IRS Wednesday Golf League Newsletter
June 18, 2014
This week saw some hot weather and some hot players.
There were 11 Birdies this week and one Eagle. Mark Halpin Eagled #1 with a 95 yard shot
from the #9 fairway. This was Mark’s 1st
Eagle so he gets a big CONGRATULATIONS.
Some of the good rounds shot were:
Front nine – Bill Holocher (37), Jay Ackerman (38), and Tom Schumacher
(39); and Back nine – Clayton Doty (37) and Donna Caporale (39).
A couple of records were also broken this week. Undefeated Team Anderson faced no win Team
Freeman. Team Anderson’s shirts and Mark Halpin’s Eagle did not faze Team Freeman. Team Anderson took their 1st loss
and Team Freeman took their 1st win.
I did notice that Team Anderson was leaving with different Team colors
for next week.
Division leaders are:
A Division – Team Donlin (with Team C.Halpin
and Team Zachritz closing in),
B Division – Team Kiffmeyer (takes the lead away from Team Breen),
C Division – Team Bunkelman (still hanging in there),
D Division – Team Anderson (with Team Leirey closing in).
Team Schumacher suffered through with a win, but remained Forked. Team Freeman saved themselves from the Fork
for another week and Team Patmann is on thin ice with the Fork closing in on
them.
We had 6 subs this past week. Subs
were Bill Holocher, Dave Vincent, Mike Schwarberg, Clayton Doty, Dan Varndell,
and Jeff Witt. Thanks for being there.
I did want to mention about found balls on the course. It is almost every week I hear of someone
saying they could not find their ball on the course and a couple of instances
of someone coming up later and saying they found that ball and picked it
up. Please be courteous to others on the
course and when you find a ball on or near your fairway that is not yours
please do not pick it up. If you need
more balls I always carry extras in my bag and am willing to share one. Also if you find one in the woods that one
would be okay to keep.
"Thoughts
of the Weak" (from League President Thomas G. Schumacher)
Tom said something about “a person has few ounces of it and not even the
strongest person can hold it for more than a minute.” Tom was supposed to give me the correct
wording and the answer will be here next week.
And one final item. While serving overseas I remember almost everyday on Armed Forces Radio & Television Service
(AFRTS) a program by Paul Harvey called “Thoughts to Ponder.” This always brought me some sensibility to
the daily chaos. So here is my segment
of:
Thoughts to
Ponder
(Note, I received this via an e-mail over the
winter and think it applies to our league.)
PGA Rule Changes for Seniors
Rule 1.a.5
A ball sliced or hooked into the rough shall be
lifted and placed on the fairway at a point equal to the distance it carried or
rolled into the rough with no penalty.
The senior should not be penalized for tall grass
which ground keepers failed to mow.
Rule 2.d.6 (B)
A ball hitting a tree shall be deemed not to have
hit the tree. This is simply bad luck and luck has no place in a scientific
game.
The Senior Player must estimate the distance the
ball would have traveled if it had not hit the tree and play the ball from
there.
Rule 3.B.3(G)
There shall be no such thing as a lost ball. The
missing ball is on or near the course and will eventually be found and pocketed
by someone else, making it a stolen ball.
The player is not to compound the felony by
charging himself or herself with a penalty.
Rule 4.c.7(h)
If a putt passes over the hole without dropping, it
is deemed to have dropped. The law of gravity supersedes the Rules of Golf.
Rule 5.f.3(y)
Putts that stop close enough to the cup that they
could be blown in, may be blown in. This does not
apply to balls more than three inches from the hole.
No one wants to make a travesty of the game.
Rule 6.a.9(k)
There is no penalty for so-called "out of
bounds." If penny-pinching golf course owners had bought sufficient land,
this would not occur.
The senior golfer deserves an apology, not a
penalty.
Rule 7.G.15(z)
There is no penalty for a ball in a water hazard,
as golf balls should float. Senior golfers should not be penalized for
manufacturers' shortcomings.
