WEEK 5 RESULTS

 1ST TEAM:                           RICH WHITE                        +4               $25
                                                 ED FINN                                +3               $25

                                                                                                 +7

2ND TEAM:                           BOB LORING                       +7               $15
                                                 BILL DOONAN                     E                 $15

                                                                                                +7

1ST IND:                                BOB LORING                      +7                $25

2ND IND:                               MIKE NOLAN                     +6                $15

CTP-8TH:                               NED BABYAK                   10'4"             $25

SKINS:                                   MIKE MCNEICE                4TH              $37
                                                MIKE NOLAN                     8TH              $37
                                                PAUL BEGLEY                   9TH               $37

COVERED:                                                      2ND, 3RD, 6TH

HIGHPOINTER:                   BOB LORING                    17pts,

WEEK 6 CTP:                        9TH HOLE

B9 SKINS:                             ED FINN                             12TH            $25
                                                STEVE LOZZI                    16TH            $25
                                                DAN SVIRSKY                  18TH             $25

COVERED:                                                                        13TH


 Well, it was Tuesday so that means weather was an issue again. It wasn't perfect but we got through the round, and with pretty good attendance to boot. 

  Unlike previous weeks when scores were pretty much uniformly good or bad, this week scores were all over the lot, with many really good and many really bad.  

   On the good side, we had an impressive 19 players who were +2 or better. The leader of the plus pack this week was steady Bob Loring who had a breakout performance with 17 points, good for a +7, 1st Individual, and a crisp 77. Right behind him, Mike Nolan had maybe his career SIGL round with an outstanding +6 to take 2nd Individual. 

   Mr. Loring (+7) had a steady partner in Bill Doonan (E) and their + 7 would tie the powerful team of Rich White (+4) and Ed Finn (+3) at +7. The White/Finn duo takes 1st Team honors with a card-off win on Hole 5.  And Big Ed turned in his own tight 77.  

   Steve Lozzi set the standard early for Closest to Pin on 8 at 12'0", but rookie Ned Babyak came along soon thereafter with a neat 10'4", which stood up for the rest of the day, to cash for the second week in a row. (Ned, you have a cash envelope in the cigar box from a couple of weeks ago, and that goes for you too Bradley.) Mystery golfer Mike Hunt again recorded his standard 69 feet on the CTP marker, but Mike Hunt should not hold out much hope of ever winning Closest because Mike Hunt is not an SIGL member and 69 feet very rarely wins anyway. 

  For all the good scores, surprisingly there were only nine frontside birdies, with three paying off. The always steady Mike McNeice will be rewarded for his winning bird on 4, while Mike Nolan will collect for his 3 on 8, and Paul Begley gets on the money board with a nice birdie on the 9th. Birdies on 2 (J. MacNeil, White), 3 (E. MacNeil, Svirsky), and 6 (Thompson, Loring) are cancelled out. 

   We had plenty of good performances that were not rewarded with cash prizes. There were many at +2, and Scott Silvia with a fine +3, Paul McDermott, John Fay, and Rick Keating all at +4, and hard-luck Terry Thompson at +5. High pointer was Bob Loring with 17. 

   There was limited participation in the Back Nine skins pool, and there were only five birdie putts sunk. Ed Finn stuck one tight on 12 for a tap in, Steve Lozzi dueced the tough 16th, and Dan Svirsky birdied the now more accommodative 18th hole to divvy up the pot. Mr. Lozzi and Mr. Finn covered each other on 13. 

  We have hit the quarter pole of the season and we have dispensed $1,722 in cash prizes, spread out over 31 players. Top winners, and those that have hit the $100 mark are: Finn ($168), Danieli ($131), Tracy ($125), White ($106), McNeice ($101), and Shannon ($100). 

   Housekeeping: 1) There will be no golf on Tuesday, July 2nd. 2) Please put last names on the scorecard. We have 56 players and many with the same first names. Submitting cards with first names only or initials only makes it needlessly difficult for us to figure out whose card we are looking at.  

  And finally, SIGLers continue to shine in Easton CC tournaments. In last week's Lone Ranger tourney, of the four 4-man teams that finished in the money (1st - T3rd) 10 of those 16 players were proud members of SIGL: White, McDermott, James (2nd), and Russell, Doonan, Hrenko (T3rd), and McNeice, Paone, Lozzi, and Barry (T3rd). Nice work men. 

