Thursday, July 29, 2010

Rich McKenna


Rich hits this one about 175 with the putter on the range

Dan Reardon


Dan's feet are screwed into the ground

Bob Lacasse


Our newest member Bob Lacasse

Dana Willard


This is what is called coming over the top

Greg Willard


Master of the closest to the pin was a little off balanced on this one

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Recap Week 14

The Judge Smails Cup match up for the semi-finals will be

Larosa (0) & Bradley (2)
vs
Finn (2) & Walsh (3)

Stefanick (0) & Fitzpatrick (2)
vs
Aronson (2) & Mark Nolan (5)

Dillon and Poverman were eliminated and Dillon was wishing Poverman didn't show.

The tension was in the air as the remaining players vying for the cup felt the pressure of playing for their quotas to advance.
Bradley was sweating profusely as holes went by and the points were hard to come by. He could not lean on his partner as Larosa was doing his thing by piling up the pars and reaching his quota. Bradley reached the 8th hole with only 4 pts and needing to get 13 drilled home a birdie putt to double his total and parred the 9th and turned in what could have been disaster on this Buck Full Moon into a trip to the semis and back to match play.
Finn and Wash too were feeling the pressure but each threw in a birdie to come in just under their quotas and living to play another day and move on to play Larosa and Bradley in which should be a great match.
Stefanick and Fitzpatrick made it look easy as Fitzpatrick came in with +4 and Stefanick was E making them the only team that came in over their quota.
Aronson was not feeling confident as I saw him in the parking lot, but he and Nolan just get in and now face a tough opponent in Stefanick and Fitzpatrick to try to advance into the finals and to hold the coveted cup over their heads in victory.
McKenna having made a bet on the 19th hole the previous week when maybe he might have had too spirits. The bet was he could play bogey golf with a putter. I have some video of him on the range and witnessed a slew of wayward shots, but also a couple that went about 175 yards. I watched him on his approach shot on 3 from about 80 yards drop 3 balls into the water. He did manage a bogey on 4 and 5 for his only 2 points which in itself is still amazing. His next challenge will be to play lefty and don't think he can't. He was getting tired of shooting 68's and 69's, if only I could trade places. I would give my left testicle to be able to do that.

Money Leaders

Finn $ 178.00
McKenna $ 169.00
F. Larosa $ 120.00
Cloutier $ 103.00
McDermott $ 102.00
Bino $ 93.00
Barry $ 89.00
Kelly $ 82.00
MacNeil J $ 71.00
Karas $ 67.00
Curtis $ 62.00
Willard G $ 62.00
McNeice $ 51.00
Fay $ 50.00
Nolan Mark $ 40.00
Fitzpatrick $ 36.00
Murphy $ 31.00
Guyder $ 30.00
Stefanick $ 30.00
Nolan Mike $ 27.00
Raynard $ 27.00
Bamford $ 26.00
Walsh $ 26.00
Dillon $ 21.00
Thompson $ 20.00
Tracy $ 20.00
Willard D $ 15.00
Aronson $ 10.00
Bradley $ 10.00
James $ 10.00
Lyons $ 10.00
M. Poverman $ 10.00
MacNeil E $ 10.00
Meyer $ 10.00

Winners Week 14

Individual

Bob Fitzpatrick +4 $10

Team

Joe Curtis +1 $10
Jim Thompson +1 $10

Birdies
Scott Bamford 1st hole $16

Bob Fitzpatrick 2nd hole $16

Mike McNeice 3rd hole $16

Rick Walsh 4th hole $16

Ed Finn 9th hole $16

The 6th and 8th holes were knocked out

Closest to the pin 6th hole

Greg Willard 10'4" $10

Closest to the pin Week 15 is the 2nd shot on 8

Week 15 Quotas

Player Points
McKenna 19
F. Larosa 16
Barry 16
Cloutier 15
McNeice 15
Karas 15
MacNeil J 14
Finn 13
James 13
Stefanick 13
Bradley 13
McDermott 13
Lyons 12
Bino 12
MacNeil E 12
Walsh 12
Curtis 12
Aronson 11
Willard G 11
Kelly 11
Fitzpatrick 11
Tracy 10
Peters 10
Murphy 10
Fay 9
Dillon 9
M. Poverman 9
Meyer 9
Mercardo 9
Bamford 9
Silvia 8
Jaffe 8
Nolan Mike 8
Guyder 7
Thompson 7
Raynard 7
Nolan Mark 7
Lacasse 6
Ritchie 6
Willard D 6
Reardon 5

