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<strong>and</strong> Don Rader, two players from the
highly competitive Safety-Kleen team,
was typical of the jovial, gregarious
spirit that suffused the entire field .
"W'e weren't grinding at all . We were
completely relaxed <strong>and</strong> enjoying the
day," said Mahlik, preparing to light
a complimentary Davidoff victory
cigar. "We came in with a relaxed,
positive attitude," said Conlon,
Associated's chairman <strong>and</strong> chief
executive officer. With
irony Conlon added : "Of
course, we carrte in with
the same attitude last
year <strong>and</strong> we stunk the
place up, so go figure ."
Watching the
play of second-place
Black & Veatch, one
detected more Zen-like
attitudes . The pairing of
Dave Mahaffay <strong>and</strong>
David Hall yielded the
good-karma scores of
76-net-70 <strong>and</strong> 79-net-72,
but the way the twosome
stayed in sync went
beyond the mere score .
For example, on the par-5 third hole,
their drives l<strong>and</strong>ed 30 feet apart down
the right side . Their layup shots l<strong>and</strong>ed
15 feet apart, 80 yards in front of the
green . Finally, their wedge shots l<strong>and</strong>ed
2 feet apart on the back fringe . That
goes beyond just "good cart golf ."
Mahaffay's 76 was good for medalist
honors in the field, which meant two
free airline tickets for him on America
West Airlines . In addition, for being
low-net shooter on the team that
traveled farthest to compete, Mahaffay
won an attractive piece of carry-on
luggage from Lark .
Black&Veatch, a Kansas City-based
engineering firm, used net scores of
80 <strong>and</strong> 78 from Len Rodman <strong>and</strong> i
Doug Smith, respectively, to bring
home a team score of 12-over-par 300 . !
Rodman reached back for something ',
extra after slicing his tee shot out of 'i
bounds on the par-5 18th
. He pounded his second drive a solid 250 yards,
drilled an iron close to the green, then
lobbed his 70-yard wedge shot to 7 feet
Low shooter Dave a3ahaffay
of Black & Yealch.
<strong>and</strong> sank the putt for a net par. Smith,
a bantamweight 5-h<strong>and</strong>icapper who
swings the club like he means it, saved
par on that hole with a sidehill 8-footer
that made up for some shaky work
with the wedge . The B & V group
will be worth watching at the finals
in Williamsburg, Va . With their
shotmaking in the
Midwest regional,
they carried home
a $2,000 check for
the charity InRoads .
They'll be joined by
a confident team from
National Car Rental :
Barry Rosenberg, John
Swanson, Terry Hardy
<strong>and</strong> Robert Briggs . This
quartet plays together
at courses near the
firm's Minneapolis
headquarters whenever
possible, <strong>and</strong> their
camaraderie shows .
The 16-h<strong>and</strong>icap
Swanson hit for the cycle at Wynstone,
making natural birdies on a par-3,
par-4 <strong>and</strong> par-5 .
"John was exceptional," said
Rosenberg, who was in the mood
to "spend some money on lessons"
after managing only a net 85 .
Meanwhile, Hardy <strong>and</strong> Briggs
engaged in nonstop banter with their
playing partners from R .R . Donnelley,
<strong>and</strong> the jocular foursome
made a brief ruckus on the
tee where the hole-in-oneprize
Cadillac was parked,
as Hardy's laser-like
shot enjoyed a brush Z,,~
with greatness . Briggs, O
meanwhile , missed '~
badly to the right on
that hole, the 162-yard
11 th, but pitched delicately
to within 8 feet <strong>and</strong> sank
the putt for par. Their
$1,000 SkyTel check
went to the PSL Children's
Charity in Minneapolis .
The day's freewheeling atmosphere
carried over to the awards party,
where the spotlight turned on Carlson
Wagonlit's Joe Concheck . With his
monster 295-yard tee shot at the 18th
<strong>and</strong> a flag-finding iron shot at No . 14,
Concheck won both the Taylor Made
Long Drive <strong>and</strong> the Jaeger-LeCoultre
Closest-to-the-Pin awards . Being a
member of an on-site sponsor team,
the 6-foot 8-inch natural athlete
graciously declined the Jaeger-LeCoultre
watch he received as a reward, offering
it as booty for a charity auction . Herb
Getz of W"v1Y Technologies picked up
the 52,800 wristwatch with his bid of
$1,000 . Concheck, though, couldn't
resist the Long Drive prize : a set of
coveted Taylor Made Butner Bubble
irons <strong>and</strong> woods .
Low net honors, accompanied by
a commemorative gift from sponsor
Productivity Point International, went
to Ron Agypt of Combined Insurance .
Agypt was an instant fan of Wynstone
<strong>and</strong> played with gusto from the getgo
. On his way to an 85-net-62,
Agypt set the SkyTel messaging pagers
vibrating with a shot on No . 11 that
came within 14 inches of winning him
a new Cadillac .
Among the raffle highlights was
Jerry Mohan's piece of luck in winning
a new Konica phone/fax machineMohan, representing Illinois Central
Railroad, checked to see if the Konica
held any messages for him from the
office . Finding there were none,
he happily accepted the prize .
First place went to Associated Banc-Corp .
L-R : Nick Conlon, Gordon St'eber,
SkyTe1's Jack Hamey, Mike Mahlik, Torn lYalsh
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