Airways Golf League — Week 12 Recap: June 30, 2026
The ninth official week of the season
Tuesday at Airways felt like the course had been reading its own bad reviews and decided to do something about it. Ten players teed it up on the back nine, and for the first time all season, not a single player earned a bonus point. Targets went up, scoring went down, and the back nine — which just two weeks ago was handing out points like the local Rotary Club — clawed some of its dignity back.
Only three players met their targets. Logan Jarvis's remarkable streak came to an end. And the bonus-points race, which has driven the last month of headlines, is now dead-heat close heading into the final week of the first half.
The End of the Streak
Logan Jarvis's consecutive-holes-with-Stableford-points streak, which had grown into a season-defining stat, is over. The streak began on hole 17 of his June 2 round and extended through every hole of his June 9, June 16, and June 23 rounds. Then on Tuesday, on the final hole of his day, Logan made a double-bogey 6 on the par-4 eighteenth.
Zero points. Streak over.
The final tally: 37 consecutive holes with at least one Stableford point — more than four full rounds without a blank. For context, no other player has strung together nine straight scoring holes even once this season. Logan did it 37 times in a row. That the run ended on his final hole of the night, on his final hole before the season's first-half break, has a certain narrative cruelty to it.
He still posted 11 points on a target of 14 — a stroke total of 42 (the lowest of the night by five strokes) — but for the first time in eight official weeks, Logan Jarvis didn't hit his target.
Bill Gallagher Wins the Night
With Logan falling short, Bill Gallagher took the top spot with 8 points on a target of 8 — hit the number exactly, no bonus, but a clean 47-stroke round and the only round from the field to include a birdie. Bill's birdie on the par-5 eleventh (a 4) was the second of his season and the only birdie of the night. He was actually on the green in two shots with a putt at eagle — but he left it short, then cleaned it up for the birdie.
He also parred hole 18 for a positive finish. It's his fifth consecutive official week meeting his target, and he's now met his target in seven of nine official weeks. In a season where he's been the quiet consistency story, Bill just keeps stringing together the kind of scorecards that don't blow the doors off any single week — but reliably put him in the hunt.
Kevin Kearns Grinds Out His Target
Kevin Kearns matched his target of 7 exactly for a 7-point round. He parred three holes — 10, 11, and 18 — which is remarkable given how many blanks made up the middle of his card. He shot 48 strokes, the third-lowest score of the night behind Logan (42) and Bill Gallagher (47). After last week's five-point disaster, Kearns bounced back the way he's been doing all season — by playing the holes that suit him and shrugging off the ones that don't.
Tom Wieland: Seven In a Row (Adjusted)
Tom Wieland posted 5 points on a target of 5 — no bonus, but target met, and it's now been seven consecutive official appearances where Wieland has met his target (with one absence in the middle). He bogeyed five holes and had a rough hole 16 (a 9) but did what Wieland always seems to do: found enough points to get where he needed to be.
Streaks End All Over the Place
Ted Cowles missed his target for the second consecutive week (3 on a 5), officially ending what had been the league's most consistent streak of the season. Chris McKone, perfect through four official appearances (all target-met), fell short with 4 on a 7. Both had triple bogeys, doubles, and quads that they couldn't grind their way out of.
The reversion showed up everywhere. Where last week the field averaged 9.8 Stableford points on the front nine, this week it averaged 5.5 on the back — right around where the season's back-nine numbers were sitting a month ago. Kevin Gallagher, who'd been one of the most consistent scorers all season, posted just 2 points on a target of 8. His only scoring hole: a par on hole 16, where somehow he managed a 5 while three other players made 9.
The Hole 16 Massacre
Speaking of hole 16 — this week, the par-5 sixteenth ate three players alive. Chris McKone, Len Stadnicki, and Tom Wieland all posted 9s. Bill Gallagher and John Gallagher both made double-bogey 7. Kevin Gallagher (par 5) was the only player to make par, while Ted Cowles, Dave Deyette, Logan Jarvis, and Kevin Kearns all scraped by with bogey 6s. Five doubles or worse, four bogeys, one par. The par-5 that had been progressively softening all season showed it still has teeth.
Hole 11 Continues to Dominate
The par-5 eleventh — now firmly the friendliest hole on the course — gave up five pars and Bill Gallagher's birdie. Six of ten players scored at or under par. Dave Deyette, Logan Jarvis, Kevin Kearns, Chris McKone, and Len Stadnicki all made 5. It's now yielded 12 pars and 3 birdies on the season, both the most of any hole.
