Low Actual: DJ Hochstein & J Leece “39” Low Net: DJ Hochstein “33” Greenies 1: “Joe” Dirt (?) Greenies 2: Dave Furey Team Skin: carry over 5-Hole: Chris Carlson AOTD: N/A
Per Snapper, “Check non-league members Jason Carrier and Dave Murany to see if they subbed last week (they did)… if so cudos for perfect attendance after 3 weeks. Or as Timmy likes to ask: What’s the best kinda golf? FREE GOLF!”
Congrats to the weekly winners above, including apparently “Joe” Dirt for scoring the first greenie. I was working off of cell phone photos of the score cards and winners sheet, so I present to you “Exhibit A” as evidence of Dirt’s accomplishment:
When I asked Ricky if he knew who Dirt was, he speculated that it was probably Timmy K and Chris must have wrote down this as short-hand for ‘Dirt Bag”. Chris entered a denial of this into the record.
HANDICAP MOVING DAY: 22 League members with perfect attendance now have new handicaps based on this year’s scores. For a handful of you, your handicaps didn’t change. For about a third of you with hot starts, you lost a stroke or two. For a “lucky” few, you’re picking up some strokes. Larry and Kyle are tied with the dubious distinction of gaining 4 strokes of handicap over last year’s averages. Congrats, I guess…
Last but not least, congratulations to Maggie, this week’s Majestic Beer Babe of the Week! According to Tony, She’s happy since she’s been here a few years and this is her first win.”
Team Skin: Matt Murany & Tom Boyd with a team net score of “5” on #26
AOTD: drumroll please ….the 1st award of the season goes to Kevin Stutzman for “alleged” Hissy Fitting injured Snapper simply buying a drink (in the middle of the fairway as he was attempting to shoot even par golf for the round (which he did …congrats)… for the entire round yours truly was moaning in apparent pain after every swing attempt despite playing opponent’s encouragement.. “You don’t have to play every hole Rick” “take it easy on yourself Rick” “…at least have a drink to help relax and settle you down Rick”…..finally with 1 and ½ holes left Snapper relented and hobbled to the golf cart around the white stake 150 marker when Stutz thought it a breach of ettiqut….(sp?) now nobody but Markunas heard it (a point made in Stutz defense) but he said it was an unmistakeable “Hissy Fit”…and as you should all know by now two things…1. The power of the pen is mine and 2. Hissy Fits are not allowed on league even alleged ones no matter how unlikely due to the otherwise gentlemanly nature of the the golfer involved. SO KEVIN congrats on sweeping the entire row on the sheet winning 3 golf balls on a single night…ASSHOLE!!!!
BIRDIES???: Matt Murany Tom Boyd 1 each…2 for Darin…1 for Herbie and 2 for Rich Alexander..1 each for Stutz..Johns and Markunas..Coop…Fury and Romo and 2 for Ogi…Jamies scratch skins winner(s) were somewhere in there)…CONGRATS TO ALL THE WINNERS….
The Captain’s speech:“Some men you just can’t reach. So you get what we had here last week, which is the way he wants it. . . well, he gets it. I don’t like it any more than you men.”
This year we say goodbye to Long time League Members Jason Carrier and Jake Ford and to short timer Toby Smith
Replacing them are:
Darin Craine and Jeff Hodge and Nathan Miller
WELCOME and remember Once a Snapper always a Snapper!!! Jason Carrier has already returned to sub and I expect we will see Toby…maybe not as often as we see Dave Murany but who knows???
WEEK 1 GREENIES: Tony T and Steve Starnes
Low actual: newbie Darin Craine “ 40” heard collecting his money to mumble something like “THIS WILL BE A PIECE OF CAKE”
Low Net: Tony Burton “ 34”
Team Skin: carry over
5 Hole: sub Shawn Spishak
AOTD: none as yet
CONGRATS TO ALL WEEK 1 WINNERS except Darin……
Say hello to Sopia, the first Majestic Beer Babe of the Week for 2023!
