Newsletter SPECIAL EDITION * * * 2008 MEMBER GUEST * * * SPECIAL EDITION Apt&Knapp Deliver Victory Putt Dark Horse Team Claims Shootout Victory, Ambrose/Johns Take Second Above: Gary Knapp (in blue shirt) watches carefully as partner Dave Apt attempts to make their putt and win the shootout. Right: Gary Knapp calmly sends his putt on its way to the cup... and victory! Victories in golf tournaments come down to the putting. More often than not, the first made putt wins. Such was the case with the 2008 SRGC Member Guest Shootout. The team of Dave Apt and Gary Knapp entered the Member Guest as relative unknowns as Dave is a new member of our club. They ranked ninth in terms of combined handicap in the field of thirty-eight teams and shot a very respectable gross 67, net 6 in the Thursday practice round. Still, most guys looked elsewhere when speculating on who would hold the trophies Saturday night. Dave and Gary won their flight by a slim one point and entered the seven-team shootout as the dark horse. In both the first and second rounds of the shootout, Dave and Gary s shot from 150 yards ended closest to the hole. They were forced to stand and watch all the other teams attempt to make their putts or chips. The first round saw five teams tie with and two teams eliminated. All five teams in the second round had reasonable chances to make a 2. Time after time putts came very close to going in. Finally, Dave and Gary had their chance. Dave played first as Gary positioned himself to watch the roll of the putt. When Dave s putt missed on the low side, Gary stepped up and drained the ten-footer to claim victory. A third shootout round failed to yield a single second place winner so the two low scoring teams settled the matter with a chip off. Dave Ambrose and Pete Johns won the chip off when their shot ended two feet from the cup. Welcome to the Club, Dave... no longer a dark horse. Shootout Results Round Ambrose/Johns Apt/Knapp Bradley/Calo Hogg/Hogg Oliff/Granetz Able/Cunningham Jancaitis/Jancaitis 1 2 2 1st Place Chip Off 2 feet 2nd Place feet Teams play the eighteenth hole from 150 yards, two-man scramble. The low team and ties from each round move to next round; the other teams are eliminated. The first team to post the lowest score alone in a round is declared the Shootout winner. One additional round is held among those who tie for second low score in the round that produces the winner. If that round does not produce a single low team, the teams tied for the lowest score enter a chip off. The team coming the closest to the hole in the chip off wins second place.
Tournament Results Thursday Practice Round Member Guest Tournament Gross: Ambrose/Johns 6# $150/team Bradley/Calo 6 $80/team Net: E. Kramer/Marriott 59 $150/team Fisher/Fisher 62# $80/team Member/Guest Gross Hcp Net Lee Fields/Tim Krouse 66 0 66 Dave Ambrose/Pete Johns 6 1 6 Jerry Berry/Scott Inman 69 2 67 Chris Arbore/Brett Candler 66 2 6 Jason Dunn/David Dunn 66 6 Chris Ross/Bob Hoenig 67 6 Andy MacLean/Allen Urban 7 71 Chad Mitchell/Vlad Cartwright 69 - * Dave Apt/Gary Knapp 67 6 Rick Fisher/Dave Fisher 66 62 Ben Candler/Neil Russell 67 6 Steve Thorpe/Casey O Neill 66 62 Bill Denfeld/Phil Sanders 70 66 Todd Main/Adam Miller 67 6 Dick Bradley/Jerry Calo 6 60 Gary Walsh/John Mason 7 69 Eric Kramer/Jack Marriott 6 5 59 Scott Jack/Chris Pyle 70 5 65 Mark Hogg/Joseph Hogg 7 6 67 Les