Wednesday April 25th will be the start of the long rounds and the back ups on the third tee.  In order for us to have all our groups finish before darkness sets on us we need for all our groups to play quickly. “Ready Golf” is what is needed. No waiting for the person behind you to get ready etc… Just get up and hit the ball. Every second counts this week. If it’s cloudy it will be even worse. So play quickly and let’s hope the league in front of us plays quickly as well. But, don’t count on it. [Read more…]

The number one and two golfers teed off against each other and President Bob Trottier played a flawless round as he shot a perfect 36. No bogies and no birdies, all pars which is very rare. I’ll bet he would have liked to play all 18 instead of 9. Great job Bob.

Norm Pelletier also played extremely well but he started off with a bogey and a bogey on 5 and 8 were his only flaws. Trottier wins big 14-6.  Number 2 beats number 1. Teeing off in the last group maybe good for Trottier.

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I am sure you think 32 is lower than 33. We were all taught that in elementary school right? Well, when it comes to playing golf it is all in relation to par. Yesterday, Norm Pelletier shot the lowest score in league history with a 32 or was it? His round was awesome and I hope you don’t think we are trying to take anything away from him but his score was actually three under par and there has been one other player in the league that has done the same, Bill Wilson shot 33 on the front side which has a par 36 which also equals 3 under par on July 9, 2008. Other notables for 33’s are Tom Hale at Pine Valley back in 1992 or 1993, Bob Trottier on 6/16/2010 and Jim Waterman on 8/18/2010 all on the back nine with a par 35. Congrats to all the great low scores. So is 32 the lowest score?

With one week left in this years regular season we see Team Wilson, Vigneault, Maloney and Juknavorian on top of the leader board by 2 points over Team McGillicuddy, Comeau, Acciard and Gray for the 2nd half championship and the right to play the first half champs from Team Trottier, Marnie, Duzenli and Landry/Serafino.

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As the saying goes “cream rises to the top” and that is just what team 3 did, almost. Norm Pelletier, Eric La Francis, Mike Berry and Tom Hale surged toward the top of the leader board with a resounding victory over team 5 of Jay McGillicuddy, Norm Comeau, Glenn Acciard and Skip Gray, with the largest margin of victory by one team under our new scoring system. Pelletier’s team throttled the first place team by 40 points to catapult them to within 5 points of the league lead.

Pelletier (36) vs McGillicuddy (43)

This match was basically over before it started. Pelletier shot a one under par 35 against McGillicuddy on the front nine in their last match-up and followed up this week’s match with an even par 36. One under par against McGill in two matches is pretty impressive by any stretch of the imagination. McGill must bring the best out of Pelletier because Pelletier seems to play his best when playing McGill.

Pelletier reeled off 4 straight pars as McGill could only muster bogeys. Pelletier’s birdie 4 on the 5th brought back visions of their previous match. Pelletier’s 3 putt on 7 was his only blemish and a too strong birdie putt on 8 could have resulted in another under par round for Pelletier. Pelletier’s masterful performance was just the tip of the iceberg for his team. Pelletier wins convincingly 16-4.

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It doesn’t happen often but when it does it really sucks. George Vigneault had the low round of the day Wednesday and lost to Norm Comeau 11-9. George’s 2 over par 37 was not enough as he had to give Comeau 2 shots but Comeau’s birdie on 18 sealed the deal for Comeau. George played fantastic but for 2 short putts he could have shot even par. Comeau’s triple bogey on ten and bogey on 11 put him back on his heels but I told him not to get discouraged that there was were plenty of holes left. He must have listened…

In another great match-up Bob Trottier teed off against Norm Pelletier. In previous matches Pelletier won 13-7, 11-9 and lost 12-8. This week Trottier was too much as Pelletier couldn’t get things started as he fell behind quickly with losses on 10, 11 and 12. Pelletier wins 13 only to lose 14 and they both halve 15, 16 and 17. Trottier’s chip on 18 for birdie hit the pin and nestled next to the cup. Pelletier bogeyed and found himself getting trounced 15-5. They split the season. [Read more…]

Well it was about time we had a great day, weather-wise. We teed off early and everyone finished in the daylight. Of course we would expect too it’s still July.

In first place Team Wilson, Vigneault, Maloney and Juknavorian teed off against first half champs Trottier, Marnie, Duzenli and Serafino. In the first matchup Wilson faed off against Trottier and Trottier kept his status as the #1 player in the league as he jumped all over Wilson early on by starting the round with a birdie and a par. Wilson answered right back by taking the par 3 third with a bogey and then Wilson gave it right back on 4 with a bogey 5.  Wilson came storming back to tie the match thru 6 holes but his wheels fell of and Trottier went one under for the final 3 holes to take a commanding 14-6 win.

Jim Marnie tackled George Vigneault and when it comes to playing quickly and not wasting time you can always look to Marnie to keep you moving. Marnie coming off a poor showing last week by his standards started off with 4 straight pars to put Vigneault back on his heels. The two of them halved 5 and 6 and Vigneault grabbed the 7th and Vigneault ran out of holes as they both halved 8 and 9. Marnie seemed to have gotten his drive back in order and was swinging with authority and Vigneault just didn’t have that normal swagger that he usually carries. Marnie cruises 14-6.

