Rain Out This Week

We tried to get our round in but the lightning was just too much and the horn blew and we had to leave the course.

Next week we will try again and the extended forecast looks pretty good.

Three Quarters Done and Anything Can Happen

When you hear someone say Wilson you usually think of sporting goods or you might think of Woodrow Wilson our twenty-eighth President. But, when you are standing on the 1st or 10th tee at Campbell’s Scottish Highlands on Wednesday afternoon from April through August you will see another Wilson or two.

I am speaking of Joan Wilson and her Baby brother Bill Wilson. This brother and sister duo can tear the golf course up. They bring their A game every week. They don’t back down from anyone. They are a pleasure to watch and a pleasure to play a round of golf with.

Joan is a trooper and subs for us and can beat anyone. She has beaten the best and will go toe to toe with the best in our league. Looking forward to her playing her baby brother Bill one day.

I’ve ribbed Bill about his untied shoe laces and his snow white legs in the middle of the summer but one thing you can’t do is rib him about his golf game this year. Bill is on a tear, one that we have never seen in this league in a long time.

Bil has shot in the 30’s; 11 of the 15 rounds he has played this year. Bill has shot two rounds under par. Impressively enough both rounds have been on the front. The tougher side of the course.

Congratulations on a great year Bill keep it going.

I haven’t had time to update the weekly golf stories the last four weeks but there has been some great play of late and I’d like to touch on a few players that have done some great things.

President Bob Trottier had his first eagle of the year here as he almost aced the par 4 8th hole. He left his drive about 8 feet short of the hole and then rammed the eagle putt in. Bob has also shot 38 a couple of times and was only able to salvage 2 points out of those two rounds. He halved a round with Bill Wilson and lost to Jim Marnie who also shot 38 against him but Bob had to give him two shots.

Norm “the Shark” Comeau played awesome this past week as he defeated Joan Wilson with an impressive 2 over par 37.

Bob Sasso showed McGill how to play this week as he finished up with a smooth 38 as McGill choked on 16 and 17 to drop 4 points to Sasso. Sasso continues to drive the ball long this year, thanks to his new driver.

Jim Marnie has finally said goodbye to his string of 41’s as his team has finally surged ahead and seems to be pulling away from the field. We have 4 weeks left and can Jim’s team keep up the pace. Time will tell.

Jim Waterman is glad he doesn’t have to play John Glynn anymore as John has Jim’s number big time. Jim has only salvaged 1 point against John in their 3 matches. Jim had a sub the week he was away and Brian Steeves won that match for Jim. There is always next year Jim.

George Vigneault has been steady all year and continues to play well. He faces McGill next week on the front side where McGill’s length may prove a little to much for Vigneault. Vigneault’s smooth swing and dead aim may be just enough to take McGill down as McGill has not been playing up to his old steady consistent self this year. Look for George to defeat McGill in this match.

Norm Pelletier back from his Bon Jovi rock concert needs to get his game going again as his team is slipping in the chase for first . He takes on Bob Trottier this week and Trottier leads this series 2 matches to one. If history repeats itself then Pelletier should win this match.

Steve King out this past week takes on the red hot Jim Marnie. If King can keep Marnie to a 41 or worse then King can prevail. King needed the week off as he was drubbed last week against Bill Wilson and his 33. Knowing King he will bounce back and give Marnie a run for his money.

Rick Maloney takes on Dave Murphy as they have split their previous two matches. Murphy has played some consistent golf of late as Maloney needs to just take it easy out there and play his game and not get rattled and Maloney and Murph should have a great match.

Al Imlach takes on Rich Juknavorian who he has handled pretty easily the last 3 times they have played. Al looks to keep his winning streak alive. If Juke can keep his drive straight and Al doesn’t have a blow up hole or two look for this match to come down to the dreaded ninth to see who wins.

Ed English takes on Don Richardson this week and this will be their first match of the year. Richardson has picked up 4 points in the past 3 weeks and looks to continue his improved play. English does not want a replay of the last time he played the front nine. A miserable 62 left him in disgust and look for him to bounce back and play like he normally can play.

Steve Maddox faces a challenge in the much improved play of Glenn Acciard. If Acciard can keep his drive in the fairway and long look for Acciard to put pressure on Maddox throughout the round. Maddox needs to get his game back to where he was in the first half of the season as he won 4 points 3 weeks in a row.

