I think we had an all-time record for attendance this week - definitely for this league. 32 folks filled 8 of the 9 holes at Westchester, braving temps somewhere between 5 and 15 degrees, depending on ...
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I think we had an all-time record for attendance this week - definitely for this league. 32 folks filled 8 of the 9 holes at Westchester, braving temps somewhere between 5 and 15 degrees, depending on whose car thermometer you believe. We overcame some moose issues on hole 9 to get a full round in for all involved - eat your heart out, NFL.
Remember, if we get above $100 in the ace pool, it spills over into the "Davis Bounty" which is getting at least 3 on all four of 3, 5, 6, and 9 blue on Davis. At Westchester, the bounty is hitting birdies on 6, 7, and 8 both times. No one's hit either in 13 weeks of league play!
In Week 3, Andrew Rodgers continued his hot play at Westchester (and in general) by tearing up the front 9 for 7 birdies, and then going 3 under on the back 9 for a 45, which was not only the best raw score, but good enough to get him first place with his handicap. Andrew and I both managed to get 5 out of 6 of the Westchester Bounty. Not sure how Andrew's went, but I got the first 5, and had about a 45-footer for the sixth, but clanged it off the cage. Chris Lowe made the most of his promotion to A Pool to take down second with a 48. No one in either pool played bogey-free!
Chase Powers also continued his amazing play, taking down B Pool with a raw-score 49, and a best-overall handicap score of 46.23. Mike Chung shot his first under par round in league play with a 52 to take second, and Julia Musser grabbed a podium finish for the second week in a row with a 59.
The "right" handicap for this week would have been 12.95 ratings points per stroke, so using 13 was perfect - I'll leave it there for week 5. Ratings and handicaps have been updated for week 4 - check them out here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15pb-zq2YRzagnoxVrDYeEzhwZrB9-8gaBBGxxq8GyIE/edit#gid=0
If you have any questions about your handicap or how this works, feel free to ask below or DM me. I think this is working pretty well so far - it doesn't seem like anyone is winning too much or doesn't have a chance in any given week.
