2006 Danny Noonan Invitational

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The 6th Annual Danny Noonan Invitational was another successful event, with some similarities to previous years: Big Swede broke some golf clubs; Ted Buck & Gerry Fricke took home most of the day money; and Tim Botkin still has his hook. 

We continued with our Noonan Cup format from prior years, which lead to extremely competitive matches on the first day. The first day ended with the team scores tied at 3-3. However, the Orange (or Mango) team started taking control on the second day. The Orange Team felt like the European Ryder Cup Team with a final team score of 19 points to the 11 points scored by the Yellow Team. The big difference is that during the actual Ryder Cup, only the winners celebrate. In this case, both teams were still smiling at the end! 

The match play results, including the individual match results for all three days are listed below.Here were the low net team scores for your stroll down memory lane.

First Round - Casablanca Golf Course

1st Place - Net Score 62 - Gerry Fricke & Phil Blankenburg

2nd Place - Net Score 62 - Tim Botkin & Rusty Moore

3rd Place - Net Score 63 - Ted Buck & Cal Reese

Second Round - Oasis Golf Course

1st Place - Net Score 58 - Joe Fricke & Chad Blankenburg

2nd Place - Net Score 58 - Frank Swedenborg & Kris Londahl

3rd Place - Net Score 62 - Ric Blankenburg & Ted Buck

Final Round - Wolf Creek Golf Course

1st Place - Net Score 59 - Erick Irwin & Ted Buck

2nd Place - Net Score 64 - Cal Reese & Scott Luinstra

3rd Place - 4 Teams tied at Net Score at 67

    Two Man Best Ball & Ryder Cup Match Play
Results - Day 1 - THURSDAY - Casablanca Golf Course
ORANGE TEAM YELLOW TEAM
MATCH #1      Ted Buck             DEFEATED       Kris Londahl 
                        Cal Reese               2 and 1         Mike Clem

MATCH #2       Joe Fricke             LOST TO        Greg Swedenborg
                       Erick Irwin              4 and 2           Kurt Blankenburg

MATCH #3       Ric Blankenburg    LOST TO       Tim Botkin 
                       Mike Daum                                   Rusty Moore

MATCH #4       Ryan Hadley          LOST TO       Gerry Fricke
                       Chad Blankenburg  6 and 4          Phil Blankenburg 

MATCH #5        Brian Wagner       DEFEATED    Frank Swedenborg 
                         Scott Luinstra          1 up             Dan Gorman

MATCH #6        Jim Calvert          DEFEATED      Mark Smith 
                         CH Meili                3 and 2          Sam Leeper 

 Two Man Best Ball & Ryder Cup Match Play 
Results Day 2 - FRIDAY - Oasis Golf Course
ORANGE TEAM YELLOW TEAM
MATCH #1   CH Meili                DEF.          Sam Leeper 
                   Brian Wagner        4&3           Phil Blankenburg 

MATCH #2   Chad Blankenburg  DEF.          Mark Smith 
                    Joe Fricke              5&4          Tim Botkin 

MATCH #3    Erick Irwin            LOST          Kris Londahl 
                     Mike Daum           7&6           Frank Swedenborg 

MATCH #4    Ric Blankenburg    DEF.          Gerry Fricke 
                    Ted Buck              5&4           Kurt Blankenburg 

MATCH #5    Cal Reese             LOST        Rusty Moore 
                     Ryan Hadley           6&4          Dan Gorman 

MATCH #6   Jim Calvert             DEF.          Greg Swedenborg 
                    Scott Luinstra          6&5          Mike Clem  

 Two Man Best Ball & Ryder Cup Match Play 
Results - Day 3 - SATURDAY - Wolf Creek
 ORANGE TEAM                               YELLOW TEAM
MATCH #1       Joe Fricke                 DEF.                Tim Botkin 
                        Mike Daum                2&1                 Dan Gorman 

MATCH #2       Erick Irwin                  DEF.               Greg Swedenborg 
                        Ted Buck                   3&2                 Frank Swedenborg 

MATCH #3       Brian Wagner             DEF.               Mark Smith 
                        Jim Calvert                                        Rusty Moore 

MATCH #4       CH Meili                   LOST               Gerry Fricke 
                        Ryan Hadley                                      Mike Clem 

MATCH #5       Cal Reese                 DEF.                 Sam Leeper 
                        Scott Luinstra                                     Kris Londahl 

MATCH #6       Ric Blankenburg        DEF.                 Kurt Blankenburg 
                        Chad Blankenburg                              Phil Blankenburg