Henkenius wins Papa Joe Classic...... Matt Gute over powers the Muni to win the club championship.....Bud Light's quest for championship starts tonight with a bye!

Forty five guys woke up last Thursday dreaming about winning the 2014 Papa Joe Classic on the fairways and greens of Brooks National Golf Course. In the end Mother Nature got the upper hand and shortened the 36 invitational tournament. The tournament was reduced to and scored on just the scores from Wednesday's play. Rowdy Rick Grote and Pat "Hank" Henkenius were tied at 66 and Mike "Jewels" Eckerman and Mike "Mouthpiece" Franey were tied at 67. The tournament was decided on hole #4 of the Yellow course where Henkenius edged Grote for the championship and Eckerman prevailed over Franey for third.

2013 Champion John Dukes presents the new champ with the cup!

The tradition of drinking out of the cup.

Papa Joe and the champ

The Champions Board

Special guest Dan Dan the Liquor Man along with Bud Two Troy Auen and Kevin Forke

The champions table

A great dinner at Minervas

Bobby all smiles with his door prize

Jewels Eckerman awarded low gross with a sizzling 66 

Champion John Dukes and Tournament Director Mike Franey

No hole in ones were paid out this year

The Papa Joe Classic makes a $500 donation to Relay For Life! Let's beat cancer! 

The highly anticipated player's auction was rained out and not paid out this year. The players made a donation to the Carroll County Relay For Life for $500 to help eliminate cancer! Another successful tournament . Thanks to all of our sponsors! Mark your calendars for next year July 15 and 16!

Tonight starts the Supper League playoffs. Your Bud Light team has a bye and will start the quest for a third championship next week.

Good luck to all.

Things of note............

• Happy 40th Anniversary to Papa Joe and Elise Pick! 
• Congrats to Steve "Cuda" Quandt on a hole in one on Friday. 

That is a wrap and sorry for the delay of reporting. Technical difficulties I guess. 

On IOWA and Go Hawks! 

Mike 

History made in Jefferson on Thursday......Carpet One falls.....City Tourney weekend...Bud Light falls!

A glorious night for golf on Tuesday at the Carroll Country Club. Your Bud Light team squared off against the divisional leaders and undisputed defending champions. The guns of Volquartsen Custom ambushed America's team like a scene from a John Wayne movie. Upon arrival at the 6th tee this publisher and Bud Two Troy Auen witness the guns doing some kind of golf specific chant as they prepared themselves for battle. The main topic of the chant was "KILL" and that is exactly what they did. They scored a 8 to 3 victory. Nic Volquartsen beat Bud Three Steve "Hans" Auen, Cable Chad Kanne beat Captain Mike Franey and Casket Kyle Atkinson beat Bud Two Troy Auen. Atkinson was challenged by this publisher to secure low gross for the third week in a row and he would be awarded the Uncle Bruce player of the week. Atknison folded like a lawn chair on #7 as he hit his tee ball over the road to Willey! The only bright spot for your Bud Light team was a win by Steve Sinnard over Kevin Forke. The gun shop's lead is now 7 while your Bud Light team sits in third. Security alarm specialist Mike Schulz was benched for week 13 action and Long time subscriber, top local amateur, highly successful and more veteran golfer Craig Mertz was on unpaid administrative leave. 


Computer Concepts dirtied the carpets of Carpet One who were seeking a fourth consecutive win. Mayor Adam Schweers came out of the gates discussing potential library locations and disrupted the game of Easy Ed Vanderheiden. Vanderheiden is considering writing a letter to the editor. Dr Bogue beat Colin Bierl The only spot remover for the carpets was John Sturm who beat Cody Forch. Sturm nailed the long putt on 9. The carpets are 7 points from the lead.

The Mid Iowa Team were properly prepared after a team meeting discussing the possibilities of major changes with the team for next year. The Mid Iowa Team put their three week losing streak behind them and smashed the tomatoes of Graddy's Salsa's all over the windows of the pro shop. Willey's Paul Tigges beat Diamond Mike Loehr, The Junkyard Dog Cuda Quandt beat Dr. Decay Nick Fangman, Catfish Ed Tomka beat CCSB's head teller Jeff Scharenkamp and Produce

Tom Duff beat Rick Grote. Tigges was low gross and low net with a 34 on the front nine. Tigges' round included a lip out eagle attempt. The Mid Iowa Team was low net team. The most successfully night of the year

came as Papa Joe Pick's tummy hurt like it does after a Cyclone loss to the Iowa Hawkeyes! Good news.....Papa Joe is feeling better and seemed fine at a noon lunch with this publisher at MC's Country Cafe on Wednesday. In a method of bribery Pick bought lunch in an attempt to get back into the line up. This act of bribery was witnessed by the head chef Mark Tigges. Pick will be gone fishing in Canada and will be out of action for the next couple of weeks. Happy fishing Papa Joe! 

