November 12, 2024

VIBES wins MB11 by 1 point!





Last year these two teams split the 55 points evenly, 27.5 a piece. This year, team Vibes came through with the extra half point necessary to win to trip in what was another incredibly close golf competition that came down to the wire including a tied session on Sunday. 

Unlike last year, the 2024  Vibes team came out hot with a 3 point lead, going 6-3-2 in the Friday bestball round on Moorland. This was a 7 point swing from last years 3-7-1 Friday session for Vibes at Mid Pines. 

The Alt Shot round Saturday AM on Heathland was split by the two teams, with each team going 5-5-1, a tied session. 

At this point in the competition it was Vibes 12.5 to Bomb Squad's 9.5... But Bomb Squad had the better Saturday afternoon in the scramble round on Parkland, gaining 2 points in the session to bring the overall score to 17-16 with Vibes holding the critical 1 point lead going into Sunday. 

A split Sunday session (each team went 10-10-1) was enough to keep Vibes ahead and win MB11 by one single point, 28-27. This Vibes team was a half point better than last year, and the Bomb Squad was a half point worse. Over 2 years and 110 matches, these 2 teams were separated by a single point! Crazy stuff. 



When the competition is this close, you could pick any Vibes point-scorer from Sunday as the key to winning it all. It may be a personal bias, as I was a direct victim, but the "partners" Dan and Dennis winning both matches in their foursome- late in the round- seemed to probably be the nail in the coffin. 

Jeremy was the last hope for the Bomb Squad on Sunday... he had won all 3 (!) of his matches this weekend on the 18th green, but fell just short by getting dormied on the 17th green by the last Vibes player on the course, Steve. 




Cam Cox was the only guy to go 4-0-0 on the trip- Congrats to Cam for the full 4 points and team victory. I think that makes him the easy choice for MVP! 

Other Vibes leaders include theses guys who all went 3-1:

Captain Bill Nichols 
Beckerman
Dan Bahr 
Fliesser 

It must also be mentioned Dennis and Kurt went undefeated for Vibes at 2-0-2. Great weekend fellas. 

Bomb Squad was led by Jeremy and Danny Richards, both went 3-0-1.  Captain Dante, Jimmy Waitz, Ed, and Duce also showed up big going 3-1 on the weekend. 

Sean Cosgrove, Captain Ryan, and Mike Coates the 3 guys who sadly went 0-4-0. 

Below are matchup recaps, I tried to piece together or just straight up use all the content I got from each person who sent it along... I cannot vouch for these details for the matches being 100% accurate. 


Bestball- Friday at Moorland 


Captain's match- Paul/Nichols 3&2 over Dante/Ryan 
What else can I say besides we held off Dante going 4-0 this trip?! Some could say it was the rental set, most would say I suck at golf but Bill and I got it done. Bill was solid, I showed up when we needed it. Both of us also hit the same house with a golf ball, I hit the back and he hit the front if that’s not team chemistry I don’t know what is. Dante played great and was roping drives down the fairway. 216 yard par 3 I was 120’ away from the green took out the old Texas wedge and tucked that bitch 2’ for an easy tap in for Nichols. Your boy knows how to play the very minimal shots I have in my bag. Ryan unfortunately left his bathing suit at home but he did hit the water if my memory recalls. These guys never led the entire day which is mind blowing but hey everyone has a bad round shooting a 74 and losing. (Paul)



Ryan and I never led the entire day. Closest we got was 1 down. Paul was a par 3 machine. First par 3 Paul made a bogey/net par from back of the green, second par 3 Paul rolled a putt 40 yards from front of the green to 2 feet for par/net birdie, third par 3 Paul stuck it to 10ft above the hole to par/net birdie. Most impressive hole he had was #12 where Paul hit a 3W 200 yards + uphill and made a 5/3. Ryan made a 12 foot putt for 4/3 to halve the hole. The few Holes that Paul was in pocket Bill N made par or bogey/net par to halve the hole. Shot a 74 and we lost thanks Paul's heroics and his 13 club rental set...6 more club options than his 7 club bag back home. (Dante)


Ken/Crooky 4&3 over Peter/Trevor
We got a nice preview of how the match would go when Peter topped his first drive into the shit immediately in front of the tee box. Pete had an uncharacteristically bad round where he couldn’t get anything going and Trevor did everything he could to keep them in it. Trevor dropped a long par putt on 1 to halve us when it seemed like we had the hole no problem. We won the next few holes, as I was even through 5. on the long par 5 6th Trevor got on the green in 2 to look like they might take their first hole. I was way right of the green and stuck it to gimme range from about 60 yards for birdie to get to 1 under and thought I had saved the hole until Trevor stepped up and buried his 20 foot eagle putt. I birdied 10 to bring us to up 4 and it was looking like it was over until Trevor rolled in a putt on 11 for his second eagle of the day to give them a glimmer of hope, but it wasn’t enough. Crooky hit the center of the green and 2 putted for a net birdie on the short par 3 13th (while Peter 3 putted from about 10 feet) to put them dormie and we closed them out after I hit a 7-wood (from the blues, you pussies) on to the green on hell’s half acre and we closed them out. (Ken)


Jeremy/Jamie won 1up against Coates/Nick
We led for basically the whole match and coughed up the lead late but Coates missed a 4 footer to lose the match for them. I had Nick questioning my handicap when I fired a 42 to start. I drove the green on hells half acre, nbd. But I suck and 3 putted for par  (Jeremy)



Beck/Fliesser won 6&4 over Johnny/Evan
Beck and Fleisser ham and egged perfectly all day. Beck was pretty solid the whole round, and Fleisser warmed up around hole 4/5. Evan and I couldn’t get it going and the match was never really in doubt after 5/6 holes. (Johnny)

Jared/Campbell win 1up over Bill/Sean
I’d like to forget about the golf part of Fridays round, I was absolutely atrocious and bill was in God mode. Down 4 most of the match, then bill turned into Christ himself and we were down 1 on 18. Told him I’d help him on 18 (didn’t) and ended up losing 18 to finish. Very fun round (Sean)

Jared started the day with a birdie and their team got off to a hot start 3up after 4-5 holes. We got it back to 2-3dn at 9 with a chance to bring it to lower but I 4 putted 9 to lose the hole while stroking. Match hung in the 3-4dn range until around hole 14 we got on a run to start a comeback. Capped with an Eagle on Hell’s Half Acre on a 40-50ft putt to bring it to 1dn. Stayed that way with a stroke on 18 but Jared got up and down for par and I missed my long par putt to win the hole. Sean had a tough day on a tough course. (Bill P)

Jim Duce/Ed 1up over Dan & Justin Cosgrove 
Ed and I won 1up over the Cosgroves. I played terrible for the most part. Ed kept us in the match. Justin played well, drives the ball better than Dan. Clutched out a bogey net par on 15 to stay 1 down. Ed drove devils half acre and we won there to go all square with 2 to go. I was buried under the lip of the waste bunker on 17 and managed to get it up on the green to save a push. Ed and I both went into the water off the tee on 18 but recovered to win the hole and the match. (Duce)

"Dan battled 2 sandbaggers who stroked on the 130 yard 17th hole which they won to go 1up and eventually win the match after a tie on 18" (Dan)



Weibs/Cole 4&2 over James/Jimmy Waitz
Jimmy and I had won in this format on this course in the past, but we both played like trash this this matchup. 2nd hole we both put our drives in the water twice. Jimmy wasn't able to stay in play off the tee most of the round, and I was grinding out bogeys all day, not doing anything particularly well. I think we won maybe just 1 single hole, it was pretty close to a wire to wire victory for the vibes guys. Weibs was consistent enough to kill us, and when he did hiccup Cole was right there to back him up, they played great together and finished us off with a birdie on Hell's half acre for the 4&2 win. My first bestball loss.  (James) 

