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.

  

 

                                                       WEEK 14 RESULTS

1ST IND.                    MIKE MCNEICE              +8         $25

2ND IND.                   RICK WALSH                  +8          $20

3RD IND.                   DYLAN AMARAL            +7          $15

1ST TEAM:                DYLAN AMARAL            +7          $25

+11                              NICK DEJESUS (alt)       +4          $25

2ND TEAM:              MIKE MCNEICE              +8          $20

+8                                 CHRIS REGAN                 E          $20

3RD TEAM:                 RICK WALSH                  +8        $15

+6                                   ED FINN                           -2         $15

CTP - 8TH                   ANDY PRYLES               4'6"       $25

WEEK 15 CTP:            9TH HOLE

HIGHPOINTER:          MIKE MCNEICE           22 pts.

SKINS:                          STEVE DASARO            5TH      $120

COVERED:                   2,  3,  4,  8,  9       

B9 SKINS:                     MIKE MCNEICE            12TH   $50

                                        CHUCK MATHIESON   13TH   $50

                                         LARRY BARRY            15TH      $ 50

COVERED:                    13,  18

  Overall, we had a mediocre night, with 20 players exceeding quota, 9 right on their number, but 25 making a negative impression. 

  However, the always productive Mike McNeice put it into overdrive this week when he posted his career low frontside with a 35, good for 22 points and 1st Individual. 

  Also with a career day, Rick Walsh posted his highest point total ever with 17, also good for a super +8 (losing to Mike in a card-off.)

   And Dylan Amaral, who was mired in mediocrity for most of the year, has really turned it on recently and this week carded his best SIGL nine with a sterling +7 and 3rd Individual. 

   Dylan also had the best partner, when alternate Nick Dejesus was slotted in with him, contributing his own +4 for an unbeatable +11 for 1st Team honors.

   Mr. McNeice's partner, Chris Regan did not hurt him with an even quota round, so their combined +8 will take 2nd Team.

   Ed Finn has been playing great golf of late, but this week was not one of his best at -2. But with scoring partner Rick Walsh's career +8, the duo still managed to nab 3rd Team. 

   Peter Frasca went out early and posted a super 5'8" on the Closest to Pin 8th hole. Later, we had someone record a nifty 4'6" but neglected to identify himself, so Mr. Frasca will take the prize. We have 64 active players and there are many with the same first name. You cannot write down just your first name when we have multiple players by that first name, and expect us to identify you. We are not going to start privately e-mailing everyone with that name to see if it was them that got Closest. Nice shot though.   

  We had a very healthy 20 birdies on the front, but when the dust cleared, there was but one standing. When he sunk his putt for a 3 on the 5th, Steve Dasaro took the whole pot, while getting on the money board for the first time this year. Holes 2, 3, 4, 8, and 9 were all smashed, with 9 being birdied eight times. 

   In the Backnine skins pool, we had a more modest 10 birds and an eagle, with three surviving. After having his three birdies on the front smashed, Mike McNeice finally received a reward for his bird on 12, Chuck Mathieson bested all birdies on 13 with his eagle, and this humble hacker salvaged an otherwise disappointing round with a 3 on the 15th. 

    Outstanding scorers who did not cash are Chris Haslam at +5,  Dan Raymo at +4, and Tim Greene, Mike Silva, and Wayne Musgrove at +3. Mike McNeice was highpointer with 22 points. 

  And finally, Easton CC has informed us that the course will be closed for aeration on Tuesday, August 31st. With the two prior weather postponements that we have had, this will allow 19 weeks instead of 20 weeks for the season, since the year-end tourney is October 3rd. All funds not used to pay for Week 20 will be added to the year-end cash prizes. 

  See you next Tuesday.   

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                                                           WEEK 13 RESULTS

1ST IND.        ANDREW DUGAN            +6               $25

2ND.               CHRIS HASLAM               +5               $20

3RD IND.       SCOTT SILVIA                   +4               $15

1ST TEAM     CHRIS HASLAM               +5               $25

+7                    MARK SPEARS                 +2               $25

2ND  TEAM    ALEX TURCHETTE         +4              $20

+7                      DYLAN AMARAL            +3              $20

3RD TEAM     ANDREW DUGAN            +6             $15

+6                      NED BABYAK                     E             $15                                       

CTP-6TH         LEN LIMA                        8'2"             $25

WEEK 14         8TH HOLE

SKINS              ALEX TURCHETTE        4TH            $60

                          SAUL PAYNE                   6TH            $60

COVERED       5,  7,  9

HGHPTR         ANDREW DUGAN           17 pts.

B9 SKINS        BRIAN MURPHY             11TH           $68

                          CHRIS HASLAM              15TH           $68

COVERED       13,  14

  Well, we came back down to Earth this week after last week's stratospheric (good) scores, with results split pretty evenly between plus players, evens, and minuses. Of course, there is always a handful of real standouts, and this week's turn in the spotlight is headlined by Andrew Dugan who had his best day of the season with 17 points and a league-leading +6 for 1st Individual. 

  Trying to keep up with his friend and playing partner Andrew, Chris Haslam posted his best numbers to date, too with a +5 good for 2nd Individual. 

   We had a traffic jam for 3rd with Alex Turchette, Scott Silvia, Paul Raynard, and John Tracy all at +4. And a deep card-off reveals Mr. Silvia will get an envelope. 

