The tournament has been played at Echo Falls Golf Club (2003-2005) and the Golf Club at Redmond Ridge (2006-2009). Both courses are par-70. Team scores have always hovered around 68 (-2), and the general trend suggests that the competition level continues to the sustained:
2003 - Average 68.43, Standard Deviation 6.03
2004 - Average 67.61, Standard Deviation 5.83
2005 - Average 68.05, Standard Deviation 5.07
2006 - Average 68.10, Standard Deviation 4.69
2007 - Average 68.00, Standard Deviation 4.36
2008 - Average 69.40, Standard Deviation 5.51
2009 - Average 69.00, Standard Deviation 5.96
» Jeff Creighton, Wes Ruemping, and Courtney Shimada have played all seven years.
In 2003, they recruited Nolan Gerlach and Jeff Boschee.
In 2004, they kept Jeff Boschee.
In 2005, they called up Todd Farley.
In 2006, they picked up Ryan Wynne.
The end result? They shot 68 in 2003, 69 in 2004, 70 in 2005, and 71 in 2006. Not sure what happened in 2008, but they replicated their 2005 performance in 2009 with Bryan Sitko. Who will get the call in 2010?
» The highest round ever recorded was 85 (+15) in 2008. The lowest round ever recorded was 56 (-14) in 2003 and 2005.
» There have been a total of 38 Closest-to-the-Pin competitions to date.
Only Ryan Church, Justin Johnson, Keith Stewart, and Dean Wilson have won more than once.
Darren Justus has hit the best of the best - 2' 8" (Echo Falls #7 - 2004).
Charlie Stanton has hit the worst of the best - 33' 4" (Echo Falls #7 - 2003).
The average winning distance in this competition has been about 9'.
» The average length to win the Longest Putt competition has been just over 23'.
» Over $11,000 has now been raised for the Brett Jensen Scholarship Fund.
» And in the "where you think you win in the raffle but maybe wish you didn't" category:
Total number of Snickers Bars raffled off to date: 6.
In 2007, with help from Troy Ruemping and Dennis Melton, they broke that trend, and played like it was 2004 all over again.