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Taylor-Almquist capture TJ Memorial golf tournament |
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Wednesday, 27 August 2008 |
 TJ WINNERS – Jay Taylor, on the left, and partner Guy Almquist blistered the Pondera Golf Club course with a +29, using Stableford scoring, and won the Todd Johnson Memorial tournament on Saturday by 11 points. I-O Photo by Buck Traxler
This year the team of Jay Taylor and Guy Almquist came on to fashion a round of +29 in the modified Stableford scoring system to win the title.
Due to a knee injury to Curly Williamson, he and Denny Knickerbocker, the two-time defending champions, were not able to play in this year’s shoot-out.
The father-son team of Jim and Matt Hoffmann edged out Cory Shepherd and Willie Schlepp by one point for second place, +18 to +17.
Dave Howard and Jerry Naylor took fourth with a +15 and another father-son team, Terry and Tyler Will were in fifth place at +12.
In the First Flight, Ryan VanDyke and Jim “Oly” Larson claimed the top spot at +25. Tom Billings and Carmen Jensen placed second with a +17 and Scott Arvidson and former Sheriff Leon Simpson were in third at +13.
The teams of Mike Behafarid and Aaron Jones at +5 and Lee Diedrich and Tim VanDyke at +4 rounded out the flight.
In the Second Flight, the Murgel brothers, Justin and Jason, from Helena put together a round of +8 to take top honors. Lynn Utterback and Craig Barringer put together a round of +7 for second place and the father–son team of Phil and Andy Springer were in third place at -1.
One point back was Howard Bouma and Buck Traxler at -2 followed by Nick Hofstad and Ron Kentzel at -4.
In the Stableford scoring system, plus points are awarded for a double eagle (8), eagle (5), birdie (3), par (0) and a -1 for a bogey.
For individual prizes, Matt Hoffmann ripped the long drive at the first hole. Jay Taylor was closest to the pin in two shots at number two, Justin Murgel was closest to the pin off the tee box at the third hole, Phil Springer hammered the short drive at number four, Tyler Will dialed in the long putt at the fifth hole, Guy Almquist put his shot close to the pin at the sixth hole, Terry Will was closest to the water at number seven without going in, Lee Diedrich was real close to the pin in two shots at number eight and Jerry Naylor came out of another zip code to drop in the long putt at the ninth hole.
The shot of the day may have belonged to Howard Bouma at the fifth hole. Both he and his partner, Buck Traxler, hooked their tee shots out of bounds. After both had hit second shots, where they belonged the first time, it was decided to hit Bouma’s tee shot.
He used a wedge and promptly hit his shot into the cup from a little over 100 yards out for a routine par. Had it not been for the out of bounds, the team would have had an eagle.
Proceeds from the tournament go towards a scholarship for a Cowboy or Cowgirl golfer to further their education.
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