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2007
Final results for 2007 ... listed in reverse chronological order ...
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Tournament |
Finish |
Remarks |
Photo |
| Ledgestone Golf Course (Branson, MO) Last Chance Couples Tournament (scramble) (Oct 13-14) |
T-9 | A fun par 71 course, and an absolutely perfect weekend for golf (70's and sunny all three days). We started hot on Saturday, birdying the first three holes and holding on for a 67. Sunday morning brought a 7:45 am shotgun for A and B flights and it took us a while to get loose as we bogied three of our first 11 holes and limped to a 72 (139 total). The winners shot 128. Perhaps the biggest disappointment (and surprise?) of the weekend was the fact that we played the par fives +1 for the weekend (five pars and a bogie) ... ouch ... while we played the par threes -1 (seven pars and a birdie). |
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| Sac City (IA) Ryder Cup (Sep 23) |
2nd | Another beautiful day, and a more standard ryder cup format -- 9 holes best shot, 9 holes best ball, and 9 holes alternate shot (strict) ... only two other women in the field, and they were on the same team ... we shot 33-38-38 (109) (Greg had some problems in the best ball, but played better in the alternate shot) and finished second to a 104 (by the team that has won this event the past few years) ... there were several highlights: Greg sank a wedge on #1 for an eagle during the best shot, Debbie birdied #8 in the best ball, and we birdied #1 & #3 in alternate shot ... we had a very good time. |
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| Twin Lakes (IA) Ryder Cup (Sep 22) |
4th | A beautiful day ... the course was still showing the effects of flooding last month but was quite playable nonetheless ... sort of a modified ryder cup format ... 9 holes best ball, then 9 holes alternate shot (selective tee shot), then 9 holes best shot ... only one other woman in the field, so we didn't go in with any great expectations ... it was a long 7-hour event and we shot 32-37-31 (100) with a rather ugly triple (or is that redundant?) in the middle nine ... 2nd and 3rd shot 95's, and the winners shot 92, so we did well to finish 4th. |
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| Lakeside (Fort Dodge, IA) Kate Nelson mixed best shot (August 12) |
2nd | We hit the ball quite well for the most part, but I don't think we made a putt over 6 or 8 feet all day. We could only manage 3 birdies and we slipped up for a bogie on #15. So we continued our trend of shooting worse every year in this tournament (-6 in 2005 and -4 last year). We don't know the winning score, but it was supposedly only "1 or 2 shots" better than ours. In the group behind us Lynn played with Jerry and Matthew played with Angie to make it a family affair! |
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| Lost Island (Ruthven, IA) 2-ball (August 11) |
1st | A very short course way up in NW Iowa someplace ... converse to last weekend, the biggest green was about the size of our living room, and they probably would have measured about 1.5 on the stimpmeter. We were hot and cold all day, carding 7 birdies against 3 bogies and a double, but it was good enough for the victory! |
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| Sedalia (MO) Country Club Mixed Scramble (Aug 4-5) |
9th | Interesting course ... absolutely gigantic greens (we had a putt that we stepped off at over 100 ft!). We played pretty well on Saturday ... 6 birdies (including a string of 5 birdies in 6 holes when Debbie's putter got hot) with no bogies for a 64 ... and in a shocking display of accurate long-ball hitting, both Debbie and Greg won their respective long drive awards! But the payback came on Sunday as the long ball let us down big-time and we took numerous penalty strokes off the tee, suffering through 3 bogies and a double bogie against only 3 birdies for a 136 total. The winners shot 116 (59-57 ... holy cow!) and second was 128 (62-66). |
(photo taken with Greg's phone because he forgot his camera ... duh!) |
| West Bend (IA) 2-ball (July 8) |
1st | Wow, what a day ... except for a little slip on #5, we were playing quite well in spite of spraying our tee shots everywhere (we never did play a second shot from the fairway all day) and we were -3 after 13 holes ... but the wind had really whipped up in between nines and we started leaking oil with bogies on 14, 16, and 17 ... and then the wheels fell completely off on the last hole as we could only manage a triple bogie for a 75 ... but it would seem that everyone was having trouble with the wind and our score was good enough for the win ... go figure! |
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| Lake City (IA) 2-ball (July 7) |
1st | We successfully defended our title without even a single birdie this year ... the little greens of Lake City highlighted our less-than-stellar short games once again ... we started with a couple of pars, followed by a couple bogies, three pars and then four straight bogies ... but then we settled down and finished with seven pars for a 76. You gotta love a tournament that gives ribeyes for first place! |
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| Columbia (MO) Country Club His & Hers Scramble (June 23-24) |
10th | We shot 68 on Saturday, which was just barely good enough for Championship Flight (again!) ... we had trouble getting the ball close with our approach shots, and our chipping was not good at all, but we putted okay for the most part and had no bogies to offset our 3 birdies. On Sunday, we had to move back one set of tees, and we did a better job with the approach shots, but didn't putt as well ... two bogies and two birdies for a 71 and a 139 total (same as last year). The winners shot 127. |
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| Eagle Knoll (Hartsburg, MO) Bucks & Does Scramble (June 22) |
2nd | We stopped by Eagle Knoll on our way back from playing a practice round at Columbia CC for this fun little 9-hole event ... we teed off at 6pm and started on #8 ... we avoided making any bogies, and we birdied 1, 2, and 3 by making some fairly long putts, but couldn't birdie either of the par 5's and came in a stroke behind a 32 shot by one other couple. (The photo was taken after sunset, which is why it is a bit washed out.) |
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Rice Lake (Lake Mills, IA) 2-ball (June 3) |
T-9 | This course came highly recommended, and we weren't disappointed (even though it is almost in Minnesota!). Unfortunately, we continued our struggles from yesterday and shot an 80 (9 bogies and 9 pars, including two missed 3-footers by Greg on the front nine). We had to play 6 or 7 holes in a light rain, and the breeze was worth about two clubs when we were into it, but we still managed to have a good time. The winners shot 70, followed by a 71, then 77 and up. |
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| Newell (IA) 2-ball (June 2) |
T-2 | Okay, so we should have known that it was going to be a tough day when our cart died after the second hole ... as it turned out, we actually played pretty well on our first nine but couldn't make many putts and shot 36 ... the second nine was another story, as we hacked up a storm and actually felt fortunate to limp home with an 80. Essentially a true 2-ball, as in previous years. A 76 won it. (Greg and Norman fixed the cart that night ... just a dead battery, fortunately.) |
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