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ATAGers TAKE ON THE TIPS!NEW RECORDS SET!

September 19, 2006By: Don Nichols

Ansley Tuesday Afternoon Golf Tour

A rainy morning turned out to be a beautiful sunny afternoon

that saw 16 players take on the Commissioners challenge toplay from the gold teesthe first time such an endeavor hasbeen attempted by the ATAG Tour which is heavily weightedwith high handicappers. Taking on the front nine in this newone time only format were:

Team 1 Team 2 Team 3Team 4

Tim Martin Andy Tyber Tom ThornhillMarty Arnold

Danny Morris Ben Cass Mike Gutt RichBatelaanTom Kisgen P.J. Wade David Danzig Don

NicholsDoug Healy Scotty Greene Craig SellnerRandy Knight*

score:-4 score:-1 score: -4 score: -6

*visitor

SIX UNDER WINS IT!Team 4 players Marty Arnold, Richard Batelaan, DonNichols, and Randy Knight emerged as the victors with ascore of 6 underan all time ATAG record. (well, from theback tees). The days sponsor turned out to be the single digit

laden team of Andy Tyber, Ben Cass, P.J. Wade, andScotty Greene who finished at a net 1underalso an ATAGrecord. (again, from the back tees)

MORRIS WINS LOW NET ! CASSCAPTURES

LOW GROSS!Fourteen handicapper Danny Morris had no problem with theview from the back tees, relying on a solid short game to winLow Net and pocket 15 bucks with a net 1 under with a

Date: September 19, 2006

Issue #: 30

The NickelodeonChronicling The Play and Behavior of ATAG Tour Players

Chief EditorDon Nichols

Graphic Design ManagerAmanda Nichols

Sales and Marketing

ManagerPool Bar Dave Nichols

Contributing WritersDanny Morris

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score of42.Morris almost bagged the Low Gross honors aswell but was edged out by eight handicapper Ben Cass whorecorded a 41.

SELLNER SETS ALL TIME ATAGRECORD!

Twenty eight handicapper Craig Sellner, after beingchallenged the prior week, made a definitive personal statement to

the field on this day by setting the all time ATAG record forhighscore with a61. Notwithstanding that it was from the backtees, and that a twenty eight handicapper had no business beingback there,it was the first time anyone has ever been able to breakthe 60 barrier. The record is expected to stand for some time.

TYBER HAS SOLE BIRDIE ASCONSOLATION!The gold tees made the birdie making a lot tougher for all of theplayers except for three handicapper Andy Tyber who added

to his collective total with a birdie on # 5, giving him a total of 15for the year and the current leader of the Birdie Club. The birdiewas apparently his only highlight in that he was unable to take

advantage of his competitive edge from the back tees asevidenced by his season high score of9 over.

OTHER TIDBITS

The last group finished just before dark and the playersgathered again on the porch to await the results and enjoy the

beautiful evening, with many opting to dine on the fine cuisineof the Mens Grill.

While there was no true shot of the day to report, the

players unanimously voted to give honorary recognition to all ofthe players on Team 3 who collectively managed to elude victory

by dropping four shots on the last holegoing from a winningscore of 8 under to a skating score of 4 under, thereby

making them the first recipients of the new Chokers Award.

Making cameo appearances on the porch and staying tosocialize with the players were Ron Majors and Russ Jobson.

Rick Eaton and Guy Thomson also made a brief cameo stop on theporch on their way to the Mens Grill after completing a

non sanctioned 9 hole round.

The Commissioner revealed that it was actually Doug

Healy who had suggested several times and finally convinced theCommissioner that one ATAG match should be played fromthe tips just for a change of pace. Healy later agreed that it may

not have been such a good idea as he opened his round withback to back triple bogeys and finished with a 49.

Thats it for this week. See you next week when we go back tothe blue tees but have to tackle the more difficult back nine.Look for the Call For Players on Monday. THERE ARE ONLY 5MORE MATCHES IN THE 2006 SEASON!

Box Scores: Back Nine: Slope 136

Leaders In TheClubhouse:

Low Gross: Bernhardt: 34ATAG Record: Reese: 33

Low Net: Gutt, Sawyer: -6(ATAG Record)

Birdie Leader: Tyber: 15ATAG Record: Tyber: 19

Eagle Club:2006: John Arnold

2005: Majors, Meagher

Best Team Score: -16

Eaton, Gilmore, Thornhill,Nichols

(Ties ATAG Record first set in2005 by Martin, Tyber, Healy,and draw partner Kisgen)

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Cass 41 Tyber 45Morris 42 Greene 45Thornhill 43 Kisgen 45Wade 43 Gutt 47Knight 43 Healy 49Arnold 44 Martin 52Nichols 44 Danzig 52Batelaan 44 Sellner 61