October 19 & 20, 2013 - Weekend Club Championship

It’s interesting how the most important golf tournaments bring out the best golf in the best player.  That fact was evident in this year’s BCGC Weekend Club Championship.  This year’s Gross Club Champion, Dave Leuterio, shot the lowest two-round total in the history of Bartley Cavanaugh Golf Club.  Dave’s gross score rounds of 67 – 71 (138) easily beat out his next-nearest competitor, four-time Gross Champion, Bob Benefiel who shot rounds of 73 – 74 (147).  Dave’s first round of 67 featured five birdies, one bogey and 12 pars.  His second round was very consistent with two birdies, two bogies, and 14 pars.     Great shooting Dave!  You are a very deserving Club Champion! 

 

Bob Benefiel / David Leuterio

(Net Champion) / (Gross Champion)

 

Although Bob Benefiel failed in gaining his fifth consecutive Gross Club Championship, he did play consistent enough to win the Weekend Net Club Championship with net rounds of 68 – 69 (137).  Winning the Net Championship was not an easy task however, as Bob and Dave’s father, Greg Leuterio, were tied with net scores of 68 after the first round.  Bob managed three consecutive birdies on #’s 11, 12 & 13 to wrestle the Net Championship from Greg who shot a net second round total of 72.  Third place Net went to Dave Schutt with rounds of 72 – 72 (144).  Fourth place Net went to Steve Ackley 79 – 66 (145) who tied with Dante Drake 69 – 76 (145) but won based on a tie-breaking-match of scorecards.  

Tournament Results:

                                                First Round       Second Round          Total                               
                                                Gross    Net        Gross    Net        Gross    Net
David Leuterio                       67      64                 71       68            138      132
Bob Benefiel                          73       68               74       69             147      137
Greg Leuterio                        84      68                 88       72             172      140        
Dave Schutt                            89      89                 72       72            178      144        
Steve Ackley                          96      79                 83       66             179      145
Dante Drake                           89      69                 96       76            185      145                        
Kevin Granderson                103     81                88       66             191      147        
Tim Ramirez                           79      69                 89       79            168      148        
Mark Edgar                             88       78               82       72             170      150
Dave Springer                        87       73               91       77             178      150        
Lonnie Podgorny                   85       78               80       73             165      151                        
Roy Jeske                                80       73               86       79             166      152        
Glen Kinion                            104      78              105      79            209      157        
Bryan Springer                      99       83               97       81             196      164
Dick Jones                              N/C    N/C            W/D   W/D         W/D   W/D       

Closest-to-the-pin:

Saturday
Hole #8 – Mark Edgar                     2’ 2”
Hole #12 – Dave Leuterio             10’-6”
Sunday
Hole #8 – Lonnie Podgorny          31’-2”
Hole #17 – Greg Leuterio              11’-3”

Bob Benefiel
Weekend Tournament Chair

October 9th & 16th, 2013 - Midweek Club Championship Results

Our annual Club Championship for the midweek players was held October 9^th and 16^th with 36 holes of individual stroke play competition. The weather smiled on us for both days with cool morning temperatures warming to the low eighties with clear, calm skies. The course was playing tough with speedy greens and tricky pin positions both days. Many thanks are due to the Bartley Cavanaugh maintenance and pro staff for their hospitality and course conditions all year.

For our lady members, Marie Hart played beautifully on the last round firing a 104-92/196 to earn low gross honors and Barbara Conerly went low in the first round to take low net with a nice 67-75/142. Rounding out the top four, Kuniko Takeuchi took 2^nd place in a last round tie-breaker over 3^rd place Joyce Makimoto, both shooting 151 and Jean Chong came in 4^th with a net of 155.

On the men’s side, Dave Springer shot a personal best 75 in round one and hung on with a second round 89, 164 total to beat Haruo Makimoto by one stroke to take low gross honors for 2013. Two other members excelled in round one, Leon Taylor’s 75 and Jim Coombs’ 78. Fine shooting by all of you. In the low net competition, Jim Coombs shot a blistering 60 on the first day and followed that with a smooth 72 to take the low net championship this year with a 132. Ron McKenna followed a 1^st round 70 with an clutch 63 for a 133 total to edge Leon Taylor’s 58-75/133 by virtue of a last round tie-breaker to take 2^nd and 3^rd, respectively. Haruo Makimoto’s 64-70/134 took 4^th place and John Hawck garnered 5^th place honors with a steady 69-68/ 137 he can be proud of. Congratulations to all of this year’s winners, your performance has earned you all twice the normal Player of the Year points for your positions.

Looking ahead, our final tournament this year will be held on November 20^th, first tee at 9:00 (format undecided) and our annual Christmas party for members will be held at 6PM on December 4^th. Expect an Invitation to the party shortly, but you can mark your calendars now for a nice dinner with friends and Player of the Year awards, Club Champion trophy presentations and lots of more fun to be had. Look for “Turkey Shoot” tournament invitations in your e-mail around November 1^st.

