July 8 Results

 

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

 

Since 1934: The former third hole of the Thompson course, now #18 of the West course is a beautiful hole.  Over these many, many years, there have been thousands of errant tee shots, many of which just dribbled over the tee block and into the ravine. I am not going to bet on it, but I think today was the first time we ever had a player’s car dribble over the white tee block and into the ravine! The player’s identity will remain anonymous on this write up. I understand that the vehicle was in neutral. The player was on the first hole when the car started to roll. Thankfully, no one was hurt, nothing was hit, broken etc. The car was towed out and able to be driven home carrying one very embarrassed player! That’s history and a story for his grandkids this week.

 

Senior Club Championship:  There were 18 Huffman Player’s, (or 31% of our league members), who entered this year’s event.  Ed Wzsol won the most money by pocketing $440.00 after winning the 50/50 draw.  Ernie Miatello won three guest passes worth $375.00.  Gordon Good was 1St low net, 65-69 age group, pocketing $90.00 with a two-day total of 140.

Dave Webster 1st low net, 75-79 age group, $90.00 with a two-day total 145.  Bill Rivard was 2nd low gross in the 75-79 group for $70.00, 169 total.  Steve Goodwin, 2nd low net, 75-79, $70.00 with a 149. David Ballingall was 1st low net in the 80+ group with a two day 145 for $90.00.  Like wine, maturing with age. Well done mates!

 

Huffman Players With Hole-in-Ones: On Wednesday, June 26, Gary Plomske aced hole #4 of the West course.  His first hole-in-one was at the tender age of 62. Now he has had four over the past 16 years.  Next question, what is his age now?

On Friday, July 5, Rahul Manchanda aced #7 of the West course.  This is Rahul’s favourite hole as he has aced it twice in his career. He had a Ginger Beer and the Club gave him a bottle of wine that he could pick from the menu, of a value not exceeding $100.  He selected a French vintage.  Congrats guys!

 

State of the Union: Forty-six golfers were counted on the excel spreadsheet today.  We had two DNF’s and two no-shows otherwise the turnout would have been most impressive.

I covered this in my email but I will mention it again.  The stats will be delayed a day or two next week. Booker’s, please make sure the cards are in so that I don’t have to go looking for them once I start the process.

 

Lone Ranger: This gent made a birdie on hole #3 of the West course on his way to the mister designation.  Playing from a Y27 handicap, Mr. Victor Harris, came home with 45 total quota points to bring home the hardware.  Vic reached the winner’s circle last week in a third-place tie, but he climbed all the way to the top this week, sans Tonto! Well played Vic.  

 

Three for Second: Another week, another three-way tee for second place.  These gents all came home with 43 quota points. First in was Tom Wey. He had a rough outing in the Senior Club “C” but made up for that today with two birdies and a smooth score of 82 from a W17 handicap. Wey to go Tom!

Second in with 43 quota points was Lyn Sartori. Lyn currently held the lead for most birdies without any pay points.  Today he birdied hole #5, just missing the eagle from about 110 yards out.  These were the first pay points of the season for Lyn!

And third on the silver podium this week, just about shooting his age with a round of 89, was Robert, (Bob) Coates. Bob has had a good start to the season adding 7 more pay points this week to the eight previously earned.

Super Duper Boys!

 

Survival of the Fittest: Man, the dogs were barking at this gent’s heels today as five players had 41 quota points.  When it took 42 quota points to reach the winner’s circle, John Levasseur, held of the pack with a howling score of 81!  John was without a pay point up until last week and now he has 14 on the season.  He is getting hot at just the right time. Nice JL!

 

Monday Stats that may interest only me;

Lowest round of the day: Ed (50/50) Wszol had the lowest round of the group today with a great 80, (39/41 split).  Ed held on to that title by holding off three other players who had 81, (Larry Nielsen, Gerry Marcus and John Levasseur.)

Top Bird Dog: On a day when we had 20 birdies, three players tied with two apiece. Tom Wey, John Schuurmans and last weeks birdie leader Julian Oates. Those who made a birdie but did not make the pay point cut were Denis Gagnon (#11), Mike Belanger (#7), Sohan Samra (#16) and Gordon Good, (#1). All other pork chop putts are listed below.

Best Played Hole by one 4-Some: On a day when we had 8 four-somes on the course, hole #5 and hole #6 were played to -1.  John Levasseur’s group on #5 had birdies from Eric Allen and John Irwin, with a par from John and a bogie from Clark Leith.  On hole #6, the Anderson group with birdies from Bruce and Vipin Bhayana, a par from Gerry Marcus and a bogie from Bill Gray. I’ll say this, the Levasseur group had 20 pay points between them today, Wowzah!

 

All pay points earners are listed here.  A total of 28 golfers exceeded the 36-point threshold for a total of 107 Pay Points!

Player                  Tee/Hdcp   Quota         PayPts        Birdies        Score

Victor Harris        Y27            45               9                 1(#3)           92

Tom Wey              W17            43               7                 2(#3,17)      82

Lyn Sartori           W19            43               7                 1(#5)           83

Bob Coates           Y26            43               7                 0                 89

John Levasseur     Y16            42               6                 1(#2)           81

Larry Nielsen        B16             41               5                 0                 81

John Schuurmans  W14            41               5                 2(#3,6)        82

John Irwin            W17            41               5                 1(#5)           83

Terry McBride      Y20            41               5                 0                 85

Clark Leith           R30             41               5                 0                 103

Sam Swaminath    Y17            40               4                 1(#5)           84

Roy Perovich        Y18            40               4                 0                  84

Eric Allen             Y18            40               4                 1(#5)           85

Vipin Bhayana      W20            40               4                 1(#6)           87

Grant Gardner       Y21             40               4                 0                 88

Gerry Marcus       W14            39               3                 0                 81

Lindsay SomervilleY15            39               3                 0                  82

Dave Webster       Y16            39               3                 1(#3)           83

David Ballingall    Y18            39               3                 0                 86

Bruce Anderson    W21            39               3                 1(#6)           90

Ed Wszol              W12            38               2                 0                  80

Rahul Manchanda Y17            38               2                 0                  85

Alvin Krische       Y26            38               2                 0                 97

Julian Oates          W11            37               1                 2 (#5,6)       83

Gary Plomske       Y16            37               1                 1(#4)           86

Bill Gray              W20            37               1                 0                 91

Peter Grail            W25            37               1                 0                 95

Paul Jackson         R26             37               1                 0                 99