Friday, July 23, 2010

John MacNeil

John grabbed this shirt out of the hamper, it was the least wrinkled

Judge Smails Cup

Here are the five remaining teams and quotas for the coveted Judge Smails Cup:
LaRosa 16 and Bradley 13 = 29
Finn 13 and Walsh 12 = 25
Stefanick 13 and Fitzpatrick 9 = 22
Aronson 12 and Fay 9 = 21
Dillon 9 and Poverman 9 = 18
Anyone who does not show will receive a score of 2 under quota.
The team that performs the worst against quota will be outed (no, we won't really out you); you will be ousted.
The remaining four teams will resume match play the following week.
The championship match will be 18 holes.
(A tip of the cap to Rich McKenna for coming up with a good plan for an oddball situation)
Good luck to all.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Finn and Walsh


Who's next

Larry Barry


LB on his way to a 19 point day

Paul McDermott


McDermott finishes with +7 with swings like this

Jim Thompson


Thompson on one of his better shots on the day

Scott Bamford



Bamford with comments from the peanut gallery

TJ on 3


The dreaded hook on 3 was on of many bad shots for TJ

Rick Walsh


Walsh can't hold it any longer. Oh wait that was his tee shot.

TJ


TJ has a long day ahead of him

Ed Finn


The take away of Ed Finn

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Recap Week 13

Judge Smails Cup 2nd round results

Match 1 Finn and Walsh vs James.... I played behind this match and it wasn't pretty for the defending champion TJ. His tee shot on one was a dribbler, but managed to somehow halve the hole. TJ was playing solo, the extra shots didn't help as he just came of the DL to try and gut this one out against Finn and Walsh who were licking their chops. TJ fell behind early and was done after 7.

Match 2 Stefanick playing solo against the Willards... I got to the course early to see Greg Willard down on the range with a couple of buckets. He needed to step up if he and Dad were going to beat the ever tough Stefanick straight up. Stefanick put the peddle to the meddle and finished them off with a birdie on 6 to go 4 up with 3 to play. The dreams of the father and son team of holding the cup have vanished into the sunset.

Match 3 Larosa and Bradley vs J. MacNeil and Curtis... MacNeil feeling unbeatable after taking down Goliath in round 1 ran into a buzz saw. Larosa came with his A game and that spells trouble for any opponent. Bradley chipped in early with an unlikely birdie on 2 after hitting his tee shot into the trap, he got his 2nd shot back into play and hit a 200 yard 3rd shot to 8 feet and sank the putt. Larosa chips in for birdie on 3 and has MacNeil shaking his head and with an Irish whisper cursing his opponent. MacNeil and Curtis battled to stay 1 down coming to the 9th and needing the magic of the week before could not make birdie to end the match.

Match 4 Dillon and Poverman vs Meyer and Tracy ....Meyer and Tracy fell into a deep hole dropping the 1st 3 holes. A time out was called to regroup with a motivational speech. It worked as the match was all square coming to the 9th. Don and Marshall both parred and with Ted and John needing to sink their putts to extend the match, they each bogeyed and their dreams too went down in flames.

Match 5 Aronson and Mark Nolan vs Raynard and Mercado....Aronson pars 1 and Nolan birdies 2 to take a quick 2 up lead. Mecardo got one back on 3, but Aronson gets it right back on 4. Mecardo again cuts it to 1 on 5 and it stayed that way until 9 when, Mecardo says to Raynard I'm gonna have to bring out the blade cut these two to win. Raynard talks him out of it and Aronson, playing steady pars the 9th to take the match and move on.

