Pyramids 19 Oh boy that sucked

Last weekend I played in the Pyramids 19 tournament in Leicester MA. I wish I could report my great win there but I am afraid that it was not to be. I started on hole 2 and was pretty happy I got to play with Sean Breslin and Mike Dussault. Mike plays an amazing game and it was a pleasure just to see him throw, Sean is one of the nicest guys I have met in NEFA.
Play went decent but not great for me, my best at this course is a 63 on the long course and 59 on the short. On this day I was just bad. The long I can not complain too much about. I was within 5 of my best so no camplaints on that, shot a 67. Problem was I hit my hand really hard on a small tree on hole twelve and then my game was not the same. I was playing decent with the chance of really beating my best score but did not have anything below a four on a hole after my hand swelled up.
Round two continued the assault on my nerves, I played awful and finished the short course with a 68, ouch! This was so bad I really considered going home. My hand was a balloon, I was pissy but trying not to say anything out loud, and fading fast. When the event ended all I could think about was getting away from this place like it was the courses fault. I was a bit of a sore loser and feel bad about it now. It was just I have not played that poorly in the 3 years I have been doing tournaments.

Pyramids 19
Pyramids / Leicester, MA / June 21, 2008
TDs Kelley & Jason Southwick
One round on Golds and one round on Silvers


Pro ($720)
# Players 1st 2nd Total Cash
1 Billy Dunne (won playoff) 58 47 105 $240
2 Shane Peters 57 48 105 $165
3 Mike Dussault 57 51 108 $110
4 Matt Stroika 62 47 109 $85
5 Josh Rogers 58 52 110 $70
6 Dan Ouellet 57 54 111 $50
7 Greg Wintrob 61 53 114
8t Joseph Yaskis 62 54 116
8t Pete Johnson 63 53 116
10t Jim O’Hara 63 56 119
10t Juano Flores 62 57 119
10t Gary Cyr 62 57 119
13 Daniel Marcus 67 55 122
14 Ben Dunlap 65 60 125
15t James Lane 70 60 130
15t Whit Cooper 70 60 130
Pro Masters ($175)
1 Joe “Lick Me” Proud 62 52 114 $110
2 John Dickison 63 53 116 $65
3 Stephen Ditter 59 58 117
4 Pat Skidd 62 56 118
5 Sean Breslin 71 55 126
6 Doug Bechtel 73 62 135
Pro Grandmasters ($105)
1 Rich Fenton (won playoff) 64 62 126 $65
2 Rick Williams 70 56 126 $40
3 Bradley Arnall 68 59 127

Advanced Men ($700 in MS Dollars)
1 Keith Burtt 62 49 111 $160
2t Aaron Ala 56 56 112 $90
2t Josh Barden 59 53 112 $90
4t Shaun LaForce 62 52 114 $55
4t Justin White 60 54 114 $55
6 David Frothingham 64 52 116 $40
7t Jasin Bayer 62 55 117 $33.50
7t Clayton Davidson 62 55 117 $33.50
9 Chris Irvine 64 55 119 $28
10t David Backstrom 64 57 121 $25
10t Matt Heenan 61 60 121 $25
12t Robert Direnzo 64 58 122 $21
12t Donald Boutin 61 61 122 $21
14t Steve Solbo 66 57 123 $9
14t Mike D Andrews 65 58 123 $9
16t Brian “Cuzz” Thompson 66 58 124
16t Matt Noonan 64 60 124
18t Mark Valis 66 59 125
18t Ralph DiMonte 64 61 125
20 Drew Austin 68 58 126
21t Ken Niu 68 59 127
21t Tushar Patel 68 59 127
21t Sandy Redd 65 62 127
24 Kevin Ghio 65 65 130
25 Eric Kaplin 67 64 131
26 Ryan Brunelle 71 61 132
27 David Hoey 73 60 133
28 Steve Guiliotis 67 68 135

