WEEK 14 RESULTS

 1ST TEAM               MARK NOLAN (alt)                +5                   $25
                                   LEN LIMA                                 +3                   $25

                                                                                        +8           

 2ND TEAM              DAN SZCZURKO                   +4                   $15
                                     DANA WILLARD                    E                    $15

                                                                                       +4

 1ST IND.                   MARK NOLAN                       +5                   $25

 2ND IND.                 ALEX TURCHETTE               +5                   $15

 CTP-4TH                  RICK KEATING                    19'8"                 $25

 HIGHPOINTER      BILL DOONAN                      15 pts.
                                     TERRY THOMPSON             15 pts.
                                    BOB BOURNE                  15 pts.  

 SKINS                      WAYNE MUSGROVE            2ND                 $22
                                    MARK NOLAN                        3RD                 $22
                                    RICK WALSH                          6TH                 $22
                                    BILL DOONAN                       8TH                 $22
                                    STEVE LOZZI                         9TH                 $22

 COVERED                NONE

 B9 SKINS                  MIKE MCNEICE                    12TH               $55
                                    TERRY THOMPSON              14TH               $55

                                 
 COVERED                 13TH

 WEEK 15 CTP           6TH HOLE

  Well, for at least the third week in a row, we had meager attendance, with only 41 players teeing it up. Is there something more interesting on Tuesdays that I'm missing out on? Again, scores were bunched heavily right around quota, with 33 out of 41 golfers within two points of their number. Of the limited amount of standouts, Mark Nolan and Alex Turchette led the way and battled it out for 1st Individual at +5, with counselor Nolan prevailing by virtue of his par on the first. 

 Both of these leaders had no help from their respective partners, so Team prizes were wide open. The hot Lenny Lima stepped up and took control with a solid +3, and all that good clean living paid off as Len needed a partner, and fortuitously drew Mr. Nolan and his +5 as an alternate to proudly take 1st Team at +8. 

 Dan Szczurko was one of the few who had a really good night at +4 and his partner Dana Willard held on at even to take 2nd Team at +4, beating out Mark Nolan (+5) and Eric Aronson (-1) at +4 because a 4 and a 5 beat a pair of doubles every time. (5th Hole)

  Rick Keating was out there early posting a 19'8" mark for CTP on 4 and apparently not even Mike Hunt was able to get it closer, so Mr. Keating will be rewarded with $25. 

  With the greens having been recently punched, it was tough to get putts to roll true, and accordingly, only five birdie attempts found the target. And for the second week in a row, every bird lived, making it 12 unsmashed birdies over the last two weeks. So getting paid will be Wayne Musgrove (2), Mark Nolan (3), Rick Walsh (6), Bill Doonan (8), and Automatic Steve Lozzi (9).  

 After a week off from the B9 skins pool, we had a healthy 22 entrants this week but only 4 bids were successful. The 13th was smashed as expected, leaving only two birdies to split the pot. Mike McNeice made up for a mediocre front nine with a crisp 37 on the back and a surviving skin on 12, and Terry Thompson will be rewarded for an outstanding night with a $55 birdie on 14. 

 There were only six players who posted a number greater than +2 and all six of them will be compensated with prize money of one form or another. Therefore, there are no notables except for money winners. Highpointers this week were Bill Doonan, Terry Thompson and Bob Bourne at 15 points each. 

 Odds and ends: 1) The year-end tourney is on Sunday, October 13th, with an 8:00 am shotgun start. 2) Easton CC members: you must sign the SIGL sign-in sheet before playing. Easton needs this in order to cross-reference cart fees, etc. 3) We are getting some cards again without quota points added up. If you do not record total points for each golfer or record a plus/minus result for each golfer, then your card will become a discard, and an alternate will take your spot.  

 And finally, our deep condolences to long-time friend Bob Loring on the recent loss of his mother. And also, we wish for a speedy recovery for Mrs. Saul Payne, who was recently on the losing end of a bicycle vs. pick-up truck incident. 

 See you next Tuesday. 

