By Duncan Nixon
Correspondent
The senior men’s Gray Foxes held its annual year-end banquet on Nov. 10 at Cunningham Creek winery. There were 73 attendees at the banquet, including three guests. It was an excellent turnout. A total of 86 men competed this year.
Grey Foxes President Paul Schmidt presided over the awards ceremony for the 18 hole men’s group and John Stenz handled the awards for the nine hole men’s group. The 18 hole group plays on Thursday mornings, while the nine hole group plays on Tuesday mornings.
Schmidt said that the low gross round for the year was posted by Shaun Chen who shot a one over par 73. Five golfers were right behind with low rounds of 74. They were Tom Mundell, Tom Sick, Jim Beach, Les Tinsley and Marc Hogan. All of these top golfers are fairly new to the Gray Foxes.
There was a tie for best low net score for the year. Mitchell Moon and Rand Melton both posted 66s. Again, five golfers were one stroke off the pace. They were, Rich Barringer, James Davis, Michael Holmes, Larry Cormier and Mike Ruggiero.
Ringers is a yearlong competition in which players record their best score on each hole for the season .The winner for gross score was Tom Mundell with a 63. The winner for net score was John Stenz with a 48. The match play winner for the year was David Gallagher.
Each week 18-hole participants put $6 in the pot, and at the end of the round the best scores for the day are awarded funds from the pot. Colt Sinclair was the overall top money winner, with Ben Stoppe close behind.
The nine hole gray foxes did not have as extensive statistics as the 18 hole Gray Foxes. John Stenz announced that based on a point system that was applied all season, Rich Winston was the top point getter, followed by Rand Melton and Tom Slayton.
The banquet was provided by Tasti Vittles catering and the food was very well received.
At the end of the banquet, it was announced that the Gray Foxes had expressed their appreciation to retiring golf course supervisor Jim Prucnal by gifting him a top quality grill. Prucnal was instrumental in bringing the Lake Monticello course from near disaster to one of the top-rated courses in the state.