Carroll Glass muted the calls of Pat Macke's Verizon Wireless. John Deere green Benton Snyder beat Pat Macke, head glass cutter Andy Reiman beat Westside's Matt Lujano. Karl Christensen scored a second win of the year beating Nick Schon and Plumber Butt Wyatt Haukap turned the water off of Keith Pottebaum. Christensen was awarded the closest to the pin on #8. New team consultant Johhny Beiter has some work to do and should negotiate the terms of his agreement.   

Fleggard scored their third win of the year over Family Specialty Medical. Tony Pietig beat Jamie North and John Horbach beat Adam Pick. Fairway Frank Comito subbed for the clinic and beat Billie Horbach and Pistol Pete Collison beat Scott Greteman. 

Action over in the Zach Johnson Division saw the first place team, Champion Ford fall to Ag Venture who jumped back into second. Clothier Wade Wilkie beat Clint Cummings and the Blue Herrin beat Dr. Neal Cross. Cross was struggling with his tee ball as one course reporters saw Cross not getting to the ladies tee on several occasions. Denny Kasperbauer beat Digger Dave Nelson. Nelson sites are all on the upcoming Papa Joe Classic where he is the only two time champion of the event. The motor company's lead is only 5 over the aggies. 

Carroll Cycle Center washed the mud off their bikes in the bay of the Highway 30 Car Wash without paying. Jamming Joe Hinners beat Jeff Minnich and Brody Evans beat Monument Man Loren Boyce. Boyce's losing streak continues in league and on the family vacation where he lost to daughter Micaela. Randal Road Randy Bierl tied Tony's son Corey and Car Wash Todd Pettitt beat Greene County's Daniel Fitzpatrick. The Car Washes are only six out of the lead. 

Budweiser trounced Linde Equipment 8 to 2. Eric Hammer ended the winning streak of Rowdy Ron Juergens, John Greteman beat Jon Heim and Counter top Pat Malloy beat Brad Woodard. The only loser for the King of Beers was Fearless Fred Dolezal. Dolezal lost to Bob Linde. Dolezal and the legend Joel Harris have both lost to Linde in the past two years and were visibly shaken at the round table during the after round meal. 

Supper League's most mature team blanked Feld Security. Templeton's Doc Sporrer, Trusty Mike Nelson, Floridian Randy Hockom and Bud One Jim Auen were are winners!

Head oil jobber Chico Kanne discussed with this publisher before the round how the team was prepared for battle this week after a team meeting. Wellllllllll.....................Mr. Kanne you have an oil spill. Byronz Boys notched their third win of the season with a 8 to 2 beating of the oil jobbers. The only winner for the oil company was the man that did not show up. Leon Muhlbauer handed it to Chico Kanne, Graphic Rich Hartley beat Jerry Janson, and Chris Giguere beat Todd Kanne. 

The Uncle Bruce player of the week is the playing pride of Willey, Iowa......Paul Tigges. 

At 1:00 Thursday at the corner of Highway 30 and Highway 4 the dirt was turned for the ground breaking of the new Wild Rose Casino in Jefferson! Congratulations!

Hundreds gather to welcome a new casino in Greene County!

The sky was all green! 

Mom, Lynda and I at the groundbreaking 

Grandma enjoyed my rose! 

The deepest sympathy is extended to the Greg Stoelk family. 

That is all I got for this week! Have a great weekend. Watch for coverage of the city tourney on this report. 

Fairways and greens to all!

As always this Bud's for You and ON IOWA!

Mike Franey

Have a Happy and Safe 4th of July.......Bud Light wins......Juergen's wins again!

Happy Birthday America! Enjoy time with family and friends this holiday weekend as we honor the nation that lets us do so very much! Happy 4th of July to all of you!

Week 11 results in the Phil Mickelson division saw league leaders Volquarsten Custom beat Mid Iowa Team to remain at top of the division. Chad Kanne beat Papa Joe Pick, Kevin Forke beat Produce Tom Duff and Casket Kyle Atkinson beat the playing pride of Willey Iowa Paul Tigges. The only winner for the Mid Iowa Team was Steve "Cuda" Quandt who beat Boomer Lechtenberg. A team meeting has been scheduled to discuss the poor performance from a team that enjoys to trash talk and has proven that they can not back it up. Atknison was awarded low gross with an one under par 34. The guns remain at the top although they saw their lead slip by one to the Supper League's hottest team....Carpet one.

