Baker's Dozen

Baker's dozen, that about sums up the game of yours truly, John Schantz, today. Birdie opportunities at 1,2,4,5,7,8,9,10,11,16,17 & 18 plus a short, makable chip on #6. How many went in the hole? None. Zip, zero, zilch, nil, nada, nothing. Tough luck, have a little cheese with your wine, John. Nobody cares! So, let's talk about all the "lucky" shots everyone else made today. John Teegardin with the sandy on #3 to a back pin, Jim Mason, Brad McAreavy and Mike Labue with birdies on #6 (Mike's from 45' just off the green). Rich Johnson from 25' for birdie and team win on #8 -nice recovery after missing the 2 1/2 footer for a team win on #7. Johnson, again, from 30' just off the front of #11 for the only field birdie to tie the team of Schantz & Jim Mason. LaBue from 25' on #13 for a great birdie, as we played from the back tee, for a field win. Johnson for the birdie, greenie on #14 and a team win. McAreavy for the sandy, birdie on #16, making the 15 footer for what turned out to be a team win. All told there was a season high 18 marks today Last but not least, John "ATM" Teegardin on #18. John is the only person with a stroke and Mike LaBue was the lucky man as Mike was chosen captain. John punched the buttons, made his routine net 3 and walked away with our money again. With all the marks and the win on #18 it was either a big win or big loss day for everyone. No one could hide in the weeds and skate by with minimal damage. The smallest loser was -$12.50 and the smallest winner was +$8.5 everyone else was above or below those amounts. Special mention must be made of Mike "I've never gotten a good break in this game in my life" LaBue's game results today at +$19.5. His second best day ever and a season high. Mike was finally in the right place at the right time and he helped his own cause with the nice birdies on #6 & #13. Game Summary: Number of players: 7 Total Marks: 16 Mark Leader: Rich Johnson with 5 Overall Leader: Rich Johnson & Mike LaBue $15.50 each.