Just another quick reminder that Week 1 Makeups need to be played by June 2. The matches highlighted in Green have been played, however the points from Week 1 are not included in the standings. Played Week 1 matches are considered in your record and are factored into your Quota calculations.

Week 4 Results and Week 5 Matchups:

One Card are outstanding: Hawkinson v. Russell.

TJ Donegan		$              –	Jon Carroll	PAR#15	$                        7
Dan Kane		$              –	Tom Donegan		$                        –
Craig Hawkinson		$              –	Mike Mahar		$                        –
Pat Donahue		$              –	Bill Kirkby		$                        –
DJ Mahar		$              –	Mike Costello	PAR#11	$                        7
Connor Brown	BIR#17	$                9	John Mooney		$                        –
Dick Donegan		$              –	Brian Thayer		$                        –
Dale Russell		$              –	Marty Donegan	PAR#18	$                        7
Mike Carroll	BIR#10	$                9	Joe Donegan		$                        –
Devin Carrigan	BIR#18	$                9	Bob Zaleski		$                        –
Steve Donegan		$              –	Paul Daniels	PAR#10PAR#12	$                      14
Merritt Daniels	PAR#11	$                9	Bob Moran		$                        –
Flight 2
Rick Fanto		$              –	Sean Mott	PAR#10	$                      36
Mike Shanahan		$              –	Pat Mooney		$                        –
Chris Donegan		$              –	Drew Prucha		$                        –
Jim Morgan		$              –	Ed Van Slyke		$                        –
Matt Lochner		$              –	Denny Welch		$                        –
Mike Burns		$              –	Dan Mahar		$                        –

		Week 5
Steve Donegan	12	VS	13	Merritt Daniels
Mike Shanahan	8	VS	12	Chris Donegan
Bob Moran	6	VS	11*	Paul Daniels
Pat Donahue	13	VS	12	Mike Carroll
Pat Mooney	9	VS	11	Dan Mahar
Marty Donegan	9	VS	9	Bill Kirkby
TJ Donegan	13	VS	13	DJ Mahar
Matt Lochner	11	VS	11	Jim Morgan
Mike Costello	11	VS	7	Bob Zaleski
Devin Carrigan	15	VS	11	Dale Russell
Rick Fanto	11	VS	9	Denny Welch
Joe Donegan	7	VS	7	Mike Mahar
Connor Brown	16	VS	10	Dick Donegan
Drew Prucha	10	VS	10	Ed Van Slyke
Jon Carroll	8	VS	7	Tom Donegan
Dan Kane	13	VS	12	Craig Hawkinson
Mike Burns	7	VS	11	Sean Mott
John Mooney	8	VS	6	Brian Thayer

Wk 4	Hole	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Gross	Differential	Pts
Par		4	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5
Paul Daniels	10	4	5	5	5	5	6	4	6	7	47	-3	2
Mike Costello	11	6	4	8	6	4	7	3	7	8	53	-6	0
Matt Lochner	10	5	7	5	4	3	6	3	5	6	44	1	2
Chris Donegan	12	6	5	7	5	5	5	5	5	7	50	-8	0
Sean Mott	12	4	8	5	5	3	4	5	5	6	45	-2	0
Denny Welch	10	5	5	6	5	4	5	3	5	6	44	0	2
Jim Morgan	11	5	4	7	5	5	6	5	5	5	47	-4	0
Mike Burns	8	7	7	5	5	3	6	5	6	6	50	-2	2
Dave Hook	4	8	6	8	5	3	6	6	5	9	56	-2	0
John Mooney	8	5	6	6	5	3	5	5	6	6	47	-1	2
Pat Mooney	10	5	5	7	4	5	4	5	6	6	47	-3	0
Drew Prucha	10	5	4	5	6	3	6	4	5	7	45	-1	2
Tom Donegan	8	5	6	7	6	4	5	3	5	8	49	-2	2
Joe Donegan	8	8	6	6	4	6	5	6	7	9	57	-7	0
Marty Donegan	8	6	7	6	4	4	5	3	5	5	45	2	2
Jon Carroll	9	5	5	7	4	4	4	5	6	9	49	-2	0
Brian Thayer	7	5	7	7	4	3	6	4	6	10	52	-2	0
Mike Mahar	6	5	8	7	4	4	5	3	6	6	48	1	2
Ed Van Slyke	10	5	6	6	4	6	5	4	5	6	47	-3	0
Rick Fanto	10	5	5	6	5	4	4	3	6	5	43	1	2
Dick Donegan	12	5	6	7	4	4	4	3	4	10	47	-3	2
Devin Carrigan	16	4	5	7	4	5	5	5	4	4	43	-4	0
DJ Mahar	13	4	6	5	3	5	5	4	5	5	42	0	2
Dan Kane	13	4	5	5	4	4	5	4	5	6	42	-1	0
TJ Donegan	13	4	6	7	4	3	4	3	4	6	41	0	0
Merritt Daniels	13	4	4	8	3	3	4	4	5	7	42	1	2
Pat Donahue	14	4	5	8	4	3	5	4	5	6	44	-3	0
Connor Brown	16	5	5	6	3	3	4	4	3	5	38	2	2
Mike Carroll	13	3	6	6	4	3	4	5	6	5	42	0	2
Steve Donegan	13	6	7	8	4	3	4	3	5	5	45	-2	0
Dan Mahar	10	5	5	7	5	3	5	4	5	6	45	-1	0
Mike Shanahan	8	6	5	7	5	4	5	4	5	5	46	0	2