Ruppel/John Zoul 7 6 67 Pat Laughlin/Peter Viscardi NC 6 NC Sam Kessler/Will Lakoff 72 6 66 Mike Sharpe/Gary Sharpe 76 6 70 Luke Lockhart/Eric Tompkins 76 6 70 Ken Kramer/Jim Reilly 7 7 66 George Maria/Phil Wilner 69 7 62 Larry McCarthy/Kevin McCarthy 75 7 68 Robert Oliff/Mike Granetz 85 7 78 Andy Spellar/Russ Ludwig 7 7 66 Chris Myers/Duane Crupper 76 7 69 Brian Able/Mike Cunningham 7 9 6 Glen Caroline/Mickey Caroline 79 9 70 Kevin Mawyer/John Riggleman 75 9 66 Aaron Hopper/Jeff Richmond NC 9 NC Nick Polito/Justin Lasala NC 9 NC Ron Ackermann/Cathy Ahye 78 10 68 Jim Jancaitis/Tom Jancaitis 80 10 70 Howard Pope/Jeff DeVuono 81 12 - * The practice round format was 2-man scramble, 18 holes of stroke play. * - The member s guest was unable to play the practice round. The member played with a non-tournament guest and was therefore only eligible for the gross prize. # - The winner was determined by tie breaking procedure. Thursday Skills Challenge Member Guest Tournament Entry fee was $20 per player; 100% of entry fee goes to prize fund. Player may only complete the challenge one time. Overall winner receives 0% of the prize fund and the individual skills winners receive 20% each. Putting Skill Winner: Andy MacLean $12 Putting challenge consists of a six-hole putting course. The winner completes the course in the fewest putts. Bunker Skill Winner: Ken Kramer $12 Bunker challenge consists of three bunker shots to a series of rings on the chipping green. The closer to the hole, the higher the score. The winner earns the highest score. Short Iron Skill Winner: Five-way Tie $25 each Steve Thorpe, Mark Hogg, Scott Inman, Dick Bradley and Lee Fields Short iron challenge consists of three iron shots to a grid on the driving range. The score is based upon where the ball comes to rest in the grid. The winner earns the highest score. Overall Skills Challenge Winner: Chris Pyle $28 The overall skills challenge winner is that player with the highest total points for all skills based on the formula: Bunker Points + Iron Points - Putting Score. Practice Round Contests Member Guest Tournament Closest to the Pin: Jerry Calo 2nd hole $50 gift card Dave Ambrose 16th hole $50 gift card Longest Drive: Tim Krouse 18th hole $50 gift card
Torrey Pines Flight Lee Fields Tim Krouse.5 5.5 6.5 15.5 5.0.5 9.5 25.0 Dave Ambrose Pete Johns 5.0 5.5 7.0 17.5 5.0.5 9.5 27.0 Shoot Out Runners Up Jerry Berry Scott Inman.0.0 2.0 9.0.0.0 8.0 17.0 MATCH 1 2 Day 5 Day Total Chris Arbore Brett Candler 5.0.5 2.5 11.0.5.5 8.0 19.0 Jason Dunn David Dunn.0.5 5.0 12.5 5.5 5.0 10.5 2.0 Chris Ross Bob Hoenig 5.5 6.0.0 15.5.0.5 8.5 2.0 Oakmont Flight Andy MacLean Allen Urban 5.0 5.0.5 1.5 5.0.5 9.5 2.0 Chad Mitchell Vlad Cartwright 6.0 5.0.5 1.5 5.0.5 9.5 2.0 Flight winners: Dave Ambrose (L) with GM Mike Maloney. Guest Pete Johns not shown. Shoot Out Winners Dave Apt Gary Knapp 5.0.0 5.5 1.5.0 7.5 11.5 25.0 MATCH 1 2 Day 5 Day Total Rick Fisher Dave Fisher.0.0.5 12.5 6.0 5.5 11.5 2.0 Ben Candler Neil Russell.0.0.0 10.0.0 1.5.5 1.5 Steve Thorpe Casey O Neill.0 6.0 6.0 16.0.0.5 7.5 2.5 Flight winners: Gary Knapp (L) and Dave Apt (R) with GM Mike Maloney (C).. Member Guest Prizes Flight Prizes: First place: Second place: Shootout: First place: Trophy and $75 SRGC gift card per player $50 SRGC gift card per player A $50 Clyde s gift card and set of commemorative SRGC pilsner glasses per player.
