August
19 Game Sheet
Sunny-Side Financials:
Carry Forward 2023 $ 48.05
56
golfers x $60.00 $3,360.00
02
golfer x $40.00 $ 80.00
$3,488.05
State of the Union: I have to say it was a weird convenor day, even with everyone playing
the West course. With the no-carts allowed to start the day, it thoroughly messed
up the groups. We ended up with 3 two-somes, 5 three-somes and 4 four-somes. The
Club was late posting the cart issue and poor Paul Mackey took a taxi to
the course for his 7:39 tee time only to be turned away. Bummer. Around 8:30 the Club re-posted that carts would
be available at 12 noon. A home-made Huffman group took advantage of that and
booked carts, beers and wings for a 12 noon tee off! No surprise then that we
had our lowest number of golfers in a single outing, 37, one of which was a
DNF. Mad Hatter stuff.
Some Huffman Numbers to Ponder: Fifty-Eight Paying Huffman
Clients in 2024
Scheduled Number of Game Dates, (As of Aug 19): 13
Actual
Number of Game Dates Played: 10
(Three weather related cancelations)
Number of Players Who Have Played in All Ten Games: 08
Number
of Players Who Have Played in 9 of 10: 10
In
2023, # of Pay Points Earned After 10 Games: 541
In
2024, # of Pay Points Earned After 10 Games: 679
Another Hole-in-One: Exactly two weeks ago today, on August 5, Sam Swaminath had his first
ever hole-in-one on hole #14 of the West Course. When he shared that news with me today, I
thought, how could I possibly miss a hole-in-one from one of our players on a
Monday?! Then I realized August 5 was a statutory holiday, no league play. You have been playing well this year Sam, congratulations
on the Ace! For the record, Sam had a
spicey Bloody Ceasar as his drink of choice.
Dueling Misters: First in
the Club House with the day’s highest pay point total, (but the last scorecard
to actually be filed with the convenor), belongs to Mr. Gordon Good! The
weirdness of the day did not affect him as he shot the lowest score with a very
nice 78. His second birdie on the day came on the 18th hole
as he ended with 42 quota points! As Gord will tell you, he is now
entering the handicap twilight zone… (cue Rod Sterling AND the scary music!)
Matching the day high of 42 quota points, was
Mr. Gerry Coffin. Gerry refused
to go down without a battle. As soon as the Club said they would allow carts at
12 noon, he and three other cart buddies all jumped in. Gerry had his best league game of the season with
those six pay points, doubling his total to 12.
Gerry had a birdie on hole #11 which ultimately pushed him to the top. Grrreat
games Gord and Gerry!
Silver Bullets. A
two-way tie for second place this week. The
double barrel pump action belongs to Dennis Barr and Rahul Manchanda. They both moved up to the yellow tees this year
and have really made it pay off. Their
total of 41 quota points, which earns them 5 more pay points places them
in the top 10 of the league this season.
Dennis had a nice round of 88. This was his second trip to the winner’s
circle. He was one of the gents that jumped into the high-noon cart brigade!
Rahul shot a smooth 82, punctuated with a birdie on
hole #11. Rahul made a quota point on 16
holes today. Although Rahul has played well this season, this was his first
trip to the winner’s circle.
A Bronze Good-One: Yes, Steve Goodwin made the podium for the second time this year.
Steve had not made a pay point until
July 29, and now he has had three consecutive weeks of breaking the 36-point
threshold. What’s up with that? He must have
adjusted to the 24-inch gimme-rule! Three weeks or more is a series. That was a Good Win Steve!
Monday Stats that may interest only me;
Lowest rounds of the day: Gordon Good was a bit better than good today... a great 78. His split was
40/38, with two birdies. Splendid!
Top Bird Dog: Sixteen
birdies on the day. When three players had two birdies, this gent topped them all
with three! Julian Oates on holes 7, 13, and 16. Trifecta!
All other birdies are listed below, EXCEPT for Phil
Faulkner’s birdie on #11 which he did not cash AND Lindsay Somerville’s birdie
on #16.
Best Played Hole by one 4-Some: On a crazy day with only 4 four-somes on the course, hole #5, was
played to -2! This was accomplished by the Coyle group in which Derrick and
Gordon Good birdied the hole. Grant Gardner and Rahul Manchanda made par. This group had four birdies today and a
modest 14 pay points!
All pay points earners are
listed here. A total of 14 golfers
exceeded the 36-point threshold for a total of 41 Pay Points.
Player Tee/Hdcp Quota PayPts Birdies Score
Gerry Coffin Y20 42 6 1(#11) 86
Gordon Good W12 42 6 2(#5,18) 78
Rahul Manchanda Y16 41 5 1(#11) 82
Dennis Barr Y22 41 5 0 88
Steve Goodwin Y21 40 4 1(#16) 89
Derrick Coyle W22 39 3 1(#5) 90
Julian Oates W9 38 2 3(7,13,16) 80
Bill Rivard Y14 38 2 2(#11,18) 84
Sam Swaminath Y14 38 2 2(#5,18) 85
John Bulmer Y29 38 2 0 98
Kent Clark Y16 37 1 0 84
John Levasseur Y16 37 1 1(#17) 86
Brian McCall Y18 37 1 0 87
Greg Ludlow W27 37 1 0 99