Tim Elliott and William Shifflett, from the Poor Boys Club, earned a third successive low-gross prize in the Maryland State Golf Association’s third One-Day event of the season at Crofton Country Club, May 31.
Elliott-Shifflett started on No. 10 and ran off nine successive pars on their way to 35-36–71 for the 6,474-yard course (Blue tees) that played to a par of 36-36–72 for all 48 teams in the full-field event. Two birdies featured the front nine including a “kick-in” at No. 1 and a 25-foot putt at No. 5. David Reynolds (Northwest GC) and Ron Thomas (U. of Maryland GC) shot 75 for second low gross. Earlier, Elliott-Shifflett had a 72 at Woodholme CC and 41 Stableford points at Eagle’s Nest.
Mike (MSGA eClub) and Ray (Links at Lighthouse Sound) Wankmiller also posted 35-36–71, but their 30-32–62 brought home the low net. Robert Harrison (Queenstown Harbor) and Ford Schumann (Chester River CC) opened with a back-nine 30, then slipped back with 35 to finish second net with 65. The highlight was a birdie at the 491-yard 16th, good for a net eagle-3.
For the men’s group playing the White tees (5,953 yards), Bob Berlinsky (Maryland National GC) and Jim Young, II (Beaver Creek CC) won low gross on a match of cards at 73 with Barry Andrews-Craig Whitaker (U.S. Naval Academy GC) after they returned 38-35 and 35-38, respectively. The winners started on No. 1 and got the tie with a birdie at the 18th. Al Montgomery-Randy Wolff (Wicomico Shores) picked up third gross with 75.
Earlier, Andrews had collected low gross with 73 at Woodholme CC, and last year, at Winter’s Run, the Wankmillers from the back tees and Andrews-Whitaker from the forward tees, each won a low gross with a 72.
Ron Brown, Jr. (Mount Pleasant GC) and Vincent Mayer (MSGA eClub) used all their 27 strokes to take the low net with 31-30–61, followed by a Super-Senior pairing of Robert Lerner (MSGA e-Club) and Robert Sherwood, Jr. (Columbia CC), 34-30–64, and Bob Filler-Roman Santana (Clifton Park GC), squeezed out a third with 33-32–65, winning a match with Jeffrey McCandless-Jim Meehan (Northwest GC), 31-34–65.
For the women, Joann Moreland (Enterprise GC)-Susan Wagner (Oak Creek Club) won low gross with 86, while low net went to Carolyn Feeley (Enterprise GC)-Deborah McDowell (Patuxent Greens GC), whose 22 handicap was enough to get them 35-32–67.
Steve Comings-Linda Senne (Crofton CC) won low gross by seven shots with their 76 in the Mixed division. Talbot-Susan Daley (MSGA eClub) won low net with 34-32–66.
The well-received format was 18 holes of Chapman /Pinehurst stroke play, gross and net scores. This is a modified version of alternate shot in which golfers compete in teams of two. Both partners play from the teeing ground and play the partner’s ball for the second shot. After the second shots, the partners select the ball with which they wish to score and play the ball alternately into the hole.
The next One-Day event will be June 28, at Turf Valley CC in Howard County.
The Leaderboard
Men’s Back Gross
1. Tim Elliott and William Shifflett (Poor Boys GC) 71 (-1)
2. David Reynolds (Northwest GC) and Ron Thomas (U. of Maryland GC) 74 (+2)
Men’s Back Net
1. Mike Wankmiller (MSGA eClub) and Ray Wankmiller (Lighthouse Sound GC), 71-9-62 (-10)
2. Robert Harrison (Queenstown Harbor) and Ford Schumann (Chester River CC), 78-13-65 (-7)
Men’s Forward Gross
1. Bob Berlinsky (Maryland National GC) and Jim Young, II (Beaver Creek CC), 73 (+1) (decided by match of cards)
2. Barry Andrews and Craig Whitaker (U.S. Naval Academy GC), 73 (+1)
3. Al Montgomery and Randy Wolff (Wicomico Shores), 75 (+3)
Men’s Forward Net
1. Ron Brown, Jr., Mount Pleasant GC, and Vincent Mayer (MSGA eClub), 88-27-61 (-11)
2. Robert Lerner (MSGA e-Club) and Robert Sherwood, Jr. (Columbia CC) 75-11-64 (-8)
3. Bob Filler and Roman Santana (Clifton Park GC), 77-12-65 (-7) (decided by match of cards)
Women Gross
1. Joann Moreland (Enterprise GC) and Susan Wagner (Oak Creek Club), 86 (+14)
Women Net
1. Carolyn Feeley (Enterprise GC) and Deborah McDowell (Patuxent Greens GC), 89-22-67 (-5)
Mixed Gross
1. Steve Comings and Linda Senne (Crofton CC), 76 (+4)
Mixed Net
1. Talbot and Susan Daley (MSGA eClub) 83-17-66 (-6)
Reported by John Stewart
