1st Annual Sling & Swing

In an effort to incorporate two of the members favorite aspects of Old Baldy, golfing and fishing, the tournament commitee has devised a tournament to do just that in what we hope is the first of many Sling & Swing golfishing tournament.  In a two day tournament 24 lucky participants, in two man teams, enjoy two half day fishing floats along with 36-holes of golf.  Fishing will be scored by inches caught, added to the golfs stableford point par system, who ever has the most points after two days....WINS! We have it set up for an Overall Winner for our grand champion, with consolation prizes for best fishing team, and top three golfing teams.  Both the Golf Shop and the Tackle Shop are really pumped about this, we think it could be one of the clubs premier events in the future.  So please get ahold of the golf shop, 307-326-3924 and take to Roger, Vicki, or Ray about signing up.  Like we said, space is limited, so call soon!!

2011 Old Baldy Cup

Every club has their one BIG BIG tournament of the year, for Old Baldy it has to be the OBC Cup.  Members captain teams of four, some all members and others the captain and three guests, in a two day best ball event.  On Friday the 15th the teams tried to put together their best 3 balls on the par 5's, 2 best balls on par 4's, and 1 best ball on the par 3's for a par of 152. Flip it on it's head on Saturday for what proves to be the harder day.  3 best balls on the par 3's, 2 best balls on the par 4's, and 1 best ball on the par 5's.  With 80% of handicap given, not alot of guys get strokes on the par 3's, so the second day is alot harder day to score, but don't tell that to the Tibbs boys.  In it from the start, the team from Franklin Louisiana was only a few strokes off the lead the first day, then came in with an untouchable 122, almost unheard of.

Almost as coveted as etching your name in the OBC Cup is taking home the bragging rights of OBC Cup Shoot-Out Champs.  We run this as a seperate optional event, 13 out of our 18 teams entered this year to try and make a dash for some cash.  Roger administered one Shoot-Out with 7 teams, Ray took one with 6 teams, the winners of each of those two mini Shoot-Outs met on the first hole to decide our winner.  Mr. Linn Bealke's team from St. Louis met head to head with the bulldozer team from Franklin Louisiana, the Tibbs team.  Continuing their dominance, the Tibbs boys came out victorious to become back-to-back Shoot-Out champions, having won it in 2010 as well.  Tournament went great, course looked fantastic, players had fun, the staff had a blast seeing all of our favorites, and we hope to see you all again next year!!

We'll leave you with a great shot, thanks to Vicki, of the Shoot-Out

Tournament Season in Full Swing

    Summer has finally decided to visit us here at the Old Baldy Club, and just in time for two of our first tournaments, the Ewe Tourn and the Two Man Match Play.  Both of these tournaments have unique formats, and went over extremely well with both fields.  So here is a little bit of a re-cap of both tournaments, and some photos to go with it. 

The Ewe Tourn

The Ewe Tourn is our annual ladies member/guest where the women send the men packing and  form two lady teams to compete in a two day net & gross eclectic tournament. In our eclectic format we have the women take their best scores on each individual hole, both net and gross, over a two day period.  At the conclusion of the two days you combine your best hole scores to form both your eclectic net best ball and your eclectic gross best ball.  Prizes are awarded on a net and gross basis in each flight, along with overall winners.

Pictured above are our overall tournament winners.  To the left are our overall gross winners, out of the first flight, Cassie Caputo and Sue Moore.  To the right, out of the third flight, are some familiar faces bringing home the awards for overall low gross, Mrs. Pam Gallagher and Mrs. Judy Montgomery. 

This tournament was a huge success and we hope to see everyone, and more, back next year!

Two Man Match Play

What could be our most under-rated tournament of the year, the Two Man Match Play provides all the excitement of our bigger tournaments, but with more intimate field.  Fifteen two man teams comprised our thirty man field, with three flights of five teams. After playing five, nine hole matches worth ten points per match, the top two point getters and ties in each flight got entered into the always popular shoot-out.  This is where we take 6 teams, top two teams in each of the three flights, and and "shoot them out" on the course to play a one team elimination per hole starting on #10 to determine our winner. After hole #13 only two teams remained, with #14 determining our winner. The only problem was both teams were tied after #14, so they decided to play #15 to crown our champ instead of the customary chip off to break the tie. You don't see that kind of stuff too often, it was alot of fun out there.  Here are some pics to show you what we're talking about.

 Below to the left are our Runner Up team of Mr. Vic Gallagher and Mr. Steve Schalk. These guys fought to the finish to stay in contention for the win, barely missing a 10 foot putt for the win on #15. To the righ are our 2011 Two Man Match Play Champions, Mr. Stu Nickell and Mr. Greg Rouse from Cherry Creek Country Club in Denver.   Congratulations to our winners, and we hope to see you all out again next year.