                     ENTER AND SIGN IN PLEASE

                 

                                                         WEEK 13 RESULTS

1ST TEAM                        ERIC ARONSON                  +5                  $25
                                            ED MACNEIL                       +1                  $25

                                                                                            +6         

2ND TEAM                      LEN LIMA                             +3                   $15
                                            GREG WILLARD                 +2                   $15

                                                                                             +5

1ST IND                             ERIC ARONSON                  +5                  $25

2ND IND                          STEVE DASARO                   +4                 $15

CTP - 2ND                       ED FINN                                 11'8"               $25

SKINS                                STEVE LOZZI                        1ST               $16
                                            GREG WILLARD                  3RD              $16
                                            DAN MCGARRY                   4TH              $16
                                            ERIC ARONSON                   6TH              $16
                                            LEN LIMA                              7TH              $16
                                            RICH WHITE                         8TH              $16
                                            JOE CURTIS                           9TH              $16

COVERED                         NONE

NO B9 SKINS POOL

WEEK 14 CTP - 4TH                 

  Well, we had a few more players wander back, but still had only 43 tee it up this week; three weeks in a row with subpar attendance. Scores tightly hovered around quota again, with 33 out of 43 players within two points of their mark.

  There were a few outliers to the good, and they were led this week by Eric Aronson who produced a stellar 15 points, good for a +5 and 1st Individual. The hot and cold Steve Dasaro was cooking with gas this week and will take 2nd Individual with a fine +4 posting. 

  Mr. Aronson was well positioned to cash in on a Team prize with a decent partner, and Ed MacNeil, known far and wide for his decency, did not disappoint as his respectable +1 put the duo over the top for 1st Team honors at +6. 

  Len Lima has also started to heat up, if only to keep up with his money-machine playing partners. Len's productive +3 was paired with a fine +2 by the steady Greg Willard to take 2nd Team at +5 in a card-off. The team of Mark Spears (+3) and Brian Murphy (+2) gave it a go, but Mr. Lima's par on the 5th broke the tie.  

  Easy Ed Finn made up for a mediocre round with a fine approach to 11'"8 on the 2nd Hole, which stood up all day and was good for CTP cash. 

  The good news in the skins pool is that, if you got a birdie, then you are getting paid. The bad news is that you have to split the pot seven ways. For the first time in memory, we had no covered holes while seven out of nine holes were birdied. Sharing the wealth will be Lozzi on 1, G. Willard on 2, McGarry (3), Aronson (4), Lima (7), White (8), and Curtis on 9. 

   With the backside closed for aeration, there was no B9 skins pool. 

   And with most golfers on or close to their quota, the only two standouts who did not cash this week were Mark Spears and this humble hacker, both at +3. Highpointer was Rich White at 16 points.   

 And finally, you may have noticed that the CTP markers that are provided by the club have faulty tapes measures. Unless you want me to make your hair hurt, I will spare you the "explanation" that Easton has given us as to why this is so, but most tapes don't start at 0 inches; for instance, the one used Tuesday starts at 5 inches. Therefore, a distance that is accurately 6' 2" would read 6' 7" on that tape. Instead of us going out and buying new tape measures and markers, etc., or instead of each group taking a measurement and then making a corrective adjustment, we will continue to use the Easton markers and just write down whatever the tape reads, and don't make any adjustment. If every group does this, then we will still get an accurate CTP winner. Oy Vey! 

  See you next Tuesday. 


                          AH, I DON'T THINK SO

                      WHATDYA USE AN EASTON 
                               TAPE MEASURE?                                
                     

                                                              WEEK 12 RESULTS

1ST TEAM                        JOHN HRENKO               +4                  $25
                                            JAY CHAPMAN               +4                  $25

                                                                                        +8

2ND TEAM                      SCOTT SILVIA                  +3                 $15
                                           PAUL RAYNARD (alt)     +2                 $15

                                                                                         +5

1ST IND.                           JIM SHANNON                +8                 $25

2ND IND.                          JOHN HRENKO               +4                 $15

CTP-9TH                           ERIC ARONSON             8'5"                $25

SKINS                               JOHN MACNEIL             5TH               $55
                                            DAN MCGARRY             9TH               $55

COVERED                       2   3   8

B9 SKINS                        RICK KEATING               15TH             $50
                                           STEVE LOZZI                  17TH             $50

COVERED                       13

HIGHPOINTER              JIM SHANNON               17 pts.


