WEEK 1 RESULTS

1ST TEAM:                        GREG PAONE          +4                  $25
                                             MIKE SILVA            +4                  $25

                                                                                 +8

2ND TEAM:                        LOU SILVA              +3                  $15
                                              CHRIS REGAN        -1                   $15

                                                                                  +2

1ST IND.;                             GREG PAONE          +4                $25

2ND IND.:                            MIKE SILVA            +4                 $15

CTP-2ND HOLE:                GREG WILLARD     11'2"             $25

SKINS:                                 JIM SHANNON      7TH               $60
                                              GREG PAONE         8TH               $60

COVERED                           6TH HOLE

HIGHPOINTER:                 GREG PAONE          16             

WEEK 2 CTP:                      4TH HOLE


    Well despite all the restrictions, it was still nice to get out and play. I was laying low for so long, I felt like Whitey Bulger hiding out in Santa Monica.

    And we played like it, too with one of the worst scoring nights ever in the illustrious history of SIGL. With 29 scoring pairs (we're up to 58 players) we had but two teams who finished on the plus side of quota, and only ten individuals. 

    Maybe because he played golf in Connecticut recently, the clear standout on opening night was Greg Pinky Hi-Lo Paone who carded an outstanding +4. And he had a good partner in Mike Silva, who posted his own +4 in his first ever SIGL round. The duo easily takes 1st Team at +8. That means that the only other team in positive territory will also cash, with Lou Silva recording a solid +3, paired with rookie Chris Regan who limited the damage with a -1 for a +2 total. 

    Greg and Mike vied for 1st Individual with their +4s, and Greg will prevail in a card-off with his bogey on 1.  

     The 2nd is usually a hole where many golfers are hitting tight approach shots in. But yesterday, for the longest time, the card remained blank, as not one golfer had hit the green in regulation. Rick Walsh's 21 feet then held up until near the end when  Greg Willard took CTP honors with a winning 11'2". 

     There was paltry five birdies on the night and two that will split the skins pot of $120. Jim Shannon resumed his winning ways from last year with a nice birdie on the 7th hole and Mr. Paone added to his loot with a winner on 8. There was a triple play on the 6th with Mike Silva, John Hrenko, and Eric Aronson all recording deuces. 
There will not be a back-nine skins pool for the foreseeable future. 

    The notables who did not cash this week were Tom Nolan, Terry Moore, Mark Spears, Peter Frasca, and Eric Aronson all at +2.  
  
    Housekeeping: We had three scorecards submitted (by SIGL veterans) that had no score totals and no quota point totals, which requires us to go through each hole of each golfer in order to calculate results. Starting next week, any card submitted with no quota point totals or quota point results will be discarded. Also, one group returned a card with no scores for the 9th hole, even though they went on and played the back. (In honor of Jerry Stiller: Serenity Now!) If you can't expend the most minimal of effort to properly record scores in a competition, then maybe you should save the effort of even teeing it up. 

     Thanks to all who paid promptly. For those who played and didn't pay, you are not eligible for prizes next week unless payment is in the box next week. 

    We say goodby and good luck to Paul Begley, retiring to Florida and to Steve Mattis who has moved to Plymouth. And our sincere condolences to Dan McGarry for his recent family loss.

    And finally, this year we are certainly getting a shot of new blood as we welcome rookies Dylan Amaral, Paul Murphy, Jamie Gormley, Peter Murphy, Mike Sweet, Mike Silva, Chris Regan, Rob Williams, and Mike Wall into the SIGL fold.

  See you next Tuesday.

 
                              FINALLY GETTING OUT
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