Abe/Alec AS Dennis/Hill
Alec and I picked each other up back and forth as brothers should and we were up 3 holes at one point on the front. We all actually played pretty well on the back 9 but rightfully don’t remember much of the round as this was a battle of the livers as much as it was a battle of the drivers. Alec and I were on our way to burying Dennis/Hill per usual but they made a strong comeback and we ended up tied after 18. We decided as a group to replay the 18th as a playoff hole and Dennis took the OT win for them. Luckily, the captains came in and said that the OT hole was nonsense and once again, Alec has no business making decisions around scoring, so the round came out as a push. (Abe)




Alt Shot- Saturday AM on Heathland

Ken/Campbell lose 2&1 to Dante/Peter
Peter again didn’t have a great day, but was significantly better than his best ball showing - a few made longer putts were enough to hold off me and Campbell. We had plenty of opportunities where they were in trouble off the tee (thanks, Pete) and we just couldn’t capitalize because we each missed a few very straight forward shots to let the other guy down. Despite our mediocre play we hung on until our 17th (par 3 8th on Heathland) where I got on the green but left Campbell with a must make long uphill birdie putt while Dante put them in easy 2-putt par range and they closed us out. (Ken)

Ken and Matt led most of the beginning of the round. Pete and I brought the match to AS by the 9th or 10th. The 4th hole which was our 13th of the match Matt and Ken were lying 2 next to green side bunker with pin tucked in front. They proceeded to take 3 shots to get to the green. It was at that point Matt lost ken. Pete and I never looked back winning the next few holes and building a 3U cushion. We closed them out on 17 which was a 125 pin playing 165 in to the wind. Pete and I drove off the course trying to be disrespectful AF while Matt and Ken played 18th alone (Dante)

Cole/Dennis AS Marc/Craig
Dennis broke his 6 iron and Marc missed a 1 ft putt to close us out on 18 in alt shot. That was cool. We pushed the round, but I think that 1 foot putt was the deciding factor the bomb squad (Cole)

Beck/Kurt 3&2 over Abe/Trevor
Trevor and I were up three and were even through the first four holes. But we ended up giving that right back to Kurt/Beck. They birdied 9 to go one up on us with a MONSTER drive into the wind by Kurt and Fresh Beck stuck one to 4 feet. Beck said something along the lines that he loved having the second shot distances that Kurt was leaving him cause Kurt was a beast off the tee. That felt like what took the wind out of our sails even though we fought hard to try to get back, in the end falling 3 and 2 (Abe)

Johnny/Jeremy win 1up over Paul/Bahr
Lost on 18 not sure on the right wording. Let’s start off with Dan Bahr is the definition of electric factory. My old alt shot partner Johnny and his best friend on FB Jeremy took the bois all the way downtown to 18 and took the dub. I kept asking Johnny if I was the problem in our past matches or if it was him and we’re still yet to have an answer. Jeremy was hands down piping the ball down the fairway. It was the best golf I’ve seen him play, which is hard for me to say. Johnny had a bunch of good shots and also none that went backwards this year. The bois were drinking beers, putting holes thru peoples fences (Bahr with a fucking missile), shotgunning and having a grand ole time out there all the way down to 18 where I just left Bahr out there with a long boi putt.  (Paul)


Marty/Hill wins 5&4 over Sean/Evan 
Evan and I played decently, lost 5&4 I believe. He struggled off the tee, I played better than Fridays round. Marty is a stick, doesn’t mess up shots, consistent as all hell. Hill hit a 126’ birdie putt on 3rd hole. Deflated. Should’ve pushed that hole, instead lost. (Sean)


Cox/Fliesser win 3&2 over James/Ed
Who doesn't love a little controversy on the first hole on Saturday AM? Vibes guy hit their tee ball just into the woods on the left & wanted relief from a downed tree in their backswing. I thought they were joking! they weren't, did not get relief, and lost the hole. The whole front 9 was back and forth, I believe Ed and I won the 9th hole to square the match by the turn. Vibes team was very good on the back, and, this is hard to believe but I was a liability PUTTING the ball in this round, multiple bad putts and put Ed in too many bad spots. He played awesome. We ended up losing when, after a long search, I found their ball DEEP in the rough greenside, they made an elite up and down somehow and closed us out on the 16th green with a birdie. 


Duce/Poch win 1up over Nick/Nichols 
Tight match all day. A lot of good shots from both teams. Bill/Duce birdied #2 (which was our back 9) to get to 2/3up but Nick/Bill turned it around immediately on the next hole where Nick hit a 4i into wind up hill 190-200 yard on the par 3 #3 to start their rally back. Came down to 18 where Duce hit a good drive and I hit a nice approach 8i into the green. Duce hit a 30-40ft putt to 2inches and the hole was halved and match over. (I may be mis-remembering this and we could have been AS and that was for the 1up win). (Bill)

Me and Bill Poch won 1 up over Nichols and Nick. Went off the back. Bill and I played well together, only were in bad spots a couple times. Nichols was struggling the first half of the round but came around after the turn. Nichols made a big putt on 6 to keep them up 1. I made a big putt on 7 to win the hole. We were all square going into 9 and we were stroking. I put a 40 footer to 6 inches for a tap in par net birdie to win the match. My favorite round of the weekend. (Duce)


Scramble- Saturday PM on Parkland


James/Trevor win 3&2 over Campbell/Paul
This was a fun match, my first time playing with Trevor, and it did not disappoint. On the front 9, we fended off excellent play from Campbell and Paul with multiple 15 foot must-make putts from Trevor. Paul showed up for the par 3s but not much else... Campbell held on as long as he could. I rolled in a long-ish birdie for us on the 14th hole and then holed out from 40 yards for eagle on the next hole to essentially put the nail in the coffin before the darkness set in. (James)

The bois were buzzing literally going into this match. After coming off a loss on 18 what’s better then drowning your “sorrow” with some cold ones at lunch. I knew I was doomed from the start when my pepperoni pizza for $1 fell apart out of the oven and they had to remake me one. What a group James,Trevor, Campbell and yours truly. First 3 holes started out great then the 8 beers me and cbell rifled thru hit and I was nothing but a riding partner for Campbell. Every shot of mine was way left or just the opposite direction of where it was supposed to go. Campbell played great as always but he can’t do it alone. Trevor found out what a Larry was and he is definitely one of them. James chipped in about 40 yard away that no one saw besides Campbell cuz me and Trevor were off in no mans land looking for my ball. After that we were 4 down with 5 to play and fighting daylight and a longer wait than getting on and off the cape. We won the next hole and was 3 down 4 to play. Next was a par 3 almost in the dark and I went water so at this point I took us out and left it all up to my partner…..again. (Paul)

Ken/Nick win 1up over Oga/Jamie
Match of the day. Both teams played well and really didn’t give the other any room for error - we won 4 holes total, they won 3 and we pushed the 11 others. Lots of tense putts throughout for both teams to keep pace with the other, nick and I were up 1 at the turn and then 3-putted the 10th (1st on Parkland) to let them tie it up. Nick and I put ourselves in trouble a few times, but were able to continue to scrap out halves on the holes with a few long clutch putts from Nick (after getting phenomenal reads on my first putts). We were all square until 14 (the par 3 5th) where our best option off the tee was dropping from my ball in the water and we went down 1 with 4 to play. At this point a few groups had finished and joined up with us to watch.
15 - I demolish a drive down the left side and Nick doesn’t bother hitting. Oga makes a beautiful second shot over a tree to the green to save them on a hole that I thought we for sure had won - push with pars.
16 - Nick elects to hit this time even though I hit another beauty and proceeds to roll one past the group in front of us about 310yds away. After standing around looking at a 75 yard approach from the fairway for about 20mins (thanks Craig, Ryan, Cam and Justin), I chunk one, nick thins it long and Oga/Jamie get on in 2 from the bunker. I luckily settle our next one close to halves again.
17 - good drives by both teams - Nick and I both hit the green side bunker in 2 and need to scramble. Barely on the front of the green, I show Nick the line and he rolls a 100 footer to inches for the gimme par. Oga and Jamie leave themselves outside the friend zone and wind up 3 putting to get us AS going to 18. Nick runs around like he’s riding a hobby horse and Oga calls him a douchebag for celebrating a missed putt. The tension mounts.
18 - driving to the 9th at parkland I said to Nick “it all comes down the 9th hole in the dark, which luckily we’ve played 3 times already this weekend” (albeit with 7 irons).
Nick drives the greenside bunker, and makes a nice shot out of the sand to leave us an 8(?) footer.
Oga and Jamie also get on in 2 but have a trickier putt.
Now in complete darkness, we have the 4 other guys still with us holding up flashlights on the green to see our putts. Jamie leaves it one half-roll away from dropping and they take the par.
Before our putt Nick tells me he loves me (very nice moment) I proceed to burn an edge but it shows us it’s dead straight, Nick steps up and drains it. We celebrate hard, Oga doesn’t call us douche bags this time. Nick gets his first win of the weekend and we get our first ever Myrtle win as a pairing (we do not make out after - I want to make that very clear). (Ken)