   I've heard of fashionably late, but fashionably absent? For the second straight week, attendance was sparse, with only 38 of 55 SIGLers teeing it up. Is everybody on vacation? Together? 

  Over the past few weeks, scores have really come back to earth, with only seven golfers exceeding +2, and a whole bunch of minus scores.

  But that didn't bother Gentleman Jim Shannon who had a breakout night with a season low 39 on the back of two birdies. That was good for 17 points and an easy win +8 for 1st Individual. 

  John Hrenko got back on track with a fine +4 and Jay Chapman matched John with his best night of the year at +4. And Mr. Hrenko's bogey on 1 was good enough to break the tie for 2nd Individual. 

  Jim Shannon had no help from his partner (sorry Jim, this humble hacker had his worst front side of the year) and as luck would have it, the +4 boys, Hrenko and Chapman were paired up this week, and will proudly take 1st Team honors.  

  Scott Silvia is starting to play better golf each week, and his +3 will be paired with his assigned alternate, friend Paul Raynard, who pitched in with his own +2 and they will collect for 2nd Team. 

  And Eric Aronson joined Chapman, Silvia, and Raynard of the 19th hole roundtable gang in getting an envelope by his fine approach on 9 to 8'5" to earn CTP cash. 

  There were only nine front side birdie putts that found the hole. Johnny MacNeil resumed his winning ways with a sole birdie on the 5th hole, and referee/umpire Dan McGarry got the call right on 9 with a surviving bird that earns him half the pot. Common birdies were had on 2 (Shannon, G. Willard), 3 (Shannon, Thompson, Doonan), and 8 (Chapman, Silvia).  

  There were not a lot of impressive scores this week, so aside from those who won some dough, the only others worth noting are Steve Danieli, Rick Walsh, and Mark Spears, all at +3. Jim Shannon was easily highpointer at 17. 

  Back nine birdies were even sparser than the front, with only five finding the hole. Rick Keating had a nice 3 on 15 and Steve Lozzi resumed his winning ways after a short break, to split the pot with a neat chip-in birdie on 17. The 13th hole puts out more than (fill in the blank with your favorite high school slut) and this week was birdied by Finn, Lozzi, and Keating.    

   And finally, we bid farewell to two long-time SIGLers and long-time good guys John Fay and Steve Peterson who will be moving on to new locations and new golf experiences. Best of luck gentlemen, and you are always welcome back. 

  See you next Tuesday. 


                           I LOVE GETTING BIRDIED
                              ALL DAY AND NIGHT
                    

 

                                                                  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   

   

                                     WEEK 10 RESULTS

1ST IND.               DAN SVIRSKY                       +9                               $25

2ND IND.             JOHN HRENKO                    +9                               $15

1ST TEAM            JOHN HRENKO                    +9                               $25
                               STEVE LOZZI                         +5                               $25

                                                                                +14

2ND TEAM           DAN SVIRSKY                        +9                              $15
                                TJ JAMES                                +3                              $15

                                                                                +12

CTP-6TH                GREG WILLARD                 5'9"                            $25

SKINS                    GREG WILLARD                 1ST                              $22
                               RICK WALSH                        2ND                            $22
                               STEVE LOZZI                        3RD                            $22
                               SCOTT SILVIA                       5TH                            $22
                               JOHN HRENKO                    7TH                             $22

COVERED            4   6   8   9

HIGHPTR            JOHN HRENKO                    19  pts.
                               DAN SVIRSKY                       19  pts.

