The Doctor was experiencing flashes back to beginning of the new century, flying high with three trips in a row to the finals.  He had blown up on 17, taking a 9, handing the 2003 championship by a stroke to Ken Pollard. The next year, Lee Sickler prevailed, also by a stroke, and there was talk about whether or not he cheated his way to the title. The third year Lazarchick was a heavy favorite, the least of his worries was rookie Glenn Hamm. Glenn however, very quickly was launching balls high and far, reaching the greens with ease, dropping putts with precision. He thoroughly dominated LZ on the front nine and coasted home matching the Doctor’s 41 on the back. LZ would not reach the finals again until 2011, falling to Scotty Shaw by 1 on a playoff hole.

Meanwhile Glenn Hamm had secured four titles by 2014, just one shy of living legend, record holder Art Czachorowski. Since then however, his game had been far too distant from spectacular for his fans, that is, until Sunday at Twisted Dune. Early he was keeping pace with Eddie Borillo, Phil Stocker and Lazarchick, all delivering significant drives from the senior tees. By the end of nine however, Glenn was unloading bombs from the white tees easily passing his forward competitors. He turned the corner with a low gross 43, even with a snowman hiccup on 4!  His confidence was blossoming with glory with each passing hole and he once again looked invincible. He would place an eighty five on the scorecard, 7 strokes lower than the second lowest gross of Charlie Ranucci. Those with higher handicaps dropped out of contention fairly quickly as Glenn methodically conquered the course. Second place finisher Rob Juliano finish a full  5 net strokes back and Andy Swanson was third 7 strokes off the pace. While Glenn was magnificent, it was none the less a bittersweet victory. Swanson held onto 4^th place in the Final Four by 2 points.

FINAL REGULAR SEASON POINTS

• 162 Ruth, Paul
• 143 Juliano, Rob
• 137 Lazarchick, Mike
• 132 Swanson, Andy

• 130 Hamm, Glenn
• 124 Stocker, Phil
• 115 Ranucci, Charles
• 106 Czachorowski, Art
• 106 Bohan, Marc
• 105 Borillo, Ed
• 73 Kissinger, Dave
• 47 Sweiderk, Bob

It was a year for Record Breaking. With three victories on the Tour, Andy Swanson tied the record of Tommy Hunt in 2012, tied by Glenn Hamm in 2015 when he took three in a row.  When Paul Ruth set the low net record 54, no one thought it would ever be broken, that is until Andy Swanson matched it in the very next tournament. And, no one has ever made the finals missing two tournament, until this season, Andrew Swanson! How about winning every Closest to the Pin on the same Day, accomplished by Charlie Ranucci at Twisted Dune!

SCATS:    $55 Charlie   $43Glenn

Championship Sunday   OCTOBER 6^TH   11:00    GREATE BAY

If every active player shows, a possible three man team would play against a 4 man team, 9 holes best ball and 9 holes scramble.

If 6 players show, 3 two man teams might play best ball, alternate shot and scramble, 6 holes each.

If less than six show? Players will decide how to play the memorial. Contact Charlie as soon as possible letting him know your intentions to play or not.

The final four will tee off last to have the option of letting other non-league foursomes play through if the pace is slow and they do not want to hold up other players.