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ATAG
Ansley Tuesday Afternoon Golf Tour
Date: September 26, 2006
Issue #: 31
The Nickelodeon
Chronicling The Play and Behavior of ATAG Tour Players
Chief Editor
Don Nichols
Graphic Design Manager
Amanda Nichols
Sales and Marketing
Manager
“Pool Bar Dave” Nichols
Contributing Writers
Danny Morris
BACK NINE STRUGGLES CONTINUE!
AN OVER PAR DAY!
September 26, 2006
By: Don Nichols
Ansley Tuesday Afternoon Golf Tour
It was a gorgeous Tuesday afternoon that saw 16 ATAGers take on
the intimidating back nine in pursuit of the golden ale and, as
each hoped, maybe even the cash booty for the Low Net. Once
again, though, the back side prevailed as only two players posted
net under par scores. Two others did manage to shoot their
handicap, but, as the box scores attest, the rest of the field
hacked their way around the course to record some of the highest
collective scores of the year. Participating in this day’s match
were:
Team 1
Brad Reese
Mike Gutt
Frank Corrigan
Rich Hall
score: -10
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Team 2
Team 3
Team 4
Craig Sellner
Tom Thornhill
Ben Cass
P.J. Wade
David Danzig Kevin McGlynn
Henry Sawyer Jeff Colbath
Richard Gilmore
Tim Martin
Don Nichols
Ron Majors
score: -4
score: -4
score: -2
TEAM 1 DOMINATES AT 10 UNDER !
Early arrivals Brad Reese, Mike Gutt, Frank Corrigan, and Rich Hall
were the first to tee off and never looked back as they coasted
through the back side, getting to 6 under after only four holes and
finishing at 10 under. There was some drama on the porch as the
second and third groups ended up tied at 4 under and anxiously
awaited the arrival of the last group which mysteriously did not
arrive until some twenty minutes later, just barely beating the
darkness. The fourth group later explained they needed the extra
time to search for errant shots on just about every hole that
collectively earned them the right to be the day’s patron with a
score of 2 under.
Ansley Golf Club
1912
196 Montgomery Ferry Dr
Atlanta, Ga 30309
CORRIGAN WINS LOW NET! REESE HAS
LOW GROSS!
Twenty four handicapper “Lucky Frank” Corrigan, normally one of
the head liners of the next section, surprised everyone including
himself by firing an impressive 45, for a net 3 under to capture the
Leaders In The Clubhouse:
Low Gross: Bernhardt: 34
ATAG Record: Reese: 33
Low Net: Gutt, Sawyer: -6
(ATAG Record)
Birdie Leader: Tyber: 15
ATAG Record: Tyber: 19
Eagle Club:
2006: John Arnold
2005: Majors, Meagher
Best Team Score: -16
Eaton, Gilmore, Thornhill, Nichols
(Ties ATAG Record first set in 2005 by
Martin, Tyber, Healy, and draw
partner Kisgen)
day’s Low Net Purse of 16 bucks. “Lucky Frank” had two net eagles
and six net pars in recording his season’s best and leading his
team to victory. (Frank did not stay around for the conclusion of
the match so the winnings have been placed into escrow until a
ruling is issued by the ATAG Rules Committee.) The honorary Low
Gross was won by Brad Reese who shot 39, edging out P.J. Wade
by one stroke.
GILMORE EDGES OUT DANZIG!
It was a lot more competitive on the high side, but Richard
Gilmore managed to use a triple quadruple combination on # 11
and #16 to edge out last week’s winner David Danzig by one
stroke to capture high score honors with a score of 52. Craig
Sellner and Jeff Colbath had their chances, but fell a little short
with scores of 50 each.
MCGLYNN HAS SHOT OF THE DAY! (well, sort of)
Eighteen handicapper Kevin McGlynn earned “shot of the day”
honors) for his approach shot on #13 from behind the trees on
#
14. Showing utter defiance for the tree barrier in front of him,
McGlynn unhesitatingly took a full swing and zoomed the ball
into the heart of the tree branches—only to see the Ansley
hardwoods counter the assault by sending the ball back and over
his head in a high arc reminiscent of a jai alai shot that landed
softly some fifteen yards behind him.