B9 SKINS             STEVE LOZZI                        13TH                          $40
                              STEVE LOZZI                         16TH                          $40
                              TJ JAMES                                17TH                          $40

COVERED           11   12   15

WEEK 11 CTP      8TH HOLE

   After a mediocre performance last week, we promptly got back in form with another outstanding day of scoring, with many big numbers. Playing partners Dan Svirsky and John Hrenko battled hole by hole for top honors and both finished with super +9s, with Danno narrowly prevailing with his tie-breaking par on 1. And the duo kept it going on the back as Dan finished with a 75, with Johnny finishing one stroke back at 76. Career rounds, gentlemen? If so, congratulations. If not, congrats anyway. 

  Dan and John were also lucky to be paired with a fine supporting cast as Mr. Hrenko's +9 was coupled with the smoking hot (that just means he's playing great golf) Steve Lozzi who contributed an outstanding +5 to take 1st Team honors at +14. Likewise, Dan S. got plenty of help from Tom James at +3 to take 2nd Team at +12. 

  There were many fine tee balls on the Closest to Pin 6th Hole, but the best of the lot was the Dighton Dynamo Greg Willard's approach to 5'9" to take the cash. But we won't know until the next paragraph if he sunk the birdie putt. 

  There were a healthy 17 birdies on the front nine and five of those will get paid. And for the first time in memory, every hole was birdied. Greg Willard started off a great round with a birdie on 1, Rick Walsh had a fine day and gets rewarded for his bird on 2, Steve Lozzi continues his roll with a 3 on 3, Scott Silvia cashed on the 5th, and J. Hrenko had the sole birdie on the 7th hole. Terry Thompson was crushed that his birdie on 4 was crushed (Svirsky), and yes, Greg sunk the birdie putt on 6 but so did Musgrove and Hrenko, 8 was smashed (Szczurko, Curtis), and so was the 9th (Begley, Mattes, Frasca, J. MacNeil, Svirsky).

  As noted, we had a lot of great scoring and many were rewarded, but many were not. The hardest luck player of the day was Mark Nolan who posted a superb +8 but was shut out. Playing partner Scott had his own +8, but at least got paid for a bird. Other notables were Steve Mattes and Paul Begley at +6, Mike Leonard and Dan Szczurko posting +5s, and Bob Bourne and Dana Willard at +4. And for the record, Mike McNeice recorded a super 74. 

  We had 24 players enter the backnine skins pool, with nine birdies sunk and one third of those getting paid. Money maker Steve 
Lozzi has the profitable knack of  making birdies on holes all by himself so will take his reward for birdies on 13 and 16, and TJ added to his team prize with a birdie on the 17th. Birdies on 11 (Frasca, Walsh), 12 (Doonan, Svirsky), and 15 (Bourne, Walsh) were smashed.  

  At the halfway mark, we have dispersed $3,568 in prize money with 42 players collecting at least one envelope. These are the top ten earners to date: 

Lozzi $377, J. MacNeil 273, Loring 262, Finn 193
McNeice 181, Shannon 140, Svirsky 135, Danieli 131
Tracy 125, Doonan 123

  And as usual, SIGLers were well represented in the Easton CC Club Championship. Congrats to TJ James who captured the C Division crown, and to Ready and Steady Steve Lozzi (2nd in A Div.), John Hrenko (2nd in C Div.), and Steve Mattes, who took 3rd in the D Class. Nice work comrades. 

  And finally, the second half starts next week and payment is due: $335 or $65. We accept cash or checks, but sorry, do not accept Visa, Mastercard, or lame excuses. 

  See you next Tuesday.  

                        HEY, YOU'RE HOT
                      WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

                    LOZZI ........STEVE LOZZI 


                           

           

                                                   

                                                     WEEK 9 RESULTS

1ST TEAM:         JIM SHANNON                        +6                   $25
                              MIKE BRADLEY                      +3                   $25

                                                                                  +9

2ND TEAM:        BOB BOURNE                        +9                   $15
                             PETER FRASCA                       -2                   $15

                                                                                 +7

1ST IND.:            BOB BOURNE                        +9                  $25

2ND IND.:           JIM SHANNON                     +6                 $15

CTP-4TH:            BILL DOONAN                     6'10"               $25

SKINS:                DAN SVIRSKY                        2ND              $55
                             BILL DOONAN                       4TH               $55

COVERED:           3  5  6  7  8  9

WEEK 10 CTP:                                                     6TH

B9 SKINS:           STEVE LOZZI                        12TH           $130

COVERED:                11   13

HIGHPTR:            BOB BOURNE                      21 pts.


