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.