Congratulation to all the winners.
The committee has gotten together and decided that we now have 5 teams left and all deserve to be here, but it's an odd number and the only fair way to get down to 4 teams is to have each team play against their quotas next week and the team that is worse against their quotas will be eliminated. Play with you normal group and good luck.

Week 14 Quotas

Player Points
McKenna 19
F. Larosa 16
Barry 16
Cloutier 16
McNeice 15
Karas 15
MacNeil J 14
Finn 13
James 13
Stefanick 13
Bradley 13
McDermott 13
Lyons 12
Bino 12
MacNeil E 12
Walsh 12
Aronson 12
Curtis 11
Willard G 11
Tracy 11
Kelly 11
Peters 10
Murphy 10
Fay 9
Dillon 9
M. Poverman 9
Fitzpatrick 9
Meyer 8
Mercardo 8
Silvia 8
Jaffe 8
Lacasse 8
Nolan Mike 7
Guyder 7
Thompson 7
Raynard 7
Nolan Mark 7
Bamford 7
Ritchie 6
Willard D 6
Reardon 5

Winners Week 13

Individual

Paul McDermott +7 $10

Team

Scott Bamford +6 $10
Brian Murphy +4 $10

Birdies

Mike Kelly 5th hole $41

Paul McDermott 8th hole $41

The 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 9th holes were knocked out

Closest to the pin 4th hole

Larry Barry 5'

Week 14 closest to the pin is the 6th hole

Money Leaders

McKenna $ 169.00
Finn $ 162.00
F. Larosa $ 120.00
Cloutier $ 103.00
McDermott $ 102.00
Bino $ 93.00
Barry $ 89.00
Kelly $ 82.00
MacNeil J $ 71.00
Karas $ 67.00
Curtis $ 52.00
Willard G $ 52.00
Fay $ 50.00
Nolan Mark $ 40.00
McNeice $ 35.00
Murphy $ 31.00
Guyder $ 30.00
Stefanick $ 30.00
Nolan Mike $ 27.00
Raynard $ 27.00
Dillon $ 21.00
Tracy $ 20.00
Willard D $ 15.00
Aronson $ 10.00
Bamford $ 10.00
Bradley $ 10.00
Fitzpatrick $ 10.00
James $ 10.00
Lyons $ 10.00
M. Poverman $ 10.00
MacNeil E $ 10.00
Meyer $ 10.00
Thompson $ 10.00
Walsh $ 10.00

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Deadbeats

ATTENTION ALL DEADBEATS !!!!!

PAYMENTS WERE DUE ON 7/6/10

ANYONE WHO HAS NOT PAID BY THE END OF THE NIGHT ON 7/21/10
WILL BE DROPPED FROM THE MATCH PLAY AND/OR WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR WEEKLY PRIZES.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Do not be this guy


Keep play moving

Recap Week 12

Match 1 had Mike Nolan playing solo against Aronson and Mark Nolan. Mike getting extra shots started strong winning the 1st two holes, but things went quickly downhill from there as the steady play of Aronson dashed the hopes of Mike moving on to the next round.

Match 2 had Frank Stefanick also playing solo against Fitzpatrick and Ritchie. Stefanick not having his A game managed to hang in there and force extra holes where took the 10th hole to move on to take on the father and son team D & G Willard.

Match 3 had Larosa and Bradley against Lyons and Bino. Bradley jumps out of the gate with a par on 1 and 2 taking both holes, leaving Lyons and Bino in a early hole, but the match changed direction and was even going to the 7th, again Bradley comes through with a par and Larosa takes matters into his own hands and puts the dagger in my hopes of becoming a repeat champion, sinking a match ending birdie putt on 8.

Match 4 had Poverman and Thompson against Dillon and Jaffe. The fat lady was singing on the first hole in this match as Dillon and Jaffe turned out the lights by winning the 1st 4 holes.