  See you next Tuesday. 

                       PICKING AN SIGLer IS
                       ALWAYS A GOOD BET            

  





   








   

                                                    WEEK 4 RESULTS

1ST TEAM:              TERRY MOORE              +5                $25
                                  ED FINN                           +4                $25

                                                                              +9

2ND TEAM:             JOE CURTIS (alt)            +5                $15
                                   MIKE BRADLEY             +4                $15

                                                                              +9

1ST IND.:                  TERRY THOMPSON      +6                $25

2ND IND.:                 CHRIS SULLIVAN          +6               $15

CTP-6TH:                  BRIAN MURPHY          5'5"               $25

SKINS:                      JOHN TRACY                2ND              $55
                                   NEIL BABYAK               8TH              $55

COVERED:                                                       6TH

B9 SKINS:                 JIM SHANNON           10TH              $45
                                    JOHN MACNEIL         12TH              $45

COVERED:                                           11TH, 13TH   

HIGHPOINTER:       TERRY THOMPSON   16 pts.

WEEK 5 CTP:                                                    8TH


  It looks like we're finally starting to hit our stride, with good attendance and much improved scores from the first three weeks, with 30 players meeting or exceeding quota.  (Although still only four frontside birdies.)

  Terry Thompson made up for a slow start to the season with a breakout night garnering 16 points, good for a +6 and 1st Individual. And having his career best night, Red Rocketeer Chris Sullivan recorded 10 points, resulting in his own +6 and 2nd Individual. Tall Terry's bogey on 1 was good enough to win the tie-breaker.

  Both of the top Individuals had partners with good nights, but it wasn't good enough to top the dynamic duo of the Brit with Grit Terry Moore at +5 and Steady Eddie Finn with a +4 who took 1st Team at +9. Joe Curtis made the most of his first appearance of the year, and of being an alternate, by
tallying his own +5 and was teamed up with the resurgent Mike Bradley, who turned in another +4, resulting in their own +9 for 2nd Team honors. Terry and Ed take first by virtue of their pars on the 1st hole.

  Brian Murphy had his best night in a while, and will be rewarded for his superb tee shot on 6 that settled 5'5" from the target, good for Closest to Pin money.

   Despite the many good scores, there were surprisingly only four birdies, and two will pay. The affable John Tracy will be rewarded for his skin bird on 2, and congrats to rookie Neil Babyak who will get paid for his winning birdie on 8, and who, like a business framing its first dollar, will frame his first SIGL cash and hang in his man cave. Murphy sunk his birdie putt on 6, but was smashed by
spoiler Terry Thompson.

   We had 11 different golfers collect cash this week. And quite a few who had excellent nights but no reward: Eric Aronson, Steve Peterson, and Steve Mattes carded +3 each, and +2 was earned by Raynard, Spears, Leach, Szczurko, Turchette, and Lozzi. Highpointer was Terry Thompson with 16 points.

  Apparently the putts were dropping a little better on the back, as seven birdies were returned with two paying. Jim Shannon made up for a poor frontside by rattling off birdies on 10, 11, and 13 and will be paid for 10. And the productive John MacNeil will have an envelope for his winning birdie on 12. Birdies on 11 (Shannon, Thompson) and 13 (Shannon, James, Eddie MacNeil) did not survive.

 Housekeeping: 1) Mike Leonard pick up your envelope. 2) Two weeks in a row now (not the same group) we have had a foursome play and not turn in a card. If you do not submit a scorecard on Tuesday night then your round will not count. 3) Rookies: you can pick up winning envelopes in the cigar box on the right side of the bar. 4) Let's hope those plastic hole liners are a temporary thing because they are starting to pop up slightly on some holes, and can easily prevent a slow moving putt from dropping in the side.

  And finally, pants off... I mean hats off to the Easton grounds crew for working hard to get the course in much improved shape after very trying conditions this year so far. The rough has become playable again, and the greens remain some of the best around.

  See you next Tuesday.


                                         NO, I SAID HATS OFF!