Advanced Women ($150 in MS Dollars)
1 Anne Lewis 67 58 125 $70
2 Heather Eng 75 68 143 $45
3 Kristi Bayer 79 73 152 $35
4 Michelle Ala 77 76 153
5 Wendy Boutin 86 73 159
6 Debbie Guiliotis 99 86 185

Advanced Masters ($400 in MS Dollars)
1 Paul Heaton 64 55 119 $110
2t James Beaulieu 67 56 123 $67.50
2t Chris “Tex” Long 65 58 123 $67.50
4 Paul Sullivan 63 61 124 $45
5t John Fissel 67 59 126 $32.50
5t David Wollner 67 59 126 $32.50
7t Steven P. Dumas 71 56 127 $15
7t Ken Dawson 67 60 127 $15
7t Les Sinnock 64 63 127 $15
10t Gary Stansfield 70 62 132
10t JC Vermynck 67 65 132
12 Bill Dunne 70 63 133
13 Ed Hovestadt 67 68 135
14 Roland Wyman 68 71 139
15 Mike Saimond 77 65 142
16 Matty Brier 73 72 145

Intermediate Men ($400 in MS Dollars)
1 Timothy Matusko 64 55 119 $110
2 Victor Smith Jr. 59 60 119 $75
3t Greg Aucoin 69 58 127 $52.50
3t Zachary Rohlfs 69 58 127 $52.50
5 Jeff Laterreur 67 62 129 $35
6t Dan Brownell 71 60 131 $25
6t Derek Brazankas 69 62 131 $25
6t Zachary Burwick 69 62 131 $25
9t Max Burwick 71 61 132
9t Jon Gerry 67 65 132
11 Mike Mason 69 64 133
12 Brian “BUC” Kozicki 69 65 134
13 Bob Picard 75 67 142
14 Andrew Powell 82 73 155
15 Chris Miller 90 77 167


CTPs: Hole 6 donated by Brian BUC Kozicki, two vintage hardcover comic books, Hole 18 donated by Steve Timm, BoD PDGA candidate

ACE POT: Steve Solbo $625

Pyramids 19 Men’s Distance Results

# Name Distance $
1 Billy Dunne 480 $37
2 Mike Dussault 440 $27
3 James Lane 430 $17
4 Greg Wintrob 425 $15
5 Jason Southwick 414 $13
6 Clayton Davidson 407 $12
7 Keith Burtt 402 $10
8 David Frothingham 401 $8
9 Whit Cooper 399 $6
10 Shane Peters 394
11 Greg Aucoin 390
12 Drew Austin 389
13 Dan Ouellet 383
14 Gary Cyr 382
15 Justin White 380
16 Jerel Davis 375
17 Mike Andres 373
18 Steve Solbo 370
19 Bobby Direnzo 365
20 Dave Backstrom 320
21 Jason Bayer 300
22 Josh Rogers 300

Pyramids 19 Women’s Distance Results

# Name Distance $
1 Anne Lewis 284 $15
2 Michelle Ala 243 $10
3 Heather Eng 233
4 Wendy Boutin 225
5 Krisi Bayer 200

Borderland Spring Fling

On the Friday before this event I was at the doctor as my elbow was so painful. I was thinking about withdrawing but hung in for the Saturday event, playing through the pain. Sure enough I have a case of tennis elbow and will see a sports injury specialist on Wednesday. Saturday was a great day weather wise with temps around 80 degrees f and light winds. This event is wonderfully organized and I was really looking forward to playing. No real practice or warm up. There were only 2 Adv. Masters and because of that I should have switched to Am1 so I could get more PDGA points. I didn't really think about it though until we were in play and thus too late.
I get 4 points for myself and anyone I beat in the division I am registered in playing Advanced Master but there were only two of us. If I played Am1 I would have gotten 5 points per person. I would play the blue to blue in the second round instead of the Blue to white latout. Suppose I did my average on that 74 and combine that with my 52 on the white to white first round that would be 126 and I would have beaten 15 AM1 players so 45points instead of the 8 staying in the division I played in. I really have to think these things through before gameday when it is a PDGA event.

