This picture was taken on the tee off on #7 at Little Falls Golf Club.
You can see the intent of the golfer, as he winds up, with a big club is to destroy the little White ball.
By the way,those balls do not care if you hit them hard or soft , they will go where they want to.
note : the ball found its way into the jack pine forest on the left of the fairway.
sept 10th 2015
seniors thursday windup golf and lunch.
2 man scramble was the game of the day with each player having to use, two of his drives on each nine.
all players played from the red tees.
Starting on # one were the pairings of Wayne Thomas and Scotty Russell, and Ray Laquerre and Richard Lampi.
The other pairings were Brian McCallum and Harold Mosley, Jean Lambert and Don MacDonald,
Ed Kennedy and Ron Speck, Jerry Cripps and George Coulson, Pete Barna and Steve Splawski
and the final pairing of Vern Herbert and Allan Bruyere.
Jerry and George carried the day with a 73 and had 3 birdies on the day.
Wayne and Scotty
turned in a 74 with 2 birdies.
Vern and Allan shot a 38 on the front and a 39 on the back nine for a 77, they had 1 birdie on # 1.
Ed and Ron shot a 40 and a 38, turning in a 78.
Ray and Richard shot a 36 on the front and took a 43 on the back for a total of 79. they had 3 birdies as well.
Coming in with an 80 were Jean and Don, shooting a 38 and a 42 with one birdie.
the pairing of Brian and Harold shot a 40 and a 42 for a total of 82, with one birdie on the day.
Pete and Steve shot a pair of 42’s for a grand score of 84, the had a birdie on # 6 on the front nine.
After the golf all of the players enjoyed an excellent chicken wing lunch at Motown, thanks for looking after us for the season.
Seniors Thursday golf will continue until Little Falls Golf Course closes.
Over the next few weeks we will feature some of the players from the Thursday Senior Group
Seniors golf Thursday sept 3 2015
the golf started at 9;30 this morning instead of the usual 9 am start.
With the season winding down 15 seniors took advantage of the nice sunny day to play.
The format was a scramble, playing from the red tees all day. Each golfer had to use 4 drives on the day.
Ed made up the teams, 5 teams of three golfers each.
Ed, Jean and Brian,
Rudy, Barry and Harold,
Larry, Pete and Richard,
Ray, Don and Scotty,
George, Vern and Jerry made up the fifth team.
The low round of the day was turned in by Ron Speck (Rudy), Barry Anderson and Harold Mosley, with a 67.
Second were Ray Laquerre, Don MacDonald and Scotty Russell. their score was 71.
Third place went to Ed Kennedy, Jean Lambert and Brian McCallum turned in a 74.
In fourth place came the team of Pete Barna, Larry Brown and Richard Lampi with a score of 77.
The team of George Coulson, Vern Herbert and Jerry Cripps did not turn in their card and were given fifth place.
The windup golf and lunch will take place on Sept 10th with golf starting at 9:30 and the lunch after golf is finished.
Aug 13th Seniors golf
It was a hot sunny day with the temps near the 30 mark.
The five golfers who played in the rain in the falls last thursday,
were back home in the safe confines of Little Falls golf coarse, where you can play out of the rough from just about anywhere. Not like the Falls course if you are off the fairway you are in trouble.
15 golfers played today, with the format of day was a scramble with each player
using their drives two times on the front nine and the back nine. everyone played from the red tees all day.
the team of Ron Speck, Jean Lambert and Vern Herbert, were hot, just like the weather.
They turned in a card that had no bogies, but had 6 birdies for a total of 66,
which is the lowest round of the year turned in by a group.
Well done Guys.
Ray Laquerre, Steve Splawski and Richard Lampi had 4 birdies and enough bogies to get a total of 71.
Steve was the putter in this group and Richard with his wayward drives, tested all of Ray’s skill in recovering from the rough.
The Team of Brian McCallum sr., Jerry Cripps and Ed Kennedy scored Birdies on # 4,14 and 16.
They shot a 38 on the front and a 37 on the back nine for a 75 total on the day.
One shot behind with a 76 came Ted McLeod,Larry Meany and Peter Barna (he was the only golfer who got into the money in the Pete Peterson tourney last week in the Falls).
They shot a 39 on the front nine and a 37 on the back with a birdie on hole # 15.
The golf gods were not kind to the group of Franco Calvelli, Leo Lamarche and Scotty Russell as the turned
in a round of 40 on the front nine and 41 on the back, 81 on the day.
seniors Thursdays Aug 6 2015
Nine golfers were here Thursday morning to play golf.the weather was cloudy with a threat of rain.
Some of the regular golfers were in International Falls, where it rained most of the day,
to play in the annual Pete Peterson Seniors tournament.
The threesome of Barry Anderson, Gary Ladoceur and Don MacDonald took top honors with a 34 on the front
and a 36 on the back nine, for a total of 70. they had four birdies on the round.
Ed Kennedy, Brian McCallum and Jean Lambert score three birdies on their round and finished with a 71
Jerry Cripps, Allan Bruyere and Vern Herbert made up the final threesome, shooting 38 on the front nine
and matching that on the back nine for a round of 76
Senior golf at little falls on thursday morning will begin at 9:00 am.
registration is $5.00
the days format will be determined at tee time.
seniors Thursday:
The format for the day was best ball on the first 6 holes, alternate shot on holes 7 to 12 and best score on the remaining holes 13 to 18.