Winged Foot Flight Bill Denfeld Phil Sanders.5.0.0 10.5.0.0 8.0 18.5 Todd Main Adam Miller 5.0.5.0 1.5 5.0 5.0 10.0 2.5 Dick Bradley Jerry Calo 6.0 5.5 5.0 16.5 5.0 6.0 11.0 27.5 MATCH 1 2 Day 5 Day Total Gary Walsh John Mason.0.5 5.0 12.5.5.0 6.5 19.0 Eric Kramer Jack Marriott.0 6.0 2.5 12.5 5.5.0 8.5 21.0 Flight winners: Dick Bradley (L) and Jerry Calo (R). Scott Jack Chris Pyle 5.5.5 6.5 15.5.0 6.0 10.0 25.5 Pinehurst Flight Mark Hogg Joseph Hogg.5 5.5 5.0 15.0 6.5.5 10.0 25.0 Les Ruppel John Zoul.5.5 5.5 12.5.0 5.5 9.5 22.0 Pat Laughlin Peter Viscardi 5.5.0.5 12.0 2.5 5.0 7.5 19.5 MATCH 1 2 Day 5 Day Total Sam Kessler Will Lakoff.5 5.5.0 1.0.5.5 9.0 22.0 Mike Sharpe Gary Sharpe 5.5.5.5 1.5.5.0 8.5 22.0 Flight winners: Mark Hogg (L) and Joe Hogg (R) with GM Mike Maloney (C). Old Man Par.5 6.0.5 15.0 5.0.5 9.5 2.5 Mexican Vacation Raffle A Huge Success S ECRETS Capri The final business Saturday evening was to draw the winning raffle ticket for the fabulous five-day, fournight all-inclusive vacation at the Secrets Capri Riviera Cancún Resort. Ticket sales were brisk at the dinner right up to the time of the drawing. A total of $1,820 was generated from ticket sales and went to support the Member Guest Tournament. Congratulations to Russ Ludwig, the guest of Andy Spellar, for winning the vacation. We will share some photos of their vacation in an upcoming newsletter.
Shinnecock Flight Luke Lockhart Eric Tompkins.5.5 5.0 1.0 5.0.0 9.0 22.0 Ken Kramer Jim Reilly 1.5.5.5 10.5.5 5.0 9.5 20.0 George Maria Phil Wilner.0.5.5 12.0.0 5.0 9.0 21.0 MATCH 1 2 Day 5 Day Total Larry McCarthy Kevin McCarthy 6.0.5.0 1.5.0.0 7.0 21.5 Robert Oliff Mike Granetz 7.5.5.5 15.5 5.0.0 9.0 2.5 Flight winners: Mike Granetz (L) and Robert Oliff (C) with GM Mike Maloney. Old Man Par 5.5.5 5.5 15.5.5 6.0 10.5 26.0 Bethpage Flight Andy Spellar Russ Ludwig.5 6.0 6.0 16.5 5.0.5 8.5 25.0 Chris Myers Duane Crupper 5.5 5.0.5 15.0.0 5.5 9.5 2.5 Brian Able Mike Cunningham 6.5 5.0.5 16.0.0 5.5 9.5 25.5 MATCH 1 2 Day 5 Day Total Glen Caroline Mickey Caroline 2.5.0.0 9.5.5.5 7.0 16.5 Kevin Mawyer John Riggleman.5.0.0 10.5 5.5.5 9.0 19.5 Flight winners: Brian Able. Mike Cunningham not shown. Old Man Par.5.0 5.0 1.5 5.0 5.5 10.5 2.0 Old Man Par Still Has Game Despite the best efforts of the Club staff and the Golf Committee to promote the Member Guest Tournament, they failed to attract a sufficient number of teams to fill seven flights. The number of teams fluctuated between 8 and 0 during the registration period and efforts continued beyond the original deadline to get to a full 2-team field. In the end, the final number settled at 8 teams. Wanting to give every interested member the chance to compete, the staff and committee decided to invite Old Man Par to fill out the field. The tournament consisted of seven flights of six teams each. Each team played a 9-hole match against the five other teams in their flight. Each match was worth 9 points, one per hole. The team earning the most points in their five matches would win their flight, unless a team managed to win all five of their matches. In that case, that team would automatically win their flight no matter the number of points earned. Four flights had five teams and Old Man Par. The Old Man showed up for each match with a 9-hole score of 6 already on the card. As tough as the Old Man played, he was not permitted to win a flight or any money. The prizes were earned by the live teams. A member of the professional staff or a volunteer played along with the competing team as a marker to monitor their match against Old Man Par. Reports from the weekend indicate that Old Man Par still sets a tough standard for many teams in the tournament. Congratulations to Brian Able and Mike Cunningham for being the only team to vanquish the Old Man.
