June 29

Results from the Match at Lester on June 29

TB/Luke – 7

Brandon/Lewy – 0

 

TB/CK – 6

Brandon/Lewy – 2

 

Simo – 12

Eddy – 2

 

Gabe/Martin – 12

KK/DJ – 4

 

FORE!

“Fore” is another word for “ahead” (think of a ship’s fore and aft). Yelling “fore” is simply a shorter way to yell “watch out ahead” (or “watch out before”). It allows golfers to be forewarned, in other words.

The British Golf Museum cites an 1881 reference to “fore” in a golf book, establishing that the term was already in use at that early date (the USGA suggests the term may have been in use as early as the 1700s). The museum also surmises that the term evolved from “forecaddie.”

A forecaddie is a person who accompanies a group around the golf course, often going forward to be in a position to pinpoint the locations of the groups’ shots. If a member of the group hit an errant shot, the thinking goes, they may have alerted the forecaddie by yelling out the term. It was eventually shorted to just “fore.”

A popular theory is that the term has a military origin. In warfare of the 17th and 18th century (a time period when golf was really taking hold in Britain), infantry advanced in formation while artillery batteries fired from behind, over their heads. An artilleryman about to fire would yell “beware before,” alerting nearby infantrymen to drop to the ground to avoid the shells screaming overhead.

So when golfers misfired and send their missiles – golf balls – screaming off target, “beware before” became shortened to “fore.”

This is another term, however, whose exact origin can’t be stated. It does originate, however, in the fact that “fore” means “ahead” and, used by a golfer, is a warning to those ahead.

Scores from 6/22

9 hole 2 man scramble:

Gabe/Brando vs. TB/DJ

3-3

Lewy/MO vs. Luke/Simo

2-2

3 Man Scramble

DJ/TB/KK vs. Gabe/Lewy/Brando

3-3

2 man Scramble

TB/DJ vs. Gabe/Lewy

6-1 Legends

Scores from 6/18

Scamble

TB/DJ vs. BMart/Brando

5-2 Legends

Bestball

TB/DJ vs. BMart/Brando

5-0 Legends

Scores from 6/15

Tommy vs Gabe – 9 hole match:

Tommy- 6

Gabe – 2

 

Tommy/DJ vs. Gabe/Brian – 9 hole bestball match:

Tommy/DJ – 6

Gabe/Brian – 3

bird vs gabe

27 hole skins game… 1 point per hole, 4 for the 27.

Tom: 7
Gabe: 15

Challenge Post

If you would like to challenge members from the other team outside of the Sunday Afternoon timeslot, feel free.  The rules are as follows:

• Each player must agree to the match-up and somebody from the match up should post the planned event, time, location and players here ASAP once the event is agreed to
• Somebody from the event must post the outcome here so the scoreboard can be updated

 

June 8, 2008

18 hole 4 ball event

 

Berrisford/Lahti vs. Martin/Morgan

Berrisford/Lahti: 10

Martin/Morgan: 6

 

Simonson/Olin vs. Swartz/Fransen

Simonson/Olin: 4

Swartz/Fransen: 10

 

Legends: 14

Huffers: 16