Another great year-end scramble is now in the books. The pre-round forecast and radar didn’t look hopeful but the weather ended up cooperating. Lots of low scores but Team 3 (Larry Cooper, R. Alexander, Tim Kachelski & Tony Burton) came out on top with an 11 under “61”. Congrats to the skins winners (see below) and the greenies winners: Steve Starnes, Herb Green, Larry Cooper & Matt Murany. While it’s a labor of love, putting this year-end outing together (as well as organizing the league each year) is a ton of work, so a BIG THANKS once again goes out to Ricky “Snapper” Carlson. Enjoy the following highlights.
Team 1: STEVE STARNES, KEVIN STUTZMAN, GORDIE STRACHNAN, GLENN SIMMINGTON Team 2: SCOTT GREGORY, TOBY SMITH, STEVE MARKUNAS, KEN HOCHSTEIN Team 3: LARRY COOPER, R ALEXANDER, TIM KACHELSKI, TONY BURTON Team 4: JAMIE LEECE, DAVE WOLFENDEN, TOM BOYD, MATT KEENAN Team 5: DAVE HAMILTON, MIKE ROMANOWSKI, JOHNNY MARTIN, CHRIS CARLSON Team 6: JAKE FORD, CHRIS JOHNS, TONY TOMASZEWSKI, JERRY CARLSON Team 7: HERB GREEN, NICK COOPER, JASON CARRIER, RON HAMON Team 8: DAVE FUREY, DAVE MURANY, KYLE LIECKFELD, PAUL OGINSKI Team 9: STEVE PELTIER, DJ HOCHENSTEIN, ART KALLITZ, MATT MURANY
2022 Snappers Golf League Scramble at Atlas Valley Papa Snap with C-MoneyThe gathering stormTeam 1: STEVE STARNES, KEVIN STUTZMAN, GORDIE STRACHNAN, GLENN SIMMINGTONTeam 2: SCOTT GREGORY, TOBY SMITH, STEVE MARKUNAS, KEN HOCHSTEINTeam 3: LARRY COOPER, R ALEXANDER, TIM KACHELSKI, TONY BURTONTeam 4: JAMIE LEECE, DAVE WOLFENDEN, TOM BOYD, MATT KEENANTeam 5: DAVE HAMILTON, MIKE ROMANOWSKI, JOHNNY MARTIN, CHRIS CARLSONTeam 6: JAKE FORD, CHRIS JOHNS, TONY TOMASZEWSKI, JERRY CARLSONTeam 7: HERB GREEN, NICK COOPER, JASON CARRIER, RON HAMONTeam 8: DAVE FUREY, DAVE MURANY, KYLE LIECKFELD, PAUL OGINSKITeam 9: STEVE PELTIER, DJ HOCHENSTEIN, ART KALLITZ, MATT MURANYWE RIDE!Hard KnocksRoutine!Sustenance shotsWho’s fairway what?Congrats to Ava, the Atlas Beer Babe of the ScrambleTwo timer!Spread out!Happier times (before the Lions played)Just hit it!League meetinga show of handsAaaand you get a ball!See ya next year!
Who won the league!? How many errors did ‘Blade make on what will be the season’s last sheet? What about the Majestic Beer Babe heated competition? Did Timmy wear the same shirt? Is today’s Headline from a Stones song? We’ll get the answers to these questions and more, but first things first. or if u must know now..
