ATAG Date: June 13, 2006

Ansley Tuesday Afternoon G olf Tour

Issue #: 18

The Nickelodeon
Chronicling The Play and Behavior of ATAG Tour Players

Chief Editor
Don Nichols
BEDLAM ON THE FIRST TEE!
June 13, 2006
By: Don Nichols
Graphic Design Manager Ansley Tuesday Afternoon Golf Tour
Amanda Nichols

Sales and Marketing

An overcapacity crowd of 22 players, including
Manager three
“Pool Bar Dave” Nichols surprise show ups from the wait list (after one no
show from the reserved list) arrived at different
Editorial Assistant times on the first tee, creating some confusion in
open
trying to assemble teams to fit within the five tee
times and 20 reserved spots allotted to the ATAG
group.(subsequent tee times were taken by other
Ansley members) Things were finally sorted out and
the end result was the necessity to play two
fivesomes, with the club’s permission, at the tail end.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3

Photography Ollie Kennon Doug Gooding Richard
open Batelaan
Tom Kisgen Sherm Wade Don
Publisher Nichols
Nickelodeon Doug Healy Frank Corrigan Tim Martin
Publications, Inc Jim Bernhardt Scotty Greene Jim Williamson
Since 2005 Score: -10 Score: even Score: -8

Group 4 Group 5
ATAG Brooks Cowles
Mike Schmal
Richard Gilmore
Ben Cass
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Rick Eaton* Brad Reese *
Golf Tour
Mike Gutt Henry Sawyer
Ansley Golf Club
Danny Morris Tom Thornhill
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Score: -13* Score: -7
196 Montgomery Ferry Dr * indicates adjusted score after randomly selecting the noted player’s
Atlanta, Ga 30309 score to drop from the fivesome
.
13 UNDER WINS IT!
The penultimate group of Brooks Cowles, Mike
Schmal, Danny Morris, and Mike Gutt grabbed the
gusto with a score of 13 under, with an ailing Morris
donating his brewsky to partner Rick Eaton who was

“ In my wildest
imagination, I never
thought that I would see
the day when the dreaded
“plague” that has affected
Ryder Cup competition
and other tours, (PGA,
Champions, Nationwide)
would show up on our
ATAG Tour. Of course, you
know what I am talking
about.”
Tim Martin-6-9-06-referring to
Henry Sawyer’s career round
after a two week vacation in
France
ATAG
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Golf Tour
Ansley Golf Club
1912
196 Montgomery Ferry Dr
Atlanta, Ga 30309
randomly dropped from the fivesome. Providing the
tournament purse for their inability to break par were
second group players Doug Gooding, Sherm Wade,
Frank Corrigan, and Scotty Greene.
BERNHARDT HAS SEASON’S BEST
LOW GROSS ! MORRIS CLAIMS
LOW NET!
Five handicapper Jim Bernhardt recorded three birdies
in firing a blistering 34 to capture low gross for the day
and set the season’s bar for the other single digiters. Nine
handicapper Richard Batelaan also recorded three
birdies to get to his season best score of 36.
“Brokeback” Danny Morris captured low net honors
with his score of 40, for a net 3 under.
GOODING NOT SO GOOD.
Not having the greatest day was sixteen handicapper
Doug Gooding who managed to record a ( career worst?)
score of 55 to capture the “top” honors. Gooding
seemingly laughed it off, but the look on his face as he
ponyed up reminded one of the song “Funny Little
Clown”. Gooding was not the only one having a bad day
as Doug Healy and Don Nichols missed the Big 50 by
one shot while Sherm Wade and Frank Corrigan had
no problem qualifying for the dubious Five O Club.
COWLES HAS SHOT OF THE DAY!
Twenty one handicapper Brooks Cowles earned “shot
of the day” honors by holing out from the sand trap on
#13 for birdie.
MULTIPLE BIRDIES!
A record 10 birdies fell into the cup on this day—three
each by Jim Bernhardt and Richard Batelaan, two by
Ben Cass, and one each by Don Nichols and Brooks
Cowles. Batelaan now trails Andy Tyber by one for the
overall birdie lead.
MAJORS CENSURED! JOINS THREE
OTHERS ON DEATH ROW!
Ron Majors was fined for being a no show after
reserving one of the coveted reserved spots on a day
when there were six players on the wait list. Under the
new rules instituted by the ATAG Disciplinary Committee,
Majors now joins Jim Bernhardt, Hugh Thomson, and
Mike Gaddis on ATAG Death Row where the next
offense will result in death by “boogada boogada.”
 OTHER TIDBITS:
Leaders In The ▪ It was another great day weather wise--low 80’s, a
little breezy with a mixture of sun and clouds.
Clubhouse
Low Gross: Bernhardt: 34
▪ On the porch, ATAG Humorist Tom Kisgen got things
Low Net: Sawyer: 6 under
going with several jokes from his collection. Tim Martin,
Birdies: Tyber: 8
rather than telling the assigned joke, opted instead to
Best Team Score: -15
read poetry, (another metro sexual out of the closet?). His
first effort, “Seaside Golf”, was met with looks of
boredom and disbelief but his second offering, “The
Rules Of Bedroom Golf” received quite a few chuckles
from a more attentive audience. Brooks Cowles and
Sherm Wade also contributed some new material that
was well received.

▪ Tom Thornhill, currently serving on the Ansley

Grounds Committee, asked ATAGers to make
recommendations for any improvements to be put before
the committee, and players were eager to oblige. The
Commissioner’s request for commemorative ATAG tee
markers was duly noted but it was not clear if such a
request would, in fact, be presented.

• The Commissioner has notified the Editor that

the Nickelodeon failed to report in last week’s issue the
fines that were issued to Jim Williamson, Doug
Gooding, P.J. Wade, and Henry Sawyer for slow play.
As the first group to tee off, this team backed up the field
all day long, beginning with the third hole when two
foursomes waited on the tee and again on # 6 when three
groups were on the hole at the same time. A letter of
reprimand has also been placed in each of their files.

▪ The end of the evening saw only Doug Healy, Tom

Kisgen, Tim Martin, and Don Nichols sitting around the
table when Healy suddenly became inspired to have a
chip and putt contest in the falling darkness. Martin
opted to have one more and watch from the porch while
the other three slightly inebriated players headed for the
ATAG 9th green with wedge and putter in hand. (the results of
this impromptu competitive match are still being
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tabulated and Healy is under investigation after it was
Golf Tour
determined he was using his wife’s putter).
Ansley Golf Club
1912
196 Montgomery Ferry Dr Box Scores: (back nine)
Atlanta, Ga 30309 Bernhardt 34 Sawyer 45
Batelaan 36 Williamson 45
Eaton 40 Gutt 45
Morris 40 Greene 46
Cass 40 Cowles 47
Reese 41 Healy 49
Schmal 42 Nichols 49

Thornhill 43 Wade, S 50
Martin 44 Corrigan 53
Kennon 44 Gooding 55
Kisgen 44