Pebble Beach Flight Aaron Hopper Jeff Richmond 2.5 5.0 2.5 10.0.5.0 7.5 17.5 Nick Polito Justin Lasala 5.0.5 6.5 15.0.0 5.0 9.0 2.0 Ron Ackermann Cathy Ahye 2.0.0 2.5 8.5 5.5 5.5 11.0 19.5 MATCH 1 2 Day 5 Day Total Jim Jancaitis Tom Jancaitis 7.0 5.5 6.5 19.0 7.0.5 10.5 29.5 Howard Pope Jeff DeVuono.0.0 1.0 9.0 2.0.5 5.5 1.5 Flight winners: Tom Jancaitis (L) and Jim Jancaitis (R). Old Man Par 6.5 5.0 8.0 19.5 5.0 5.5 10.5 0.0 So Close.................! Above, left to right: Torrey Pines Flight winners Dave Ambrose and Pete Johns faced a putt of some 15 feet in the second round of the shootout. Pete Johns hit the first attempt, watched carefully by partner Dave Ambrose (L). Dave then stepped in and stroked his attempt (C). Dave s reaction told the story as his putt slid by the cup (R). Dave and Pete eventually finished second by winning a chip off. Thanks to the Club Staff! The Member Guest weekend presents a major challenge to the entire Club staff, from preparing the course for play, staging carts, preparing the range and providing numerous meals for our large group. To add to the demands, weather was a major factor on Saturday. The staff performed admirably in allowing us to complete our playing schedule after a one-hour rain delay Saturday morning. The unexpected challenge came once most of the crowd of some 10 players and spouses arrived for the final awards dinner Saturday evening in the pavilion. Storm clouds loomed for a time before the skies opened up with a thunderstorm lasting over an hour. The F&B staff scrambled to move the unprotected buffet tables under cover and dry everything off. This happened under the watchful eye of Head PGA Professional Willy Lutz, who, while not physically present, provided his steady leadership... and some snappy Mexican guitar music! The Golf Committee and players extend a sincere thanks to General Manager Mike Maloney, Willy Lutz and their entire staff for a wonderful event.
Thank you to our great sponsors! The Professional Staff, Golf Committee and Members of South Riding Golf Club are pleased to recognize the following businesses for their contributions to this year s event. We encourage all members and their guests to give strong consideration to supporting the businesses and individuals who sponsored this year s event. Obtaining sponsors for this event allows us to: generate funds to help defray expenses; provide opportunities (hole-in-one contest, door prizes) we might not be able to provide otherwise; most importantly, make a donation to our local high school s golf program. $500 Hole Sponsors: $250 Program Sponsors: Chantilly 70-502-925 Sue Kramer Independent Distributors 70-27-0628 Great Energy and Weight loss Products $100 Tournament Sponsors: Patrick R. Allen Financial Advisor Morgan Stanley Global Wealth Management 1775 Eye Street NW Washington, DC 20006 202-862-9157 Patrick.allen@morganstanley.com Office: 70-961-111 Toll Free: 800-85-001 Stone Ridge 800-707-1111 Product Donations: Stone Ridge 70-957-062 S ECRETS Capri