Saturday, June 16th
The
Links at Gettysburg provided a true challenge for the golfers participating in
the DC Metro’s USA Open this past Saturday. Although the weather was beautiful
in terms of the temperature, the wind increased the difficulty of the outing
for all players. Hopefully Mother Nature will cooperate this weekend as we
travel to Mattaponi Springs to take on Downeast in a Ryder Cup style
tournament!
The
Championship Flight trophy went to Devon
Hayes with an incredible score of 74 and five strokes ahead of Drake Decker (guest). Devon’s three
birdies helped ensure his resounding lead over Jack Sheehan (83) and Jerry
Resh (84). It also enabled Devon to remain in the lead in the overall
standings just 50 points ahead of Dick
McDonough.
Excitement
filled the air in the A Flight when a playoff was forced between two first year
players. After hitting the course a second time, Chad Slimmer beat James
Poist by one stroke. Alan Dorow’s
score of 85 was only one behind the leaders and two strokes ahead of Joe Henson and Mike Garland (87).
Matt Garland won first place for the
second time this season after carding an 86 in a tight race in the B
Flight. Two strokes behind Matt were Stan Boyer and Azim Dhanani (both finished with 88). Another tie followed when
both Steve Ashman and Harry Sherman shot 89
This
week’s C Flight winner is no stranger to first place. Jim Forbes already has a few trophies from last season but his
score of 91 enabled him to bring home the first win of the year. Second place
featured a tie between newcomer Alton
Smith and co-director Dan Pastorek(93). Don Stackhouse came in fourth
with a 95; followed close behind by Rob
Garland and Ray Wilson each with
96.
Finally,
the D Flight saw another first-time winner when Ryan King shot a 93 and finished four strokes ahead of veteran tour
member, Karl Yergey. Ken Mutzabaugh played in his first
tournament this year and placed third with a 98. Shawn Doyle was right on his heels and finished fourth with a score
of 99.
The
next event will be at Bon Air Country Club on Saturday, July 12thand will include an additional side Stableford-style tournament.
Closest to the Pin
#3 Tim Newman 9’10
”
#6 Alan Dorow 13’6”
#12 Alton Smith 6’8”
#15 Shawn Doyle 8’0”
Championship Skins
#2 Devon Hayes
#4 Devon Hayes
#5 Drake Decker
#9 Devon Hayes
#14 Drake Decker
A Flight Skins
#1 Chad Slimmer
#2 Alan Dorow
#3 Joe Henson
#14 Joe Henson
#15 Dave LaPierre
B Flight Skins
#1 Azim Dhanani
#2 Dorinda
Pastorek
#4 Steve Ashman
#5 Harry Sherman
C Flight Skins –
No Skins
D Flight Skins
#14 Shawn Doyle
#15 Shawn Doyle
Super Skins
#3 Joe Henson
#5 Drake Decker
#9 Devon Hayes
50/50 Raffle
generated a $190 SU2Cancer Donation
$40 Edwin Watts Gift Card—Tim Newman
$50 Edwin Watts Gift Card—Stan Boyer
$190 Cash--Mike Garland