pro golf

Updated Nov. 16, 2015

2015 WBC Report

2016 Status: pending
December 2015
Membership Trial Vote

John Kilbride, PA

2015 Champion

Event History

1994 Dave Walrath 29
1995 Bruce Reiff 45
1996 Tom Pavy 43
1997 Dave Metzger 65
1998 Kevin Wojtaszczyk 61
1999 John Coussis 71
2000 Adam Gugliemini 74
2001 Dennis Nicholson 76
2002 Terry Coleman 86
2003 Ken Gutermuth 80
2004 Devin Flawd 75
2005 Nathaniel Hoam 54
2006 Bruce Reiff 67
2007 Keith Hunsinger 62
2008 Brian Farrelly 67
2009 Eric Brosius 58
2010 Brooks Beyma 63
2011 Daniel Pappas 63
2012 John Coussis 71
2013 Bill Morse 73
2014 Scott Foremny 68
2015 John Kilbride 70

PBeM Event History
2010 Lisa Gutermuth 34
2011 Dennis Nicholson 41
2012 Mark Yoshikawa 44
2013 Dennis Nicholson 48
2014 Sean McCulloch 51
2015 Debbie Gutermuth 52

Laurels

Rank  Name              From  Last  Total
  1.  John Coussis       IL    12     92
  2.  Ken Gutermuth      NC    14     78
  3.  Dennis Nicholson   NY    15     78
  4.  Mark Yoshikawa     CA    13     69
  5.  Debbie Gutermuth   NC    15     42
  6.  Bruce Reiff        OH    15     36
  7.  Devin Flawd        PA    04     34
  8.  Terry Coleman      CA    15     32
  9.  Bill Morse         VA    13     32
 10.  Sean McCulloch     OH    14     28
 11.  Keith Hunsinger    OH    08     26
 12.  Chris Kizer        CA    13     24
 13.  Lisa Gutermuth     WA    10     22
 14.  John Kilbride      PA    15     20
 15.  Scott Foremny      PA    14     20
 16.  Daniel Pappas      MD    11     20
 17.  Brooks Beyma       MD    10     20
 18.  Eric Brosius       MA    09     20
 19.  Brian Farrelly     IL    08     20
 20.  Nate Hoam          OH    05     20
 21.  Adam Gugliemini    PA    00     20
 22.  Bob Tassinari      NY    12     18
 23.  Jason Levine       NY    12     18
 24.  Chris Kamm         NY    04     18
 25.  Jeff Mullet        OH    14     16
 26.  Robert Kircher     RI    14     16
 27.  Paul Risner        FL    11     16
 28.  Jim Bell           MD    14     14
 29.  Harry Flawd        PA    14     14
 30.  Mike Pacheco       CA    13     14
 31.  Robert Drozd       IL    10     14
 32.  Alex Bell          PA    15     12
 33.  Jennifer Visocnik  IL    15     12
 34.  Luke Koleszar      VA    14     12
 35.  Pete Stein         OH    13     12
 36.  Danny Lewis        DE    11     12
 37.  Rod Weaver         PA    08     12
 38.  Erica Kirchner     KY    07     12
 39.  John Shaheen       MA    06     12
 40.  Dan Dolan Jr       NJ    05     12
 41.  David Metzger      NY    03     12
 42.  Josh Githens       SC    10     10
 43.  Seth Kirchner      KY    03     10
 44.  Jason Porta        PA    12      9
 45.  Bruce Maxwell      VA    04      9
 46.  Jeff Jackson       MN    15      8
 47.  Brandon Buchanon   NC    14      8
 48.  Laurie Wojtaszczyk NY    14      8
 49.  Mark Mtchell       VA    12      8
 50.  Bruce Young        SC    11      8
 51.  Mark Neale         RI    09      8
 52.  Beth Zhao          DC    07      8
 53.  Davyd Field        CA    06      8
 54.  George Sauer       OH    03      8
 55.  Robert Eastman     NV    02      8
 56.  H Richardson III   VA    01      8
 57.  Bill Beckman       SC    00      8
 58.  Bryan Collars      PA    15      6
 59.  Ted Simmons        IL    13      6
 60.  Nicole Reiff       OH    10      6
 61.  Bernard Beckerman  NY    09      6
 62.  Richard Meyer      MA    09      6
 63.  Carrie Lewis       DE    07      6
 64.  Charles Squibb     PA    05      6
 65.  Lee Presser        NY    03      6
 66.  Glen Pearce        on    15      4
 67.  Grant LaDue        NY    13      4
 68.  Paul Bean          MA    11      4
 69.  David Stiffler     VA    10      4
 70.  Charles Drozd      IL    08      4
 71.  Kevin Brown        GA    06      4
 72.  Hilary Haagen      VA    13      3
 73.  Scott Buckwalter   MD    12      3
 74.  Ann Cornett        FL    04      3
 75.  Tim Dolan          NJ    15      2
 76.  Peter Staab        PA    15      2
 77.  Rebekah Monnin     OH    14      2
 78.  Bruce Monnin       OH    12      2
 79.  Mike Coomes        OH    10      2
 80.  Nick Kramer        PA    08      2
 81.  Arthur Davis       MI    02      2
 82.  Vincent Collura    PA    99      2
2015 Laurelists Returning Laurelists: 0

