WEEK 2 RESULTS

  1ST TEAM:                        SAUL PAYNE (alt)              +4            $25
                                              JOE CURTIS                        +2            $25

                                                                                            +6

  2ND TEAM:                       JAY CHAPMAN                  +3            $15
                                              CHRIS SULLIVAN               E             $15

  1ST IND:                            SAUL PAYNE                       +4           $25

  2ND IND:                           LEN LIMA                            +3           $15

  CTP - 6TH                          ED FINN                             14'5"         $25

  SKINS                                 JOE CURTIS                      4TH          $55
                                              STEVE LOZZI                   8TH          $55

  COVERED:                               NONE

  BACK NINE SKINS          ED MACNEIL                  13TH         $90

  COVERED:                               NONE

  WEEK 3 CTP:                         8TH HOLE


    Well, apparently it is going to take more than a couple of weeks to get our groove thing going. We really can't blame conditions, as the fairways were crisply cut, and the greens rolling smooth, although finding yourself in certain parts of the rough could be a problem.

     As in Week 1, results were well below the norm, with only 10 players exceeding quota. And what is probably an all-time record low, there were only two birdies in league play and one on the back.

     Bucking the trend this week though was Dr. Saul Payne, voted best dentist in all of SIGL by the ADA. Saul more than doubled his Week 1 output with a fine 13 points, good for a +4 and 1st Individual. And as an alternate Doc was paired up with badboy Joe Curtis, who contributed with a +2 for the 1st Team prize.

    Len Lima, voted best teeth in all of SIGL by the ADA, continued his winnings ways with a solid +3 to take 2nd Individual, winning a tie-breaker with Steve Lozzi and Jay Chapman.

    Closest to the Pin was changed to the 6th hole because the 4th green remains closed. But not to worry as Easton has assured us that it will be open in time for the Southeast Amateur. The 6th hole proved no problem though for Ed Finn, as he striped one in to 14'5" to beat out John Hrenko's fine approach to 18'.

    As noted, there were only two birdies on the night, and both lived. A bird by Joe Curtis on 4 survived the field, and again, the Easy 8th produced a skin, this week by Steve Lozzi. When including last year's tourney, this marks the third round in a row in which the 8th was a skins birdie, paying a total of $555 ($390 tourney skin), with Mr. Lozzi taking $455 of that. 

   The MacNeil group continues to clean up in the back nine birdie pool, and this week Ed will take the whole $90 pot with a birdie on 13. Like the front, there were no covered birdies.

    Other notables not mentioned above include Pat Heffernan, John MacNeil, and Mark Nolan all at +2. Highpointer for the night was Steve Lozzi with 14.

    Well, we're only into Week 2, and again SIGL has been summonsed to the principal's office. After Easton just sent out a memo about extra play and other issues, a rogue SIGL group finished 18 holes and then promptly jumped onto the 1st tee in front of a scheduled 5:05 non-SIGL group, prompting the golf pro to chase them down 1 and remove them from the hole. The group considered different defenses, including 1) We didn't read the memo, 2) We read the memo but forgot what it said, and 3) We're not good at memo-reading, before settling on the brilliant and convincing "Our dogs ate the memo."

   Anyone who wants to play more than 18 holes must pay an additional 9-hole cart fee, and must check with the starter before teeing off; you can't just commandeer the first tee.

   See you next Tuesday. 

 
       TO ENCOURAGE MORE BIRDIES AND BETTER SCORES

        EASTON HAS AGREED TO INSTALL SPECIAL SIGL-FRIENDLY

        HOLES ON TUESDAYS