GRUESOME 2000 – THE YEAR IN REVIEW
The
Gruesome welcomed three new members during 2000 – Neil Doherty, Tim Kyllonen,
and Ernie Woodruff. Bill Knapp
returned to regular Gruesome play after a couple years absence.
We bade farewell to Charlie Wineke.
At end of year our Gruesome membership stood at 43.
Gruesome
members and guests played 2,338 rounds at the Courses Fort Meade during 2000 –
20 fewer rounds than we played in 1999. We
also played 57 rounds at Eagles Landing (10) (arranged by Jim Stergiou), Marlton
(12) (arranged by Tom Busey), Worthington Manor (16) (arranged by Tom Busey),
and Leisure World (19) (arranged by yours truly).
JR Patterson set up the Williamsburg trip for 12 guys with rounds at
Colonial, Stonehouse, and Royal New Kent. Money
winnings and losses only were recorded for Gruesome play at Eagles Landing,
Marlton, Worthington Manor, Leisure World, and the Williamsburg trip.
Some number of other rounds was played at other various and sundry
courses by smaller groups for which I have no records or data.
There were four 9-hole matches played at Fort Meade – three on
Applewood and one on Parks. Among
the 18-hole rounds, three were played on the backs of Applewood and Parks; two
were played on the front of Applewood and back of Parks; and one was played on
the front of Parks and back of Applewood.
The
number of Gruesome playing days decreased by 11 from 1999 to 2000.
The Gruesome played on 157 days during 1999; there were 146 playing days
in 2000.
For
the 2,338 rounds played during 2000 the Gruesome compiled an overall scoring
average of 80.7 which was .3 higher than our 1999 scoring average of 80.4.
Play on Applewood course accounted for 977 rounds (9 more than in 1999)
on 59 days plus three 9-hole matches. We
played 1,294 rounds (96 less than in 1999) on 77 days on Parks course and one
9-hole match. Sixty-seven rounds
were played on 6 days on disparate courses, e.g., front of Applewood and back of
Parks. The Gruesome scoring average
on Applewood was 81.2 compared to 80.9 for 1999.
On Parks it was 80.3 compared to 80.0 for 1999.
Twenty-seven Gruesome members averaged better than 80.7 for the year; 16
recorded annual averages above 80.7.
Gruesome
play at Fort Meade produced 3,191 birdies during 2000 resulting in a
birdie-per-round ratio of 1.36. For
1999 the ratio was 1.37 based on 2,358 rounds and 3,244 birdies.
On Applewood course we recorded 1,319 birdies over 977 rounds – a ratio
of 1.35 birdies per round. On Parks
course we logged 1,783 birdies over 1,294 rounds for a ratio of 1.38 birdies per
round. On the 6 days we played
disparate courses there were 89 birdies over 67 rounds – a ratio of 1.33
birdies per round. Another 24
birdies were recorded during the three 9-hole matches on Applewood and 18
additional birdies were recorded during the one 9-hole match on Parks.
On a per-round basis (142 18-hole matches plus four 9-hole match days)
and not taking account of eagles, the Gruesome averaged 22.1 birdies per round.
For
the away rounds for which I have data, there were 19 birdies at Marlton, 16 at
Worthington Manor, and 27 birdies and 3 eagles at Leisure World.
There were 34 birdies in the 36 rounds played at Williamsburg.
There
were 53 eagles scored during 2000 – 3 fewer than during 1999.
Applewood course produced 31 eagles – the same number as 1999, and
Parks course yielded 22 eagles. The
hole most often eagled was #9 Applewood with 16 followed by #5 Parks with 9.
The first hole on Parks and #14 Applewood each produced 7 eagles.
#18 Applewood was eagled 4 times. Interestingly
#4 Applewood was eagled 3 times by Ames, Ladny, and Leith, all by shots from the
fairway. There were two
holes-in-one during 2000: Rod Frank on #10 Applewood and Ed Lundgren on #8 Parks
Play 18-Hole
Scoring Applewood Applewood
Parks Parks
Days Rounds Average
Rounds Average
Rounds Average
1997
160 2518
81.5
?
