And So It Begins

We had our first Men's Night of the year last night. There were only 10 golfers but that was enough to make it official. The consensus was that farmers and related businesses were all busy with seeding is going full force around the region.

Interestingly, with so few players there was only one skin won. The other eight holes had pushes including four with combined birdies. That simply means that more money carries over  building the pots for next week. The lone skin to go was #9 which was claimed by the duo of Pete Ostash and Jason Neufeld who both carded threes. They won $23.13 for their efforts.

Closet to the pin on #5 was Stephen David. None of the 10 golfers hit the green on #9. The east wind at 40 gusting to 60 proved impossible to defeat. Golfers reported hitting 3-4 more clubs than what they usually played.

There were three scores under 40 including Stephen David with a 37 and Robin Kimpinski and Scott Maynes with 38's.

A few days ago in my first blog entry of the year I explained hypothetical situations that might arise with the COVID-19 restrictions. I asked you to imagine a young golfer named Stephen who chips in for eagle on the first hole. You run to embrace them but realize that you can't...so you congratulate him from 6 feet. Well, that actually happened. I chipped in from the side of #1. That gave me the deuce pot of $56.88. So next week, imagine a hypothetical scenario in which the same young golfer named Stephen gets a hole in one on #5 for $2250.

The ringer board is underway with three players tied at -2. They include Robin Kimpinski, Scott Maynes, and Stephen David.

Given the changes in the COVID-19 measures, we likely can revert to our old format next week. You can turn in scorecards at the end of the round with prizes being awarded shortly thereafter.