Bales wins Animal House
Thom Bales shot a 36-34 – 70 to claim the 2008 Animal House Classic just 2 weeks after winning at Pine View. Bales added another 7 birdies and leads the Tour with 5.33 birdies per 18 holes.
Bob Baar (39-34 – 73) collected $27 for 2nd place – his 3rd straight top-4 finish to start the season. Baar led the field in driving accuracy hitting 10 of 14 fairways. Tom Moran (40-34 – 74) netted his first top-4 of the year earning himself $18. A trio of players shared 4th place including promising new rookie John Powell. Playing with a temp-4 handicap index, Powell (37-40 – 77) was making his 3rd start on Tour and earned his first payday. Erik Meland and Ray Collins were the other 2 finishing at 5-over 77. Notables: Bales led the field with 9 GiR and John Stepek had fewest putts for the day with 29.
Collins led the field with lowest Zoo Ratio (0.169 from only 2 animals during the round) and was in great shape to take the $25 bonus in the 4-man putt off. After 3 consecutive 2-putts, Collins led the other particpants – John Stepek, Tom Hoelzle, and Tom Moran by 2 strokes each. But a tentative 4th hole left him 5 feet short and when Stepek made the only ace of the putt-off, Collins needed to make to win. An aggressive stroke missed the hole and left a hefty come-backer that he also missed giving Stepek the $25 Carl’s Golfland giftcard.
Thom Bales – 2008 Animal House Classic champ
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