ATAG Date: July 18, 2006

Ansley Tuesday Afternoon G olf Tour

Issue #: 22

The Nickelodeon
Chronicling The Play and Behavior of ATAG Tour Players

Chief Editor
Don Nichols BACK NINE PREVAILS
Graphic Design Manager AGAIN!
Amanda Nichols
PLAYERS STRUGGLE!
July 18, 2006
Sales and Marketing
By: Don Nichols
Manager Ansley Tuesday Afternoon Golf Tour
“Pool Bar Dave” Nichols

Editorial Assistant
It was a hot day with temperature in the high 90’s that
open saw 19 players take on the challenging back nine and,
once again, the back side prevailed. For some reason, a
simple rearrangement of the tee boxes on the same nine
holes seems to make those holes a lot harder for
ATAGers as evidenced by the higher scores posted by
most of the players. Whereas last week’s front nine
produced individual net 5 under and net 6 under scores
and team scores of 10 under, 12 under, and a record
tying 16 under, the back nine limited the low net to only
2 under and the winning team score at only 7 under.
Photography Maybe it was the heat (did I say it was hot?), or as
open
someone suggested, the Hezbollah, but whatever the
Publisher reason, the back nine proved to be formidable. After
Nickelodeon drawing numbers to assemble the following teams, the
Publications, Inc match started promptly at 5:00 pm with all players, as
Since 2005 usual, having high expectations.

Team 1 Team 2 Team 3

Bill Benning Doug Gooding Mike Gutt
ATAG P.J. Wade C.J. Young Tom Player
Ansley Tuesday Afternoon Bill Buist Richard Gilmore Marty Arnold
Golf Tour Jon Carper Tim Martin Tom Thornhill
Ansley Golf Club Score: -6 Score: -7 Score: -5
1912
196 Montgomery Ferry Dr Team 4 Team 5
Atlanta, Ga 30309 Danny Morris Richard Batelaan
Don Nichols Russ Jobson
Tom Kisgen Ron Majors
Ron Majors* Doug Healy
Score: +1 Score: +1
*indicates randomly selected draw partner for the threesome whose
score was adjusted accordingly. Draw partner participates in that
group’s
 fate.
7 UNDER TAKES IT! TIE BREAKER
DECIDES THE ATAG RECORD
Leaders In The LOSER!
Clubhouse: Team 2 members Doug Gooding, C.J. Young, Tim
Martin, and Richard Gilmore—three 16 handicappers
Low Gross: Bernhardt: and one 19—ended up the winner despite scores of 47,
34 44, 44, and 53 respectively, managing to brother in law
ATAG Record: Reese: 33 enough times to beat the field. Providing the premium
brew to the victors, in a close race to the bottom settled
Low Net: Gutt, Sawyer: by the tie breaker hole, were Team 4 members Danny
-6 Morris, Don Nichols, and Tom Kisgen who, as a
ATAG Record : Gutt , threesome, struggled to 2 over, adjusted to 1 over with
Sawyer: - 6 their draw partner, putting them into a tie for the worst
round of the day with Team 5 which, oddly enough,
Most Birdies: Tyber: 10 included their own draw partner Ron Majors. The tie
ATAG Record: Tyber: breaking lowest handicap hole # 14 was won by Team 5,
19 much to the relief of everyone on that team except for the
unlucky Majors who simply moved from a “skating”
Eagle Club: 2006-none team to the losing team. (the “luck of the draw” as they
2005: Majors, Meagher say) The net score of 1 over from a foursome is an all
time ATAG low—so to speak.

