2017 SCORES
As painful as it is for me to say “it is now official, Dick Burns has effectively humbled the field and won by an overall 32 strokes with a net average of 70.5.” For the first time in 13 years you have earned the right to talk some trash. Cherish the moment – it might be another 13 years before you can do it again. You will see highlighted in Orange three names – Mason, Davidson and Brown – being the only 3 players that competed in all 9 rounds played for the 2017 season. Given our on-going issues with getting spares I think that we should be acknowledging those players that showed up every time. The other Excel spreadsheet “Green Jacket History.xlsx” is a list of the past winners going back to 1998. We are still a little fuzzy as to when the PGA actually started (anywhere from 1992 to 1998?).
Week 5 Scoring Notes
I will update the HCGJR standings after I get the Squamish round scores but at this point its looks like “Tricky Dick” Burns is running away with it. I ran into Len Slade at the airport here in Palm Springs. He said he has developed a serious case of the “shanks” and was shooting rounds in the hundreds (as I recall Len is about a 12 handicap). Proof once again that this game can give the best of us a kick in the pants at anytime, with no warning. Len may call you Dick and see if he can rub some of his shit off on you to tighten up the HCGJR.
Finally, playing here in the Desert is kind of nice when you hit a mediocre 200 yard drive in the air and the ball winds up being 260 yards down the fairway (or in my case more often the rough). The only time that happens at home is when you hit the concrete cart path…
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I will update the HCGJR standings after I get the Squamish round scores but at this point its looks like “Tricky Dick” Burns is running away with it. I ran into Len Slade at the airport here in Palm Springs. He said he has developed a serious case of the “shanks” and was shooting rounds in the hundreds (as I recall Len is about a 12 handicap). Proof once again that this game can give the best of us a kick in the pants at anytime, with no warning. Len may call you Dick and see if he can rub some of his shit off on you to tighten up the HCGJR.
Finally, playing here in the Desert is kind of nice when you hit a mediocre 200 yard drive in the air and the ball winds up being 260 yards down the fairway (or in my case more often the rough). The only time that happens at home is when you hit the concrete cart path…
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Week 4 Scoring Notes
Attached are the scores from Swan-e-set. With half of the field (10 of 20 players) registering gross scores in triple digits it was not the group’s finest hour. If you look at the Equitable Stroke Control (ESC) column that I keep to ensure inflated scores are not used for handicap posting purposes you can see many of us had blow up holes. There might have been even more ESC adjustments but Group #5 Captained by Drew Lyon left his card on the cart so we have “?” marks for Messieurs Lyon, Brown, Alexander and Player. Even the low net winner of the day Mike “Mr. 69” Mason had two 8’s on his scorecard but he missed a -2 ESC adjustment because his course handicap for the day was 20.
The Pink Ball was another Tragedy in the Making with two groups losing their pink ball on the very first hole. The others lost their pink ball on the 2nd hole, the 5th hole and the “winners” being Group #3 (Mason, Grundy, Sherk and Walters) were able to hang on until hole #7. Attached is a picture of, not the losers of their group’s pink ball, but five special individuals in need of understanding. Two weeks to work on the game until the next event.
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Attached are the scores from Swan-e-set. With half of the field (10 of 20 players) registering gross scores in triple digits it was not the group’s finest hour. If you look at the Equitable Stroke Control (ESC) column that I keep to ensure inflated scores are not used for handicap posting purposes you can see many of us had blow up holes. There might have been even more ESC adjustments but Group #5 Captained by Drew Lyon left his card on the cart so we have “?” marks for Messieurs Lyon, Brown, Alexander and Player. Even the low net winner of the day Mike “Mr. 69” Mason had two 8’s on his scorecard but he missed a -2 ESC adjustment because his course handicap for the day was 20.
The Pink Ball was another Tragedy in the Making with two groups losing their pink ball on the very first hole. The others lost their pink ball on the 2nd hole, the 5th hole and the “winners” being Group #3 (Mason, Grundy, Sherk and Walters) were able to hang on until hole #7. Attached is a picture of, not the losers of their group’s pink ball, but five special individuals in need of understanding. Two weeks to work on the game until the next event.
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Canal - Week 2 Net and Sandtrap Results
Group#1 (H/B score = 157)
Vic GRUNDY (2)
Ron POUND (5)
Dave ALEXANDER (6)
SPARE
Group #2 (H/B score = 153)
Mike MASON (4)
Digby LEIGH Jr. (4)
Richard OSTEREICHER (2)
Drew LYON (1)
Group #3 (H/B score = 157)
Bruce DAVIDSON (?)
Bob GARRIES (?)
Larry BROWN (?)
Reed PONAK (?)
Group #4 (H/B score = 171)
Digby LEIGH Snr. (7)
Steve CAIN (2)
Randy HERD (2)
Kim MADSEN (6)
Group #5 (H/B score = 152)
Ken SHERK (5)
Dick BURNS (0)
Doug PLAYER (2)
Al GOULDING (4)
# of sandtraps in brackets after player name. Nothing on Group 3 card showing sandtraps but said verbally no one > 4.
Group#1 (H/B score = 157)
Vic GRUNDY (2)
Ron POUND (5)
Dave ALEXANDER (6)
SPARE
Group #2 (H/B score = 153)
Mike MASON (4)
Digby LEIGH Jr. (4)
Richard OSTEREICHER (2)
Drew LYON (1)
Group #3 (H/B score = 157)
Bruce DAVIDSON (?)
Bob GARRIES (?)
Larry BROWN (?)
Reed PONAK (?)
Group #4 (H/B score = 171)
Digby LEIGH Snr. (7)
Steve CAIN (2)
Randy HERD (2)
Kim MADSEN (6)
Group #5 (H/B score = 152)
Ken SHERK (5)
Dick BURNS (0)
Doug PLAYER (2)
Al GOULDING (4)
# of sandtraps in brackets after player name. Nothing on Group 3 card showing sandtraps but said verbally no one > 4.