Rule 8.k.9( S)
Advertisements claim that golf scores can be
improved by purchasing new golf equipment.
Since this is financially impractical for many
senior golfers, one-half stroke per hole may be subtracted for using old
equipment.
Hope that brightens your day.
Summary
of Rounds Played – June 18, 2014
|
THIS
WEEK |
TO
DATE |
|
|
REGULARS |
58 |
388 |
|
SUBS |
6 |
57 |
|
NO SHOWS |
0 |
3 |
Match Results
|
TEAM NAME |
POINTS |
TEAM NAME |
POINTS |
TEAM NAME |
POINTS
|
TEAM NAME |
POINTS |
|
|
ANDERSON |
22 |
PFEIFFER |
32 |
KIFFMEYER |
67 |
BREEN |
30 |
|
|
FREEMAN |
68 |
SCHUMACHER |
58 |
HARMS |
23 |
LEIREY |
60 |
|
|
|
||||||||
|
TEAM NAME |
POINTS |
TEAM NAME |
POINTS |
TEAM NAME |
POINTS |
TEAM NAME |
POINTS |
|
|
BRAMLAGE |
36 |
FLYNN |
26.5 |
C.HALPIN |
57.5 |
DONLIN |
27.5 |
|
|
KIENTZ |
54 |
ZACHRITZ |
63.5 |
PATMANN |
32.5 |
BUNKELMAN |
62.5 |
|
Medalist
|
COURSE |
NAME |
SCORE |
|
FRONT NINE |
Bill Holocher |
37 |
|
BACK NINE |
Clayton Doty |
37 |
Eagle/Hole in One
|
#1 |
Mark Halpin |
$62.00 |
Eagle/Hole in One Pool
The pool had $59.00 with $3.00 added
this week and $62.00 paid out. The pool
is now $0.
Birdies
|
#2 |
Tom Schumacher |
Skin -- $13.00 |
|
|
#2 |
Bill Holocher |
Not in Skins |
|
|
#8 |
Pat Breen |
Not in Skins |
|
|
#10 |
Mike Finn |
Skin -- $17.00 |
|
|
#12 |
Jim Westcott |
Skin -- $17.00 |
|
|
#14 |
Clayton Doty |
Skin -- $17.00 |
|
|
#17 |
Clayton Doty |
Skin -- $17.00 |
|
|
#17 |
Jeff Witt |
Not in Skins |
|
|
#18 |
Steve Duddey, Larry Bunkelman,
& Farlon Smith |
All in Skins |
|
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."
I will catch those birdies by players in
Skins but will probably not catch those birdies by players not in Skins. We want to recognize all birdies!!! Thanks!!!
Other Skins
|
#1 |
Mark Halpin |
Skin -- $13.00 |
Eagle |
|
#9 |
Tom Schumacher |
Skin -- $13.00 |
Par |
Greenies
|
#5 |
Dale Schaber |
$7.00 |
|
#7 |
Mark Halpin |
$7.00 |
|
#13 |
Charles Halpin |
$12.00 |
Closest to Pin 2nd Shot
|
#14 |
Clayton Doty |
$12.00 |
Long Putt
|
#9 |
Tom Schumacher |
$15.00 |
|
#18 |
Steve Duddey |
$26.00 |
Money Leaders -- Top 10 & Ties
|
Mark
Halpin |
$
143.00 |
|
Don
Potter |
$
90.00 |
|
Ray
Vaughn |
$
83.00 |
|
Clayton
Doty |
$
72.00 |
|
Tom
Schumacher |
$
68.00 |
|
Steve
Duddey |
$
66.00 |
|
Larry
Oliver |
$
51.00 |
|
Brian
Smith |
$
48.00 |
|
Patrick
Buescher |
$
47.00 |
|
Don
Buescher |
$
44.00 |
|
Jim
Bramlage |
$
44.00 |
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 please bring markers in.