IRS Wednesday Golf League Newsletter

Week 3 – May 10, 2017

Week 3 complete and still having good weather for golf. Course was slow play again this week. Reminder to pick up the pace on the course as there is another league after ours.

We had 7 subs this week. Subs were: Cindy Ellsworth (Team Buescher), Steve Ruehl (Team Bramlage), Don Bazsika (Team Bramlage), Johnny Lloyd (Team Kientz), Mary Jo Leirey (Team Freeman). New subs: Jack Snowden (Team Pfeiffer), Don Iannelli (Team Flynn). Thanks for being there.

Good rounds this week were: front nine – Jim Westcott – 39; back nine – Mark Slye – 37 and Ray Vaughn – 39 (2 Birdies).

I am at a loss for words this week as it seems the Shirts had no mercy on their opponents. Thought they would take a fall if offered free beer but they chose a win over free beer. What was I thinking? Along with that Team Anderson took a half point lead in the #1 seed.

Only one team remains unbeaten. Team Kientz your day will come.

Division Leaders: A Division still has defending Champs Team Bramlage in the lead; B Division has Team Kientz taking the lead; C Division has Team Anderson (the shirts) still leading; and D Division still has Team Halpin in the lead.

For those liking statistics and percentages (I did this last year) here are some numbers to ponder: Only 50% of the 16 teams this week won their match. Of those teams only 32 of the 64 players won their match.

Still no Fork for any teams yet, however Team Schumacher may be the first to get Forked. Any questions or complaints on this should be taken to the Complaint Committee Mr. Bill Zachritz.

From the League Rules (hopefully to speed up play):

Article IX. Missing Tee Off Times: A player must be on the tee ready to play at the scheduled starting time or a forfeiture is declared. If there is a back up at the tee and starting times are delayed, there is no forfeiture if the player is ready to play at the delayed starting time. In all situations players must follow the instructions of the starter. If the player misses the scheduled starting time, but joins the group on the course, the tardy player forfeits nine medal points and match points for hole(s) not played. The team forfeits four (4) team medal points. The tardy player will continue to play for match points for the remaining holes. If any holes were handicap holes these handicap strokes will be forfeited. The total handicap strokes for the nine would also be reduced.

Article XVI. Pickup Rule: Once a player has recorded a score on a hole twice par plus one, they must stop playing that hole and pick up their ball. On a par 3 the most strokes allowed are seven (7), on a par 4 the number is nine (9), and on a par 5 no more than eleven (11). The recorded score will be either the 7, 9, or 11 as appropriate. The player's opponent is required to finish the hole unless they also reach the pickup score. Any player who picks up before holing out cannot win a match point for that hole, regardless of handicap strokes. If opponent also picks up on the hole, the match point will be split. It is therefore in the best interest of a player to attempt to finish the hole. This rule has no effect on any medal contest or recorded score for handicap purposes. The rule was instituted to improve play and speed up the total game.

Article XXV. Putting Recommendations and Penalties: Continuous putting is a courtesy not an infringement and helps speed up play. It is recommended and strongly encouraged that all players attempt to comply. A putting ball may be used on greens.

A ball may not be changed at any other time except with your opponent’s permission.

A ball hitting the pin when shooting from outside the green does not result in a penalty. However, there is a one-stroke penalty for both match and medal play purposes, for hitting the pin while playing from a point anywhere on the putting surface.

Words of Whizdumb from Mr. Feldman:

A Neil deGrasse Tyson Thought: When we are at a tied Major League baseball game and rooting for the hometown team to score a walk-off win, we tend to cheer very loudly while our hometown heroes are trying to concentrate, focus and bat during the bottom of the ninth. They are attempting to swing a cylindrical bat in such a way that it contacts a small sphere which is traveling at over 90 miles per hour, and moving on a curved path through the air, and to have the middle of the bat strike the ball at its equator. This is a Herculean challenge. Meanwhile, when we are at a golf tournament and following and rooting for a particular PGA player, we give them absolute silence when they are attempting to concentrate and tee off. Is this silence really necessary when the ball which they are trying to hit is absolutely motionless, sitting on top of a pedestal, just waiting to be struck, and is far smaller than the monstrous club head which they are swinging? I think not. This disparity in fan behaviors at baseball vs. golf events makes absolutely no sense from a physics challenge standpoint.

Summary of Rounds Played May 10, 2017

	THIS WEEK	TO DATE
REGULARS	56	171
SUBS	7	17
NO SHOWS	1	4

Match Results

TEAM NAME	POINTS	TEAM NAME	POINTS	TEAM NAME	POINTS	TEAM NAME	POINTS
PATMANN	35.5	KIFFMEYER	33.5	BRAMLAGE	42.5	SCHUMACHER	67
BUESCHER	54.5	PFEIFFER	56.5	KIENTZ	47.5	FLYNN	23
TEAM NAME	POINTS	TEAM NAME	POINTS	TEAM NAME	POINTS	TEAM NAME	POINTS
FREEMAN	29.5	HARMS	66	ANDERSON	66	VAUGHN	34.5
BREEN	60.5	SLYE	24	HALPIN	24	LEIREY	55.5

Medalist

COURSE	NAME	SCORE
FRONT NINE	Jim Westcott	39
BACK NINE	Mark Slye	37

Eagle/Hole in One

None

Eagle/Hole in One Pool

This pool has $24.00 in it.

Birdies

#5	Jim Westcott	Skin -- $24.00
#8	Jay Ackerman	Skin -- $24.00
#15	Ray Vaughn	Skin -- $24.00
#16	Mike Donlin & Frank Leirey	Both in Skins
#18	Ray Vaughn	Skin -- $24.00

Note: To all Team Captains or those regulars that complete the "Point Sheet" after the match is completed, please ensure that all birdies are recorded on the "Point Sheet".

Other Skins

#

none

Greenies

#5	Jim Westcott	$9.00
#7	Patrick Buescher	$9.00
#13	Ed Miller	$8.00

Closest to Pin 2nd Shot

#14

Mark Slye

$8.00

Long Putt

#9	Clyde Barnes	$19.00
#18	Dale Goodwin	$16.00

Money Leaders -- Top 10 & Ties

Reckers, Chuck	$ 51.00
Vaughn, Ray	$ 48.00
Begley, Cecil	$ 45.00
Slye, Mark	$ 42.00
Goodwin, Dale	$ 35.00
Westcott, Jim	$ 33.00
Miller, Ed	$ 25.00
Ackerman, Jay	$ 24.00
Halpin, Charles	$ 24.00
Ruehl, Steve	$ 24.00

Skins—Greenies—Long Putt

Most of the regulars and subs in the league know about Skins, Greenies, and Long Putt. For those that do not, each week there will be a sheet and a box on one of the tables in the clubhouse. The sheet will have the names of all the regulars and blank lines at the bottom for subs to write in their names. $3.00 entry fee for Skins; $1.00 entry fee for Greenies and $1.00 entry fee for Long Putt. Place a check mark for each category for which you are participating. If the Briefcase is not out notate on your scorecard your intent to play and pay when you complete your match. First teams out please take the markers, last teams in please bring markers in.