Chicago Team Championship Results - Round 2 Postponed

Chicago North set out on Sunday to defend their title for the third straight time.  Weather didn’t dampen the player’s spirits but it did shorten the 36 hole tournament to 18, forcing a reschedule to complete the final 18 holes.  The teams competed in a nine hole two man Scramble and nine hole Better Ball Format; each hole was worth 2 points with a tie worth 1.   The teams were both tied after seven groups posted the rounds at 126 points each; it was groups 8 through 12 that made the difference and giving the Chicago North Tour a 16 point lead. 

The continuance of the Chicago Team event will take place in October due to scheduling conflicts with the 2012 Sr. National followed by the 2012 National Championship kicking off this weekend and tournaments already planned in September to kick off the start of the 2013 Season.  The total points of all four nine hole formats adds up to 1,080 of which only 40% of the points have been completed.  Though the Chicago North has a 16 point lead, the teams will battle for the remaining 648 points with 432 of those points coming from 24 head to head matches. 

The player’s who competed on Sunday will have first opportunity to compete in the final round however substitutes may need to be called in the event a player is unavailable.  Pete Kaufman (Chicago South Tour) had to battle for himself when his partner failed to show.  Pete will be assigned a new partner when the tournament resumes.

Mike Anderson/Mike Coble	20 pts.	Dan Steinman/ Bill Schump	16 pts.
Steve Downey/Mike Vogelsberg	17 pts.	Dan White/Jim Gotschall	19 pts
John Pacheco/George Torres	22 pts.	Solomon Ardison/ Franklin Morris	14 pts.
John Mauck/Dan Grabinski	17 pts.	Kirk Blakney/Jim Cannon	19 pts.
John Mitchell/Mark Giebelhausen	16 pts.	Terry Witte/Rick Wilson	20 pts.
Dan Kwilas/Frank Kaldis	17 pts.	Pete Kaufman/Partner No Showed	19 pts.
Eddie Stephens/Mark Titone	17 pts.	Mike Mullikin/DeRell Durr	19 pts.
Matt Bergstrom/Dane Yarnell	25 pts.	Pat Polzin/Brooks Biggs	11 pts.
Nomie Namie/Bill Neiert	15 pts.	Ben Bevill/Bryan Tyman	21 pts.
Leo Schnoor/Mike Teegen	24 pts.	Don Casey/Mike Coleman	12 pts.
Andrew O’Neil/Matt Jura	20 pts	Rich Ross/Clay Koenig	16 pts.
Mike Argyrakis/Brian Kirschner	14 pts.	Don Fiets/Brian Booker	22 pts.
CHICAGO NORTH TOUR	224	CHICAGO SOUTH TOUR	208

 

During the break a raffle drawing was conducted and 7 FREE Golf Channel AM Tour Memberships were awarded.  All season players participated in a 50/50 Raffle with proceeds helping to fund the Chicago Team event.  With the growth and participation this year, there was enough money left over to award four Free Memberships and a separate raffle held at the Team event awarded an additional 3 player’s.  Congratulations to the following player’s on winning a FREE Golf Channel AM Tour membership: Bryce Hanson (Brookfield, Chic. South Tour), Andre Jacob (Chicago, Chicago North Tour), Dan White (Elmhurst, Chicago South Tour), Mark Titone (Wood Dale, Chicago North Tour), Mike Coble (Wheaton, Chicago North Tour), Mike Kelly (Chicago, Chicago South Tour) and Terry Witte (Aurora, Chicago South Tour).

The 2012 Season wraps up with the national and Sr. National Championship and of the 104 Chicago Members that qualified to compete, 50 are making the trip with two on the waiting list.  Many of the players who will compete in the National or Sr. National Championship will be competing in the event for the first time.   Since 2006 a Chicago Member has hoisted the trophy and a couple years two Chicago Members hoisted the hardware.  With a good field heading to Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida in September, the field consists of some very strong winners and should be a good opportunity for another winner or two.

Good luck to all the Chicago Members heading to Florida to compete in their respective flight.