2014 CGA Interclub

From Captain Jim Eliassen:

Wow! I'm glad the Lone Tree GC matches were not resolved after nine holes as our guys played hard to help the LTMGC eke out a 19-17 win over a very strong South Suburban Team!

Mike Morong held his own by besting the +3 Handicap A Player from South Suburban by winning on the 14th hole!

Bryan Rowe and Shawn Brown battled on the back nine by winning the 17th and 18th holes to win 4-2 in their Four Ball and Individual Matches! John Aldridge and Mike Anderson plugged along on the back nine, holding up the entire course and won their matches 4-2. Mike came back from 3 down to win his match for the good guys. Mike was using an Abacus to tally the scores so he scared the Captain with his periodic reports as to how he and John were doing.

Bill Ross halved his match at South Suburban and the Maxer, Max B., won his match! John Stratford and Bob Berning won all 6 points at South Suburban which is a tremendous accomplishment.

Mike Anderson came from 3 down in his match to record a win for the good guys.

I was foreseeing a 23-13 whipping at the hands of the South Suburban golfers but we persevered!

CONGRATULATIONS, to a great Team fighting injuries and some tough opponents!

USA loses to Germany, But Advances to Knockout Stage

Oh, wait... that was the World Cup and Futbol. But just like the USA lost their 3rd round match in the Group stage, yet advanced to the Knockout stage, our Lone Tree team lost to The Meadows on Sunday, July 13th, but advanced to the Playoffs. Captain Jim Eliassen Reports:

The Meadows Golf Club put a whippin' on the Lone Tree Golf Club competitors 23-13. We had some very good individual results with Mike Morong starting off with a 44 on the front but a rip-roaring 33 on the back to beat his opponent. Mike's caddie, Peter Garvin, took the credit for the back nine score and Mike grudgingly accepted the credit for his front nine! Doug Moore fired a steady, 2 under par, 34-36=70 and lost to his opponent who shot a 71 with four pops from Doug. Impressive play from both! Randy Gaddis won his match at The Meadows firing an even par 72 and Steve Bryant shot 73 and lost in a tight match. The awesome team of Bill McDermott and Denny Schroeder took all 6 points at The Meadows! Dependable Denny fired an 82 in a practice round last Monday and fired another 82 in his match today! We halved some matches but it was an extremely tough day!

Unofficially, the Group 1 Results appear to be:

• Lone Tree Golf Club 61 points

• Saddle Rock/Murphy Creek 55 points

• South Suburban Golf Club 51 points

• The Meadows Golf Club 49 points

We'll report again as soon as the Results are announced on the Colorado Golf Association Website for the Interclub matches. Pairings for upcoming Playoffs will be scheduled in early August as other Groups have matches through the end of July.

From Captain Jim:

In a very tight match with some high quality golf, our team was beaten by the Kennedy Men's Golf Club yesterday. The final score was 19-17 in favor of Kennedy; 9-9 at Lone Tree GC and 8-10 at Kennedy GC.

We fired some great golf Sunday but simply got beat! Steve Bryant (2 under 70), Mark Gunther 76, Mark Massey 81 at Lone Tree. Doug Moore was in a tight match at Kennedy and birdied 16 and 18 to shoot 2 under 69 and win his match 2 Up! Brad Whitehead shot 77 and halved his match. Bill Ross fired a very steady 77 and won his match.

The rest of us struggled but we'll be back! Kennedy Men's Club has a bunch of solid players and we got beaten at our own game.

Thanks to all who participated and to all who participated throughout the season. We made the Playoffs and lost to a very good Club.

The Lone Tree Men's Golf Club will get their day again thanks to great guys like you!

Jim Eliassen, Captain

Bill McDermott, Assistant Captain/President

Mike Anderson, Assistant Captain

Karl Kiefer, Assistant Captain/Communications