Mike Landry takes on Skip Gray this week and Mike has had no problem against Gray. Look for Gray to try and upset Landry this week as Gray needs to get his confidence back as he has not garnished a point yet this half.

Bob Cairns takes on the retired Paul Comeau. This should be a nail biter as they have halved 2 of their three matches so far this year and Cairns defeated Comeau back in June when Comeau was nearing retirement. Look for Comeau to bounce back and take this one away from Cairns.

Well, with four weeks to go we have a battle for MVP as Wilson seems to be unstoppable and Acciard breathing down his neck to make it an outright MVP year. Acciard would need to win the second half point total to clinch MVP by winning the first half and second half. Wilson is playing well enough to put a lot of pressure on Acciard, P. Comeau, Mike Landry and Bob Sasso who all have a chance to over take Wilson. Others are in the hunt but are long shots.

Can Team 4 Marnie, Hale, Acciard and Paul Comeau continue their fine play to the top.

Second week of second half weekly golf stories

What a beautiful afternoon and an early evening day, for golf. We had calm winds and big puffy clouds to follow us around yesterday. I arrived late due to a funeral I attended.

Our team which is team one has finally taken the lead, although it is only the second week of the second half. We have a long way to go.

McGill vs. Vigneault

Our foursome which teed off last played some decent golf. George Vigneault and I played a very challenging match as I know if I faulted one bit he would have easily crushed me. My only saving grace is that I have slowed my swing down and I am trying to manage the course the way the A players do.

George reminds me a lot of Steve King. Once you make a mistake it’s extremely hard to play catch up as they rarely make big mistakes. I was fortunate enough to birdie the 11th hole and go one up. Sure enough on 13 steady George bounced back and tied the match. As we teed off on 14 George was first to play and rushed his swing, very uncharacteristic of George. His ball just made it past the corner and ended up in the rough. I drew a nice 5 wood around the corner and ended up about 160 yards out. Our approach shots were short but George’s third shot left him with a very long par putt and I was lucky to chip to about 4-5 ft. George missed his par putt and mine just trickled in.

George had a golden opportunity to win the 15th as he lipped out an easy 3ft’er for bogey which I almost gave him. George’s putting left him again on 16 as he rammed his 3rd shot which was just off the putting green about 12 feet past the pin. George gave me my par putt as he again bogeyed. 17 was no different as George’s approach shot left him short and to the left. I again was given my par and George again bogeyed. I was fortunate that I played as well as I did because a 4 over 39 is extremely good golf especially when it comes down to just a few putts. I am sure George won’t forget this round when we meet up again. Fortunately for me I will be in Maine on vacation and just maybe I can get Joan Wilson to sub for me. How good is that!!! Sorry George.

Tom Hale vs Dennis Glynn

This match had all the makings of a dog fight. Dennis was subbing for his brother John but as luck would have it, Dennis hasn’t been able to swing the sticks as often as he would like this season. This was pretty evident as Glynn dropped the first three holes but Glynn bounced back and halved the sometimes tricky 13th. Hale really dodged a bullet here on this hole as his tee shot careened into the woods and sounded like a pinball machine as it bounced around amongst the trees and finally rested on a bed of pine needles. Hale surveyed the situation and was able to squeeze the ball through the branches and in between a couple of trees to have his ball rest on the back side of the green. His approach putt left him short and his par putt just trickled by but it was a great five nonetheless.

On 14 Glynn’s wheels really fell off as he lost two tee balls in the tall grass and ended up with a disastrous 10 as Hale proceeded to double bogey himself.

But, the 3 best shots of the day were Hale’s drive, three wood and eagle putt on 18. No surprise here as Vigneault called it before Hale even reached the green to see where he landed. This I believe is the first time in the league since we have been tracking shots that someone has eagled twice in a season. I hope someone will comment and correct me. Great shots Tommy.

Pelletier vs Trottier

This is one of those matches you’d just love to tag along in and watch. I believe Marnie and King were fortunate to play along side these two gunslingers. It’s tough to start off with a par and lose to a birdie. Trottier must have been shaking his head as he walked off hole number 10. I know Trottier must have been thinking that this is only the first hole and there are plenty more to play. When playing a tough opponent you just have to never give up or give in.