Team	Player	Quota Perf	Pts	Total	Sub?
1	TJ Donegan	0	0	3
	Matt Lochner	1	2
	Mike Costello	-6	0
2	Dan Kane	-1	0	5
	Mike Burns	-2	2
	John Mooney	-1	2
3	Craig Hawkinson	DNP	DNP	0
	Sean Mott	-2	0
	Brian Thayer	-2	0
4	Devin Carrigan	-4	0	2
	Rick Fanto	1	2
	Joe Donegan	-7	0
5	Dale Russell	DNP	DNP	5
	Denny Welch	0	2
	Mike Mahar	1	2
6	Dick Donegan	-3	2	5
	Ed Van Slyke	-3	0
	Tom Donegan	-2	2
7	Connor Brown	2	2	5
	Drew Prucha	-1	2
	Jon Carroll	-2	0
8	Mike Carroll	0	2	3
	Dan Mahar	-1	0
	Bill Kirkby	DNP	DNP
9	Pat Donahue	-3	0	2
	Pat Mooney	-3	0
	Marty Donegan	2	2
10	Steve Donegan	-2	0	2
	Mike Shanahan	0	2
	Bob Moran	DNP	DNP
11	Merritt Daniels	1	2	4
	Chris Donegan	-8	0
	Paul Daniels	-3	2
12	DJ Mahar	0	2	2
	Jim Morgan	-4	0
	Dave Hook	-2	0		X

Before getting into the results, let’s take a minute to pause and reflect on a moment in TBO history. This is the15th season of TBO golf and we’ve experienced many things. Lots of laughs, lots of broken hearts in Week 18, urinal vomit (do we know who actually did it?), a parking lot breakup, car parts in cars, break dance showcases, audio/video scandals, near fisticuffs and actual fisticuffs.

What we’ve never had in the history of TBO was a hole-in-one. Last week, Merritt Daniels took TBO to the promised land. On #8, Merritt stepped up to the tee and etched his name into the legends of TBO and Tanner Valley. Congrats Merritt!!

TJ Donegan	BIR#9	$                6	Jon Carroll	PAR#6	$                      12
Dan Kane		$              –	Tom Donegan		$                        –
Craig Hawkinson		$              –	Mike Mahar		$                        –
Pat Donahue		$              –	Bill Kirkby		$                        –
DJ Mahar		$              –	Mike Costello	BIR#7	$                      12
Connor Brown		$              –	John Mooney		$                        –
Dick Donegan		$              –	Brian Thayer		$                        –
Dale Russell	BIR#2	$                6	Marty Donegan		$                        –
Mike Carroll	BIR#5	$                6	Joe Donegan		$                        –
Devin Carrigan		$              –	Bob Zaleski	PAR#4	$                      12
Steve Donegan	BIR#1	$                6	Paul Daniels		$                        –
Merritt Daniels	BIR#7ACE#8	$              12	Bob Moran		$                        –
Flight 2
Rick Fanto	PAR#9	$              18	Sean Mott		$                        –
Mike Shanahan		$              –	Pat Mooney		$                        –
Chris Donegan		$              –	Drew Prucha		$                        –
Jim Morgan		$              –	Ed Van Slyke		$                        –
Matt Lochner		$              –	Denny Welch		$                        –
Mike Burns		$              –	Dan Mahar	PAR#6	$                      18

		Week 4
Craig Hawkinson	12	VS	11	Dale Russell
Sean Mott	11	VS	10	Denny Welch
Brian Thayer	7	VS	6	Mike Mahar
DJ Mahar	13	VS	13	Dan Kane
Jim Morgan	11	VS	9	Mike Burns
Bob Zaleski	7	VS	8	John Mooney
Mike Carroll	13	VS	13	Steve Donegan
Dan Mahar	10	VS	8	Mike Shanahan
Bill Kirkby	8	VS	6	Bob Moran
Pat Donahue	14	VS	16	Connor Brown
Pat Mooney	10	VS	10	Drew Prucha
Marty Donegan	8	VS	9	Jon Carroll
TJ Donegan	13	VS	13	Merritt Daniels
Matt Lochner	10	VS	12	Chris Donegan
Mike Costello	11	VS	10*	Paul Daniels
Dick Donegan	12	VS	16	Devin Carrigan
Ed Van Slyke	10	VS	10	Rick Fanto
Tom Donegan	8	VS	8	Joe Donegan

Wk 3	Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Gross	Differential	Pts
Par		5	4	5	4	4	3	4	3	4
Paul Daniels	12	5	4	8	7	4	4	4	5	5	46	-2	2
Dan Kane	13	6	8	7	4	6	3	5	3	5	47	-5	0
TJ Donegan	13	5	4	7	4	5	4	4	5	3	41	1	2
Rick Fanto	11	6	5	8	5	4	4	6	4	4	46	-2	0
Bob Moran	6	8	5	8	5	5	6	4	3	6	50	0	2
DJ Mahar	13	6	4	6	5	4	5	4	3	6	43	-2	0
Dan Mahar	11	7	5	7	6	5	3	5	5	5	48	-5	0
Tom Donegan	8	7	4	9	6	5	4	6	3	5	49	-1	2
Dale Russell	12	6	3	7	6	4	3	6	4	7	46	-2	2
Drew Prucha	11	5	7	7	5	4	4	5	4	6	47	-3	0
Steve Donegan	13	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	3	5	40	2	2
Jim Morgan	11	6	4	6	5	5	4	6	3	5	44	-1	0
Jake Etoll	13	7	5	7	4	5	5	6	3	5	47	-6	0
Pat Mooney	11	5	6	7	4	6	4	4	5	6	47	-4	2
Chris Donegan	12	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	3	6	45	-3	0
John Mooney	7	6	6	7	5	4	5	5	4	5	47	0	2
Mike Shanahan	9	7	5	5	8	6	4	5	4	6	50	-4	0
Bob Zaleski	6	7	6	7	4	5	4	6	3	5	47	1	2
Sean Mott	12	8	5	6	5	6	4	6	4	5	49	-6	0
Marty Donegan	9	7	6	7	5	5	5	5	3	6	49	-4	2
Mike Costello	11	10	5	8	7	5	4	3	4	6	52	-4	0
Devin Carrigan	16	5	4	5	5	4	4	5	3	4	39	-1	2
Brian Thayer	8	10	5	7	5	4	4	4	4	8	51	-2	2
Pat Donahue	14	6	5	7	5	4	4	4	3	6	44	-4	0
Mike Mahar	6	5	5	10	7	6	4	5	4	7	53	-1	2
Curt Smith	10	7	5	7	5	4	4	6	4	7	49	-4	0
Ed Van Slyke	10	6	5	8	4	5	4	4	5	5	46	-1	2
Mike Carroll	13	6	5	8	6	3	4	5	4	6	47	-4	0
Dave Hook	3	6	4	6	6	4	4	4	4	6	44	7	2
Jon Carroll	9	7	5	10	5	6	3	4	5	5	50	-3	0
Matt Lochner	11	7	4	7	7	4	4	7	3	6	49	-4	0
Dave Hook	3	6	4	6	6	4	4	4	4	6	44	7	2
Merritt Daniels	13	6	4	8	5	5	4	3	1	4	40	7	2
Mike Burns	9	7	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	7	47	-1	0
Dick Donegan	11	5	5	7	6	5	4	4	3	5	44	-1	2
Bill Kirkby	10	5	4	9	7	5	5	4	6	5	50	-3	0

