Introducing: The Hole Of The Week Hotshot

[ddepew]

Starting this year, OVGA giving out a new award, called the Hole Of The Week Hotshot. For each event, one hole will be selected to be the Hole Of The Week. This hole may be the toughest hole on the course, or an unusual hole, or one that can make or break a competitor's round. Throughout the year, the tour will be keeping track of the net score each competitor has on these holes, with the intention of compiling a 'best of' 9-hole score for that person. The tour will choose the best of two par 3's, two par 5's, and five par 4's for that competitor's Hole Of The Week performance throughout the year. The winner will receive a trophy and a gift certificate. Two venues will have three Holes Of The Week: Links at Grand Victoria, and The Grizzly at King's Island. These courses are being played twice, giving that person two chances at each of those Holes.
    So then, there will be 22 Holes Of The Week for everyone to play over the next 20 events. There will be 10 par 4s, and 6 each of par 3's and 5's. We will probably provide a sign for the tee box each week to remind everyone which hole has been selected. The first tiebreaker will be all Holes Of The Week played in common, followed by average Hole Of The Week score.

[tom c]

Huh?

[lbuskey]

What Tom said

[ddepew]

Oh, c'mon guys. It's not that confusing. lol. I'm going to take your best 9 Hole Of The Week performances and combine them into a 9-hole score. Whoever has the best such score after the Tour Championship will win the Hole Of The Week Hotshot award. The 9-hole score will consist of your best five par 4s, and best two of both Par 3s and par 5s.

[dvorpe]

I don't know if I want to publicize that my best 9 hole score is 115.

[ddepew]

Nine competitors were net under par on the Hole Of The Week at Indian Ridge and lead the contest after one event.

Net Eagles
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Eric Judd

Net Birdies
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Mike Plummer
Joe Vlachos
Karsten Klint
Chris Mulligan
Michael Frank
Cy Zibrik
Janet Meyer
Bill Gabriel

[ddepew]

With 8 holes played and 14 more to go, I can finally post a leaderboard for the inaugural Hole Of The Week Hotshot contest. Let me state again that the final score will consist of the best five par 4's, and best two each of par 3's and 5's, so if your score doesn't look that good, your worst hole performance can always be replaced, and there are plenty of holes left to play. Day 2 at Grand Victoria made a huge difference for several players, allowing them to lower their score to this point, and our current leader lowered her score by three shots by playing the holes a second time. First, in order of par played so far:

Par 32
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Jeff Schlueter    -2
Phyllis Bare    Even

Par 29
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Kirt Kiser    Even

Par 28
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Evan Sliger    -5
Mark Bixler    -2
Mike Greivenkamp,
Richard Lakes,
Steve Brooks    Even

Par 27
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Karsten Klint    -2
David Hall    Even

Par 25
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Matt Johnson    -2
Steve Roderer    Even

Par 24
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Debbie Lakes    -7
Michael Frank    -4
Harry Bradley,
Colin Supe    -1
Scott Springer    Even

Par 23
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Janet Meyer    -1

Other players under par after at least 3 holes
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Dan Johnson    -2 through par 19
Frank Kilgore    -2 through par 16
Larry Buskey    -1 through par 16
David Vorpe    -3 through par 12
Chris Mulligan    -2 through par 12
Ron Spencer    -2 through par 12
Aubrey Herman    -2 through par 11
Richard Coleman    -1 through par 11


Leaderboard through at least 3 holes
Name            Par      Score
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Debby Lakes   24   -7
Evan Sliger   28   -5
Michael Frank   24   -4
David Vorpe   12   -3
Jeff Schlueter   32   -2
Mark Bixler   28   -2
Karsten Klint   27   -2
Matt Johnson   25   -2
Dan Johnson   19   -2
Frank Kilgore   16   -2
Ron Spencer   12   -2
Chris Mulligan   12   -2
Aubrey Herman   11   -2
Richard Coleman   11   -1
Colan Supe   24   -1
Harry Bradley   24   -1
Janet Meyer   23   -1
Larry Buskey   16   -1
Phyllis Bare   32   0
Kirt Kiser   29   0
Steve Brooks   28   0
Richard Lakes   28   0
Mike Greivenkamp   28   0
David Hall   27   0
Steve Roderer   25   0
Scott Springer   24   0
Dave Johnson   23   0
Dan Denier   20   0
Eric Judd   20   0
Joe Vlachos   20   0
Garrick Flohr   19   0
Sam Crish   19   0
Sherri Cornetet   19   0
Gerry Burris   19   0
Michael Bowen   16   0
Jim Evans   12   0
Dustin Wallace   12   0
Frank Barker   12   0
Jon Quatman   12   0