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 11, 2022 @ 8:00am (check in) 9:00 AM start 1st tee time MAJESTIC SNAPPERS 2022 THURSDAY NIGHT GOLF LEAGUE YEAR-END OUTING RULES @ ATLAS VALLEY GOLF CLUB
LOCATION: ATLAS VALLEY GOLF CLUB. 8313 Perry Rd., Grand Blanc, Mi. 48439 ANNUAL SCRAMBLE & DINNER: ** We have 9 straight start tee times @ 9:00 am. check in prior by 8:00am..hit range balls ** Lunch (dog & chips) at the turn included; go to the grill on our league tab ** On your own for beer (yes they have early Sunday service license) ** Dinner set for after golf…final league meeting…league & scramble prizes awarded GOLF, LUNCH & DINNER is paid by the League….GAMBLING GREENIE SKINS $$ is EXTRA $25/pp… [MORE – Complete Handout with Rules]<-click
BRING SOME $CASH FOR SOME VALUABLE PRIZES! (and help Snapper recoup his huge monetary investment)
As Snapper Golf League comes to an end we have a last hoorah….. Don’t forget part of your non refundable dues goes to pay for this 4 man scramble and dinner and awards meeting after, at a travel course of our choosing. (Here are our last several venues – the full list can be found at the Snapper Rules link at the top of this page)
2022 Atlas Valley – Grand Blanc 2021 The Grande – Jackson 2020 Davison CC – Davison 2019 Moose Ridge – S Lyon 2018 Lyon Oaks – Wixom 2017 Westwynd Golf Club – Oakland 2016 Solitude Links – Kimball 2015 Timber Ridge -E Lansing…
SEE EVERYONE THERE!
and now on to the League Results…
CONGRATS TO THE REPEAT and 5-TIME CHAMPIONS – LEECE & GREEN!
WEEK 16 Recap- Weekly Cudos: Low Actual: Scott Gregory Dave Hamilton “35” Low Net: Dave Hamilton, Matt Murany, Kevin Stutzman “32” Greenies 1: Dave Fury Greenies 2: Carl Boldt Team Skin: TK/Hollywood 4some 5-Hole: Matt Murany
FINAL WEEK SBITES:
KEN HOCHENSTEIN got his 1st birdie of the year while partner DAVE HAMILTON posts pretty much a perfect scorecard 8 pars and a birdie for a -1 35…RODNEY DANGERFIELD AWARD TO SCOTT GREGORY for also shooting an impressive 35 and being unable to win low actual of week by himself.. LOW NET shared by 3 at 32: DAVE HAMILTON, MATT MURANY, KEVIN STUTZMAN……GREENIES were DAVE FUREY and CARL BOLDT…. 5 HOLE: MATT MURANY for the 2nd time this year..TK and HOLLYWOOD won the team skin for a final multiple week carryover..Once again NO AOTD….JAMIE”s scratch skins: GORDIE, SCOTT GREGORY, DAVE HAMILTON, JAMIE, HERB…jeez cant anybody cut anybody? FINAL BEER BABE OF THE WEEK: SHANNON* 18 holes Atlas Valley CC ($65 Value) * 18 holes Atlas Valley CC ($65 Value)
MOST IMPROVED: 9 of you improved your average over 2021 but JAKE FORD did it the most at 2.19 strokes… most regressed : yours truly at 9.35 strokes from last year but even so the League average increased by only 1/3 stroke….Perfect Attendance used to be something we made fun of “GET A LIFE” but even with 19 subs posting 47 scores we still had these familiar faces present every single week: TK, Steve Markunas, Matt Murany, Jamie Leece, Steve Peltier, Paul Oginski, Herb Green, Kevin Stutzman, Larry Cooper, Ken Hochstein, Jake Ford and Dave Furey…..LOW AVG: STEVE STARNES 38. 45 2nd low SCOTT GREGORY 39.5
PAR MASTER: JAMIE LEECE…of 144 total holes for 2022 Jamie parred 75 of them and birdied 10…also impressive is LARRY COOPER totals of 62 pars 12 birds & JAKE FORD 60 pars and 10 birds…EAGLES/BIRDS: 156 birds (everyone except, RAC, OGI,CHRIS JOHNS TONY BURTON) and 1 Eagle (STARNES)..maybe next year….WHO SKINNED US?: Team NICK COOPER/R ALEXANDER got 5 of 16 weeks, Team TK/STEVE MARKUNAS and team WOLF/JWOLF each got 4 weekly skins…
JAMIE LEECE & HERB GREEN…. A few years ago we had a little less than friendly debate as to who would 3-peat as League Champs 1st…LEECE/GREEN MARKUNAS/WOLF or COOPER/HARRISON….well last year JAMIE & HERB tied for the all time lead with 4 season wins matching our prior Champs, unknown to many of you but beloved by many more may the RIP….GARY FULGHAM and MARK BLEVINS… with your 2022 win you now stand alone at 5 League Championships…
CONGRATULATIONS: 2022 MAJESTIC SNAPPERS LEAGUE CHAMPS: JAMIE LEECE and HERB GREEN
[cue the Beer Babe theme music] “And as we wind on down the road, our shadows taller than our souls. There walks a lady we all know, who shines white light and wants to show… everything still turns to gold.”