Alex Bell, MD
2nd

Jeff Jackson, MN
3rd

Brian Collars, SC
4th

Glen Pearce, on
5th

Tim Dolan, NJ
6th

Past Winners

Dave Walrath, MA
1994

Bruce Reiff, OH
1995, 2006

Tom Pavy, OH
1996

Dave Metzger, VA
1997

Kevin Wojtaszczyk, NY
1998

John Coussis. IL
1999, 2012

Adam Gugliemini, PA
2000

Dennis Nicholson, NY
2001

Terry Coleman, BC
2002

Ken Gutermuth, TX
2003

Devin Flawd, PA
2004

Nate Hoam, OH
2005

Keith Hunsinger, OH
2007

Brian Farrelly, IL
2008

Eric Brosius, CT
2009

Brooks Beyma, MD
2010

Daniel Pappas, MD
2011

Bill Morse, VA
2013

Scott Foremny, PA
2014

John Kilbride, PA
2015

Defending champ Scott Foremny returns the green jacket symbolic of the title. Some alterations may prove necessary.

The foursome of Tim Dolan, Jeff Finkeldey, Harry Flawd and Bruce Monnin enjoy the time honored tradition of the 19th hole.

Dave Terry, Jeremy Billones, Paul Risner and Keih Hunsinger keep their dice on the fairway.

Shannon Keating, Dan Dolan Jr and the Bells hit the back nine before Alex makes the cut for the final foursome.

He Did What?! ...

After assistant GM Rob Drozd ran the best demo session of the week (seriously, his PowerPoint presentation is a sight to behold and allows you to not have to rely on your friends to play this fun and easy game), 70 participants scattered throughout the Lancaster Host to once again contest the Pebble Beach course in hopes of qualifying for the championship Skins game.

The event was preceded by presentation of a green jacket to our 2014 champion, Scott Foremny, whose massive guns did not quite squeeze into his two sizes too small coat. Better fashion was experienced by 2015 email tournament champion Debbie Gutermuth, who fit nicely into her ladies version of the iconic jacket.

John Kilbride, Alex Bell and Jeff Jackson each scored seven under par on the Pebble Beach course to advance to the Skins game. For the third year in a row, six under par was the magic score needed to claim the final position in the Skins game, but this year eight players were tied for the right to advance in the tournament.

The eight players were transported to the Muirfield course in Dublin, Ohio, home of Jack Nicklaus’ Memorial tournament, for a sudden death playoff. Seven players shot a par 4 on the first hole, but Shannon Keating’s bogey dropped her out of contention and left seven golfers remaining. On the second hole, only four players made par, with Jeff Mullet, Erik Buetikofer and Andy Lewis all eliminated with bogeys.

Larry Luongo had a poor start to the third hole with a bogey, and was eliminated from contention when Glen Pearce and Tim Dolan each scored a par. But Bryan Collars was tired of playing it safe, and sank the only birdie putt of the sudden death round to finally claim the fourth and final spot in the Skins game.

