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Howard Riefs

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Re: The Hundred Hole Hike
« Reply #150 on: June 22, 2012, 10:38:46 AM »
A very nice article from the Savannah Morning News about Joel Zuckerman's hike at Secession on June 29...

http://savannahnow.com/sports/2012-06-20/local-writer-play-golf-charitable-cause#.T-MzNStYvo4
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Bill Seitz

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Re: The Hundred Hole Hike
« Reply #151 on: June 22, 2012, 11:09:14 AM »
Monday's forecast at Ballyneal: 107 degrees, Mostly Sunny, 10% chance of rain.

Monday's forecast at Kingsley: 68 degrees, Sunny, 0% chance of rain. 

Have fun in Holyoke, everyone!
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Howard Riefs

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Re: The Hundred Hole Hike
« Reply #152 on: June 22, 2012, 03:14:29 PM »
And for the best Hundred Hole Hike news so far...

Ben Cox will attempt to play nine holes at Ballyneal on Tuesday, June 26.

http://hundredholehike.com/golfers/ben-cox   <------- PLEDGE HERE
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Jud_T

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Re: The Hundred Hole Hike
« Reply #153 on: June 22, 2012, 03:21:01 PM »
Quote from: Howard Riefs on June 22, 2012, 03:14:29 PM
And for the best Hundred Hole Hike news so far...

Ben Cox will attempt to play nine holes at Ballyneal on Tuesday, June 26.

http://hundredholehike.com/golfers/ben-cox

awesome! my money's on Ben in the match!
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Scott Szabo

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Re: The Hundred Hole Hike
« Reply #154 on: June 22, 2012, 03:46:29 PM »
What a great story.  I hope Ben can play the full nine.  Inspiring to say the least.
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Eric Smith

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Re: The Hundred Hole Hike
« Reply #155 on: June 22, 2012, 05:23:31 PM »
Inspiring!!!!
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David Harshbarger

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Re: The Hundred Hole Hike
« Reply #156 on: June 22, 2012, 05:34:45 PM »
Absolutely.  Enough fence sitting, I made my pledge.
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John Kirk

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Re: The Hundred Hole Hike
« Reply #157 on: June 23, 2012, 08:58:33 PM »
Something to shoot for...

On Thursday, one of our club founders, Gaylord Davis, has achieved a golfing marathon that will be hard to beat.  For the second consecutive year, Gay has been walking a golf marathon for the Children's Cancer Association:

http://www.davis4kids.org/

Last year I contributed to Gay's charity; this year I am supporting one of our guys.

Teeing off at 5:00 AM, Davis played seven rounds at his Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club, the first five at Witch Hollow and the last two at Ghost Creek.  His average time per round was 1:53.  His average score was 73.  A two-time Oregon Amateur champion, I'd suggest this may be his greatest achievement as a golfer.  Always in impeccable condition, Gay Davis is about 64-65 years old.

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Howard Riefs

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Re: The Hundred Hole Hike
« Reply #158 on: June 24, 2012, 09:53:54 PM »
Congrats to Ben Sims on hiking 108 holes in triple-digit heat on Sunday!

http://twitter.com/Pilot_Golfer/status/217046926678437888/photo/1

Best of luck Monday to the 21 guys hiking at six courses: Ballyneal, Kingsley, Dormie, Dismal River, Laurel View and Lawrence CC. Play well, play fast and, most importantly, be safe.
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Brian Hilko

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Re: The Hundred Hole Hike
« Reply #159 on: June 25, 2012, 07:23:29 AM »
Good luck to everyone today!
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Howard Riefs

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Re: The Hundred Hole Hike
« Reply #160 on: June 25, 2012, 10:06:20 AM »
A helpful Twitter list to keep track of those hiking today:

https://twitter.com/#!/hriefs/hhh

Regular updates by GCAers: Colton, Seitz, Rigg, Bert
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Mike Nuzzo

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Re: The Hundred Hole Hike
« Reply #161 on: June 25, 2012, 10:45:29 AM »
And if you don't have a twitter account or know what the hell Twitter is click this

Twitter https://twitter.com/search/realtime/%23hhh100

Cheers
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Howard Riefs

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Re: The Hundred Hole Hike
« Reply #162 on: June 25, 2012, 01:04:06 PM »
Colton is on a ferocious pace: Already done with 72 holes by 10:50 a.m. local time:

Round 1:  1:25 --- 87
Round 2:  1:25 --- 85
Round 3:  1:27 --- 86
Round 3:  1:41 --- 87

https://twitter.com/#!/jcolton31

Moving fast to get in as many holes before the temps get dangerous. 

Currently 88*. Will jump to 95* during the next hour. Tops out at 107* by 3pm

http://www.weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/graph/Holyoke+CO+80734:4:US
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Howard Riefs

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Re: The Hundred Hole Hike
« Reply #163 on: June 25, 2012, 05:38:10 PM »
Great article in the Denver Post on Cox, Colton and HHH.

http://www.denverpost.com/lunchspecial/ci_20934125
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Jackson C

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Re: The Hundred Hole Hike
« Reply #164 on: June 25, 2012, 07:35:04 PM »
Bill Seitz's scores today at Kingsley are very impressive.
75-75-73-78-75-70

Bill, you did not play off whites, correct?   :P
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Buck Wolter

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Re: The Hundred Hole Hike
« Reply #165 on: June 25, 2012, 08:26:08 PM »
Quote from: Jackson_Chen on June 25, 2012, 07:35:04 PM
Bill Seitz's scores today at Kingsley are very impressive.
75-75-73-78-75-70
Bill-
Six rounds in the 70's and you shoot your PR on your sixth round of the day, you are abnormal.