    Chris Haslam had a good partner with Mark Spear's +2 and they will take 1st Team at +7.  Alex Turchette had one of his better nights at +4 and teamed with a nice +3 from Dylan Amaral to take 2nd Team at +7, after losing the card-off to Chris and Mark. 

   Andrew Dugan (+6) and Ned Babyak (E) will take a card-off win for 3rd Team over a valiant effort by Paul Raynard (+4) and Mark Nolan (+2). 

   Len Lima continues his good run, and this week will proudly accept payment for his fine shot into the CTP 6th hole to 8'2".  Playing partner Saul Payne, already in with his own birdie, was rooting for Len's bid to drop (no really) but it just missed.  

    After last week's amazing 24 birdies and an eagle, we toned it down a few notches with a very modest eight birdies on the front, with two paying off. Alex Turchette's envelope will be a little fatter with his excellent birdie on the 4th, and Saul Payne's deuce on 6 will take the other half of the pot. The 5th hole (Dejesus, Mark Nolan), the 7th (Dugan, Mathieson), and the 9th (Dugan, Sczcurko) were all smashed. 

   The only standouts who did not win money this week were John Tracy and Paul Raynard each at +4 and Ed Finn at +3. Highpointer was Andrew Dugan at 17 points. 

    We had only 27 entrants in the B9 skins pool, and only seven birdie bids found the hole, with two paying off.  Brian Murphy drilled an aggressive putt into the flagstick for a 3 on 11, and Chris Haslam topped off his day with a fine bird on 15. Smashed were 13 (M. Silva, Haslam, Dugan) and the 14th (Finn, Musgrove).  

  See you next Tuesday.

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                                                                WEEK 12 RESULTS

1ST IND.                         CHRIS REGAN             +11                      $25

2ND IND.                        JAY CHAPMAN            +11                      $20

3RD IND.                        MARK NOLAN              + 8                      $15

1ST TEAM   +16             JAY CHAPMAN             +11                     $25   

                                         ED FINN                          + 5                     $25                                                                

2ND TEAM   +12            MARK NOLAN                +8                     $20     

                                          ANDREW DUGAN           +4                    $20                                                                                                                                      

3RD TEAM    +10          JOHN TRACY                   +5                     $15                           

                                        RICK WALSH                    +5                     $15                                                                                      

CTP - 4TH                        SCOTT SILVIA               3'11"                  $25

WEEK 13 CTP                 6TH HOLE

SKINS                              SCOTT SILVIA                 4TH                 $60   

                                          CHRIS REGAN (eagle)     9TH                $60                                                                                                                                          

COVERED                       2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8

HIGHPOINTER               CHRIS REGAN                 25 pts,

B9 SKINS                         ERIC ARONSON             14TH               $83

                                           CHUCK MATHIESON    16TH              $83

COVERED                         10,11,13

 Well, last week we played great, but apparently that was just a warm-up for what might be  the best scoring day in SIGL history. Congrats to Chris Regan (+11) who established what is thought to be a new all-time SIGL record by earning 25 points with an eagle, birdie, six pars, and a bogey, good for a 2 under par 34. (Career low, Chris?)   

  Jay Chapman had his best nine holes of golf in his career, SIGL or otherwise, when he sank three birdies on his way to a super 18 points, +11. Chris prevailed in a card-off for 1st Ind. and Jay will take 2nd. 

  Another having his best round in years, or maybe ever, was Mark Nolan coming in with 17 points and a +8, good for 3rd Ind. 

   Mr. Chapman had plenty of help for the Team competition from the red-hot Ed Finn, who threw a +5 Jay's way and they will take 1st Team at +16.

    Mark Nolan was also ably assisted by partner Andrew Dugan's +4 and they will claim 2nd Team at +12. 

    And for 3rd Team, we have two fine +5 performances each from John Tracy and Rick Walsh. Their +10 is a card-off win over Regan +11/Svirsky -1.   

   There was plenty of space available all day with 23' the best CTP late into the day, but along came Scott Silvia who tightened that up significantly by dropping one to 3'11" to take the prize, and by sinking a skins putt to boot. 

   We had a fantastic 24 birdies and an eagle on the front, but only two will pay off. Scott's 2 on 4 will take half the pot, and Mr. Regan's eagle on the 9th trumped the four birds on that hole. Holes 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 were heavily smashed. 

    The Back Nine skins pool had a more modest 11 birds, and again, two will survive. Eric Aronson will be picking up an $83 envelope for his birdie on the 14th, and Chuck Mathieson finally had a bird that lived, this one on 16.

   In addition to the aforementioned stars of the day, there many other notables, too many to mention. Including the winners, there were ten players at +4 or better. But we will note that Chuck Mathieson posted 20 points for a +5, and for his 18 holes had six birdies and a 74.

   And again, SIGLers did themselves proud in another Easton CC tournament, this time the annual club championship. Congrats are in order to the SIGLers that excelled: Greg Paone took 1st place in the A flight, with Rich White 3rd. Dan Svirsky was 2nd in the B, while Mike Leonard placed 1st in C flight and TJ 3rd, and Steve Danieli was T2 in D. Nice work men. 

   And finally, we are now entering Week 13, and there is still a large handful of players who have not paid. We have sent out two notifications regarding payments due. If you have not yet paid, and you do not contact us between now and next Monday to make firm arrangements for payment, then don't bother showing up Tuesday. Your name will be removed from the roster and team sheet. This league is too big as it is, and we don't need to carry freeloaders to boot.  

  See you next Tuesday. 

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