MAY 2017

May 13: Member-Guest. Great friendship in this event that is more like "Friend-Friend" Tournament, as we allow members invite other members to the tournament. As last year, we had guests from as far as far as Arizona on the west, and as far as Pennsylvania on the east. Joe Wynn, Greg Dodson and Craig Martin have hosted these super nice group of people that they met on a trip to Cancun in 2015. And of course, the usual friends from in town or neighboring cities... all are welcome here!

The Tournament started with a horse race on Friday the 12th, and we had two flights, "Studs" and "Nails"... you figure out who is who...In one flight, Rusty Wilson and brother Gary won on the 9th hole against Craig Martin and Shanw Dunphy (Arizona), Joby Gray and Logan Gore came in 3rd. In the other flight Heath Martin and Kim Jordan won for the second yer in a row, they were followed by Greg Dodson and Jim Skelnik, and in third, Ricky Nagle & Brandon Engel.

In the tournament, there are no ties and all ties are settled on the golf course with an actual playoff, if same score listed, final results are in order after playoff:

"A":
57-Keegan Hall & Toby Davis; 59-Mark Fairchild & Andrew Albert; 59-Joby Gray & Logan Gore

"B"
62-Barry Trotter & Tate Trotter, 63-Craig Martin & Shawn Dunphy, 63-Craig Phelps & Kelly Smith, other 63's Rusty Wilson & Gary Wilson, David Poole & Travis Poole

"C"
66-Jeff Donaghey & Eddie Savage; 67-Kelsi Wilson & Julie Recker (*); Ann Cowan-Michael Cowan
Other 67's James Ainsworth & Wes Marshall and Heath Martin and Kim Jordan

"D"
69-Brad Spitzer & Cody Varnell; Joe Wynn & Ken Recker; Rusty Ridling & Chad Cummins

(*) While taking pictures I witnessed some very nice shots, but none as exciting as in the playoffs, where Kelsi Wilson made it possible for her team to win the five way playoff for 2nd and 3rd places. On the first playoff hole (#1), with the hole stuck on the back left of the green, Kelsi and Julie's second shot was about 35 left of the green, with very little green to work with and a slight breeze coming from the south, it was nearly an impossible shot... Kelsi flopped her wedge, hit on the fringe and rolled to about 6 feet and then rolled it in to continue. On the second hole, Ann & Michael, had a birdie putt fro 4 feet, and Kelsi and Julie a putt from 20 feet, a putt that Kelsi rolled in to tie the hole rar, it was special, with several seniors graduating, three of them being the best in their respective teams: Kinsley Hall, Kelcee Millican and Colin Dyson, along with Conner Carlucci, Sierra Stout and Morgan Graham. Coaches Tim Ellison and Brian Hunt gave nice heart-felt speeches about their teams

May 8-9: Boys State Tournament. Boys started with a so-so, 307 and were several shots back of second, but, on the second round, aided by even par rounds of 72 by Colin Dyson and Conner Carlucci, the team had a 300 and pulled within two shots of second place. On the third and final round, the team ran out of steam and finished fourth. Nonetheless, it was a much better finish that no one expected after the first three tournaments of the year, including our local invitational where Elk City finished a disappointing fourth. Best player in the state tournament was Conner DeWitt with a 222 total .

May 6: Third Annual Path To Golf Tournament went great with a total of 20 teams and 78 players. Prior to the tournament, Shawn Wilson started with a prayer and host Jeremy Gray gave us several examples of why Path to Miracles and Rob's Ranch are places to support people with addictions. I personally had a request of having four of our kids who made a team (Baylar Barnett, John Harguess, Sam Firth and Tate Trotter) play with the Rob's Ranch team, all of whom are an inspiration to all of us, and especially Jason who despite his handicap of not having arms, plays great golf.... I wanted these kids to see how people can overcome obstacles with trust in God and personal will power. Neither team disappointed anyone, in the end, Jason wanted their autograph and was sent a cap with all four kids' signatures. We had three flights, and the results are as follows:

A:
51 - "Gary's 4" Gary Higginbotham, Kaitlyn Clarke, Kevin Clarke, Arthur Wilkins
52 - "Joby's Crew" Joby Gray, Eric Fox, Terry Stone, Logan Gore
54 - "Riverside's Best, Chris Martin, Clinton Simon, Perry Adams, BEar Aneshansley

B:
T55 - "Moran Equipment", Brad Harguess, Toby Davis, Brian Carnes, Keegan Hall
T55 - "Brian's Kids", Brian Hunt, Justin Twyman, Blake Johnson, Jordan Williamson
T56 - "Kim's Foursome" Kim Jordan, Joe Wynn,Rusty Wilson, Greg Dodson
T56 - "Family's Business" Ann Cowan, Sean Cowan, Michael Cowan, Ryder Cowan

C:
T59 - "Tinny Boppers" Baylar Barnett, Sam Firth, Tate Trotter, John Harguess
T59 - "Pellow House" Jeff Westphalen, Jeff Hobby, Rodge Dwinelle, Dennis Maddon
60 - "Justin's Band" Justin Ediger, Mike Stout, Terry Jordan, Jimmy Busselato

May 3-4, Girls State Tournament: Our girls never really got it going and it was not their best week of golf, despite the higher than usual scores, they came in third place in the tournament, and both, Kinsley Hall and Kelcee Millican made "All State". Kinsley will be playing college golf for St. Gregory University.

May 1st: Boys Regional in Weatherford proves to be a very challenging test where boys qualified for the State Tournament by placing third, the last available spot. In a very windy day, our kids shot, 318 and 307 for a 625 total. Conner DeWitt (75-75) and Tate Trotter (76-74) shot 150's, Baylar Barnett 156 (79-77), Colin Dyson 169 (88-81), John Harguess 180 (85-95).

April 25: Girls win Regional 4-A Tournament. Kinsley Hall is medalist with a 71, Kelcee Millican 3rd with a 79. Bayllee Miller shot 80, Sierra Stout 91 and Morgan Graham 112. The team's total was 321. Hard to say what their chances are, but if all regional tournaments, which are played all over the state, are an indication, they only got beat by one team across the state. Newscastle was second with 360, and Clinton was third with 378. Chloe Black, from Newcastle, last year's individual champion, shot a 75.