Congrats to everybody on Team Kingsley -- have a Diabolical on me.

Buck
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Bill Seitz

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Re: The Hundred Hole Hike
« Reply #166 on: June 25, 2012, 11:49:51 PM »
Quote from: Jackson_Chen on June 25, 2012, 07:35:04 PM
Bill Seitz's scores today at Kingsley are very impressive.
75-75-73-78-75-70

Bill, you did not play off whites, correct?   :P

Do reds count as not the whites?  Actually, I played a pretty consistent mix all day, mostly for pace of play sake. Primarily the blues. Whites on 1,4,8,9,16, and 17. Reds on 15 because they were the most convenient.  Tim Bert and I went out for one more 18, and after birdieing 17., I doubled 18 for a 79. I'll write something more later this week, but I'm incredibly sore right now. I will say we had tremendous support from the Kingsley staff, the charity, and the other golfers on the course.
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Chris Johnston

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Re: The Hundred Hole Hike
« Reply #167 on: June 26, 2012, 12:57:44 AM »
Battling both wind and heat most of the day, I'm pleased to share that a very humble Eric Smith completed his 100 holes at dusk today.  No shortcuts.  Eric even carried his own bag for approx 36 of the 100 today.  He is too exhausted to post at the moment but the kid has pluck - he refused to give up against tough conditions.

Special thanks to Ryan Mahaffey, and his dad, for helping Eric through a very challenging day.  He passed up a day at Sand Hills tomorrow to finish for wife, kids, and cause.

CHS!

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Mac Plumart

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Re: The Hundred Hole Hike
« Reply #168 on: June 26, 2012, 07:50:53 AM »
Great job, Eric.  You are the man!!!
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Jud_T

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Re: The Hundred Hole Hike
« Reply #169 on: June 26, 2012, 08:16:35 AM »
Very impressive all around.  I'm convinced it was my gross score incentive, combined with easier than usual pins, which led Bill on to such heroics.  ;D
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Tim Bert

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Re: The Hundred Hole Hike
« Reply #170 on: June 26, 2012, 08:22:39 AM »
I don't have my scores in hand but I broke 90 six of seven rounds, including a career best 84 Kingsley in the 6th round. While the number won't look as impressive on paper, I assure you that given my skill set my scores were about as much of a stretch as Bill's. The really cool thing is that Bill and I were within eye sight for the full 16.5 hours. Never more than one hole apart all day, including playing our last 36 together. Bill was on fire.

I must give a call out to my personal MVP. Kingsley's GM, Brian Conklin, personally caddied 54 holes for me throughout the course of the day. He was rock steady on the bag, had me clubbed perfectly all day, and could tell me where putts were breaking before he even walked up to line up the ball. It was the best caddie performance I have ever experienced. He kept me below 90 all three rounds and was there for me when I made par on the 100th hole of the day. I am convinced he is the only person on Earth that could get me around Pacific Dunes in less than 90 shots.

Thanks to Brian, to the entire staff at Kingsley Club, and to the volunteers that showed up from the Traverse Bay Children's Advocacy Center. We had tremendous support throughout the day!  

Tim
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Chris DeNigris

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Re: The Hundred Hole Hike
« Reply #171 on: June 26, 2012, 08:32:36 AM »
If not already discussed, someone needs to win a special award for toughest course walked in the toughest conditions.
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Sven Nilsen

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Re: The Hundred Hole Hike
« Reply #172 on: June 26, 2012, 08:46:42 AM »
Quote from: Chris DeNigris on June 26, 2012, 08:32:36 AM
If not already discussed, someone needs to win a special award for toughest course walked in the toughest conditions.

I'm going with Pete Monaco, who had to stop four different times for lightening.  As difficult as wind, heat and hills can be, having to stop the parade and deal with the resulting stiffness from the rest is pretty damn hard.
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Steve Kline

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Re: The Hundred Hole Hike
« Reply #173 on: June 26, 2012, 09:07:45 AM »
Congratulations to everyone who completed the hike yesterday!

And to Tim and Bill for shooting personal best scores on the 6th round of the day. You guys are freaks!
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Doug Wright

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Re: The Hundred Hole Hike
« Reply #174 on: June 26, 2012, 10:17:08 AM »
I'm in awe of Jim Colton and the rest of the guys at Ballyneal who played more than 100 holes. I played my age (59) as scheduled and when I left Ballyneal at 3 pm my car thermometer said 106; Colton had just completed 108 at that time. The wind and heat made it feel like a blast furnace during the afternoon; fortunately the morning till about 11 was not too bad--we actually started in fog.

Props also to the Ballyneal staff, who did a great job keeping us hydrated and fed, and the caddies who were there every step of the way in those conditions.
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