BIRDIE CLUB ADDS TO ITS TOTAL!
Four birdies were added to the Birdie Club—one each by P.J.
Wade, Brad Reese, Henry Sawyer, and Don Nichols.
OTHER TIDBITS
● It as another pleasant evening on the porch as the players
conversed about their day’s round and all of the “would of, could
of, should of” opportunities. Nichols and Sellner told a couple of
jokes that elicited some genuine laughter and McGlynn followed
with a lawyer joke with mixed results before the conversations
shifted to even more mundane matters.
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Ansley Tuesday Afternoon
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Ansley Golf Club
1912
196 Montgomery Ferry Dr
Atlanta, Ga 30309
● Rich Hall revealed that he is an inveterate high stakes gambler
and continually successful at Texas Hold-Em poker , causing much
discussion by the group and suggestions by some that we should
start an ATAG Texas Hold-Em league. (the Commissioner
remained silent during the discussion but later noted that such an
endeavor does not conform to the ATAG Mission Statement.)
● Jeff Colbath, one of several ATAGers who are in the “investment
advisory” business (read stock broker) gave a “buy” stock tip on
British Petroleum (Ticker: BPT), citing a current 14% dividend yield.
No one seemed anxious to hurry home to await the next day’s
opening of the market but, you never know, the ATAG porch
could reveal the secrets of great wealth for those who follow stock
tips and pursue on line gambling (aren’t they the same?) at the
recommendation of high handicapper golfers with cocktails in
their hands.
●
Russ Jobson was a “no notice, no show”, but did make a
cameo appearance at 7:55 pm to beg forgiveness, citing a last
minute business conflict. The Commissioner showed leniency by
removing Jobson from ATAG Death Row and instead sentencing
him to “Double Secret Probation.” (side note: Richard Gilmore was
nominated, and curiously accepted the nomination, to be the
Executioner in the event the sentence of “death by boogada
boogada” is ever given to any of the players currently on ATAG
Death Row.)
●
ATAG veterans Mike Gaddis, Danny Morris, Doug Healy, Tom
Kisgen, Marty Arnold, Don Nichols, Rick Eaton, and former ATAGer
John McClymonds returned from their annual golf trip to Hilton
Head this past week end where they played 108 holes in four days
on four different courses involving several two man and four man
team matches and an overall individual winner for the four day
tournament. Don Nichols had a nine stroke lead going into the last
day but opened the final
round with a double bogey
after
topping the ball into the lake and struggled off and on all day
long under the pressure of hard
charging Marty Arnold, Tom
Kisgen, and Danny Morris. Fortunately for him, Nichols
managed to have a few good holes and withstood the
pressure and won by four shots over a relentless Arnold with a
four day net total score of 282. Kisgen and Morris finished third
and fourth respectively with net total scores of 293 and 294. This
was the first time that Nichols had ever won the highly
competitive ATAG Hilton Head Tournament . (which he
followed
up on Tuesday by posting his highest ATAG round of the
season. Oddly, all of the other tournament players elected to pass
this week.)
That’s it for this week. See you next week when we go back to the
front nine. The days are getting shorter so we will be starting a little
earlier for those who can make it. THERE ARE ONLY 4 MORE
MATCHES IN THE 2006 SEASON!
ATAG
Ansley Tuesday Afternoon
Golf Tour
Ansley Golf Club
1912
196 Montgomery Ferry Dr
Atlanta, Ga 30309
Box Scores: Back Nine: Slope 136
Reese
39
Majors
Hall
40
McGlynn
Wade
40
Nichols
Thornhill
43
Martin
Cass
42
Sellner
Gutt
44
Colbath
Corrigan
45
Danzig
Sawyer
47
Gilmore
47
48
48
49
50
50
51
52