The SaddleBrooke Men’s Putters held its fourth quarter awards breakfast in January at the Agave Lounge in HOA-1. Awards were handed out for the following annual accomplishments.
Bob Bowlin Award (Best Average Gross): Tom Young 36.59 strokes in 29 rounds.
Syd Eagle Award (Highest Ace Average): Jim Jevne 1.11 aces/round in 35 rounds & Nick T Mares 1.11 aces/round in 18 rounds.
Most Aces Award: Jim Becker, 40 aces in 43 rounds.
Best Attendance Award: Ron McNutt 43/43 rounds.
Most Improved Award: Dave Gartner, 1.68 strokes better than 2022 in 30 rounds.
Each member received a one-year, free membership.
Randy Spencer handed out gift certificates for the most improved putters for the fourth quarter to the following members:
First place – John Thompson, 1.20
Second place – Mike Sachse, 1.20
Third place – Tom Johnson, 0.60
Jeffery Shield of Charles Schwab and Tim Wilcox of Investment Management handed out monetary awards to the following members:
For best average gross scores for the fourth quarter:
First place: Nick T Mares, 37.20
Second place: Frank Traczyk, 37.40
Third place: Al Storey, 37.80
For best average net scores for the fourth quarter:
First place: Frank Traczyk, 35.33
Second place: Greg Gurewitz, 36.00
Third place: Denny Teusch, 36.75
The annual Bob Gabric Sportsmanship Award was awarded to Jim Jevne and presented to him by Dave Rutkowski, last year’s winner.
Practice your putting once a week during a congenial competition with other guys. Putt every Thursday morning beginning at 10 a.m. in the winter and 9 a.m. in the summer, on the main SaddleBrooke putting green. We putt 18 holes with par 36 and use handicaps to even out the random teams competing for prizes ($3, $2, $1) and have individual gross and net prizes ($5, $3, $1). Pay $1 to putt each week with a $20 membership fee. Try it by putting as a guest for free. Just show up Thursday morning about 15 minutes early.