Team	Player	Quota Perf	Pts	Total	Sub?
1	TJ Donegan	1	2	2
	Matt Lochner	-4	0
	Mike Costello	-4	0
2	Dan Kane	-5	0	2
	Mike Burns	-1	0
	John Mooney	0	2
3	Jake Etoll	-6	0	2	X
	Sean Mott	-6	0
	Brian Thayer	-2	2
4	Devin Carrigan	-1	2	5
	Rick Fanto	-2	0
	Dave Hook	7	2		X
5	Dale Russell	-2	2	7
	Dave Hook	7	2		X
	Mike Mahar	-1	2
6	Dick Donegan	DNP	DNP	5
	Ed Van Slyke	-1	2
	Tom Donegan	-1	2
7	Curt Smith	-4	0	0	X
	Drew Prucha	-3	0
	Jon Carroll	-3	0
8	Mike Carroll	-4	0	0
	Dan Mahar	-5	0
	Bill Kirkby	DNP	DNP
9	Pat Donahue	-4	0	5
	Pat Mooney	-4	2
	Marty Donegan	-4	2
10	Steve Donegan	2	2	4.5
	Mike Shanahan	-4	0
	Bob Moran	0	2
11	Merritt Daniels	7	2	5
	Chris Donegan	-3	0
	Paul Daniels	-2	2
12	DJ Mahar	-2	0	2.5
	Jim Morgan	-1	0
	Bob Zaleski	1	2

Has Winter finally passed? Did we go from the 40’s in Week 1 to now constant mid-70’s?

What a time to be alive for the IT Nerd: New Game of Thrones series coming, New Lord of the Rings series coming, lots of Star Wars stuff (Obi-Wan Kenobi series, Mandalorian season 3, Asohka series started shooting) and James Arthur Boeheim still around to ruin my hopes of a successful basketball season. Now all I need is my anime pillow and some hentai porn (don’t google hentai, you old bastards….you don’t want that in your browser history)

First, my apologies on the delay in getting this preview out. You see, there’s this group of people that give me money for performing tasks for them. Lately, they’ve given me more tasks to do. So while 87% of the league can tee off at 2 pm, some of us still have tasks to do at “work”. The audacity of these employers…..Don’t they know The Bar is Open?!

Anywho, my delays with work actually turned out not to line up perfectly with our special guest. Turns out, his availability was even a bit more limited than mine. What I was stunned by was his eagerness to talk with us. As if he had been following us for years and knows us so well….or has a crack-shot intelligence outfit supported by multiple nations.

Wow, Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky! Mr. President, sir, it is a pleasure and an honor to be talking with you. While you might be fluent in multiple languages, sir, us here at TBO aren’t quite as fluent in Ukranian.

Well, nice to see you maintaining a smile and ball-busting amongst it all. Tell me Mr. Zelensky, how did you get to be a fan of TBO Golf?

That is a good question, Mr. President. We received a tip that Vladimir Putin was secretly listening in to TBO conversations so that he could gauge the mood of average Americans. Therefore, in consultation with the CIA, NSA and FBI, we decided to put the show out in video only format. I think you can understand the need to protect ourselves from unwanted surveillance. Lord knows that how all those Russian Generals are getting blown the fuck away!

So Mr. President, I know your time is valuable, so how would you like to approach this year’s preview? I’ll defer to you as to how you want to do this.

Well, that escalated quickly. While I don’t think any TBO members will be doing much fighting in Ukraine, I would be curious to hear how you would deploy these teams to help support the war effort in Ukraine. Let’s start with our first team, shall we? The team of TJ Donegan, Matt Lochner, Mike Costello?

Cannon Fodder? That’s an interesting choice for a Squad Code Name. Why Cannon Fodder?

OK, I can see your point on the Cannon Fodder, but that’s not really displaying skills they possess. We still haven’t talked about how you are going to provide a score for each team.

Volodymyr Zelensky Team Bayraktar Rating: (1/5)

Maybe we could try this again with the next team of DJ Mahar, Jim Morgan and Bob Zaleski?

Kool-aid, that’s interesting. Can you elaborate on what you see this team does for you?

Volodymyr Zelensky Team Bayraktar Rating: (3/5)

Interesting, Mr. President. It seems like you’ve been playing very close attention to the league indeed! What skills to you see the next group bringing to the war effort in Ukraine? This would be the team of Merritt Daniels, Chris Donegan and Paul Daniels.

OK, Distract and Destroy sounds pretty cool, I can get down with that. How did you come up with the name “Distract and Destroy”?

Volodymyr Zelensky Team Bayraktar Rating: (5/5):

That is an impressive use of the skills of TBO members. Sounds like you are expecting big things out of Paul Daniels with his switch to the Gold Tees and the use of his swearing skills. Let’s shift focus to our next team of Pat Donahue, Pat Mooney and Marty Donegan?

Irish Assassins? This sounds deadly, like a sophisticated, well trained group of killers. How do you see this squad being used?

Volodymyr Zelensky Team Bayraktar Rating: (4/5):

I thought I saw a series of chicken wings embedded into trees on the drive home from Tanner. Who knew Marty was actually practicing this deadly art all along! How about our next team of Connor Brown, Drew Prucha and Jon Carroll?

