It was a windy shotgun start with temperatures climbing rapidly toward three-digits.

Golf teams were made up of HSU faculty, staff, alumni, spouses, retired faculty, trustees, and a few guys who were just standing around...not really.

After about four hours of play, two teams came in with low scores.

The team of Jon Ashby, Prof. of Speech-Language Pathology; Don Seamster, former Trustee and alumni; Charles White, retired from the Kelley College of Business; and Mitch Ezell, maintenance; turned in a score card of 65. Jon Ashby pointed out, "The old guys team did pretty well!"

Trouble was there was another contender for the prize.
Also coming in with a score of 65 was the team of Doug Dotson (Shelly's husband); Shane Williford, tennis coach; Paul Chonko (Melanie's husband); and Gary Stanlake, Dean of Graduate Studies.

That means only one thing...the dreaded score card playoff!

Austin, who answered the phone at Diamondback, explained that a score card playoff is the best recorded score on the hardest hole. Austin says, "That's number seven. It's 445 yards and a 4 par."

However, upon further investigation, the playoff was actually decided by another method. Associate Vice President of Finance and Management Don Ashmore explained, "They compared the scores on the back nine (holes 10 thru 18) and the team with the lower score on those holes was the winner. Rather than having the teams replay holes to determine the winner Diamondback had set up certain comparisons that they went through until they determined the winner."

So, with no further ado, the team with the best score on the back nine...and the winners of the 9th Annual Faculty/Staff Golf Tournament...Doug Dotson, Shane Williford, Paul Chonko, and Dr. Gary Stanlake.

Photos of all teams (except one) are shown below:

Terry Davis, Bill Ellis, Kevin Schulle, Tim Schmidt

David Jones, Steve Barrows, Dale Pugh, Trish Trifilo

Steve Harris, Wayne Roy, Mike Whitehorn, Abby Neinast
Joe Alcorta, Don Ashmore, Wade Ashby, Meredith Stone

Jesse Fletcher, Tim Dunn, Travis Seekins, Mitchell Etter
Larry McGraw, John Hunt, Melanie Chonko, Chuck Sartor

Sharon Green, Jeff Goodin, Cameron Moore
Jim Jones, Susan Keeling, Edgar Reed, Charles Garraway
Alan Wartes, Awilda Hayes, Clay Shelton, Steve Jenkins
Sherwyn McNair, Ben Johnson, Chad Grubbs, Harold Preston

Not shown: Bernie Waldemann, Cheryl Davis, Merlin Morrow, and John Snapp