  Well okay, it was a Tuesday and the course was actually open for play, so we had that going for us (which was nice) but man it was hot. Despite the swelter, attendance was strong, although many groups stopped after nine. (Although rumor has that two groups played 27.)

  Whether it was the weather or not, but after a couple of weeks of super scoring, the group reverted to the mean (the Law of Averages always wins out in the end) with average scoring, and a very large number of competitors hitting their quota right on the number.

  Last year's runaway best scorer, Bobby Bourne, has been battling
injuries all year, so it was nice to see the ace find his old form with a super two-birdie 35, good for 21 points and a winning +9. 

  Jim Shannon's game is starting to come around as the ad man posted a season best 40 for a healthy +6, and good for 2nd Individual.  
  
  It was nice to see Mike Bradley back after an extended absence with a bad back, and he wasted no time getting back in the money. Mayhem contributed a fine +3, thanks to a bird on 9 which complemented Mr. Shannon's +6 to take 1st Team at +9. 

  B. Bourne happened to get paired with his playing partner and cart mate, so he was able to witness first hand as Peter Frasca did nothing to contribute to the cause with a -2. But Bob's super +9 was good enough to garner 2nd Team honors at +7, and so Bob will proudly and Peter will humbly accept cash envelopes.  

  On the Closest to Pin 4th Hole, Big Bill Doonan went out early and posted an impressive 6'10" (no, he was not writing down his height) and for the rest of the day, there were no contenders who were able to best that fine mark. And, for the ninth straight week this year, Bill won Tallest Golfer honors. 

  After the first, every hole on the front was birdied, but only two were exclusives. Dan Svirsky will be rewarded for the sole bird on 2, and Bill Doonan will split the skins pot with his playing partner Dan with his birdie conversion on the 4th. Uncompensated birdies were had on 3 (Bourne, Finn), 5 (Bourne, Curtis, Mark Nolan), 6 (Russell, Hrenko), 7 (Fay, G. Willard), 8 (Aronson, Musgrove, Simmons), and 9 (Bradley, Moore).   

  As noted, collectively scores generally hovered right on quota or one point off quota in each direction. However, in addition to the cash winners, there was a handful of superb performances that will not be rewarded with envelopes: The hard-luck Terry Moore again had a great night at +5, and Hrenko, Humphrey, Turchette, Russell, and Nolan (Mark) all had superb +4s, but to no avail.  

  Bob Bourne was easily highpointer with 21, the fourth time in four weeks that we have had a 20+ point performance from one of our young .... I mean old guns. And speaking of age, a special tip of the cap to Mr. Bourne who very recently has TWICE shot below his age with scores of 74. Good stuff Robert. 

  With so many golfers playing only nine holes, we had a surprising 26 entries in the back nine skins pool, with eight birdies sunk on three holes. The 11th was covered (Lozzi, E. MacNeil, Shannon) as was the 13th (McNeice, Svirsky, E. MacNeil, Murphy). And that leaves only one standing ... and the winner is the hot Steve Lozzi who will collect $130. (And for the player who birdied the 14th hole, a $5 investment would have returned $65 if you had only jumped into the pool.)   

  See you next Tuesday. 

                    
                 COME ON, JUST JUMP IN ALREADY!
                         