Volodymyr Zelensky Team Bayraktar Rating: (4/5):

That is an incredible use of the teams skills. I feel for those poor souls trapped on the island without proper edibles. I’ve seen on social media a lot of posts where Ukrainian soldiers are stealing Russian equipment. Any plans to use a team to help in that effort?

Volodymyr Zelensky Team Bayraktar Rating: (3/5):

Having been on the receiving end of a few of those guffaws, I can understand how they could render a soldier unconscious. Mr. President, I see the last few squads are about dealing with Russians already in Ukraine. Don’t you have any plans to take the fight to the Russians? Any deep, covert actions?

Volodymyr Zelensky Team Bayraktar Rating: (2/5):

I am simply blow away that you have learned so much about these TBO golfers just from watching and hearing us on the Tanner Valley bar camera. I think one team operating behind enemy lines is enough. How about outlining how you might use the team of Devin Carrigan, Rick Fanto and Joe Donegan?

Volodymyr Zelensky Team Bayraktar Rating: (4/5):

I would hate to the be person on the receiving end of a Joe Donegan combination…vicious combinations of lefts and rights has put people on the ground. Nearly as dazzling as his breakdance moves….nearly. I’ve heard a lot of how you would use TBO to help fight the war effort. Is there a use for the teams other than going after Russian soldiers?

Oh, so you have a team to potentially negotiate a peace settlement! I think this might be most important team you have. How do you see them helping to deliver peace in Ukraine?

Volodymyr Zelensky Team Bayraktar Rating: (2/5)

Sounds like that negotiation team isn’t going to help, but is actually going to make the conflict worse! If you can’t resolve this through peaceful negotiation, how do you intend to win the war?

Wow, I would be scared shitless if John Mooney was staring at me like that. I think the Russian soldiers would just die of fright at this point! No wonder the Russians would surrender after being faced by this!

Volodymyr Zelensky Team Bayraktar Rating: (3/5)

So Mr. President, we’ve now utilized most of the TBO Golf league to win the war in Ukraine, what’s next? How do you start to rebuild your country?

Volodymyr Zelensky Team Bayraktar Rating: (2/5)

That’s an impressive plan, Mr. President. You’ve managed to utilize 11 out of the 12 teams from TBO. We’re just missing one team and understanding how you would use them. That’s the team of the IT Nerd (Mike Carroll), Dan Mahar, and Bill Kirkby. Your thoughts, Mr. President?

Volodymyr Zelensky Team Bayraktar Rating: (3/5)

MR. PRESIDENT!! I think I speak for my entire team when I say we are not useless. Bill might be an emotional wreck after the B’s get bounced, but we can help.

Ok, what is it, Mr. President?

YOU GOT IT, MR. PRESIDENT!! And thank you for your time, best of luck in the war!!

IT Nerd

Reminder, that folks have until June 2 to complete their Week 1 makeup. Otherwise, it goes into the books as a 1-1 draw.

One match outstanding for Week 2 (P. Mooney vs. M. Burns)

TJ Donegan		$              –	Jon Carroll		$                        –
Dan Kane		$              –	Tom Donegan		$                        –
Craig Hawkinson		$              –	Mike Mahar	BIR#17	$                        9
Pat Donahue	BIR#15	$                9	Bill Kirkby		$                        –
DJ Mahar		$              –	Mike Costello	PAR#11	$                        9
Connor Brown		$              –	John Mooney	BIR#16	$                        9
Dick Donegan	BIR#10BIR#16	$              18	Brian Thayer		$                        –
Dale Russell		$              –	Marty Donegan		$                        –
Mike Carroll		$              –	Joe Donegan		$                        –
Devin Carrigan	EAG#13	$                9	Bob Zaleski	PAR#14	$                        9
Steve Donegan		$              –	Paul Daniels		$                        –
Merritt Daniels		$              –	Bob Moran		$                        –
Flight 2
Rick Fanto	PAR#10PAR#11BIR#13	$              27	Sean Mott		$                        –
Mike Shanahan		$              –	Pat Mooney		$                        –
Chris Donegan	BIR#17	$                9	Drew Prucha		$                        –
Jim Morgan		$              –	Ed Van Slyke		$                        –
Matt Lochner		$              –	Denny Welch		$                        –
Mike Burns		$              –	Dan Mahar		$                        –

		Week 3
Matt Lochner	11	VS	8	Joe Donegan
TJ Donegan	13	VS	11	Rick Fanto
Mike Costello	11	VS	16	Devin Carrigan
Sean Mott	12	VS	9	Marty Donegan
Craig Hawkinson	12	VS	11	Pat Mooney
Brian Thayer	8	VS	14	Pat Donahue
Denny Welch	10	VS	9	Jon Carroll
Dale Russell	12	VS	11	Drew Prucha
Mike Mahar	6	VS	16	Connor Brown
Dan Mahar	11	VS	8	Tom Donegan
Mike Carroll	13	VS	10	Ed Van Slyke
Bill Kirkby	10	VS	11	Dick Donegan
Mike Shanahan	9	VS	7	Bob Zaleski
Steve Donegan	13	VS	11	Jim Morgan
Bob Moran	6	VS	13	DJ Mahar
Chris Donegan	12	VS	9	John Mooney
Merritt Daniels	13	VS	9	Mike Burns
Paul Daniels	10	VS	13	Dan Kane