Those with handicap under 19 , hit from the white tees on the front nine and from the red tees on the back nine.
the high handicap (20 and up ) hit from the yellow tees on the front nine and from the whites on the back nine.
With this format the golfers with a high handicap played from the white tees had longer shots than the low handicap golfers who played off the red tees on the back nine.
Ed Kennedy and Jean Lambert led the way today scoring a 38 ( a birdie on # 7) on the front nine and a 43 on the back nine, for an 81, which give then first place on the day.
Gary Ladoceur and Richard Lampi came in with a pair of 41’s for second place with an 82.
They had their only birdie on the day on # 5 on the back nine.
Ray Laquerre and Steve Splawski shot an even par 36 on the front nine, they Eagled # 5,
( playing best ball, Ray hit the Green in 2 and Steve drained the eagle putt.) they then birdied # 6.
The back nine was not kind to them, as they shot a 47, they had the best score on the front nine . In spite of all that the turned in an 83 , good for third place.
Franko Calvelli and Scotty Russell had a 40 on the front and a 44 on the back for an 84, good for 4th place.
Fifth place was shared between the team of Barry Anderson and Vern Herbert, who scored a 44 and 42 for a total of 86, and matching that 86 were Ron Speck and Brian McCallum with a 45 on the front and a 41 on the back nine with birdies # 7 on the front and # 3, on the back nine.
Coming in with an 87 were John Williams and Ted McLeod, turning in a 43, with a birdie on # 5 on the front and a 44 on the back nine.
Larry Brown and Harold Mosley shot a 48 on the front nine but took 7 strokes off that score for 41 on the back nine. They birdied # 7 on the back. Their total for the day was an 89.
today was likely the warmest day of the season so far.
Seniors golf for July 23 2015
Each Thursday seniors golf starts at 9;00 am.
This week we are playing 2 man teams , Holes # 1 to hole # 6 will be played as alternate shot from the White tees.
The second 6 holes ( 7 through 13) will be a scramble from the red tees.
The final 6 holes ( 13 to 18) will be best ball . each golfer will have to use three drives.
As some of the golfers normally play from the red tees, some would be quite happy to play from the white tees or even the forward tees.
golf today at little falls
with sixteen senior golfers turned out today, the weather was nice and the bugs were not bad.
with the age of the group 50+, (most of the group are over 65) the format was 4 foursomes, teams chosen by handicap.
Each player played his own ball and kept his score, for the team score only the best score on each hole
was used to see who won the prizes at the end of the game.
Those with handicap under 12 played from the blue tees, 13 to 20 played from the whites and over 20 played from the yellow tees.(forward tees)
team #1 teed on #1 were Ed Kennedy, Jean Lambert, Pete Barna and Gary Ladouceur and they turned in a 76 for the 18 holes,
they did not keep their individual scores.
team #2 made up of Brian McCallum, John Williams, Jerry Cripps and Scotty Russell, turned in an eighteen hole score of 79.
No individual scores were recorded except for Brian and he scored a 92.
team #3 turned in the low team score of the day with a 73,
Led by Ron Speck with a 41 on the front nine and even better on the back nine with a 39 for an 80 on the day.
Richard Lampi Scored a 46 on the front and a 42 on the back for an 88, his best round in a few years.
Franko Calvelli with a 46 on the front and a 40 on the back and turned in a 86 on the day.
Leo Lamarche shot a 50 on the front nine and a 48 on the back for a 98.
Team #4. Ray Laquerre, Don MacDonald, Allan Bruyere and Larry Brown came in with a team score of 75 good for second on the day.
Ray shot a pair of 40’s for an 80 which tied Ron for the low round of the day, Larry Brown had a 44 on the front nine and matched that score o the back for and 88 for the day.
Allan shot his lowest score of the year with a 97.
Don shot a 43 on the front and a 51 on the back nine.
After missing last week because of the cool wet weather, which resulted in very soggy conditions on the course , today was nice and sunny with light winds.
Seventeen golfers were ready to go at 9:00 am.
Every week we try some other format of golf, this week we played the roll the dice game.
Handicaps were used to make up the teams, there were 2 teams of 4 players, and 3 teams of 3 players.
Ray Laquerre, Richard Lampi and Ed Kennedy had the best luck rolling the dice, only rolled one 6 in 18 holes. they ended up with the lowest score of 72.
Ed had a hot putter making puts from 20 and 25 feet. Richard chipped in from off the green on # 3 and Ray’s driving was right down the middle and long.
the team of Wayne Thomas, Vern Herbert and Leo Lamarche took second place with a score of 75.
Third place was captured by Larry Brown, Scotty Russell, Jean Lambert and Pete Barna. they turned in a 77.
Rolling the dice did not work well for the Team of Allan Bruyere, George Coulson, Brian McCallum and Gary Ladouceur, they rolled just about all of the worst shots and ended up scoring an 80.
Harold Mosley, Don MacDonald, and Jerry Cripps, shot a 43 on the front nine but recovered with a 38 on the back nine to finnish with an 81. they have the distinction of shooting, the only 7 of the day.
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