Duzenli vs Maloney in what is usually a great match. Maloney jumped out strong by winning the first 3 holes and Duzenli grabbed 4. Maloney stormed back to win 5 and took closest to on 7 with a sweet birdie 2. Duzenli wins 8 but it’s to late and Maloney stomps Duzenli 14-6.

Serafino squared off against Juknavorian and this match was pretty even as they halved one and two and Juke broke through on 3 and Serafino captured the 4th, 5th and 6th but Juke came roaring back to take 7 & 8. Juke squeezes out an 11 to 9 victory to stay within 2 points of 2nd half league leading MVP Glenn Acciard.

Norm Pelletier got back on track as he took on Steve King and King’s card was easy to read as he carded 6 straight 5’s and 3 4’s on his way to 6 over 42. King fell short as Pelletier was thirsty as he and Wilson playing in the same foursome with Trottier won the beer match. Pelletier’s 2 over par 38 was his best performance since his one under 35 two weeks ago.

Long ball hitter Eric La Francis took on Paul Comeau and Comeau jumped out to a one up lead after 2. La Francis bounced back by taking 3 and 6 but Comeau gutted it out by parring 9 to take a well deserved split. 10-10. This may have been a tough match for La Francis but he was smiling all the way to the bank as he took closest to on the 3rd hole.

Mike Berry had to play lights out as he took on rookie Dominick D’ Orio and when you have to give 6 strokes it’s tough to win. Berry played great and shot a five over 41 but D’ Orio after being 2 down thru 4 holes stormed back to win 5 &  6 and then they both halved 7 & 8 and Berry grabbed 9 to salvage a halve. 10-10.

Tom Hale having his best round since May 11 took on Steve Maddox who had to give Hale a stroke and Hale took advantage of it as he was able to halve the 5th and a hiccup on the 6th hole let Maddox back in the round. Hale wins the 8th hole with only his 10th par this season but Maddox spoils things for Hale by capturing the 9th. Hale wins 11-9 and we all hope Hale can build on this win.

McGill took on Waterman and after they halved the first hole McGill played three great shots into two as Waterman told McGill to leave his putter in the bag as McGill played a chip shot that would have made Trottier proud. With another great drive by McGill on 4 and Waterman struggling, McGill grabbed this hole to go 2 up. As we headed down the 5th Waterman had a great drive on the right side as McGill was on the left. McGill was about 237 yds and went in with a 5 wood and thinking his ball went to the left side of the fairway/rough they all wandered over there to help find his ball but lo and behold Marnie found his ball in the trap on the right side. McGill and Vigneault need their eyes checked but the sun was pretty bright as well. Waterman snuck back in with a win on 5 but gave it right back with a triple bogey on 6 and a bogey on 7 let McGill clinch at least a tie. McGill lost 8 and won 9 to walk away with a 14-6 victory.

Norm Comeau faced George Duffield and Comeau took a commanding 3 up lead after 3 but Duffield chipped away on 4 and 5 but after halving 6 Comeau grabbed holes 7 and 8 to walk away with a nice 14-6 victory. Comeau finds himself just 10 points out of first place behind teammate Glenn Acciard. Will Comeau be rooting for Acciard down the stretch?

Acciard vs Croteau straight up and Acciard continues to play well as he scores points on every hole this week to throttle Croteau 15-5. Croteau never seemed to get on track as Acciard’s 6 over par was too much for Croteau as Croteaus’s first par came on the 6th hole and having only one par for the day just won’t get you many points. Acciard recaptures 2nd half MVP honors through 5 weeks. Who can catch Acciard?

Alan Imlach coming off a disastrous 67 last week bounced back by improving his score by 15 shots against Skip Gray. Gray jumped out to a one up lead after 2 but Imlach grabbed holes 3 and 4 with Gray stealing 5 and 6 to gain a one up advantage but Imlach’s par on 8 was enough to square the match and Imlach walked off with an 11-9 victory.

and his “dollar swapping friend” Jim Waterman to keep you on your toes. You can’t turn away for a second and chit chat with someone without disturbing Marnie or Waterman swing. They play that quickly.

July 13, 2011

It was an overcast hot and humid afternoon and all looked good as we teed off early again for the second straight week. But, it was so slow out there that I fell asleep typing up all the stories.

Week of July 20th,

This week we had great weather… if you like hot and humid. At least it didn’t rain.

We had a few close matches and the top three teams remained close to the hunt.

We had four players scoring in the 30’s this week as Bill Wilson led all scorers with a scorching 36, even though he wrote down 37. We forgive you Bill. Can you say DQ? Next was Bob Trottier whose 37 wasn’t enough as McGill’s handicap helped propel him to victory with an impressive 38. Steve King who finally got over being on vacation and King shot a great 39 for not having played for 2 weeks.
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