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MEN’S GOLF LEAGUE
Rich Eisenberg
OCTOBER 2025 PLAY
Ron Rider is our scheduler for October October October October 6th – Hammock Creek
For the bell lap of of our our summer tour we returned to to to Hammock Creek
on on a a a a a a a a a a day that had every sign of of becoming
a a a a a a a a a a a a a a washout…but the the the the golf gods smiled upon us after last
week’s cancellation and the the the the the weather held Sure the the the the the track
was was a a a a a a a a a a a bit spongy from wire wire to to wire wire however the the the the scoring
was was surprisingly good in in in today’s two-man team by flight
game Round of the day honors went to Art Leishman who shot
a a a a a a a a a a a staggering +9 against his 10 quota Vic Bertucci Ozzie
Edwards and Lloyd Torrey were also on fire with +6 cards
each The A flight
winners were were Daren Desiere and Jim Blevins with with a a a a a a a a a a combined +5 One stroke off the pace were were Dean
Hanson and and Ron Ron Quackenbush along with with Vic Bertucci and and Ron Ron Rider tying for second place The B flight
competition was extremely tight with a a a a a a three-
way tie at combined +5 for the win between Pete Knoll and and and Rich Eisenberg
Larry Belton and and and and Bernie Fischer and and and and Ozzie
Edwards and Harvey Levy Even with a a a a a a a a a a a a negative draw for for a a a a a a a a a a a a virtual partner Art Leishmen ran away from the the the rest of the the the C field for for the the the win John Kline and and a a a a a a a a a a a a draw took second place several strokes
behind while Al Galimidi and and Kevin Cahill came in in in in in third Birdies were hard to come by in in in in the damp conditions but Vic Bertucci Daren Desiere and Jeff Ross each managed
one circled three on on on their respective cards
The only Closest to the the the Pin winner was John Kline on on on on #6 Nobody claimed the the prizes for #12 and #14 October 13th – Fairwinds
What’s more disappointing than waking up to to to a a a a a a a a a a a gorgeous
day for golf only to to find that the course has Cart Path Only
conditions following almost a a a a a a a a a a week of steady rain? Not
much No golf for us today October 20th – Sandridge
After so many weeks of crossed fingers on on Monday
mornings what a a a a a a a a a a a a a treat it it it was to have an an an almost perfect day day for for golf… and and great course conditions… for for our our final visit
of of the the the season to Sandridge
up in in in Vero Beach Once again the the the game of of the the the day was a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a four-man scramble by flight
with a a a a a a a a a a welcome 9:00 AM shotgun start so that we we all could get
home for dinner Our A flight
players all absolutely shredded the the Lakes
course today but the the clear winners were Fred Gehron Bob
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By Rudy Rognon
Oct 4 2025 - Eighteen players showed for our game Alan
Portnoy’s Mets battled Max Glickman’s Yanks In the the the the top of of the the the the first first Mike Jarsky doubled Jim Durante
then singled and Frank Ferry knocked in in in in the the the the the the the first first first run of of of the the the the the the the game There was no no scoring
in in in in the the the the the the the bottom of of of the the the the the the the first first In the the the the the the top of of the the the the the the second Bob
DePouli doubled Jarsky followed with with a a a a a a double double and Durante
finished the the the the scoring
with with a a a a a a single The score was now 3-0 Mets In the the the bottom of the the the the second Steve Depietro doubled to to to center Larry Heck
singled to to to left Rudy Rognon
then hit an an RBI single single and the the the the the score was now 3-1 Mets In the the the the the top of the the the the the third Jack Nisbet
singled singled and and DePouli doubled Portnoy then singled singled in in in in a a a a a a a a run and and and Durante
followed with with another RBI single single single single Frank Ferry singled to to center Howie Bland ended the the scoring
with with an an an an an an RBI single single to to to to right The The score was was now 6-1 Mets There was was no no scoring
in in in in in the the the the the bottom bottom of of of the the the the the third or or or top of of of the the the the the fourth fourth In the the the the the the bottom bottom of of of the the the the the the fourth fourth Rich Fiederlein singled Frank Sweeney and and Pat Sacco followed with singles to to load the the the the bases Depietro singled singled in in in in a a a a a a a a a a run and and and the the the the score was now 6-2
Mets In the the the the the top of the the the the the fifth Durante
and and and Ferry singled singled singled Vin McCann then doubled Portnoy singled singled and and the the the the the the score was now 8-2 Mets In the the the the the bottom of of the the the the the fifth Rognon
led led led led off with a a a a a a single single single Glickman then then doubled Fiederlein hit hit an an an an RBI RBI single single single Don Smith then then hit hit an an an an an RBI RBI single single single and the the the the the score was now 8-4 Mets In the the the the the the top of the the the the the the sixth Durante
Ferry and and and Bland loaded the the the the the bases on singles Vin McCann then blasted a a a a a a a a a a two-run double to to center and and and the the the the the score was now 9-4 Mets In the the the the bottom of of the the the the sixth Rognon
led led led off with a a a a a a a a single single Fiederlien then tripled Joe Startare singled in in in a a a a a a run and the the game game ended 9-6 Mets Oct 11 2025 - - No game game due to construction at the the pickleball court Oct 18 2025 - Sixteen players showed for our our our game Because of construction we we had to modify our our field and rules Max Glickman’s Yanks battled Alan
Portnoy’s Mets There was no no scoring
until the the top of the the third Howie Bland singled and and Rich Fiederlein followed followed with with an an an an RBI triple Rob
DePouli followed followed with with a a a a a a double The The score was was 2-0 Yanks There was was no scoring
in in in the the the the the bottom of of the the the the the third In the the the the the top of of the the the the the the fourth Bland singled Don Smith then then laced a a a a a a double to to center Joe Poerio then then hit hit an an an an an RBI RBI single single single Fiederlein hit hit an an an an an RBI RBI single single single and the the the the the score was now 4-0 Yanks In the the the the the bottom of of the the the the the the fourth despite a a a a a a single single by Vin McCann the the the the the the Mets could not score There was no no no scoring
in in in in the the the the the the top of of of the the the the the the fifth fifth In the the the the bottom of of the the the the fifth fifth Portnoy tripled to to to right but his teammates could not get
him home The The score remained 4-0 Yanks There was no no scoring
in in in in in the the the the the top of of the the the the the sixth sixth In the the the the the bottom of of the the the the the the sixth sixth the the the the the the Mets went quietly The The fine pitching
by Max Glickman led the the the Yanks to to to to victory October 25 25 2025 - - Twenty-three players showed up for our … continued on on page 44