Weekenders Golf Club
NJ's best golf league celebrating it's 39th year
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Mansion Owner:Steve Hardgrove Wins Players Championship at Mansion Ridge
The Silent Assassin, Steve Hardgrove, won his second major in two seasons and first individual one with a stellar 80-13=67 at Mansion Ridge to hold off a hard charging Vic Chiofolo(69). With Steve clinging to a two stroke lead, he calmly walked up to the 17th tee and hit a five iron to eight feet and making par. After that, he just held serve on eighteen and maintained his two stroke lead to capture his first Players Championship
Powell Outage: Adam Pulls the Plug on Weekenders Ryder Cup Chances as High Bridge Hills Golf Association Completes Epic Comeback
This is one that is going to hurt anyone that took part in the 2011 Ryder Cup matches for a very long time and there are too many stories to tell. The Weekenders ran out to an almost insurmountable 4.5-1.5 lead Saturday after the six two man best ball matches with Vic Chiofolo and Steve Hardgrove setting the pace by leading off with a 5&4 victory. Paul Castro and Mike Pettigrew then followed that up by being the only team to lose by a scant 2&1 margin when their opponents made gross birdies on the final two holes. Dave Fetherman and Scott Milne then earned a tough halve against one of HBHGA's toughest teams. That's when the Weekenders began to pour it on as Mike O'Connell & Rich Kanski(2&1), Adam Powell & Charlie Padilla(3&2), and Dom Battista & Nate Monk(3&2) swept the final three matches to increase the lead to three. Going into day two, the league would only need to garner five points out of an available twelve to clinch the cup and 4.5 would have forced a tie-breaking putt off.
Day two is when things got interesting and it started off in bizarre and disgusting fashion when rookie Adam Powell, who had been a star all season and had pined to make the Ryder Cup team all year, was a no-show as he came down with "food poisoning". Rumor has it that he could not be woken up after celebrating the league's day one exploits a little too much. Not even a phone call from team sparkplug left teammates scratching their heads and left searching for answers as to how they could be let down in their time of need.
By stroke of luck, Steve Hardgrove was on site and was graciously allowed to substitute by our opponents. Unfortunately, the red hot Hardgrove came up short in his leadoff match for the club. No problem right because his playing partner, Mike O'Connell, a beast on day one, had a 2-up lead at the turn. Fast forward to eighteen and Mike folded up like a cheap lawn chair and the lead was down to 4.5-3.5.
Mike Pettigrew made amends for his day one defeat by posting the easiest win of the day by a 5&4 margin but Paul Castro dropped his second match of the weekend when he lost on the final hole but the split held the league lead at 5.5-4.5.
The shocker of day, after the Powell desertion of course, had to be the Vic Chiofolo and Dennis Enright pairing washing out and coming up empty. Their 0-2 mark gave HBHGA their first lead at 5.5-6.5.
Rich Kanski came back from down-2 to win going away by a 4&3 margin to complete one of only two 2-0 performances of the weekend and keep his perfect Ryder Cup record in tact. His playing partner, Charlie Padilla did not fare as well. Rich prophetically told Charlie they would need to win both matches to secure the cup but Charlie took his warning lightly and was more interested in drinking a deadly combination of coconut water, hint water, and beer that must have clouded his mind as when he was down two with four to play, he made the bonehead play of the week. After hitting his tee ball OB on a par three, he re-teed, came up short and right and then pitched on to lay four. While he was talking to Nate Monk on an adjacent fairway, he did not see his opponnet double hit a chip then nearly do it again as he wasted three shots in 10 seconds. Charlie rejoined the match as we knew it just when his opponent, disgustedly putted his ball from off the green to two inches. A mentally impared Padilla, thinking his opponent was in for three when it was actually six, walkes up to his put an nonchalants it with one hand blowing it 10 feet by and two putting from there. That left Chuckles down three with three to play. When he lost hids tee ball on #16, the match was conceded. HBHGA leads 7.5-6.5 at this point.
Dave Fetherman and Scott Milne were up next with only Dom and Nate to follow and the league now desperately needing 3 out 4 points to win or at least 2.5 to tie. Dave Fetherman, who played well, ran into a buzzsaw as his opponent shot a gross 73 and our backs were to the proverbial wall. Scott Milne manged to win the 18th hole and pull out a crucial halve but that left it solely in the hands of Dom Battista and Nate Monk. HBHGA leads 9-7.
Nate Monk, had completed his 2-0 weekend with a matter of fact win after a slow start by a 3&2 mark. HBHGA leads 9-8.
