Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Recap Week 18

The day's weather didn't start great or finish great, but in between we were blessed with some good golf weather. The season is fast dwindling, with only three nights left, which includes a bonus round on 9/18, making 21 weeks for the season. Again, not alot of good scoring, as we seem to be staggering to the finish line. Nice to see Alex Turchette and Rob McElman combine to secure team honors at +2, and a closing birdie on 9 helped Jim Egan snag the individual prize at +3. Dave Peters got it closest to a tough pin on 4 to add a few bucks to his yearly winnings.
 
     And in the birdwatching department, a rare dimpled crossgreen curler was seen on 3 by Rick Walsh. It is the second time this year that Rick has cashed in on a $90 birdie. And aside from Canada geese and swans, the only other birds seen on the course last night were three common rollers on 9, although for a second Ed Finn thought he saw an eagle.  
 
    The bastards at the USPS (new slogan: What can red ink do for you?) did it again, and wouldn't let Bino off, not even for good behavior. Do they deliver mail or make license plates at that place? And this humble hacker is getting humbler every week  as a bad wrist is bringing my game down.  I usually handle injuries the way I handle car problems: I wait a month and hope the car fixes itself. I thought that's why they call it auto repair. Anyway, finally time to see a doctor.
 
    Good to see Obo make an appearance last night. There's still time to get into his Survivor Pool before the footbal season starts. Just pick one winner each week straight up and you could be the big weiner at the end of the year. Just ask Bob Frick how easy it is. If you are interested, e-mail Bino (soon) and he will send you set-up instructions.
 
   And finally, we have only a few weeks before the year-end tourney on 9/23, so we must know if you will not be playing. We have to give Easton a firm number
and we will be obligated to pay for that number.
 
   If you will not be playing, please send us word by your favorite method of communication: snail mail, e-mail, she-male, I-Pad, Your-Pad, Maxi-Pad, Blackberry, Blueberry, Boysenberry, Kindle, Swindle, Facebook, Spacebook, You Tube, Twitter, Shitter, Linked-In, Hooked-Up, Locked-Up, Fucked-Up, Android, My Space, Your Face,  IPhone, Dumb Phone, Smart Phone, or the newest product just out for the Boston market, the Wicked Smaht Phone. Or you could just tell us in person.

Money Leaders


F. Larosa  $    278.00
Walsh  $    200.00
McDermott  $    168.00
Peters  $    152.00
Willard G  $    147.00
Curtis  $    142.00
McNeice  $    130.00
MacNeil E  $    118.00
Naimo  $    117.00
Moore  $    110.00
Barry  $      90.00
Thompson  $      90.00
Aronson  $      87.00
Finn  $      85.00
Sczcurko  $      80.00
Karas  $      72.00
Frick  $      70.00
Dillon  $      65.00
Raynard  $      62.00
Willard B   $      62.00
James  $      60.00
Kelly  $      60.00
Silvia  $      60.00
Willard D  $      58.00
Jurgilwicz  $      50.00
Tracy  $      50.00
Poverman  $      45.00
Bradley  $      40.00
Disilvestro  $      40.00
Egan  $      40.00
Fay  $      40.00
Lyons  $      40.00
Chapman  $      20.00
Jaffe  $      20.00
MacNeil J  $      20.00
McElman  $      20.00
Meyer  $      20.00
Sullivan  $      20.00
Turchette  $      20.00

Quotas Week 19


Frick 16
McNeice 16
Barry 15
James 15
Larosa 15
MacNeil J 15
Finn 14
Jurgilewicz 14
Dillon 13
DiSilvestro 13
McDermott 13
Thompson 13
Willard B 13
Bradley 12
Curtis 12
Lyons 12
MacNeil E 12
Moore 12
Naimo 12
Willard G 12
Aronson 11
Dasaro 11
Karas 11
Kelly 11
Peters 11
Poverman 11
Szczurko 11
Turchette 11
Walsh 11
Bino 10
Fay 10
Jaffe 10
Spears 10
Tracy 10
Meyer 9
Silvia 9
Nolan Mark 7
Raynard 7
Sullivan 7
Willard D 7
Egan 6
Chapman 5
McElman 5
Snell 4

Winners Week 18

Results for Week 18
 
       Team:          A. Turchette               +1               $20
                            R. McElman               +1               $20
 
                                                                 +2
 
        Ind.:             J. Egan                       +3              $20
 
        CTP 4th:     D. Peters                14'6"             $20
 
        Birdies:       R. Walsh                  3rd              $90
 
        Birdies on 9th were covered.
 
