IRS Wednesday Golf League Newsletter

Week 12 – July 15, 2020

This past week was the make-up for the May 6 play.  Remainder of the season goes by the schedule with 5 weeks of regular play left, then position round 3, then play-offs & Scramble.

League Secretary after looking at the results and team standings did a triple review and immediately began jumping up and down and doing a rain dance for rainouts for the rest of the year.  That is all I have to say on that.

Everyone did great on getting all the scorecards turned in/texted to the League Secretary.

League Treasurer Chuck Reckers will be holding a Zoom Captains Meeting on July 23 at 7 p.m.  Items on the agenda will be second installment on League Fees, Year End Scramble, and Outing plans.  Zoom information has been sent to the Team Captains.

 

Every week I will post this about carts and fees. 

Green fees and cart fees are still being paid by the League Treasurer Chuck Reckers.  For those okay with riding 2 in a cart with teammates that is now acceptable and preferred.   For those who said they will walk but wish to change to walk front and ride back or ride both sides, you need to let the League Treasurer Chuck Reckers know by Tuesdays 6 p.m. so he can update his records and notify the course on number of carts we will need.  Also, if you are having a sub that is different on walk or ride you need to let Chuck know about that.  If a player wants to commit to ride the back or both sides Chuck will update his records and collect the cart fees as part of the second installment in late July.  Reminder that no changing your mind at the course. 

Subs this past week:  Mike Schwarberg (Team Kientz), Carol Goldstone (Team Sue&Sherrill), Shari Anderson (Team Harms), Brian Taylor (Team Buescher), and new sub Troy Powell (Team Bachmann).  Thanks for being there.

Good Rounds: 

Front:  Kevin Bachmann – 35, Vinny Consola – 36, Lee Crouch – 39, Jim Westcott – 39.

Back:  Tom Schumacher – 39, Mark Halpin – 39.

 

Most economical round (least cost per stroke)(example Par 35 = $0.50 per stroke):

Front:  Jim Conrady – 59 ($0.30 per stroke).

Back: Cindy Ellsworth – 63 ($0.28 per stroke).

 

Most under/over average (5+/-) (Sandbagger of the Weak): 

 

Under by a bunch:

Tom Schumacher – 8.2 under (was 5.0 over last week).

Mark Halpin – 7.8 under.

Vinny Consola – 6.8 under.

Andy Proeschel – 6.4 under.

Tom Nonno – 6.0 under.

Chris Bunge – 5.5 under (was 8 over last week).

Dave Martin – 5.4 under.

Bill Anderson – 5.3 under.

Rafael Gonzalez – 5.2 under.

 

Over by a lot: 

Jim Conrady – 9.2 way over.

Jay Ackerman – 7.0 over.

Frank Leirey – 5.2 over.

Garry Melish – 5.0 over

 

Division Standings:

 

A Division:  Team Schumacher took the lead with Team Anderson moving up to 2nd place.  Team Bramlage took a whooping and dropped to 3rd.  Team Kiffmeyer held their 4th place position.  Note:  Point spread between 1st and 3rd is only 6 points, and 47 points separating 1st from 4th.

 

B Division:  Big, big really big changes here as Team Halpin gave Team Bramlage a whooping and moved into 1st place and now leads the league in points.  Team Flynn drops to 2nd just 6.5 points out of 1st.  Team Buescher in 3rd and Team Leirey in 4th and still holding the top of the upside down list.  Note:  Point spread here increased to 154.5 points separating 1st to 4th.  See the Almighty Fork.

 

C Division:   Team Kientz held their lead as Team Breen is in 2nd and only 29.5 points back.  Team Zachritz remains 3rd and Team Harms brings in 4th.   Note:  Point spread here increased to 142.5 separating 1st to 4th.  See the Almighty Fork.

 

D Division:  Team Bachmann remains in 1st but dropped to 4th in league points, with Team Pfeiffer (I’ll repeat that) Team Pfeiffer moving into 2nd and only 6 points out of 1st.  Team Vaughn dropped to 3rd but remains close (11 points out).  Team Sue&Sherrill comes in 4th just 70 points out. 

 

Seeding:

Again, the season did not end yesterday, but if it ends tomorrow or if the Secretary’s rain dances work, Seeding will look like this:

Number 1 Seed – Team Halpin

Number 2 Seed – Team Kientz

Number 3 Seed – Team Schumacher

Number 4 Seed – Team Bachmann

Number 5 Seed – Team Flynn

Number 6 Seed – Team Anderson

 

Team Vaughn and Team Bramlage  got knocked off seeding as Team Anderson moved into 6th Seed and surprisingly Team Halpin came from nowhere and jumped to Number 1 Seed.  Team Kientz went from 4th to 2nd Seed.  Team Schumacher went from 5th to 3rd Seed.  Team Bachmann dropped to 4th Seed and Team Flynn dropped to 5th Seed.   

Where is the rain when I need it?

 

The Almighty Fork: 

Usually by this time in the year the Fork has already struck (usually Team Schumacher) but with the delayed start it has been getting well sharpened.  It is now time to Fork the done teams.

Receiving the Fork in Week 12 is Team Leirey (sorry but I just had to do it).  Left off this is Team Harms since I did not want to accidentally prod them before next week’s match.

 

Thoughts to Ponder for the Weak:

Going over all the results the numbers can sometimes be confusing.

Seems like only 50% of the teams won their matches while there was 100% attendance.  The more I looked at it only 50% of the players won their matches but not all were on the 50% of the teams that won.   So, it comes down to some of the losers were winners and some of the winners were losers.   My hopes are that this can confuse you, if not okay, but this is better than the fine print.

 

Summary of Rounds Played – July 15, 2020

 

8

THIS WEEK

TO DATE

REGULARS

59

460

SUBS

5

35

VACANT

0

13

NO SHOWS

0

4

Match Results

TEAM NAME

POINTS

TEAM NAME

POINTS

TEAM NAME

POINTS

TEAM NAME

POINTS

BACHMANN

32.5

KIENTZ

59.5

SUE&SHERRILL

64.5

HARMS

23.5

BREEN

57.5

VAUGHN

30.5

ZACHRITZ

25.5

PFEIFFER

66.5

TEAM NAME

POINTS

TEAM NAME

POINTS

TEAM NAME

POINTS

TEAM NAME

POINTS

FLYNN

53.5

KIFFMEYER

35.5

HALPIN

75

ANDERSON

55.5

SCHUMACHER

36.5

BUESCHER

54.5

BRAMLAGE

15

LEIREY

34.5

Medalist

COURSE

NAME

SCORE

FRONT NINE

 KEVIN BACHMANN

35

BACK NINE

 TOM SCHUMACHER & MARK HALPIN

39

Eagle/Hole in One

 NONE

Birdies

#1

 Kevin Bachmann

#4

 Vinny Consola

#5

 Vinny Consola

#7

 Jim Westcott & Jay Broadus

#8

 Vinny Consola

#9

 Eddie Gregory

#14

 Dave Martin

#18

 Jim Fish

Seems Jim Fish got in the skins and won it on #18 so the payout of $0.00 goes to Jim Fish.  Sorry to the others as you had to be in it to win nothing.

Notes are courtesy of: 

League Secretary Charlie Halpin

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