After the first day of play at Shoshone, the score was tied at 6 points apiece. We won four of the singles matches, but lost two out of three bestball matches.

Captain Sean Biotti and his bestball partner Hank Rauenhorst led us to victory with their win Sunday. We won three singles matches and halved one. All three bestball matches went our way for a 9.5 point total on Sunday at home. The final score ended up 15.5 to 8.5 giving us the victory. This was the 14th year of Miller Cup play with the series now tied 7 each.

In addition to captain Sean, our team was rounded out by Ron Barker, Mike Biotti, Donny Knott, Eddie Fedele, Hank Rauenhorst, Paul Frasier, Dave Nelson, Kirk Nelson, Kevin Yrjana, Mike Cate, Tommy Pouttu, and Bucky Fulton.

Dave Nelson was awarded the Most Valuable Player award as he won both of his singles matches by huge margins. The only other players to win both days for us was the bestball team of Donny Knott and Eddie Fedele.

Nathan Whatcott bested the 10 man field Sunday to capture the net shootout crown. The first hole saw Vince Peterson eliminated as he knocked his teeball out of bounds. Damon Robinson was eliminated on the second hole. Jeff Doerschel miscued on hole three and went by the wayside. On the fourth hole, Ron Hagman went out. Ken Mayer failed to get up and down from the left side of #5 and was out. Hole 6 saw a five way chipoff. Whatcott and Douglas Johnson both failed to get on the green and had to rechip. Nate put it closest and continued with Douglas taking a seat. On hole number 7, Jerry Mutch and Dave Maple both went in the creek, but Dave survived as Jerry’s putter failed. Dave lost a chipoff and exited on #8. The final hole was contested by Craig Griffith and Nate and was won by Nate despite an errant second shot behind the trees next to the putting green. He canned a pressure five footer to garner the win and the winner-take-all prize.

Dave Nelson emerged as champion in the gross shootout on a rainy Sunday afternoon. Dave played flawlessly in garnering his first victory in the coveted event. Number one seed Sean Biotti was eliminated on the first hole with an out of bounds tee shot, recovered to make a bogie but lost in a chipoff. Tim Wild fell victim on #2 by losing a chipoff with Mike Biotti and Eddie Fedele. Paul Frasier went out on #3 after hitting his approach into the creek. Allen Fulton pulled his tee shot out of bounds on #4 and was eliminated. On #5, Mike Biotti failed to get up and down from the left side of the green and was eliminated. Hank Rauenhorst went out on #6, losing a chipoff. Pat Bitterlee went by the way side on #7 with a bogie. Don Knott made a rare bogie on #8, which left Eddie Fedele and Dave Nelson to battle for the win on #9. Both players made nice pars on #9 and continued to #10 for a playoff hole. Dave hit it left of the green in the trees, chipped out and got up and down for a 4. Eddie played just short of the green with his tee ball, but failed to get it up and down which set the stage for a chip off to determine the winner. Eddie chipped first from a difficult position from behind the green. His ball rolled about 12 feet past the hole. Dave chipped up to about 8 feet to seal the deal.