                                               

 

                                                                 WEEK 3 RESULTS

1ST TEAM:                         ED LEACH                      +4                 $25
                                             BOB LORING  (alt)         +1                 $25

                                                                                       +5

2ND TEAM:                        MARK NOLAN              +2                  $15
                                             JOHN MACNEIL            +2                  $15

                                                                                      +4

1ST IND:                             GREG WILLARD           +5                 $25

2ND IND:                            ED LEACH                     +4                  $15

CTP-4TH:                            RICK WALSH              16'6"                $25

SKINS:                                LARRY BARRY           3RD                 $28
                                             LARRY BARRY           6TH                 $28
                                             GREG WILLARD        7TH                 $28
                                             MIKE LEONARD        8TH                 $28

COVERED:                                                                2ND

BACK NINE
SKINS:                                 LARRY BARRY          12TH               $25
                                              ED FINN                      13TH               $25
                                              PETER FRASCA         16TH               $25

HIGHPOINTER:                  GREG WILLARD       14 pts.

WEEK 4 CTP:                                                             6TH


  In the sixties, Bob Hope made a bad movie called If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium. Well we star in a bad movie called If It's Tuesday, The Weather Will Surely Suck. Another tough day, particularly later. But if the Red Sox could get their game in, so could we. It was a good week to be an alternate, as many of our daintier players stayed home and dry.

  It could be the weather and conditions, or our general lack of skill but again scores were well below
average, even hitting from the Combination tees. There were only nine players and a handful of teams who exceeded quota.

  Greg Willard got an immediate return on his investment of new Cobra King One-Length irons (all irons the same shaft length) with a league leading +5 to take Individual honors. Right behind him, Ed Leach got on the money board with an outstanding +4 to take 2nd Individual.

  Greg's partner was no help, so Ed Leach (+4) and his partner, alternate Bob Loring (+1) stepped up to earn the 1st Team prize at +5. And the duo of Mark Nolan and John MacNeil had solid performances at +2 each to claim 2nd Team at +4.

  Rick Walsh continues his solid play, and this week will be rewarded for his fine approach on 4 to 16'6" to take Closest to Pin cash.

   Birdies have been hard to come by this year, and this week only six were posted on the front, with four surviving. This humble hacker hit only two greens in regulation, but made both of them count with birdie conversions on the 3rd and 6th. Greg Willard used his new sticks to get one close on 7 and made the birdie putt, and Mike Leonard made up for an otherwise disappointing night with a paying birdie on 8. Buddies Mark Nolan and Wayne Musgrove cancelled each other out on the 2nd hole. 

   As noted, not a lot of good scoring this week, so the only notables that were not in the money were TJ James and Mike Bradley at +3, and John Fay and Big Bill Doonan (who shot a stellar 78 the next day in difficult conditions) each at +2. Highpointer for the night was Greg Willard with 14.

  There was limited participation in the back nine skins pool and there were only three birdies on the night. This writer continued with a hot putter and drained on bomb on 12. Mighty Ed Finn had a legit look at eagle on the 13th from just off the green, and settled for an easy bird. And the pride of Meffa, Peter Frasca, made a heck of a 2 on 16 to take a share of the pool. 

  Closest to Pin for Week 4 is the 6th hole.

  And finally, rest in peace Bill Buckner. A fine gentleman who frequented our Easton fairways when he was the manager of the Brockton Rox a few years ago. Sadly, he will not be remembered for an outstanding major league career that spanned four decades (1969-1990), but instead only for one weak grounder that got away. 

  See you next Tuesday.

 
                   I GOT AN EARLY TEE TIME AT EASTON
                        TOMORROW. WANNA PLAY?

                         EASTON COUNTRY CLUB?                                                                       HELL YEAH!

                                                             WEEK 2 RESULTS

 1ST TEAM:                          JAY CHAPMAN          +3                            $25
                                               GARY RUSSELL         +3           +6             $25

 2ND TEAM:                        MIKE NOLAN             +2                            $15
                                              GREG WILLARD        +2            +4            $15           
                                       
 1ST IND:                              JOHN FAY                                   +4             $25
 2ND IND:                            GARY RUSSELL                        +3              $15   

 CTP-3RD:                             JOHN MACNEIL                      4'5"            $25

 SKINS:                                 JIM SHANNON                       6TH             $55
                                                GREG WILLARD                    9TH             $55

 COVERED:                                     3RD

 BACK NINE SKINS:          MIKE MCNEICE                   10TH            $32
                                                MIKE MCNEICE                   12TH             $32
                                                BOB LORING                        15TH             $32

 HIGHPOINTER:                 GARY RUSSELL                   13 pts.