Thanks again to all of you who participated in our club championship.

Bob Thomas

Midweek Tournament Chair

September 18, 2013 - Midweek Group Tournament Results

On September 18^th the BCGC Midweek Group , 26 in all, met to compete in a stroke play tournament. The weather, except for some gusty winds, was really nice with pretty skies and mild temperatures. The course was in good shape thanks to some heavy watering which managed to find low spots off the fairway.

In the Men’s A flight, Haruo Makimoto led the pack with an 84/net 67, followed closely by Dave Springer (86/70) and Doug Swann (87/71).

In the Men’s B flight, Roy Fukushima was low man shooting 96, net 68, nosing out Ron McKenna (98/70) and Don Sperling (108/73).

On the softer side, the ladies flight was led by Barbara Conerly’s net 71, besting Jean Chong’s net 74 and Joyce Makimoto’s net 75.

In the "Closest to Pin" competition, the winners were as follows:

Men’s A Men’s B Ladies

#12: Dick Jones (11’-7”) Manny Jauregui (10’-6”) Joyce Makimoto (31’)

#17 Dick Carlson (14’-7”) Ron McKenna (7’-5”) Kuniko Takeuchi (36’)

In the optional skins game, 10 members got in the game and there were 7 skins made: Glen Kinion got 3 skins at #3 (3), #11 (4), and #14 (3); Don Sperling scored 2 skins at #8 (2) and #17 (1); and Haruo Makimoto and Ron McKenna each scored a skin at #10 (3) and #12 (1), respectively.

Next month we have scheduled our annual Club Championship, a 36 hole tournament to be staged on the 9^th and 16^th of October. More on that soon, but mark your calendars for sure. You must play both days, paying in advance.

Hope to see you there,

Bob Thomas
Midweek Tournament Chair

September 14, 2013 - Weekend Tournament Results - Best Nine

Greg "The Waxman" Leuterio

In one of the most dominant displays of golf in recent memory, Greg Leuterio “waxed” the field shooting back-to-back, outstanding nine-hole scores. 

Format for the tournament was Best Nine (Net) where prizes were awarded for the best score of the field of either the Front-Nine or the Back-Nine.  Well, Greg shot the best scores against the field on BOTH nines as follows:  Front-Nine 42 (Net 33) & Back-Nine 40 (Net 32).  To top it off, Greg also won the closest-to-the-pin contest on hole #8 with a measurement of 4’11”.   

Second place – Front-Nine went to Greg’s son, David with a gross 37 (Net 35). Second place – Back-Nine went to Bob Ruff 40 (Net 33). 

Bob Ruff also won Third place – Front-Nine with 45 (Net 37).  Third place – Back-Nine went to Bryan Springer 41 (Net 33).

Tournament Results:

                                                    Front Nine (Net)                                   Back Nine (Net)
Greg Leuterio                                    33  (1^st)                                                 32  (1^st)
David Leuterio                                   35  (2^nd)                                                 34
Bob Ruff                                              37  (3^rd)                                                 33  (2^nd) Won by match of scorecards
Wayne Urbani                                   37                                                           34
Dante Drake                                      38                                                           36
Bryan Springer                                  42                                                           33  (3^rd)
Dave Schutt                                       39                                                           36
Bob Benefiel                                      40                                                           35
Glen Kinion                                        38                                                           38
Lonnie Podgorny                               39                                                           37
Tim Ramirez                                       39                                                           39
Richard Sanchez                                41                                                           37
George Yanez                                    44                                                           35
Roy Jeske                                            39                                                           43
Dave Springer                                    43                                                           40
Rod DelNero                                      50                                                           41

Closest-to-the-pin:

                Hole #8 – Greg Leuterio                                4’-11”
                Hole #12 – Dante Drake                                14’-2”

 

Bob Benefiel

Weekend Tournament Chair

August 14, 2013 - Midweek Group Tournament Results

"Mr. 62" Myron Dahl

On August 14th, 16 members of Bartley Cavanaugh Golf Club teed it up for an 18 hole stroke play tournament. The weather was nice, not too hot, with a slight breeze. The course was in good shape, but with all the necessary watering, our 7:30 starting time landed us in some wet conditions with some tall clover if one strayed from the fairway at all.

Myron Dahl must not have strayed too often, shooting a sweet 80 (62 net!!) to take the honors in the Men's A group. Dave Springer had a nice round too, coming in 2nd place firing an 83, net 65. Leon Taylor came in third shooting an 86, net 68.

In the Men's B flight, Ron McKenna shot 95, net 67, followed by John Hawck, 97/68 and Mike McKenna at 92/69.

 

For the ladies, Jean Chong continued her winning ways with a net 77 and Joyce Makimoto came in second scoring a net 78. Good shooting from all of you, thanks. And thanks for your understanding when, due to late scratches, it became necessary to shuffle the advertised pairings to avoid sending out singles. For those of you not around to collect your winnings, I will save them for you until next time, or mail them to you later.

