Seniors golf June 23rd 2016

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The Weather was perfect for golf today, sunny with very little wind.

17 golfers hit the links, for 18 holes of scramble golf.

Off on hole one was Harold, Ted and Ray, they toured the course in 73 .

they had one birdie and one bogey for a 36 going out and coming in they had 3 bogies and one birdie for 37. This was good for 3rd place on the day.

Hole 2 started the day for Vern C, Jerry C and Lance B,  They had a birdie on # 6 and turned in a 76 for the day.

Franco C, Allan B and Peter B, had three birdies and two bogeys and turned in the best score of the day, a 71.

Ed K, Gene L, Steve S and Brian M. started on hole 4 and score two birdies and a few bogeys on their way to a 78.

Richard , George, Gary L and Don Mac played from the 5th hole shooting pars on  the front nine and two birdies and two bogeys on the back nine for an even par 72, good for second place.

Each player had to use two of his drives on the front and two on the back nine.

All the players hit from the red tees all day.

sunny day for week 4 seniors golf

2016 week 4 seniors golf

this week the format was individual scoring and the best score from each hole was used
to determine the winning team.

16 players took part in senior golf on the first warm sunny golf day of the season

Wayne Thomas organized the teams for the days play.
Team one, Ray Laquerre, Wayne Thomas and Jean Lambert.
Team Two, Jerry Cripps, Don MacDonald and Pete Barna.
Team Three, Gary Ladouceur, Ed Kennedy and Scotty Russell.
Team Four , Steve Splawski,Vern Craven, Franko Calvelli and Brian McLeod.
Team Five, Allan Bruyere, Richard Lampi and Harold Mosley.

Only two of the teams recorded each players scores.

Ed Kennedy shot 47 on the front and 45 on the back nine for a total of 92.
Gary Ladouceur had a 47 on the front and 54 on the back, his total was 101.
Scotty Russell played the front in 50 and the back was another 50 for a 100 score.
their team score was and 86

Allan Bruyere played the front in 52 and the back with another 52 for a 104 on the day.
Richard Lampi shot a 43 on the front nine and a 53 on the back for a total of 96.
Harold Mosley turned in a 45 on the front and a 47 on the back, his total was 92.
The team score was an 80 on the day good for 3rd place.
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Ray, Jean and Wayne had the best team score on the day with a 72.
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Jerry, Don and Pete turned in a 79 team score.

Steve, Vern, Franko and Brian’s team score was a 84.

Seniors golf week Three

 

week three seniors thursdays

Another cool and wet start for the seniors on thursday june 2nd.

But that did not deter 12 of the most hardy of golfers, from enjoying the game.

the morning started off with a slow misty rain which lasted for the first few holes, then the weather got a bit better.

The course is coming along nicely, with all of the care it is getting from staff at the golf course.

The format for the day was 4 threesomes playing a version of best ball with a few differences
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off the tee all players teed off and then the best shot was selected, from there the second shot  was alternate shot,
once the tee shot was selected, one of the other two players hit the ball, then the next player hit the ball.
Once the ball was on the green then all of the players putted the ball until the ball was in the hole.

The team of Ray Laquerre, Harold Mosley and Richard Lampi had the best luck at this format and ended up with a
37 in the first nine and a 39 on the next nine for a total of 76 on the day. Ther scored one birdie during the round.

Vern Herbert, Ed Kennedy and Scotty Russell turned in a 85 on the day , good for second place.

Jean Lambert , Ted Mcleod and Wayne Thomas teed off on 1 and ended up with a score of 86 with a birdie on 11.
good for third place on the day.

Vern Craven , Allan Bruyere and Pete Barna ended the day with a 93, as they could not catch a break all day.

this format was not very popular and will not be used again as some playesr only got to hit the ball once,
or at best two times per hole.

