[jlab-9hgl 00953] Monday's Results

[David Griffith]

With the Webmaster AWOL, the golf league web page will not be up to date. So, in the meantime, information will be sent out via emails.

But looking at the latest scorecards; Teams 5 and 3 maintained their spots at the top, with Team 5, led by Mike McCrea (19 pts) and Wesley Moore with
(back to back 42's) 14 pts squeaked past Team 1 by two net team pts. Team 3 also won a tight contest by winning team net by 8 strokes over Team 8.
Christine led her team with 18 pts. Tom Carstens, with another Birdie, ended with 17 pts.

The other two matches weren't so close. Team 6 whipped up on Team 7, 62-38. Between the two teams, two Pars were recorded. For Team 6, Randy Michaud
almost joined Doug Tilles at 22 total points, but came up 1 short for 21(wrong game Randy). Team 4 had all four players score double-digits against Team 2.
It's hard to compete when you only have 3 players. Once again, someone had to play the Ghost. Danny Machie had a Birdie, making this stat worth about $1.

As mentioned before the season, by going with 8 teams and under 60 players it would be a tough task to make it through the season without no-shows. Now
it's vacation season, and getting teams to fill 4 slots will be even harder. Teams have been asked many times to appoint subs just in case one is needed.
Maybe there are no subs available, but having someone wait at a tee box for an opponent that's not coming needs to stop. The League has 5 tee-times on both
courses starting at 4:00, meaning the last one is at 4:30.

Another topic that's even worse is the pace of play. Indeed the League is for fun, and a chance to mingle with others across the Lab, but rounds taking over
2.5 hours to complete may mean speeding up play, changing tee-boxes, or reducing the max score per hole. I myself have not had a chance to play or be out there,
but I do get emails, and I have asked some players how things are going and the condition of the courses. One bit of advice that might help is course management.
Players should pay attention to the yardage of each hole. That's why I said I would return when I can hit 150 yards. Instead of pulling out the big clubs, use
the others in the bag that you can depend on to get you to the green with less effort. If the issue is with putting and sand traps, you may want to practice up on
those. For those that are spending time in the woods looking for ticks and snakes, you may try slowing your swing speed down.

Enjoy the 4th, and be ready to resume play on the 11th.
dg