Our $2 contests are separate side-games that we sponsor to add to the fun of each round, with the secondary purpose  of collecting funds for our season-ending luncheon.  Before they tee off, golfers contribute $2 to the kitty for a chance to end the round with a few dollars in their wallet. Participation is optional.

The contests come in two varieties. There are the "Hit from here" (or "Putt from here") games where the winners manage to get their balls closest to the cup from a planted sign on a single designated hole. Then there are games that span the entire round, such as low net, or fewest putts. Each of these use their own format and have different payout systems. 

"Hit from here" uses placards that are planted on or near the green. There is a placard for the men, and a second for the women, placed in a different location. The payout, after the Club takes half of the pot to fund the year-end luncheon, is split by gender in a manner appropriate to the number of contributors.

For full round games, typically held once a month on a round casual date, we pay the entire pot, with 60% going to the first place golfer and 40% going to the 2nd place golfer, regardless of gender.

Guests are not eligible to participate in $2 contests.

To catch up on all of this year's $2 contest winners, check out The Winners List table at the bottom of the page.

July 7, 2026 $2 Contest Results: Due to last week’s confusion, we had a do-over with the long putt contest. But, more confusion this week. Well, not confusion, but rather, a mistake when editing the pairings newsletter. Ringmaster Dan had earlier made a note that, since the women had putted on #11 last week, we should switch them to #10 this week. Yet this editor’s error saw the men’s long putt hole move to #10 this week, while the ladies remained on #11. We’ll tell you in a moment why this matters.
 
Not much changed on the marker cards over the morning. Jeff Silverman, playing in the first group out, guided in a 140 inch (11 feet, 8 inch) putt, placing his name on the card first. That entry held, and Jeff gets $30 for the best effort among the 28 men in the field. Barb Weybright, in the first ladies’ group out, and in her first appearance for the season, showed she wasn’t carrying any rust. She deposited a 147-inch putt (12 feet 3 inches). This also held up, and Barb takes away $10 for besting the other 8 women entrants.
 
Back to our #10 vs #11 mix-up. While his try on #10, the men’s contest hole, couldn’t beat Jeff’s, Ringmaster Dan, who you’ll recall asked to switch the men to #11 to no avail, holed a 36-foot putt on #11. Had the contest gone with his pre-round intention, he’d have been in the money. Realizing this, Dan entered his name as “Danielle” on the marker, along with his distance, hoping at least to gain some attention.
 
Two thoughts on this: Over the first part of the season, Dan has garnered a reasonable share of pot money. Does he really need more? And, given the law of perpetual transmutation, if the contest holes had been reversed, Dan’s putt on #11 would’ve stopped a half-inch short of the cup. - Ed.

June 30, 2026 $2 Contest Results: Due to the confusion caused by missing measuring tapes at the $2 contest holes for the early groups out on the course, the board has decided to declare the final entries on each card as "winners," and make the $2 contest for July 7th free to enter for the non-winners from this week. We'll carry over the remaining pot from this week to the 7/7 contest, less winnings.

What that means is that Don James takes home $20 for his 86 inch (7 feet, 2 inches) putt on #12. Judy Stejskal gets $10 for her 117 inch (9 feet 9 inches) effort on #11. The remainder of the collected pot, $34, will be the basis for next week's prize, and those non-winners who entered the contest for June 30th will get to play the July 7th contest for free. Any members who did not participate last week will need to pony up their $2 to play, per usual. 

If you played the contest on June 30th and can't make it on July 7th, we'll keep your name in play, and the next time you enter the $2 contest, you'll play for free.

June 23, 2026 $2 Contest Results: Well, heck, we already told you the full $2 went to the “Fewest Putt” contest winners. So why are you bothering to read this? You can find the results on the FUN GAMES page using the EVENTS dropdown, or click here. You can check out the updated winners table below.

June 16, 2026 $2 Contest Results:  Oddly, it seems that no one in the first or second groups out got anywhere near the pin on #17. Did they even get on the green? Why do we ask? Typically, the closest golfer in the first group, even if their ball landed tens of feet away, starts off the list by entering their effort at the top of the marker card. It's not inconceivable to think that the first entry might win. Happens all the time.
 
Considering no golfer entered their distance on the card until Gordie Hayes (105.5 inches, or 8 feet, 9½ inches) from the third group, you have to wonder.
 
Lue Ann Fitzhugh, from the very next group, blasted Gordie’s lead out of the water by coaxing her effort to just 8 inches from the cup. Then, wily Dan Thompson, purposely or not, placed his tee shot close enough to the green that his second made it an easy-on, landing him 2½ inches from the pin. Dan took home a $33 cut from the pot.
 
Side note for the shot of the day: Playing in the last group, Rich Baum launched his tee shot directly at the pin. The ball hit just short of the green and rolled a smidge past, missing the cup by inches or less. We were sure he’d be in the money until we got to green and saw Dan’s entry. Rich’s ball had rolled 2+ feet beyond the pin. A tap-in birdie, entertainment for the group, and one of those shots that keeps you coming back to the game for another round.

June 9, 2026 $2 Contest Results:  Well, heck, we already told you the full $2 went to the “Fewest Putt” contest winners. So why are you bothering to read this? You can find the results on the FUN GAMES page using the EVENTS dropdown, or click here.

June 9, 2026 $2 Contest Results:  Let’s give credit where credit is due: Ginger Kuhlmann’s chip in from the ladies’ “Hit from here” sign on the #15 green left no doubt as to the winner after her ball rolled into the cup. Great job, Ginger! Ginger receives the women’s share of the pot -- $8.

On the men’s side, Rich Roller’s 110 inches (9 feet, 2 inches) led from start to finish, earning him the men’s share of $24. You’d think that many of us might get inside that number, but given the pin placement and where the marker was staked on the opposite side of the green from the ladies’, many shots continued on a lengthy downhill roll once they took their line past the pin. 

June 2, 2026 $2 Contest Results:  What we thought was going to be a closest-to-the hole-from-off-the-#15-green contest – meaning whatever shot put you on the green on your first try, whether it was a chip, a 5-iron, a fairway metal or a putt from off of the green – turned out to be not quite. Somehow there was a mix-up in our plans, and the contest turned into a “just off the green” contest. Not a one of you actually tried a chip from the “Hit from here” sign, placed an inch or two by the putting surface. Nope, everybody putted. The results? Pat Welch cut Rod “R2” Rowland’s effort by a little more than half, stopping his ball 4½ inches from the cup, besting R2’s try of 9½ inches. Pat wins $30!

Here's a collection of our winners as the season unfolds -- and the gallant efforts that got them the big bucks!

CCTH = closest to the hole