WEEK 3 CTP:                                   4TH


  For whatever reason, we had a bunch of no-shows Tuesday, and based on the way we played, maybe we would have been better off if we had all stayed home. Whether you played the ball up in the rough or down (more about that later) it didn't seem to matter as we were a collective 51 points below quota, with only nine individuals, and only two teams out of 28, exceeding quota. Yikes. 

  If you managed to eke out a plus score, you had a real good chance of winning money this week. And two out of the three top performers happened to get paired up this week, so Jay Chapman with a fine +3 and partner Gary Russell with his own +3 will take 1st Team honors at +6. The only other teams in plus territory will also cash as Mike Nolan at +2 and Greg Willard also at +2 are 2nd Team winners. 

    Top dog this week was Honest John Fay who turned in an outstanding +4 to take 1st Individual bragging rights. Plus 3 will take 2nd Individual, and Gary Russell's bogey on 1 will decide a card-off over Mayhem Bradley's and Jay Chapman's +3. 

   John MacNeil jumped on the money train with a stellar approach shot to 4'5" on the 3rd Hole to capture the Closest to Pin award.

   With 46 guys having nine shots at it each, there were only four birdies on the night. Johnny Mac naturally sunk his birdie putt on 3 but was smashed by John Hrenko. That will leave a fine birdie on 6 by Jim Shannon and big-hitter Greg Willard's 4 on 9 as the winning
birds, taking home $55 each. 

   The back nine was equally stingy in the birdie department, with only three made, and all will pay. Mike McNeice made up for a lackluster front side with winning birds on 10 and 12, and steady Bob Loring made an impressive 3 on the difficult 15th. 

   There were not a lot of notables aside from those winning money. The only other plus quota players on the entire roster were Mike Bradley at +3 and Rick Walsh and rookie Ned Babyak at +1. Highpointer was Gary Russell at 13. 

   And finally, SIGL management has to apologize for a late decision (10:00 AM) to play the ball up everywhere instead of just the fairway. Although the decision was sound, we forgot that there are now a couple of groups that go out really early, so they played 
the ball down in the rough instead. (For the record, their scores were no worse than those who played it up everywhere.) Most of the time, late is better than never, but this was a case of late is worse than never. For the rest of the season, the ball may be played up (preferred lie) ONLY in the fairway of the hole being played. You may not touch the ball in the rough unless it is in casual water or is embedded in its own pitchmark. 

  See you next Tuesday. 

                            
                        WHAT KINDA CALL WAS THAT?   

  

  





  



    

      



   

  


   











   

                                                                 WEEK 1 RESULTS

  1ST TEAM:      ED FINN  (+6) 
                            STEVE DANIELI  (+3)                             +9             $50

  2ND TEAM:     DAN SVIRSKY   (+5) 
                            MIKE BRADLEY   (+1)                            +6             $30


  1ST IND.:         TERRY THOMPSON                                +6             $25

  2ND IND.:        ED FINN                                                    +6             $15


  CTP-2ND:         RICH WHITE                                           2'4"            $25

  SKINS:              BILL DOONAN                                       1ST            $28
                             RICH WHITE                                           2ND          $28
                             RICH WHITE                                           4TH           $28
                             ED FINN                                                   7TH           $28

   COVERED:      3, 6, 9

   BACK NINE:   STEVE DANIELI                                     12TH        $106

   COVERED:      13

   WK 2 CTP:       3RD HOLE


     Well, we held off starting the season for as long as we could, but it was still sloppy out there, although nothing compared to a couple of weeks ago. Playing from the Combination tees has met with widespread approval, although it didn't do much for our scores, as only 16 out 51 entrants exceeded quota. 

    But we did have a handful of players who were in midseason form. Easy Ed Finn came out of the gate in fine fashion with a birdie, 17 points, and a +6 performance. After a double bogey on 1, he was even par for the rest of the front. His partner Steve Danieli contributed a fine +3 himself, and they will take 1st Team honors at +9. Dan Svirsky shook off some tough early season rounds with an outstanding +5, and his mate Mayhem Mike (Bradley) threw in a +1 to secure 2nd Team at +6.

