Weekend - 2011 Player of the Year (Men/Women)

The battle for the 2011 Weekend Group's Player of the Year can down to the last tournament of the year. Heading into the final tournament, Bob Benefiel was leading with 3690 points followed by Bob Volk and Dave Springer each with 3560 and 3550 points respectively. Glen Kinion was trailing in fourth with 3430 points and George Yanez in fifth place with 3280 points.


The November format was the Stableford with Double POY Points Awarded. Glen Kinion took advance of the double points winning the tournament and receiving 1000 points springing him from forth place into the lead and winning the Player of the Year honors. Glen played in all the tournaments this year and played very steady golf all year long.

Kim Volk walks away with the Womens 2011 Player of the Year with 1640 points. This is Kim's fourth Player of the Year title.

The following is the Year end results:
Place Player Points
1) Glen Kinion - 4430
2) Bob Benefiel - 4410
3) Bob Volk - 4080
4) Dave Springer - 3550
5) George Yanez - 3480
6) Wayne Urbani - 2720
7) Mark Edgar - 2300
8) Lonnie Podgorny - 1980
9) Bryan Springer - 1930
10) Steve Ackley - 1500
11) Bob Ruff - 1360
12) Shawn Breakey - 1060
13) Paul Hand - 1000
14) Bob Thomas - 880
15) Bob Olson - 840
15) Mike DePhilippis - 840
17) Dick Jones - 780
18) Gary Haack - 730
19) Don Sperling 460
20) Ed Fierro 340
21) Tim Gudmann 300
22) John Hillerman 260

1) Kim Volk - 1640
2) Ann Gudmann - 200

October 12th & 19th, 2011 – Midweek - Club Championship

October 12th & 19th, 2011 – MIDWEEK Club Championship Recap

Four women and fourteen men teed it up for a 36 hole club championship battle. The first round was played on a day that got pretty hot and I think it affected most of us since the average net score ballooned to 74.4. Then again, the rough was pretty high too, and this caused more than a few members some trouble. Round Two was completed under fair skies and mild temperatures with the result that the average net score fell to 69.0 even though there were once again many lost ball reports and a lot of grass clippings left on most of the greens.

Low Gross honors went to Trina Millett (168) and Chris Adams (161). Myron Dahl took the Men’s Low Net title shooting a awesome 67-63-130 while the Women’s Low Net went to Barbara Conerly for firing a beautiful 72-69-141. Ed Fierro was Closest to #8 pin in round 1 at 9’8” and Bob Thomas was Closest to Pin on #5 at 11’4” in round 2.

Final Standings:
Women’s Champions: Low Gross: Trina Millett (85-83-168); Low Net: Barbara Conerly (72-69-141)
Women’s Flight: 2nd Low Net, Shirley Johnson..…76-70-146
Men’s Champions: Low Gross: Chris Adams (85-76-161); Low Net: Myron Dahl (67-63-130)
Men’s A Flight: 2nd Low Net, Dave Springer……….70-73-143
3rd Low Net, Haruo Makimoto……..………………..….73-71-144
4th Low Net, Jim Coombs…………………………….……..74-71-145 (via back nine tiebreaker)
5th Low Net, Doug Swann…………………………………..73-72-145
Men’s B Flight: 2nd Low Net, Ed Fierro..………………70-68-138 (via back nine tiebreaker)
3rd Low Net, Ron McKenna…………………………………69-69-138
4th Low Net, John Hawck…………………………………….72-67-139
5th Low Net, Willard Hart………………………….…………73-67-140

Closest to Pin:

1st Round, Ed Fierro, #8, 9’8”
2nd Round, Bob Thomas, #5, 11’4”

September 21, 2011 – Midweek Group - Medal Play, Net Score

17 Midweek players, including 2 ladies, got together this month competing in a Medal Play, Net Score format. It was another fine day for golf with clear skies and 70 degrees at tee time warming to 92 degrees by the end of our rounds. Once again, it really paid to keep the ball in the fairway. The rough tended to hide balls unless you were right on top of them. The greens were soft and true.

