Yes, There Is a Home Course Advantage

SaddleBrooke and Highlands Men’s Putters

Scott Baker

The SaddleBrooke Men’s Putters faced off against the Highlands at Dove Mountain Men’s Putters for another of our quarterly Saguaro Cup tournaments. This quarter, the tournament was held at the Highlands Golf Course at Dove Mountain. The putting green was fast and seemed to have some hidden undulations that made it difficult for our team to reach the cups. Being it was the home course for the Highlands’ men, they had a distinct advantage and whomped the SaddleBrooke Men’s Putters, thus reclaiming the Saguaro Cup from SaddleBrooke. It seems that possession of the Saguaro Cup is determined by whose course the tournament is held on. When the Highland Men’s Putters come to SaddleBrooke, we almost always take the cup, and when we go there, they take it back. Yes, there is a home course advantage.

The SaddleBrooke Team

Jim Jevne: 0 Gross

Dan Cavanagh: 2 Gross

Dave Rutkowski: 2 Gross

Mike Shave: 2 Gross

Bob Bewalda: 3 Net

Gio Fiorino: 3 Net

Ron McNutt: 5 Net

Roger Shamburg: 3 Net

The Highlands Team

Karl Piepho: 0 Gross

Monte Wetter: 0 Gross

Steve Morrison: 0 Gross

Don Cook: 1 Gross

Tom Moss: 2 Net

Chris Puffer: 2 Net

Pete Anderson: 3 Net

Steve Palermo: 4 Net