In Week 14, 'Moving Week' as many like to call it, there was a lot of jockeying for position in the Team Standings race. Geeez!, led by Greg May's 12.5 point victory over Joe Ayers, took over the lead with a 27.5-17.5 win over Frys & Shakes. They were aided by See You on Mundy, who handed former leaders Steller a 29-16 defeat. Steller now stands in 2nd place, 4.5 points behind Geeez! These two teams will most likely determine the 2012 Team championship on the links in a head-to-head match-up in the final week. It is possible, however, that a close match between the two teams would leave the door cracked for either Good Luck! (13.5 points off the pace) or See You on Mundy (16.5 points off the pace). For instance, a 25-20 win for Steller over Geeez! would result in Steller ending up with 356.5 points and Geeez! with 356 points. In this scenario, Good Luck! would need a 34-11 victory over Frys & Shakes to tie for the Team championship, and See You on Mundy would need a 37.5-7.5 victory over Stickit & Lickit to do the same. Anything else besides a 25-20 win for Steller next week would make it harder for both Good Luck! and See You on Mundy to claim the top prize, and therefore it is probable that the Geeez! v. Steller battle is for all of the marbles. Greg May will be giving Jay Feller 4 shots in this match, and George Tzagournis will be giving Steve Geraghty 1 shot. Please discuss.
In the Individual standings, Jay Feller accumulated 3.5 points despite his absence on Monday. This is because this was only his second time missing league play this season, and as we all know, your lowest two point totals are kicked out. George Tzagournis garnered 3.5 points himself in Week 14, thus keeping pace with Feller. Tzagournis remains one point behind Feller heading into the final week, and although they are not playing each other they will be in the same foursome.....adding even more intrigue into the Geeez! v. Steller match. Tom Freiburger and Ryan Webb are both 6.5 points off the pace and each can win the League with a big win next week coupled with losses from both Feller and Tzagournis. Joe Barrett also remains alive for the top individual honor and would need a big win combined with losses from all four of the players ahead of him.
If the Commissioner has his way, the Geeez! and Steller foursome will tee off 15 minutes after the rest of the League next Monday (starting on #1) which would allow for everyone to be able to watch them come up the 9th fairway.
There was a three-way tie for Player of the Week in Week 14. Greg May, Rob Burkley and Ryan Webb all shot 40/36, and each won their match in convincing fashion. Congrats to all.
Below is the bracket with initial tee times for Black Diamond. There was a tie between Tom Freiburger and Ryan Webb for the 3rd seed, which Tommy wins by virtue of his 11.5-3.5 defeat of Ryan in their Week 2 head-to-head match. Please note that new this year we have calculated (in some cases) different handicaps for the Front 9 and the Back 9. This has resulted in 8 of the 15 golfers having a higher handicap on the Back 9. Good Luck to everyone over the next week.