Dick Carlsen shot a beautiful round of 72 gross, 63 net. Jim Coombs and Ed Fierro got closest to pin honors at #12 and #17, respectively. See results, below.

This month we also had an optional skins game with 11 men taking scoring 11 skins: Ed Fierro, 4 skins; Dick Carlsen, Myron Dahl and Ron McKenna each had 2 skins and Dave Springer had 1 skin.

Thank you all for playing. Our final tournament for 2011 will be held on Wednesday, November 16th.

Tournament Standings:
Men’s A Flight:
1) Dick Carlsen…………………..72/63 net
2) Chris Adams……..……………………….76/67 net
3) Doug Swann…………………………….…81/68 net
4) Kent Flewellyn…………………………..82/68 net (via back nine tiebreaker)

Men’s B Flight:
1) Ron McKenna..…………...................……92/63 net
2) Ed Fierro…………………………………….101/65 net
3) Bob Thomas……………………………….102/72 net
4)Don Mar………………………………………102/72 net


Ladies Flight:
1)Trina Millett…..…….…………………..…82/71 net
2) Marie Hart………………………………….97/71 net

Closest to Pin: #12: Jim Coombs, 13’11”
#17: Ed Fierro, 7’10”

August 17, 2011 – Midweek - Medal Play, Net Score

This month the midweek group fielded 18 players with 17 (3 ladies and 14 men) competing in a Medal Play, Net Score format. It was another fine day for golf with clear skies and 70 degrees at tee time warming to 90 degrees by the end of our rounds. The fairways were the place to be as the rough could be penal in places due to heavy clover hiding balls 3 feet from the short grass. The greens were rolling true and got speedier later in the round.

Shirley Johnson eked out a victory in the women’s flight while Chris Adams and John Hawck won in their respective flights. Chris, by the way, shot a sterling 72 gross, 63 net. I wish I could have been in that group. See below for details. Closest to the pin honors on #17 went to Willard Hart who made it good by sinking his birdie putt on the way to a fine score of 89 (net 67).

Thank you all for playing. Next month’s tournament, starting later now at 9:00 AM on September 20th, will be individual medal play again. Additionally, if anyone is interested in playing a side game of “Last Man Standing”, we could do that at the same time for an additional fee of $1 or $2, winner take all. Let me know soon with your thoughts, pro or con.

Tournament Standings:
Men’s A Flight:
1) Chris Adams……………..............……..72/63 net
2) Haruo Makimoto……………………….82/70 net
3)Dave Springer………………………………89/72 net

Men’s B Flight:
1) John Hawck……............................……95/65 net
2) Will Hart…………………………………….89/67 net
3) Ron McKenna…………………………….97/68 net
4)Ed Fierro…………………………….……106/70 net
5)Don Mar……………………………………..101/71 net

Ladies Flight:
1) Shirley Johnson…….………………..…95/73 net
2) Barbara Conerly………………………….99/74 net

Closest to Pin:
#17: Will Hart, 12’-6”; 2nd Shirley Johnson, 25’; 3rd Barbara Conerly, 31’-11”

July 20, 2011 – Midweek Group - Medal Play, Net Score

This month the midweek group fielded 18 players with 17 (4 ladies and 13 men) competing in a Medal Play, Net Score format. It was a fine day with clear skies and mild AM temperature warming to 92 degrees by the end of our rounds. The fairways and greens were in good shape and the only casual water left was the low spot right of the 1st fairway.

We were all happy to have 4 ladies play with Shirley Johnson low net with a 69. In the men’s A flight, Doug Swann and Dave Springer both shot net 67’s but based on his back nine score, the nod went to Doug. Honors in the men’s B flight went to Ron McKenna with a fine 63. Welcome back Ron! New member, Ed Fierro, who only recently took up the game, was the big winner though, shooting a net 64 for 2nd place men’s B Flight, collecting closest to the pin on #17 in the process.

Thank you all for playing. Next month’s tournament, starting at 8:00 AM on August 17th will be individual medal play again. We had a different game planned but the bulk of the comments I heard were in favor of the straight stroke play tournament after all the early season games. Let me you’re your feelings too. And let’s hope for more nice weather and another nice sized group. Look for the tournament announcement around August 1st.