         Week 19 CTP:  6th Hole

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Recap Week 17


 Like a pitcher who gets a dead arm deep into the season, we seem to have alot of golfers with tired swings late in the year. Not alot of good scores, despite excellent conditions. One exception though was Mike Kelly who shot a 39 (15 strokes better than the week before) for a +5 and individual honors. His partner was no help though so team winners are Scott Silvia (+1)  and Frank LaRosa (even).  Jim Thompson continues to be on target on CTP holes like a pin-seeking missile and took the prize again at 9'.  Only four birdies for the entire night and they were all worth money: Paul Raynard on 3, Dave Naimo on 5, Joe Curtis, (who's trying to keep up with the Joneses, I mean the MacNeils) on 6, and  Frank, the mint, LaRosa on 8.  Funny how some nights we get 16 or 18 birdies and then another night only 2 or 4. We've checked with Easton C.C. and they have assured me that the hole is the same 4 1/4" every night, so it must be us. Birdies are like women: they come in spurts.     
 
    It was great to see Bino make a reappearance. After getting chiro-clearance for his neck, now the god-damn United States Postal Service (motto: We're so far in debt that we make Bernie Madoff look solvent) is giving Johnny a hard time about taking a few hours off for golf once a week. He has to practically get a special dispensation from the Pope (civil service status: permanent Pontiff I) just to take his own vacation time. Those bastards!   
 
    And finally, for all those bad swings, hit two buckets and e-mail me in the morning. 

Money Leaders

F. Larosa  $    278.00
McDermott  $    168.00
Willard G  $    147.00
Curtis  $    142.00
Peters  $    132.00
McNeice  $    130.00
MacNeil E  $    118.00
Naimo  $    117.00
Moore  $    110.00
Walsh  $    110.00
Barry  $      90.00
Thompson  $      90.00
Aronson  $      87.00
Finn  $      85.00
Sczcurko  $      80.00
Karas  $      72.00
Frick  $      70.00
Dillon  $      65.00
Raynard  $      62.00
Willard B   $      62.00
James  $      60.00
Kelly  $      60.00
Silvia  $      60.00
Willard D  $      58.00
Jurgilwicz  $      50.00
Tracy  $      50.00
Poverman  $      45.00
Bradley  $      40.00
Disilvestro  $      40.00
Fay  $      40.00
Lyons  $      40.00
Chapman  $      20.00
Egan  $      20.00
Jaffe  $      20.00
MacNeil J  $      20.00
Meyer  $      20.00
Sullivan  $      20.00

Winners Week 17

Individual

Mike Kelly +5 $20

Team

Scott Silvia +1 $20
Frank Larosa E $20

Birdies

Paul Raynard 3rd hole $22

Dave Naimo 5th hole $22

Joe Curtis 6th hole $22

Frank Larosa 8th hole $22

CTP 3rd shot on 2

Jim Thompson 9'11" $20

Week 18 CTP is the 4th hole


Quotas Week 18

Frick 16
McNeice 16
Barry 15
Finn 15
James 15
Larosa 15
MacNeil J 15
Jurgilewicz 14
Willard B 14
Dillon 13
DiSilvestro 13
Lyons 13
McDermott 13
Thompson 13
Willard G 13
Bradley 12
Curtis 12
MacNeil E 12
Moore 12
Naimo 12
Aronson 11
Dasaro 11
Fay 11
Karas 11
Kelly 11
Peters 11
Poverman 11
Spears 11
Szczurko 11
Tracy 11
Bino 10
Jaffe 10
Turchette 10
Walsh 10
Meyer 9
Silvia 9
Nolan Mark 8
Raynard 8
Sullivan 7
Willard D 7
Chapman 6
Egan 5
McElman 5
Snell 4

Friday, August 17, 2012

Recap Week 16


 The results posted are for cards that we have. There appear to be some missing cards, or cards not turned in for players who signed in. There was a lot happening at the bar last night with some non-SIGL paperwork at the corner of the bar, and some of our cards may have been mistakenly scooped up by someone.  If you ACTUALLY turned in a card and have results that would affect the posted results, please let us know. Honor system please. This does not apply to any group that failed to submit a card, as has been happening lately. Groups that signed in but for which we don't have cards are DeSaro, etc. etc.
Aronson, Nolan, etc., Bradley, Karas, etc.  If you submitted a card, please e-mail us your results.
 