The carpets posted their third win in a row with a 8 to 2 win over Fleggard. Colin Bierl, Ed Vanderheidern and Jon Sturm were all winners for the carpets. Brad Hempstead the only loser with a loss to Eastside Shell's Tony Pietig. Jon Sturm nailed the longest putt on t 18.

Graddy's Salsa blanked Verizon Wireless 10 to 0 to jump into third place. Graddy's are one point behind Carpet One and one point ahead of your Bud Light team. Jeff Scharfenkamp was closest to the pin on 17. A poor for the cell phones will send Captain Pat Macke back to the drawing board. One has to wonder if Macke will recruit the little spark plug Johnny Bieter to join the club and try to resurrect the team.

Your Bud Light Team posted a win over Family Medical 7 to 3 and move into sole possession of 4th place. Long time subscriber, top local amateur, highly successful and more veteran golfer Craig Mertz, Bud Three Troy Auen were winners for America's team. Mike Schulz came off the disabled list and was the teams only loss. Schulz was beat by Mortgage Man Ryan Milligan. Carroll Country Club Head Golf Professional Nick Schon tied his match and admitted after the round that nerves played apart in his performance. "It is just not every day that you get the call to sub for the Bud Light and the hype around the team just played a factor with me tonight."

Carroll Glass could only muster four points against par. John Deere green Benton Snyder and Keith Pottebaum were winners for the glass company. Lidderdale Country Store's Head Chef Brad Stork and the head glass cutter Andy Reiman suffered losses. 

Computer Concepts beat Wittrock Motors 6 to 4. The birthday boy Chris Bogue was the only winner for the computers with a win over head car man Kevin K. Wittrock. League reports show that Dr. Dave Nystrom was the only winner for the motors. Was Nystrom subbing for Wittrock? Adam Schweers was low net and the team was low net team. 

Over in the Zach Johnson division Champion Ford remained on top despite a loss to Fairway Frank and the Stiff Sticks. Magic Mike Nelson and Fairway Frank Comito were winners over Steve Blue Herrin and Monument Man Loren Boyce. Boyce continues to struggle as he has posted only one win over the 11 week campaign. Boyce also suffered a loss on Sunday to daughter Mikayla which sent ripples through the family prior to their family vacation this Thursday .Herrin was closest to the pin on #8. Sam Wilkie the only winner for the Fords with a win over Bud One Jim Auen. Clothier Wade Wilkie tied Templeton's Doc Sporrer. Digger Dave Nelson was off this week attempting to catch some fishing on Mule Lake in Minnesota with this publisher. The motor company's lead is 5 over Highway 30 Car Wash.

The Car Wash beat Ag Venture 6 to 4 to move into second place. Wade Pettitt and Curtis Stork were winners for the washes over Brody Evans and Dr. Neal Cross. Always steady Denny Kasperbauer was the only winner for the aggies with a win over Car Wash Todd Pettitt. Ag Venture was low net team and Curtis Stork was low net. 

Budweiser beat Byronz Boys 7 to 3. Tom Farner and Counter Top Pat Malloy were winners for the King of Beers. Fred Dolezal lost his match to Rich Hartley and John Greteman tied Leon Muhlbauer. The legend Joel Harris had the week off. 

Carroll Cycle Center punctured the oil barrels of Community Oil. Tom Drees, Jay Drees and 2014 Club Champion Corey Bluml all posted wins. Bluml was low gross and Tom Drees was low net. The head hog and Todd Kanne tied their match. What is wrong with your team Chico? Dick Muhlbauer continues to recover from a hip surgery and may just be the missing link. 

Linde Equipment beat Feld Security. Ron Juergens won for the second week in a row. Brad Woodard the other winner for the equipment dealers. Tiger Tom Simons the only winner for the security company. Randy Hockom nailed the longest putt on #9. 

The Uncle Bruce Player of the week is Corey Bluml! Congratulations on your club championship.

Respectfully submitted from the banks of Mule Lake just South of Longville, Minnesota.

This Bud's for You and ON IOWA!

Mike Franey

Bluml tops Eckerman for CCC Championship.......Mike Nelson wins net division.........City Tournament July 12th and 13th!

Thirty three players teed it up at the Carroll Country Club over the weekend in the club championship.

Dave Collison edged Barney Schroeder by 2 to win the Senior’s one day tourney. Tom Horbach finished 
third and Norm Schulz was 4^th.

Kelly Wegner won the women’s division with Jill Pettitt in second.

