WEEK 17 RESULTS

1ST IND.         TIM GREENE              +6             $25

2ND IND.        BILL SIMMONS         +6             $20

3RD IND.        TED MEYER                +4             $15

1ST TEAM:     BILL SIMMONS (alt)   +6            $25

+9                     ED MACNEIL                +3            $25

2ND TEAM:     BILL SIMMONS           +6           $20

+7                      TERRY MOORE (alt)    +1           $20

3RD TEAM:      JOHN HRENKO          +4           $15

+7                       MIKE LEONARD          +3           $15

CTP-4TH            BILL DOONAN          7'11"         $25

WK 18 CTP          6TH HOLE

HGHPTR            GREG PAONE            17 pts

                              BILL SIMMONS        17 pts

                              MIKE MCNEICE        17 pts

SKINS                 BILL SIMMONS         2ND        $20

                             BOB BOURNE           3RD         $20

                             MIKE MCNEICE        4TH         $20

                             MIKE BRADLEY       5TH         $20

                             GREG PAONE            7TH         $20

                             TIM GREENE             8TH         $20         

COVERED             6   9

B9 SKINS               CHRIS HASLAM       12TH     $50

                                 TIM GREENE            14TH     $50

                                  BOB BOURNE          15TH     $50

COVERED               13

  

  Week 17 was pretty much straight down the middle with 22 plus scores, 24 minus, and 4 even. 

   Congrats to rookie Tim Greene, who broke 80 for the first time in his golf career and who topped it off with a 1st Individual at +6. Bill Simmons had his best day of the year, also posting a strong +6, and will take 2nd Individual after a card-off with Tim. Ted Meyer gets on the board for the second week in a row with a sterling +4, edging out Nick Dejesus and John Hrenko in a card-off. 

   Ed MacNeil had a fine +3 and couldn't have asked for a better partner when he drew Bill Simmons (+6) as an alternate and they will be awarded 1st Team with their +9 total. 

   Bill was back in the act again when his +6 was complemented by a steady +1 from alternate Terry Moore. And the scorecards say that their +7 was better than the +7 of John Hrenko (+4) and the red-hot Mike Leonard (+3) for 2nd Team. John and Mike will have 3rd Team envelopes coming. 

   It wasn't quite like the one inch CTP recorded by Greg Paone last week, but a fine shot on the 4th got Big Bill Doonan to within 7'11" of the hole, only inches more than his height, for a CTP win this week. 

  The 1st was the only hole not birdied Tuesday, as we had six skins live: Co-star of the day Bill Simmons on 2, the always steady Bob Bourne on 3, sweet-swinging Mike McNeice on 4, the violent swinging Mike Bradley on 5, the resurgent Greg Paone (7), and fellow co-star of the day Tim Greene on 8. The 6th hole (Meyer, Hrenko) and the 9th (Leonard, Babyak, Simmons) were smashed. 

  We had 29 players sign up for the Backnine skins pool, but only seven birds were sunk, with three surviving. Chris Haslam will be rewarded for his 3 on the 12th, Tim Greene on 14, and the still steady Bob Bourne on 15. As required, the 13th was easily smashed (Curtis, Doonan, Murphy, Dugan). 

  Of the 22 plus scores this week, nine were "exceptional" (+3 or better). Seven of the nine won money, and the two hard-luck standouts who didn't cash were Nick Dejesus at +4 and Andrew Dugan at +3. Highpointers were Bill Simmons, Greg Paone, and Mike McNeice with 17 points each. 

  And finally, only one week left to the regular season. Sorry for the truncated season, but factors beyond our control (rain outs, wash outs, aeration course closure) made it difficult to get out on the course this year. However, we will have an increased amount of cash left over to be applied to tournament prize money, etc. 

   Today is the last day to let us know if you are out for the tourney. Thanks. 

   See you next Tuesday. 

   

                                                            WEEK 16 RESULTS 

1ST IND.       TJ JAMES                   +7             $25

2ND IND.      CHRIS SULLIVAN   +7             $20

3RD IND.      GREG WILLARD      +6             $15

1ST TEAM    TED MEYER             +5             $25

+10                 TED MEYER (alt)    +5             $25

2ND TEAM    CHRIS SULLIVAN   +7            $20

+7                     MIKE BRADLEY       E             $20

3RD TEAM     TJ JAMES                 +7            $15

+6                     CHRIS HASLAM      -1            $15

CTP-2ND         GREG PAONE         1 inch     $25

SKINS              TJ JAMES                1ST          $24

                          RUSTY HRENKO   4TH         $24

                          MIKE LEONARD   6TH         $24

                          NED BABYAK         7TH         $24

COVERED       2  3  9

HIGHPTR        CHRIS REGAN      20 pts

B9 SKINS          MARK NOLAN      11TH      $30

                           PETER FRASCA     15TH      $30

                           MIKE SILVA            16TH      $30

                           SCOTT SILVIA        18TH      $30

COVERED        13

WK 17 CTP       4TH HOLE              

 

