This week’s leaderboard looked crowded when three Flight 1 foursomes finished with matching 17-under scores behind a first-place 20-under net par team. The game on Terrapin Point was Rotation, a challenging match that required teams to take three net scores on the hardest holes (handicaps 1-6), exactly two net balls on the middle handicap holes and just one ball on handicap holes 13-18.
Standing alone at the top of Flight 1 were Grant Buchanan, Dave Johnson, David Ryan and Jim Higbee. Among the second-place tie teams were Bob Clement, Steve Thomas, Ted Bumsted and Mike Allen. Also in second were Brian Harkelroad, Jack Welch, Ed Suleski and Keith Brown. The third team to “place” included Joe Becker, Tom Hickey, Steve Voss and Bob Banuski.
In Flight 2 there was a clear first-second-third place finish. The winning team with 18-under was composed of Edgar Yu, James Headley, Dan Malachuk and Randy Choat. Carding 17-under for second place were Greg Maloof, Rich Emmons, Michael Peebles and Bob Meng. Bringing up the “show” spot with 15-under were Steve Shulman, Bill Tomassini, Charles Moore and Jay Carey.
Although golfer Bret Hardy’s team finished farther down the leaderboard, the Detroit native had a day to remember with three birdies on his scorecard—two for net eagle skins—on his way to shooting a 77. On hole 2 he hit a flop shot over a bunker and watched it jump into the hole on its second bounce, and on number 6 he drained a 30-foot putt to close out the hole. “A good round for me but not a personal best,” said Bret, adding “It was a fun day on the course, for sure!”
Net eagle skins were also collected by Rich Matos, Bill Delaney, Greg Maloof, Sonny Brownlee, Bob Banuski, Mike Morris, Jim Higbee and Michael Peebles, while John Garone earned a skin for his uncontested birdie.
MEMBERSHIP NOTES
John and Judy Threlfall are new to LMGA but not to The Landings, being second-generation homeowners who have enjoyed coming here since the 1980s. They inherited their home from Judy’s father, a Savannah native who retired and built here when there were very few homes on the island. They still have a house in Connecticut and are members in a golf club up North, and although John continues to work (remotely) he says it’s hard to resist the lure of the links when surrounded by the courses we get to play on.