November 13, 2024
I hope you had fun in the Tuesday League season this year! Some of the highlights of which I am aware include, a hole in one by Bob Cameron on Sep 24 (on hole 2 – his first!), an under-par round of 68 (gross) by Andy Graham (from the blue tees no less!), and an even-par round of 70 (gross) by Dylan Fitzgerald in the Tuesday Cup Final to win the Tuesday Cup! I’m also sure that many of our players shot personal bests out there this season! Please let me know during the season if you have a special highlight that you would like to share with the group – these highlights inspire all of us to strive toward our own goals!
This year, the Tuesday League held 29 daily tournaments (22 individual and 7 team events) including our majors: the Tuesday 2-day Championship and the three rounds of playoffs of the Tuesday Cup.
The winners of our major tournaments were:
| Date | Tournament | Winning Gross score | Gross Winner | Winning Net Score | Net Winner |
| 7/9-7/16 | 2-day Championship, overall | +13 (153) | Andy Graham | +1 (141) | Steven Morrison |
| 10/22 | Tuesday Cup Final | n/a | n/a | -4 (136) | Dylan Fitzgerald |
| 10/15 | Round 2 Playoff (Sweet 16) | +2 (64) | Dan Fabela | -6 (56) | Dan Fabela |
| 10/8 | Round 1 Playoff (4-club) | +4 (74) | Mark Ohrenschall | -1 (69) | Bob Cowan |
Note that in this table I’ve only included playoff participants as the winners of the playoff tournaments.
Winning rounds 1 or 2 of the playoff tournaments was very helpful in getting to the Tuesday Cup Final. As you probably recall, 32 players entered round 1 of the playoffs, 16 players entered round 2, and 8 players entered the final. By winning round 1 (net) Bob Cowan went from 29th place to 13th place and by winning round 2 (net) Dan Fabela went from 14th place to 8th place, securing his place in the Final. The Tuesday Cup rules changed this year so that the playoff contenders competed directly head-to-head in net competitions (rather than using a 4x multiple of the points earned from the overall daily competitions). This ensured that non-playoff players did not impact the relative places of the playoff contestants, and hopefully, led to a more fair result.
We held 15 traditional stroke play individual events this year. The average winning gross score was 74.0 and the average winning net score was 66.9, which is an improvement over last year with 75.5 (avg winning gross) and 67.6 (avg winning net). We had net winners playing from all three of our tee sets, but no one from the golds won gross this year (last year we had two gross winners from golds (we also had more people playing gold tees)). The winners of our traditional stroke play individual tournaments are as follow:
| Date | Tournament | Winning Gross score | Gross Winner | Winning Net Score | Net Winner |
| 3/26 | Field Day | 72 | Mark Ohrenschall | 67 | Dan Fabela |
| 4/2 | Field Day – gold tees | 76 | Dylan Fitzgerald (gold) | 70 | Steve Spiegel (gold) |
| 4/9 | Field Day | 76 | Dylan Fitzgerald & Steve Brady | 70 | Dennis Mueller & JR Osuga |
| 5/7 | Field Day | 68 | Andy Graham (blue) | 62 | Andy Graham (blue) |
| 5/21 | Field Day | 75 | Justin Kim | 69 | Bob Cameron |
| 6/4 | Field Day | 78 | Gabe Weber | 68 | Ed Celentano |
| 6/18 | Field Day – Back tees | 77 | Gino Nathan (blue) | 66 | Mark McKinney (white) |
| 7/9 | Championship, day 1 | 75 | Gino Nathan | 63 | John Dealy |