Just remember every stroke and every hole matters. I have seen in past years where one single stoke meant first or second place.

Trottier tied the match on 12 as Pelletier bogeyed. On 13 Trottier miraculously chipped in for birdie and went one up only to give it back on 14. Pelletier tripped up on 15 and had a brain melt on 17 as he had a typical Pelletier drive that drew nicely down the17th fairway. I wasn’t there but as I was on the 15th green I could see Pelletier looking around at the bottom of the hill behind the 17th green. I figured he was lying two there but oh no he couldn’t be so lucky. Pelletier went on to double and that hole was his demise as Trottier parred. Pelletier’s birdie was not enough as he and Trottier shot an exceptional round. Pelletier shot 3 over and Trottier 2 over. Too bad I won’t be around for the rematch.

Steve King vs. Jim Marnie

In this match it’s Mr Birdie vs. Mr 41. Yes, Jim Marnie has played 12 rounds and 9 of those rounds have been 41. Now that’s a first I am sure. I can’t believe he has 9 rounds consisting of the front and back and shooting 41 all those times.

They must have been mesmerized by Pelletier’s birdie as they both stumbled up the tenth with double bogeys. I hate when that happens. It always seems tough to fight back and score well. Not Steve King as he fought hard and hung in there as he hiccuped on 12 and 15 only to storm back with back to back birdies on 16 and 17.

Jim Marnie stayed close through 12 but tripled 13 and won 15 but King’s two consecutive birdies were too much to come back from, and Marnie parred 18 to secure a place in Wilderness history with his 5th consecutive 41. When will the streak end?

Bill Wilson vs. The Norm “Shark” Comeau

Wilson is just getting heated up and Comeau couldn’t stand the heat after going two up after three. Once Comeau doubled 13 he followed it up with a nifty triple on the dreaded 14. I wonder if he took driver out on 13 and 14 only to succumb to poor judgment.

Wilson birdied 15 but couldn’t beat Sasso out in closest to the pin on that hole. That didn’t matter to Wilson as he must have drained a nice long putt to battle back and go one up. He then proceeded to pour it on and go par birdie par to close out Comeau. Wilson’s handicap is inching closer and closer to the number 3.

Maloney vs. Murphy

This match features two golfers who can beat you when you least expect it. These guys went toe to toe through 14 as Murphy had to give Maloney a stroke on 14 and then Maloney broke things open as he parred 15 and 16 but lost on 17 and they both finished with a nice par on 18.

I really appreciated Maloney’s directions on the par 3’s as he directed me to where the closest to’s were by vocally telling me from green to tee. Thank goodness we weren’t on par 4’s. LOL

Sasso vs. Waterman

This match features Bob “I can crush a drive like John Daley” Sasso vs. Jim “I can’t hit an iron or carry an umbrella” Waterman.

All things were square through 13 until Waterman had to give a stroke to Sasso on 14 and Sasso took advantage of it on 14, 15 and 16 and then Sasso hammered the nail in the coffin as he birdied 18 and Waterman bogeyed.

Their previous two matches have been a nip and tuck battle so don’t be surprised if Waterman comes bouncing back when they meet again at the end of July.

Steve Maddox vs. Glenn Acciard

Well, I think we all thought this match up would have been a lot tighter than this score revealed. What the heck happened to Maddox? I asked him if he fell asleep out there because his score sure proved it.

This match was worse than the massacre at “Little Big Horn”. Acciard swept the course with Maddox and poor Steve never had a chance as he become one of the few that didn’t even halve a single hole.

I feel bad for Glenn as payback can sure be a pain bitch.

Ed English vs. Brian Steeves

Teeing off last, I never saw these two at all. This too looks like another lopsided victory as English never got out of the starting gate. Another double digit number on 10 proved to be English’s downfall at the get go. He was able to bounce back and tie the match at 13 and then a string of three consecutive 7’s were all Steeves needed as he pulled away from English and won by 12 strokes. I’ll bet English wished Robinson was there.

Skip Gray vs. Mike Landry

This match brought out the real Mike Landry as he played real well except on the last hole but this match was long over by then.