Bill/Johnny win 2&1 over Cole/Steve
Bill was on one. Basically perfect and needed like 10 shots from me and my yapping and it was enough to overcome Cole sinking basically everything on the back 9. We obviously had the controversy of the weekend when Steve big timed Paul and threw his ball in the woods and Paul cowered like a puppy. (Johnny)

Bill dominated the scramble with 3 natural birdies, but I kept hitting putts to keep us close the entire time. Johnnie is the one who hit the tee shot that closed us out on 17 in the dark and was the only ball that could be found. We lost 2&1 (Cole)


Duce/Jeremy won 1 up against Marty/Dan
Losers had to buy the winners hats. Me and Ed didn’t take advantage of our stroke holes until the final hole to win it. Dan and Marty up 2 with 3 to go and we won final 3 holes. Marty and Dan choke job complete. (Jeremy)



Dante/Abe win 3&2 over Jared/Crooky
We won the first hole and never looked back. Half way through the round Abe drained back to back 40-50 ft birdie putts that opened it up to a 3U lead. Crooky had an exploding ball. He marked it with a blue "L" and had Han tee it for Abe on the 9th hole when Abe was semi blacked out. Abe smoked it and after it exploded said fuck that was the best swing all day. We all died laughing. Han put legend in timeout twice for excessive drinking. The third time Abe was placed on probation.  (Dante)


Beck/Dennis win 3&2 over Sean/Dotts
I’d like a rematch of this group, I played really well. If Dotts could keep his eyes open I think we keep it close, dennis and Beck complement each other very well. Beck has a silky smooth swing. Forgot how much we lost this round by (Sean)


Nichols/Bahr win 6&5 over Peter/Duce
Pete and I lost 6&5 to Nichols and Dan Bahr. Pete and I played poorly. Bill and Dan didn't give us any chances as they didn't miss a fairway all round. Pete and I lost the first 3 holes and only won 1 hole the whole match. Stopped playing after the match was over and rode in with Ken/Nick vs Oga/Jamie match. Watched their last 4 holes. (Duce)

Jimmy/Marc 1up over Weibs/Fliesser
A legendary match that ended in the dark with flashlights 




Sunday Singles on Heathland 

Poch AS Ken 
Bill got out to an early lead in our match but I manage to get back to down 1 at the turn. He wins 10, and then I drive the green and make an easy 2-putt birdie on Heathland’s second to again get to -1. After a 30 minute wait at the next tee box I top my 7-wood but manage to scrap back for a bogey to push.
With the match AS going into 15, bill and I both put our drives out of play and I end up winning the hole with a double bogey 6 to go 1 up.
16 - we both get on the par 5 7th in 3, I have a straight 15-20 footer for my birdie and bill is way down the front on the lower tier looking at a 60(?) foot up hill circus putt. He drains it center cup. I walk in my birdie putt to halve the hole and I think I yelled “EAT A FUCKING DICK” as it went in. Sorry, Bill.
17 - Bad Bill rears his head - he puts his tee ball on the par 3 in the fescue on top of the hill and I get mine on the front of the green. Make my par and I close him out - unfortunately I 3 putt it and bill makes a decent bogey to stay alive.
18 - bad bill again tries to hand me the match by finding the fescue. I fail to get up and down for par and Bill makes bogey/net par to halve the match. Bill asked to kiss after, but I turned him down. (Ken)

We both played well. Front was a tight match but I was about 2up through 9. Around hole 12 Ken made a run and got the match to 1up in his favor. The beverage cart finally showed up around hole 15 and helped put the wind back in my sails. The last 3 holes were extremely tense and I was getting my final stroke hole on 18 but had to grind to get it there. Hole #7 (our 16) I hit a 50-60ft putt from the bottom tier of the green for birdie with Ken laying 15-20ft away for his own birdie which he ended up sinking keeping the match at 1u in favor of Ken. Ken hit his ball onto the green on the par 3 #8 (our 17) and I pulled mine a bit left and with the strong headwind it ended up on the hill in front of the green in deep rough. I hit a great recovery from there and 2 putted for a 4. Ken 3 putt from the green to keep the match 1u for him. With Bill stroking on the last, Ken hit a great drive on #9 (our 18) and I hit a drive right onto another hill and onto tight dirt for another scramble shot. I put that shot next to the green for a chip and Ken hit his short left. A chip and a putt and I was in for 5/4. Ken’s chip from short of the green came up short, and he missed the long par putt for the match to go to AS. (Bill P)


Kurt 5&4 over Dotts 
(Match to determine who has to quit their company) 
Kurt is the strongest man I know and he proceeds to pummel some drives and really intimidates the shit out of Dotts. I felt slightly bad halfway through because I kind of made the call that our group should play the blues and Dotts just didn’t have the distance to keep up with Kurt from there. Honestly wouldn’t have made a difference in the long run because Kurt played great in all aspects and put him down 5&4. (Ken)

Alec 6&5 over Cole 
Alec waxed me on Sunday shooting a gross 42 on the front while I was giving him 4 on the front and 4 on the back. Had the round of his life, while I had the worst round since Friday of last year. (Cole


Jeremy AS Steve 
He led for most of the match but I kept it close and won final hole to square the match. Hill hit a drive OB, on his dropped shot, hit the ball right into trees, flew back at him, tried to catch it and hit him in the chest. (Jeremy)


Waitz 6&5 over Paul  +  Marc 7&5 over Beck 
Let’s just say me and Beck got dogg walked by a few Doggs!! Our match’s 7&5 beck taking the L and mine was 6&5 taking the L as well!! If you asked me it sounded like a score of a dogg game which usually ends with an L. Anyway Jimmy and Marc played great while Marc shooting a career low of 84. I stayed close to Jimmy with never taking a lead and was only 2 down after 9. Then proceeded to lose all the holes after that I think. Beck had no issue getting to the green but just came up short a few holes or maybe it was came up long then short. There was a time where Beck was 7 down 7 to go and I said dig deep and fight back but he didn’t have the dogg in him! (Paul)

#DeadBeck☠️☠️☠️, Marc played very well and I had nothing in the tank to give him a match, was out/ball in pocket buncha holes (Beck)


Dante 2&1 over Jared
 I won the first two holes and then Jared won the next 3. We made the turn AS. Jared and I played good not great. The biggest difference was I made par/net birdie on my 5 stoke holes. On Those holes Jared just had too long of birdie putts and didn't make a single one. It was nice to be the player getting stokes for once instead of giving them up. We played a $100 close out so it was also nice to make some money. In addition, Jared and I had a front row seat to Danny "darts" Richards making birdie on 2 out of the first 3 holes. (Dante)


Fliesser 3&2 over Sean 
first 2 shots on the first went OB. Immediately conceded the hole. Thought I should’ve been getting strokes but turned out to be pretty even match, fleiss was a bit more consistent than me. Back and forth all day, nobody went up more than 1 hole until 15 when he went up 2. Then proceeded to wait 15 min for the group in front of us to get off the green. Lost on 16 Think final was 3&2 loss (Sean)


Duce 3&2 over Hill
Went off the back. Neither of us played great, but we both had some moments. Hill was extremely hungover the first half of the round. I chipped in from 30 yds for birdie on 12 to go up 2 early. Hill went in the water on 16. Dropped, hit his shot off a tree, off the cart bridge and off himself for possibly the funniest moment of the weekend. Hill lost a ball in the rough on 7 that shouldn't have been lost and I won the hole to go up 1 with 2 to go. He seemed to mentally check out after that and I closed him out on 8. (Duce)