| 7/16 | Championship, day 2 | 71 | Dylan Fitzgerald | 67 | Dylan Fitzgerald & Michael Foiles & Steven Morrison |
| 7/30 | Field Day | 75 | Dylan Fitzgerald | 68 | Doug Jones |
| 8/20 | Field Day | 78 | John Lloyd | 67 | Reed Johnson (gold) |
| 9/3 | Field Day | 72 | Mark Ohrenschall | 67 | Vance Wilson (blue) |
| 9/24 | Field Day | 73 | Dylan Fitzgerald | 62 | Danny Habeeb |
| 10/3 | 2-for-1 Individual NET | n/a | n/a | 70 | Jay Clark & Mark Ohrenschall |
| 10/22 | Field Day (TU Cup Final) | 70 | Dylan Fitzgerald | 67 | Dylan Fitzgerald |
Our average score on individual stroke play events was 89.5 (gross) and 76.1 (net). So, if you want to be above average in scoring for the league, you need to shoot around or better than bogey golf. But, you have plenty of company if you are shooting above bogey golf. My hope is that through steady participation, we can all play our best 🙂
We held 8 non-traditional stroke play individual events this year. The winners of our non-traditional stroke play individual tournaments are as follow:
| Date | Tournament | Winning Gross score | Gross Winner | Winning Net Score | Net Winner |
| 3/19 | Eclectic (drop 6 holes) | E (45) | Justin Kim & Mark Ohrenschall | -10 (38) | John Dealy |
| 4/30 | RWB (Individual) | 72 | Andy Graham & Mark Ohrenschall | 61 | Mike Mardesich |
| 6/11 | 1-man Scramble | 70 | Dylan Fitzgerald | 67 | Mitch Lewis & Oliver Rutz |
| 6/25 | Modified Stableford | 31 | Dylan Fitzgerald | 46 | Doug Jones |
| 8/27 | Modified Stableford | 32 | Mark Ohrenschall | 43 | Doug Jones |
| 9/10 | Sweet & Sour (blue/gold) | 71 | Andy Graham | 65 | Tim Rowe |
| 9/10 | Sweet & Sour (white/gold) | 75 | Dave Loy | 63 | Dave Loy |
| 10/8 | 4-club (all players) | 74 | Mark Ohrenschall & Karl Meier | 72 | Dave Loy |
| 10/15 | Sweet 16 (all players) | +1 (63) | Steve Brady | -6 (56) | Dan Fabela |
We held 7 team events (all using net scoring) this year. The average winning score was -8 (62.0) (net) and for both flight 1 and flight 2. The winners of our team tournaments are as follow:
| Date | Tournament | Winning F1 Net Score | Flight 1 Winners | Winning F2 Net Score | Flight 2 Winners |
| 4/23 | 2-man Scramble | -8 (62) | Jeff Schoening + Dana Greeley | -8 (62) | Steven Morrison + Tim Bowen & Bob Cameron + John Clements |
| 5/14 | 2-man Best Ball | -8 (62) | Cory Rockey + Marty Becker | -6 (64) | Walt Dickhoff + Tom Hom |
| 5/28 | 2-man Shamble | -6 (64) | Jeff Willaims + Jay Clark, John Lloyd + Stephen Capistran, Oliver Rutz + Randy Olin, & Gino Nathan + Vance Wilson | -9 (61) | Mitch Lewis + Ed Celentano |
| 7/2 | 2-man RWB Scramble | -9 (61) | Mark Ohrenschall + Dave Foreman, John Lloyd + Cecil Grant, & Jonathon Wise + Steve Marcias | -14 (56) | Jeff Williams + Tim Bowen |
| 8/6 | 2-man Chapman | -4 (66) | Dan Fabela +Tim Rowe | -4 (66) | Walt Dickhoff + Doug Jones & Jeff Schoening + Reed Johnson |
| 8/13 | 2-man Best Ball | -9 (61) | Scott Rusch + Dana Greeley | -8 (62) | John Lloyd + Bob Cowan |
| 10/1 | 2-for-1 2-man Best Ball | -12 (58) | Dana Greely + Blind draw | -7 (63) | Mike Mardesich + Dave Pope |
Note that Dana Greeley won the flight 1 2-for-1 2-man best ball tournament on 10/1 with a “blind draw.” A blind draw is a random player selected from the field that is used to make a 2-man team when a single player does not have a partner to play with in the competition. The single’s and the blind draw’s scores