Match 5 had the father and son team of Dana & Greg Willard going against Guyder & Reardon. This match went back and forth until the 8th when G Willard hits his drive to the right of the green and precedes to give his opponents hope by duffing his chip shot to the edge of the green. The hope was short lived as he sinks his putt for birdie to end the match.

Match 6 had McDermott and Kelly against Mercardo and Raynard. Mercardo and Raynard took advantage of their stoke holes by winning them all. McDermott had no answer for Mercardo's steady play.

Match 7 had Meyer and Tracy against Silvia and Cloutier. This match had Silvia and Cloutier fighting an uphill battle with Meyer getting 5 shots proved to be too much, when with Cloutier in with a par on 7, Meyer steps up to bogey net par to halve the hole. Needing birdies on the 8, both boogied and with a Tracy par the matched ended with Silvia and Cloutier mumbling I could have been a contender.

Match 8 had Karas and McNeice against Peters playing solo, James out with a water slide mishap. Peters has championship experience going the finals last year was not intimidated by playing by himself, enjoyed and took advantage of the 2 stroke rule. McNeice shot lights out, tied the match up with a birdie on 9 for his second of the day. The strokes were too much to overcome as Peters takes care of business on 10 and has McNeice and Karas looking at each other saying what happened.

Match 9 had Barry and Murphy against Finn and Walsh. Finn found his swing and that meant trouble for Barry and Murphy (two time Judge Smails Cup winners). Finn puts his 3rd shot on 2 3 feet from the cup and sinks the birdie putt, the first of 3 for the round. Barry with his solid play tried to hang in there, but Walsh was no slouch either, threw in a birdie on 8 to move this tough to beat swashbuckling duo into the next round licking their chops.

The final match had McKenna and E MacNeil against J MacNeil and Curtis. John MacNeil was on fire and needed to be against the machine aka Rich McKenna. MacNeil birdies 2 and 3, but brother Ed was keeping his team in it by taking advantage of his strokes. Curtis wins 5 with a par net bird. McKenna birdies 8 to even the match and looking to finish the soft spoken John MacNeil...yah right. The 9th was reachable in 2 for the power hitting McKenna, but J.MacNeil having his best round of the year...(21points) turned the tables and sunk his 3rd birdie putt of the day ending the hopes of McKenna and E. MacNeil holding the coveted Cup.

One note is I know we are playing in a match, but please play ready golf. The play was a bit slow, not saying rush just keeps things moving.

Round 2 Match Ups

Judge Smails Cup Round 2 Match Ups



Aronson (0) & Mark Nolan (4)
vs
Mercardo (2) & Raynard (3)

Stefanick (0) & Ippolito (10)
vs
D Willard (6) & G Willard (2)

Dillon (2) & Poverman (2)
vs
Meyer (2) & Tracy (0)

J. MacNeil (0) & Curtis (3)
vs
Larosa (0) & Bradley (2)

James (1) & Peters (3)
vs
Finn (0) & Walsh (2)

Winners Week 12

Individual

John MacNeil +8 $10

Team

John MacNeil +8 $10
Mike Guyder E $10

Birdies

John MacNeil 3rd hole $41

Ed Finn 4th hole $41

The 2nd, 8th and 9th holes were knocked out

Closest to the pin 3rd shot on 2

Ed Finn 3' $10

Week 13 closest to the pin is the 4th hole

Money Leaders

McKenna $ 169.00
Finn $ 162.00
F. Larosa $ 120.00
Cloutier $ 103.00
Bino $ 93.00
Barry $ 79.00
MacNeil J $ 71.00
Karas $ 67.00
Curtis $ 52.00
Willard G $ 52.00
McDermott $ 51.00
Fay $ 50.00
Kelly $ 41.00
Nolan Mark $ 40.00
McNeice $ 35.00
Guyder $ 30.00
Stefanick $ 30.00
Nolan Mike $ 27.00
Raynard $ 27.00
Dillon $ 21.00
Murphy $ 21.00
Tracy $ 20.00
Willard D $ 15.00
Aronson $ 10.00
Bradley $ 10.00
Fitzpatrick $ 10.00
James $ 10.00
Lyons $ 10.00
M. Poverman $ 10.00
MacNeil E $ 10.00
Meyer $ 10.00
Thompson $ 10.00
Walsh $ 10.00