Skip like English couldn’t get out of the chute as a quadruple 8 can really drag you down but he bounced back and halved the match through twelve but stumbled as he got closer to home. A triple on 13 and another quad led to his defeat.

If you haven’t heard the sound of Skip’s driver you haven’t heard a thing, This is the most unique sounding driver I have ever heard. It is a sound you will never forget.

Bob Cairns vs Paul Comeau

This is the battle of Hampstead as these two long time residents of Hampstead duked it out as they were evenly matched.

Bob Cairns’ steady play as of late has led to his scoring a point in every match he has played this year along with Glenn Acciard. Cairns still trails Acciard by a point in the overall total points tally. Sorry no prize for overall total points. Maybe there should be.

Paul Comeau had been playing real well but I wonder with all that great weather we had a week and a half ago could have led to a melt down. Has he been at the beach too long? Only Paul knows. Look for Paul to bounce back and possibly end Cairns’ winning streak. Can anyone shut him out? Time will tell.

Rich Juknavorian vs. Alan Imlach

Imlach has steadily been playing better and better as the weeks go by. Juke looks like he too couldn’t get out of the starting gate as a triple bogey on 10 and an uncharacteristic 9 on 13 led to a round he wishes he could have back. Imlach was impressive as it looks like he may have kept the driver at home and is slowing his swing down and that has helped his scores as well. A disappointing 10 on 18 really ballooned his score as a par would have turned in a really nice score of a 42.

So we head to Lochmere C.C. in Laconia on Sunday to play in our annual mid year field day.

See you al there.

First week of the second half weekly golf stories.

Well, the second half of the season started off a heck of a lot warmer and nicer than the beginning of the season. With temperatures in the low 80’s and a mild breeze made for a nice evening out on the links.

Team 1 played Team 5 for the 3^rd time this year.

Looks like Norm Pelletier can’t catch a break when playing a Wilson. He has succumbed to the Wilson golf mystique three times so far, twice to baby brother Bill and once to big sister Joan. Norm’s patented draw failed him this week as his iron play just couldn’t stand the pin seeking missiles Bill threw at him. Playing even Norm was on par thru 5 and Bill’s approach shot to about 10′ pin high on number 6 was just too much for Norm’s short approach and stoned cold chip shot. Once they reached number 7 Norm’s tee shot received the dreaded Campbell’s logo as the ball careened off the cart path and rolled behind the green. That was the end for poor Norm.

In the other pairing McGill and Sasso have split earlier matches as McGill took opening day and Sasso punished McGill on May 7^th.

McGill jumped out quick with a par on one. As Sasso placed the ball on the tee on number two he addressed and fired away and hooked his tee ball into the woods on the left. McGill noticed Sasso didn’t take his all too familiar practice swing before launching one of his new “John Daly” type drives.

McGill proceeded to go three up and was in great position on 4 with a sweet 3 wood to the edge of the fairway dead straight in front of the 150 marker about 130 out. McGill then skulled a wedge to the rough in back of the green and his 3 up lead was cut to 2 up. On five McGill’s tee shot was dead on and Sasso was in the rough to the left. Sasso receiving a stroke took full advantage as McGill’s third shot which was only 40 yards away and McGill with his new found skull kindly skulled it across the green into the tall grass. McGill took an unplayable and proceeded to triple bogey the hole.

McGill closed Sasso out on 8 as Sasso’s tee ball almost went OB and his approach shot ended up in the bunker. His sand shot flew the green and Sasso wound up with a triple bogey and found himself out of the match.

It doesn’t pay to play in a scramble the day before because if you are playing on PGA style greens it will mess you up.

Sasso and Wilson won the beer match as Wilson’s 38 was too much to handle.

Rick Maloney finally was able to beat Skip Gray as they split the last time they met. Skip was unavailable for week one.

Rick was giving a few strokes and he just couldn’t pull away as they were even on holes through 5. Skip couldn’t avoid a triple bogey on 6 and a double on 8 to hand the match over to Maloney as Maloney trounced Gray by 6 shots 3 net and Maloney took holes 3-1.

Maloney being the gentleman as he is assisted the group behind them with a loud “hey your ball is over there” screech which could be heard 3 holes away. Just a typical day and the life for Ricky on the golf course, as he is always trying to help.

