WEEK 17 RESULTS

  1ST TEAM:                MIKE MCNEICE           +9                          $25
                                      ED LEACH                      E                           $25

                                                                                +9

   2ND TEAM:              JOHN FAY                      +5                         $15
                                      TOM NOLAN                  +2                         $15

                                                                                +7

  1ST IND:                    MIKE MCNEICE            +9                        $25
                                      BILL DOONAN               +6                        $15

  CTP-2ND                   DANA WILLARD         5'10"                     $25

  SKINS                        MIKE MCNEICE             1                         $30
                                      STEVE LOZZI                 2                         $30
                                      GREG WILLARD            5                         $30
                                      STEVE PETERSON        7                         $30

  COVERED:                3   4   8

  BACK NINE
  SKINS                        TJ JAMES                        11                         $20
                                      TJ JAMES                        13                        $20
                                      TERRY THOMPSON      17                        $20
                                      JIM SHANNON               18                        $20

  COVERED:                 NONE


    Hard to believe, but the regular season is now in the books. There were alot of fine scores again this week, but talk about fantastic finishes; After almost carding a career low round last week with his super 74, this week Mike McNeice kept the pedal to the metal with a league season best 21 points on the front on his way to a 75. With his strong finish, Mike tied the seldom seen Greg Paone for high scoring average for the year at 12.63. (Mike is hot as a pistol going into the year-end tourney, so anyone who wants him as their A man, offers are being accepted.)

   Mike easily took 1st Individual with his +9, and the affable Eddie Leach went along for the ride, holding steady by meeting his quota, to take 1st Team with Mike at +9.

    Bill Doonan also had a great night with his +6 to grab 2nd Individual. His partner was no help, so Johnny Fay stepped up with a superlative +5 and partner Tom Nolan chipped in with a +2 to take 2nd Team at +7.

    It looked like Mr. McNeice's 7'1" was going to hold up for Closest to Pin on 2, but late in the day, Dana Willard striped his third shot to 5'10" to snag the prize. (Although Steve Lozzi says thanks for missing your birdie bid.)

    There were a respectable 11 birdies for the night, and four that will produce a cash reward. Mike McNiece started strong right out of the gate with a bird on 1, Steve Lozzi's birdie on 2 surprisingly lived, Greg Willard topped his father's take on the night by $5 with his birdie on 5, and Steve Peterson will be rewarded with his fine birdie on the always tough 7th hole. Birdies on 3 (Doonan, Moore), 4 (Loring, McNeice), and 8 (Doonan, McNeice, John MacNeil) were smashed.

   There was limited participation in the back nine birdie pool, but a few golfers were glad they got in: After a terrible front nine, and while battling a gimpy knee, TJ James came through with his career-low nine hole score with a 33 (seven pars, two birdies) on the back. His birds on 11 and 13 lived, as did outstanding birdies by Terry Thompson (17th) and playing partner Jim Shannon (18th).

  Players who had notable nights without cashing were Ed Finn and John MacNeil at +3, and Dan McGarry, John Tracy, and Jay Chapman at +2. Mike McNeice's 21 points was much the best for highpoint honors.     

  And finally, the year-end tourney is this Sunday with a shotgun start at 8:00, with a dinner to follow. All greens fees and cart fees have been paid for, and we will be playing for over $4,000 in cash prizes. Since this is a shotgun with other groups on the course, Easton and SIGL are expecting everyone to take a cart. Be there by 7:30 to hook up with your partners.

  Playing teams will be published tomorrow. The team you play with in the tourney (not the team you play with on Tuesdays) will be your scoring team. Since we have 49 entrants, we will have 10 foursomes and 3 threesomes. The 3 playing threesomes will be assigned randomly-drawn alternates to fill out their scoring foursome. Therefore, there will be three players who 1) are playing and scoring on one team, and 2) are scoring on an additional team. 

  See you Sunday.

