Manny Geros with the Chill Out Cup Championship Mits
To our newest BGA Champion, Manny Geros, Congratulations!!. Despite having a majority of his shots on the putting greens, Manny Geros hung on to win a BGA Championship in his first event.
Saturday, October 31st – Round 1
Wet, slow greens and cool temps made this a very challenging course today. It was 35 degrees and damp when we teed off at 9:30am.
On Sunday, November 1, the players gathered in the rain at a very wet Westfield Golf Club. The course was closed for play due to the conditions. We re-scheduled round two for Saturday, November 7th at nearby Penderbrook.
BGA veterans Mark Chester and Jim Frenette captained two 7-man teams in a Ryder Cup format (match play) over the weekend of Friday, November 1, Saturday November 2nd and Sunday, November 3rd at The Bridges in Abbottstown, PA. The teams are titled “Foot Wedge Crew” for the Chester team and “Back 9 Bandits” for the Frenette team.
Results
Friday Afternoon – Four Ball
Due to 7 players per team, the format of the first match is singles. The remaing matches are four ball.
Foot Wedge Crew
Back 9 Bandits
Pat Keough
Scott Lacey 3 & 1 – $20
Chuck Petrilla Matt Clary 2 & 1 – $40 split
Brett Coffman Greg Robinson
Tom Nelson Matt Schwam $20 split
Bob Hoff Dan Saylor $20 split
Mark Chester Eduardo Urrutia
Jim Frenette Leon Anderson 4 & 3 – $40 split
1.5 Points
2.5 Points
Highlight
On the 11th hole, Mark Chester hits a brilliant shot into the devilish 171 yard par 3 leaving himself a 3 foot birdie putt to even the match. Leon Anderson answers with a nice shot to about 12 feet beyond and right of the pin. Leon drains the putt for birdie and puts the pressure back on Mark who makes it to halve the hole. Then, “Back 9 Bandits” Jim and Leon, in addition to winning hole #10 to go 1 up, harness the momentum of Leon’s birdie on 11, do not lose a hole on the back winning 13, 14 and 15 to close out the match.
Saturday AM – Captains Choice
Due to 7 players per team, the format of the first match is singles. The remaing matches are captains choice.
Foot Wedge Crew
Back 9 Bandits
Jerry Green
Scott Lacey 2 & 1 – $20
Chuck Petrilla Matt Schwam
Bob Hoff Brett Coffman 7 & 6 – $40 split
Tom Nelson Eduardo Urrutia
Jim Frenette Dan Saylor 4 & 3 – $40 split
Mark Chester Matt Clary
Leon Anderson Greg Robinson 1 up – $40 split
1.5 Points
6.5 Points
Saturday PM – Alternate Shot
Due to 7 players per team, the format of the first match is singles. The remaing matches are alternate shot.
Foot Wedge Crew
Back 9 Bandits
Eduardo Urrutia
Dan Saylor 7 & 6 – $20
Chuck Petrilla Matt Clary
Scott Lacey Brett Coffman 3 & 2 – $40 split
Tom Nelson Jerry Green
Leon Anderson Greg Robinson 1 up – $40 split
Mark Chester Matt Schwam
Jim Frenette Bob Hoff 5 & 4 – $40 split
1.5 Points
10.5 Points
Beatdown in Abottstown, Back 9 Bandits close out Foot Wedge Crew on Saturday afternoon to win the cup.
All is not lost. Foot Wedge Crew isn’t just playing for pride on Sunday, there’s match and closest to the pin money still on the table.
Sunday – Single Matches
Foot Wedge Crew
Back 9 Bandits
Jerry Green $10
Brett Coffman $10
Matt Clary 5 & 4 – $20
Scott Lacey
Eduardo Urrutia 2 & 3 – $20
Greg Robinson
Chuck Petrilla
Dan Saylor 5 & 4 – $20
Matt Schwam 3 & 2 – $20
Bob Hoff
Tom Nelson
Leon Anderson 6 & 5 – $20
Mark Chester
Jim Frenette 3 & 2 – $20
5 Points
14 Points
Highlights
Jerry Green rolls in a 25 foot putt on the last hole to halve his match against Brett.
In the captains match, Jim Frenette is 2 down against Mark Chester as they make the turn. Jim wins the next 6 out of 7 holes with a string of pars to close out his match on #16 for the Back 9 Bandits.
