Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Tom Sacco June Player of The Month

Congratulations to Tom Sacco our June Player of the Month who edged out Ken Koch by 1 point on the last week of the month.

June Final Standings

Player
Total Points
Front
Back
Overall
Tom Sacco
9
3
3
3
Ken Koch
8
3
2
3
Dick Mazoyer
6
1
3
2
Ian Ballard
6
1
3
2
Mickey Olsen
5
2
1
2
Larry Kesler
5
1
2
2
Greg Hart
5
2
1
2
Bob Urbont
5
1
2
2
Tom Kubik
3
1
1
1
Jim Widler
3
1
1
1
Jim Bennett
3
1
1
1
Jimmy Powell
3
0
2
1
Dave Ott
2
2
0
0
Rick Armstrong
2
1
1
Hermann Heid
1
1
0
0
Verne Rainey
1
1
0
0
PauTaylor
1
1
0
0
Paul Davis
1
0
1
0
Laks Laksmanan
1
1



Saturday, June 23, 2012

Greg Hart Takes Home Sandbagg'n Dawg

Wednesday, the team of Kubik, Widler, Bennet and Olsen took all the honors with 3 points each

Saturday, twenty players competed in 2 man teams for the coveted "Sandbagg'n Dawg & Fore Skins trophies". Team Ward/Townsend took first place with an astonishing minus 14. Coming in second place was team Baccellieri/Davis with a minus 12. Tying for third place was team Kubik and Hart both with minus 10's. While Chas Townsend did his best to take home the "Sand Bagg'n Dawg Trophy with a net 66, Greg Hart jerked it from his hands with a net 65. Proudly taking home the "Fore Shins Award" was Tom Kubik winning 2.

Proud & Modest Greg Hart





Wednesday, June 13, 2012

3rd Week of June Results

Wednesday 14 players played a tough 2-3 best ball format. Team Koch, Sacco and Hart took first with 5 points. Team Mazoyer, Ballard and Powell place second with 3 points.

Ken Koch and Tom Sacco lead the player of the month race with 8 points each.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Second Week of June Results


Saturday,  team Urbont/Townsend and Taylor.Upchurch tied for first place and shared the gold. Team Young/Parrish with impressive 37 & 36 respectively on the front 9 took third place gold. They chose not to talk about the back 9. :>)Sandbagg'n Dawg trophy went to a well deserving Bob Urbont and Jeff Young took home the Fore Skins Award.



Bob Urbont

Jeff Young

Monday, June 4, 2012

June 2nd - Dick Mazoyer Shoots Gross 66 with Record 7 Birdies

Team Understein (Mike, Gary White and Chas Townsend ) take first place and all the "bragg'n rights Saturday. In spite of Dick Mazoyer's gross 66, Gary White shoots his career low round at Firethorne with a gross 90 net 63 and yanks the coveted Sandbagg'n Dawg trophy out of Dick's hands. Of course Dick's disappointment was eased by winning the "Fore Skins" award with his record 7 birdies.

The next time you see the guys, give them a big shout out for outstanding rounds of golf.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Ott Wins May Player of the Month

Dave Ott wins player of the month with 5.5 points in an away match at Charlotte National  GC edging out Paul Davis by 1/2 point. Congratulation Dave!
15 players made the trip to Charlotte National to close out the month.  Winning team Ott, Kubik, Laksmanan and Rainey. Understein, Sacco, Heid and Powell came in second with 1.5 points.

May 30th Final Standings    

Player
Total Points
Front
Back
Overall
Dave Ott
13.5
5.5
2
6
Paul Davis
13
5
2
6
Verne Rainey
11.5
2.5
6
3
Rick Armstrong
11
2
6
3
Laks Laksmanan
9.5
3.5
2
4
Tom Sacco
8.5
2.5
3
3
Bob Urbont
8
3
2
3
Larry Kesler
8
3
2
3
Jimmy Powell
7.5
2.5
3
2
Mike Understein
7.5
3.5
1
3
Hermann Heid
6.5
2.5
2
2
Ken Koch
6
2
2
2
Mickey Olsen
6
1
3
2
Tom Kubik
5.5
1.5
2
2
Dave Patton
4
2
0
2
Paul Taylor
3
0
3
0
Jim Dickson
3
0
3
0
Ian Ballard
2
2
0
0
Dick Mazoyer
1
1

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Davis Aces #3 and Firethorne Victorious Over Palisades CC

Congratulations to Paul Davis who aced #3 with a 123 yard 9 iron during a practice OMEGA match with Palisades CC!!  Firethorne won 13 1/2 to 10 1/2.



