2016 CGA Interclub

Captain Cliff Brosius is pleased to report to the membership that our team was victorious in our first match vs Murphy Creek. Cliff wants to express his thanks to all who submitted their names for consideration.

Our team was competitive on their course, and won 8 out of the 18 points available. Our home team dominated the matches at Lone Tree and won 13 points, for a total match result of 21-15.

Special Kudos to Tom Fry and Joe O'Toole who swept at Murphy and Denny Schroeder and George Casey who swept at LT.

Cap'n Cliff Says:

What an outstanding performance! 12 players new to CGA Interclub competition took it to the Burb. A record 17-1 victory at LT plus 8 points at SS meant an overall victory of 25-11.

The teams of Kelley/Beren, Juracka/Lackey and Moore/Chavez won all 6 points. Nafus/Steele won 5 out of 6 points.

Anderson/Kiefer got 2 points by garnering ties on the 18th hole.

I'm proud to be capn of such a group of guys that never quit. Several of the matches were decided on the 18th. Jay Steele clawing for a tie all day. Jeff Nafus leaking massive quantities of oil from 14 in. Anderson/Kiefer winning the last 3.

When you see them give them a pat on the back!!

Tension thickened the air as our team prepared to go against the defending champs, Todd Creek, the club that knocked us out of the tournament last year. The tension only tightened when the scorecards were passed out, and we noticed that Doug Rex had to give 8 strokes to a scratch golfer. Tough duty. But Cap'n Cliff called all the LT players together and gave a little pep talk, figuratively biting the head off a live chicken. Result: the home squad solidly held serve, defeating the visiting Todd Creek players 12-6. Even more impressive, however: the LT travel squad took 'em down at Todd Creek, 13-5! So, 25-11 for the good guys; revenge is sweet.

Cap'n Cliff, selecting himself for the first time in the Interclub matches, never wiped the blood off his chin, and pinned his opponent with a birdie putt on 17.

Special kudos to the C players. Both home & away squads took all 6 points in their respective matches. Well done.

Cap'n Cliff is most pleased with and appreciates all of you who submitted your names and games to be considered for the squad. We have had very good participation and we want to make Cliff's job as difficult as possible with hard decisions to make in selecting the team. We especially appreciate the participation of members who have never played in the Interclub matches. For example, David Singer (19 handicapper) played in his first Interclub match on Sunday, got on top of his match early and never let up. Already up by about 3 on hole 8 at LT, David and his opponent both reached the green in regulation. David (and I) watched as his opponent solidly sank his birdie putt. David calmly sank his birdie putt on top of that, halving the hole. His opponent slumped away, muttering, "What the ... do you have to do to win a hole around here?"

On Sept 17th we played a quarter final match against the Meadows, with the result a 24-14 defeat. As you can tell from the time it has taken me to write this note, the result was disappointing as I believed then and now that we had the better team both from a talent and personal prospective.

We had 38 different players represent LTMGC in the matches and many many more put their name in the hat to play. It was both a hard and easy task trying to a identify the 12 man team for each match.

I want to offer my congratulations on a good season to all who played, I thought you represented LTMGC with dignity and class.

To all those that didn't get selected, try again next year! What makes LTMGC so great is the number of players willing to risk the strength of their game. Giving the Captain so many choices is what allows us to put the best team forward.

Although about a dozen players went undefeated in their matches a shout out to Casey Browning who won every match he played and was the Man of the Matches.

Special thanks to those of you who came out and supported your clubmates, especially Mark Cramer.

Special thanks to Mike Anderson and Bill McDermott for their assistance and support.

Finally, I appreciate the confidence shown in me by the Board by selecting me as the team Captain, Thank you.