                                       WE'RE A THREESOME

                                        (NOT THAT THERE'S ANYTHING
                                         WRONG WITH THAT)

        

                                                        WEEK 16 RESULTS

  1ST TEAM:      JIM EGAN                                +6               $25
                            MARTIN  ENRIGHT               +4               $25

                                                                              +10

  2ND TEAM:     BOB EATON                            +8               $15
                            TED MEYER                            +1                $15

                                                                               +9

   1ST IND:          BOB EATON                           +8               $25
   2ND iND:         RICK KEATING                     +6               $15

   CTP-9TH:         BOB LORING                       3'5"              $25

   SKINS:             RICK KEATING                       4               $60
                             RICK KEATING                       6               $60

   COVERED:      2  3  8  9

   WEEK 17 CTP:        2ND HOLE

   BACK NINE
   SKINS:             JIM SHANNON                     16               $75
                             RICK KEATING                     18               $75


  Like a flock of starlings, we all seem to change direction at the same time. After a couple of weeks of uninspired play, we exploded this Tuesday with a bushel of high scores. With only 14 players under quota, we had 21 who were +2 or better, with three of them at +5, four at +6, and a league-leading +8 turned in by rookie Bob Eaton who will earn 1st Individual with his first sub-40 round of the year. Four players vied for 2nd Individual at +6, with the red-hot Rick Keating winning a card-off over Dan Svirsky, Jim Egan, and Bino.

  Not to be denied though, Mr. Egan used his +6 to lead the way to 1st Team honors with Martin Enright, who, no matter how high we put his quota, seems to get a +4 every week. Bob Eaton, with his super +8, was well positioned for some Team reward, and his partner Ted Meyer did his part with a solid +1 to take 2nd Team, prevailing in a card-off over Dan Svirsky (+6) and this humble hacker (+3).

   The always steady Bob Loring lofted one in to 3'5" on the 9th hole, and that proved too tough to beat for the rest of the night, so Bubba will be dipping into the cigar box once again for his CTP reward.

   We had a very healthy 16 birdies on the front, but with only two that will be rewarded with cash money. There must be something about going away on vacation that helps your golf game. Last week Saul Payne returned from an Alskan cruise to tear it up, and this week Rick Keating, fresh off playing Easton CC's sister course on the West Coast; Pebble Beach had a super night back home here with a crisp 78 by way of two frontside birds, and two more on the back. His birdies on 4 and 6 were the only two to survive, and he will be awarded the whole skins pot. Rick's total  $210 take for the night will help pay a portion of Pebble's greens fee, which for one round, is almost as much as a season's SIGL dues. Four players (Keating, Svirsky, Bino, Enright) had two birdies each on the front.

  With so many outstanding scores this week, there were many superb performances that went uncompensated. Notable non-winners were Bino and Dan Svirsky at +6, Greg Paone, Mike McNeice, and Ed Reagan at +5, Terry Moore at +4, and John Tracy, Paul Raynard, and Larry Barry at +3. Highpointers for the night were Mike McNeice and Greg Paone with 17.

   The back-nine birdie pool is growing in popularity, and this week we had $150 in the pot. For those in the pool, there were 12 birdies, and again, only two survived. Jim Shannon will be a back-nine winner two weeks in a row with his impressive birdie on 16, and Rick Keating finished off his superlative night in fine fashion with a winning bird on 18. Birdies on 12, 13, and 14 were not good enough to be skins. And much to his regret, one player had birds on 10, 14, and 15 (two survived) but was not in the pool. Ouch.

  Rules and policy: You are not allowed to play any holes or practice on any holes prior to playing in the league competition. It is an unfair advantage, especially on the greens. Since we have a back nine skins competition, this also applies to the back nine. (See USGA Rule7-1).

   And finally, the year-end tourney is fast approaching. Thanks to those who have signed the tourney sign-up sheet that was at the desk, with either a YES or a NO. However, there were still many who played Tuesday but did not sign the sheet either way. We will not be chasing down individual players trying to determine if you are playing or not. If you do not put something on the sheet, you will be considered a NO, and you will not be playing.  

   See you next Tuesday.


                WHILE ON THE LEFT COAST
                 RICK KEATING TUNES UP
                AT A LOCAL PUBLIC COURSE  ......