?
?
?
1998
171 2543*
81.0
978
81.6
1565 80.6
1999
157 2358
80.4
968
80.9
1390 80.0
2000
146 2338**
80.7
977
81.2
1294
80.3
*60
additional rounds were played on the “two backs” during 1998 for which the
scoring average was 83.3. **67
additional rounds were played on disparate nines during 2000.
Birdie Applewood
Parks
Birds Ratio Birdies
Ratio
Birdies
Ratio Eagles
Aces
1997
2914 1.16
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?
?
?
49
3
1998
3232 1.24
?
?
?
?
49
4
1999
3244 1.37
1345
1.39
1899 1.37
56
4
2000
3191 1.36
1319
1.35
1783 1.38
53
2
The lowest single day scoring average occurred on Applewood on August 26th
– 77.4 – with 27 guys. On Parks
the lowest single day scoring average was 77.6 on April 6th with 17
guys and again on September 3rd with 15 guys.
On Applewood the second lowest day scoring average was 78.5 on September
23rd with 24 guys. On
Parks the second lowest day scoring average was 77.7 on August 19th
with 24 guys.
The highest single day scoring average was a hide-your-face 85.6 on May
30th on Parks course. Ten
nameless guys contributed to that stellar effort.
The highest single day average on Applewood occurred on February 21st
with 9 guys – 85.2.
Only 9 guys improved their averages from 1999 to 2000.
The rest of us took on varying degrees of stink.
Improved
Declined
Lundgren 6.9 Immel
4.7
Knapp
3.0 Langendorf 3.9
S. Comings 2.7 Madrid
2.9
Ladny 2.0
McVey
2.8
Soderstrom 2.0
Ortiz
2.8
Busey 1.8 Leith
2.7
Riley 1.0 SR Patterson 2.7
Lively
.7 Baylor
2.6
Tlanda
.2 Dixon
2.4
Bowden
2.0
Karkos
1.8
Ailor
1.6
Romero
1.6
Buczek
1.5
Englar
1.4
Stergiou
1.3
Brunell
1.0
Jones
1.0
McCorkle
.9
McLeay
.9
Wood
.8
Alder .7
F. Comings .6
Hill .6
Hoffmann
.6
Bray .5
Greenberg
.5
Kyllonen
.5
JR Patterson .5
Ames
.4
Wilhelm
.2
Frank
.1
I pulled together another statistic:
percentage of rounds played with at least one birdie or eagle.
There was only one “100-percenter” in the Gruesome during 2000 –
Steve Comings.
2000
1999
% of Rounds
Birdie % of Rounds
Birdie
with a Birdie
Ratio with a Birdie
Ratio
S. Comings
100%
3.00
66.7%
1.27
Frank
97.2
3.00
96.9
3.19
Ailor
94.7
1.89
100
2.50
Kyllonen
94.7
1.42
50.0
.50
Lively
93.9
2.12
88.2
1.53
Bray
93.6
2.09
85.7
1.86
Hoffmann
92.3
2.31
100
2.56
Greenberg
91.0
2.42
94.4
2.71
Alder
88.7
1.92
88.5
2.01
Wilhelm
87.5
1.63
84.1
1.62
JR Patterson
87.2
1.91
89.0
1.85
Soderstrom
87.2
1.87
57.6
.88
Woodruff
84.6
1.62
Tlanda
83.3
2.00
72.7
1.55
F. Comings
83.3
1.50
86.4
1.91
McCorkle
79.1
1.56
80.9
1.90
Dixon
77.8
1.67
88.2
1.76
Hill
77.3
2.03
94.0
2.00
Ames
77.0
1.38
84.4
1.93
Jones
76.7
1.35
83.3
1.77
McLeay
76.0
1.35
81.3
1.40
Knapp
75.0
1.63
75.0
.75
Busey
74.3
1.36
61.5
1.08
Doherty
74.1
1.59
Riley
72.2
1.15
57.4
.58
Baylor
71.4
1.00
80.0
2.27
Ladny 71.2
1.14
58.6
.83
Wood
70.0
1.15
70.5
1.29
Brunell
78.4
1.18
66.1
1.29
Englar
65.2
1.22
80.0
1.40
Langendorf
64.5
1.06
McVey
63.6
1.07
78.6
1.17
Lundgren
60.0
1.17
28.6
.57
Ortiz
58.1
.98
78.4
1.39
Stergiou
57.5
.78
69.4
1.25
Buczek
52.1
.70
56.1 .80
SR Patterson
50.0
.63
61.6 .95
Madrid
44.4
.52
49.3 .70
Karkos 42.6
.57
44.2 .58
Romero
38.7
.54
43.4 .58
Bowden
37.5
.42
28.9 .47
Leith
18.8
.25
38.1 .57
Immel
0.0
.00
25.0 .25
There were 55 sub-par rounds shot during the year as compared to 59
during 1999. Frank had the low
round for the year – a 65 with four birdies and 2 eagles.