Congrats to Shannon as the final Majestic Beer Babe of the season!
PICTURED: A Beer Babe in her natural habitat.
The competition ends in a 4-way tie as Shannon joins Audrey, Brooke & Katie as ‘Double Winners”. Charlotte & Lillie tie for second. Good luck next year ladies!
WEEK 15 Recap- Weekly Cudos: Low Actual: Scott Gregory “37” (attached sheet will be corrected for year end ball awards!. sorry for the slight 🙂 Low Net: Steve Gregory “32” Greenies 1: Kevin Stutzman Greenies 2: Steve Gregory Team Skin: Carry Over 5-Hole: Mike Romanowski AOTD: NA
GREENIE #1: KEVIN STUTZMAN Greenie # 2: STEVE GREGORY
TEAM SKIN : Nope Nada…carry over…REMEMBER THIS IS LAST WEEK…POT WILL BE BROKEN… IF NO WINNER A NEW CARD WILL BE DRAWN EVERYBODY IS BACK IN…REPEAT UNTIL ONLY 1 LEFT STANDING…………… 5-HOLE: MIKE ROMANOWSKI AOTD: none
Birdies???: Not many Boyd, Leece Green Romo Dave Murany TK Scott Gregory and 2 for Steve Gregory JAMIES SCRATCH SKINS: HERB…ROMO STEVE GREGORY
RODNEY DANGERFIELD AWARD: goes to Yours Truly…feeling a little under the weather I lost all strength to make another golf swing before completing the round…so as I lay there near the red tee box my opponents Keenan and Toby …stepped over me commenting “sorry but gotta finally play thru your use less ass”…very patient and I appreciated it….
LOW ACTUAL: SCOTT GREGORY “37”…step up for another golf ball ..LOW NET: Steve Gregory “32”….Nice round buddy….
YEAR END OUTING iS 1st SUNDAY after Labor Day as always… This year Sun September 11, 2022 at ATLAS CC…start time is unofficially 9am so checkin for Raffle ticket… skins/greenies purchases (skins/greenies $25/man mandatory for everyone) RAFFLE TICKETS NOT MANDATORY but you are gonna want in for these drawings at least $20 or $30 maybe more….THIS IS A 4 MAN SCRAMBLE with A…B…C…D player on each team…..IF YOU CANNOT COME TELL ME ASAP…DO NOT JUST SEND A REPLACEMET WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE SAME HANDICAP…DO NOT JUST FAIL TO SHOW WITHOUT TELLING US LIKE BUBBA did last year….We have 36 guys…only Steve Gregory,,,Jason Wolfenden are out…. That is 30 + 6 (3 subs Art Kalitz, Tim Bailey Jerry Carlson and 3 3man team extras Chris Carlson Dave Hamilton Kennan) Tell me immediately if your plans change so I can make fair teams…2. Don’t forget to bring cash to buy skins, greenies and raffle tickets.
Special Message from Snapper for the blog site only…
I wont be there this week for the final league week of 2022…wow went fast for me and i was not there nearly enough…but see you all (most of you) at the yearend outing at ATLAS CC …new guys check out the special detailed flyer…$25 for skins/greenies pot is mandatory…
Not mandatory but stupid to ignore is the RAFFLE we been conducting for a few years with success and a alot of nice golf prizes..bring cash..