Week 2, Seniors golf

Vern Herbert Tee off on # 7 2

Week two of the seniors golf season

The weather looked like the rain would start at any time but 10 hardy golfers braved the cooler temperatures to play 18 holes of golf.
the format for the day was best ball , with the teams chosen by their handicap factor . The teams were scored on the team net score.
team 1 ,Vern Herbert , Jean Lambert and Ed Kennedy with a combined handicap of 54.
Team 2, Brian Mcleod, George Coulson and Vern Craven with a combined handicap of 69.
Team 3 , Wayne Thomas, Gary Ladoceur, Richard Lampi and Allan Bruyere with a combined handicap of 77.
Team 3 turning in a round of 68 with 5 birdies and only one bogie for a low net score of 9.
Team 2 shot an 81 and came in second with a net score of 12.
Team 1 had 3 birdies and an eagle for a round of 70. thier net score was 16,good for third place.
The eagle scored by team 1 on the 10th hole and was the first this year in seniors golf.
Jean Lambert chipped in from about 60 yards out for a great eagle, congrats to the # 1 team of Ed Kennedy, Vern Herbert and Jean Lambert.

Next Seniors  golf is on thursday June 2, see you there.

 

seniors golf season begins

Senior men’s golf 2016

May 19th

the new season stated off with 15 senior golfers, ( if you are 50 years old you can play seniors golf on Thursday morning)

The seniors were greeted with a nice sunny morning , Greens in good shape and dry hard fairways, for this time of the year.

All the players names were put in a hat and drawn to make up the teams.

they played best ball and each player had to use his drive at least 2 times for each nine holes.
all players played from the red tees.

the team of Ron(Rudy) Speck, Jean Lambert and Vern Herbert shot a 71 with 3 birdies and 2 Boggies.
Rudy Played a lot of golf during the winter in texas and it showed as he led his team to the best score of the day.

Ted McLeod, Allan(Spud) Bruyere and Ray Laquerre turned in a score of 72 to capture the # 2 spot on the day.

Vern Craven, Pete Barna and Jerry Cripps shot a 73 to wrap up third place on the day.

Ed Kennedy, Brian McLeod and Eli Kempf had a score of 77 as did the team of Brian McCallum, Richard Lampi and George Coulson.

Golfing Heron Landing

heron landing golf course

 

 

On Friday may 6th, a nice warm sunny day with a slight breeze on the front nine, turned into a windy day for the last nine holes..

Three senior golfers from little Falls golf club, Wayne Thomas, Richard Lampi and Ray Laquerre met up with Gordon Hoskins from the Kitchen Creek golf course to Play at Heron Landing which is on Frog Creek in the Couchiching First Nation Reserve.

Heron Landing Golf Course is a very well looked after course with 5 different tee off’s, with the black tees playing 7136 yards for par 72.

The reds play the shortest with a total of 4589 yards. We played the white tees with the total length of 6211 yards.

Wayne shot the lowest score of the day 88 and had 1 birdie, Gordon shot a 94, Richard shot a 98 with one birdie and Ray turned in a 101 with one birdie.

Each player sampled the water at least once as the water comes into play on 12 of the 18 holes. Ray tested out a few of the sand traps as well and visited  some of the rough.

It was a pleasant day on the course, the course at Little Falls had not opened yet so the players drove 90 miles to play at Heron Landing.

 

 

 

 

 

Pre Season golf course repairs

For the first time in many years a group of senior golfers, were allowed  to do some volunteer maintenance on the red tees on the first hole at Little Falls Golf Course.

This tee off had a slope which caused the right-handed golfers having to hit from a downhill lie and the left-handed had an uphill lie.

Now that the tee is level all golfers should be able to score at least one stroke better on this hole.

Thanks Goes to Ray Laquerre and the recreation director Nicole Halasz. of the Township of Atikokan as well as the Union for their cooperation enabling the senior golfers to do this work to make the golfing experience better for all the golfers.

Thanks also goes to Tramin for the loan of a front end loader to move the soil to the tee area and to Oggie’s Landscaping for his tools and expertise in removing and replacing the sod.

Many thanks to those who helped in the work, Ray Laquerre, John Williams, Pete Barna, Jean Lambert, Tod Bryck, Wayne Thomas, Larry Ogden, Richard Lampi, Rick Cain.

 

 

 

 

 

Driftwood Classic Winter Golf Tourament

driftwood classic players

the players in the driftwood classic from about 2004.

Max Clement has been hosting this event for many years.  The layout is for 18 holes, and depending on the weather it is sometimes shortened to only 9 holes.

the front nine is 1770 yards and the parr is 37.  The back nine is much longer and plays 2403 yards long, the par is the same as the front nine, 37.

Hole # 13 plays 500 yards long and if there is any snow on the ice it is very hard to reach. conditions must  be good to play the 18 holes.

You can walk the course, use a 4 wheeler or a snow machine to get around.

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