In the last pairings for this team Juke crushed newcomer Don Richardson by winning 5 holes to 1 and winning by 12 strokes net 9 securing  a nice 16-4 victory for Team 1. Looks like Richardson couldn’t hang in there as a dreaded 10 on hole five was the start of his downfall. Juke has swept all 12 points from Team 5 this year.

First half Champs Trottier, Vigneault, Murphy and Imlach continued their winning ways as they defeated Team 4 10-8.

Trottier seems to be back to his old self as he shot a brilliant one over par 37 to defeat Jim Marnie 3 holes to 1 to win by 4 net 2 strokes.

Trottier’s only hiccup was on the par three third hole where he bogeyed and had a disappointing birdie-less round.

Trottier and Marnie have split this year and it looks like Marnie will be seeking revenge when they meet again.

George Vigneault continues on his winning ways as he pummels Tom Hale by winning  4 holes to 2 and wins by 4 strokes net 3. George’s stellar performance from last week continued this week as he parred the first hole and then slipped and bogeyd 2 and 3, But, Hale tied the match up after 3 and Vigneault pulled away after the sixth hole and finally closed the match on 9 with a bogey. Looks like Hale still hasn’t been able to figure out how to score well on the uphill number 9.

Next up for Vigneault is McGill and we will be playing the back nine and can Vigneault repeat his one under par again as he looks to continue his winning streak.

In an always nip and tuck match Glenn Acciard trips up Dave Murphy as Murphy flounders at the 6th hole with a quadruple bogey and they both stagger up the ninth with Glenn sneaking in with a triple bogey and Murph falling flat on his face with another quadruple 8 on the dreaded ninth hole.

Acciard dominates this year against Murphy as Glenn has now taken 7 out of 8 points so far this year. Murpy missed their second match. Look for a tight match when they meet again.

Paul Comeau turned in a very respectable 9 over par as he played the course as Al Imlach was on vacation. Not easy to take all 4 points when playing the course on the front nine.

Team 3 took on Team 6 and Steve King continued to add to his birdie lead as he birdies the easy par 4 8^th. King took on sub Rich Appel as Norm Comeau was on vacation also. Rich a regular a couple of years ago has switched companies and now takes advantage of being able to sub as he ended the first half with 15 points. Not bad for only playing 4 rounds. Almost a clean sweep.

This week he and Stevie split as Rich took strokes and Stevie won the match on the ninth hole with a par.

John Glynn bounced back as he has Waterman’s number this year. Glynn has taken 7 out of the 8 possible points they have played this year. Waterman had a sub during their last match.

Could this round turn Glynn around for the second half?

Mike Landry and sub Brian Steeves battled to a fairly even match as Steeves took holes and Landry grabbed strokes as Steeves threw up a few 7’s from the third hole through the 5th. Steeves was three up on stokes until he walked off the third hole as he made 7 on the downhill par 3 as Landry parred. Steeve’s didn’t bounce back until the 8th as he went par bogey to finish and earn a split with Landry.

In the Bob Cairns vs Ed Caserta match Cairns easily defeated Caserta as Caserta scored an eleven on hole number two and really was never able to bounce back. Cairns wins 3 holes to 1 and wins by 8 strokes net 5.

Bill Wilson and Bob Trottier continue to dominate the closest to the pin contests as Wilson leads by one over Trottier.

Next week we play the back and more chances for everyone to win one.

Weekly Golf Stories to end the first half

Drizzly weather didn’t hamper play this week as we were able to send a couple of groups off of 17 and the rest off of 10.

We did end up having two 5 somes because of no shows. I guess Steve King was too embarrased to show up after losing to Joan Wilson last week and Skip Gray didn’t want to walk through the tall grass on the hill on 14 close to his house and get wet. (Joan we did get permission to play 5, so don’t fret, LOL)

Congrats to Glenn Acciard as he slipped into the MVP slot by sinking a short putt on 18 to halve holes against Rick Maloney. Bob Cairns’ steady play of late catapulted him to close out the first half one point behind. I wonder if I didn’t go to DC in week 7 if I could have taken four from George that week. Oh well, we’ll never know. Congrats Glenn for a great first half as you and Bob Cairns were the only players to score points every week.

