A True Fall Classic
Nov 5th
I thought it was too cold to score
well. I thought the greens were too fast and too bumpy to
score well. I thought it was too wet to score.... well, it
doesn't matter what I thought. Because a couple groups just
lit up the course with some of the lowest best ball scores ever seen at
Saxony: 59! 60! 61! Jeez. 62 would have
won in the past - did we all suddenly get that much better?
Maybe - every group did break par. Just
wait 'till next year.
Congratulations to those teams who played so well:
59: Dan Hamerslough, Chris Paul, Bob Price and Jeff Shearman
60: Dan LoParco, Anthony Sigona, Dave DiLeo, Whitney Smith
61: Fred Appel, Conor McGaley, Jonathan Leopold, Ron Zappula
Frank Higgins, Joe Valenti, Marcelo Nacht, Paddy Power
The pressure packed Yellow Ball event brought out the yips and yanks in all of us. Still, an amazing 5 out of 12 yellow balls made it to the 18th tee. I say amazing as I'm lower than the event average handicap, yet rarely go a full round with one ball. Well done group. That's a stellar showing.
The scores themselves were generally a lesser source of pride: no group broke 40 on the back as the intensity grew. Congratulations to the teams who finished all 18 holes with the golden orb in hand:
75: Tom Cook, Mike Sakala, Jim McEvoy and Greg Schimoler
79: Frank Higgins, Joe Valenti, Marcelo Nacht, Paddy Power
81: Mike Vogel, Linda Shearman, Bradwene and Kyle Shearman
88: Greg Horgan, Phil Klimerman, Steve Wagner and Bran Kubo
Event photographer, Bill Lydon, had some unfortunate issues with electronics vs frost, so not he didn't catch all the groups -- but he did catch some very nice shots of our cold start on the first tee - link below.
Congratulations to those teams who played so well:
59: Dan Hamerslough, Chris Paul, Bob Price and Jeff Shearman
60: Dan LoParco, Anthony Sigona, Dave DiLeo, Whitney Smith
61: Fred Appel, Conor McGaley, Jonathan Leopold, Ron Zappula
Frank Higgins, Joe Valenti, Marcelo Nacht, Paddy Power
The pressure packed Yellow Ball event brought out the yips and yanks in all of us. Still, an amazing 5 out of 12 yellow balls made it to the 18th tee. I say amazing as I'm lower than the event average handicap, yet rarely go a full round with one ball. Well done group. That's a stellar showing.
The scores themselves were generally a lesser source of pride: no group broke 40 on the back as the intensity grew. Congratulations to the teams who finished all 18 holes with the golden orb in hand:
75: Tom Cook, Mike Sakala, Jim McEvoy and Greg Schimoler
79: Frank Higgins, Joe Valenti, Marcelo Nacht, Paddy Power
81: Mike Vogel, Linda Shearman, Bradwene and Kyle Shearman
88: Greg Horgan, Phil Klimerman, Steve Wagner and Bran Kubo
Event photographer, Bill Lydon, had some unfortunate issues with electronics vs frost, so not he didn't catch all the groups -- but he did catch some very nice shots of our cold start on the first tee - link below.
