Airways Golf League — Week 7 Recap: May 26, 2026
The fourth official week of the season
Two weeks ago, Logan Jarvis turned in the round of the official season — a 40 on the back nine with a birdie on 18. The thinking was: that's a peak. That's a once-a-season round. That's the kind of thing a player puts in a frame.
Then Tuesday happened. Eleven players took the field on the front nine, and Logan Jarvis decided to do it again.
Logan Jarvis: Back-to-Back Monsters
Jarvis shot 42 on the front nine — six over par — with a birdie on hole 5 (a 3 on a par 4) and pars on holes 1 and 9. He posted 13 Stableford points on a target of 8, picking up 5 bonus points. Two weeks ago: 14 points, 7 bonus, 40 strokes. This week: 13 points, 5 bonus, 42 strokes. Two consecutive weeks where the man broke the league.
His birdie on hole 5 deserves its own mention. The last front-nine birdie this league produced was Kevin Kearns's hole-9 conversion all the way back in Week 1 — six weeks ago, in the season's preseason opener. Since then, the front nine had been played three times by ten-plus golfers and produced zero birdies. Logan Jarvis ended that drought in roughly forty minutes of work.
Through four official weeks, Logan leads the league in bonus points with 13. The next closest are John Gallagher and Kevin Kearns at 4. Logan has more than three times the bonus points of anyone else in the league — through four rounds.
John Gallagher's Vindication Round
John Gallagher entered Tuesday having met his target just once in three official weeks — and only because that target had been lowered to 2. He came in with a target of 1.
He scored 5. Five bogeys (holes 2, 5, 7, 8, 9), a 50-stroke round (his lowest of the official season), and four bonus points. He's now tied for second on the official-season bonus-points list. After three weeks of single-digit struggles, John Gallagher finally got the round he'd been chasing.
The Two Kevins (Identical Twins on the Scorecard)
For the second time in three weeks, Kevin Gallagher and Kevin Kearns finished with identical Stableford totals — this time, 7 points apiece. Both met their targets (Kearns on the nose at 7, Gallagher one over at 6 + 1 bonus). They also tied for most pars on the day with two apiece — Kevin G. parred 5 and 7; Kevin K. parred 6 and 8. The Kevin synergy in this league continues to be uncanny.
The all-time par leaderboard is one of the tightest races in the league: Kevin Gallagher 13, Logan Jarvis 13, Kevin Kearns 12. Three players within a single par across seven weeks.
Dave Deyette Returns from a Back-Nine Slump
After two consecutive back-nine appearances yielded just 3 and 2 points (and zero bonus points), Dave Deyette got back to the front nine and got back to what works: bogey points. He posted 5 points on a target of 4 (one bonus) with bogey points on holes 1, 5, 7, 8, and 9. The man bogeyed his last three holes in a row to claim his first bonus point of the official season.
The Staircase Holds
Ted Cowles posted 4 points on a target of 3 — one bonus point, and his second straight bonus-point round. His official-season scoring line now reads: 4, off, 4, 4. He parred hole 1 to open his round, then immediately followed it with two of the worst holes on the night (a 7 on the par-4 second and an 8 on the par-4 third). But he picked up bogey points on 5 and 7 to make up for it. Ted has met his target in all three official rounds he's played.
Eight Targets Met
Eight of the eleven players who teed it up hit their targets — a clear season high. The previous best was six, set just one week ago. The front nine, which had been the league's death zone for much of the spring, turned out to be relatively manageable on Tuesday, with an average of 4.6 points scored per player. Beyond Logan, Kevin G., Kevin K., Deyette, Cowles, and John G., Len Stadnicki met his target of 3 right on the nose, and Tom Wieland did the same at 2. Only Bill Gallagher (3 on a 4), Joe Alvarez (1 on a 4), and Bill Oravec (1 on a 5) fell short.
Hole 5: From Trouble Hole to Birdie Hole
Hole 5 (par 4) deserves a quick mention. Logan's birdie there was the first the hole has surrendered all year. Kevin Gallagher also parred it, and seven other players bogeyed it for points. Out of eleven players, nine earned at least one point on hole 5.