Wk 2	Hole	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Gross	Differential
Par		4	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5
Paul Daniels	9	6	6	5	5	4	6	3	5	6	46	-1
Mike Mahar	5	6	6	5	5	4	6	5	3	6	46	4
Bill Kirkby	10	5	7	6	5	4	5	4	8	5	49	-3
Bob Zaleski	7	7	6	7	5	3	6	4	6	10	54	-4
Brian Thayer	8	8	7	8	5	4	5	5	6	8	56	-6
Jon Carroll	9	6	6	7	4	4	5	5	6	5	48	-3
Merritt Daniels	13	7	4	6	4	3	5	3	5	5	42	0
Dale Russell	12	7	8	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	46	-1
Connor Brown	16	4	4	4	4	3	5	3	4	4	35	5
Craig Hawkinson	13	6	6	5	4	4	5	4	5	9	48	-5
Mike Shanahan	11	6	6	5	4	4	6	4	6	8	49	-5
Rick Fanto	11	4	4	5	3	4	4	3	5	7	39	5
Sean Mott	12	5	6	6	5	4	5	3	5	5	44	-2
Drew Prucha	12	5	6	7	6	3	5	3	6	5	46	-4
Tom Donegan	8	7	8	6	5	5	5	4	5	9	54	-4
Mike Costello	11	6	4	7	6	4	6	6	4	6	49	-6
Dick Donegan	11	3	5	6	5	4	4	2	4	5	38	7
TJ Donegan	13	4	4	6	5	5	4	3	5	5	41	0
Pat Donahue	14	6	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	7	41	0
Dan Kane	13	5	4	5	3	5	5	4	4	5	40	2
Marty Donegan	10	5	6	8	5	4	7	3	5	5	48	-2
John Mooney	8	6	6	7	5	5	5	2	4	7	47	0
Bob Moran	6	5	8	8	5	4	5	4	6	6	51	-1
Joe Donegan	8	8	7	6	4	4	6	4	5	7	51	-3
Steve Donegan	13	5	7	5	4	4	4	3	5	6	43	-1
Devin Carrigan	16	4	7	4	2	3	4	3	4	5	36	6
Dan Mahar	10	6	5	7	5	3	5	3	4	5	43	1
Jim Morgan	11	6	6	6	4	5	4	4	4	5	44	-1
Chris Donegan	12	5	6	6	5	4	5	3	3	6	43	0
Denny Welch	11	6	7	10	4	4	6	3	4	6	41	-4
Ed Van Slyke	10										0	0
Matt Lochner	12	5	7	6	4	3	5	4	5	6	45	0
Mike Carroll	13	5	6	5	5	3	5	3	5	4	41	1
DJ Mahar	13	6	6	7	5	4	5	4	4	6	47	-6

Team	Player	Quota Perf	Pts	Total	Sub?
1	TJ Donegan	0	0	1
	Matt Lochner	0	1
	Mike Costello	-6	0
2	Dan Kane	2	2	5
	Mike Burns	DNP	DNP
	John Mooney	0	2
3	Craig Hawkinson	-5	0	2
	Sean Mott	-2	2
	Brian Thayer	-6	0
4	Devin Carrigan	6	2	5
	Rick Fanto	5	2
	Joe Donegan	-3	0
5	Dale Russell	-1	0	2.5
	Denny Welch	-4	0
	Mike Mahar	4	2
6	Dick Donegan	7	2	5
	Ed Van Slyke	0	0
	Tom Donegan	-4	2
7	Connor Brown	5	2	5
	Drew Prucha	-4	0
	Jon Carroll	-3	2
8	Mike Carroll	1	2	7
	Dan Mahar	1	2
	Bill Kirkby	-3	2
9	Pat Donahue	0	0	0
	Pat Mooney	DNP	DNP
	Marty Donegan	-2	0
10	Steve Donegan	-1	0	2
	Mike Shanahan	-5	0
	Bob Moran	-1	2
11	Merritt Daniels	0	2	4.5
	Chris Donegan	0	2
	Paul Daniels	-1	0
12	DJ Mahar	-6	0	0
	Jim Morgan	-1	0
	Bob Zaleski	-4	0

IT Nerd

Mike Carroll	13	VS	13	DJ Mahar
Dan Mahar	10	VS	11	Jim Morgan
Bill Kirkby	10	VS	7	Bob Zaleski
Merritt Daniels	13	VS	12	Dale Russell
Chris Donegan	12	VS	11	Denny Welch
Paul Daniels	7	VS	5	Mike Mahar
Steve Donegan	13	VS	16	Devin Carrigan
Mike Shanahan	11	VS	11	Rick Fanto
Bob Moran	6	VS	8	Joe Donegan
Craig Hawkinson	13	VS	16	Connor Brown
Sean Mott	12	VS	12	Drew Prucha
Brian Thayer	8	VS	9	Jon Carroll
Dick Donegan	11	VS	13	TJ Donegan
Ed Van Slyke	10	VS	12	Matt Lochner
Tom Donegan	8	VS	11	Mike Costello
Pat Donahue	14	VS	13	Dan Kane
Pat Mooney	11	VS	9	Mike Burns
Marty Donegan	10	VS	8	John Mooney

Season preview yet to come…We have our guest presenter lined up, we just need to find time to get his opinions on the TBO league!

		Week 1
TJ Donegan	13	VS	13	Dan Kane
Matt Lochner	12	VS	9	Mike Burns
Mike Costello	11	VS	8	John Mooney
Craig Hawkinson	13	VS	16	Devin Carrigan
Sean Mott	12	VS	11	Rick Fanto
Brian Thayer	8	VS	8	Joe Donegan
Dale Russell	12	VS	11	Dick Donegan
Denny Welch	11	VS	10	Ed Van Slyke
Mike Mahar	5	VS	8	Tom Donegan
Connor Brown	16	VS	13	Mike Carroll
Drew Prucha	12	VS	10	Dan Mahar
Jon Carroll	9	VS	10	Bill Kirkby
Pat Donahue	14	VS	13	Steve Donegan
Pat Mooney	11	VS	11	Mike Shanahan
Marty Donegan	10	VS	6	Bob Moran
Merritt Daniels	13	VS	13	DJ Mahar
Chris Donegan	12	VS	11	Jim Morgan
Paul Daniels	7	VS	7	Bob Zaleski

IT Nerd

Link to standings page for 2022 Masters can be found in menu tree above or by clicking here

You can follow along in a few ways:

1. Go to the Master Bettors page
2. Refresh like a champ

The TBO schedule for 2022 is posted out in the ‘Schedule‘ section.

Before getting into the recap, let’s all take a moment and thank our wives/significant others for putting up with yet another year of TBO golf. Let’s also pause to apologize to our livers, brains, other vital organs. Let us also finally remember the small amount of work we all did on Friday morning after another session with Bridget and the Thursday crew at Tanner. Special shoutout to all the recording devices at Tanner Valley for helping me put together this recap as I forget most of what is done/said down there!