So this week to inspire you all on FINAL WEEK POSITION ROUND: I give my nebulous predictions (somebody tell Timmy K what nebulous means)……
1st place realistically has 3 favored contenders with last years winna Leece and Green clearly in control if they don’t take a big choke….sorry Jason Jake ..true you are only out of 1st by 16 …yes doable but even if you sweep, Jamie Herb dump.. you got 2 more teams in the way including the team beating them good luck but 4th place is my prediction for you get complacent and let Fury and Romo catch you while you dream of better things and forget what you got….
The rest of the league (except for the last place matchup) is so close IT IS ANYBODY’S GAME TO JUMP UP OR DOWN IN THE STANDINGS…
\LAST PLACE….congrats team Wolf …nobody behind you can catch you which is the most I can say for any of the rest of us…well I can say it too I guess cuz no one is behind us,,, yet
SPECIAL MESSAGE TO MY TEAMMATES AND NOBODY ELSE IF YOU ARE NOT A TEAM MATE JUST MOVE ON… I say none is behind us yet…right ????? 3 point separation you say??? it is one of the closest match on the board!!!!! and its almost a new season for the opponents…distract them…talk about bear hunting and if that doesn’t work remind Kenny how much CASH he will shortly be making and probly already has with bowling….
IN any case have fun and good luck to all and thank you for another great league season…
as i said See you at ATLAS CC SUNDAY 9/11 8:00 am
OH I AMOST FORGOT : MAJESTIC BEER BABE OF THE WEEK FOR THE 1st TIME THIS YEAR….a very appreciative and deserving: KATIE
[cue the Beer Babe theme music] “And as we wind on down the road, our shadows taller than our souls. There walks a lady we all know, who shines white light and wants to show… everything still turns to gold.”
PLEASE STAND CLEAR OF THE BEER BABE! FOLLOW THESE SNAPPER’S LEAD BY KEEPING THE MINIMUM 3 FEET DISTANCE FROM THE NEAREST BABE.
(EDITOR ‘BLADE’S EDIT THINGY) It is actually Katie’s second MBBOTW honor. Here are the 2022 Beer Babe Standings as we head into the final week. 2 WEEKLY AWARDS: AUDREY, BROOKE and KATIE 1 WEEKLY AWARD: CHARLOTTE, LILLIE and SHANNON
The competition is tight. Will we get an undisputed 3-time winner this week? Will one of the one-time winners pull ahead with the first ever “2 wins in the same week” by getting selected as MBBOTW by 2 or more Snapper groups? Will the final standings be displayed in a pie graph? Stay tuned for the final update!
WEEK 14 Recap- Weekly Cudos: Low Actual: Nick Hartley (SUB) “34” Low Net: Steve Markunas “33” Greenies 1: Timmy K Greenies 2: Scott Gregory Team Skin: Carry Over #1 5-Hole: Steve Markunas AOTD: NA
Birdies???: there were a few (including 4 by sub Nick Hartley) but only these held up for JAMIES SCRATCH SKINS: Nick Hartley who cut everybody else then got 1 more…
RODNEY DANGERFIELD AWARD: goes to who shot 3 over par 5 under average for a 39 only to be buried for low actual by Scott Gregory’s Ringer Sub…
LOW ACTUAL: Nick Hartley “34”….NICE! ..LOW NET: Steve Markunas “33”….Nice round buddy….
AOTD: none
YEAR END OUTING iS 1st SUNDAY after Labor Day as always… This year Sun September 11, 2022 at ATLAS CC…start time is unofficially 9am so check in for Raffle ticket… skins/greenies purchases (skins/greenies $25/man mandatory for everyone) RAFFLE TICKETS NOT MANDATORY but you are gonna want in for these drawings at least $20 or $30 maybe more….THIS IS A 4 MAN SCRAMBLE with A…B…C…D player on each team…..IF YOU CANNOT COME TELL ME ASAP…DO NOT JUST SEND A REPLACEMENT WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE SAME HANDICAP…DO NOT JUST FAIL TO SHOW WITHOUT TELLING US LIKE BUBBA did last year….We have 36 guys…only Steve Gregory,,,Jason Wolfenden are out…. That is 30 + 6 (3 subs Art Kalitz, Tim Bailey Jerry Carlson and 3 3-man team extras Chris Carlson Dave Hamilton Kennan) Tell me immediately if your plans change so I can make fair teams…2. Don’t forget to bring cash to buy skins, greenies and raffle tickets.