In other matches Ed English screwed up his round with a tricky 14 on 10. He was telling Trottier about his 14 and Trottier commented back “on one hole”? LOL Some days you just work nights. Too bad Ed, hopefully next week will be better. Imlach showed another strong round as I look to see him having a great second half. Too bad he will miss next week.

Well with much fanfare I finally received Jim Marnie and Norm Comeau’s card from last week and they filled the scores out on the card and even signed it but failed to put their name on the card to who’s round was who’s even tho they both shot 41. Too funny…

The match of the day would have to go to George Vigneault as his lazy smooth swing and pin point accuracy carded him a one under 34 against a near flawless round by Jim Waterman who shot a respectable 39 and didn’t even win a hole. I’m glad it was Jim and not me as that would have been frustrating for sure.

Paul Comeau and sub Brian Steeves had a close match as Comeau stormed back as he was down 3 holes to one and made a great comeback by winning 4 of the next 5 holes. It helped getting three strokes in the last 5 holes and Paul took advantage of it by shooting 5 over par down the home stretch.

McGill and Hale had a typical nip and tuck match until they came to the 14th tee as Hale knocked his tee shot into Skip Gray’s neighborhood and took a triple and then Hale followed up nicely with a double on 15 to only come storming back with a great approach shot on 16 to take that hole from McGill and being only down 1 hole and two strokes going to 17. Then the wheels really fell off as Hale knocked his tee ball into the tall grass on the hill on 17. After 4 minutes and 59 seconds McGill found Hale’s ball buried in the narly tall grass. Hale took an un-playable and still finished the hole with a respectable bogey. McGill parred and closed Hale out on holes.

Trottier and Norm Comeau went toe to toe as Comeau jumped out to a quick 2 up and 3 stroke lead as Comeau birdied 11 and stuck it to with in a few feet. Too bad Norm didn’t get in closest too as he may have been able to win. Trottier played 12 well and won that hole and then Comeau pulls his driver out on 13 and we all just shook our heads as Comeau tries to pull a Wilson and draw it around the bend and swings a little too hard and buries it up against a rock at the beginning of the tree line. Their match is tied with one bad swing of the club. Comeau recovers on 16 as he pulls the big boy out again and faded it close to the waters edge on 16. I wonder if it was dry out if he would have splashed. Comeau makes a nice chip and birdies and off we head to 17. Well, Comeau follows Hale to the tall grass and has to use his provisional and ends up tripling 17 and then on the 18th green Comeau leaves his birdie putt on the lip and he and Trottier par but Comeau gets a stroke and salvages a split.

Mike Landry and Dave Murphy’s match while looking at their card shows Landry winning 10,11,12,13 and they halve 14 but Murph storms back and wins the next three holes. But, on the dreaded 17 Landry becomes the next victim as he either fell asleep or he started on 17 and just had a bad first hole. But, looking at the card if 17 was his first hole and 16 being his last he did not start and finish very well as the 16th he doubled and that is where he lost the opportunity to at least take three points.

Norm Pelletier made the skeptics think differently as he tripped up Jim “where’s my scorcard” Marnie by shooting a smooth 37. I guess that’s what happns to your game after losing to Joan Wilson. Not to be embarrased in his last two rounds.

Bill “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” Wilson shoots 75 from the blues on Sunday. While mumbling a bunch of stuff in the parking lot while donning on all his rain gear and wrestling with his stuff in his trunk to get his sticks out Wilon then proceeds to shoot a 4 or a 5 on all the holes until he reaches 18 and double bogeys. One thing I can say about Bill is at least he is honest. I heard he played the last two holes by himself. I wonder if his shoe laces were tied or did he have shorts on underneath his rain pants? Nevertheless, I am sure when he walked off of 15 not being able to win closest too that must have sent him spiraling to bogey ville.

Steve Maddox hung around waiting for Mr. Gray and we told him when turns the corner on 14 he should tee it up in the fairway out in front of Skip’s back yard and let it rip towards the back of the house and aim for one of the sliders that are possibly there and see if he can wake Skip up. Steve was probably happy Skip was a no show as Steve shot an unlike Maddox round of 52.