Tournament Standings:
Men’s A Flight:
1) Doug Swann…………………..82/67 net (38 on the back nine)
2) Dave Springer…………………………….84/67 net (42 on the back nine)
3) Jim Coombs………………………………..86/68 net

Men’s B Flight:
1) Ron McKenna…………………93/63 net
2) Ed Fierro…………………………………….100/64 net
3) Will Hart……………………………………..93/70 net
4) Don Mar………………………………………101/72 net
5) Roy Fukushima…………………………….100/75 net

Ladies Flight:
1)Shirley Johnson…….…………………..…91/69 net
2) Marie Hart…………………….……….……95/70 net
3) Barbara Conerly………………………….100/74 net


Closest to Pin:
#17: Ed Fierro, 2’-3”
Longest Putt:
#18: John Hawck, 5’-0”

10th Annual Freeport Cup - June 18, 2011

The 10th Annual Freeport Cup was played at Land Park Golf Course, Sacramento, Ca. Our host golf club this year was Land Park Men's Club. For the last nine years, the team LP sported Hawaiian Shirts. But this attire has only one victory. So this year, the team put their heads together and all agreed on Black Shirts and to support of Breast Cancer Awareness.

GRIPS FAST GOLF CLUB WINS for the 5th time in 10 years. Gary Tinseth worked his magic and the course played very difficult. The weather was perfect, the course was in great shape and everyone had a great time. 12 player form each club: BCGC, BMGC, GFGC and LPGC participated in this years event.
The match came down to the last few groups where GFGC was awarded the Cup with 40.5 points, followed by Land Park Golf Club with 28.5 points, then by Bartley Cavanaugh Golf Club with 27 points, then Bing Maloney Golf Club with 24 points.

The McKenna Brothers (Mike and Ron) proudly display the points they won for the BCGC team while enjoying refreshments.

Out team was made up of the following golfers grouped by the points they earned for the team:

4 Point Club
Swann
3 Point Club
McKenna
Yanez
2.5 Point Club
Spring
McKenna
2 Point Club
Schultz
Urbani
Kinion
Carlson
1.5 Point Club
Jeske
Thomas
1 Point Club
Edgar

Low Gross was Kevin Schultz with a 84 (+16). This shows you how tough the course was set up, Kevin's HC was a 9. Low Net scoring went to Kevin Schultz and Doug Swann with a 75s.
Individual Net Scores as follows:
Kevin Schultz 75
Doug Swann 75
Michael McKenna 76
Ronald McKenna 77
Dave Springer 78
George Yanez 78
Wayne Urbani 78
Ray Carlson 80
Bob Thomas 81
Glenn Kinion 81
Roy Jeske 82
Mark Edgar 86

FREEPORT CUP STANDINGS:

5 Wins - GFGC
3 Wins - BCGC
1 Win - LPGC
1 Win - BMGC

June 15, 2011 – Midweek Group - “Skins”

This month the Midweek Group fielded 18 players with 16 competing in a net skins game. It was a beautiful day for golf with clear skies in the mid-80’s and a steady soft breeze blowing most of the day. The course was in fine shape with good roll-outs on the fairways and receptive greens. Only a few spots of casual water remained here and there after the most recent rains.

Myron Dahl collected the most skins (11-1/3) for $21; Bob Thomas earned 9-1/3 skins for $17 and Marie Hart had 9 skins for $18. No golfer went “skinless” so, over all, it was a good day of competition.

Looking at medal play, Ron McKenna and Myron Dahl tied for low net with a pair of 68’s and new member Chris Adams shot a smooth 78 for low gross of the day.

Thank you all for playing. Next month’s tournament, starting at 8:00 AM on July 20th will be individual medal play. I hope we have more nice weather and another nice crowd show up. And more of our lady members please!

Tournament Standings:
Men:
1) Myron Dahl…………………..$21
2) Bob Thomas………………….$17
3) Ron McKenna……………….$13
4) Will Hart………………………$10
5) Ray Carlson……………………$9


Ladies:
1)Marie Hart…………………..$18
2) Barbara Conerly……….…$2