Best Team Score: -16

Eaton, Gilmore, BUIST (who?) TAKES LOW NET
Thornhill, Nichols
ATAG Record: -16 Tie
PURSE IN ONLY SECOND ATAG
Martin, Tyber, Healy, APPEARANCE! INVESTIGATIVE
Kisgen(draw partner)
Eaton, Gilmore, PROBE LAUNCHED!
Thornhill, Nichols New Ansley member Bill Buist, in only his second ATAG
appearance, won the $19 purse (note to Batelaan and
Benning, you one buck each to the pot) by recording a
self imposed 20 handicap score of 2 under. As a new
Ansley member, Buist does not have as yet an established
Ansley handicap, but does have an “internet kept” index
of 17 + at area public courses which was interpreted by
his team’s score keeper as a 20 handicap. Buist agreed
to keep the funds in escrow until the Handicap
Committee completes its own review which will also
include a criminal background check in view of the fact
that he was reportedly sponsored by Marty Arnold.
(Arnold later denied knowing him).

BATELAAN’S LOW GROSS NOT SO

LOW! GILMORE CLIMBS TO THE
ATAG TOP!
Ansley Tuesday Afternoon
Golf Tour The honorary Low Gross was won by Richard Batelaan,
Ansley Golf Club one of only two single digiters present, who had a less
1912 than impressive 41 including 5 bogeys to go with his one
196 Montgomery Ferry Dr birdie. At the other end, Richard Gilmore’s 42 on the
Atlanta, Ga 30309 front nine last week escalated to a 53 on the back nine,
putting him at the top of the chart, so to speak, for the
 day’s match.

“They say that golf is like GOODING AND BATELAAN HAVE

life, but don’t believe SHOTS
them. Golf is more
complicated than that.” OF THE DAY!
Gardner Dickinson Doug Gooding and Richard Batelaan shared “Shot of
the Day” honors on the same hole but with different
teams. Gooding had back to back good strokes on #10
when his 130 yard approach shot landed within 10 feet of
the pin which he then putted into the hole for a birdie,
net eagle. Batelaan’s approach shot from a similar
distance on the same hole actually rattled the pin
before dropping within a foot of the hole for a tap in
birdie.

ONLY TWO BIRDIES!

The back nine yielded only two tweeters on the day—
one each by the aforementioned Gooding and Batelaan who
added to their cumulative total in the Birdie Club.

Thought For The Day:

What if there were no
hypothetical questions?
only two holes to escape the bottom. Ron the bartender was
More Summer Readingthe :
“How To Avoid The Water
round of the season with the big 50.
When You Lie 8 In The
Bunker”
“How To Use Your Shadow
On The Green To Maximize
Earnings.”
“ When To Re Grip Your Ball
Retriever”
ATAG
Ansley Tuesday Afternoon
Golf Tour
Ansley Golf Club
1912
196 Montgomery Ferry Dr
Atlanta, Ga 30309
OTHER TIDBITS:
• It was high drama while the Team 4 threesome waited to
see who their draw partner would be, needing help on
tapped to pick the random number which turned out to be
Ron Majors. That turned out to be an unlucky draw for
beleaguered threesome as well as for Majors who followed
his front nine score of 40 the prior week with his worst
• Two Glove Tom Thornhill, as a member of the Ansley
grounds committee, again asked for suggestions to bring
before the committee, the most popular of which was to
install a foot bridge in front of # 2 tee box to speed
up play by circumventing the need to walk in the line of
the players on # 1.
•Social activities were limited on this night as most of the
group dispersed early to seek relief from the heat (did I
say it was hot?), but the atmosphere was livened up a
little by jokes by Richard Gilmore, Don Nichols, and
Tom Kisgen. Opting to ignore the heat (did I say?) and to
stay into the evening to have philosophical discussions
were Doug Healy, Russ Jobson, Tim Martin, and Don
Nichols.
Next week we go back to the friendly front nine. See you
then!
Box Scores: back nine: slope: 136
Batelaan* 41 Gutt 47
Morris 43 Gooding 47
Arnold 43 Healy 48
Buist** 44 Kisgen 48
Carper 44 Benning 50
Young 44 Majors 50
Martin 44 Jobson 51
Player 44 Gilmore 53
Thornhill 45
Wade, PJ 45 * Low Gross
Nichols 46 ** Low Net