Still I played well..from memory
White to white 3-3-3-3-4-3-3-3-4-3-2-3-3-2-2-3-3-2-52

Blue to white 3-3-3-4-3-3-4-3-4-3-3-4-5-3-3-4-3-3-61

The elbow hurt particualy on drives but it was managable. 1st place Adv. Masters .

Borderland Spring Fling
Unofficial Results
14-Jun-2008
Tier: C
Total Players: 85
Open Show Round Ratings
Place Points Name PDGA# Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 To Par Total Prize
1 Craig Cutler 20671 988 45 60 -3 105 $300
2 Steve Brinster 10628 1016 47 62 +1 109 $200
3 Pete Johnson 9009 976 46 64 +2 110 $138
3 Greg Wintrob 23857 982 43 67 +2 110 $138
5 Mike Dussault 9038 989 43 68 +3 111 $90
6 Steven Dodge 22042 960 50 62 +4 112 $49
6 Brian Harrington 33545 996 50 62 +4 112 $49
6 Joseph Yaskis 35691 47 65 +4 112 $49
6 Timothy Walsh 11047 979 45 67 +4 112 $49
10 Scott Howard 17270 987 50 63 +5 113
10 Ben Dunlap 28665 965 48 65 +5 113
12 Gary Cyr 53 62 +7 115
12 Matt Stroika 14682 964 50 65 +7 115
12 Jim Wills 29844 961 49 66 +7 115
12 Jason Johnson 20571 971 46 69 +7 115
12 Daniel Marcus 2439 977 46 69 +7 115
17 Jerel Davis 14527 963 50 68 +10 118
18 Jason Gordon 21898 964 49 71 +12 120
19 Josh Rogers 34335 48 74 +14 122
20 Dave Boliver 51 79 +22 130

Open Women Show Round Ratings
Place Points Name PDGA# Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 To Par Total Prize
1 Leslie Brinster 15638 916 56 68 +16 124 $50

Advanced Show Round Ratings
Place Points Name PDGA# Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 To Par Total Prize
1 Troy Manni 47 61 E 108 $80
2 Allen Smith 33805 944 44 67 +3 111 $65
3 Chris Piaseczny 28899 925 47 67 +6 114 $55
4 Erik Pleso 51 66 +9 117 $48
4 Tushar Patel 47 70 +9 117 $48
6 Jeff Chauvin 47 71 +10 118 $38
6 Sean Healy 27492 926 46 72 +10 118 $38
8 Steven Solbo 34336 49 70 +11 119 $30
9 Jasin Bayer 29641 938 53 67 +12 120 $25
9 Clayton Davidson 33924 49 71 +12 120 $25
11 Robert Direnzo 50 71 +13 121 $25
12 Kyle VanBuskirk 50 72 +14 122 $20
12 Bobby Piaseczny 49 73 +14 122 $20
14 Jack Gabby 54 69 +15 123 $20
14 Ben Kirby 52 71 +15 123 $20
16 Matthew Arminio 45 79 +16 124 $15
17 Bradley Arnall 13886 886 49 77 +18 126 $15
18 Don Boutin 57 70 +19 127
18 Sandy Redd 34159 56 71 +19 127
20 Donald Phillips 55 73 +20 128
20 Chris Irvine 51 77 +20 128
22 Mark Valis 53 76 +21 129
22 Chris Shrum 51 78 +21 129
24 Drew Austin 57 73 +22 130
25 Ralph Dimonte 58 73 +23 131
25 Kenneth Morrison 33475 899 57 74 +23 131
25 Ken Niu 29821 863 52 79 +23 131
25 Dan Hale 32366 925 48 83 +23 131
29 Matt Heenan 58 74 +24 132
30 Chuck Gerbrands 53 81 +26 134
31 Kelly Conroy 34447 901 56 79 +27 135
31 John Tserpes 55 80 +27 135
33 Steve Bigelow 56 83 +31 139

