Team Captains
Greg Baron gregbaron@hotmail.com
The Metro Seniors League is a competitive league of teams from fifteen public golf courses in the Twin Cities area. League play is on Friday mornings. Each golf course hosts once during the season. We play a different team every Friday at the designated host course.
Each match pits four players from Braemar against four players from our opponents for the day. These matches are individual contests and opponents are determined by handicap order. Matches are scored on match play format under match play rules. Two points are awarded for each nine and two points for the eighteen – a total of six points per individual match and 24 points for the team.
To be eligible you must be 50 years of age or older; A member of the Braemar Men’s Club; Highly Competitive, Understand and Play by Strict USGA match play rules.
You also need to be willing to drive across town for early morning tee times on Fridays. Participation in a fun event is what Metro Seniors is all about.
The Braemar Team has a tradition of finishing near the top of this league. We will try to accommodate as many players as possible but will schedule the most competitive team members most often. We can always use substitutes.
Contact Greg (952-212-6369) (gregbaron@homail.com)) if you have any questions or are interested in playing on the team. There is no entry fee, only weekly green fees.
2023 Results
The 2023 Braemar Men’s Club Senior Metro League Team had an average year in the 14 team league. The year end standings are below. We finished the year in 6th place with 8 wins and 7 losses. The final pairings match was at Oak Marsh on August 11 against Valleywood who defeated us 14-10 two weeks prior. We won the rematch 15-9 and moved up 1 place. Our team averaged 12.4 points out of 24 for the season. University and Fountain Valley tied for 1st place with an average of 13.8 points per match. Those two teams have dominated the league for several years by fielding teams with low handicappers. We lost to both of them by identical 15-9 scores. We had 14 players competing for the 4 Friday tee times: Bob Malby, Scott Eckes, Jack Hughes, Dr. Bob Peterson and Chip Furman averaged Net 74 or better. If you shoot Net 75, you will win most matches. Others on the team were: Dan Berend, Greg Baron, Jim Punch, Jeff Roseland; John Miller, Larry Fyten, Mark Schmidt, Marty Weber, Steve Tanner and Tom Sampson.
BMC Metro League Captain
Greg Baron