BMGL History and Trivia

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Record Performances:

• Most team championships in named-team era: BAG Team (4) and Darcy's Duffers (4)
• Longest team regular season losing streak: Odd Lot (9 matches spanning the 2007 and 2008 seasons)
• Longest team regular season winning streak: Odd Lot (11 matches, 2012)
• Worst season record: Bag Team (3-15, 2009)
• Best season record: Odd Lot (13-3, 2004); Wedgies (14-4, 2018)
• Low individual net score: Dave Higby, 22 (13-under), back nine CP, 5/24/99; Kerry Meinhardt, 24 (13-under), front nine CP, 4/28/03.
• Low individual gross score: Alan Cannell, 31 (four-under), back nine CP, 08/27/18. Second best: Curt Lavender, 33 (three-under), front nine Sun Willows, 06/23/08. (Honorable mention: Al Garcia, 35 (two-under), front nine CP, 10/1/01; Mark Hattrup, 35 (two-under) front nine CP, 08/09/04; Rick Mares, 33 (two-under) back nine CP, 06/20/05; Curt Lavender, 33 (two-under) back nine CP, 07/25/05; Jerry Martin, 33 (two-under) back nine CP, 05/15/06 and again on 08/28/06; Curt Lavender, 35 (two-under) front nine CP, 05/12/08; Wes Lawrence, 33 (two-under) back nine CP, 06/29/09; Thomas Hallen, 35 (two-under) front nine CP, 08/23/21.)
• Closest team match: 7/24/06 Darcy's Duffers defeated Bag Team by two holes on the 3rd tiebreaker (8-8 points,115-115 top three nets, 159-159 all four nets, 14-12 total holes won).
• Best average net: 7/16/18: The only time in memory that a sub-par average net was posted with all teams playing. BMGL averaged 0.7 strokes UNDER par net on the back nine. (Honorable Mention: 9/15/08 - The league split between front and back nines; the 16 back nine players shot an average net of 0.7 strokes under par)
• Narrowest margin for regular-season championship: 2008. The Sandbaggers and Shank Faction both finished with 12-6 records and were separated by only one team point, with the Sandbaggers edging out Shank Faction 278-277 (a margin of 0.36%)
• Best played individual match: (July 9, 2012) Justin Slone shot a seven-under net 28 on the back nine to edge out Ward TeGrotenhuis, who had a five-under net 30.

Holes in One and Other Notable Shots

• June 10, 2019:
  James O'Brien
  Columbia Point Golf Course
  Hole-in-One, Hole #17.
• August 6, 2012:
  Charlie Cole
  Columbia Point Golf Course
  Hole-in-One, Hole #15, 162 yards, 3-wood.
• August 6, 2007:
  Gary Josephson
  Columbia Point Golf Course
  Won KP in regulation prize on hole #6 with an Eagle
• May 15, 2006:
  Jerry Martin
  Columbia Point Golf Course
  Eagle 2, Par 4 Hole #14, Driver to green, one putt from 15 feet. Jerry parred every other hole to post a two-under 33 on the back nine.
• June 21, 2004:
  Ken Renteria
  Columbia Point Golf Course
  Drained a 59.5-foot putt on Hole #9 to claim long putt hole prize, clinch his individual match against Mark White by one stroke at gross 38 (net 31), and win the team match for the Stiffs over Darcy's Duffers on the first tiebreaker.
• May 17, 2004:
  Kentin Alford
  Columbia Point Golf Course
  Eagle 3, Par 5 Hole #18, 5-wood to green from 215 yards out, one putt.
• April 15, 2002:
  Joe Westsik
  Columbia Point Golf Course
  Eagle 2, Par 4 Hole #3, 6-iron from 155 yards
• August 2, 1999:
  Tom DeForest and Al Garcia both won KP in regulation prizes with Eagles
  Columbia Point Golf Course
  DeForest: Eagle 2 on #14; Garcia: Eagle 3 on #18
• May 18, 1998:
  Gordon Simanton
  Columbia Point Golf Course
  Hole-in-One, Hole #8, 194 yards, 3-wood.
  His third.
• June 21, 1993:
  Ray Abraham
  Sham-Na-Pum Golf Course
  Hole-in-One, Hole #15, 168 yards, 6-iron.