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2024 BMC Champion Golfer of the Year

Can you feel it? That growing sense of anticipation? With Tuesday League’s finals coming up and the rest of the BMC golf season over, it’s that time again. Time for The Virtual 19th Hole to announce its selection of the 2024 BMC Champion Golfer of the Year. Yes, for the third consecutive year, this tradition continues. If…
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More September Highlights Courtesy of Doug Pernula and Brian Walker

As last reported by The Virtual 19th Hole, BMC members had been lighting it up in September. And now two more examples have come to light, courtesy of third-year member Doug Pernula and second-year member Brian Walker. Doug’s back-to-back eagles On September 5, during regular Thursday League play, Doug Pernula, who holds a current USGA handicap…
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Tim Smith Overcomes Disappointment at “Lucky Number 7”

If you follow BMC highlights, you’ll know that no hole at Braemar is as favored among BMC members for holes-in-one as the seventh, Lucky Number 7. But that by no means suggests that Lucky Number 7 can’t sometimes be a heartbreaker. Take the case of long-time BMC member Tim Smith playing the seventh in the…
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September 2024 Highlights

With the 2024 season winding down, are you feeling a case of the off-season blues coming on? If so, here are some 2024 BMC highlights that are sure to provide a lift. Hole in One Aces have been elusive among BMC members this year. Of course, occasional golf highlights escape the notice of The Virtual…
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BMC Traveling Teams Complete Exemplary Seasons

Senior 8 Man Team This season, for the second year in a row, our Senior 8 Man Team made the finals. And capping off a heady summer, the season-long competition all came down to a sudden-death playoff in September. You know, some say it’s not the destination but the journey. But in this case, the…
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A Special Tuesday for Brian Klass

With all those earlier rainouts and blustery fronts in the rear-view mirror, the golf gods awarded Tuesday League with a beautiful afternoon for golf on August 13. But as beautiful as it was for the rest of the field, it was a lot more than that for long-time BMC member Brian Klass. And that’s with…
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2024 Age Shooters of the BMC

Over the past several years The Virtual 19th Hole has made it a point to track– and congratulate– the BMC members who shoot their age. After all, it’s a rare thing in athletics to be able to do something as you get older that you couldn’t do before. Numerous members have achieved that milestone– and…
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Chip Shots

Jason Hardy’s Shocker The Virtual 19th Hole has reported on numerous BMC eagles so far this year, but none has been as surprising as the one carded by seven-year member Jason Hardy on June 13. Readers will recall that most of these eagle stories have taken flight on the eighth hole. Not so with Jason’s. …
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More Eagles!

The 2024 season has gotten off to a hot start with BMC members landing eagles as if Braemar were some kind of raptor center. In league play on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, as well as in Four Ball, BMC members have been absolutely victimizing par 5s. And just in case you’re curious which hole is…
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2024 BMC Eagle Club Inducts New Members and a Repeat Member

As last reported by The Virtual 19th Hole, the 2024 BMC Eagle Club inducted its first members of the season last month. On May 9, Greg Hasper, playing in the season’s inaugural Tuesday League competition, made his first-ever eagle on number 8 and, on May 16, yours truly eagled the same hole, playing for our…
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