Current News & Conditions

It Must be Summer if #2 is a Par 3. That's pretty much the only way we can tell.  Even though next week is June the early groups went off under a 65' overcast.  For most of us the sun didn't come until late in the back nine. Anybody used SPF on a Saturday yet?

Did you notice how well marked the course is?  Yardage painted on the second tee, hazard line/stakes along just about every tree line, drop zones right where you need them.  The greens are hand cut! Feels like we've moved up a level in course quality.  Scotty's greenskeppers are just getting better every week as are Charlie and Mike.  I don't need a another pair of shoes, but I'm tempted everytime I pass that pyramid of boxes outside.  Just so inviting. 

The week ahead promises some summer warmth and dry days - I'm looking for country club conditions next week.  Can hardly wait. 

   This Week At A Glance

From the First Tee	Saturday, June 4th	PBB Matches This Week
	First Tee Time: 5:40 Forecast: Could be a Warm One	Semi Finals: Sakala/McNaught v Perlowitz/McEvoy Price/Ennis v Leopold/Hertz

Last week's handicap calculator has moved to the newly named Tee Times/Handicaps page, along with some other tips and observations.  Check it out.

The survey of the Front Nine for re-rating the holes got 13 responses last week.  So I'm going to leave it up for a while.  Hopefully we'll collect a couple more replies and then finalize results.  If you haven't chimed in yet - hop to the next section and get to it.

Last week I posted a survey of the front nine to collect your input and rank the holes.  You had a chance to rank each hole and there were three "tie-breaker" questions for cases where voting was close.  We collected 13 responses and some interesting conclusions.

We all agree on the easiest holes (1, 4) and the most difficult ones (5, 6).  In between those bookends is room for discussion - results were so close that one vote could move a hole several spots.  Holes 7, 8 and 9 were almost interchangeable as were holes 2 and 3.  So if polls are to be believed here's the new front:    5 - 6 - 3 - 2 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 1 - 4

Shown on the old club card for comparission  Hole Handicap Ranking   

Here is a table of the responses:

Hole	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9
Easy	92.3% (12)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	84.6% (11)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	7.7% (1)	7.7% (1)	7.7% (1)
Medium	7.7% (1)	38.5% (5)	23.1% (3)	15.4% (2)	7.7% (1)	15.4% (2)	69.2% (9)	76.9% (10)	69.2% (9)
Hard	0.0% (0)	30.8% (4)	46.2% (6)	0.0% (0)	7.7% (1)	46.2% (6)	7.7% (1)	15.4% (2)	23.1% (3)
Very Hard	0.0% (0)	33.3% (4)	33.3% (4)	0.0% (0)	91.7% (11)	41.7% (5)	16.7% (2)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)

If you want to contribute - the survey will be up one more week.  Then on to the back.