   For the scores that we do have, there weren't many good ones, except for the Marshall Poverman Band. Marshall and Don Dillon had paying birdies, Jim Thompson snagged closest to the pin, and Peter Jaffe played well. The MacNeil boys, John and Ed, were paired up and pulled off team honors, while Scott Silvia took individual. All posted winners will be paid. The rest of us must be losing steam or something, because conditions were good, and yet there were only a handful of players over their quota.     
 
    We have only a handful of guys who have been shut out on the money list thus far this year. Those names will form the pool for the random picks of alternates for the remaining weeks of the season. But even if you don't wiin anything during the regular season, there is always the chance of a nice payday at the year-end tourney. We've had times when someone didn't win a dime all year, and then won over 200 clams at the  year-end.
 
     Easton C.C. had their club championship this past weekend with many SIGL members participating, although none of us prevailed in our respective divisions. A shout out goes out, though, to past and present SIGLers Bob Frick, Dave Peters, and Rich McKenna of the Easton tournnament committee for putting on another great event.
 

Money Leaders

F. Larosa  $    236.00
McDermott  $    168.00
Willard G  $    147.00
Peters  $    132.00
McNeice  $    130.00
Curtis  $    120.00
MacNeil E  $    118.00
Moore  $    110.00
Walsh  $    110.00
Naimo  $      95.00
Barry  $      90.00
Aronson  $      87.00
Finn  $      85.00
Sczcurko  $      80.00
Karas  $      72.00
Frick  $      70.00
Thompson  $      70.00
Dillon  $      65.00
Willard B   $      62.00
James  $      60.00
Willard D  $      58.00
Jurgilwicz  $      50.00
Tracy  $      50.00
Poverman  $      45.00
Bradley  $      40.00
Disilvestro  $      40.00
Fay  $      40.00
Kelly  $      40.00
Lyons  $      40.00
Raynard  $      40.00
Silvia  $      40.00
Chapman  $      20.00
Egan  $      20.00
Jaffe  $      20.00
MacNeil J  $      20.00
Meyer  $      20.00
Peterson  $      20.00
Sullivan  $      20.00

Winners Week 16


Team:            J. MacNeil              +2               $20
                          E. MacNeil               -2               $20
  
                                                             E 
 
    Ind:                S. Silvia                   +2              $20
 
   CTP 9th:        J. Thompson       1'2"               $20
 
 
    Birdies:         D. Dillon                3rd               $45
                           M. Poverman        5th               $45 

Week 17 CTP is the 3rd shot on 2

Quotas Week 17

Frick 16
McNeice 16
Barry 15
Finn 15
James 15
Larosa 15
MacNeil J 15
Jurgilewicz 14
Willard G 14
Dillon 13
DiSilvestro 13
Lyons 13
McDermott 13
Thompson 13
Willard B 13
Bradley 12
MacNeil E 12
Moore 12
Naimo 12
Spears 12
Aronson 11
Curtis 11
Dasaro 11
Fay 11
Karas 11
Peters 11
Poverman 11
Szczurko 11
Tracy 11
Bino 10
Jaffe 10
Kelly 10
Turchette 10
Walsh 10
Meyer 9
Silvia 9
Nolan Mark 8
Raynard 7
Sullivan 7
Willard D 7
Chapman 6
Egan 5
McElman 5
Snell 4

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Recap Week 15


   We had one of the nicest nights of the year, the turnout was good, the greens were smooth, and the course in the best shape of the season. So it was only natural that we came out with guns blazing, looking for a piece of the big birdie pool. Many of you must have taken our advice about getting the ball to the hole because from a season-low two birdies the week before, we were able to drain a season-high 18 this week. The second hole was brought to its knees and gave up 6 birdies alone. While putts were rolling in all over the course, your birdies were being covered left and right at the same time, and when the dust settled,  the luck of the Irish prevailed with only Mike McNeice (3rd) and Paul McDermott (5th) left standinng to split the pot. Mcnice job men. Based on the 19th hole banter, there were also a lot of woulda, shoulda, coulda birdies, but those are only paid with (false) commiseration, not real compensation.
 
