Airways Golf League — Week 4 Recap: May 5, 2026
The first official week of the season
After three weeks of preseason warm-ups, the season officially counts now. And on the same back nine that posted the league's most dismal numbers of the year just two weeks ago, eleven golfers showed up — including Len Stadnicki, who emerged from his three-week sabbatical — and turned in the best back-nine performance of the year. Six pars, one birdie, three target-beaters, and Logan Jarvis finally getting one in the win column.
The Headline: Logan Jarvis Wins the Night
Through three weeks Logan Jarvis had played the best ball-striking golf of anyone in the league — three rounds in the 44–50 range — and gotten almost nothing to show for it on the Stableford ledger. High target, brutal courses, no payoff. This week, with his target lowered to 9, Jarvis finally cashed in.
He started rough — a quadruple-bogey 7 on the par-3 tenth, the kind of opening hole that makes you check the parking lot to see if your car is still there. Then he stepped to the par-5 eleventh and made a 4. Birdie. Only the second birdie of the entire season, and the first by anyone other than Kevin Kearns. He followed that up with a par on 12, parred 16 as well, and added bogey points on 14 and 15.
Final tally: 10 points, target met, one bonus point, and a 47 — the lowest raw score of the night. After three weeks of looking like a man cursed by the golf gods, Jarvis finally got his round.
Chris McKone Joins the Target Club
Through three weeks Chris McKone had been the league's most consistent near-misser — 3, 5, and 5 on targets of 6, 6, and 6. This week, with his target trimmed to 5, he posted 6 points and picked up his first bonus point of the season. He parred both par 5s on the back (holes 11 and 16), added bogey points on 13 and 17, and finally got his name on the right side of the target column.
Ted Cowles Completes the Climb
If you like a comeback story, here you go. Ted Cowles's first four weeks: zero points, two points, three points, four points. A perfect staircase. This week he met his target of 4 right on the nose — and he did it by parring the two toughest par-3s on the course, hole 10 and hole 13. From "is Ted okay?" in Week 1 to "Ted just parred two par-3s in the same round" in Week 4. Welcome back.
The Birdie
Logan Jarvis's birdie on the par-5 eleventh is only the second birdie recorded all season, joining Kevin Kearns's birdie on hole 9 from Week 1. The league has now played 270 holes of golf and produced exactly two birdies. Park the celebration carts.
Hole 16: Redemption Arc
Two weeks ago, hole 16 was the villain of the back nine — a 7.5 stroke average with two 9s and not a par in sight. This week, the same hole gave up two pars (Logan Jarvis and Chris McKone), three bogeys, and played to a more humane 6.7. Still tough — Ted Cowles and Bill Gallagher each posted 9s — but a meaningful improvement.
Where the Pars Came From
Six pars on the night, distributed across five different holes. Logan Jarvis had three of them (12, 16, plus the birdie on 11), Chris McKone had two (11 and 16), and Ted Cowles had two (10 and 13). Hole 16 was the only hole to surrender multiple pars in the same round.
The Struggles
Tom Wieland posted the only zero of the night, on a target of 3. Ten holes worth of doubles, triples, and quads — not a single point gained. Bill Gallagher (1 point on a target of 6), John Gallagher (1 on a 4), and Len Stadnicki (1 on a 4) joined him in the single-digit basement. Stadnicki's return after missing two weeks was not exactly triumphant — his lone point came from a bogey on 11.
Bill Gallagher's quiet collapse continues. After meeting his target in Weeks 1 and 2, he's now posted 3 points and 1 point in successive weeks. The man who looked like a model of consistency three weeks ago is suddenly the man trying to find his swing.
The Kevins
Kevin Gallagher and Kevin Kearns both finished with 4 points on identical targets of 8 — and identical 50s on the scorecard. Kevin G. did most of his damage on the par-3s (bogey points on 10, 13, and 15) plus a bogey on 16. Kearns picked up four bogey points in the late stretch (13, 16, 17, 18). Both fell well short of their targets and will be hoping for kinder courses ahead.
The Hardest Hole of the Night
Hole 14 (par 4) gave up just two bogey points (Logan Jarvis and Bill Gallagher) and otherwise produced doubles or worse from everyone else, including 8s from Cowles, Oravec, and Wieland. Honorable mention to hole 12, which yielded only Logan Jarvis's par and otherwise served up a steady diet of 7s and 8s.
By the Numbers
11 players, 1 birdie, 6 pars, 22 bogeys. Three players met their targets (Jarvis, McKone, Cowles), eight fell short. Average score: 3.5 points. The season's birdie count climbs from one to two. Progress.
Attendance Watch
Four players remain absent: Tom Confrey, Hermann Keilich, and Dave Zogbaum still haven't been seen all year, and Joe Alvarez hasn't played since Week 1. Len Stadnicki broke his streak of absences with a return appearance, so consider that a partial victory.
On to Week 5, with the front nine — and hole 3 — waiting.
SEASON STANDINGS (through May 5, 2026)
TOT
# Golfer Rounds Avg Pts Pts
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1 Logan Jarvis 1 10.0 1
2 Chris McKone 1 6.0 1
3 Ted Cowles 1 4.0 0
4 Kevin Gallagher 1 4.0 0
5 Kevin Kearns 1 4.0 0
6 Bill Oravec 1 4.0 0
7 Dave Deyette 1 3.0 0
8 Bill Gallagher 1 1.0 0
9 John Gallagher 1 1.0 0
10 Len Stadnicki 1 1.0 0
11 Tom Wieland 1 0.0 0
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Airways Golf — Weekly Stableford Report
Date: May 5, 2026
Golfer Score Target Net Pts
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Logan Jarvis 10 9 +1
Chris McKone 6 5 +1
Ted Cowles 4 4 0
Kevin Gallagher 4 8 0
Kevin Kearns 4 8 0
Bill Oravec 4 5 0
Dave Deyette 3 4 0
Bill Gallagher 1 6 0
John Gallagher 1 4 0
Len Stadnicki 1 4 0
Tom Wieland 0 3 0
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UPDATED TARGETS (after this week)
Golfer New Target
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Bill Gallagher 4
Bill Oravec 5
Chris McKone 5
Dave Deyette 4
Dave Zogbaum 4
Hermann Keilich 4
Joe Alvarez 5
John Gallagher 2
Kevin Gallagher 8
Kevin Kearns 8
Len Stadnicki 3
Logan Jarvis 8
Ted Cowles 3
Tom Confrey 12
Tom Wieland 2
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SEASON LEADERS — EAGLES
(none)
SEASON LEADERS — BIRDIES
Golfer Count
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Logan Jarvis 1
Kevin Kearns 1
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SEASON LEADERS — PARS
Golfer Count
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Kevin Gallagher 7
Logan Jarvis 5
Kevin Kearns 5
Dave Deyette 3
Chris McKone 3
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