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‘Fossil’ wins 2022 golf championship
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Posted on Dec 06 2022
Greg “Fossil” Koebel shows off the claret jug, his cash prize, and yellow jacket after being named Ye Olde Saipanne Golfe Clubbe’s 2022 Champion Golfer of the Year last Saturday during the awards ceremony at Wild Bill’s. (CONTRIBUETD PHOTO)
Greg “Fossil” Koebel shot a 75 at the Laolao Bay Golf & Resort west golf course in windy conditions on Saturday to become the Ye Olde Saipanne Golfe Clubbe’s 2022 Champion Golfer of the Year.
By employing his trusty decades-old sasquatche driver to keep his balls in the fairway and sinking a plethora of short- to mid-range putts, Koebel was able to hold off Juan “Juj” Lizama, who tragically missed a few tap-ins to finish one stroke back at 76.
Tim “Tex” Brasuell started slowly, ballooning to a 42 on the front nine, but despite his lovely backside score of 36, it was too little, too late for The Man From Dinttin.
Rounding out the Top 5 were last year’s champion Bill “Supersandy” Riggen, who shot 80, and 2019 champion “Double” Dan Harding with an 81.
After the round, an awards ceremony was held at Wild Bill’s Bar and Grill where Koebel was presented with the perpetual claret jug and fitted with the champion’s jacket by Riggen.
Following the presentation, the club’s members enjoyed copious refreshments as provided by the Wild Bill’s staff and regaled each other with fascinating stories revolving mostly around the theme of how they would have won the championship if they hadn’t “had such horribly bad luck on that one hole.” (PR)