Let’s first start with our Season Preview and who our mystery guest (James Arthur Blowheim) picked to win the league: The team of Connor/Jim Morgan/Jon Carroll. He gave them the supreme rating of five Boeheim Boogers out of five:

Well Jimmy, let’s just say you should stick with basketball. Here’s a few of your lines from the preview:

“I think this team has what it takes to get the job done. Connor will do well in Flight 1. Jon’s foray into Flight 3 will yield good results. The question is can Jim Morgan do enough in Flight 2? I think so.”

James Arthur Blowheim, “2021 Season Preview”, April 27, 2021

Let’s break that down by the respective golfers:

• “Connor will do well in Flight 1…” – WRONG! Starting the year at 1-5 was the death sentence. He corrected the ship eventually by finishing 5-3-4, but an overall record of 6-8-4 isn’t going to cut it
• “….can Jim Morgan do enough in Flight 2? I think so.”: Pretty accurate on this, Coach. Jim finished with a record of 10-7-1, making him a top 10 golfer.
• “Jon’s foray into Flight 3 will yield good results.” Let’s just say this prediction was not quite accurate. Jon’s finish of 4-8-5 puts him in the bottom 5 of TBO golfers.

Switching gears to the two teams battling it out for the title, oddly enough both teams were given the same Boeheim Booger rating:

The interesting thing about these two teams was where the team leadership came from on the course. The eventual champions were led by the Bud-heavy-boozin’ brute, #1 ranked TBO golfer Mike Mahar out of Flight 3. His teammates were middle of the pack. Similar story with the second place team led by the Flight 1 Bellevue Country Club extraordinaire Devin ‘Snowflake’ Carrigan, who was #4 ranked golfer. His teammates also were middle of the pack.

So enough about the talk, let’s get to some stats!

Final 2021 Flights (Note: Subject to change!!)

Top 3 Improved Golfers:

1. Billy Kirkby: EIGHT STROKE IMPROVEMENT over 18 holes! That’s the power of the Gold Tees!
2. Denny Welch: down 3.63 strokes per 18 holes
3. Joe Donegan: down 3.38 strokes per 18

Top 3 Regressed Golfers:

1. Bobby Moran: Added 5.29 strokes per 18
2. Dickie Donegan: added 3.89 strokes per 18
3. Paul Daniels: added 2.78 strokes per hole

			Front	Back	Change from 2020	2020 Avg	Most Improved
Flight 1	Devin Carrigan	75.44	39.56	35.89	-0.89	76.33	11
	Connor Brown	78.47	40.22	38.25	-0.99	79.46	9
	Pat Donahue	79.88	41.00	38.88	-0.01	79.89	17
	Merritt Daniels	82.94	42.44	40.50	-2.32	85.26	4
	Dan Kane	83.22	42.56	40.67	1.15	82.07	25
	Mike Carroll	83.43	42.00	41.43	0.58	82.85	20
	DJ Mahar	83.89	42.67	41.22	0.60	83.29	21
	TJ Donegan	83.95	42.67	41.29	-0.49	84.44	15
	Steve Donegan	84.89	42.56	42.33	0.78	84.11	22
	Dale Russell	86.00	43.63	42.38	-0.61	86.61	14
	Craig Hawkinson	86.00	43.89	42.11	1.47	84.53	29
	Dick Donegan	86.11	45.11	41.00	3.89	82.22	33
Flight 2	Pat Mooney	87.13	45.00	42.13
	Chris Donegan	87.44	44.33	43.11	-1.19	88.64	7
	Drew Prucha	88.33	44.11	44.22	-0.67	89.00	12
	Sean Mott	89.44	45.22	44.22	-1.56	91.00	6
	Rick Fanto	89.76	44.88	44.89	1.32	88.44	27
	Matt Lochner	89.78	45.78	44.00	2.44	87.33	31
	Dan Mahar	90.44	44.11	46.33	1.22	89.22	26
	Jim Morgan	90.56	45.67	44.89	-1.19	91.75	7
	Denny Welch	91.00	47.00	44.00	-3.63	94.63	2
	Mike Shanahan	92.44	45.67	46.78	1.74	90.71	30
	Mike Burns	93.26	46.43	46.83	-0.64	93.90	13
	Jon Carroll	94.22	48.56	45.67	-1.69	95.92	5
Flight 3	John Mooney	94.35	47.78	46.57	0.97	93.38	23
	Marty Donegan	94.44	47.44	47.00	1.32	93.13	28
	Bill Kirkby	95.13	49.00	46.13	-8.11	103.24	1
	Paul Daniels	96.33	49.33	47.00	2.78	93.56	32
	Pat Cregg	96.85	48.02	48.83	0.46	96.39	18
	Bob Zaleski	97.68	47.43	50.25	-0.07	97.75	16
	Brian Thayer	97.89	49.89	48.00
	Tom Donegan	98.71	49.43	49.29	0.55	98.17	19
	Joe Donegan	100.73	49.88	50.86	-3.38	104.11	3
	Bob Moran	102.63	51.75	50.88	5.29	97.33	34
	Mike Mahar	102.78	52.78	50.00	1.03	101.75	24
	Jeff Raus	102.90	51.57	51.33	-0.93	103.83	10

Double Par counts:

Flight one saw a few more double pars in 2021 compared to 2020 (Thanks Dan Kane!!), Flight 2 was right around the same as last year, while Flight 3 had a much better year mostly due to lower double par numbers from Billy Kirkby (Thank you Gold Tees!) and Joe Donegan. Interestingly, Joe seems to have gotten over his double par fears on #18. He had one 10, no 9’s and one 8 on #18. However, it would appear the fears just swam up the creek a little to #9 as Joey double parred it 3 out of the first 4 weeks….and then again in Week 17. #9 is the new #18 for Joe.