Dan 3&2 over James 
Dan was so good off the tee in our match, but on the front he was less than perfect approaching the green which allowed me to stay in and even take the lead a couple different times. I made a birdie on the 2nd hole, a 220 yard shot to about 6 inches, a near ace with the group behind us watching on the tee box. I had a handful of great shots- Texas wedge's, some putts. But I also took myself out of a few holes with bad tee balls or pathetic chipping. We hit a wall of traffic toward the end of the match... We were AS through 13 but I ended up losing Holes 14-15-16 during the 90 minutes it took to play them. Credit to Dan to remained unphased by the pace, and deserved to win the match. (James) 

Dennis 3&2 over Johnny
Dennis was in control of the whole match. The difference between these two golfers today was Dennis pumping perfect drives out there and Johnny spraying them to the edge of every hole. We found most of them, but Johnny was just putting himself in the worst spots. He had a couple incredible recoveries but in general, was fighting an uphill battle on every hole and eventually ran out of holes. (James) 

Abe 5&4 over Coates
Singles was a battle back and forth for a while between Coates and I. I absolutely turned it on on the back. Especially with my Double Bogey net Bogey on 10 to win the hole. After 10 though, the driver felt hot and I closed him out on 14 with a chip in birdie from 25 yards out and below the hole with the green at eye level.







Other notes: 

Harbour Town Recap- the trip started off with an amazing round on the course that hosts the Heritage classic which is the week after the masters. Marty/me won 6&4 over Bill/Ogga. The signature #18 hole with lighthouse from whites was 415 but played closer to 5550 yards + in to the wind. Bill, Marty, ogga almost murdered the gallery along the fairway with their second shots. Fun day all along and luckily we got paired up with two amazing caddies. Ogga forgot to pay his and the caddy had to chase him down in the proshop and request payment in front of 10-15 people. Humiliating for him but funny to us watching (Dante)



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MB 12 Dates: 
Thursday 10/16/25  through Sunday 10/19/25


Future MB sites:
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2026- Legends
2027- Pine Needles
2028- Legends 







August 16, 2024

MB11 Saturday Pairings

*The actual tee times and order of these matches will be optimized and released on a later date*










MB11 Friday Pairings!!

 Friday Bestball Pairings Announcement 


Captains match- Bill Nichols/Paul vs Dante/Ryan Bebrin

Continuing the tradition, the captains of the two squads will faceoff Friday on Moorland. Dante and Ryan won together last year at Mid-Pines, beating Nick/Cam Cox 4&3. That victory ended a long-ish drought for Dante in the format, and brought his record up to 2-2-1. Ryan is a Friday hero... his best format of the trip with a tidy 4-1-2 bestball record coming into MBX. His lone loss was on this course back in 2021 at MB8, playing with Beck and losing to Marty/Fliesser. Over half of Paul's lifetime MB points (4 out of 7.5) have come in bestball, it's his only respectable format with a 3-1-2 lifetime record. Both Paul and Bill Nichols won at Mid Pines last year, although they didn't play together.  Nichols is undefeated in the format at 2-0-1. Should be an excellent matchup between our leaders to kick off the competition


Abe/Alec vs Dennis/Hill

This was the only non-captains match that was pre-determined. For some reason, the Vibes CT duo of Dennis (0-5-0) and Hill (0-4-0) have been asking to play the Abes in bestball at MB for quite some time now. They cannot stop losing in this format, going a combined 0-9-0. As a bestball pair, they are already 0-3-0 together with none of those matches being close. Woof.  Last year, they had a chance at Brian/Alec in Alt shot at Southern Pines but the Abes won 3&2 and are more than happy to take this matchup on Moorland. Alec is 0-3-0 in bestball so it may be on Mr. Abetober, who carries a 4-2-1 Friday record... including a win last year vs Hill/Crooky. And yes if you re-read this whole paragraph it is a fact that Abe has the only bestball win in the group. Legend. 


Peter/Trevor vs Ken/Crooky 

The long time friendly duo of Peter/Trevor won with ease last year on Friday at Midpines, cruising to a 6&5 victory over a pair of rookies. Bomb Squad has these 2 mammoths paired up again, and will try to to extend Crooky's current 3 year winless streak on Fridays. Ken enters the match at 2-0-2 in the format after going AS in last years captains match comeback. Peter is 2-0-1 in the format as well, making this one of the best matches on the slate. 


Jamie/Jeremy vs  Coates/Nick

Who wants to take a swing? This matchup features the 3 most punchable faces in MB, according to a recent player poll. Jamie Bebrin makes his return to MB after taking a couple years off. Will he be rusty or rested? Only time will tell for this lifetime 0-1-1 bestball player.  It should help that his partner, Jeremy, is a Friday stud! He carries a 5-1-0 Friday record with the lone loss (9&7 blowout to Abe/Andy) coming way back at MB6.9 when he was on fairway to heaven. That was the last/only time Mike Coates won a bestball match as well...his worst format of the trip (by far) at 1-3-2 overall. Paired with him is Nick, who owns a 3-1-0 record in bestball: his best format. Last year's loss (to this years BS captains) was Nick's first and only blemish on Fridays. 



Duce/Ed vs Dan Cosgrove/Justin Cosgrove 

Dan (1-4-1) and Justin (0-2-0) are teaming up this year to try and change their fortunes in the format. Straying from MB talk for one moment... I played with Justin at the Dogg Open in July and wow- what an improvement. He should be able to contribute a bit more than you may expect, and Dan is about as consistent as it comes, despite what the record may be telling you. Bestball is Ed's worst format (1-2-1) and Jim is average (2-2-1) so I'm expecting this to be a really good match that could go deep. 


Craig/Danny vs Marty/Honeywell

Danny is looking for his first bestball win in his third 3 attempt this year.  He lost to Steve/Honeywell at Midpines last year on the 17th hole. Craig is 2-1-0 in the format with his only loss being on the 18th green with this year's partner-Danny- a couple years ago at Heritage Plantation. Nice little revenge spot for this twosome. On the other side is Marty/Honeywell... I honestly think this might be Honeywells first golf shot since he won his singles match last year so if they can weather any early storms this pair should get better throughout the match. Marty owns a putrid 1-4-0 Friday and certainly will need to play better this year to improve his winning percentage. 


Evan/Johnny vs Beck/Fliesser 

Dogg team vs NY bros team. Classic good vs evil matchup here. Fliesser & Beck were paired up last year at MidPines as well, but lost that match to Marc/Jimmy Waitz. It was Fliesser's first loss in the format. #FreshBeck still owns a nice 4-2-1 bestball record. Evan (1-1-0) and Johnny (1-1-1) both back at MB after last years hiatus, so they should be hungry for a dub. 


James/Jimmy vs Cole/Weibs 

We are back, baby. Jimmy and I came back to win on Moorland in Bestball in the kid's first MB match his rookie year at MB8. My bestball record (5-0-1) remains elite after an 18th hole 1up victory last year at Mid Pines. This same Vibes sophomore pair got murdered last year by Peter/Trevor on Friday, but Vibes captains evidently had enough confidence in this duo to run them back out there again this year on Friday for attempt #2. 


Dylan/Dotts vs Kurt/Steve

#FreshKurt is a problem. He is 3-0-0 on Fridays... as is his playing partner Steve. This is a tough team to beat, considering, ya know, they've never lost on Friday at a combined 6-0-0. Steve actually downed Dylan BAD at Pine Needles on Sunday last year too, so back to back MB matchups for the former, short time Dogg teammates. Dotts is for sure hungry after a disappointing 0-3-1 rookie year... he will need to get over it quickly having this tough matchup right out of the gates at a course he's never played before. 


