ATAG Date: June 27, 2006

Ansley Tuesday Afternoon G olf Tour

Issue #: 20

The Nickelodeon
Chronicling The Play and Behavior of ATAG Tour Players

BACK NINE TAKES ITS TOLL!

Chief Editor
Don Nichols
June 27, 2006
Graphic Design Manager By: Don Nichols
Amanda Nichols Ansley Tuesday Afternoon Golf Tour

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“Pool Bar Dave” Nichols
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After 2 ½ days of rain, 18 ATAGers were greeted with
sunny skies and a remarkably dry golf course for the 12th
match of the 2006 ATAG season. Taking on the back
nine (which eerily resembles the front) proved to be most
challenging for the players as evidenced by scores
somewhat higher than last week’s front nine scores.
Once again, teams were assembled by the players order
of arrival, and due to some match day cancellations, the
following groups were paired, with two threesomes
selecting draw partners at the conclusion of their rounds.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3

Mike Gutt Doug Healy Danny Morris
Frank Corrigan Tim Martin Craig Sellner
Photography Bill Benning P.J. Wade Tom
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Marty Arnold Richard Batelaan Don
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Group 4 Group 5
Tom Kisgen Jim Bernhardt
Doug Gooding Jon Carper
ATAG Rick Eaton
Danny Morris*
Ron Majors
Richard Batelaan*
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Ansley Golf Club Score: -10 Score: -11
1912
*indicates randomly selected draw partner for the threesome
196 Montgomery Ferry Dr whose score was adjusted accordingly. Draw partner
Atlanta, Ga 30309 participates in that group’s fate.

DRAW PARTNER MAKES THE

DIFFERENCE !
The Team 5 threesome of Jim Bernhardt, Jon Carper,

“The fundamental
problem with golf is that
every so often, no matter
how lacking you may be
in the essential virtues
required of a steady
player, the odds are that
one day you will hit the
ball straight, hard, and
out of sight. This is the
essential frustration of
this excruciating sport.
For when you have done
it once, you make the
fundamental error of
asking yourself why you
can’t do this all the time.
The answer to this
question is simple: the
first time was a fluke.”
Colin Bowles, an
Australian author and free
lance journalist
ATAG
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1912
TWEETERS
BETWEEN!
196 Montgomery Ferry Dr
Atlanta, Ga 30309
Ron Majors, and their subsequent draw partner
Richard Batelaan emerged the victor with a score of 11
under, gaining five strokes after incorporating
Batelaan’s score and narrowly edging out the other
threesome/draw partner team by one stroke for first
place. Serving as the sponsor for this evening were first
arriving and finishing Team 1 members Marty Arnold,
Bill Benning, Mike Gutt, and Frank Corrigan who sped
their way around the course to arrive at 3 under-- and
then had to wait for the four other groups to finish before
they knew who would be the recipients of their obligatory
generosity.
FOUR TIE FOR LOW GROSS WITH
39!
Four players not having as much trouble with the back
nine as the other ATAGers were single digiters Jim
Bernhardt, Rick Eaton, and Richard Batelaan, and
thirteen handicapper Jon Carper, each of whom recorded
the day’s Low Gross of 39.
CARPER AND KISGEN TIE FOR LOW
NET! SELLNER REPEATS!
In the mid handicapper category, the aforementioned Jon
Carper shared low net for the day with sixteen
handicapper Tom Kisgen, whose score of 41 was good
enough to enable him to match Carper with a low net
score of 3 under. In the high handicapper race, twenty
eight handicapper Craig Sellner once again earned the
dubious award of high score of the day with a 51.
Fellow high handicapper Frank Corrigan had a good day,
recording a net eagle and posting a respectable score of
47 which bested lower handicappers Doug Gooding,
Mike Gutt, Bill Benning, and Doug Healy.
EATON HAS SHOT OF THE DAY!
Six handicapper Rick Eaton used the flat stick to earn
“shot of the day” honors by sinking a 50 foot putt (his
estimate, mind you) on #13 to make birdie. And Craig
Sellner’s day wasn’t all bad. Not only did he also make a
net eagle, he received honorable mention for his shot
from the sand trap on 18 that, after landing on the green,
spun sideways towards the flag until it stopped only
inches from the cup. (Unfortunately it was his second
attempt out of the sand)
FEW AND FAR
The back nine was also stingy to birdies on this day as
only two birdies were recorded—one by Rick Eaton and
one by Jim Bernhardt.
 Leaders In The
Clubhouse
Low Gross: Bernhardt:
34
OTHER TIDBITS:
ATAG Record: Reese: 33 • Ron Majors showed up without notice and replaced
Ben
Low Net: Sawyer: -6
ATAG Record : Sawyer: Cass who arrived too late to participate in the match.
-6 Ollie Kennon, Brooks Cowles, and Henry Sawyer
cancelled their appearance on the morning of the match,
Most Birdies: Tyber: 9 and Bill Benning came off the wait list to join the field.
ATAG Record: Tyber:
19 •It was joke night again on the porch-----but this time it
failed miserably after one attempt after another was met
Eagle Club: 2006-none with either puzzled looks or stone silence broken only by
2005: Majors, Meagher the sounds of crickets off in the distance. Marty Arnold
led off with three jokes he pulled from the internet before
Best Team Score: -15 he himself was pulled. Richard Batelaan offered an
Williamson, Sawyer, Ansley Shuttle joke that no one understood. Tom
Gooding, PJ Wade Thornhill elected to read a joke--in a manner much like a
ATAG Record: -16 fourth grade teacher. Tom Kisgen offered a “reading”
Martin, Tyber, Healy, that was halted at the outset because it was the same
Kisgen(draw partner) one given by Ron Majors a couple of weeks prior (the
infamous “a reading, by Ron Majors”) Don
Nichols then jumped in with two jokes that were also
found to be less than amusing, and Danny Morris then
told a joke that also was stopped at its outset because it
was a repeat of the one told by Tom Kisgen two weeks
prior. Macabre jokester Bill Benning told a long winded
joke that was neither macabre nor funny. The critical
crowd did manage to laugh, however, at the rabbi joke
told by Mike Gutt as he departed, one that he admitted
he heard from his wife.

•Doug Healy revealed that he opted to rake the sand and

Recommended Summer then lift, clean, and replace his ball in the trap because he
Reading (now available felt the traps were “like concrete” and should have been
at your local bookstore): properly raked after the rains by the grounds crew before
the match. He was immediately dubbed by fellow
“How To Properly ATAGers to be an authentic “sand bagger”, but the
Line Up Your Fourth Putt” recalcitrant Healy defiantly vowed that he would do it
again if the sand was not properly prepared to his liking.
“How To Get More (see side bar “recommended summer reading”)
Distance Off The
Shank”
•The Commissioner has ruled that there will be no
“How To Properly match next Tuesday due to the 4th of July holiday, so
Rake The Sand Before Your late next week look for the Commissioner’s “Call For
Shot” Players” for the July 11th match. If there are more than
20 players wanting to play, seniority and attendance
record will be given priority.
ATAG Box Scores: back nine
Ansley Tuesday Afternoon Eaton 39 Martin 45
Golf Tour Bernhardt 39 Arnold 46
Carper 39 Corrigan 47
Ansley Golf Club Batelaan 39 Gutt 48
1912 Kisgen 41 Healy 48
196 Montgomery Ferry Dr Thornhill 41 Benning 49
Atlanta, Ga 30309
Wade, PJ 42 Gooding 49
Majors 43 Sellner 51
Morris 44
Nichols 45