[cue the Beer Babe theme music] “And as we wind on down the road, our shadows taller than our souls. There walks a lady we all know, who shines white light and wants to show… everything still turns to gold.” (or at least Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy)
WEEK 13 Recap- Weekly Cudos: Low Actual: Jamie Leece “35” Low Net: Jamie Leece “30” Greenies 1: D Wolf Greenies 2: Herb Green Team Skin: Carrier/Ford 5-Hole: Jake Ford AOTD: NA
Congrats to the following weekly winnas: GREENIE #1: Wolf #2: Greenie # 2: Herbie
TEAM SKIN : Carrier/Ford (actually sub Bailey/Ford)…………… 5-HOLE: Jake Ford
Birdies???: there were a few but only these held up for JAMIES SCRATCH SKINS: Jake Ford and Scott Gregory…
RODNEY DANGERFIELD AWARD: goes to HERB GREEN who cards 3 pars and 3 birdie for a 38…turns to his partner and asks “not bad huh?” …Jamie responds “Hold my coke and watch this”: 6 pars and 2 birdies later he has a “35”…wow
YEAR END OUTING iS 1st SUNDAY after Labor Day as always… This year Sun September 11, 2022 at ATLAS CC…start time is unofficially 9am so checkin for Raffle ticket… skins/greenies purchases (skins/greenies $25/man mandatory for everyone) RAFFLE TICKETS NOT MANDATORY but you are gonna want in for these drawings at least $20 or $30 maybe more….THIS IS A $ MAN SCRAMBLE with A…B…C…D player on each team…..IF YOU CANNOT COME TELL ME ASAP…DO NOT JUST SEND A REPLACEMET WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE SAME HANDICAP…DO NOT JUST FAIL TO SHOW WITHOUT TELLING US LIKE BUBBA did last year….I have reserved 36 so all 3 man teams can play (Chris Carlson, D Hamilton & Keenan are all in) and sub Tim Bailey is in. JWOLF is sending a sub (Archie something)…….every other league member is coming except maybe Chris Johns… SO 1. Tell me immediately if your plans change so I can make fair teams…2. Don’t forget to bring cash to buy skins, greenies and raffle tickets.
EDITOR ‘BLADE CORRECTION:
Jake Ford carded a “39” on July 28th, yet Gordie Strachnan was given credit for Low Actual of the night with a “40”. Jamie texted and informed me of this travesty of injustice and stolen honor on August 4th and I promised to immediately rectify. And then this was posted on the official Snappers Facebook page by the victim himself:
(and then I promptly forgot about it for 2 weeks due to the rainout on August 4th). I can’t imagine the pain and anguish Jake must have felt these last 2 weeks knowing he wasn’t get his due credit for the low actual score on 7/28 and the eventual free golf ball for this feat at the year-end festivities. So much so, that he must have went into last week’s league night with an unbridled determination to score so low that ignoring him would be impossible. The result was a par 36 actual! “Let them ignore THAT!,” Jake must have thought. Unfortunately for him, Low Score credit goes to Jamie for his -1 under “35”. You can’t win AOTD with your golf score, but it sure seems like Jamie should have received a nomination for this heartless snub.
Blast From The Past
It may be time to update this Timmy K wardrobe timeline. Is it possible that he is wearing the same soiled OSU shirt over the years?
This week’s musical headline by Supertramp, who must have been thinking of the Snappers and the foibles of golfing the final hole on league night when they wrote the following:
You never see what you want to see Forever playing to the gallery Take the long way home Take the long way home
Majestic Snappers Golf League 