Oga/Marc vs Bahr/Cox 

A matchup stocked up with Sophomores. Bahr/Cox played together last year in a very impressive win in Scramble, so they should have good vibes going into this match together. Bahr completed the undefeated rookie year at MBX which obviously included a bestball win and it came against Oga/Jimmy H. This was the round Oga got injured and had to WD from, which means he left MBX at 0-1-0. He's for sure ready to get back out there for the Bomb Squad in a rematch vs Bahr. Marc had a great rookie showing including a bestball win at Mid Pines... this is going to be a hell of a matchup. 


Bill/Sean vs Jared/Campbell

This is like when you have a best friend in High School and then make a new best friend in College and you get together with both of them at the same time years later and there's a muted/underlaying level of competition and jealousy. AWKWARD!!!   Campbell and Bill were best friends in HS and then Campbell met Jared at College and ended up rooming together. All kidding aside, Bill and Jared had a classic back and forth in bestball last year with Bill clutching up on 18 for the 1up win (his first bestball win at MB), making me think Jared is excited for another shot at Bill. Campbell has surprisingly never won a bestball match in MB (0-2-3) and Sean re-enters the MB scene with a nice little 2-0-0 overall record and chance to insert himself into a sick Dedham-heavy matchup right off the bat. 




December 8, 2023

MB11 Announcement- Dates, Courses, Captains

 OFFICIAL 

October 18-20, 2024 @ HOME (Legends Golf Club)


12:20pm Friday- Bestball @ Moorland 

7:00am Saturday Alt Shot @ Parkland

1:00pm Saturday Scramble @ Heathland

8:30am Sunday- Singles @ Heathland


CAPTAINS

Bomb Squad- Ryan Bebrin & Dante Rizzo



Vibes- Bill Nichols & Paul Taylor


October 23, 2023

Updated All Time MB Stats through MBX

 All Time Winning % (Minimum 5 matches)

 


Leaders by Format 
(Minimum 2 wins, and greater than .500 record)










Notes by Golfer

Steve Ferretti, 10-1-0
Steve has won 10 out of 11 matches overall, currently on a 8 match win streak (2+ trips). His only loss was 1down in Alt Shot vs Dante/Campbell at MB8. He's undefeated in all other formats.

Peter Fallon, 9-1-1 
9 consecutive victories, 2 perfect trips in a row (8-0-0). Peter's sole loss was on the 18th green on Parkland in Alt Shot at MB8 to Adam and Jimmy Waitz

Mike Coates, 14-7-3
Mike lost Alt shot for the first time in 5 years, but proved again to be a tough out on Sunday... He's 5-1-1 in Singles. Just 1 bestball win in 6 attempts sticks out as his only weak format. 

Dylan Burns, 4-2-1
Dylan's only lost 2 of his 7 matches in MB but after getting pounded by Steve Ferretti on Sunday at MBX he's been relgated for a year. 2 year, both above .500 for Dylan. 

Ken Nee, 7-3-5
Ken's team winning streak has ended. His Friday +Sunday record is spectacular- A combined 5-0-3 in bestball and singles...He's now just 2-3-2 overall in Saturday formats, though. Ken loves to tie... a third of his MB matches overall have ended AS. 

Dante Rizzo, 12-7-2
Dante got his first bestball win in 4 years with Ryan at MBX. Back to back Alt Shot losses bring his record in that format back to 4-2-0. The MB3.0 champ is .500 or better in all formats. 

James Brown, 12-7-3
MBX was the first trip in 6 years James left with an above .500 record. A win on Friday improved his undefeated bestball record to 5-0-1, and he finally got on the board in Alt Shot, converting for the first time in 6 attempts. OGMB Champ. 

Ed Gitlitz, 7-4-3
After losing on Friday at MBX, Ed reeled off 3 wins in a row. He improves to 3-1-0 in alt shot. Bestball (1-2-1) his only losing format in MB career. 

Kurt McGrath, 5-3-3
Kurt has emerged as a Friday threat, improving to 3-0-0 in bestball. He's now  1-1-1 in both alt shot and singles... Kurt has never won a scramble match (0-1-1)

Jimmy Waitz, 5-3-3
Jimmy got his first Sunday win at MBX. He hasn't lost an alt shot match in 3 chances, going 1-0-2, and has now gone over .500 in 2 of his 3 trips to MB

Abe, 14-10-1
The Legend is so back. Abe went 3-1-0 at MBX and his only loss came once again in scramble... he is now 0-4-0 in the format. Different story in all other formats... especially on Alt Shot and Singles where Abe improved to 5-2-0 in both 

Matt Campbell, 8-5-6
Campbell went 1-0-3 at MBX...With the ties he saw his Sunday winning streak come to an end,  and he's still looking for his first bestball win (0-2-3)... With his alt shot win he improves to 3-1-1 in the format. 

Adam Beckvold, 12-9-5
Adam has just 1 bestball win in MB history- it was 6 years ago- but he has tied 4 of them in that span, including at MBX.  He lost for just the second time in Singles, and improved to a tidy 5-2-0 in Alt Shot. 

Dan Bahr 4-0-0
Rookie of the year! We've seen rookies go 4-0-0 before, but this one was a gem. Bahr beat Poch in both Saturday team matches and Bebrin on Sunday for the perfect Weekend. He even carried a vet- Nick- to his only win of the weekend in Alt shot.  

Kevin Ewing 2-0-2
Undefeated rookie season for Kevin at 2-0-2  with wins in the first 2 formats. He fought back to square the scramble match but surrendered a late lead in singles to Coates. 

Marc DeSantis, 3-1-0
Marc had a great rookie weekend, a singles loss to veteran Dan Cosgrove was the only blemish on his 3-1-0 record at MBX

Jimmy Henebry, 5-4-2
Tough MBX for Henebry, going 1-3-0 . Jimmy did remain undefeated in Alt Shot (2-0-1) but has back to back Sunday Losses to Peter and Ken

Craig Mutz, 6-5-0
MBX was good to Craig- he matched the amount of wins he had on the 2 previous trips combined by going 3-1-0... his sole loss on Sunday. Craig is now 2-0-0 in scramble

Beckerman, 11-10-4
The JBMB champ is undefeated in scramble, running his record up to 4-0-1 at MBX. Beck has just 1 Alt shot win in 6 attempts (1-4-1).

Oga, 4-4-4
Oga got hurst mid round Friday at MBX and took the loss with Henebry. It was his only match. Oga's best format in a small sample size is Alt shot where he sits 2-0-1

Crooky, 7-7-1
Crooky had a mediocre MBX- but remains undefeated in scramble at 3-0-0. Sunday struggles continue & with another loss this year he moves to 1-3-0 on the last day of the trip... his 3rd loss in a row on Sundays. 

Bill Nichols, 5-5-1
Another win in the battle of the Bills on Sunday helped Nichols save his weekend and get over .500 in the format (Now 2-1-0). While he remains undefeated in bestball (2-0-1).. He is now 0-3-0 in Alt Shot. 

Fliesser, 5-5-1
Fliesser lost for the first time in bestball and scramble, but has an undefeated record  (2-0-1) on Sundays.

Cole Caron, 1-1-2
After getting blown out Friday, the rest of Cole's 3 matches came down to 18 and he didnt lose any of them. A respectable 1-1-2 rookie weekend- especially with the clutch 1up victory on Sunday at the end 

Jim Duce, 8-8-4
Tough year for Jim: His 4 year alt shot winning streak ended with a loss, he still hasn't won a scramble match (0-1-2), and his Sunday record dips below .500 now at 2-3-1. 

Dan Cosgrove, 11-12-1
Dan's best format is scramble where is improves to 3-1-0. His Friday record stinks- he's now 1-4-1 in bestball with the lone win coming at MB8. He had won 4 straight alt shot matches with Abe at one point but is 0-3-0 since they broke up. Dan's best moment at MBX came on Sunday when he won to move to 3-4-0 all time, & prevented rookie Marc from going undefeated.  

Jeremy Tannenbaum, 10-11-1
Jeremy comes to play on Fridays... he won again in bestball at MBX and improves to 5-1-0 in the format. However... Sunday is a problem for Jeremy. He lost this year again and slides back to just 2-5-0 overall in singles. He last won a singles match at MB8 vs Abe. 