Dom Battista, down-1 with two to play would have to win the final two holes on his home course to force a tie-breaker. Dom grabbed #17 and stepped to the par-5 eighteenth with everything on the line against the leader of the HBHGA. Dom then hit two bombs to leave himself just yards short of the green. His opponent, meanwhile lay two about 80 yards out in the rough and he putt a wedge onto the green but about sixty feet away. Dom then chipped up to twelve feet leaving him that for birdie. If his opponent three putted from sixty, Dom would just need a two putt but his opponent lagged up to three feet and was given the putt forcing Dom, the league's best putter, to make. When Dom's putt rolled past the edge, the collapse was complete and the league relinquished the only Ryder Cup trophy they ever held to our worthy oppoenents with the final marging of victory being 9.5-8.5.
Thanks Adam. Fine and possible suspension pending.
Ryder Cup Results:
2-0 Nate Monk
2-0 Rich Kanski
1-0-1 Scott Milne
1-0-1 Dom Battista
1-0 Adam Powell
1-1 Charlie Padilla
1-1 Vic Chiofolo
1-1 Steve Hardgrove
1-1 Mike Pettigrew
1-1 Mike O'Connell
0-1-1 Dave Fetherman
0-1 Dennis Enright
0-2 Paul Castro
The High Bridge Hills Golf Association took the Ryder Cup from the Weekenders in Comeback fashion.
The only three winners on Sunday were Pettigrew, Monk, and Kanski. Scott Milne earned a half which is why only half of him is in picture.(photo by Mistove)
While Adam Powell totally let his former friends down, The Chiofolo Crew may have won three of four majors this year, but they were 0-4 in Sunday singles
This is one that is going to hurt anyone that took part in the 2011 Ryder Cup matches for a very long time and there are too many stories to tell. The Weekenders ran out to an almost insurmountable 4.5-1.5 lead Saturday after the six two man best ball matches with Vic Chiofolo and Steve Hardgrove setting the pace by leading off with a 5&4 victory. Paul Castro and Mike Pettigrew then followed that up by being the only team to lose by a scant 2&1 margin when their opponents made gross birdies on the final two holes. Dave Fetherman and Scott Milne then earned a tough halve against one of HBHGA's toughest teams. That's when the Weekenders began to pour it on as Mike O'Connell & Rich Kanski(2&1), Adam Powell & Charlie Padilla(3&2), and Dom Battista & Nate Monk(3&2) swept the final three matches to increase the lead to three. Going into day two, the league would only need to garner five points out of an available twelve to clinch the cup and 4.5 would have forced a tie-breaking putt off.
Day two is when things got interesting and it started off in bizarre and disgusting fashion when rookie Adam Powell, who had been a star all season and had pined to make the Ryder Cup team all year, was a no-show as he came down with "food poisoning". Rumor has it that he could not be woken up after celebrating the league's day one exploits a little too much. Not even a phone call from team sparkplug left teammates scratching their heads and left searching for answers as to how they could be let down in their time of need.
By stroke of luck, Steve Hardgrove was on site and was graciously allowed to substitute by our opponents. Unfortunately, the red hot Hardgrove came up short in his leadoff match for the club. No problem right because his playing partner, Mike O'Connell, a beast on day one, had a 2-up lead at the turn. Fast forward to eighteen and Mike folded up like a cheap lawn chair and the lead was down to 4.5-3.5.
Mike Pettigrew made amends for his day one defeat by posting the easiest win of the day by a 5&4 margin but Paul Castro dropped his second match of the weekend when he lost on the final hole but the split held the league lead at 5.5-4.5.
The shocker of day, after the Powell desertion of course, had to be the Vic Chiofolo and Dennis Enright pairing washing out and coming up empty. Their 0-2 mark gave HBHGA their first lead at 5.5-6.5.
Rich Kanski came back from down-2 to win going away by a 4&3 margin to complete one of only two 2-0 performances of the weekend and keep his perfect Ryder Cup record in tact. His playing partner, Charlie Padilla did not fare as well. Rich prophetically told Charlie they would need to win both matches to secure the cup but Charlie took his warning lightly and was more interested in drinking a deadly combination of coconut water, hint water, and beer that must have clouded his mind as when he was down two with four to play, he made the bonehead play of the week. After hitting his tee ball OB on a par three, he re-teed, came up short and right and then pitched on to lay four. While he was talking to Nate Monk on an adjacent fairway, he did not see his opponnet double hit a chip then nearly do it again as he wasted three shots in 10 seconds. Charlie rejoined the match as we knew it just when his opponent, disgustedly putted his ball from off the green to two inches. A mentally impared Padilla, thinking his opponent was in for three when it was actually six, walkes up to his put an nonchalants it with one hand blowing it 10 feet by and two putting from there. That left Chuckles down three with three to play. When he lost hids tee ball on #16, the match was conceded. HBHGA leads 7.5-6.5 at this point.
