Duluth, GA USA (AP) – Round One is in the books!
The back end of a violent thunderstorm was moving off the course as the group teed off in a slight drizzle around 6:45 Wednesday.
The group of nine (9) was made up of the current NFGA Wednesdays League Scoring leader MaT Coughlin, second place’s Sammy “Fear the B!†Jackson, Wayne Russell, Frito Bandejo (kg), Travis “The Trail†Nolan, Brett Butler (making his first 2011 official round appearance), BOB Krask, Andy Mossburg and first time player Dave Travisfil.
On the front, Sammy birdied a total of 5 holes but could only scrape his way to a par on the usually easily birdied par 5 number 6. And when his approach shot went long on 9, he was left with a guarded 25 footer for a bird which scooted around the hole to the right relegating him to par for the hole.
Finishing the front at 29, Sammy was -5 and leading the group by two strokes.
That two stroke differential was separating Sammy from 3 players who were out at -3. Frito, Wayne and Travis all had a few holes we know they would like to have back: Frito’s bogey on 3, Wayne’s missed bird on 7 and Travis’ army golf round on 9. Laying two (and far right on a sloping lie), Travis slip-launched one perpendicular and across the fairway onto another homeowner’s driveway narrowly missing their car. His recovery shot blasted out and under a line of maples and into position for an incredible save of a par 5 that, more than once, had bogey written all over it.
Butler was in next at a 32 for a -2 front nine while MaT bogeyed nine to finish at -1 (not a familiar place for him to see himself). But if anyone is up for that challenge, MaT is your guy!
The group rounded out the front with BOB in at +2, Dave at +5 and Andy at +7.
All in all, the front played quite slow with only a total of 22 birds seen for the entire group.
The back would pick up the action and again there would be shots everyone would want to have again.
• Six more birdies for Sammy and an eagle on 13 to finish in the lead at -13
o Take back: the layup on 17
• Five birdies and 2 eagles for MaT who finished at -10
o Take back: the front nine
• Frito with 4 birds and an eagle to finish at -9
o Take back: the drive for par on 18
• Wayne with 5 birds and an eagle to match Frito’s -9
o Take back: the drives for bogey on 12
• Four birds and an eagle for Travis who had to absorb a bogey on 12 to finish at -8
o Take back: the drives for bogey on 12
• Brett hitting 5 birds and a bogey to finish at -6
o Take back: the bogey shot on 14
• BOB came up with 3 birds and an eagle but had to absorb 2 bogeys on 10 and 12 to finish at -1
o Take back: the round
• Dave hits 2 birds to finish at +6
o Take back: none needed. Great round for a first!
• Andy with a bird on 13 finishes with his season best at +9.
o Take back: none needed. Best round of the season so far.
So, what is in store for Saturday?
Draw your own conclusions but if 2010 was any indication, I see 2011 as a very open game! Though MaT continued to take it to the MaT last year, BOB really stepped it up while Sammy kept on keeping on. That, of course, was before the “Fear the B†campaign Sammy and WHAM-O launched a few weeks ago.
Now let us not be confused by the abbreviated one round 2010 Fall Cup which Wayne was fortunate enough to win by a single stroke and who continues to flaunt the Cup during each weekly round.
Sources close to Wayne say that his flaunting of the Cup each Wednesday was his way of saying that the Cup and the battle to own it should never be abbreviated! “If you can’t play two rounds, then don’t move the CUP!†That is the kind of competitor he is.
Details for Saturday’s round are forthcoming. A player meeting is tentatively scheduled for 12:45 with a scheduled tee time of 1:00 PM (subject to host approval).
Though the NFGA plays a mob golf format (one group), the tee order and card groups will be as follows:
Card 1:
Tee 1 Dave
Tee 2 BOB
Tee 3 Brett
Tee 4 Travis
Tee 5 Exhibition Guest
Card 2:
Tee 1 Wayne
Tee 2 Frito
Tee 3 MaT
Tee 4 Sammy
I wish I could be there but in many ways, I am!
Your friend,
Skrote
Information contained in this article contributed by Wayne Russell, Secretary/Treasurer, Sr. VP Marketing, NFGA
NFGA 2011 Summer Cup Round One
By SKROTE SPHINKTER, AP Sports Writer
June 23, 2011
Duluth, GA USA (AP) – Round One is in the books!
