Fras er and Geo rge Weekes/Joe McLaughlin. Brad Leak and Joseph Holloway won their indi-vidual matches.

Top grossers at Riverview were Brad Leak(84), Greg Ward (8 7 ) , Maur i ce Brown(88), Allen Smith(89) and George Weekes(91).

Playing in their first Ball Striker competition were rookies, Chuck Smith, Demetrius Brock, Bruce Arthur and Joe McLaugh-lin. Welcome to the Ball Strikers!

Thanks to all of the Ball Strikers who supported the 50/50. Proceeds from the 50/50 go to help members in need.

The first event of the sea-son generates high antici-pation. Everyone is anx-ious to shake the winter rust off their game and get a good start to the sea-son’s competition. So when I got a call from club president, Mike Con-rad, two days before the event and he says that we were not on the Spooky Brook tee sheet for Satur-day, I was speechless. But Mike was cool. He said we could get with the Spooky Brook manager, who would not be available until Friday, and try to get them to correct their er-ror. Or we could try to get another venue for the event. Mike said he was going to make some calls and see what he could do about securing another venue. I was thinking, tee times for 27 golfers at a premium course on a Saturday on 2 days notice. Are you kidding me!!! An hour later Mike called back with the news that he had secured the tee times we needed at River-view. Miracles do happen.

Saturday was a nice enough day for golf. Breezy, but not too, com-fortable and no precip. Unfortunately, it had rained hard the previous night. This made for very soggy conditions and the

hated “cart path only”. But, as I mentioned be-fore, the Strikers were anxious to play. So we all approached the first tee undaunted.

Reining club champion, Brad Leak, and past club champ, Greg Ward, tied for 1st place in Shippen Cup stroke play at River-view. Each shooting net 72. George Weekes fin-ished 3rd in stroke play at net 73, one stroke ahead of Maurice Brown. Jesse Branson and Hugh Lecky placed T5 at net 77.

Four ball match winners were the teams of Rod LeBrew/Mel LuSane, Mau-rice Brown/Greg Ward, Keith Kirkland/Hugh Lecky, Errol Blake/Earl

Miracle Mike’s last minute switch saves 1st 2019 event

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April 14, 2019 Volume 1, Issue 1

The New Jersey Ball Strikers

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PLAYER RANK POINTS

Brad Leak 1 35

Greg Ward 1 35

George Weekes 3 25

Maurice Brown T4 20

Hugh Lecky T4 20

Errol Blake T4 20

Earl Fraser T7 18.33

Keith Kirkland T7 18.33

Rod LeBrew T9 15

Mel LuSane T9 15

Joseph Holloway T9 15

Joe McLaughlin T9 15

Allen Smith T13 10

Jesse Branson T13 10

Mike Conrad 15 8.33

SHIPPEN CUP LEADERBOARD

Brad Leak 84

Greg Ward 87

Maurice Brown 88

Allen Smith 89

George Weekes 91

RIVERVIEW TOP GROSS

Ball Strikers Brad Leak (left) and Greg Ward shared top honors at Riverview

Riverview Match Play Results

Riverview Net Stroke Play Results

Riverview Gross Hole by Hole

Riverview Skins & Skills

RIVERVIEW SKINS & SKILLS April 13, 2019

Gross Skins Hole Par Score Golfer Skin #1 4 4 Ray Woolfolk $44 #5 4 2 Maurice Brown $44 #7 5 4 David Williams $44 #12 3 2 Maurice Brown $44 #18 5 4 Errol Blake $44 50/50 Donald Rucker $42

Riverview Skins

Riverview Event Statistics

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Round 1 -- April 13, 2019

Hole # Yardage Par Stroke Avg Hole Rank Eagles Birdies Pars Bogeys D. Bogeys Others

1 310-325 4 5.80 5 0 0 1 9 11 4

2 285-315 4 6.12 2 0 0 2 5 9 9

3 420-490 5 6.00 16 0 0 11 7 3 4

4 100-110 3 3.96 17 0 2 6 10 5 2

5 290-345 4 5.56 8 1 0 3 8 8 5

6 150-185 3 4.84 4 0 0 2 5 13 5

7 425-455 5 5.88 18 0 2 6 11 5 1

8 310-340 4 5.32 13 0 0 2 15 7 1

9 340-395 4 5.12 14 0 0 7 10 6 2

10 305-340 4 5.36 11 0 0 5 8 10 2

11 275-330 4 5.36 12 0 2 4 7 8 4

12 150-165 3 4.44 9 0 1 2 9 11 2

13 460-520 5 7.44 1 0 0 2 5 7 11

14 125-140 3 4.44 10 0 0 2 12 9 2

15 280-305 4 5.92 3 0 0 3 6 9 7

16 330-385 4 5.72 6 0 0 2 9 8 6

17 365-455 4 5.72 7 0 0 4 10 4 7

18 455-480 5 6.04 15 0 1 5 13 4 2

Holes Yardage Par Stoke Avg Eagles Birdies Pars Bogeys D. Bogeys Others

Out 2630-2960 36 48.60 1 4 40 80 67 33

In 2835-3030 50.44 0 4 29 79 70 43

Total 5465-5990 72 99.04 1 8 69 159 137 76