    Last year's money leader Jim Lyons is starting to heat up and came it at +5 to earn the individual prize and Terence Moore continues his late-season outstanding play (+5) and paired up with always steady, sweet-swinging Mr. McNeice (+4) to snag team honors with a season-high +9. Frank LaRosa stuck one in close on 8 to win closest to the pin at 1'10".  Every time Frank feels someone getting closer to him on the money board, he wins a couple more dollars to stay ahead. He's toying with us.
 
    Also impressive this week was Rick Walsh who shot an Easton C.C. career-low round of 79. Rick has been working on a more controlled and relaxed swing and it is starting to pay dividends. His old violent swing was kinda like the golf course equivalent of road rage. Also noteworthy was our friend Mark Spear's bogey-free round. (Be careful what you wish for.)
 
    And finallly, it was great to see Bino back on the course again. After avoiding surgery by the skin of his teeth, a month of seeing the chiropractor has really helped get him back in golf shape and he'll hopefully be able to salvage something from this fast dwindling season. 
 
 Any words Bino?

Now that I've been adjusted and manipulated all feels good and nothing has changed with my playing partners...Larosa still hits them close....Lyons still bombs them off the tee...and Bradley has started drinking some sort of happy juice off the beer cart. Jessica the cart girl seems to follow us around the course knowing he's going to need more.
If I could only get an early out incentive from the Post Office I could play more golf....all I need is a weeks pay and a 30 pack and I'm gone. 

Money Leaders

F. Larosa  $    236.00
McDermott  $    168.00
Willard G  $    147.00
Peters  $    132.00
McNeice  $    130.00
Curtis  $    120.00
Moore  $    110.00
Walsh  $    110.00
MacNeil E  $      98.00
Naimo  $      95.00
Barry  $      90.00
Aronson  $      87.00
Finn  $      85.00
Sczcurko  $      80.00
Karas  $      72.00
Frick  $      70.00
Willard B   $      62.00
James  $      60.00
Willard D  $      58.00
Jurgilwicz  $      50.00
Thompson  $      50.00
Tracy  $      50.00
Bradley  $      40.00
Disilvestro  $      40.00
Fay  $      40.00
Kelly  $      40.00
Lyons  $      40.00
Raynard  $      40.00
Chapman  $      20.00
Dillon  $      20.00
Egan  $      20.00
Jaffe  $      20.00
Meyer  $      20.00
Peterson  $      20.00
Silvia  $      20.00
Sullivan  $      20.00

Winners Week 15

Individual

Jim Lyons +5 $20

Team

Terry Moore +5 $20
Mike McNeice +4 $20

Birdies

Mike McNeice 3rd hole $90

Paul McDermott 5th hole $90

2nd 6th 8th & 9th were covered

CTP 2nd shot on 8

Frank Larosa 1'10" $20

CTP Week 16 is the 3rd shot on 9

Quotas Week 16



Frick 16
McNeice 16
Barry 15
James 15
Larosa 15
Finn 14
Jurgilewicz 14
MacNeil J 14
Willard G 14
DiSilvestro 13
Lyons 13
McDermott 13
Thompson 13
Willard B 13
Bradley 12
Dillon 12
MacNeil E 12
Moore 12
Naimo 12
Spears 12
Aronson 11
Curtis 11
Dasaro 11
Fay 11
Karas 11
Kelly 11
Peters 11
Poverman 11
Szczurko 11
Tracy 11
Bino 10
Jaffe 10
Turchette 10
Walsh 10
Meyer 9
Silvia 9
Nolan Mark 8
Raynard 7
Sullivan 7
Willard D 7
Chapman 6
Egan 5
McElman 5
Snell 4