Where the Pars Came From
Twelve pars on the night across seven different holes:
- Hole 11: Dave Deyette, Logan Jarvis, Kevin Kearns, Chris McKone, Len Stadnicki (5 + Bill's birdie)
- Hole 18: Bill Gallagher, Kevin Kearns
- Hole 10: Kevin Kearns
- Hole 12: John Gallagher
- Hole 14: Logan Jarvis
- Hole 15: Logan Jarvis
- Hole 16: Kevin Gallagher
Logan Jarvis: 3 pars. Kevin Kearns: 3 pars. Everyone else: 1 apiece.
By the Numbers
Ten players, 1 birdie, 12 pars, 27 bogeys, 3 targets met, zero bonus points earned. That last stat is a first for the season — no other week has produced a shutout on bonuses. The 2026 season birdie count climbs to ten.
The Bonus-Points Race Heading Into the Final Week
Nine official weeks are complete. One official week to go before the first-half break. The bonus-points leaderboard is now the tightest it's been all season:
- John Gallagher: 23
- Logan Jarvis: 22
- Bill Gallagher: 17
- Len Stadnicki: 16
John holds a one-point lead on Logan Jarvis. His father Bill is within striking distance in third if he posts another bomb like his June 2 or June 9 rounds. And Stadnicki is not out of it either. One week to settle it.
Prize Money for the First Half
The first-half prizes are: $100 for first place, $65 for second, $35 for third. Total pot: $200. Next Tuesday, July 7, determines who takes home what. If John Gallagher plays a normal average round and Logan does the same, John probably holds the top spot. But this is Logan Jarvis, and Logan has already turned in three career weeks in the last month, so predicting is a fool's errand.
Attendance Watch
Five absent this week. The three players who haven't shown up all year (still gone). Bill Oravec absent again. And Joe Alvarez, back to full absent status after his brief cameo in the parking lot last week. Nothing to add on that front.
Looking Ahead
Next week is the final week of the first half. Real money on the line. Bill Gallagher, his son John, and Logan Jarvis will decide the top three. The back nine reminded everyone this week that it hasn't fully surrendered. And somewhere out there, Kevin Gallagher is presumably thinking about how a 2-point round on a target of 8 was not what he had planned for a season-closing tune-up.
The streaks ended. The bonuses dried up. And the race is on.
On to Week 13 — the finale of Half One.
SEASON STANDINGS (through Jun 30, 2026)
# Golfer Rounds Avg Pts Pts
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1 John Gallagher 9 5.1 23
2 Logan Jarvis 9 12.2 22
3 Bill Gallagher 9 6.8 17
4 Len Stadnicki 8 5.0 16
5 Tom Wieland 8 4.1 13
6 Dave Deyette 8 5.5 11
7 Kevin Gallagher 8 6.4 9
8 Kevin Kearns 9 7.3 8
9 Chris McKone 5 6.4 8
10 Ted Cowles 7 4.3 6
11 Joe Alvarez 4 2.5 0
12 Bill Oravec 2 2.5 0
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Airways Golf — Weekly Stableford Report
Date: Jun 30, 2026
Golfer Score Target Net Pts
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Logan Jarvis 11 14 0
Bill Gallagher 8 8 0
Kevin Kearns 7 7 0
Dave Deyette 6 7 0
Len Stadnicki 5 6 0
Tom Wieland 5 5 0
John Gallagher 4 8 0
Chris McKone 4 7 0
Ted Cowles 3 5 0
Kevin Gallagher 2 8 0
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UPDATED TARGETS (after this week)
Golfer New Target
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Bill Gallagher 9
Bill Oravec 3
Chris McKone 6
Dave Deyette 7
Dave Zogbaum 4
Hermann Keilich 4
Joe Alvarez 2
John Gallagher 7
Kevin Gallagher 7
Kevin Kearns 7
Len Stadnicki 7
Logan Jarvis 13
Ted Cowles 4
Tom Confrey 12
Tom Wieland 5
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SEASON LEADERS — EAGLES (since Apr 13, 2026, through Jun 30, 2026)
(none)
SEASON LEADERS — BIRDIES (since Apr 13, 2026, through Jun 30, 2026)
Golfer Count
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Logan Jarvis 5
Bill Gallagher 2
John Gallagher 1
Kevin Kearns 1
Chris McKone 1
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SEASON LEADERS — PARS (since Apr 13, 2026, through Jun 30, 2026)
Golfer Count
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Logan Jarvis 30
Kevin Gallagher 23
Kevin Kearns 22
John Gallagher 13
Bill Gallagher 12
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