Nick Y, 6-7-2
Nick had a tough MBX.  While he did secure his first alt shot win in 4 attempts.... He lost his perfect bestball record (now 3-1-0), he lost his perfect scramble record (now 2-1-0), and he lost again on Sunday (now 0-3-1 in Singles). 

Bill Poch, 7-9-4
Bill got his first & only win on Friday at MBX. I'm not counting his alt shot loss in the all time stats , since he played his own ball. Somehow, Bill is now 0-3-1 in scramble...and after starting his career 3-0-1 in Singles, he drops to 3-2-1 with the loss at MBX at Pine Needles. 

Artie, 3-4-1
MB007 & MB8 Participant 

Michael Honeywell, 3-4-0
Honewell improved on his rookie season by going 2-2 at MBX... He's now 1-1 in every format except Scramble where he is just 0-1. 

Evan Lum, 2-3-2
Attended MB8 and MBIX and plans on returning in 2024

Ryan Bebrin, 8-12-3
Ryan won his first 2 matches at MBX but lost the last 2. Of course, because he losses every Sunday. Ryan is now a putrid 0-4-1 in Singles. At least his bestball record is strong- he improved to 4-1-2 on Fridays this year but has a losing record in all other formats. 

Marty Leblanc, 8-12-2
Someone get Marty to show up early next year... He improved to a stellar 5-1-0 on Sundays but outside of singles, his lifetime MB record is 3-11-2. Yuck. He's still never won in Scramble... is now 0-3-2. One single win in Bestball (1-4-0)

Andy Haase, 4-6-1
MBX was Andy's 3rd trip, but first in a handful of years. The only format he finds himself above .500 in is Friday Bestball (2-1-0).. He is 2-5-1 in all other formats combined. Andy started his career with a 3-0-0 rookie season and since then has gone 1-6-1 combined. 

Paul Taylor, 5-9-5
Paul, OG on the trip, came into MBX with 3 lifetime wins... and he won 2 of his first 3 matches at MBX. A loss to Abe on Sunday prevented Paul from his first singles win (now 0-5-0). Somehow he actually has a winning record in Friday Bestball, a lifetime 2-1-2 record. 

Jared Tise, 3-1-0
Jared's first match in MB was an instant classic- unfortunately he lost on the 18th green 1down. He won every other match the rest of the weekend, including a heads up win over Adam who was previously 4-1-1 on Sundays before asking to be fed to Jared for brunch at Pine Needles. 

Johnny Kotkowski, 2-5-3
Not at MBX. Winless is Alt Shot & Scramble (0-3-1), Only Singles win vs Jeremy at MBIX, previously lost to Coates & Campbell 

Jamie Bebrin, 2-5-3
0-3-2 in Singles and Bestball. Has not been to MB since MB007. 

Gargano, 1-1-1
Fill in for MBIX

Old Brian, 1-1-0
One year fill in, decided there were better things to do on Sunday and skipped Singles 

Justin Hill, 4-9-2
Hill is now 0-6-1 in bestball and scramble... including 0 points on Fridays at MB. At least he does own a winning Sunday record at 2-1-1, though.  

Danny Richards, 2-5-0
Danny followed up his 0-3-0 rookie season with a much more respectable 2-2-0 at MBX. He's 0-2-0 in bestball and won his first alt shot match this year. 

Dennis Early, 4-12-2
Dennis is brutal on Fridays at MB- he is now 0-5-0 in the format. He's also just 1-4-0 in alt shot, and he lost for the first time in scramble at MBX. He salvaged the weekend with a Sunday win and moved to 2-2-2 in Singles

Alec Abrahamson, 3-9-0
Alec has 3 career wins, 2 of those are in alt shot... he is 2-1-0 lifetime in the format. Alec barely won match on Sunday beating Justin (0 wins) 2&1 in the anchor match.  

Trevor (NC), 1-4-1
Trevor has struggled out of the gate... He started 0-2-0 his rookie season as a fill in and went just 1-2-1 at MBX. His sole MB win came on Friday at Mid Pines with Peter against a couple rookies. 

Spanky, 1-3-0
One year Wonder (MB007). Won Alt shot with Hill, got crushed in the other 3 matches

Cam Cox, 1-3-0
Cam had a rough first couple matches at MB but got his first win in scramble with Bahr vs a team of MB vets. He ran into the Peter buzzsaw on Sunday-but took him all the way to 18- and left his rookie year at 1-3-0

Alex Weibler, 1-3-0
Weibs played awful on Friday and got blown out, but escaped Saturday session with his first win in the scramble round. A loss on Sunday to Jimmy Waitz had to sting... Weibs ends the weekend at just 1-3-0 

Dotts, 0-3-1
Rough debut for Dotts, who managed to scratched out half a point in Alt Shot but went 0-3-0 the rest of the matches. 

Justin Cosgrove, 0-5-1
Justin is now 0-5-1 through 2 years. Not much else to say. 

Joe Vozzella, 0-5-0
Great guy. Not so great at golf. Been on 3 MB trips (JBMB, MB4.0, MBV)- Has never won a match or really been close... but he was a member if the winning team, Fairway to Heaven, at MB4.0

Mike Goose Killer, 0-2-0
One year fill in, left early after going 0-2-0 and hitting a backwards shot off one tee in Alt Shot.

Chris Cote, 4-0-0
Went 4-0-0 at MB007- his only trip 

Sean Cosgrove, 2-0-0
Beat Dante in stroke play (heads up, no handicap) at JBMB to prevent him from winning the trip. Only played 2 matches at MBIX & was not at MBX





October 17, 2023

SUNDAY VIBES: A Comeback and A Kiss at MBX




Facing a 6 point deficit going into the final session, team VIBES pulled off a huge comeback by going 13-7-2 in the 22 singles matches at Pine Needles, resulting in a TIED COMPETITION for the first time ever. Unfortunately we were robbed of what could have been the second sudden death situation in MB History due to a scoring debacle in the anchor group on Sunday. The Bomb Squad and Vibes teams evenly split the 55 available points, 27.5 each  

-Bomb Squad came out hot on Friday, winning the session 7.5 to 3.5

-The alt shot round Saturday morning was about the same, with Bomb Squad winning 7 to 4. 

-A much needed 6-5 victory for Vibes in the scramble session brought the overall score to 19.5 to 13.5 and set the stage the eventual Sunday comeback. 

  


-Pete Fallon, Steve Ferretti, and rookie Dan Bahr, led the way for their teams with perfect 4-0-0 records on the weekend. 

-James (3-0-1), rookie Kevin (2-0-2), and Vibes captain Campbell (1-0-3) also left MBX undefeated.  



Bestball- Friday at Mid Pines


The opening session was a drubbing.. essentially 3 of the matches were over at the turn and it was looking bad for Vibes right out of the gates. However, their captains stepped up and with their backs to the wall at the end of the match. Down 2,  Ken chipped in for a birdie on 17, and, of course, that dogg Campbell drained an 8 footer on the 18th green to win the hole, square the match, and put Vibes on the board in the annual captains bestball matchup. 

The marquee matchup of the session lived up the hype. James won the first two holes for Bomb Squad to take a quick 2up lead, and the legendary MAGL duo of Brown and Poch never trailed. The match was AS at least twice on the back 9... Both Vibes guys Dan Cosgrove and rookie Jared Tise would not back down without a fight, making multiple birdies on the back 9. With the match AS through 17 and 30 guys behind the green, Bill won the 18th hole for the Bomb Squad. This was Jared's only loss on the weekend. James improved to a glistening 5-0-1 in bestball. 

Andy SLAYED in his return match to MB with an 8&6 drubbing against Marty and Coates. I'm not sure if Dylan hit any golf shots or if he just cleaned Andy's clubs but either way these 2 had one of the easiest victories we've seen in bestball over the years. 