Double Par Counts	2021	2020
Flight 1	9	6
Dale Russell	0	2
TJ Donegan	0	1
DJ Mahar	1	1
Mike Carroll	1	2
Craig Hawkinson	0	0
Steve Donegan	0	1
Dan Kane	5	0
Merritt Daniels	0	0
Dick Donegan	2	1
Devin Carrigan	0	0
Connor Brown	0	0
Pat Donahue	0	0
Flight 2	30	31
Rick Fanto	1	5
John Mooney	1	2
Chris Donegan	0	1
Marty Donegan	3	6
Sean Mott	1	2
Mike Shanahan	2	1
Dan Mahar	3	1
Matt Lochner	3	2
Brian Thayer	6
Drew Prucha	4	3
Jim Morgan	5	8
Pat Mooney	1
Flight 3	78	90
Denny Welch	2	3
Paul Daniels	2	7
Mike Burns	1	6
Bob Moran	7	5
Bill Kirkby	3	8
Pat Cregg	8	4
Mike Mahar	15	14
Tom Donegan	3	4
Joe Donegan	15	22
Bob Zaleski	5	3
Jon Carroll	10	9
Jeff Raus	7	9

Top 5 Luckiest Golfers (golfers who’s opponents shot under quota)

1. Dan Mahar: Opponents were MINUS THIRTY (-30) vs. their quotas vs. Dan. He had only two opponents all year go over their quota all year ( Week 6 Jim Morgan, +4 (loss), Week 7 Mike Burns +1 (win)). While being this lucky is not the sole reason for taking home the title, it really does help
2. Brian Thayer: Opponents were -23 vs. their quota vs. Figs. Didn’t help him very much as we’ll cover in the next section. Have to be both lucky and good.
3. Pat “Ssshhhh, they might be listening” Cregg: Cregger’s opponents were blinded in a haze of cigarette smoke and Coors Light foam shooting -21 vs. quota.
4. Jim Morgan: Tie for fourth with Prucha with opponents going -20 vs. Quota.
5. Drew Prucha: Tie for fourth with morgan (-20). Worth pointing out that

Top 5 Unluckiest Golfers (golfer’s who’s opponents shot their asses off vs. quota)

1. Pat Donahue: Opponents were +25 vs. their quota against Pat. A 6-8-4 record is not too shabby given what he was up against.
2. TJ Donegan: Opponents were +24 vs. quota. This level of opponent performance would be a leading cause of TJ’s final record of 4-8-4
3. Bob Moran: Tie for third: Opponents were +20 vs. quota
4. Dale Russell: Tie for third: Opponents were +20 vs. quota
5. Connor Brown: Opponents were +16 vs. quota. Despite Connor’s top 5 Player Performance, this once again proves that to make it to the top of TBO, you have to both play well and not be unlucky.

Top 5 Over-Performing Golfers vs. Quota

1. Devin Carrigan – Devin shot an incredible +23 vs. his quota. Interestingly, there are lot of extremes throughout Devin’s year. Devin has rounds of +9, +8, +6, but also notched rounds of -5 twice, -7.
2. Joseph Donegan – Interestingly with Joey, most weeks Joe was +/-2 within his quota. However, I feel for the person who ran into Joe when he was +9 vs. his quota (TWICE!). Joe ended up the year at +15 vs. his quota
3. Mike Mahar – The Flight 3 Champ was +9 vs. his quota. Much like Joe, most weeks were -1, 0 or +1 vs. his quota. However, Mike had a few weeks where he shot his ass off.
4. Mike Carroll – Tied for fourth with a +7 vs. quota
5. Connor Brown – Tied for fourth with a +7 vs. quota.

Top 5 Under-Performing Golfers vs. Quota

1. Brian “Figs” Thayer – As with most first year golfers, the start of the season was tough for Figs. Over the first seven weeks, Figs was -35 vs. quota. He managed to stay even for the remainder of the season and finished the year at….-35 vs. his quota.
2. Mike Shanahan – Shanny managed to eek out a 7-10-1 record despite a year that saw him finish at -28 vs. his quota.
3. Bobby Zeleski – With his second season on the Gold tees, Bob put up a -21 vs. his quota.
4. Pat Cregg – Tied for fourth with a -17 vs. quota
5. John Mooney – Tied for fourth with a -17 vs. quota

Random ass Stats…

• The winning team score of 77.5 is tied for the all time highest (2014 – Nick Wight, DJ Mahar, Bob Moran)
• The last place team score of 42 represents an all-time low. The previous all time low was also in 2014 with a score of 43 (Dale Russell, Chris Donegan, Marty Donegan)
• There was only one Eagle recorded for the whole year – Dale Russell on #18 in Week 4.
• The person who tied for the worst round vs. quota (-8 in Week 1) also had the best round vs. quota (+11 in Week 16) – Dickie Donegan
• There were two double digit rounds vs. quota: Dickie in Week 16 at +11 and Jon Carroll at +10 in Week 14.
• Updated Player vs. Player all-time records

Odd stats about winning the title…

• Excluding the two new golfers Pat Mooney and Brian Thayer, 15 of the 34 remaining golfers have not won a TBO title.
• Of that 15, there are four golfers from the original 2008 TBO roster who have not won a title:
  • Rick Fanto – highest finish of 3rd in 2018
  • Pat Donahue – highest finish of 3rd in 2020
  • Mike Carroll – highest finish of 3rd in 2016, 2017
  • Pat Cregg – highest finish of 3rd in 2020
• Only two current players have officially won the title three times:
  • DJ Mahar – 2012, 2014, 2018
  • Tom Donegan – Another record holder as the only golfer to win it three straight years: 2015, 2016, 2017
• An additional five current players have won two titles with one former player winning two:
  • Joe Donegan – 2019, 2020
  • Craig Hawkinson – 2013, 2020
  • Dan Maher – 2016, 2021
  • Matt Lochner – 2019, 2020
  • Jon Carroll – 2011, 2012
  • Nick Wight (retired?) – 2011, 2014
    

Welp, this about does it for the IT Nerd this year. Another year in the books, another year of starting at screens and not doing work.

Later losers….Now that TBO talk is over, is it time for Sleddy Talk!?!?!

Another great finale! Things were quite close and could have gone either way after the first 4-5 holes, but the eventual winners steadied the ship and sealed the deal. Final Standings have been updated to show the team of Dan Kane, Dan Mahar and Mike Mahar as the top dogs!