Week 13 Quotas

Player Points
McKenna 19
F. Larosa 15
McNeice 15
Barry 15
MacNeil J 15
Karas 14
Cloutier 14
Finn 14
James 13
Stefanick 13
Lyons 12
Bradley 12
Bino 12
MacNeil E 12
Walsh 12
McDermott 11
Curtis 11
Willard G 11
Tracy 11
Kelly 11
Aronson 11
Peters 10
Fay 9
Dillon 9
M. Poverman 9
Murphy 9
Fitzpatrick 9
Meyer 8
Mercardo 8
Silvia 8
Jaffe 8
Nolan Mike 7
Guyder 7
Thompson 7
Raynard 7
Ritchie 6
Nolan Mark 6
Willard D 6
Reardon 5
Bamford 5
Ippolito 1

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Prize Money

Judge Smails Cup Match Play

1st Place Team: $300
Runner-up Team: $150
Semi-finalist Teams (2): $ 50 each


A match is determined by the amount of holes won by a team, not the overall stroke score. Nine-hole match with sudden death extra hole(s).
Use the better net score of you and your partner against the better net score of your opponents to either win, lose or halve the hole.
Make it clear on the scorecard the hole-by-hole progress of the match and the final result. Do not submit a card without stating the winning team.
All regular weekly quota competition still applies, so keep track of quota points. Quota point performance will also be a factor in subsequent byes.

All USGA rules apply, with the following local rules in effect:

Ball can be played up (preferred lie) in your own fairway

On Hole 1, relief from range and range fence, including line of play (sight) relief. If ball is in driving range, drop within two club lengths on Hole 1 side of fence at point of entry. BALL MUST BE FOUND to take relief; otherwise, it is a lost ball with a penalty of stroke and distance.

Provisional ball can be played for a ball that may be in a water hazard. If original ball is found, then provisional ball must be abandoned.

If you have any questions prior to the match, ask the committee or ask your opponent. (Good luck finding the "committee" and don't trust what your opponent tells you.)

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Ted Meyer


Ted hacking from under the Yum Yum tree

Brian Murphy



Murph had his best round, but this was not one his best shots

Mike McNeice



Mike is working on his fade

Billy Karas



Billy just keeps it in play

Dave Peters

Eric Aronson



Eric hitting it into the kitty litter on 9

Recap Week 11

The British Open has the Claret Jug, the Masters has the Green Jacket, the US Open just has a silver trophy, but none of these compare to winning the coveted Judge Smails Cup.
The quest for the cup begins next Tuesday. The first 11 weeks should have your game in high gear. Week 11 brought in some African heat, but that did not stop Bob Fitzpatrick and John Tracy each scorching the Easton fairways with their best rounds of the year, Bob collecting top and John team honors. The birdies were flying with 11 of them in total, but only one lived with Mike Cloutier taking home the jackpot and sending his name up the money leader board.
Murphy finally snapped out of his funk after struggling all year, almost broke 80 and if not for a 3 putt on 18 would have done so.
Peters needs to see the head shrink to help him with his putting, and as a Judge Smails Cup finalist last year needs to do so if he wants to advance in the tournament.
Members might have noticed what looked like the cart Nazi driving around and sneaking up on you, it was Frank Larosa chasing you down for birdie pool money. Don't try to hide he will get you!!!
Prize money for the tournament to be determined.
Good Luck to all!!!

