Tonight was the ace pool playoff round for the Bryan doubles league, and some familiar faces returned to throw for dough after some time away. Coming into the evening, the pool money stood at $140, a ... show more ›

Tonight was the ace pool playoff round for the Bryan doubles league, and some familiar faces returned to throw for dough after some time away. Coming into the evening, the pool money stood at $140, and two more players bought in prior to the round to bring it to $160. This proved to be quite fortunate. Weather conditions the last few days allowed much of the course to dry considerably except for the swamp around baskets one and eight. Hopefully, this trend continues so we can enjoy our rounds more as the year wears forward.

Getting to the scores, Brian Taylor and Larry Smith started off the round hot, but cardmates John Broering and Scott McCullough pulled even with them by the end. The pairs posted matching scores of 43, which caused a four-way split of the $160 pool. Louis Salinas and Ben Wonders carded a 48 for third. James Zimmerman and Jacobie Bagley tied with Bret Stopher and John Bingham at 50. Rounding it out were John Ryan and Brian Barclay at 51.

I cannot express enough how much everyone's participation in this adventure has meant to me. I was sincerely concerned that the idea would flop due to lack of interest or poor conditions, but those fears proved to be unfounded. Even on days when it was smarter to stay home, enough players showed up to make a round of it. Thank you all so much for caring to play.

This was the last scheduled round of cash doubles for the season. My original plan was to continue meeting on Tuesday evenings, with no player fee, and draw for formats. We can discuss this in the coming days. The idea behind drawing formats is to spice up the round from week to week. I like playing doubles as much as the next guy, but after 16 weeks, I'm ready for something different.