The scratch and handicap divisions consisted of 36 holes followed by a championship nine holes for the low 12 and ties. The tournament had a half hour rain delay on Sunday otherwise the players only had a stiff breeze to contend with.  

Corey Bluml took a two shot lead into the championship nine on Sunday afternoon over Mike Eckerman. Eckerman birdied #7 to pull within one with two holes to go only to block his tee shot to the right which =
buried in the green side bunker leading a double bogey giving Bluml a three shot lead with one remaining. Bluml would go on to par the final hole and win the club championship by three over Eckerman.

The champ dialed in. Fleshner looks on

Bluml credited Carroll Country Club Superintendent Jim Von Ahn for the good condition of the rain soaked course. On his performance Bluml said he did not put well and was fully anticipating a down to the wire finish with Eckerman. He went onto say Eckerman caught a bad break on eight being plugged in the bunker. It would have made #9 very interesting if Eckerman would have hit the green on #8.

Runner up Mike Eckerman hits his approach on 9

For his efforts Eckerman said that it was a fun weekend and also said he didn’t put very well. He had more three putts than one putts which he says made all the difference in the tournament. All I was trying to do was knock it in the middle of the green on 8 and then I blocked it and it buried in the sand. After that is was over!

1^st Corey Bluml 186

2^nd Mike Eckerman 189

3^rd Paul Tigges 196

4^th Matt Fleshner 197

5^th Steve “Cuda” Quandt  198 

6^th Joe Pick 199

Mike Nelson won the 45 hole net division.

1^st Mike Nelson

2^nd Jon Sturm

3^rd tie with Wade Wilkie and Mike Franey

5^th Matt Fleshner

All the players complimented Von Ahn, head pro Nick Schon and his staff and general manager Jermey Rierson and his staff for an enjoyable weekend.

Next up on July 12^th and 13^th will be the Carroll City Tourney. Players will start on Saturday at the Carroll Country Club and then finish at the Carroll Municipal Golf Course on Sunday.  

Some action photos from the weekend...................

The final group of the day! 

Always a pleasure to take some money from the Junkyard Dog!

Papa Joe parting with his money. Sinnard and Franey beat the farmer and the dog on Saturday to go 2 and 0 on the year!

The girls trying to improve Joe's mood after his loss.

The first tee!

The first tee

Wilkie, Sturm Evans and Franey tee off in the championship nine

Matt Fleshner drove the champs cart in the ditch at the range before Saturday's round. Fleshner was shaken up but refused treatment. The cart received no damage. The incident remains under investigation.  

Fourth place finisher Matt Fleshner hits his approach on the final hole. 

Net champ Mike Nelson, Junkyard Dog, Paul Tigges and Kyle "Karl" Christensen in the final nine

Brooke did a great job on the beverage cart on Sunday

The gallery for the final nine

Standing room only as Barney talks to Macke about how to dial his cell phone. 

A few too many balls on Saturday for Joe as he shot 81.

Papa Joe didn't wear himself out on Sunday. Pick shot the low round with a 73. 

Calcutta winners Chad and Lynda! 

Papa Joe got some back on Sunday! The head hog still trying to figure out his card. Joe proudly wears the new Papa Joe Classic hats! 

This publisher celebrated a birthday on Saturday. Thanks to Lynda all of the players had some cold beer!

Respectfully submitted,

Mike Franey
Publisher
Championship Captain of Your Bud Light Team
Consultant to the Mid Iowa Team

Relay For Life.....Carpet One Rolls Again....Bud Light records shut out.....club tourney weekend

This Friday June 27th at the Carroll Stadium many will emerge to walk around the track to fight a disease that has affected all of us. Stop down and show your support!

This weekend is the annual Carroll Country Club Tournament. Get your foursome and call the pro shop to sign up. There will be an auction on Friday night with the Mouthpiece Auction Company in charge.

Your Bud Light Team bounced back from the worst loss in team history to stall the motors of Wittrock Motors in a 10 to 0 shut out. Long time subscriber, top local amateur, highly successful and more veteran golfer Craig Mertz beat Dr. Dave Nystrom. Steve Sinnard beat Travis Aye. Bud Two Troy Auen beat Brock Jones. Auen was awarded closest to the pin on 8, low net and the longest putt on 9. Auen is headed to Des Moines Golf and Country Club to play in the member guest tourney this weekend. In fashionable style Captain Mike Franey birdied the last hole to beat Kevin K. Wittrock. The flying car dealer drained a putt on #7 from the West edge of Glidden for par. Wittrock was spouting off as he stood on the 6th tee knowing that he was getting a shot to go along with the blistered tee ball that he hit. Sorry Mr. Wittrock, Bud Light nation took over and propelled us to victory. Mike Schulz has been cleared by your Bud Light medical staff and will return to action next week. Your Bud Light team sits tied in third with Family Specialty Medical and just one point behind Supper league's hottest team Carpet One. 