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Money Leaders

F. Larosa  $    216.00
Willard G  $    147.00
Peters  $    132.00
Curtis  $    120.00
Walsh  $    110.00
MacNeil E  $      98.00
Naimo  $      95.00
Barry  $      90.00
Moore  $      90.00
Aronson  $      87.00
Finn  $      85.00
Sczcurko  $      80.00
McDermott  $      78.00
Karas  $      72.00
Frick  $      70.00
Willard B   $      62.00
James  $      60.00
Willard D  $      58.00
Jurgilwicz  $      50.00
Thompson  $      50.00
Tracy  $      50.00
Bradley  $      40.00
Disilvestro  $      40.00
Fay  $      40.00
Kelly  $      40.00
Raynard  $      40.00
Chapman  $      20.00
Dillon  $      20.00
Egan  $      20.00
Jaffe  $      20.00
Lyons  $      20.00
McNeice  $      20.00
Meyer  $      20.00
Peterson  $      20.00
Silvia  $      20.00
Sullivan  $      20.00

Recap


 Maybe it's the dog days of summer or something, but we sure have been playing like hounds the last couple of weeks, with only a handful of golfers hitting their quota, and only two birdies. For the last two weeks, we've played over 360 holes of golf and have a mere 5 birdies to show for it, and 4 of those were on Holes 8 and 9. (We're playing worse than the South Korean badminton team, and we're trying!)   
 
  Player of the week goes to Joe Curtis who had an impressive +4 to win individual and team honors. Scott Silvia, who took advantage of being an alternate, came in at +2 to join Joe on the winning team. Don Dillon also had a good night at +2 and snagged closest to the pin on 6 with 2'10". Little did Don know when he was lining up his putt, that it would be worth $90, but it did not drop (Don, please don't tell us that you left it short), so there were no birdies that lived, and the money carries over to next week. The only birds were Mr. Curtis and Rick Walsh on Hole 8.
 
  Congratulations to Jim Lyons who won the Easton C.C. Division B match play tourney defeating fellow SIGLer T.J. James. Tommy had his work cut out for him by giving Jim 5 strokes, but it was a fight to the finish, and square after 17. They both parred 18, but Jim was getting a stroke, and that made the difference. Great job by both youse guys. Now it's on to the club championship!
 
  Hard to believe that there are only 6 regular nights left this season, but we'll have a little extra money so we'll play a bonus week, which will be 9/18, and the year-end tourney will be that Sunday, 9/23. There's still plenty of time, but if anyone knows that they will not be playing, please let us know.
 
  Heard around the 19th Hole: 1) For you newcomers, and some of you oldcomers, there is apparently some confusion about the use of alternates. Alternates are names drawn randomly from the league roster to be used when other members do not show up. The alternate's score is used for his own original team and then also used to form a team where an alternate is needed. If you are an alternate, and are used, then you are competing on two teams that night. 2) "Why didn't my quota go down after I had such a bad round last week?" As we have explained numerous times, your quota is based on the average of your BEST SCORES NOT ALL YOUR SCORES. It is the same system used to calculate a USGA handicap. A golfer's quota and handicap are based on what you are reasonably CAPABLE of shooting; it is not a straight average of every round you play. Your bad rounds are not factored into the equation.
 
  Random thoughts: Andrea is a great bartender and is a real cutie, but Obo, we  really miss you on Tuesday nights. Come around once in a while and throw some peanuts at us or something. Incoming!
 
  And finally, we've had our first birdie pool carryover of the year, so next week it will be worth $180. When you're lining up that birdie putt, make sure you get it to the hole because we don't pay out for nice lag putts.    

Quotas Week 15

Frick 15
James 15
Larosa 15
McNeice 15
Barry 14
Finn 14
Jurgilewicz 14
MacNeil J 14
DiSilvestro 13
McDermott 13
Peterson 13
Thompson 13
Willard B 13
Willard G 13
Bradley 12
Lyons 12
MacNeil E 12
Naimo 12
Spears 12
Aronson 11
Curtis 11
Dasaro 11
Dillon 11
Fay 11
Kelly 11
Moore 11
Peters 11
Poverman 11
Szczurko 11
Tracy 11
Bino 10
Jaffe 10
Karas 10
Turchette 10
Walsh 10
Meyer 9
Silvia 9
Nolan Mark 8
Sullivan 7
Willard D 7
Chapman 6
Raynard 6
Egan 5
McElman 5
Snell 4