Ringer Board Wrap-up

The ringer board ended this week. I will do a brief recap of the regular Mens Night before providing an update on that.

For the second week in a row we had 16 golfers. Skins went on four holes. Winners incuded Austin Hunter / Randy Brandon Jr. ($44.38 on #2, $20.00 on #7), Scott Maynes / Ribsey Sopka ($20.00 on #6), and Blake Hunter / Randy Brandon Sr. ($44.38 on #8).

Closest to the pins were Brad Benton on #5 and Robin Kimpinski on #9. Maynes won the sol $30 deuce pot and Stephen David had the low round of the evening with a 38.

The four leaders on on the ringer board all dropped strokes on the final evening. Robin lost two strokes, Maynes went down 3, Brad dropped 3, and Stephen lost 2. When all the strokes were counted the flight winners were as follows: first flight: Robin -4, Maynes -3, and Jason Hunter -2 on a count back and second flight: Jason Gorrell 2, Wes Arnfinson 7. Anyone that did not get a final score entered for a hole received the Mens Night triple bogey.

75 Words or Less Update

There were 16 golfers this past Wednesday. Skins went on only two holes with Brad Benton and Ian Paterson winning twice ($34.88 on #5 and $56.80 on #9). Brad was closest on #5 and Phil Ostash hit it tight on #9. They shared the $30. deuce pot. 

Next week is the final week to enter ringer board scores. Any unrecorded holes will be noted as triple bogies.

A Rare August Cancellation

This radar image likely shows why not many people showed up =on Wednesday. In fact, with only eight golfers we did not have enough for Men's Night. I am guessing thatmost people either looked out the window or checked out at the weather forecast and decided not to play. They missed out on a fun evening of golf.

It started to rain about 5:20 pm and went hard until 6:00 pm. Then it stopped. We waited a another 10 minutes to see if someone else might arrive but no one did. As a result, no official Men's Night occured and consequently there is nothing to report. There were no skins awarded, no closest to the pins recorded, and no deuces or holes-in-one.

So the skins for next week are the same as what was projected on Wednesday. One challenge is that the ringer board now only has two weeks remaining. If you have yet to lock in your scores you need to start making some decisions quickly.

Instead of going home, the eight people visited the Club House to load up on essentials and then played golf. We were inspired by a man who simply stated "What the hell else are we supposed to do on a Wednesday night". We decided to have a four-man scramble which took two extra holes to decide. Thanks to Sport, Charlie, Robin, Brad, Darcy, Gorrell, and Hubey for coming out.

For future reference, if the weather is bad on a Men's Night you can often find shelter in the comforatble confines of the maintenance shed. It can accomodate several carts and multiple golfers. And if you enjoy engaging conversation you will hear stories and jokes as well as lots of talk about the weather. Most of those seeking shelter in the maintenance shed show off their skills as amateur meterologists and use advanced computer radar and precipitation models to predict when the rain will stop. Of course, there are also those wiser few who choose not to be weathermen. Instead they become calm and rational philosophers who simply state that "the rain will stop when it stops".

A Slight Delay

Men's Night is later today. I am just updating the blog this morning with last week's information. It is what it is. Sometimes we get busy and distracted. Such was the case for me these past seven days.

Last week we had another solid turnout with 39 golfers in attendance. Low score of the evening was a 36 by Terry Brandon who was making his first Men's Night appearance of the season.

Skins went on three holes. Winners included Ron Huberdeau / Randy Turner Jr. ($74.38 on #3), Jason Gorrell / Dion Brandon (#$24.38 on #6), and Robin Kimpinski / Blake Hunter (#94.38 on #7).

Closest to the holes were Theoren Hunter on #5 and Ron Sopako on #9. Both converted their birdies to share the $73.14 deuce pot with Reegan Kominko.

Including tonight, there are three more weeks to add scores to the ringer board. Currently Robin Kimpinski and Scott Maynes lead at -6.