For the second straight week Carpet One posted a shut out as they blanked the league's most famous couple....the farmer and the dog.

A tough night for the Dog! 

On the range reporters recorded Papa Joe Pick talking trash about how he could not understand how a team would get shut out. Whooooops Mr. Pick...can you say open mouth and insert foot! The entire Carpet One team was awarded low net team and low net players.....Brad Hempstead, Coling Bierl, Jon Sturm and Easy Ed Vanderheiden. The farmer and the dog even got into the action of low net as there were 9 players equaling the best net score of the night. Produce Tom Duff was the pig for the Mid Iowa Team. The carpets are 8 behind the guns of Volquartsen Custom. 

The league leaders and defending champions stumbled in week 10 and tied the glass slivers of Carroll Glass. Casket Kyle Atkinson led the way with a two under 35 on the front. It appears that married life has not caught up with Kyle yet. Cable Chad Kanne beat John Deere Green Benton Snyder. Keith Pottebaum was the only winner for the glass company beating Boomer Lechtenberg. 

Family Specialty Medical ruined the reception of Pat Macke and the Verizon Wireless cell phones. The only winner for the phones was Karl Christensen. League sources tell this publisher that this may be Karl's first win of the season. Chemical Dirk Glynn, Mortgage Man Ryan Milligan and Jamie North beat Pat Macke, Brandon Vonnahme and Wyatt Haukap. North was one of the nine low netter. 

Computer Concepts blanked Fleggard 10 to 0. Fleggard was a no show. 

Champion Ford is leading the way with a 8 to 2 win over Linde Equipment. Digger Dave Nelson, Clothier Wade Wilkie and Steve Herrin were all winners for the motor company.Herrrin and Jair Mayhall shared low net honors. Mayhall was closest to the pin and Herrin nailed the longest putt. Rowdy Ron Juergens put Monument Man Loren Boyce six feet under to the post the only win for the equipment dealers. The golf report satellite images have revealed that the Monument Man was in the sand three times on #10.   

Ag Venture struggled for back to back weeks losing to the most mature team Stiff Sticks. The sticks were led by Fairway Frank Comito and Doc Sporrer. Long pants Nick Schon beat Floridian Randy Hockom and Magic Mike Nelson tied Neal Cross. 

Highway 30 Car Wash bounced back from a 1 to 9 loss last week to beat Community Oil 8 to 2. Jazzy Jeff Minnich, Randall Road Randy Bierl and Car Wash Todd Pettitt were all winners. Car wash was low gross.  Todd Kanne was the only winner for the oil jobbers. Where was Chico Kanne?

The King of Beers took care of the Carroll Cycle Center despite be without the leadership of Fred Dolezal. The legend Joel Harris was the only loser for the beers at the hands of Jamming Joe Hinners. After this most recent loss for the shot put champion trade rumors have begun to surface. John Greteman and Counter top Pat Malloy beat head hog Terry Ruchti and Corey Bluml. Tom Farner and Willey's only golf pro Paul Tigges. 

Feld Security secured a 10 to 0 beating of Byronz Boys. Tiger Tom Simons, Numbers Bob Muhlbauer and Ron Bubba Badding were all winners. 

The Uncle Bruce Players of Week goes out to the entire Carpet One Team! 

Terry Ruchti was on the winning member guest team at the Effingham Country Club this past weekend. Several Carroll area golfers participated in the event. This report received a call from an Effingham bartender inquiring if we had a large mouth bass at our club. I told her that our ponds at the club had almost no water and very few fish. She went on to inform me that we have a vertically challenged golfer at our club whose lips were constantly moving over the weekend but nothing was coming out hence the name large mouth bass. All this report can uncover is that his partner's name was Donkey. Anyone with knowledge of this situation should contact the local authorities. It seems like we have a real jewel on our hands! 

Congratulations to St Anthony Hospital on a great golf event this week! Papa Joe Champion John Dukes won the event. 

•  Happy belated birthday Pete Collison!
• Congratulations to Marcy Puck on her hole in one on #8
• Happy Anniversary to Chuck and Sonia Walsh
• Happy Anniversary to my brother and sister in law Scott and Jennifer Lee 

Al always this bud's for you and ON IOWA!

Fairways and greens to all 

Respectfully submitted,

Mike Franey