ROYAL CITY — Shawn Vetterick outplayed Pete Christensen, 41-46 gross and 34-39 net, but Christensen was able to maintain his player point lead to remain atop the standings after week eight of the Thursday Night Men’s League at the Royal Golf Course.

That makes it four weeks in a row, and five overall for Christensen at the top of the PP standings. Christensen led 56.00-55.00 after eight weeks. The 1-point difference was the same after week 7.

The first five places in week 8 remained the same as week 7. With the season nearing its close, Josh Scroggins is in third place with 50.50 points. Bob Murphy was in fourth with 50.00.

In fifth place was Royal Golf Association President Pat Dorsing, the best player (gross) in the league, with 48.00. He shot even-par 35 (gross) in week 8. The leading net score of 30 was posted by Josh Scroggins.

— Gross scores —

• Patrick Dorsing 35
• Josh Scroggins 38
• Chad Smith 39
• Kyle Haugen 40
• Shawn Vetterick 41
• Ray Valle 41
• Bob Murphy 44
• Matt Andersen 45
• Pete Christensen 46
• Jeremy Russell 50
• Kyle Scroggins 51
• Andrew Perkins DNP

Net scoring

• Josh Scroggins 30
• Bob Murphy 31
• Kyle Haugen 31
• Patrick Dorsing 33
• Ray Valle 33
• Shawn Vetterick 34
• Chad Smith 35
• Pete Christensen 39
• Matt Andersen 39
• Jeremy Russell 41
• Kyle Scroggins 44
• Andrew Perkins DNP

Player Points

• Pete Christensen 56.00
• Shawn Vetterick 55.00
• Josh Scroggins 50.50
• Bob Murphy 50.00
• Patrick Dorsing 48.00
• Kyle Haugen 45.00
• Ray Valle 43.50
• Kyle Scroggins 43.50
• Jeremy Russell 38.50
• Andrew Perkins 37.50
• Matt Andersen 35.00
• Chad Smith 31.50