Match Ups

Judge Smails Cup Match Ups


Bamford (3) & Mike Nolan (2) v Aronson (0) & Mark Nolan (2)

Stefanick (0) & Ippolito (10) v Fitzpatrick (3) & Ritchie (6)

D. Willard (4) & G. Willard (0) v Guyder (3) & Reardon (5)

Poverman (0) & Thompson (2) v Dillon (0) & Jaffe (2)

Mercado (2) & Raynard (3)v McDermott (0) & Kelly (0)

McKenna (0) & E. MacNeil (7) v J. MacNeil (5) & Curtis (7)

LaRosa (0) & Bradley (2) v Lyons (2) & Carrabino (2)

Karas (0) & McNeice (0) v James (2) & Peters (5)

Meyer (5) & Tracy (2) v Silvia (5) & Cloutier (0)

Walsh (3) & Finn (2) v Murphy (5) & Barry(0)

The number next to your name is how many shots you are getting.
This is match play and weekly prizes are still in effect, so make sure you circle your birdies and putt out for points....there are no gimmies.

The hole handicap order has changed at Easton after the MGA re-rated the course last fall. The order of difficulty by hole is:

1 - 5 - 7 - 6 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 9 - 8

Example in 1st match Bamford will get 3 shots Mike and Mark Nolan each get 2, so Bamford gets a shot on 1, 5 and 7. The Nolans get a shot on 1 and 5.
If for any reason your partner does not show up you will get 2 shots added for playing alone.
Example again using the players above using Mark Nolan as a no show....Aronson would have to give Bamford 1 shot and none to Mike Nolan.
If your match is tied after 9 holes continue to the 10th hole and play until the match is won.
Look on the scorecard to figure out what holes you will be getting shots on.
Once again you are playing for weekly prizes, so hand in your scorecard with your point totals, circle birdies and indicate who won the match. Any questions don't hesitate to ask.

Winners Week 11

Individual

Bob Fitzpatrick +7 $10

Team

John Tracy +7 $10
Mike Kelly +5 $10

Birdies

Mike Cloutier 3rd hole $82

The 2nd, 4th, 8th and 9th holes were knocked out

Closest to the pin 3rd shot on 9

Frank Stefanick 6" $10

Closest to the pin Week 12 is the 3rd shot on 2

Money Leaders

McKenna $ 169.00
F. Larosa $ 120.00
Finn $ 111.00
Cloutier $ 103.00
Bino $ 93.00
Barry $ 79.00
Karas $ 67.00
Curtis $ 52.00
Willard G $ 52.00
McDermott $ 51.00
Fay $ 50.00
Nolan Mark $ 40.00
McNeice $ 35.00
Stefanick $ 30.00
Nolan Mike $ 27.00
Raynard $ 27.00
Dillon $ 21.00
Murphy $ 21.00
Guyder $ 20.00
Tracy $ 20.00
Willard D $ 15.00
Aronson $ 10.00
Bradley $ 10.00
Fitzpatrick $ 10.00
James $ 10.00
Lyons $ 10.00
M. Poverman $ 10.00
MacNeil E $ 10.00
MacNeil J $ 10.00
Meyer $ 10.00
Thompson $ 10.00
Walsh $ 10.00

Week 12 Quotas

Player Points
McKenna 19
F. Larosa 15
McNeice 15
Karas 15
Barry 15
Cloutier 14
James 13
MacNeil J 13
Stefanick 13
Finn 12
Lyons 12
Bradley 12
Bino 12
MacNeil E 11
McDermott 11
Curtis 11
Walsh 11
Willard G 11
Tracy 11
Kelly 11
Fay 9
Dillon 9
M. Poverman 9
Aronson 9
Peters 9
Murphy 9
Fitzpatrick 9
Meyer 8
Mercardo 8
Silvia 8
Jaffe 7
Berke 7
Nolan Mike 7
Guyder 7
Thompson 7
Raynard 7
Ritchie 6
Nolan Mark 6
Willard D 6
Reardon 5
Bamford 5
Ippolito 1

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Steve the Starter


Two for Sioux City