Recap Week 13

  If we keep this up, we're gonna lose our distinction as Southern New England's premier golf league. We have great weather and course conditions, but we seem to be getting worse each week. (And don't start with the, "My quota is too high" excuse. The Cray Supercomputer that Bino keeps in his basement knows all.) With 48 golfers teeing it up, we had but one player exceed +2. And with 432 chances at birdie, we had only five circled numbers. 

  

   All it took to win Team was a +2 and that honor will go to Jay Chapman (+1) and the pride of Southie (and Fort Myers) Joe Curtis, who is just trying to catch up with the MacNeil money machine. 

   And Mike Bradley continues his mid-season surge; Sunday, Mayhem came on strong at the end to nab 3rd place in the Easton CC two-day tournament and last night turned in his best round of the year with an 81, and for league play secured Individual at +3. And for good measure, Mike took Closest to the Pin on the 4th hole at 9' 1". 

   For the first time all year, all birdies survived: Steve Peterson made one of his occasional appearances and made it worthwhile with a birdie on 2, Dave Weber will collect on 3, this humble hacker had a 2/1 on 6, all-round good guy Len Lima finally got on the money board with a 3 on the 8th, (actually, it was nice to see four first-time money winners this week) and the ever-steady Jared Cacciapaglia will be rewarded for a bird on 9.  

   Highpointer for the night was the dynamic rookie Greg Paone at 16 points. And the only other rounds of note were turned in by John Tracy and T.J. James at +2 each.

   A tip of the cap goes out to another outstanding SIGL rookie, Todd Texeira. Playing in the weekend Easton tourney on Sunday, and starting the shotgun on Hole 7, Tex came to his last tee of the day and needed only one more swing, as he aced the 6th, for his second career hole-in-one. Way to go, Todd! (Surprisingly, John MacNeil was not around for a complimentary drink.) 

   And finally, we almost lost a good man last night, when one SIGLer rifled an errant rocket right past the head of starter Steve Romano standing on the porch. Check out the permanent dent just above the entrance. I know we've had some issues with the club, but killing or maiming employees is strictly frowned upon by the executive committee. 

   See you next Tuesday.