The back end of a violent thunderstorm was moving off the course as the group teed off in a slight drizzle around 6:45 Wednesday.
The group of nine (9) was made up of the current NFGA Wednesdays League Scoring leader MaT Coughlin, second place’s Sammy “Fear the B!†Jackson, Wayne Russell, Frito Bandejo (kg), Travis “The Trail†Nolan, Brett Butler (making his first 2011 official round appearance), BOB Krask, Andy Mossburg and first time player Dave Travisfil.
On the front, Sammy birdied a total of 5 holes but could only scrape his way to a par on the usually easily birdied par 5 number 6. And when his approach shot went long on 9, he was left with a guarded 25 footer for a bird which scooted around the hole to the right relegating him to par for the hole.
Finishing the front at 29, Sammy was -5 and leading the group by two strokes.
That two stroke differential was separating Sammy from 3 players who were out at -3. Frito, Wayne and Travis all had a few holes we know they would like to have back: Frito’s bogey on 3, Wayne’s missed bird on 7 and Travis’ army golf round on 9. Laying two (and far right on a sloping lie), Travis slip-launched one perpendicular and across the fairway onto another homeowner’s driveway narrowly missing their car. His recovery shot blasted out and under a line of maples and into position for an incredible save of a par 5 that, more than once, had bogey written all over it.
Butler was in next at a 32 for a -2 front nine while MaT bogeyed nine to finish at -1 (not a familiar place for him to see himself). But if anyone is up for that challenge, MaT is your guy!
The group rounded out the front with BOB in at +2, Dave at +5 and Andy at +7.
All in all, the front played quite slow with only a total of 22 birds seen for the entire group.
The back would pick up the action and again there would be shots everyone would want to have again.
• Six more birdies for Sammy and an eagle on 13 to finish in the lead at -13
o Take back: the layup on 17
• Five birdies and 2 eagles for MaT who finished at -10
o Take back: the front nine
• Frito with 4 birds and an eagle to finish at -9
o Take back: the drive for par on 18
• Wayne with 5 birds and an eagle to match Frito’s -9
o Take back: the drives for bogey on 12
• Four birds and an eagle for Travis who had to absorb a bogey on 12 to finish at -8
o Take back: the drives for bogey on 12
• Brett hitting 5 birds and a bogey to finish at -6
o Take back: the bogey shot on 14
• BOB came up with 3 birds and an eagle but had to absorb 2 bogeys on 10 and 12 to finish at -1
o Take back: the round
• Dave hits 2 birds to finish at +6
o Take back: none needed. Great round for a first!
• Andy with a bird on 13 finishes with his season best at +9.
o Take back: none needed. Best round of the season so far.
So, what is in store for Saturday?
Draw your own conclusions but if 2010 was any indication, I see 2011 as a very open game! Though MaT continued to take it to the MaT last year, BOB really stepped it up while Sammy kept on keeping on. That, of course, was before the “Fear the B†campaign Sammy and WHAM-O launched a few weeks ago.
Now let us not be confused by the abbreviated one round 2010 Fall Cup which Wayne was fortunate enough to win by a single stroke and who continues to flaunt the Cup during each weekly round.
Sources close to Wayne say that his flaunting of the Cup each Wednesday was his way of saying that the Cup and the battle to own it should never be abbreviated! “If you can’t play two rounds, then don’t move the CUP!†That is the kind of competitor he is.
Details for Saturday’s round are forthcoming. A player meeting is tentatively scheduled for 12:45 with a scheduled tee time of 1:00 PM (subject to host approval).
Though the NFGA plays a mob golf format (one group), the tee order and card groups will be as follows:
Card 1:
Tee 1 Dave
Tee 2 BOB
Tee 3 Brett
Tee 4 Travis
Tee 5 Exhibition Guest
Card 2:
Tee 1 Wayne
Tee 2 Frito
Tee 3 MaT
Tee 4 Sammy
I wish I could be there but in many ways, I am!
Your friend,
Skrote
Information contained in this article contributed by Wayne Russell, Secretary/Treasurer, Sr. VP Marketing, NFGA
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