   Veteran SIGLer Terry Thompson kicked off the season as a new Easton CC member along with playing partner and friend Jim Shannon in good form with a superb +6 to earn the 1st Individual prize. His bogey on 1 was good enough to win a card-off with Ed Finn, who will take the 2nd Individual cash.  

   Steve Lozzi and Company were the first SIGLers on the course and Steve promptly set the standard for Closest to Pin on the 2nd hole with a nifty approach to 8 feet. It survived for a long time, until Mr. Rich White came along and stuck one to 2'4" to earn the prize. 

   Although the greens had been aerated and were otherwise pretty rough (TJ described the ball bouncing its way to the hole like playing plinko), somehow we had a respectable 14 birdies on the 
front side, with four paying cash money. Billy Doonan came out like gangbusters and promptly birdied the first hole to take a quarter of the pot ($28). Rich White sunk his two-footer on 2, and for good measure, added another on 4. Right before teeing off, Rich paid his first half dues, and after four holes on day one, had earned back the whole thing, plus some. RAW talent. Birdies on 3 (Svirsky, Thompson, Loring, Lozzi), 6 (Danieli, Hrenko), and 9 (Leach, Simmons, Svirsky, J. MacNeil) did not survive. 

  The back nine skins pool yielded only three birds, and two were smashed on 13 by Rich White and Mike Leonard. So that leaves Steve Danieli taking the whole $106 with his score of 3 on the 12th hole. 

   Players who had a good night but did not share in any cash prizes include Steve Lozzi and Ed Leach at +3, and Ted Meyer, Paul Raynard, Bill Simmons, and Peter Frasca, all at +2. Ed Finn takes Highpointer honors with 17. 

   A hearty SIGL welcome goes out to newcomers Bill Simmons and Ned Babyak. If you need to know how things work, just ask 
Sully, (who will ask somebody else.) 

   And finally, there were way too many SIGL members who played Tuesday but did not pay their first half dues. Anyone who played Tuesday but did not pay will not be eligible for any competition or prize money next week, unless a check accompanies your scorecard in the cigar box. No excuses, not matter how "creative" (translation: bullshit) will be accepted. 

  See you next Tuesday. 

                      

   








 
 

  Well, another SIGL season, at least our 40th, is just around the corner. Opening Day for 2019 will be on Tuesday, May 7th with the usual block of tee times. We are starting a little later than usual in order to allow the course to dry out as much as possible.

  It was a really tough fall and early winter for playing golf at Easton last year. The Blue Hill Observatory noted that for the last four months of 2018 they had the most amount of rainfall ever recorded, so thank goodness we don't play golf on top of Big Blue. But unfortunately, Easton received all that rain, too and, through no fault of its own, Easton CC was rendered virtually unplayable much of the time. So here's hoping that 2019 will be a lot drier.

  Easton has gone up $1.00 to $27.00 for a league round, so the annual league fee will be $670.
That consists of $540 in greens fees (20 weeks x $27) and $130 for weekly and tourney prize money and a banquet. Please have payment of the first half dues of $335 on the first night of play.

  We are going to wait for the Patriots schedule to be announced before we reserve a date for our year-end tourney, so that, if possible, we don't have our tourney on the same day as a Pats home game, which some SIGLers would be attending.

  We will have the usual weekly competitions (team, individual, CTP, skins pool, etc.) with the same prize money amounts. The back nine skins pool has grown in popularity, so if you play the back, don't forget to get in. Sometimes it only takes one stroke of the putter to have yourself a nice pay day, as was the case when John Hrenko took home $230 for his sole living birdie on a carry-over week. See TJ and/or look for the envelopes and depository on the bar. Remember: back nines matter.

  If you will not be returning this year, please let us know as soon as possible. And if you have a friend that wants to join, we need to know before the season starts.

  And finally, we will all be a little rusty after a winter off, so start your season off on the right foot (and then transfer your weight to the left foot during the follow-through) with a lesson from our friendly pro Rob Citrano, voted again by Kara as The Best Golf Instructor in the Land, and tell him SIGL sent you.   

  See you on May 7th!

