Mr. A's Coffee Service Shootout

First off, I would like to thank our sponsor Angelo Simeonidis for his generous donation of gourmet coffee packages to all our participants. In addition, the flight winners will also receive a prize package once the handicaps and flights have been determined.

Windy, tough conditions were the order of day on the Weekend Tour at the Oaks of St. George. The toughest hole of the day was clearly the Par 5 6th, playing into the wind, with an average score of 6.6 . Kudos needs to go to Mitch Oldenburgh who birdied number six and pocketed a skin to boot. Special mention should go to Trevor Gaffney who birdied the always tough 10th hole.

The low round of the day, by six shots no less, was recorded by Jason Gibbons (78). This is Jason's second year on Tour. His previous low round was 75 at, you guessed it, Oaks of St. George, must be something in the water. Honorable mention should go to Michael Quart. It wasn't his lowest score on Tour but in the tough conditions his 91 has to rank as one of his better rounds.

The Weekday Tour faired a little better what with the weather cooperating. Number six was still the toughest hole of the day and Jack Bolzan recorded the only birdie of the day on that hole. I would personally like to than Heiner Rogge for not playing in skins as he and I made the only Pars on #7. John Coy and Charles Orchard picked up three and two skins respectively.

Nils Granholm continued his stellar play and won Low Gross with an 82. Three shots ahead of John Coy and a resurgent Jim Hunter. Mr. Hunter has claimed for two seasons now that he belongs in the Norman Flight and now I can see why, way to go Jim.

In the "I have a good excuse" category, Charles Orchard struggled to an 88. When asked about his round, Charles replied that he had just finished a gruelling three day golf outing representing a Toronto Golf Forum (Toronto Golf Nuts) in their annual Ryder Cup match against an Ottawa Golf Forum. TGN did beat Ottawa to take the Cup and as I understand it Charles was one of the stars of the team, so kudos to Charles and the rest of the TGN crew for their hard fought victory.