The Big Chill

[Dan Michler]

well bruce,  the AMs play on sunday.  so i'm about to walk out the door and go play and when I get back I'll let you know!    

[damonshort]

well bruce,  the AMs play on sunday.  so i'm about to walk out the door and go play and when I get back I'll let you know!  

I woulda filed a report when I got home last night but I changed clothes, had a sandwich, lay back on the couch and when I woke up it was 3 am....  

Let's see... Kurt Raff & Bill Tesch won open with -30 for 2 rounds (48 holes). Heeren/Warren had -20 for best shot but as I recall only -6 for alt shot. They were 3rd, can't remember who was 2nd, a 3-way tie for 4th incl. Barry and I think Terry.

Spike and Steve were near the bottom but they weren't last.

Brownie and Roy were somewhere near the middle but they didn't cash in masters. Paul Kuffel did, I think.

There were 3 women's teams; Barrett & Jeannine came from 2 shots behind to win by a few.

Grandmasters: Mark Ellis and his partner won by 4 or 5 or 9, which is a shocker, of course. Pat & I finished 4th out of 7, which we were ecstatic about considering we were the only team on the course to finish the best shot round over par. Neither of us had gotten there early enough to warm up (and we're sticking with that excuse) and we blew two birdie holes right off the bat. Were it not for a couple of great drives by Pat and a couple of decent putts by me we'd have been much worse than +1.  Still, we didn't think we'd done all that badly and we were a bit bummed to see ourselves looking at DFL.

However, our hidden strength came to the fore in alternate shot.    We were a much better 'balanced' team than the others we passed, not shooting a whole lot worse than the best shot round (+3, while the others were +9 or worse; in fact, I think we tied for 2nd best score among GMs.) Pat missed an ace on #10 by about 9 inches. (nobody got one.) We still weren't anywhere near cashing, but we didn't deserve it and we sure weren't expecting it.

Weather was great but the snow was deep, footing lousy, cement teepads cool, temp 'teepads' frustrating. Pat was a terrific partner. Glad I played but looking forward to spring.

[pat]

a couple of decent putts by me

Don't be so modest Damon. Those putts were 35 to 40 footers that really helped us.
Let me know what you want to do about the tournament in Rockford next month.  

[damonshort]

Let me know what you want to do about the tournament in Rockford next month.

The spirit is willing, but today I've discovered a few muscles & tendons I forgot or never knew I had.    I'll let you know in a couple of days, I think I can recover.    

[D]

Am report?

[CEValkyrie]

I had a great time yesterday. This is the 3rd year i've attended. Very good lunch as usual & it was free this year. There were a ton of players from DISContinuum and the area that attended. I will play next year again.

I believe the winning advanced score was a 126. They shot a 58 the first round and 68 the 2nd round. Par was 72 the first round then there is a debate for the par for the 2nd round.

Hole #10 was played weird the 2nd round. Instead of alternating shot, both players played the hole individually. You added your score. For example, both Dan & I took a 3 so we put a 6 down for #10.

Dan & I shot a 58 the first round and a 72 the 2nd round for a total of 130. We played decent the first round but could not get much going the 2nd round. We finished 4 back of the leader.

[mirth]

Dr Dye & I shot a -10 the first round, then erased a large portion of that during the second round to finish -3 for the day to end up in a massive 4 way tie for 8th place.

Hole 10 the second round was stupid.

[damonshort]

Hole 10 the second round was stupid.

That does sound goofy, but maybe the rationale was that it gave everybody a shot at an ace, since #10 and maybe #11 seemed to be the only reasonable ace run holes.

You apparently hit yours the first round.    

[mirth]

No, I think there were many other more aceable holes than #10... there were so many short, straight, >/=250' holes yesterday.

Dunno if 11 could be considered an ace run either, unless you're talking about 11A-C. 11's the big downhill.

Yes, mine was first round & according to the spotters it went off 4 branches and two trees before settling into the basket. I'm not complaining though!

[CEValkyrie]

Damon,
    The course was much shorter yestarday. They moved all the alternates to really short.

[SERG]

Team Kielar/Correa placed 5th in Intermediate. We shot a -9 in best shot and +2 in alternate putting us at -7 for the day. Many missed birdie putts in round 1. I was still pleased with the outcome. I'm sure Brian's back is a little sore today from carrying me most of the day...but that's partner golf   I don't remember what the winners were at but I think it was around -15. Kevin Lenth and Shawn Comstack placed third.

Overall I had a great time. This was my first time at this event. I think we were in the minority as it came to payouts. We didn't have to share our spot with anyone. There was a three way (or two way) tie below us. According to the sticker on the jacket that we won, it was retailed at $135.00. Along with the CFR disc and another we would have tallied our prizes at almost $170...for 5th place!. Guys who tied definitely got screwed in prize payouts.

Brian and I played with Mike Clark and Jason the first round. Always a pleasure playing with Mike. Keep up the good work, you're really playing well.

[shawn]

Who won the baskets?  and Advanced?

[mirth]

terry miller won the basket on saturday. I don't recall who won it yesterday.

[SERG]

I didn't recognize the Advanced winners. It should have been Fallon/Shaub.

[damonshort]

Dunno if 11 could be considered an ace run either, unless you're talking about 11A-C. 11's the big downhill.

right, but I came pretty close to #11 when we were out there a few weeks ago, and if I can do it....  

anyhow, didn't come close to it on Sat.

[CEValkyrie]

Chris Bunke & Brad Nugabauer won advanced. They came thru down the stretch to win. We were tied with them going into hole 16. They birdied 16, 18, & 1 to end the round & for the win.  

[Brian]

There were points during the first round when you totally carried me

I'm sure Brian's back is a little sore today from carrying me most of the day

[Dan Michler]

This was my first Big Chill played and I definitely had fun.  The tee pads were nicely shoveled and salted and the weather was perfect.  There was some good competition out there too which always makes things fun.  Brett was fun to play with as a partner.  He got in a zone for about a 4 or 5 hole stretch both rounds where everything was near parked.  I'm sure we both would have liked to have won, but things didn't work out.  I had some shankages on short putts in the 1st round, 1 of which cost us a stroke.  Man I can't wait for the spring so I can play every day and start improving again, cuz there was definitely some frustration building up not being able to execute shots that normally are easy in July.  I'm sure everybody who played experienced that feeling as well.

We rode up with Mike Clark and Jason Hany which made for a fun trip.  Thanks for the cooking tips MF!

[SERG]

... there was definitely some frustration building up not being able to execute shots that normally are easy in July.  I'm sure everybody who played experienced that feeling as well.

Well put. Definitely felt your pain. I was more frustrated than upset (if that makes sense) because I know I should have made more putts.

[CEValkyrie]

Am Scores
http://www.unclejoes.net/bc05-sun.htm

Pro Scores
http://www.unclejoes.net/bc05-sat.htm