                                                         WEEK 15 RESULTS

1ST IND.          MIKE SILVA               +6           $25

2ND IND.         DANA WILLARD      +5           $20

3RD IND.         PETER FRASCA         +4          $15

1ST TEAM       LARRY BARRY          +3          $25

+6                     MIKE LEONARD (a) +3          $25

2ND TEAM      DANA WILLARD       +5          $20

+5                      CHRIS SULLIVAN      E           $20

3RD TEAM      PETER FRASCA          +4         $15

+4                      JOHN HRENKO (a)      E         $15

CTP:    9TH      JOHN HRENKO         1'10"      $25

WK 16 CTP       2ND HOLE

HIGHPTR          MIKE SILVA              18 pts.

SKINS                MIKE LEONARD       5TH     $120

COVERED         3  4  8  9 

B9 SKINS           DAN SVIRSKY          10TH     $28

                            MIKE SILVA               11TH     $28

                            JOE CURTIS               12TH     $28

                            BILL DOONAN          18TH     $28

COVERED         13 

 

  With a rain out and a scheduled course closure for aeration, we missed a couple of weeks, but we're now back on track. (And for those of you who e-mailed saying you had no prior notice of the course closure on August 31st, read your e-mails or the blog once in a while.) 

  Results this week were pretty much down the middle, with 18 players exceeding quota, 15 evens, and 21 falling short. 

  Mike Silva continues his red-hot play and this week posted a crisp 18 points, good for  +6 and 1st Individual. 

  Dana Willard had one of his better nights by recording a robust +5 and 2nd Individual. 

  And Peter Frasca had a superb +4 and that is good enough for 3rd.

  Of the winning Individuals, none had enough help from partners to secure 1st Team, so that honor will go to this humble hacker at +3 and alternate partner Mike Leonard at +3 for a 1st Team +6. 

  Chris Sullivan held steady at Even, and that will be enough for Chris and Dana Willard (+5) to take 2nd Team at +5.

  And the same goes for 3rd Team, as Peter Frasca's +4 paired with alternate partner John Hrenko's Even will get them in the money, after a card-off win over E. MacNeil/Meyer, M. Silva/Tracy, and Danieli/Pryles. 

  Mr. Hrenko may have had a little luck being drawn as an alternate, but there was no luck, only skill, when he striped his third shot on the 9th hole to 1'10" for CTP honors and a kick-in bird. 

  With the greens still recuperating, there were a very modest ten birdies on the frontside. And when the dust settled, Mike Leonard's 3 on the 5th hole will result in Mike taking the whole pot. Birds on 3 (Danieli, Barry), 4 (Regan, Dugan), 8 (M. Silva, McDermott), and 9 (E. MacNeil, DeJesus, Hrenko) were smashed. 

  There were even fewer birdies on the back, with only six bids finding the hole, but four of those will get paid: Dan Svirsky on the 10th, Mike Silva on 11, pride of Southie Joe Curtis on 12, and Bill Doonan on 18. (And Billy says thank you Bob Bourne for not getting in the pool.) As usual, the 13th hole was covered, but this time with only two birdies (Svirsky, Dugan).

  Almost everyone who had an outstanding day (+3 or better) cashed in. But the two hard-luckers who didn't were Tim Greene and Jay Chapman, both at +3.  

  The SIGL year-end tournament will be held on Sunday, October 3rd. (For those of you who will be e-mailing in the next couple of weeks asking when the year-end tournament is, here's your response: the year-end tournament will be Sunday, October 3rd.) It will either be an 8:30 shotgun start or tee times, going off the front and back. There will be other golfers on the course, and Easton has asked us to be aware of pace-of-play requirements. Anyone who will not be playing in the year-end tourney must let us know as soon as possible. Thanks.

  And finally, we haven't had a blog in a couple of weeks, so this is a little late, but hats off to SIGLers Len Lima, Peter Frasca, and Steve Danieli for being on 1st place teams in the Red, White, and Blue tourney, and congrats also to Chris Haslam, Andrew Dugan, and their guests in winning the recent Easton CC Member-Guest event. Well done boys. 

   See you next Tuesday.