Draft Guide
Valley Wide Men's Retreat · 15th Annual · Bodega Bay
Reference guide for captains during nightly drafts. Players are grouped into four tiers based on skill and expected scoring. Badges highlight each player's specialty. The rotating 16th golfer is noted on the day-specific cards.
Tier at a glance
Tier 1
5 players
Alex Carpenter, Graham Chilton, Ian Miller, Matthew Beehler, Rich Rhodes
Tier 2
3 players
Brent Mitchell, Derek Climer, Mike Chrowl
Tier 3
3 players
JP Gentry, Tommy Conatser, Wally Hutcheson
Tier 4
7 players
Cliff Alapa, Dustin Garibaldi, Dwight Dybdahl, Jason Hanks, Jeremy Lemos, Kevin Loughran, Walt Hamlin
Badge legend
BomberElite tee game
Fairway FinderAccuracy over distance
Iron ManElite iron play
WizardDeadly with wedge in hand
HoudiniChipping + putting escape artist
FaxonElite on the greens
Swiss ArmySolid across every part of the bag
RingerPlays better than his game suggests
Wild CardLow floor, high ceiling
AceHas a hole-in-one at a VWMR trip
OGBeen here since the early years
RookieFirst VWMR trip
OGFaxonSwiss ArmyHoudini
Strength: All around game. Alex can hit all the shots, while taking all the shots. Tommy
Weakness: All the shots. Tommy.
BomberOGIron Man
Strength: When he's on, the best tee game in the group. Great ball striker who is better the further away you are from the hole.
Weakness: Alex
BomberRingerAce
Strength: Frequent long drive champion who also made an Ace last year. Ian "Eagle" Miller would be his nickname.
Weakness: 2 young children and a job
Iron ManWizardFaxonOGHoudiniAce
Strength: If golf started 150 yards from the hole, he might go pro. The opposite of Graham, in that the closer you are, the better he gets.
Weakness: The space between his ears.
BomberSwiss Army
Strength: Part the crew of good general athletes who picked up golf and are annoyingly good at it. Rich can hit all the shots and hang with the big dogs off the tee.
Weakness: Spent his formative athlete years doing things cooler than golf.
BomberRingerSwiss Army
Strength: Now that he has surgically repaired most his body parts, Brent has been delivering quality golf shots all over the course.
Weakness: Adult Basketball Career
Wild CardBomber
Strength: The ball is going 300 yards. Might be in the fairway, might be in the ocean, but it will always be deep.
Weakness: Narrow Fairways, Windows
HoudiniBomberOG
Strength: Rounding out the annoyingly good athlete ball striker crew is Mike. 80 or 90, Mike will hit some great shots and bring a great attitude.
Weakness: People with narrow viewpoints and an occasional slice or double cross pull.
RookieWild Card
Strength: JP can hit great drives and nice iron shots with ease. He's a great hang and solid golfer who could easily be a tier up on a good day, or maybe a tier down on a bad day. Will Thursday be a good day or a bad day?
Weakness: Weddings in Fresno
BomberRinger
Strength: Drives and vibes a plenty. Now that he's less likely to spend the afternoon pursuing the cart girls, he's a great value in tier 3.
Weakness: Peace and quiet. Cart girls
OGFairway FinderWild Card
Strength: Despite standing on the wrong side of the ball, Wally can deliver in the clutch from anywhere. Another player who can have a tier 2 day or a tier 4 day.
Weakness: Texas and OneWheeling
Rookie
Strength: Cliff is a fairly recent convert to the game of golf but is using his natural strength and coordination to find ways to contribute all over the course. He can hit and drive and sink putt, just not always on the same hole.
Weakness: He's still not allowed to use his bowling ball on the golf course
FaxonOG
Strength: Who needs to hit it off the tee if you can putt it in the hole? Big on Short Game, Short on Big Game. Draft Dustin if you wanna drink the good stuff during your round. Graham
Weakness: Holes that are far away. Take a shot!
Fairway Finder
Strength: Why swing hard when you can swing soft? Big strong guy who has the game of an 80 year old. Tier 1 vibe bringer.
Weakness: They don't make 14 hybrids.
OGSwiss Army
Strength: Top tier shots from anywhere and bad shots from anywhere make Jason an exciting addition to any foursome. KT Tape.
Weakness: Injury Report Status
Wild Card
Strength: Has been able to improve his game and his contributions over the past few years. Jeremy has a valuable tee game and will look to build on strong play last year.
Weakness: Rounds played per year
RookieIron Man
Strength: Solid Ballstriker. Drugs.
Weakness: Drugs
Wild Card
Strength: Vibe Bringer. Drugs.
Weakness: Drugs