The four finalists moved to Augusta National to contest the Skins game with the infamous big green fuzzy dice on the stage of the Hopewell room of the Lancaster Host for the final time. All four players parred the first hole, but Alex Bell posted a birdie on the par 5 second hole to earn the first two skins of the event. The third hole saw another birdie, as Jeff Jackson needed only three strokes to complete the par 4 and earn a skin of his own. The fourth and fifth holes were halved, allowing John Kilbride (supported loudly by his enthusiastic band of Philadelphians) to take the lead with three skins when he needed only two strokes to complete the par 3 sixth hole. Not to be outdone, Bryan Collars birdied the seventh hole to earn a skin of his own, and all four players were on the board and in contention with just five holes remaining.

Not a birdie was to be found on the net four holes, meaning the next hole with a winner would take the plaque for the event. Collars opened the par 3 twelfth with a birdie, and could feel victory just around the corner. After Kilbride achieved only a par, Jackson stepped up and put his tee shot on the green, then drained a long birdie putt to halve the hole and allow the competition to continue.

Collars still had honors and opened the par 5 thirteenth hole with a solid drive. Given the choice to play it safe and lay up, or to gamble and “Go For The Green”, Bryan fell back on his memories of golfers putting the ball into the tributary of Rae’s Creek during the Masters and chose to lay up, despite the derision heaped upon him by the late staying gallery. After Bryan’s second shot, his caddy Bruce Young read the result as if Bryan had gone for the green (which he would have reached safely). When the inattentive caddy (a frequent problem during later portions of the Skins game) was forcefully informed that his golfer had laid up instead of going for the green, Mr. Young gave Collars a long, disappointed stare and then finally blurted out, “He did *&^$%&*$’ing what?!” Bryan’s caddy obviously wondered why he had stayed up so late just to watch his golfer give away a chance to seize the victory. Collars finished the hole with a par and sat down, hoping for the best.

John Kilbride made it all academic shortly afterwards. He did go for the green, and successfully avoided the water to set up a long eagle putt. The big, green fuzzy dice rolled high, and John scored the eagle which gave him the tournament title. Alex Bell scored a birdie and finished second with two skins, while Jeff Jackson also came up just short on his eagle putt and claimed third place with his one skin. Collars went from looking like the probable champion on the twelfth hole to finishing fourth after the fateful thirteenth.

Be sure to join the fun again in 2016. The best way to prepare is to get in a little practice during the 2016 seventh annual PBeM tournament which should start in April (during the month of the Masters).

John Kilbride lines up his winning shot
with the help of enthusiastic caddies
Chaka Benson and Robert Barnes.

Our four finalists bask in
their achievement before taking
the big shots with the big green fuzzy dice.

2015 PBeM Tournament:

Over 13,600 emails later, we have a champion.

A record field of 51 players contested the 6th annual BPA Pro Golf PBeM tournament. All players first competed on the Augusta National course. The top 40 players who finished 2 over par and better survived the cut and moved on to contest the Muirfield Village course. The top 22 (those one under par and better) then advanced to contest the Pebble Beach course. The best cumulative score of the three rounds won the title.

Debbie Gutermuth and jessica Finkeldey each blistered Augusta to the tune of 7 under. Bruce reiff, Kevin Wojtaszczyk and Ron Emch trailed by three strokes. Debbie grew her lead to four strokes with a 4 under at the Muirfield Village course. Only Terry Coleman and Jennifer Visocnik posting 5 under 67s would card a better round as they moved into a tie for second.

Jennifer and Terry would outplay Debbie on Pebble Beach, but their threats died with bogeys on the last four holes. Deb carded a 2 under to go 13 under o win the tournament. Her score has only been topped by Mark Yoshikawa's 18 under total in 2013 on what some would argue were easier courses.

Jennifer finished 11 under to take second place laurels. Terry was a stroke behind her to claim third. Dennis Nicholson bested Bruce Reiff in a three-hole playoff to claim fourth at 9 under while Peter Staab garnered sixth at 8 under.

Derek Landel shot the most frustrating round with a 9 over at Pebble Beach, but that was still one shot short of Bob Hamel's 10 over in 2013 on the Muirfield course.

The tournament will be restarted in March 2016. Come join us next year as we use the time of the Masters, the Memorial and the U.S. Open to determine another PBeM champion of the BPA Pro Golf world.

GM Bruce Monnin[12th Year] 177 South Lincoln St, Minster, OH 45865-1240
bdmonnin@nktelco.net 937-441-2480

2015 Previews | View the Icon Key | Return to main BPA page