                                     
                                    EASTON UNVEILS NEW FLEET
                            OF GOLF CARTS FOR 2019

                                     (JUST IN CASE)

 

                                    YEAR-END TOURNAMENT RESULTS


1ST PLACE                                   JAMES                    +2             $150
                                                       SHANNON             +3             $150
                                                       MOORE                  +1             $150
                                                       RAYNARD              -2             $150

                                                                                        +4

2ND PLACE                                 FINN                       +7           $100
                                                        SVIRSKY                -6            $100
                                                        MCDERMOTT        -2           $100
                                                        BEGLEY                 -4            $100

                                                                                         -5 

3RD PLACE                                  LOZZI                      -1            $ 75
                                                       DOONAN                 E             $ 75
                                                       TRACY                    -6             $ 75
                                                       SULLIVAN              -1             $ 75

                                                                                        -8

T-4TH PLACE                             LORING                  -6            $ 40
                                                       FRASCA                    -1            $ 40
                                                       G. WILLARD            E             $ 40
                                                       HEFFERNAN         -2             $ 40 

                                                                                        -9   

T-4TH PLACE                             WHITE                    E             $ 40
                                                       LEONARD             -7             $ 40
                                                       MA NOLAN           +1            $ 40
                                                       T NOLAN               -3             $ 40

                                                                                       -9

TEAMS 6 - 10 RECEIVED $80 EACH


HIGH GROSS   A                           FINN                     29               $50

HIGH GROSS   B                           DOONAN             22               $20
                                                         SHANNON           22               $20
                                                         KEATING             22               $10

HIGH  GROSS  C                           MOORE                19               $50

HIGH GROSS   D                         DANIELI              11                $25
                                                         SPEARS                11               $25

             
HIGH NET        A                            FINN                     +7              $50

HIGH NET        B                          SHANNON           +3              $25
                                                         KEATING             +3              $25

HIGH NET        C                          MA NOLAN         +1              $25
                                                         MOORE                +1              $25

HIGH NET        D                            SPEARS                +1             $50


CTP - 4TH                                       FINN                    11'7"           $50
CTP - 6TH                                       MUSGROVE      10'6"            $50
CTP - 14TH                                     KEATING             5'5"            $50
CTP - 16TH                                     LYONS                17'0"           $50

LONG DRIVE                                G. WILLARD                          $50

SENIOR L.D.                                  KEATING                                $50


PAY ALL BIRDIES
POOL                                              MUSGROVE         3RD           $20
                                                         DOONAN              3RD          $20
                                                         KEATING              6TH           $20
                                                         SHANNON            8TH           $20
                                                         SVIRSKY               8TH           $20
                                                         HRENKO               9TH           $20
                                                         LOZZI                    9TH           $20
                                                         KEATING             14TH          $20

SKINS POOL                                KEATING               6TH         $270
                                                         KEATING             14TH         $270

CARRYOVER OF
BACK NINE SKINS
POOL                                               KEATING             14TH        $100


TOP TEN WINNERS                    KEATING                              $835
 (TOURNEY)                                   FINN                                     $250
                                                          MOORE                                $225
                                                          SHANNON                           $215
                                                          JAMES                                  $150
                                                          RAYNARD                           $150
                                                          SVIRSKY                              $120
                                                          DOONAN                              $115
                                                          MCDERMOTT                     $100
                                                          BEGLEY                               $100

TOP TEN WINNERS                     KEATING                             $960
(SEASON INCLUDING                FINN                                     $494
 TOURNEY)                                   JAMES                                  $383
                                                          BOURNE                              $371
                                                          HRENKO                              $348
                                                          SHANNON                           $345
                                                          LOZZI                                   $340
                                                          MUSGROVE                        $314
                                                          LYONS                                  $305
                                                          LIMA                                     $302     


 PAYOUTS FOR THE YEAR:

WEEKLY PRIZES INCLUDING
SKINS POOLS                                                                            $6,420

TOURNEY PRIZES                                                                    $2,720
TOURNEY SKINS POOL                                                           $   540
TOURNEY PAY ALL POOL                                                      $   160
CARRYOVER OF BACK NINE POOL                                     $   100

TOURNEY CART FEES                                                             $   600

TOURNEY BANQUET                                                               $   989

TOTAL                                                                                         $11,529
       


   And finally, our condolences to Mark Nolan and his family for their recent loss.
         
                               
   Enjoy your winter and see you next year.