Advanced Women Show Round Ratings
Place Points Name PDGA# Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 To Par Total Prize
1 Heather Eng 30351 794 59 66 +15 125 $55
2 Maureen Mcerlean 31014 803 59 74 +23 133 $40
3 Charis Egland-Smith 778 62 74 +26 136 $15
3 Christina Morrison 813 62 74 +26 136 $15
5 Wendy Boutin 65 83 +38 148
6 Nicole Heenan 70 81 +41 151
7 Erica Hulme 34270 73 82 +45 155

Advanced Masters Show Round Ratings
Place Points Name PDGA# Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 To Par Total Prize
1 Ed Hovestadt 29976 900 52 61 +3 113 $35
2 Matthew Brier 22933 827 60 73 +23 133

Intermediate Show Round Ratings
Place Points Name PDGA# Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 To Par Total Prize
1 Eric Kevorkian 52 58 E 110 $60
2 Sean Jack 50 61 +1 111 $45
3 Chad Miller 49 67 +6 116 $35
4 Pete Violet 54 64 +8 118 $22
4 Isaac Bromberg 35166 52 66 +8 118 $22
6 Craig Smolin 27089 903 56 64 +10 120 $20
7 Andrew McManus 56 67 +13 123 $20
8 Jon Gerry 34339 60 64 +14 124 $15
9 Josh Wenger 34124 59 66 +15 125 $5
9 David Hutchinson 28326 885 57 68 +15 125 $5
11 Mark Stegelmann 56 72 +18 128
12 Michael Saraiva 61 70 +21 131
13 Michael Infusino 31277 59 74 +23 133
14 Erik Siersdale 36186 58 76 +24 134
15 Andrew Cahill 66 71 +27 137
15 Charlie Redd 61 76 +27 137
17 John Roosa 34768 67 74 +31 141
18 Charlie Bain 66 79 +35 145
18 Josh Bergman 66 79 +35 145
20 Andrew Stegelmann 74 82 +46 156

Junior < 16 Boys Show Round Ratings
Place Points Name PDGA# Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 To Par Total Prize
1 Matthew Livermore 56 77 +23 133 $5
2 Coleman Marcus 35588 67 67 +24 134

Recent play!

Well I have been playing but not adding entries to the blog, so this is to catch up. The main thing that is happening is that I have a pretty bad elbow, so bad in fact that I am going to a doctor this week to get it evaluated. Read more about the Pain in The Pain Blog Here are the score from a couple rounds at Devens:

5/30/08 2-3-3-3-3-4-5-3-2-4-3-3-4-3-3-5-3-5-61

6/2/08 2-3-5-5-3-3-4-4-2-4-2-3-3-4-4-3-3-5-62

Joy and I went to the monthly Borderland tournament and played, Joy losing her #14 bag tag for the #70, there was no handicapping for her so she played Am and came in last with a 72. I came in with #39 and the thew a 58. Tied for first but lost in a two hole playoff. We all played the Blue to the White configuration since it will be featured in the Borderland Spring Fling on June 14th. Scores amd Standings follow:

Ed 3-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-3-3-3-4-3-3-2-4-3-4-58
Joy 4-5-5-4-4-4-5-3-3-4-5-4-3-4-4-4-4-3-72

Pro Open
1. Brian Harrington 53 *
2. Mike Dussault 53
3. Matt DeAngelis 53
4. Josh Rogers 56
5. Tim Walsh 56
6. Chris P 56
7. Mike Andrews 57
8. John Dickison 58

* Won playoff

Am
1. Bobby P 58 *
2. Ed Hovestadt 58
3. Sean Jack 60 *
4. Pete Violet 60
5. Jon G 61
6. Ken Niu 62
7. Eric Kevorkian 65
8. Jason Benoit 68
9. Joy Hovestadt 72

* Won playoff