Hole 3: The Tyrant Returns
Just when the field thought hole 3 might be softening — its previous front-nine visit had it playing to a 6.4 average with two bogeys, the gentlest it had been all year — the par 4 came roaring back. Tuesday's hole 3 averaged 7.2, with six players posting 8s (Cowles, Deyette, Bill G., Oravec, Stadnicki, and Kevin G.) and zero bogeys recorded. Across every front-nine visit this year, hole 3 has yielded exactly zero pars. It's the only hole on the course that hasn't surrendered at least one par yet — and it doesn't appear interested in starting now.
Hole 4 (par 5) wasn't far behind — five players made 8 or 9. Only Logan Jarvis (bogey 6) escaped without a triple or worse.
Where the Pars Came From
Eight pars on the night across six different holes:
- Hole 1: Ted Cowles, Logan Jarvis
- Hole 9: Logan Jarvis, Len Stadnicki
- Hole 5: Kevin Gallagher
- Hole 6: Kevin Kearns
- Hole 7: Kevin Gallagher
- Hole 8: Kevin Kearns
The Struggles
Joe Alvarez returned (and actually finished this time — credit where credit's due, given the rain ordeal of two weeks ago) but had a rough outing — 1 point on a target of 4, with seven holes of triples or worse and a single bogey on hole 5 his only payoff. Bill Oravec, in just his second official appearance of the season, posted 1 point on a target of 5, with a bogey on the par-4 sixth his only success. Bill Gallagher came up one short of his target of 4, after stringing together back-to-back target-met official weeks. Three doubles and two 8s on holes 3 and 4 made the round more difficult than it had to be.
By the Numbers
Eleven players, 1 birdie, 8 pars, 31 bogeys. Eight players met their targets — a season high. The season birdie count climbs to four, three of which now belong to Logan Jarvis.
Attendance Watch
Four players missed the night: Tom Confrey, Hermann Keilich, and Dave Zogbaum (still 0-for-4 in official weeks) plus Chris McKone, whose hot streak (5 points in each of his two prior official appearances) goes on pause. Chris will probably be back next week, presumably wondering why he picked this particular Tuesday to skip.
The front nine softened a little. The field showed up in force. Logan Jarvis turned in another round that probably doesn't make sense statistically. And John Gallagher finally got the breakthrough we've all been quietly rooting for.
On to Week 8.
SEASON STANDINGS (through May 26, 2026)
# Golfer Rounds Avg Pts Pts
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1 Logan Jarvis 4 11.0 13
2 Kevin Kearns 4 7.5 4
3 John Gallagher 4 2.3 4
4 Bill Gallagher 4 3.8 3
5 Tom Wieland 4 2.3 3
6 Ted Cowles 3 4.0 2
7 Len Stadnicki 4 2.5 2
8 Kevin Gallagher 4 5.8 1
9 Chris McKone 2 5.5 1
10 Dave Deyette 3 3.3 1
11 Joe Alvarez 2 2.5 0
12 Bill Oravec 2 2.5 0
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Airways Golf — Weekly Stableford Report
Date: May 26, 2026
Golfer Score Target Net Pts
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Logan Jarvis 13 8 +5
John Gallagher 5 1 +4
Kevin Gallagher 7 6 +1
Dave Deyette 5 4 +1
Ted Cowles 4 3 +1
Kevin Kearns 7 7 0
Bill Gallagher 3 4 0
Len Stadnicki 3 3 0
Tom Wieland 2 2 0
Joe Alvarez 1 4 0
Bill Oravec 1 5 0
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UPDATED TARGETS (after this week)
Golfer New Target
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Bill Gallagher 4
Bill Oravec 3
Chris McKone 5
Dave Deyette 4
Dave Zogbaum 4
Hermann Keilich 4
Joe Alvarez 4
John Gallagher 2
Kevin Gallagher 7
Kevin Kearns 7
Len Stadnicki 2
Logan Jarvis 10
Ted Cowles 3
Tom Confrey 12
Tom Wieland 2
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SEASON LEADERS — EAGLES (since Apr 13, 2026, through May 26, 2026)
(none)
SEASON LEADERS — BIRDIES (since Apr 13, 2026, through May 26, 2026)
Golfer Count
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Logan Jarvis 3
Kevin Kearns 1
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SEASON LEADERS — PARS (since Apr 13, 2026, through May 26, 2026)
Golfer Count
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Kevin Gallagher 13
Logan Jarvis 13
Kevin Kearns 12
Ted Cowles 4
Chris McKone 4
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