell on hole #1 and Glenn Lonergan on hole #10. The 50/50 winner was Rick Dean.
I don't want to jinx us but after the wet start to the season we've been fortunate the last three weeks to have ideal golfing conditions. Overall the scores were slightly better tonight but teams continue to struggle despite the amazing conditions of the course to start the year.
The KGB remain the only team that hasn't given up a single point after week three as they swept their match against the Wedgers to earn another six points.
Glenn Lonergan tees off on hole #4.
The Whizbangers, Rolling Stones and Southpaws also took six points. The Fat Shafts and CCCP each earned four points while the Bogies and Latecomers settled for two points.
The low round of the night was posted by Kyle Wilkinson with a 31. The closest to the pin winners were Jim Turner on hole #3 and Kyle Wilkinson on hole #12. The 50/50 winner was Eric Mofina.
Have a safe and enjoyable Victoria Day long weekend.
I'm sure many of you were wondering if we'd ever get the season started but finally tonight after two missed weeks, the rain stayed away and we couldn't have asked for better weather.
The course was in terrific shape and the greens were quite speedy for the first week in May. I know it's only a matter of time but the bugs were rather tame as well.
After our usual gathering at the clubhouse to catch up after a long winter it was finally time to get things going. It was nearly clean sweeps in all of the matches as the Whizbangers, Southpaws, Dubbers, Fivesome and KGB all took six points.
Glen Lonergan fires at the green.
The Fat Shafts earned five points having to split the Net total with the Rolling Stones who finished with one point.
There were several impressive individual rounds with Tim Donaldson and Peter Hughes leading the way, each with a score of even par 27. Andy Koetstra posted a one over par round of 28. The KGB set the pace for the Team Low Gross by shooting a combined score of 92.
The closest to the pin winners were Tyler Donaldson on hole #1 and Peter Hughes on hole #10. Lyle Williams was the first 50/50 winner of the year.
