Hoosick Falls

by Kevin Weeden

Due to the holiday, Monday night golfers had their choice of which day to play this week.  Because of this, there wasn’t any closest to the pin contests or skins.  Wednesday night golfers had to fight the darkening skies, but those who waited until 6 pm were treated to a beautiful night.  Some golfers will be making their matches up next week, so the standings for Wednesday are not up-to-date.

With new dice in hand, and an equal chance of each hole to be rolled, hole #12 came up for the Wednesday skins.  In flight A, no one was able to birdie this hole, the par pushed the pot until next week.  In flight B, Eric Pearson cashed in once again with his nice par.  Congratulations Eric!!  This week the spring match play tournament will begin.

On Monday night, the leaders in flight A, Leon Rosko and Ed Powers, remained unbeaten on the year.  This week Rod Squires and Dean Becker get a chance to take them down.  The big match up this week in flight B is leaders Dave and Tom Vogt, winners of 4 out of 5 weeks versus the second place team of Mike Waitekos and Eric Holbritter, who are in a two-week slump.  On Wednesday night, Rick Crosier and Jamie Balance still hold on to First place, despite their first loss of the season.  They each won their individual matches, but lost the total score, missing out on the 5 points.  Most of us are thankful for this rain, but in hope that it dries out before the leagues start up again.

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Monday Night Duffers League Recap

Week 4 Highlights: Bobby Shoemaker made his first eagle of the year on the par 5 hole #11.  Bobby ended the night 3 below his handicap, shooting a net 32.  Teammates Leon Rosko and Ed Powers both shot below their handicap.  Leon shot 39.  Both players had 3 pars and 1 birdie.  Two other teammates, Dave Daigle and John Newkirk netted below par.  Jeff Maynard had the low net of the night.  Jeff shot 40, net 31, with 5 pars.  Rik Seiler (3 pars, 2 birdies) and Dan O’Rourke (4 pars, 1 birdie) both tied for low gross, 38.  Jeff St Gelais had 5 pars and 1 birdie shooting 40.  Bob Carey (4 pars, 1 birdie) and Jim Carey (3 pars, 1 birdie) won 18.5 points.  Billy Potter and Kyle Woodard won 18.5 points.  Tim Herrington had back-to-back birdies on hole #5 and #6.  Kevin Weeden added 2 birdies this week.  Rod Squires had the only birdie on hole #1, putting from the fringe.  Brett Seiler had the only birdie on hole #4, the #1 handicap.

Top 3 pars:  Dan O’Rourke 23, Joe Gerwin & Rik Seiler & Peter Martin III 22

Top 3 birdies:  Brett Seiler & Rik Seiler 8, Mike Marpe 6

Wednesday Night Caddyshack League Recap

Week 5 Highlights:  Eric Pearson and John Reizel dominated the night.  They won 7 pts and 6 pts respectively taking a huge 18 (out of 23) points on the night.  Eric had 6 pars and shot a league-low net score of 32 and added a second skin win to his resume this year.  Peter Martin III (6 pars, 6 pts, 1 birdie, gross 37, net 33) along with teammate Kevin Weeden (2 pars, 2 birdies, 5.5 pts) took 16.5 team points.  Peter’s birdie came on the #1 handicapped hole, #13.  Ralph Quackenbush (6 pts, net 34, 5 pars, 1 birdie) and teammate Kevin Greene (only birdies in the league on hole #11 and #15) won 15.5 points.  Tim Hutton brought his A game against Mike Lewsey.  Tim shot 37, net 33 with 6 pars and 1 birdie.  Mike had back-to-back birdies on hole 17 and 18 to add to his league-leading birdie count.  Mike’s partner Todd Rogers had 5 pars and 1 birdie, on his way to shooting a league-low gross score of 37, to lift their team to an overall win for the night.  John Newkirk continued to play solidly as he won 6 pts.  He had 2 birdies.  He had the only birdie on hole #14.  Josh Magisano led his team to a narrow win with his 39, net 33 with 6 pars.

Closest to the Pin Results (week 5): Hole #1-Kevin Greene, Hole #3-Ralph Quackenbush, Hole #9 -Mike Lewsey (3 wins).

Monday Night Duffers Standings through 5 Weeks

Flight A Flight B

1  12 – Rosko / Powers  88.5 1  14 – Vogt /Vogt  76

2    7 – Carey / Carey  76.5 2  23 – Waitekos/Holbritter  66.5

3    5 – O’Rourke / Marpe 73 3  20 – Russell/Goodwin 66.5

4    6 – Stratton / Herrington  72 4  21 – Magisano/Dearstyne 65.5

5    4 – Ric Sieler / Donovan 70.5 5  16 – Osborne / Sullivan  58.5

6   11 – Maynard / Lee  68.5 6  15 – Daigle / Newkirk 58.5

7   10 – Shoemaker/Shoemaker 66.5 7  17 – Becker / Squires 57.5

8     2 – English / Shoemaker  63 8  19 – Frisino / Pacheco 56

9     1 – Martin / Weeden 60.5 9  13 – Harrington/Ogert/McGuire  54.5

10   3 – Gerwin / StGelais   59.5 10  22 – Hunziker / Rose 53.5

11   8 – Brett Sieler / Akin  58 11  18 – Speanburg / Brundige  48

12   9 – Potter / Woodard 48 12  24 – Wiley / Wiley 34.5