    

                                                        WEEK 8 RESULTS

1ST TEAM:      JOHN MACNEIL                    +10                   $25
                          ED MACNEIL                          +  3                    $25

                                                                               +13

2ND TEAM:     STEVE LOZZI                        +  8                   $15
                           STEVE MATTES                    +  1                    $15

                                                                             +  9

1ST IND.:          JOHN MACNEIL                   +10                   $25
                         
2ND IND.:         STEVE LOZZI                        +  8                   $15

CTP:                   TERRY MOORE                   4'10"                 $25

SKINS:              JOHN MACNEIL                   3RD                 $38
                           ALEX TURCHETTE              6TH                  $38
                           JOHN MACNEIL                   7TH                  $38

COVERED:                2  4  9

WEEK 9 CTP:         4TH HOLE

HIGHPTR:         JOHN MACNEIL                23 pts.

B9 SKINS:         JOE CURTIS                       10TH                $30
                           RICK KEATING                   11TH                 $30
                           MIKE MCNEICE                  16TH                $30
                           PETER FRASCA                   18TH               $30


   We are really starting to hit our mid-season stride with another night of outstanding scoring, with most players exceeding quota. For the second week in a row, we have had a couple of golfers post really impressive numbers. Taking 1st Individual this week, it was the one and only (thank God) John MacNeil who followed last week's 18 points with a fabulous 23 points in Week 8 with three birds, five pars, and a bogey for a super -2 score of 34. Also remaining hot as a pistol is the pride of Everett, Steve Lozzi, who followed his own 18 points last week with a noteworthy 20 points this week for 2nd Individual, the first time ever that 20 points did not win the top honor. 

  John and Steve also had partners that were just good enough to snag 1st and 2nd Team honors, too. This week, J Mac happened to get paired with brother Ed, who had a fine +3 himself, so the bros will take home the 1st Team reward. Steve Mattes added a +1 to Mr. Lozzi's +8 to come in at +9, which was equal to the fine pair of Steve Dasaro (alt) +5 and Rick Walsh at +4. Maybe because sometimes two Steves are better than one, Lozzi and Mattes prevailed in a card-off with two bogeys on the first hole. 

  Early on, good guy Dan Svirsky shaped a beauty into the 3rd hole to 5 feet. And that stood up for most of the day. But with Closest to the Pin, less is Moore as Terry snuck one up to 4'10" to beat Dan by inches. 

  There were a healthy 14 birdies (six on the 9th alone) but only three will pay. John MacNeil adds to his treasure with a bird on 3, Johnny's playing partner Alex Turchette gets on the money board for the first time with a nice birdie on the 6th, and J Mac piles it on with another on 7. The 2nd (Lozzi, G. Willard), 4th (Lozzi, TJ, Musgrove), and McNeice, J. MacNeil, Thompson, Babyak, Dasaro, and Walsh humbled the 9th hole. 

  We had a season high 23 players get in on the back nine skins pool, and had an impressive 13 birdies produced. Four poolers will get rewarded for their surviving skins: Joe Curtis, like his bud Alex gets on the board for the first time with a bird on 10, Rick Keating sunk a winner on 11, McNeice got rewarded for one of his many birds on 16, and Peter Frasca finished off his night with a 3 on 18. 
Covered holes were 12 (McNeice, TJ), 13 (McNeice, Lima, Walsh, Keating, Thompson), and 14 (McNeice, Curtis). 

   As noted, there were many outstanding scores, and many of them did not make the money board. TJ had his best outing of the season with a +6 and a 78. In addition, Steve Dasaro and Steve Peterson had superb +5s but no reward, and Mark Nolan, Greg Willard, and Rick Walsh all came home with +4 but no more. 

   And a special tip of the cap to Mike McNeice who followed a fine 38 on the front with a super duper 34 on the back (four more birdies) to record his best round ever. Nice job, Michael. 

   And finally, we have gotten a couple of inquiries about a credit for the second half dues because we "lost" three weeks in the first half. We didn't lose three weeks; we are just behind three weeks from the original schedule because of the three postponements. We didn't cancel three weeks, we postponed them. The plan is (and there are still enough weeks) to play a full 20-week season before the year-end tourney. So the regular amount of dues ($335 or $65) will be due on Week 11. 

  See you next Tuesday. (No really)