Do haters fuel HoneyweLLLL?? Mr. Irrelevant and Steve won on the 17th green vs Ed/Danny, after the Trooper took a LOT of heat from "some people" on Thursday night. Nice response, sir. And, not to bury the lead... but this marked Steve's SIXTH WIN in a row. Wild stuff. As mentioned he finished the weekend 4-0-0 and is currently on a 9 match win streak. Impressive stuff really, no matter how you slice it. AND Steve went with pick #28 in the draft. Unreal value. 

4 Rookies @ Mid Pines 
(Weibs, Cole, Marc, Dotts)

Old Friends Peter/Trevor took the rookies from New England out to the back of the shed for an ass whopping. Cole and Weibs lost their inaugural match 6&5 because they couldn't figure how to putt or chip on Bermuda grass... not unlike almost every rookie in MB History. Getting waxed on Friday because you can't chip/putt on this grass is basically a rite of passage of sorts, for this trip.  

Paul (won with Kurt) & Justin Cosgrove (Lost with Dennis)

Kevin's played enough golf down South to get it, though, and him and Jeremy pummeled Dennis and Justin Cosgrove on the front 9, winning I think the first 5 holes? Something silly like that. Dennis loves going down big early in matches. Some could say it's his manifest destiny. Vibes actually almost came back in this one, but fell short and lost 3&2.

Another rookie won won his first match Friday was Marc, alongside his boy Jimmy Waitz. They seemingly cruised to a 3&2 victory with equal contributions vs the NY based team of Beckerman/Fliesser who couldn't get any momentum in the match. 

Ryan and Dante won 4&3 (duh) vs Nick & Cam. 








Saturday Morning- Southern Pines Alt Shot


The weather took a downward turn after being perfect on Friday, and the boys had to deal with rain & CPOs throughout the entirety of the morning alt shot session. Bomb Squad's duo of Duce/Jeremy fell short in their bid to move to 3-0-0 in the format with a 4&2 loss to Steve and Crooky. 

Shower Curtain Coates entered the match with 5 consecutive alt shot victories... but today he took another the L against his big bro James, who was previously winless in the format.  Weibs moved to 0-2-0 on the weekend...Credit to Ed for requesting this Bomb Squad pairing from jump street 6 months ago & coming through with steady play in the 3&2 victory. 

In what was expected to be a close match with a lot of talent- Adam & Peter destroyed Captain Ken and rookie Cam 8&6. Peter slayed all weekend but this was- surprisingly- Adam's lone win at MBX.

Danny Richards and Kevin Ewing also put a beat down on Marty and Fliesser in this format, winning 7&5 and for those counting at home... Marty stood at 0-2-0 with losses on the 12th and 13th greens, although to be fair it sounded like Fliesser put them in some tough spots throughout the round. 

Dan Cosgrove and Bill Nichols have a history of playing against each other (Dan won heads up at MB007, Bill won bestball at MBIX) but this morning they were a team. It doesn't sound like they played particularly well but it also doesn't sound like it mattered, Henebry/Bebrin ran out to a quick lead. Closer to the turn Vibes gained some momentum with a win on #7 and in a great position on #8. But then Ryan hit a miraculous chip on #8 and Dan Cosgrove putted the ball off the green. A match that was looking like a little comeback just went back to 4up Bomb Squad through 9 and Ryan/Henebry ended up wining by that 4 hole margin, 4&2. 

So much rain at one point

Dennis/Hill have lost all 3 matches they have played together in MB:

-Loss 4&2 to Duce/Crooky at MB007 in bestball

-Loss 5&3to Ed/Jeremy at MB8 in bestball

-Loss 6&4 to James/Paul at MBIX in bestball

They asked to play the Abe's on Friday at MBX but instead got them in this session on Saturday Morning in NC. Well... they lost. Again. CT Sucks. MA rules. Abes win 3&2.... If you ever see Hill/Dennis team (any format) on your MB schedule it's super safe to just write down a W and you'll prob be done early, too.  

Bill Poch lost his partner Oga and unfortunately didn't get to play a real Alt Shot match... he lost to the  Bahr/Nick Vibes team. It's a challenge to play the full 36 alone at MB and the vibes were just too high in the Bahr/Nick cart for Poch to overcome... he lost 4&3. This would end up being Nick's lone win & point at MBX. 


In this session, Team Vibes also scratched out half a point in 2 different matches they were down late in: 

-Kurt/Beck went 4 down early, and found themselves 2 down with 3 to play. They won 16, halved 17, and won on 18 when Dotts missed the makeable match winning putt, but did enough with Trevor to earn his first (and only) half point of the trip anyway. 

-Paul/Cole, 3 down 3 to play, capped off the comeback with an 8 foot putt from Paul on the 18th green to square the match with Jimmy and Dylan who, rumor has it, were NOT on speaking terms for some period of time after this collapse. 

After this second session, everyone on Bomb Squad had earned at least half a point (Excluding Oga)


Saturday Afternoon- Scramble @ Southern Dunes

The low point of the competition for team VIBES was probably between these two rounds, given the score was 14.5 to 7.5. BUT... this is where the comeback started. Vibes won this session 6-5. The theme of this session was most certainly "Vibes guys finally got on the board"... Cam, Weibs, Coates, Dan Cosgrove, Hill, and Marty all had goose eggs before, but secured at least half a point in the afternoon session. 

The most lopsided match in this session was was a total surprise- Poch/Bebrin lost 7&6 to the rookie duo of Bahr and Cam. We're talking like, 18 years of MB experience vs 0 and it wasn't a close match, Bahr stayed hot pushing his record to 3-0-0 and Cam earned his first win. Vibes played lights out in this matchup starting with a 20 foot birdie putt on Hole  #1, kickstarting the wire-to-wire victory. 

Kevin & James have been trying to play a scramble match for 8+ years and got their shot vs Captain Campbell and Marty... and let me tell you this was a MATCH. Vibes was in control most of the match- although they did forfeit a lead at one point- but put the heat on by winning the 16th hole to go dormie (2up to 2 go)... Bomb Squad won both 17 and 18 with up and downs from the bunker. Plural.  James hit the 2 gorgeous sand shots and Kevin nailed both putts dead center to secure the half point. Absolute stones- neither team deserved to lose this match. Marty's bid to win his first ever scramble match fell short yet again, he is now 0-3-2 in the format. 

Dante/Craig vs Ken/Nick was a nail biter. Vibes was 3up at the turn, but won 0 holes on the back. Craig contributed with an amazing recovery shot he hit to 5 feet on Hole 14. On 15, the teams tied with 2 natural birdies from Ken and Dante. On 16, Craig pulled a bunker shot out of his ass to help win the hole and take the lead for good. #1 pick of the draft (Dante) threw an absolute DART to 3 inches to win the 18th before Vibes even had a chance to chip. This ended a tough day for Ken who was entering Sunday with 0 wins (0-2-1) at MBX. 

Veteran Paul Taylor carried rookie Weibs to his first MB victory in the scramble round (not really, but lets run with it) which had to feel good getting a point on the board before Sunday for Weibs. Paul's weekend record to this point... 2-0-1 !! 

Steve ran his record to 3-0-0 with another MB win vs Jimmy Waitz. Some people were hoping a veteran like Jimmy would be able to carry a struggling rookie teammate (Dotts) to victory but those people were disappointed. Vibes was 2up through 10.. this is when Coates hit the bar, ate enough food for 2-3 people, got his BAC up to 11%, and played "just about perfect" 2 man scramble as the lead shot. 

Marc and Dylan stayed hot with a 5&3 win over Fliesser/Justin Cosgrove. Marc, a rookie, left the course Saturday Night 3-0-0. This win also locked in a winning record for Dylan on the weekend by standing at 2-0-1 going into Sunday.

Two of Bomb Squad's longer hitters, Andy & Duce struggled off the tee in this match. Had it not been for a hot putter from captain Duce, Vibes would have won in a landslide. Hill/Cole dormied Andy & Jim on the 16th green, but Bomb Squad fought back to win the last 2 holes and square the match.

Dan Cosgrove got his first point of the weekend, partnering with Crooky and taking down the all-Dedham duo of Adam/Alec 4&2. Cosgrove hit 13 fairways and Crooky came through with some putts on the green... At one point Vibes was 6up in the match, despite Alec playing well. Adam was just "meh" and ran out of holes in the wire-to-wire loss. 

