Annual Christmas Dinner - Dec. 7, 2011

JOIN US AT OUR ANNUAL CELEBRATION!

Last year we had the LARGEST CHRISTMAS DINNER PARTY EVER,
and on December 7th we plan on doing it again!

We will be meeting at the Aviator Restaurant and we are looking forward to seeing everyone again. This year we will be treated to another amazing night of great food, raffle prizes, and good company.

Christmas Party:
Date: Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Time: 6:00 pm
Place: Aviator's Restaurant
6151 Freeport Blvd
Sacramento, CA

Cost: $17.50. Member, $20.00 Guest

RSVP: Pat Mar, 392-1855
Mail to: Pat Mar
654 Rivercrest Drive
Sacramento, CA.95831

Midweek 2011 Player of the Year (Women/Men)

Marie Hart Wins the 2011 Women's Player of the Year with 2600 points.

WOMENS'S POINT STANDINGS:
Hart, Marie 2600
Conerly, Barbara 2530
Millett, Trina 2080
Johnson, Shirley 1980
Chong, Jean 220
Fong, Jeri 180
Mar, Pat 100

Ron McKenna Wins the 2011 Men's Player of the Year with 3290 points.

MENS'S POINT STANDINGS:
McKenna, Ron 3290
Swann, Doug 3180
Adams, Chris 2620
Makimoto, Haruo 2350
Fierro, Ed 2260
Fukushima, Roy 2260
Dahl, Myron 2240
Hart, Will 2220
Springer, Dave 2120
Thomas, Bob 2120
Flewellyn, Kent 1790
Mar, Don 1620
Hawck, John 1500
Coombs, Jim 1240
McKenna, Mike 1240
Carlsen, Dick 1180
Sperling, Don 820
Carlson, Ray 520
Edgar, Lou 400
Ferrara, Richard 270
Edgar, Mark 260
Kinion, Glen 100

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”