In all Frank had 8 rounds in the 60s that included a 66 with 6 birdies
and four rounds of 67. JR Patterson
had a 67 with four birdies and an eagle. “Captain”
Alder playing as a first pick had a 69 with 6 birides. Dag Alstad had one of the sub-par rounds – a 70 with four
birdies. Those who shot sub-par
rounds and the number of times achieved were:
Ailor
1
Jones
1
Alder
2
McCorkle 1
Ames
2
McLeay
1
Frank
27
JR Patterson 3
Greenberg 10
Tlanda
4
Hill
2
The highest round during the year? Let’s
not get into that just as we shouldn’t mention the name of the team captain
who shot 91.
The most birdies made by one person in a single round during 2000 was 7
– Steve Comings who managed a smooth 73.
Many 6-birdie rounds were shot. Frank
had 7 eagles during the year; JR Patterson had 6.
So
far as consistency goes there are those who play within a range and there are
those who play within the universe. Over
7 rounds Bray shot 75 to 82 – a spread of 7.
Cline had a spread of 8 over 6 rounds.
Frank kept it within a 9-stroke range (68 to 77).
Dixon and Leith were 10 strokes between their low and high scores.
The honor for worst spread goes to Greenberg. He
shot everything from 66 to 88 – a 22-stroke spread. Ames (70-91), Ladny (75-96), and Romero (73-94) had 21-stroke
differences. Busey (72-92), Hill
(70-90), Madrid (73-93), SR Patterson (73-93), and Wilhelm (71-91) spread their
low and high rounds by 20 strokes.
The most birdies made in one day was 54 and 1 eagle with 27 guys on
August 26th on Applewood. Three
guys did not contribute to the birdie production that day.
The Gruesome scoring average that day was 77.4.
The next best was 48 birds with 24 guys on April 1st on Parks
when the Gruesome average was 78.2. Four
guys didn’t contribute. The best
birdie-per-man ratio day was September 7th on Applewood when 14 guys
had 31 birdies for a ratio of 2.21 per man, and the Gruesome average 79.3.
The best birdie-per-man ratio on Parks was on April 6th when
17 guys logged 31 birdies for a 2.06 ratio and the Gruesome averaged 77.6.
There were entire teams that had no birdies:
threesomes of Alder, Wood, and SR Patterson; Soderstrom, Fred Comings,
and Ladny; and Ladny, Ladny, and Langendorf.
Even two foursomes got into the no-birdie round act:
JR, Busey, Ladny, and Romero and Jones, Ames, Langendorf, and Buczek.
On the other hand, some teams made bunches of birdies.
Bray (4), Hill (4), Jones (4), and Jimmy Romero (2) had 14 birdies one
day. Greenberg (6), JR (4), Jones (3), and Romero (0) had 13
birdies along with an eagle (JR). The
most birdies made by a threesome was 10 twice:
Greenberg (5), Ailor (2), and Wood (3) and Frank (5), Bray (2), and Ladny
(3).
The big payday of the year was shared by Greenberg, McLeay,
Busey, and
Madrid -- $38 a man. The big losers
day went to Greenberg, Hoffmann, and Karkos who forked over $12 each.
Dean Wood
