The tournament has now been played at Echo Falls Golf Club (2003-2005) and Trilogy Golf Club (2006-2008). Both courses are par-70. Team scores have hovered around 68 (-2) all six years, and the general trend suggests that the competition level continues to increase:
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
» Jeff Creighton, Wes Ruemping, and Courtney Shimada have played all six 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 ...
» The most golf-challenged team shot 85 (+15) in 2008. The previous record had been 79 (+9).
» Alex Burns won her fourth consecutive women's long drive in 2006.
» There have been a total of 33 Closest-to-the-Pin competitions to date.
Only Ryan Church, Justin Johnson, Keith Stewart, and Dean Wilson have won more than one.
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 just over 9'.
» The average length to win the Longest Putt competition has been just over 20'.
» Over $9,500 has now been raised for the Brett Jensen Scholarship Fund.
» And in the "where you think you win but 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.