WEEK 1 RESULTS

 1ST TEAM:              ERIC ARONSON          +4              $25
                                   LEN LIMA  (alt)             -1              $25

                                                                           +3       

  2ND TEAM:            LARRY BARRY            +3              $15
                                   JIM SHANNON              -1              $15

                                                                            -2

  1ST  IND:                ERIC ARONSON          +4             $25

  2ND IND:                LARRY BARRY           +3             $15

  CTP-2ND:               MIKE MCNEICE       16' 5"           $25

  SKINS:                    LARRY BARRY          8TH          $110
  COVERED:                     3 & 5

  BACK 9 SKINS:     ALEX TURCHETTE   10TH         $45
                                   JIM SHANNON           13TH         $45

  WEEK 2 CTP:               4TH HOLE                   
                       

   They should call it global wetting instead of global warming, at least around these parts. March and April were tough months for duffers anxious to start play, but here's hoping that we now get 20 straight beautiful Tuesdays, especially after what we went through last year.

   Rusty swings and sloppy grounds took their toll on scores, which were uniformly, ah.... bad. Out of the whole crowd, there were only eight players who exceeded quota, a few at even, and the large majority not meeting their quota. All it took to win team prizes this week were a mediocre +3 and +2.

   As always, there are exceptions, and Eric Aronson came out of the gate strong with a +4 performance, which was good enough for 1st Individual. Len Lima was doubly lucky this week by being picked first alternate and by being paired with Eric, so E & L will take the 1st Team prize, at +3.

   This humble hacker overcame a triple, double start to finish strong and secure 2nd Individual at +3, winning a tie-breaker with Dana Willard, and taking Highpointer honors. And that turned out to be enough to secure 2nd Team with partner Jim Shannon at +2.

   The 2nd hole proved to be an uncharacteristically difficult hole for Closest to Pin. At one point well into the proceedings, not one SIGLer had hit the green in regulation. But the eversteady Mike McNeice stepped up and took care of that with an approach to 16'5" to easily secure CTP honors.

   With the collectively poor performance, there were of course few birdies (6). As it turned out, the very inviting 8th hole was the only skins birdie, when this humble hacker drained a nifty sidewinder putt. The third hole was birdied by McNeice, Bourne, and Walsh, and the difficult 5th hole, Dan McGarry chipped in for a 3, but was later covered by Jim Shannon.

   There were only 2 birdies on the back nine, and both resulted in cash money. World traveller Alex Turchette sunk one on 10, and Jim Shannon this time would not be denied, and had a skins birdie on 13. A word from the back nine birdie pool administrator: You can't put five bucs in an envelope and not put your name on it. TJ is pretty smart, but he's not a mindreader.

    Welcome aboard to the easygoing Bobby Bourne (to be wild, ... I mean mild). Bob has now supplanted TJ for the coveted I Live Closest to the Course title, and has declared that all golf balls (except Pinnacles and Top-Flites) hit over the fence behind 18 are his to keep. Also, a hardy welcome to newcomer Gary Russell, freshly back from a winter at the senior citizen sex capital of the country, The Villages in Florida. 

    And finally, we are sorry to learn that long-time SIGLers Jim Egan and Dan Szczurko will not be returning this year, although they will be around here and there. Good luck to you both, and just let me know if you decide to return.

    See you next Tuesday.

                                               AFTER A TOUGH WINTER

                    CANADA GEESE ARE IN A PARTICULARLY FOWL MOOD

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