If anyone is interested in their personal hole-by-hole breakdown, just send an e-mail to ddepew3@cinci.rr.com with the subject "HotW Hotshot hole-by-hole", and I'll send it out to you.

[ddepew]

I decided I will send everyone out their hole-by-hole score after this past weekend's events are posted.

[ddepew]

Here is the leaderboard after 10 holes. I have edited it for only the best 9, since we have now played 3 par 3 holes. You should also be getting a personal Hole Of The Week score shortly. There are 60 players who have played at least 5 holes, so this will take some time. In the list below, I might have missed a couple of you are net par.


Leaderboard through 10 holes (players having played at least 5 holes):
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Name      Par(best9)   Total   Net   Par +/-
Evan Sliger   32   37   26   -6
Jeff Schlueter   36   42   31   -5
Michael Frank   31   31   26   -5
Debby Lakes   28   39   23   -5
Chris Mulligan   19   18   14   -5
C. Karsten Klint   31   31   27   -4
Matt Johnson   29   32   26   -3
Frank Kilgore   23   29   20   -3
Dan Johnson   19   20   17   -2
Mark Bixler   32   36   30   -2
Kirt Kiser      36   40   35   -1
Cy Zibrik      36   42   35   -1
Richard Lakes   32   36   31   -1
Colan Supe   28   33   27   -1
Harry Bradley   28   34   27   -1
Janet Meyer   23   30   22   -1
David Hall      27   30   27   0
Darin DePew   27   31   27   0
Scott Springer   24   32   24   0
Dave Johnson   23   25   23   0
Gerry Burris   23   31   23   0
Dan Denier   20   21   20   0
Joe Vlachos   20   23   20   0
Garrick Flohr   19   20   19   0
Sam Crish   19   22   19   0
Sherri Cornetet   19   26   19   0

[ddepew]

I made a correction to the leaderboard. Evan Sliger now leads with -6. Evan played Grand Victoria both days, carding two pars and a birdie on the three selected hole. With 4 handicap strokes, he was net -5 for those holes and now leads.

[Chad Stewart]

Darin,
I can probably make this really easy for you.  I'll start sending you the hole by hole for each tournament.  Sorry, with the new software I now have this ability.

[ddepew]

Darin,
I can probably make this really easy for you.  I'll start sending you the hole by hole for each tournament.  Sorry, with the new software I now have this ability.

As long as I get the course handicaps for each round, I'm fine with that.

[ddepew]

Leaderboard thru 11 Holes (having played at least 5 holes)
name      par   gross   net   +/-   'best of' holes
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Evan Sliger   32   37   26   -6   8
*Michael Frank   36   37   31   -5   9
Jeff Schlueter   36   42   31   -5   9
Debby Lakes   28   39   23   -5   7
Chris Mulligan   19   18   14   -5   5
Cy Zibrik   36   40   33   -3   9
Phyllis Bare   36   46   33   -3   9
Matt Johnson   29   32   26   -3   7
Dan Johnson   24   25   21   -3   6
Rich Coleman   20   22   17   -3   5
C. Karsten Klint   36   39   34   -2   9
Mark Bixler   32   36   30   -2   8
Scott Clatty   19   23   17   -2   5
Kirt Kiser   36   40   35   -1   9
Richard Lakes   32   36   31   -1   9
Colan Supe   28   33   27   -1   7
Harry Bradley   28   34   27   -1   7
Frank Kilgore   28   38   27   -1   7
Janet Meyer   23   30   22   -1   6
Michael Bowen   21   23   20   -1   5
Larry Buskey   21   28   20   -1   5

*still waiting to confirm 1 hole score