Ed wrapped up a 2-0-0 day by winning 3&2 with Jeremy against Dennis/Honeywell. He even consumed a beer during this round! The Vibes team played well enough to keep things close but there never seemed to be much doubt in this match. Dennis had a lot of Dennis moments where he said something that made no sense but said it with 100% confidence. For example, Dennis thinks no one can get a draw to stop on the green. Really questionable stuff. 2 losses to Jeremy in 2 days for Dennis. 

Beckerman ran his scramble record to 4-0-1... still has not lost a scramble match in MB History! Vibes stayed slightly ahead on the back and forth front 9 but the flood gates opened when Beckerman chipped a ball on 11 close enough for a tap in birdie but Jared followed it up with a better chip that dropped for a natural eagle! After that it was a birdie brigade from Vibes and they won the match 3&2. 



Bomb Squad left the 3rd session with a 6 point lead.. it was 19.5 to 13.5 going into Sunday. 


Sunday Heads Up Singles- Pine Needles


My goodness, what a golf course.  Clearly the boss of the trio we played, Pine Needles delivered in every way. We had good weather. Everyone, for the most part, seemed physically ready to go and excited to play.  

To clinch, Bomb Squad needed 8.5 out of the 22 points available on Sunday. They got just 8. Here's how. 

Ed and Beck led it off, with Ed continuing his solid play from the previous day and winning 3&2. Beckerman has now won just 3 of his last 12 MB matches...In the same foursome, Marty earned his first win of the weekend with a decisive victory over Andy, 5&3. Marty is now an impressive 5-1-0 in Sunday Singles. 

Next out was  Captain Adam who was begging to play Jared- a golf pro- all weekend. Traditionally Adam slays at MB, especially on Sundays where he enter this match as a lifetime 4-1-1 singles player. Jared doesn't make many mistakes, though, and when he does you likely are going to as well. And this match didn't seem close, Adam lost 5&4 and ended the weekend 1-2-1. Jared bounced back after starting 0-1 to win 3 consecutive matches and a 3-1-0 rookie season. 

With them were two of the best- Captain Campbell and Dante the Difference Maker. A great match that was tied until it ended and I suppose it's great that neither lost, but then again neither of them won either and clearly this made a difference in the overall. Match ended AS. 


Kevin and Coates squared off, in a tight battle that Kevin likely should have won but it seems like he left the door open and Coates kicked it down when he needed to with some clutch moments. A 3 putt on the 18th green for Kevin secured the half point for Vibes and Coates. Marty is still the only person to beat Coates on Sunday in MB. 

Another requested matchup: Jeremy wanted to be "fed" Fliesser. But what he got "fed" was a big L in a matchup the Bomb Squad expected to win. The match was close at the turn but Jeremy had a bad 4-5 hole stretch and Fliesser took advantage. He played the best golf of the weekend at Pine Needles, and won the match 5&4

Peter capped off his 4-0-0 weekend with a clutch 1up win vs Cam who lost his singles debut to the hottest golfer on the team. I'm sure Cam is itching to get back to MB and improve on his 1-3-0 record from this weekend. In the same foursome we got the Bill vs Bill re-match the crowd was begging for, and Nichols delivered for the Vibes in an important matchup between 2 of the teams best players. The match ended 4&3. 

Next up on the Vibes Sunday hit were Marc & Henebry. Dan Cosgrove won on the 14th green vs Marc to prevent him from the perfect rookie weekend... and Ken got his big win vs Henebry on the 15th green and... holy shit at this point in the competition the lead had shrunk to a mere 2 points with 12 matches left on the course. 

James vs Nick Sunday pairing was obviously one of the more anticipated matchups, a pairing that featured back to back picks near the top of the draft.  Bad/sloppy/uncharacteristic mistakes on the greens cost James a handful of holes on the front 9 and Nick emerged with a 3up lead though 6- the largest lead of the match. A tap in birdie for James on hole 7- a long par 4-seemed to change momentum a little... soon after this Nick missed multiple 50/50 putts... a couple times he needed a fairly simple up and down to win or push a hole and just wasn't able to make it happen. James made a 12 foot par putt to win the 15th hole and go 2up. Credit to Nick for stepping up to the 16th hole- a par 3- and hitting hit best shot of the day... a dart to 10 feet. Nick rolled in the birdie to go 1down with 2 to go. The match came down to 18 when James dropped the 4 foot match winning putt in the middle of the middle of the middle of the hole for a gritty 1up victory. 

The other match in this group did not go as well for the Bomb Squad. Ryan did not lose this matchup, Bahr won it. It was a back and forth battle on the front 9 but early on the back 9 Bahr won 3 holes in a row to take a lead he would  never yield. Ryan won one hole while dormied but it was too little too late. Ryan Bebrin lost again in Singles and it's unfortunately become a pattern:

MBV: Loss to Adam 4&3

MB007: AS vs Jamie 

MB8: Loss 5&4 vs Oga 

MBIX: Loss 8&7 vs Dante 

MBX: Loss 4&3 vs Bahr

The matches in the next three foursomes went dead split down the middle, with Vibes winning one of the matches and Bomb Squad winning the other. Kurt beat Trevor 2&1, but Weibs lost to Waitz 3&2.  Then it was Hill stomping out Craig 6&4, but Danny taking care of Crooky 3&2.  


Abe recovering on a tee box Sunday Afternoon after losing the previous hole to Paul's 11 net 10. 

Following them was an epic foursome and anticipated matchup of Paul vs Abe. The scoreboard reads 2&1 but Abe actually won 2up. Paul won with an 11 net 10... while he was dormied on 17. The match trudged on to the 18th hole where there was no drama, and THE Legend improved to a 3-1 record for the weekend. Paul missed out on a shot to go undefeated, but still had a great weekend on the course overall. 

Dennis made a MAJOR redemption move on Sunday in this singles re-match. These two went AS on Sunday at MB007. Dennis teed off standing 0-3 on the weekend and AGAIN found himself 5 down on the front 9. but this time he stepped up and fought allllll the way back to win 1up on 18 vs the co-captain (Duce) of the Bomb Squad. Given the real time score of the competition, this was without a doubt one the full points Bomb Squad absolutely needed to get. 

This left just 4 matches out on the course, but with Alpha Steve already embarrassing the fuck out of Beta Dylan (6&5, lol)  the real time scoring update was:

Bomb Squad 26.5  

Vibes 25.5 

Cole then won his match 1up vs Dotts, which tied the whole thing up 26.5 to 26.5.... I promise as admin in the future we will implement real time leaderboards so moments like Cole winning his match on 18 can get the proper fame they deserve. Not enough people are talking about Cole and Dennis coming clutch at the very end. Cole was 2up on the front but ended up being 2 down with 4 to play... he won holes 15, 16, pushed 17, and won 18 to finish 1up on the day. 

Last on the course with the entire weekend competition tied was the formidable anchor grouping... Alec's 2 matches vs Justin Cosgrove and Honeywell. We know what happened here... Alec lost to Honeywell but beat Justin 2&1 and the final matches in brought the score to 27.5 to 27.5. 

While yet to be set in stone, these 2 teams are going to face off again next year when we return to Legends on October 18-20, 2024. 

At some point I will update the all time stats and leaderboards and send out trends and facts amongst individuals in a separate blog. 

Random pics and other things about this trip:
































-Most guys played practice round at Longleaf Or Cradle/Pinehurts #3. Abe Adam and Alec got murdered at Tobacco Road. 

-We had a full group dinner on Thursday night in the loge at Mid Pines Quailty of the food was low, vibes and excitement were off the charts 

-Friday Night & Saturday night most guys went to hibachi or Longhorns or other area restaurants or ordered pizzas in

-This trip did not have split tees so the gap between when the first group started and the last group started was wider than usual. 

-Service people mostly were assholes, but the golf people around the courses were great

-No beverage carts and minimal turn house exposure = not as many mid day naps for guys like you usually see 

-We need a live scoring option (and commitment to update in real time) for MB11 and onward