                   BEFORE RETURNING HOME
                   TO BRING EASTON TO ITS KNEES


           

                            

                                                            WEEK 15 RESULTS

1ST TEAM:             ALEX TURCHETTE            +4               $25
                                 JOHN CARRABINO            +3               $25

                                                                                 +7

2ND TEAM:            BILL DOONAN                   +6               $15
                                 STEVE DASARO (alt)         +1               $15

                                                                                 +7

1ST IND:                 BILL DOONAN                    +6              $25
2ND IND:                SAUL PAYNE                       +5              $15

 CTP-8TH:              MARTIN ENRIGHT            2'8"            $25

 SKINS:                   ERIC ARONSON                   3              $120
                                 SAUL PAYNE                          5            $120
                               
 COVERED:                    2     8

 WEEK 16 CTP:       9TH HOLE

 BACK NINE:          JIM SHANNON                  13               $33
                                  LARRY BARRY                   14               $33
                                  BRIAN MURPHY               17               $33

 COVERED:                      15  


    Coming down the home stretch, with only three league nights left, we seem to have hit the doldrums collectively, but it hasn't seemed to affect a handful of intrepid SIGLers who had some very good nights.

    After watching the MacNeil boys win a bushel of dough all year, Alex Turchette decided to get into the act, and his outstanding  +4 will lead him to the Team win, along with partner Bino, who kicked in with his own fine +3 for a +7. John's par on the first hole made the difference in a card-off win. Settling for 2nd Team, also at +7 are Bill Doonan (+6) and alternate partner Steve DaSaro. (It pays to be an alternate.) Nice to see good guy Steve make the money list for the first time.

   And after suffering through some midseason issues, it was Bill Doonan's night, so Stretch will take 1st Individual honors with his superb +6. And an Alaskan cruise seems to have been just what the dentist, I mean doctor, ordered for Saul Payne's golf game, as he returned with a very fine +5 to take 2nd Individual over Mark Nolan and Eric Aronson in a card-off win on 5 with a bird.

   Martin Enright just keeps marching along each week, this time turning in another +4, and settling CTP matters early with a super approach on 8 to 2'8" that easily held up against all comers.  

   We had a tempting $240 in the birdie pool this week. Maybe it was the still "Ruffles have ridges" greens or our lack of putting skill, but there were only six birdies on the front, and only two of those will split the pot. Eric Aronson started things off with a bird on 3, and the new and improved Saul Payne had a beauty on 5. (The first time all year that we have had two $100+ winners on the same night.) Martin Enright (there he is again!) sunk his two-footer on 8, but star Billy Doonan covered that, while Greg Willard and Mr. Doonan cancelled each other on the 2nd hole.

   There weren't alot of other standout performances, but notables who did not cash were Mark Nolan at +5, Wayne Musgrove (+4), and Greg Willard and Chris Sullivan at +3.  Bill Doonan had the most points with 17.

    The back nine birdie pool was split by Jim Shannon (13), this humble hacker on 14, and with a very impressive drive and approach into the wind, Brian Henry Murphy on 17.  Outstanding birdies on 15 by Dan Svirsky and Bino cancelled each other.   

    After Week 15, we have paid out $3,980 in winnings, with 52 out of 59 active roster players having received at least one envelope this year. An additional $805 has been distributed from the optional back nine birdie pool.  The top earners to date (not including back nine) are:

             Rich Harding                     $235
             Eric Aronson                       200
             Steve Lozzi                          170
             John Carrabino                    165
             Jim Shannon                        163

    Believe it or not, we are still being constantly asked when the year-end tourney is. HELLO: IT IS SUNDAY, OCT. 1ST. Next Tuesday, there will be a sign-up sheet for the tourney, which will be similar to the weekly sign in sheet. Next to your name, please mark YES if you are playing, and NO if you are not playing. By Sep. 26th, any blank line next to a name will be filled in with NO, and you will not be playing. As noted before, the tourney costs (greens fees, cart fees, and banquet) will be completely paid for from league funds, and we will still have a very generous pot for prize money and gifts.

   See you next Tuesday.


                    WITH LIMITED SUCCESS AS A RIGHT-HANDER
                   SAUL TOOK TIME ON HIS CRUISE TO DEVELOP
                                       A SWEET LEFTIE SWING

                                   DAMMIT, HONEY, I TOLD YOU:
                              I 'M NOT PLAYING SHUFFLEBOARD!
                                      NOW LEAVE ME ALONE!