Summer sports narrow to golf, horseshoes

by Kevin P. Cassidy | Be the first to comment

There was a full week of golf action at the Key Royale Club in Holmes Beach and the end of the week brought out a record.

The exclamation on the week of golf at KRC came Aug. 24 with a nine-hole scramble and a whopping record for the par-32 nine-hole private course. The team of Ken Nagengast and Deb and Dave Richardson teed up and combined on a 9-under-par 23 to win the day’s proceedings and set a new KRC course record. Second place went to the team of Jim Bailey, Ed Harrell, Peter Maasmann and Rich Salzburg with a 1-under-par 31.

The week got started Aug. 21 with the men’s weekly modified-Stableford system match. Cliff Lanning and Terry Schaefer both carded plus-3s to finish in a tie for first place, while Rich Salzburg was a point back in second at plus-2.

The women played a nine-hole individual-low-net match Aug. 22 that saw Jana Samuels earn clubhouse bragging rights for the day on carding a 1-over-par 33. Samuels took first place by two strokes. Terry Westby was alone in second with a 3-over-par 35, while Betsy Meyers was another stroke back in third place.

Next up, the Anna Maria horseshoe pitchers assembled in the shade in the morning hours to beat the heat at the Anna Maria City Hall pits Aug. 23 and Aug. 26.

Two teams emerged from pool play with 3-0 records and settled things in a playoff during Aug. 23 action. Rod Bussey and Tim Sofran cruised past Bob Baker and Bob Heiger to earn bragging rights for the day.

Action Aug. 26 saw four teams advance to the knockout stage. Baker and Sofran again teamed up and cruised to a 21-8 victory over Heiger and a player identified as Katrina W., while Bussey and Bob Hawks advanced with a 22-13 victory over Tom Farrington and Gary Howcroft.

The championship match was all Baker-Sofran as they rolled to a 21-8 victory over Bussey and Hawks to win the day’s championship.

Play gets underway at 9 a.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays at the Anna Maria pits. Warmups begin at 8:45 a.m., followed by random team selection.

There is no charge to play and everyone is welcome.