Retired Men’s Golf Team

By Bob Levin

We kicked off our 2023 season with two early April matches. The results were not ideal but not too bad: one home win and one road tie.

ICC at Home vs. Army Navy Fairfax April 6th

Sports writers and fans in the Washington Area are grumbling daily at the ineptitude of the Nationals baseball team. They should focus instead on the eptitude (is that a word?) of the ICC Retired Men’s golf team. The ICC team got off to a strong start for the 2023 season by downing AN Fairfax 23 to 13.

Six of our pairs delivered 3 points: Todd Groome/Stan Levin, Bob Byers/John Argodale, Scott Glaus/Gary Avakian, Doug Counts/Dave Laufer, Kujung Kim/George Sill, and Jack Rogers/Richard Morton. Larry Hines/Phil Meyer took home 2.5 points. Doug Counts and Dave Laufer shot a net 10 under par 61, lapped the field, and took 1st place in the Sweeps. A match of cards for pairs shooting 65 determined the next three Sweeps winners. Second place went to Larry Hines/Phil Meyer and fourth place to Bob Byers/John Argodale.

The Co-Stars of the Week were Larry Hines and Rolando Arrivillaga at 4 under net par. Scott Glaus made a distinguished return by shooting 3 under net par. Doug Counts also came in at 3 under. Other worthies include Bob Byers at 2 under net par and Greg Krisanda at 1 under. Breaking 80 gross were: Larry Hines (77), Scott Glaus (78), and Lefty Cienfuegos (79).

ICC At Ft. Belvoir April 13th

On this day in history, many noteworthy events occurred. My alma mater’s founder Thomas Jefferson was born in 1743. My wife’s dissertation subject Samuel Beckett was born in 1906. And golfing genius Tiger Woods won his first Masters in 1997.

Also, on this day the U.S. armed forces at Fort Sumter South Carolina surrendered to the Confederate rebels. Some 162 years later, however, the ICC Retired Men’s golf team refused to surrender the Fort Belvoir golf course to the attacking Fort Belvoir RM golfers. The final score was an 18 to 18 tie. Still, winning on the road is difficult, so a tie helps us in the long term.

Three of our pairs delivered 3 points: Larry Hines/Bob Levin, Kye Lee/Tom Haselhorst, and Binh Tran/George Sill.

Lefty Cienfuegos/Bill Hayes took home 2.5 points, and Jim Judkins/Dave Laufer won 2 points. We took 3 of 4 Sweeps prizes. Binh Tran/George Sill finished 2nd, Lefty Cienfuegos/ Bill Hayes 3rd, and Kye Lee/Tom Haselhorst 4th.

As for individual performances, the Star of the Week was George Sill, who shot a fantastic 75 – some 10 strokes below net par. Bill Hayes and Richard Morton came in at 6 under net par. Dave Laufer finished 4 under. Tom Haselhorst and Ken Schutz recorded a 3 under. Bob Levin, Kujung Kim, and Scott Dratch scored 2 under net par.

Upcoming Matches

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May 18th

May 25th

Chantilly at Home

Army-Navy Arlington Away

Heritage Hunt Away

Springfield Away