2008 Blue Tee Wannabe's vs. The Sod Busters
 
[press release]
APPLETON, WI -- September 14, 2008 - The Blue Tee Wannabe's were victorious over The Sod Busters in Saturday's Third Annual "Ryder Cup" Style golf tournament at Mascoutin Golf Course in Berlin, WI. The BTWB's took travelling trophy by winning 12.5 to 7.5 in the 27 hole event. The matches started on time despite the rainy conditions but the field missed Paul DeLange, the captain of The Sod Busters, who was out due to injury.

 Blue Team
TeeTimeBlue Tee Wannabe's
9:45Brett Roth (4)
 Tim Woods (9)
 
9:52Nate Dosch (3)
 Rick Natrop (Captain) (6)
 
10:00Mike Milhaupt (7)
 Kurt Barnes (12)
 
10:07Ken Barr (7)
 Pat Szymik (7)
 
10:15George Monese (9)
 Andy Wittig (11)
Red TeamResults
The Sod Busters SCBBM1M2
Vic Houfek (2) 2 up4 and 32 and 12 up
Kyle Roble (13)
 
Sean Schwab (2) Square 2 up2 and 12 and 1
Dick Seiberlich (5)
 
Russ Anderson (5) 2 and 12 and 12 and 11 up
Pete Huhn (5)
 
Cory Steffel (2) Square4 and 31 up4 and 3
Dan Gullickson (3)
 
Jim Koster (5) 2 and 11 upSquare4 and 3
Don Duncan (6)
 
Key:
"SC" = 2 man Scramble; "BB" = 2 man Best Ball; "M1" = Match 1; "M2" = Match 2
"2 up" means the match ended with the team winning by 2 holes.
"4 and 3" means the match ended with being up by 4 with only 3 holes left.
"Square" means the match ended with a tie, each team taking 1/2 a point.




Welcome to the Third annual Ryder Cup style competition between the Blue Tee Wannabe's (Monday Nights at Eagle Creek) and The Sod Busters (Tuesday Nights at Eagle Creek). The date is set for Saturday, September 13th, 2008 at 9:45 at Mascoutin golf course in Berlin. Check here to check out their website

It will be $60.00 (or $29.00 if you are a member at Eagle Creek) for golf which includes cart and golf for 27 holes. We will have 5 Groups in the competition plus another 4some for the Alternates.

We will work handicaps into the single man matches this year. Our LeagueChief software calculates handicaps based on our home course/tee we play each week. More importantly, it also calculates Indexes for each player, and based on this Index, we can arrive at consistent handicaps based on Mascoutin's 119 slope. NOTE: It does not matter that some players play white, and some blue in their own leagues. The Index is what gets us all to a common number for the handicap calculation out at Mascoutin.

This year, each of the teams/matches won't be determined based on the sorting of the indexes. It was up to the Captains to put together the 2-man teams and matches. This should make for more strategy.

No meals are planned; you can eat at the turn and/or after during the awarding of the travelling trophy.

Hopefully all of the guys on the teams have at least one golf shirt in their closet of the right color. For some team spirit, the guys on the Blue team will wear blue golf shirts and the guys on the Red team will wear Red golf shirts.

We'll have a skins game for all 2-man teams that are interested in participating. $15 per man gets you in. $10 of that goes into the 2 man "team" nines and $5 goes into the last 9 for individual play. Get the Money to Paul DeLange before we all start.

Note: If you sign up, you have to be committed. We're counting on you to be there! Let Rick Natrop 858-4093 or Paul DeLange (507)261-0297 know ASAP if something comes up and you can't play. Let's all check in at 9:00 so we can make sure we're all on the same page with how the format works. Call your Captain if you have any questions/concerns!

As for the format, each of the 9's will be different formats, all of which are Match Play this year.
  • The "Red" (1st) nine will be a 2 man scramble in a match play format. Blue team plays White Tees, Red Team plays Blue Tees.
  • The "White" (2nd) nine will be a 2 man best ball in a match play format. Blue team plays White Tees, Red Team plays Blue Tees.
  • The "Blue" (3rd) nine will be a single man match play within each group. All players play White Tees. Handicaps will be used.
Points will be awarded as follows:
  • Red nine - 1 point per 2 man team for most Match Points won, so a total of 5 points available for the entire Blue or Red Team. (i.e. if Roth/Woods scramble team wins 5 holes and their opponents on the red team have 4 holes, the Blue Team takes 1 point.)
  • White nine - Same as White nine, so a total of 5 points available for the entire Blue or Red Team. (i.e. if Houfek/DeLange's best ball team wins 6 holes and their opponents on the blue team have 3 holes, the Red team takes 1 point.)
  • Blue nine - 1 point for each match, so a total of 10 points available for the entire Blue or Red Team. (i.e. if the Roth/Houfek match results in Roth winning 5 of the 4 holes in match play, Roth earns a point for the Blue Team and if the Woods/DeLange match results in a 4.5 and 4.5 tie, each of the guys earn 1/2 a point for their Blue and Red Teams.)


  • NOTE: There are a total of 20 points available for this year's Ryder Cup. 5 + 5 + 10 = 20


History Log:
  • 07/24/2008 ajw 7:00am - Webpage is published with general information. Commissioners are hashing out the details.
  • 07/24/2008 ajw 5:00pm - Updated Initial Teetime. Added more pricing information.
  • 08/13/2008 ajw 9:15pm - BTWB Indexes are locked since it's now end of season.
  • 08/14/2008 ajw 8:30am - SodBusters Indexes may change a bit from now to the end of season.
  • 08/16/2008 ajw 4:00pm - BTWB Evers is out; work conflict. Also, added Links to player details.
  • 09/03/2008 ajw 10:45am - SodBusters Team Update; Michalak is out. Updated Indexes; these are a lock.
  • 09/03/2008 ajw 05:30pm - Captains met and set up the matches and adjustments to the rules. Matches are Set!
  • 09/08/2008 ajw 06:30am - BTWB Mattson is out. Blue Captain is working on alternative. Expect an update.
  • 09/08/2008 ajw 12:00pm - BTWB Team has Kurt Barnes Playing.
  • 09/11/2008 ajw 5:00pm - SodBusters Paul DeLange is injured. Kyle Roble will be playing.
  • 09/14/2008 ajw 12:30pm - Results Published.
Directions:

1. US-41 S toward MILWAUKEE. 25.3 miles
2. Take the WI-44 / RIPON RD / WI-91 exit- EXIT 116- toward SOUTH PARK AVE. 0.2 miles
3. Merge onto WI-44 S / WI-91 W toward RIPON. 0.8 miles
4. Turn RIGHT onto WI-91. 16.8 miles
5. WI-91 becomes E HURON ST. 0.8 miles
6. Turn LEFT onto WI-49 / SPRING ST / CR-F. Continue to follow WI-49. 1.4 miles
7. Turn RIGHT onto CR-A / E COUNTY ROAD A. 0.3 miles
8. Turn LEFT onto PLEASANT VIEW RD. 0.1 miles
9. Turn RIGHT to stay on PLEASANT VIEW RD. 0.2 miles
10 PLEASANT VIEW RD becomes SEWARD DR. <0.1 miles

Mascoutin Golf Club N8646 Seward Dr, Berlin, WI 54923 920-361-4500