Friday, March 18, 2016

The Blind Draw Shamble ABCs

A is for ASMC,
B is for Bright & Sunny,
C is for Competition,
D is for Deeeeeep rough!

Well it will officially be Spring this week and that means two things. Stay in the fairway because the rough is deep and shaggy and... it's time for the A•B•C•D Blind Draw Shamble. And while we're at it, maybe you're wondering what a shamble is. According to Google, a shamble is to move with a slow, shuffling, awkward gait. And appropriately enough play was soggy and slow this week. Fortunately the sun was shining and us golfers were golfing. Even though the greens were aerated just two weeks prior, they had healed enough to get a reasonable roll in spite of or maybe because of the gentle waffle pattern blanketing them.

But with all the challenges presented to our members, some outstanding scores were posted. Let's congratulate the winning team of Brad Ryno, Danny Braga, Jeff Stanga and Russ Nicholson who turned in a net 109. Well done gentlemen!

And here are all the winning teams:

RankNet
1Team 17109
Brad Ryno
Danny Braga
Jeff Stanga
Russ Nicholson
3Team 18116
Bruce Driggs
Mark Hogue
David Bardellini
Jay O'Gorman
5Team 4117
Bobby Sayous
Bill Duquette
Ray Apolskis
John Noce
7Team 6120
John Reisdorf
Jim Goscimnski
George Williams
Bob Twaddle
RankNet
2Team 11115
Garth Watrous
Jim Geesman
Michael Blas
Bob Kaswen
4Team 9117
Jay Karafa
Breese White
Mike Howley
Pete Pappas
6Team 5119
Teddy Kosciolek
Jim Baker
Jeff Collins
Mike Cahaley
8Team 10121
Joe Claridge
Gary Paul
Steve Goldstein
Tom Hintol Banks


Rules Challenge

How did you do on the Rules Challenge today? This month we ask, when is a gopher not a gopher? While you’re in RulesRRules, look up past Rules articles in the Rules Archive and use the new USGA Rules Quick-Links to look up all the current rules of Golf. It's all there in “Rules R Rules”.

Target Practice

This month's precision players...
Closest to the pin #8
Jeff Collins4' 7"
Brad Ryno9' 3"
Ray Apolskis13' 7"
Keith Rushing14' 10"
Closest to the pin #12
Craig Matthews1' 3"
Jim Baker3' 7-3/4"
Brad Ryno6' 1-1/2"
Frank Paz7' 5-1/4"