The annual Memorial Day Tournament was blessed with one of the grandest days we have seen in May. There was just enough breeze to keep the black flies and mosquitoes from their annual competition.
Regardless of how well one played, we were happy to be out there.
Congratulations to Tom Burnam, Bill Dagley, Randall Waltz and Chris Lincoln for winning low team gross and Dan Colbert, Jesse Bagley, Ryan Carter and Andrew Feltis for their winning first team net.
As official tournament scorer Nick Waltz said, “It wasn’t hard to pick the low gross team this year, but with low net you never know.”
Warren Waltz reported that Jan Piper “chipped in” on the par four, sixth hole for an eagle two. He was exactly 86 yards out according to Waltz’s electronic range finder. (Who says that golfers don’t keep up with the latest technology?)
The ball took two nice hops and a short roll into the cup.
Playing partners Pete Farrell and Bill Berriman joined Waltz in watching the happy event. Their team achieved second low net. The big hitter on our team was Tom Getchell from Scarborough, and he had a massive drive on the seventh hole, that seemed certain to take longest drive honors, but when we were able to see down in the seventh valley, it was clear that the long drive marker was a few feet ahead of Getchell.
The guess as to who was, was correct: Ol’ Kyle “hole-in-one” Feltis.
Congratulations also to the ladies low gross winner, Polly Crook and low net winner, Anne Knott, and Tracy Babcock and Mash (now there’s an unusual name) Sutton for second gross and second net respectively.
For complete details on all of the Memorial Day winners prepared by General Manager Paul Richmond, go to wawenock@live,com.
Reunion Station
In talking with Sharlene Feltis, part owner of the Fairway Restaurant with husband, Dale, it was very clear that she is looking forward to their second year with great enthusiasm.
She opened especially for the Memorial Day Tournament, and plans to be open for lunch and dinner Fridays through Sundays.
Once league play starts the Fairway will be open for Monday dinner and Thursday lunch for the ladies, and Wednesday lunch and dinner for the guys.
In July and August she will provide lunch and dinner seven days a week and will be testing the possibility of serving breakfast on weekends.
Remember, Sharlene, you’ve got to take a day off once in a while.
Actually she and Dale will be taking June 4 off to see their son graduate from Lincoln Academy. Oh, there’s one other thing. If the course is closed due to weather, the restaurant will likely be closed too.
The menu this season will be much the same as last year, but she hastened to say that the league players determine exactly what they want and what will be served. One might say her motto is: If you want something, just holler!
An inspired performance
A couple of weeks ago four courageous Wawenock members ventured to Vassalboro to play in the annual Grocers Tournament at the Nantanis Golf Club.
The tournament is an important fundraiser for charities and scholarships. They were led by Reggie Riley, one of the leading grocers of our area.
Riley has played this tournament many times, but winning has always eluded him. This year his team was Jack Harrison, Pete Farrell and Stan Wade. Now this is not exactly a team of low handicap ringers.
Without mentioning any names the group’s handicaps were 5, 15, 23 and 29. One would have to conclude that their only hope of winning was to achieve the lowest net score with the aid of their handicaps.
Not only did they win, they managed to take low gross honors. No handicap assistance was needed. They achieved a score of 63, nine under par and competed with 80 other golfers.
They even eagled a 500-yard, par five hole. “We played well, every one contributed and we had a great time,” Wade said. Harrison was hitting some fine drives, Farrell was placing wedge shots close to the pins, Riley was dropping puts all over the course and Wade was filling in the gaps when needed.
“We won so much pro shop merchandise and prizes, we almost needed a truck to bring it all home!” Wade said.
This performance was truly special, and I asked myself how could this have happened. Maybe they got a good luck hug from our Pro Shop ladies, Geri McIlroy and Stephanie Russell.
Maybe Reggie Riley gave them a rousing pep talk on the way. And then I hit upon it. They stopped at Vassalboro’s famous Grand View Topless Coffee Shop for a doughnut.
That has to be the source of their inspiration.
Gee, would our Selectmen approve my opening a small topless doughnut shop in South Bristol?
