This Pinseeker outing, our first of the New Year, was met with, in the words of Johnny Nash and his 1972 recording, “I can see clearly now the rain is gone … it’s gonna be a bright, bright sun shiny day.” Almost perfect for golf except a bit chilly for us “gentlemen of a certain age.”
Today, we welcomed two new members, Larry Dorsey, joining us from the Ironmen, and Bob McAdams, a new resident who’s been in The Villages for four months.
Fourteen Pinseekers played the Long Course back nine enjoying the well-tended fairways and greens. Surprisingly, after a long holiday hiatus, we had a better than normal day of putting with Chris Corpus and Jim White needing only 14 putts for the nine greens, while Frank Garcia and Larry Dorsey finished at hole nine with 15 putts for their round.
Our top four finishers (no ties this day) were Mario Silva in fourth place with net three over par, third place was snagged by Will Ector with net two over par, Chuck Benjamin came off the course with a net one over par, and Chris Corpus finished his round with a net two strokes under par 34.
We are back at it on Friday, January 24, and continue with our noon start times until April 26. We are scheduled to return to our “summer schedule” with an 8 a.m. tee first tee time the first Friday in May. Scott Steele, Director of Golf, has offered us an alternative of maintaining our noon start time for the entire year. I know that there are both pros and cons to this option. Please let your board know if you want the 12-month noon starts or the split year 8 a.m. summer and noon winter start to continue. Email Jim White at whit3744@pacbell.net; Chuck Benjamin at chbenj@sbcglobal.net; Jack Bindon at jnb33@sbcglobal.net; Mario Silva at mariofsilva1959@gmail.com.
We invite all Villager men to join us on a Friday afternoon for nine holes of a game that we all love. Our current membership has GHIN ratings from a low of 15.4 to a high of 42.1. Regardless of our index or handicap, we all share the “skill” (in the words of Pinseeker Walter Lucas) of being “consistently inconsistent.”
