WEEK 11 RESULTS

 1ST TEAM:                STEVE DASARO                      +7                   $25
                                     BILL SIMMONS (alt)              +7                   $25

                                                                                       +14

2ND TEAM:              PETER FRASCA                       +6                   $15
                                     DAN MCGARRY                      +3                   $15

                                                                                         +9

1ST IND:                     STEVE DASARO                      +7                   $25

2ND IND:                    BILL SIMMONS                      +7                   $15

CTP-8TH:                    PAUL BEGLEY                        6'5"                 $25

SKINS:                        BILL SIMMONS                       3RD              $110

COVERED:                 2   8   9                                     

WEEK 12 CTP:           9TH HOLE

B9 SKINS:                 ED FINN                                    11TH             $35
                                     LEN LIMA                                 12TH             $35
                                     WAYNE MUSGROVE             16TH             $35

COVERED:                 13   14

HIGHPOINTER:       STEVE DASARO                     16 pts.
                                      PETER FRASCA                      16 pts.


  First of all, where was everybody? If you again relied on the weatherman, you missed out on, what for Tuesday standards, was a pretty nice day and night. We had only 35 leaguers show up, which might be a season low. 

  We had another average collective performance, with most scores hovering right around quota. However, Steve Dasaro bucked that trend with a breakout night in which he posted 16 points, good for a superb +7. Rookie Bill Simmons spent the first half of the season getting a feel for the lay of the land, and started the second half with an impressive performance, posting his own +7. So again, it came down to a card-off, and Steve's par on 1 will earn him 1st Individual honors, with Bill taking second. 

  For the team competition, Mr. Dasaro needed an alternate to fill in for his no-show partner, and as luck would have it, Bill Simmons was first alternate, and was paired with Steve to easily take 1st Team at +14. 

   Peter Frasca has been playing steady golf all year, and this week had his best posting with a fine +6. Luckily he also had a solid partner in Dan McGarry at +3, and they will take 2nd Team at +9. 

   Good guy Paul Begley executed a fine approach shot on 8 to 6'5" which stood up all day, and Paul will have a CTP prize waiting for him in the box. 

   There were 12 birdie putts that fell on the front side, but most were bunched up on three holes, and when the dust cleared, there was only one bird left standing. And as luck would have it, it belonged to Bill Simmons who will take the whole pot, capping off  an impressive $150 night, the highest single-night take of the year. Non-paying birds were had on 2 (Bourne, Turchette), 8 (Dasaro, Simmons, Aronson, Begley), and 9 (Finn, J. MacNeil, Frasca, Svirsky, Tracy). 

  As noted, most scores were nothing to write home about, but there was the usual amount of impressive performances that will not be rewarded with cash. Leading that pack is Alex Turchette who posted a season high +6, followed by Eric Aronson at +5, and Dan Svirsky, Jay Chapman, Mark Nolan, and Johnny MacNeil, all at +3. Highpointers this week are Steve Dasaro and Peter Frasca at 16 points each. 

  With only 35 players showing up, we had a respectable 21 enter the back nine skins pool, with 10 birdie putts finding the hole. And of those, three stood out as winners: Ed Finn, who had five birdies in 27 holes played, will be rewarded on 11. And it was nice to see Portuguese man-of-war Len Lima get on the money board with a fine bird on the 12th. And Wayne Musgrove will also cash for the first time with an impressive deuce on 16. The 13th hole was thoroughly humbled by Finn, Curtis, Lozzi, Danieli, and Leonard, and the 14th was smashed (Loring, Barry). 

  The general feedback is that there are a lot more birdies this year because we are playing combo tees. However, except for the 13th hole, which definitely has become a birdie hole, the white tees have not made that much of a difference. (The numbers don't lie.) For instance, of the 22 birdies sunk this week, 17 of them were from blue tees, and of the seven white tees we play over 18 holes, only one of those holes was birdied (the 13th). And those numbers are typical for the whole season. So, so much for the idea that we are killing it from the combos. 

  And a special tip of the cap to Holbrook's own Rick Walsh who, on the third leg of the 27 holes he played, posted his career low 9 hole score of even par. (We won't mention the first 18.)

  And finally, 2nd half dues were due this week, but many remain unpaid, even those who played this week. Please make sure to bring payment next week. Any prize winners from Week 11 and Week 12, who do not pay next week, will not be receiving envelopes. Thanks. 

  See you next Tuesday. 


                BOY THESE COMBO TEES ARE EASY
                      YEAH, WHAD'YA  SHOOT?
                                        AH, 95