August 26 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: Well, we surpassed last week’s participation numbers - in a negative way. There were 8 last minute cancellations and/or no shows, resulting in 36 golfers playing today. I suspect the participation numbers were lower than normal due in large part to the Club “C” this past weekend. We had four 2-somes, four 3-somes and four 4-somes. The good news during these last two weeks is that no “single” was left out of a game.

NATO Early Warning Control System: As per my covering email this week, I copied this and posted it here for maximum exposure…

I am sure most of you are aware of the Sunningdale E-mail regarding changes to the West course in the Spring of 2025?

There was also an article on the front page of the Free Press on Friday noting how Sunningdale was turning golf holes into homes.

I always said that I would not run the Huffman league if we did not have 36 holes. With tournaments, rainouts, aeration, lottery shut-outs etc., administratively it becomes a challenge “with headaches.”

I will wait until next season to see what the Club has in mind before making any definitive decisions.

Just giving everyone the heads up.

From Last to Well… Much Better: Hey, hey it can be done. Going into today’s game, this gentleman did not own a single pay point. Moving up in the standings from dead last to T33, please raise your left-handed putter for Mr. Philip Faulkner. Phil has received the mister designation in previous season but he broke the “0-for” streak today in a really nice way. Phil had 5 front nine pars, a birdie on hole #11 and a par on 18 for a total of 44 quota points! Congrats Phil, a great way to “phinesse” the “phinish.”

Holy Doodles. This new-comer to Sunningdale and rookie to our league took a while to acclimate himself to his new golf surroundings. John Bulmer started with one pay point on Aug 12, two more the following week and today he jumps onto the podium with six pay points while earning 42 total quota points! John was part of the feature group and as I keep saying, it pays to be in pictures. John did most of his scoring on the front nine earning at least one pay point on 7 holes. Way to bomb it out there today, John.

Quelle Suprise: Back on July 29, this gent made the silver platform. The former insurance-man went rogue today, decided to adjust his tee color and he came up with a good “quota” for himself. Bruce Anderson moved from a W21 handicap to a Y17 and made quota points on 16 holes. He shot a very respectable score of 82, almost good enough for the day’s lowest round. Nicely done Brucey Bruce!

And thanks to Bruce, the real surprise was that there were no ties on the podium. Bruce won the battle as you will see below, as five players came in with 40 quota points.

Monday Stats that may interest only me;

Lowest round of the day: Gerry Marcus was pretty darn good over on the Sunningdale course. He shot a very nice 81 with a 40/41, and quelle surprise, no birdies.

Top Bird Dog: Holy Moly ‘cause I already said Holy Doodles, but Gordon Good had two birdies today, (holes 11 and 16.) Quelle surprise, Bruce Anderson dragged Gord’s butt up to the yellow tees dropping his handicap to a Y6! The two birdies were “Good”, but not good enough to earn a pay point! Eric Allen, birdie on hole #5, Sam Swaminath, birdie on #6, and Julian Oates, a birdie on #6 as well, all failed to cash their pork chops! There were only 12 birdies today.

All other birdies are listed below.

Best Played Hole by one 4-Some: As noted, only 4 four-somes on the course for the second straight play date. On the West course, hole 2, 5 and 7 were played to even par. In the Feature Group of John Irwin, Lyn Sartori, Eric Allen and John Bulmer made even par on holes 2 and 5. On #2, it was a birdie for J.Irwin, pars for Eric and J.Bulmer, bogie for Lyn. On hole #5, it was a birdie for Eric, pars for J.I and Lyn, bogie for J.B. The Neilsen group played hole #7 to even par with four pars, from Larry, Kent Clark, Steve Goodwin and Sohan Samra. Nicely done guys

All pay points earners are listed here. A total of 19 golfers exceeded the 36-point threshold for a total of 59 Pay Points.

Player Tee/Hdcp Quota PayPts Birdies Score

Philip Faulkner Y24 44 8 1(#11) 87

John Bulmer Y29 42 6 0 93

Bruce Anderson Y17 41 5 0 82

Gerry Marcus W13 40 4 0 81 (S.C.)

Lyn Sartori W16 40 4 0 82

Steve Goodwin Y20 40 4 0 86

Chris Kempling Y20 40 4 1(#16) 88

John Irwin W16 40 4 1(#2) 83

Grant Gardner Y18 39 3 1(#14) 86

Jim Stouffer R29 39 3 0 97

Al Krische Y24 39 3 1(#8) 98

Kent Clark Y16 38 2 0 84

Dave Broughton Y19 38 2 1(#2) 88

Mike Belanger W20 38 2 0 91 (S.C.)

Bill Rivard Y14 37 1 0 83

Brian McCall Y18 37 1 0 87

Bob Coates Y24 37 1 0 97 (S.C.)

Clark Leith R28 37 1 0 100

Paul Mackey R28 37 1 1(#18) 100