Well the dog bitten Appel and the “where did my golf game go” Glynn played a decent match but it looks like Glynn couldn’t capitalize on Appel’s 8 on number 10, as Glynn quadrupled 11 and tripled 13. Where oh where has Glynn’s game gone? Looks like brother Dennis needs to let him have more time off so he can gather his thoughts and play more golf. Practice practice practice…

Could the bad rounds of Maddox and Wilson be contributed to the fivesomes? I wonder…

Well last week May 28th Norm Pelletier has been vindicated as Joan Wilson trounced Stevie King. Joan is undefeated this year and against A players. So, if you are looking for a sub you don’t need to be a genius to figure out who to call.

Weekly Golf Stories for the Wilderness golf league

Joan Wilson subs for her baby brother Bill and smokes Norm Pelletier as Pelletier falls victim to the Rick Maloney curse of playing Ms ” I am playing for my baby brother” Joan Wilson.

“Mr. Perfect” Bob Trottier steps to the 7th tee even par and Ms ” I am playing for my baby brother Joan Wilson spouts out how “perfect he is being even par and Trottier proceeds to bogey the 7th and ends up one over par. Reminds me of sportscasters jinxing Pitchers when they are on their way to a no hitter etc..
Trottier still puts on a whipping to the Scottsman Jim Marnie. I think it must have been a little too warm for Marnie to play this week as last week he is the only person in New England wearing shorts. Those Scotts are real tough, But, I did notice him putting on someone’s rain pants. Wouldn’t want those legs to get wind burned would we?

George Vigneault and Tom Hale battle it out as Hale wiffs and has an O.B. on 9 to drop his match to Vigneault. Those duck hooks can kill you for sure. Tom’s steady play of last week left him and George’s trip to Myrtle beach is just what  the doctor ordered.

Sasso and McGill limp around the front nine on bad knees and Sasso drubs McGill with his long tee shots and McGills poor play. Sasso’s new Driver shaft has made his accuracy and distance much improved over last year. Now if he could get his putting game back to where it used to be he’d be all set.

Al Imlach struggles against Paul Comeau as Comeau has slowed his swing down and is getting more distance and better accuracy off the tee also. Comeau found more sand traps this he thought he was playing at Hampton Beach. Imlach swings for the heavens on 9 and stumbles his way up the fairway to a dreaded triple bogey on 9. Al has vowed to the driver home from now on. Check his bag next week as I will be in Washington DC next week.

Stevie King keeps Norm Comeau out of the clubhouse after their round as King wins the first 4 out of 5 holes and sends Comeau home hoping for a better round next week.

Rick Maloney arrives as the first group gets ready to tee off and Maloney is teed off for having to sit in traffic on the way to the course. As the first group approaches the 8th tee Maloney’s group is nowhere to be found. As the first group walks up 8 you can see in the distance the “yellow” shirted Maloney with his head hung low as he heads to the 5th tee, Maloney’s score card tells the story as he splits with Skip Gray. It was all quiet out there as we couldn’t hear the patented Maloney roar.

Rich Juknavorian salvages 4 points for his struggling team as he trips up newcomer Don Richardson.

Jim Waterman is a no show as he knows John Glynn’s only points this year are against him in week 1. Brian Steeves subs for Waterman and John Glynn’s golfing woes are continuing as another golfer succumbs to the uphill 9th hole.

Steve Maddox challenges the course as Mike Landry was being a great step-dad to his step-daughter. Maddox continues his steady play and takes all 4 points.

Bob Cairns and Ed English battle it out as they are neck and neck thru 4 and then Cairns pulls away and wins the next 3 out of 5 holes and triples the dreaded 9th hole.

Glenn Acciard’s play of late is turning around as he shoots a nice 6 over with a quadruple on hole 6. If not for that hole he may have been able to join Trottier as the only players in the 30s this week.  He played along side newcomer sub Steve Taug who struggled on a few holes but is looking to get back in the swing of things this year.

I heard sighs of relief  this week as everyone who contributes to the closest to the pin contest were relieved to hear Wilson was a no show. But, we all knew why Bill was not there and our thoughts and prayers were with the Wilson family as they mourned the loss of Bill’s wife’s mother.

So, until next time just remember to hit ‘em long and straight and slow that swing down.

Wilderness Golf League to Start April 2nd 2008

Our Wilderness Golf League starts this season at Campbell’s Scottish Highlands Golf Course on the above date. I just hope we don’t have rain on Wednesday’s.

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