Flight 1	Flight 2	Flight 3	Pts	Pts Back
Dan Kane	Dan Mahar	Mike Mahar	77.5	–
Devin Carrigan	Drew Prucha	Bob Zaleski	73.5	(4.0)
Craig Hawkinson	Sean Mott	Bill Kirkby	70.5	(7.0)
DJ Mahar	Chris Donegan	Mike Burns	68.5	(9.0)
Pat Donahue	Pat Mooney	Jeff Raus	68	(9.5)
Mike Carroll	Marty Donegan	Bob Moran	63	(14.5)
Dick Donegan	Brian Thayer	Joe Donegan	62.5	(15.0)
Connor Brown	Jim Morgan	Jon Carroll	62.5	(15.0)
Steve Donegan	Mike Shanahan	Pat Cregg	59.5	(18.0)
Merritt Daniels	Matt Lochner	Tom Donegan	53.5	(24.0)
Dale Russell	Rick Fanto	Denny Welch	53	(24.5)
TJ Donegan	John Mooney	Paul Daniels	42	(35.5)

Dale Russell		$              –	Denny Welch		$                        –
TJ Donegan		$              –	Paul Daniels		$                        –
DJ Mahar		$              –	Mike Burns		$                        –
Mike Carroll		$              –	Bob Moran		$                        –
Craig Hawkinson	BIR#16BIR#17	$              12	Bill Kirkby	BOG#12PAR#15PAR#18	$                      27
Steve Donegan		$              –	Pat Cregg		$                        –
Dan Kane		$              –	Mike Mahar	BOG#16	$                        9
Merritt Daniels		$              –	Tom Donegan		$                        –
Dick Donegan		$              –	Joe Donegan		$                        –
Devin Carrigan	BIR#12PAR#15	$              12	Bob Zaleski		$                        –
Connor Brown	BIR#11BIR#14	$              12	Jon Carroll		$                        –
Pat Donahue		$              –	Jeff Raus		$                        –
Flight 2
Rick Fanto		$              –	Dan Mahar		$                        –
John Mooney		$              –	Matt Lochner		$                        –
Chris Donegan	BIR#17	$              12	Brian Thayer	BIR#16	$                      12
Marty Donegan		$              –	Drew Prucha	PAR#10	$                      12
Sean Mott		$              –	Jim Morgan		$                        –
Mike Shanahan		$              –	Pat Mooney		$                        –

Wk 18	Hole	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Gross	Differential
Par		4	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5
Dan Mahar	11	5	4	8	6	3	4	4	4	6	44	0
Drew Prucha	12	4	4	7	5	4	5	4	8	5	46	-3
Sean Mott	12	5	6	5	5	3	6	4	4	5	43	-1
Chris Donegan	12	5	5	5	5	3	5	4	3	5	40	3
Dick Donegan	12	5	6	6	5	4	5	4	6	6	47	-5
Steve Donegan	13	5	6	6	4	5	5	3	4	6	44	-3
Connor Brown	16	4	3	5	3	2	5	3	4	4	33	9
Dale Russell	12										0	0
Craig Hawkinson	12	5	5	7	4	4	5	2	3	5	40	4
DJ Mahar	13	4	5	6	3	4	5	4	5	5	41	1
Jim Morgan	10	5	6	7	4	4	6	3	4	6	45	-1
Rick Fanto	11	5	5	6	5	5	4	4	5	7	46	-3
Bill Kirkby	9	5	5	6	4	4	4	5	5	5	43	2
Ed Van Slyke	10	4	6	5	4	4	4	4	5	7	43	1
Mike Mahar	5	5	6	7	4	5	5	4	5	8	49	1
Bob Zaleski	8	6	5	7	4	4	7	5	5	10	53	-4
Brian Thayer	8	6	7	6	5	4	6	2	6	5	47	1
Mike Shanahan	11	5	8	6	4	4	6	5	6	8	52	-7
Dan Kane	13	4	4	5	4	4	5	3	5	6	40	1
Devin Carrigan	16	4	5	4	4	3	4	3	5	4	36	4
Pat Donahue	14										0	0
Mike Carroll	13										0	0
Pat Mooney	11										0	0
Marty Donegan	10										0	0
Jeff Raus	5										0	0
Bob Moran	6										0	0
Joe Donegan	8										0	0
Pat Cregg	7										0	0
TJ Donegan	13										0	0
Merritt Daniels	13	5	5	6	4	3	5	3	5	5	41	0
Denny Welch	11										0	0
Jon Carroll	9										0	0
Matt Lochner	12										0	0
John Mooney	8	5	6	6	4	3	4	4	4	6	42	0
Tom Donegan	8										0	0
Paul Daniels	7										0	0

Team	Player	Quota Perf	Pts	Total
1	Dale Russell	4	0	1
	Rick Fanto	-3	0
	Denny Welch	0	1
2	TJ Donegan	0	1	3.5
	John Mooney	0	1
	Paul Daniels	0	1
3	DJ Mahar	1	0	2.5
	Chris Donegan	3	2
	Ed Van Slyke	1	0
4	Mike Carroll	0	1	3.5
	Marty Donegan	0	1
	Bob Moran	0	1
5	Craig Hawkinson	4	2	4.5
	Sean Mott	-1	0
	Bill Kirkby	2	2
6	Steve Donegan	-3	2	3
	Mike Shanahan	-7	0
	Pat Cregg	0	1
7	Dan Kane	1	0	5
	Dan Mahar	0	2
	Mike Mahar	1	2
8	Merritt Daniels	0	1	3.5
	Matt Lochner	0	1
	Tom Donegan	0	1
9	Dick Donegan	-5	0	4
	Brian Thayer	1	2
	Joe Donegan	0	1
10	Devin Carrigan	4	2	2
	Drew Prucha	-3	0
	Bob Zaleski	-4	0
11	Connor Brown	9	2	6
	Jim Morgan	-1	2
	Jon Carroll	0	1
12	Pat Donahue	0	1	3.5
	Pat Mooney	0	1
	Jeff Raus	0	1