TURMOIL ON FIRST TEE!GOLF COURSE OVERBOOKED!July 11, 2006By: Don Nichols Ansley Tuesday Afternoon Golf Tour

The 13th week of the ATAG season was met with bedlam on the first tee as over 30 golfers milled around the putting green or sat in carts waiting to play the first hole of a nine hole golf course, including 19 ATAGers who showed up for the first reserved tee time at 5:09 pm. The scene, reminiscent of an opening day at a county fair, was apparently caused by a tournament held earlier in the day that caused the tee times of several groups to be pushed back and to start their rounds in a shotgun format, resulting in three groups arriving at the first tee to complete three or more holes of their rounds at the same time that the ATAG match was beginning. Club management maintained order by allowing the earlier golfers to alternate with the ATAG teams, but this accommodation delayed the third ATAG group getting off until close to 6 pm and required the last two teams to have their own shotgun start in order to finish in time for the social activities. An earlier random pick of numbers out of the hat resulted in the following teams:

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3Danny Morris Tom Kisgen Rick EatonAndy Tyber Jim Williamson Richard GilmoreBill Benning Ron Majors Tom ThornhillTom Player Scotty Greene Don NicholsScore: -10 Score: -10 Score: -16

Group 4 Group 5Mike Gutt Marty Arnold P.J. Wade Henry Sawyer

Date: July 11, 2006

Issue #: 21

The NickelodeonChronicling The Play and Behavior of ATAG Tour Players

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Brooks Cowles Mike GaddisScotty Greene* Bill Buist**

Score: -12 Score: -8

*indicates randomly selected draw partner for the threesome whose score was adjusted accordingly. Draw partner participates in that group’s fate.**indicates visitor

SEASON BEST 16 UNDER GRABS THE GUSTO! TIES ALL TIME ATAG RECORD!Team 3 members Rick Eaton, Richard Gilmore, Tom Thornhill, and Don Nichols played well and used the right combination of low to mid to high handicappers to brother in law their way to the season’s best score of 16 under to blow away the field, with Gilmore and Nichols each posting net 5 under scores to help lead their team to victory. The 16 under score puts them into a tie for the all time ATAG record (well, since records have been kept) which was posted last year by Tim Martin, Andy Tyber, Doug Healy, and draw partner Tom Kisgen. Finishing last, literally and figuratively, were Team 5 members Marty Arnold, Henry Sawyer, Mike Gaddis, and new Arnold sponsored Ansley member Bill Buist who filled in for one of the four match day cancellations. The woeful foursome, which was forced to start on # 7 and then found themselves behind a slow twosome, finished some 30 minutes after the fourth group only to learn that their 8 under score entitled them to be the day’s sponsor of the highly coveted premium barley.

GUTT WINS FIRST ATAG TOUR PURSE FOR LOW NET! EATON AND TYBER SHARE LOW GROSS HONORS! WILLIAMSON RISES TO NEW HIGH!For the first time, an ATAG Tour purse was established for the Low Net—open to all players who contributed to the pot of $1,900. (well, I may have added a couple of zeroes to capture attention and $1900 sounds a lot better than 19 bucks) Nevertheless, grabbing the nineteen singles was nineteen handicapper Mike Gutt who edged out Richard Gilmore and Don Nichols by one stroke with a net score of 6 under, putting him into a tie with Henry Sawyer for the clubhouse lead. Sharing low gross honors were single digiters Rick Eaton and Andy Tyber who each posted a 39. Topping the charts on this day was seventeen handicapper Jim Williamson who rose to his season high of 48 which was good (bad) enough for the recognition since perennial favorites Craig

“The main idea in golf as in life, I suppose, is to learn to accept what

cannot be altered and to keep on doing one’s own reasoned and resolute

best whether the prospect be bleak or rosy”

Bobby Jones

Golf Truism:The more expensive ball that you buy, the more

powerful will be its magnetic attraction to

water.

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Sellner and Frank Corrigan did not play, and last year’s winner Bill Benning posted a respectable score of 44.

GREENE CLAIMS SHOT OF THE DAY!There were several good shots of the day, but Scotty Greene grabbed top honors for his approach shot on # 4. After a weak tee shot that left him 215 yards from the pin, Greene managed to make the long distance call with a seven wood, landing within 15 feet of the hole, and then sinking the putt for birdie, net eagle. Other good shots were made by Jim Williamson who did have one bright spot by chipping within a foot from 50 yards out on # 8 to make net par, Tom Kisgen who sank a 20 foot putt for birdie, net eagle on # 2, Richard Gilmore who nearly holed out his shot from the sand trap on # 1 to make par, net birdie, and Mike Gutt who put his 145 yard approach shot on #2 within four feet to make birdie, net eagle.

BIRDIE CLUB ADDS NEW MEMBERSP. J. Wade, Scotty Greene, and Mike Gutt were admitted into the Birdie Club for the first time while others who added to their cumulative total included Andy Tyber, Tom Kisgen, and Bill Benning.

OTHER TIDBITS: It was a typical hazy and hot late summer Georgia afternoon and, despite the turmoil on the first tee, turned out

to be yetanother great day in the ATAG annals. Doug Healy, though having to cancel on game day, was on the porch in street clothes to greet the players and participate in the social interaction. Also making brief cameo appearances were C.J. Young, Ollie Kennon, and Tim Martin who were attending the Ansley Sharks swim team celebration party in the upstairs ball room. The Ansley Sharks captured the country club championship for the 19th year in a row! (The last time they lost, Martin was a college freshman and this writer was almost wrinkle free.)

It was not joke night, but Tom Kisgen entertained one of the tables with some new material that emitted some guffaws from those within ear shot and prompted Danny Morris to subsequently retell it to the other tables after Kisgen had departed for the evening. Today’s “bad boys” were Ben Cass, who was fined for canceling his reserved spot at 3:30 pm on the day of the match, well beyond the required 2 pm deadline, and Scotty Greene who responded to the Commissioners’ subtle suggestion that Greene’s group was playing slow with a loud expletive deleted barb. Mr. Greene has been

Leaders In The Clubhouse:

Low Gross: Bernhardt: 34

ATAG Record: Reese: 33

Low Net: Gutt, Sawyer: -6

ATAG Record : Gutt , Sawyer: - 6 Most Birdies: Tyber: 10 ATAG Record: Tyber: 19

Eagle Club: 2006-none 2005: Majors, Meagher

Best Team Score: -16

Eaton, Gilmore, Thornhill, Nichols

ATAG Record: -16 TieMartin, Tyber, Healy, Kisgen(draw partner)Eaton, Gilmore, Thornhill, Nichols

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censured for his affront to the Commissioner and a Letter Of Reprimand has been placed in his file.

Next week we take on the back nine. See everybody then!

Box Scores: front nineEaton 39 Kisgen 44Tyber 39 Cowles 44Gutt 40 Thornhill 44Majors 40 Benning 44 Nichols 40 Sawyer 45Arnold 41 Greene 45Wade, PJ 42 Player 46Gilmore 42 Buist 46Morris 43 Williamson 48Gaddis 43

Thoughts For The Day:

In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday.

Clones are people two.

More Summer Reading (now available at your

local bookstore):

“How To Hit a Nike from the rough when you hit a Titliest off

the tee”

“How To Find The Ball That Everyone else saw go into the water.”