Wednesday, May 23, 2012

4th Week of May Results

16 men played a Texas Scramble. The winning team was Rick Armstrong, Tom Sacco, Paul Davis and Mickey Olsen scoring 5 points each. Dave Patton, Bob Urbont, Laks Laksmanan and Ian Ballard came in second with 3 points each.

Check out the Player of the month standing as we head into our final week.

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Jim Bennett 2nd, Paul Davis and Murli Kesan Place 4th at Member / Member

Congratulations to Jim Bennett and Liam McCauley who came in second 2 strokes back at 135. Paul Davis and Murli Kesan placed 4th with a score of 138.  You represented us well! 

Thursday, May 17, 2012

3rd Week of April

20 men played an exciting match with the team of Ken Koch, Larry Kesler, Paul Davis and Dave Ott taking the honors with 4 points each. With two weeks left to play we have a 3 way tie for player of the month. Click Player of The Month Standings tab above to see the current standings.

Bob Urbont (yellow ball) admires his and Jimmy Powell's (white ball) shots which created some excitement on #12.
  

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Saturday May 12th Winners

20 men played match play with the yellow team victorious. Trophy winners below:
Paul Davis with a net 63 was presented with the Sandbag'n Dawg by James - Note the TV screen in the  background - INSANITY!


Larry Kesler won the ForeSkins with 3 birdies!

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Firethorne's Practice OMEGA Match at Palisades

16 players went to Palisades May 9th as Firethorne played it's first practice OMEGA match.  The match was called after 9 holes with Palisades winning 41 - 7. Looks like we have some work to do for our May 24th re-match at Firethorne.

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

First Week of May Results

Los Amigos Davis & Widler



20 players played a fun and challenging 1-2-3 format with team Understein, Ott, Heid and Davis and team maser, Armstrong, Rainey and Kesler all tied with 4 points each as the race for May Player of the Month kicks off.

Click on Challenge Cup Standing to see the latest standing.

May 9th 21 players play a practice Omega match at Palisades.

Thursday, April 26, 2012

4th Week of April & Video of the Week

Verne Rainey
Verne Rainey wins player of the month edging out Ian Ballard by 1 1/2 points. Congratulations Verne!

Team Dickson, Taylor and Maser each win 2.33 points for winning the front, overall and tied the back. Sacco, Koch, Davis, Mazoyer, Kesler and White tied the back for 1/3 point.



Rule 28 - Ball Unplayable

Cheerio

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Third Week of April Results

Verne Rainey, Tom Kubik and Paul Davis pulled off a complete sweep winning the front, back and total for 6 points each. The win pushed Rainey to the top of the leaderboard for Player of the Month. Click Challenge Cup Standing above to see the full standings.  Rick Armstrong, Ken Koch and Herman Heid swept second place for 3 points each.

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Second Week of April Results & Video of the Week - Ball in Hazard Prohibitive Actions

Wednesday the team of Ken Kock, Hermann Heid and Ian Ballard were the big winners!

Saturday, 16 men competed in two man teams for bragging rights. Team Widler & Kesler and team Kesan and Pappalardo tied for first place with 10 under. Congrats to Fred Pappalardo for a victory on his first time out.  Upchurch and Davis took third with minus 8 and coming in fourth with 6 under was Sacco and Understein.  The pot of gold shared by all.

Skins winners were Kesan, Kesler & Understein with Murli winning the Fore Skins.  Jim Widler took home the coveted Sandbag'N Dawg trophy shooting a gross 80 and net 62!!


This weeks video of the week - Ball in a hazard prohibitive actions.

Sunday, April 8, 2012

First Week of April Results & Video Rule of the Week 26-1 (Red Stakes)

Cicero and his trophy
Wednesday April 4th, 20 players started the race for April player of the month. Team Mazyoer, Ballard, Hart and Dickson jumped out to an early lead with 6 points each winning the front, back and total. Team Ott, Maser, Rainey and Widler earned 3 points for second all around.

Saturday April 7th 20 players battled it out in two man teams. Jeff Young and Verne Rainey were tied for first place by Dave Samuels and Cicero Upchurch.  Murli Kesan and Tom Sacco tied with Ken Koch and Paul Davis for third.


Cicero Upchurch took home both the SandBag'n Dawg and Fore Shins with a net 66 and 3 birdies. Way to go Cicero.

The rules video of the week - Rule 26- 1 Lateral Water Hazard (Red Stakes)