Bartley Cavanaugh Golf Club is a Men’s & Women’s Membership Golf Club. Our home golf course is Bartley Cavanaugh Golf Course located adjacent to the Sacramento River along Highway 160. Bartley Cavanaugh Golf Course was established in July of 1995. The course is owned by the City of Sacramento and is operated by Morton Golf. The links flavored golf course was designed by Golf Course Architect Perry Dye. The par 71 course measures 6158 yards, with a slope of 122 and is rated at 68.9 from the Gold Tees. The course is rich with lakes, wildlife, rolling mounds and outstanding greens. The golf course address is 8301 Freeport Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95832, and Pro Shop phone is 916-808-2020.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Oct 10 & 17, 2012 Midweek Group - 2 Day Club Championship

Thanks to all of you for playing in our Midweek Group's Club Championship Tournament. It was a 2 round affair held on consecutive Wednesdays and concluded yesterday, October 17th. Both rounds were held under beautiful weather conditions with temps in the 70's, fair skies and little wind. The first round found the greens smooth and true with average speed but there was a big difference in the last round with the greens much faster.

Speed of the greens was no problem for Jim Coombs (85-85--170) who even chipped it in from a nasty spot on the hill left of #14 on his way to the Men's Low Gross title. Willard Hart backed up his torrid 62 first round with a nice 68 in the final on his way to a smooth 130 total to become the Men's Low Net Champion for 2012. Mike McKenna (68-65--133) and Leon Taylor (71-65--136) took second and third Low Net for the men.

For the ladies, Barbara Conerly's 195 and Marie Hart's147 took Low Gross and Low Net honors for this year's Championship.

In the closest to the pin contest, the winners were: Marie Hart, 3-10" at #5, Glen Kinion, 14'-6" at #8, Doug Swann, 5'-7" at #12 and Marie Hart, 2'-9" at #17.

9 players in the optional skins game accounted for only 7 skins as follows: Mike McKenna (#'s 5 & 12), Dave Springer (#'s 8 & 17), Myron Dahl @ #9, Ron McKenna @ #10, and Jim Coombs @ #14. Good Shootin' by all.

So, after all of that, the four winners of this year's Club Championship will be crowned at the Christmas Party planned for December 5th, and their names will be engraved on the perpetual trophies on display in the clubhouse foyer display case. Congratulations to all the winners and my personal thanks to all who competed. Great job!

Bob Thomas

Midweek Tournament Chair
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Sunday, October 14, 2012

Oct 13 & 14, 2012 - Weekend - 2 Day Club Championship



Two days of perfect weather greeted all participants in this year’s Weekend Club Championship. Aside from the occasional wet spot that left a muddy residue on the golf ball, the course was in excellent shape as the greens had recovered nicely from the aerification that was performed in September. The format, as always for the Club Championship, was Gross Score/Net Score with both the Gross and Net Club Champions being crowned. Pairings for the second day of play were based on the net score from Saturday’s round where players with the lowest net scores teed off later in the round.

Leading after the first day was Greg Taca with a net 66. Other players at net even par or better after Saturday were: Mark Edgar (net 68); Dave Schutt (net 68); Dick Jones (net 68); Lonnie Podgorny (net 69); Bob Ruff (net 69); Bob Benefiel (net 71); and Glen Kinion (net 71). Competition on Sunday was stiff as the leaders saw themselves paired with their closest competitors. From what I can determine however, was that everyone behaved well as there were no reports of anyone yelling “Noonan!” in the middle of anyone’s backswing! As the dust settled on Sunday, a new Net Champion was crowned! Final Net results are as follows:



7th Place – Shawn Breakey (Net 74/71 = 145)

6th Place – Bryan Springer (Net 75/69 = 144)

5th Place – George Yanez (Net 77/66 = 143)

4th Place – Bob Ruff (Net 69/72 = 141)

3rd Place – Greg Taca (Net 66/73 = 139)

2nd Place – Dave Schutt (Net 68/70 = 138)

Net Club Champion – Dick Jones (Net 68/66 = 134)


Mr. 38-38-38-38 (Gross)
Competition for the Club Championship (Gross) was very close after the first day with only four strokes separating the top three competitors. Gross Score leaders after the first day were: Lonnie Podgorny (75); Bob Benefiel (76); and Bob Volk (79). In the end however, Bob Benefiel whose lucky number is “4”, prevailed after shooting nines of 38-38-38-38 for a Gross total of 152 to win the Championship for the fourth consecutive year!

It appeared that everyone enjoyed themselves this year as there were plenty of stories and laughter shared with each other in the clubhouse after the round! I can truthfully say that it is a pleasure to be associated with everyone in our fine club!

Other tournament results as follows:

Closest to the Pin (Saturday) – Hole #5 – Greg Taca 26’5”
Closest to the Pin (Saturday) – Hole #12 - Bob Benefiel 12’1”
Closest to the Pin (Sunday) – Hole #8 – Sean Breakey 31’6” (Who happened to beat out Bob Benefiel by 1 inch!! - I demand a re-measure!!)
Closest to the Pin (Sunday) – Hole #17 – Dave Springer 4’7” (Yes! Dave made the putt!)

Our next tournament will be the Turkey Shoot to be held on November 10. I hope to see all of us “old birds” and “young chicks” gather on that day!

Bob Benefiel
BCGC Weekend Tournament Chair