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Golf 'n Grille Fact Sheet

Initial Event Date: 8/93 Venue: Mens Golf, Ladies & Juniors Competition and Family Picnic (Families Mandatory) Location: Various Greater Atlanta Courses

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2004 FORMAT-
This years format will be BEST BALL for the front nine and ALTERNATING
SHOT for the back nine. 

PUTTING RULE!!- 
On the front nine there is a 3 putt maximum. If you miss your 2nd putt...just pick it up and give yourself a 3 putt

Alternating shot format will have a slight "twist" in that both players in twosome will drive the ball on each back nine hole.  Strategy will come into play by virtue of the team determining whose shot to use to start the alternating shot format.  

LightWeight rule is in affect.  Whomever has the highest individual score on front nine for the two man team will be deemed the “Lightweight”.   ONE of his scores will be used on the front nine total.    This hole will be picked in a blind draw at the Awards Ceremony.  This means you don't know who wins until 9:00 Saturday night!!  This is a VF&SE scoring tradition!!

STRING RULE WILL BE USED AGAIN IN 2004!!

Ellen To Back At It In 2004!! Leading the charge for Event Logistics is Ellen! Her only comment..."you single guys aint'a skating this year.  Roll up your sleeves and make some potato salad!!" Ellen Van Frayen 10-time  Cookout Champ!!

Golf 'n Grille Trivia Corner

No father-son has captured the championship in the 11 year history of the event. Only one family has had more than one winner...the Spindler's with Ryan in 1998 and Jason in 2003!!

VFSE Probing Poll

Who will capture the the 4th G'nG Juniors's  Title   Tyler Ramby 28% 56   Britt Van Frayen 40% 80   Katie Borrello 6% 12   Max Galang 24% 49 Total Votes 199

 2005 VF&SE Golf 'n Grille  
River Pines Golf Club
Alpharetta, GA
October 1, 2005

2005 Pairings To Be Announced September 10

2004  FINAL SCOREBOARD RESULTS
Lake Lanier Island Emerald Pointe Golf Club

Thorn-Whitmore "Light It Up"...Take Top Honors
Lake Lanier Islands, GA ---- If you had any doubt that Jim Thorn can play golf you needn't look any further than the first 8 holes at Emerald Pointe Golf Club...an eagle on #1 and 3 under par after 8 holes...and then a horrendous 8 on number 9 to at least bring him back closer to the field.  Partner Gary Whitmore jumped on Thorn's back and rode that doggy all the way to the winners podium (of which he was conspicuously missing!!).   Finishing with a VFSE GnG record team 68 score, the stage is set for a 2005 pairing with perennial standout, Tom Dutton in a new revised format to be disclosed later.  "Give me a few beers, a couple of Bloody Mary's and 7 feet of rope and I can put up some numbers!" proclaimed a gracious Thorn in the tournament players tent afterwards.    

Galang/Lindenmayer Capture 2nd Place Honors 
Lake Lanier Islands, GA ---- With the monkey still lurking around Jim Lindenmayers backside, the Lindy/Galang duo put up a valiant effort to land a 2nd place finish in the 12th Annual Golf'n Grille.  "Win or lose, 1st or last...I still have fun...what else can I say!  It's the media that's making this "TBPTHNWAGNG" thing an issue" said the affable Lindenmayer in a post tourney ESPN interview.   Galang posted a sizzling 37 on the front but a less than inspiring team 44 on the back proved their demise.   Ever the "smack" talker, Alfred proclaimed "you haven't seen the end of me yet!"

Tom Dutton and Rob Lindroos Finish 3rd
Lake Lanier Islands, GA ---- Riding the wave of a front nine top score of  the day 36, Tom Dutton put Rob Lindroos on his back for final nine to take "tres place" on this overcast and chilly October Saturday.   Once again snake-bitten by the "light-weight" rule, the ever gentleman T.D. just smiled and muttered "...and it was a two!".   The end of an era may have been witnessed as the continuous improvement of Rob may cause this likable twosome to be split up in future years (it was either that or a $100 dollar contribution to the VFSE entertainment fund by TD).

Joe Van Frayen Pulls a R-E-P-E-A-T in Juniors Action; Ann Borrello Posts Ladies Victory
Duluth, GA ---- In a repeat of 2003, Joe Van Frayen held off a determined  effort by the diminutive Jordan Baker in a first ever overtime double-ball championship putt off.  Young Van Frayen and Baker tied in the first round of the championship but Joe bested Jordan in the two ball shoot off.   Baker, always a showman and  a crowd pleaser, wooed the crowd with his antics but couldn't extinguish the hot Van Frayen effort.  

"These young guys are really starting to push me...I don't know how much longer I can hold 'em off", said Van Frayen.  A disappointed but satisfied Baker just smiled and said "where's that blonde chick?".

Ann Borrello bested Xanath Van Frayen and Paula Thorn and added some more G'nG hardware to the Borrello trophy case.  Thorn, the Payne Stewart of women's garb, didn't bring her "A" game to the finals and couldn't stave off the "Borrello Barrage".  Van Frayen had one of the top preliminary scores but her youth definitely showed in a jittery finals effort.  The camera-happy  Borrello's participation in the finals cost her precious picture taking time and no doubt caused a Wolfe Camera stock dip but she added..."tough luck...I won it!".

Closest to Pin Winners:
Tom Dutton - #2 at 7'
Tom Lenahan - #5 at 6'
Jim Lindenmayer - #13 at 9' 
Jim Hughes - #15 at 9'

Long Drive:
Alan Porter - 307 yards

And a SPECIAL thanks to...
Gary and Colene Spindler, Alfred Galang, Tim Patterson and Chris Merritt for all their "behind the scenes" help with the event!!   Brittany for running the Juniors and Ladies championships...and also ...ELLEN.  She really runs the event...the "Van Frayen boys" only look good because of her!! 

FINAL 2004 GOLF'n GRILLE PAIRINGS

Top Stories from 2003...

• Spindler-Porter 2003 Champs
• Dutton-Lindroos Runners Up
• Guess Who Placed 3rd
• Two Van Frayen's Do It in Ladies & Juniors

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