In the optional skins game, Myron Dahl's net 1 on #12 scored him one, Roy Fukushima's net 2 on #16 was another, and Bob Thomas's net 1 on #17 and net 2 on #18 earned him two skins. There were eight players in the game for these 4 skins.

There was a "Closest to Pin" contest at #17 also. This was won by Leon Taylor for the A flight with a distance of 20'-9" and Bob Thomas for the B flight at 5'-11". None of the ladies were eligible this time, sorry.

Next month, our Midweek group will play on the 18th, first tee at 8:03 AM. More on that around the first of the month. Thanks again to all of you.

Bob Thomas

Midweek Tournament Chair

August 10, 2013 - BCGC Weekend Tournament Results



"Mr. 64" David Schutt with Bob Benefiel

Saturday, August 10, 2013, turned out to be a very comfortable day as the marine-layer burned off in the morning to give us a very pleasant day in the mid 80’s.  It turned out to be a very comfortable day as well, especially for a couple of players participating in the Individual Net/NCGA Net Amateur qualifier. 

 

Low score for the day was turned in by Dave Schutt who shot a gross 80 (39-41) – net 64.  Dave bested second-place finisher Glen Kinion who shot a gross 92 – net 67.  Dave’s game is obviously coming around as he shot a career-best 79 in June at Bing Maloney during the Freeport Cup.  If Dave keeps posting those kinds of rounds, we’re all going to be asking him for strokes in the future!  Nice round, Dave! 

 

Low score for the NCGA Net Amateur qualifier was turned in by Steve Ackley who shot a gross 85 (43-42) – net 68.  Steve finished in front of his closest competitor in the qualifying event, Bob Benefiel who shot a gross 78 – net 71.  Steve now will continue on to the NCGA Sectional Qualifier on September 12, 2013.

Overall tournament results:

                                Gross      Net         
Dave Schutt             80        64
Glen Kinion             92        67
Greg Taca                82        68
Steve Ackley           85        68          Natural Birdies:    Hole #7
Keith Felte               85        71          Natural Birdies:    Hole #11
George Yanez          85        71          Natural Birdies:    Hole #11
Dante Drake            90        71
Bob Benefiel           78        71          Natural Birdies:    Hole #’s 8 & 11
Mark Edgar             82        72
David Leuterio        76        73          Natural Birdies:    Hole #11
Lonnie Podgorny    80        73          Natural Birdies:    Hole #14
Wayne Urbani         86        73          Natural Birdies:    Hole #13
Tim Ramirez           85        76          Natural Birdies:    Hole #14
Tom Bell                  89        77
Shawn Breakey        92        77          Natural Birdies:    Hole #4
Greg Leuterio           93        77
Richard Sanchez      92        79         
Dave Springer         100       82         Natural Birdies:    Hole #’s 10 & 13
Bryan Springer       101        84        Natural Birdies:    Hole #1
Rod DelNero           106       85
Kevin Granderson  108       86

Closest to the pin:
                Hole #8   -   Bob Benefiel         1’-9”
                Hole #17 – Richard Sanchez     7'-5”
  
Bob Benefiel
Weekend Tournament Chair

July 17, 2013 - Midweek Group Tournament Results

This month, 24 members teed off in our Wednesday group's 7/17 tournament under cool, clear skies with a slight breeze. Starting at 7:30 during the summer, we all finished by 1 PM, playing net stroke play on a course looking real good; not really showing any effects from the recent hot spell.

Speaking of hot, Glen Kinion shot a really nice 88, net 64, to take first place honors in the Men's B flight. Bob Thomas and Will Hart followed that with net 70 and 71, respectively.

In the Men's A flight, Dick Carlsen shot a net 66 with his round of 75, which was also the low gross for our group. Ray Alldritt, Jim Coombs and Greg Owyang filled out the rest of the winning slots in Men's A, netting 66, 70 and 71, respectively. Greg needed a back nine tie breaker to beat Haruo Makimoto who also netted 71.

In the Ladies flight, Jean Chong edged out Barbara Conerly, via back nine tie-breaker to grab first place. After Barbara, Marie Hart's net 73 took third by beating Shirley Johnson's 73 with the tie-breaker.

In the Closest to Pin competition, at hole # 8, Ron Glick won for Men's A flight with a shot of 17'4". Bob Thomas took the prize for Men's B group at 10'1" and Jean Chong was looking good for the ladies (well, OK, for all of us) getting it to 2'8". Good shooting all of you.

In the optional net skins game, there were only 4 skins among the 9 contestants. Ray Alldritt on #6; Ron McKenna on #10; and Bob Thomas scored two, on #15 and #16. All of these skins were net 2's.

Our next tournament is scheduled for August 14th, first tee at 7:27 AM. First come, first served, for 28 positions. Let me know. The format will be the same as this month. Hope to see you all there,

Bob Thomas
Midweek Tournament Chair