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2009 Club Champ Dave Nelson On Sunday, September 20th, Dave Nelson and Jaime Edwards engaged in the 36 hole final match to decide this year’s club champ. The first 18 holes saw the match see-saw back and forth with Jaime holding a 1 up lead. The first four holes of the second half of the match were halved and Dave squared the match on hole #5. Dave won #7 and #8 to take a 2 up lead into the back nine. Dave won #10 and #11 but Jaime battled back with wins on #12 and #13. They halved #14 with routine pars but Dave padded his lead to 3 up with a par on the difficult par 3 #15 to go dormie. Both players made pars on the 16th to end the match 3/2. Congrats to both players for some great golf this season. Dave will lead us next season as captain in defense of our Miller Cup title.

2009 Gross Shootout August 16, 2009 Ten of the club’s top players assembled on a beautiful Sunday afternoon to vie for the coveted gross shootout title. The first hole saw defending club champ and this year’s winning Miller Cup captain, Eddie Fedele, eliminated as he hit his tee shot OB and made a double. A vastly improving shootout and Miller Cup rookie, Darin Williams, exited on the second hole the victim of a 5-way chipoff. Veteran 2000 shootout champ Allen Fulton took a seat on hole #3, losing a chipoff to Hank Rauenhorst. Two time club champ (’96, ’05) Hank Rauenhorst ended his day on the par 3 fourth hole in a chipoff . Three time club champ (’92, ’06, ’07) Sean Biotti knocked his tee shot out of bounds on #5 which led to his demise. Up and coming Miller Cup rookie John Serrano stumbled with a bogie on the sixth hole and was out. Hole #7 saw 1990 club champ and 1999 Miller Cup MVP, Donny Knott, go by the wayside via a 3-way chipoff, leaving Jaime Edwards, Dave Nelson and Paul Frasier to battle for win-place-show. Jaime, coming off a solid performance in this year’s Miller Cup, slipped with a bogie on #8, which set the stage for last year’s Miller Cup MVP, Dave Nelson, and ever-consistent Miller Cup member Paul Frasier to go heads up for the title. They both scored routine pars on #9 and continued to #10 for a sudden death playoff. Dave failed to get up and down, carding a rare bogie while Paul cozied his chip shot up close enough for par to win the hole and the winner-take-all victory.

2009 Net Shootout August 23, 2009 The ten low net qualifiers for the year vied for the net shootout championship Sunday afternoon. The first hole saw Rick Rauenhorst eliminated, the victim of a chip-off. Bob Cameron stumbled on the second hole to end his day. On hole #3, Jeff Doerschel knocked his approach to the green over the fence and out of bounds. Damon Robinson lost a very close chip-off with Kevin Yrjana to go out on #4. Kevin Yrjana took a seat on #5 losing a 3-way chip-off. On the short par 3 sixth hole, a chip-off decided the fate of Herb Kinsey. Dan Ruff took a seat at #7, losing a 3-way chip-off. Mike Little, Chuck Wardwell and Vince Peterson survived through the first seven holes, setting the stage to decide win-place-show. Mike hit a nice drive, made a beautiful approach to the eighth green but made an untimely 3-putt to end his day. On the final hole, Chuck hit a monster drive down the middle with Vince in the right rough. Both of their approaches were just off the green. Chuck chipped up to about 8 feet as Vince’s chip rolled past the hole and just off the edge of the green. Vince lagged up to about a foot and tapped in for a 5, which gave him a net 4 with his stroke advantage. Chuck was now faced with a must make putt to extend the match to an extra playoff hole. His putt just missed to the right giving Vince the victory and the winner-take-all prize.