Dave Fetherman and Scott Milne were up next with only Dom and Nate to follow and the league now desperately needing 3 out 4 points to win or at least 2.5 to tie. Dave Fetherman, who played well, ran into a buzzsaw as his opponent shot a gross 73 and our backs were to the proverbial wall. Scott Milne manged to win the 18th hole and pull out a crucial halve but that left it solely in the hands of Dom Battista and Nate Monk. HBHGA leads 9-7.
Nate Monk, had completed his 2-0 weekend with a matter of fact win after a slow start by a 3&2 mark. HBHGA leads 9-8.
Dom Battista, down-1 with two to play would have to win the final two holes on his home course to force a tie-breaker. Dom grabbed #17 and stepped to the par-5 eighteenth with everything on the line against the leader of the HBHGA. Dom then hit two bombs to leave himself just yards short of the green. His opponent, meanwhile lay two about 80 yards out in the rough and he putt a wedge onto the green but about sixty feet away. Dom then chipped up to twelve feet leaving him that for birdie. If his opponent three putted from sixty, Dom would just need a two putt but his opponent lagged up to three feet and was given the putt forcing Dom, the league's best putter, to make. When Dom's putt rolled past the edge, the collapse was complete and the league relinquished the only Ryder Cup trophy they ever held to our worthy oppoenents with the final marging of victory being 9.5-8.5.
Thanks Adam. Fine and possible suspension pending.
Ryder Cup Results:
2-0 Nate Monk
2-0 Rich Kanski
1-0-1 Scott Milne
1-0-1 Dom Battista
1-0 Adam Powell
1-1 Charlie Padilla
1-1 Vic Chiofolo
1-1 Steve Hardgrove
1-1 Mike Pettigrew
1-1 Mike O'Connell
0-1-1 Dave Fetherman
0-1 Dennis Enright
0-2 Paul Castro
The High Bridge Hills Golf Association took the Ryder Cup from the Weekenders in Comeback fashion.
The only three winners on Sunday were Pettigrew, Monk, and Kanski. Scott Milne earned a half which is why only half of him is in picture.(photo by Mistove)
While Adam Powell totally let his former friends down, The Chiofolo Crew may have won three of four majors this year, but they were 0-4 in Sunday singles
Dom Battista Wins First Club Championship at Mount Airy
He may have came up one stroke short to Wes Samons in the gross club championship thanks to a four putt on the 35th hole, but his nip and tuck battle with Wes still lead him to his first net club championship as his two day total of 147 denied Andy Leishman(148) his first major of any kind. Dom adds this major title to the two singles
titles he won in 94 & 99. Wes Samons won his
second gross title in three years as it turned out to be a two horse race with Chiofolo, Monk, and Degnen quiet in the chase among the low handicaps. Week In Review:
Players Championship Results:
Hardgrove 67
Chiofolo 71
Monk 72
Matvienko 73
DePaola 78
Kitsuta 79
Enright 80
Samons 80
Bianciella 81
Kanski 83
Powell 87
Milne 90
Dobbs 92
Club Championship Results:
+4 Battista 73-74=147
+5 Leishman 70-78=148
+11 Hardgrove 81-73=154
+11 Monk 76-78=154
+11 DeMartin 71-83=154
+13 Pettigrew 80-76=156
+13 Samons 79-77=156
+13 DeLizio 76-80=156
+14 MacIsaac 78-79=157
+14 Kanski 74-83=157
+15 Enright 78-80=158
+18 Dengnen 73-88=161
+20 Fetherman 73-90=163
+21 Matvienko 85-79=164
+22 McCann 81-84=165
+22 Powell 75-90=165
+23 Chiofolo 81-85=166
+24 Murphy 71-96=167
+28 Bianciella 85-86=171
+28 Dobbs 76-95=171
+28 Vito 78-93=171
+31 Kitsuta 73-101=174
+34 Milne 89-88=177
+36 Sweeney 76-103=179
+37 Padilla 83-97=180
+43 Amabile 91-95=186
+49 Capuano 91-101=192
Next Up: Awards Banquet November 12th 7:00-11:00PM
Did You Know?
The Weekenders are 1-7 in Ryder Cup Events
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The Inauguarl Shawnee Centennial Cup
In honor of our 100th anniversary, The Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort is proud to announce our 2011 Centennial Cup, designed to bring golfers together for competition, fun, food, and prizes. All events are open to the public and are gross scoring (no handicaps). To view complete flyer, click here.
Support our Friends at Shawnee:
The Inauguarl Shawnee Centennial CupIn honor of our 100th anniversary, The Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort is proud to announce our 2011 Centennial Cup, designed to bring golfers together for competition, fun, food, and prizes. All events are open to the public and are gross scoring (no handicaps). To view complete flyer, click here.
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Please call 1-800-SHAWNEE
and speak to Jay Voelker (ext. 1615) or Joe Manley (ext. 1425).