The top golfer of today’s tournament at Elkin’s was Mark Gerry. He had the best gross score with an 84 and the best net score with a 62. Way to go Mark.
Happy Friday my fellow golfers. We have lots of info to cover today. First, there will be a general membership meeting on Thursday 5-17-18 immediately after our tournament. The tentative location is Santino’s Pizza, 4231 Telegraph Rd., Ventura. It’s tentative because we’re waiting to hear on the availability of their conference room. Santino’s is located just west of Ventura College. The easiest way to get there is Victoria Ave., then left (west) on Telegraph Rd. towards Ventura College.
Here’s something strange. Remember the old Twilight Zone TV show in which strange reality-defying experiences happened to regular people? Well we had a Twilight Zone moment yesterday during the tournament on the par 3 hole #17. Rich Guzik described it like this. He, Ron Laufer, Fred Rudy and Ross Carpenter, playing as a foursome, tee’d off. Three of the T shots hit the green, which is odd in itself. Ross’ ball was just off the green. He chipped onto the green ending up right next to the cup for a par. Fred putted from 20′ out and sunk his ball for a birdie. Then Rich putted from 15′ out and sunk his ball for another birdie. Then Ron putted from 6′ out and sunk his ball for the third birdie on that hole. He also had the closest-to-the-pin ball for the day. What are the odds of that ever happening again? If you feel like you didn’t have much luck on the course yesterday, it’s because these four guys horded it all on #17.
Wasn’t that a great barbecue last Friday? Richard Kohnman was kind enough to provide the following photos. I’ll post more next week along with photos from the Darrell Downey Tournament.
THE PRESIDENT’S CUP: Jack Fenelon informed me that we had 18 players vying for 16 spots yesterday. Here’s how the scoring went:
Net Score / Golfer(s)
62……. Guzik, Dinielli, Fenelon
63……. Youker, O’Brien
64……. Carpenter, Bonifield
65……. Escobedo
67……. Clark, Rudy, McLaughlin
68……. Sebedra
69……. Kehoe
70……. Wright
71……. Laufer, Escamilla
These are the 16 qualifiers. karas with a 72 and Charbonneau with an 80 are the first and second alternates if someone drops out before the next round. Below is the first round bracket. When I clicked on it, another rectangle-shaped button popped up in the lower left corner of my screen. When I clicked on it, I got a blank Excel grid with a small box. I had to make sure that “sheet 1” was highlighted, then I clicked on “OK” and the bracket came up. I also had to use the small squares or the arrows located on the right and bottom borders to move the grid around in order to see everything. If you can’t figure out how to access the bracket, find a 10 year old. They’re really good at this computer stuff.
2018 First Round President’s Cup Bracket
The top golfers of This week’s regular tournament were Rich Guzik who scored a 79 gross. The top net scores belong to Jack Fenelon, Dom Dinielli and also Rich Guzik. They all had a 62. Way to go guys.
Regards,
Robert Escobedo
The winning team of today’s scramble was the team of Williams, Dinielli, Wibbelmann and the blind guy. They had a 52 net. Way to go guys.
Regards,
Robert Escobedo
When I woke up this morning around 5:30am it was raining. I wasn’t expecting the weather to clear up any time soon so I went back to bed. When I got up a around 7am the skies were clear and the sun was out. Strange weather. We only had 15 golfers show up this morning, so it looks like I wasn’t the only one who went back to bed after seeing the rain.
Don’t forget about the BBQ on the 27th and our away Tournament at Elkins on May 7th. Check last week’s post for more info.
Because of the low turn-out, we didn’t have a closest-to-the-pin or longest-putt award. Instead, Jack Fenelon gave out money to the first four places of both flights. The top golfer this week was Ron Laufer with an 81 gross score. We had a tie for the best net score. Pat Reeves, Ernie Baca and Ron Laufer all scored a 64. Way to go guys.
Regards,
Robert Escobedo
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We have an away-tournament coming up on May 7th at the Elkins Golf Course. The cost is $ 55.00 to play in the tournament, or $ 46.00 if you just want to play without being in the tournament. The first T-time will be at 8am. If you want to play, make your check payable to Ron Laufer, our Away Tournament Chairman.
The President’s Cup is coming up in May, with the qualifying round being played on May 3rd. You must have played in 5 tournaments to be eligible and you must be available to play in all five rounds if you advance that far. The low 16 net scores will qualify. At the end of the tournament, the first place award will be $100.00; Second place will be $50.00; third place will be $30.00 and fourth place will be $25.00.
Don’t forget about our barbecue on April 27th at the Mountain View Golf Course. I had mentioned earlier that I was going to take a break from playing music this time around, but due to popular demand, it looks like I’m back. How can I disappoint my multitude of fans, ha ha?
Happy hour and the music starts at 5pm with dinner beginning at 6pm. Hope to see you all there.
Today’s top golfer was Mark Gerry. He had the best gross score with a 79 (wow!) and the best net score with a 57 (another wow!). Way to go Mark.
Regards,
Robert Escobedo
“I’ve done all that golfing science can do for your swing, Doc — now I suggest you pray.”
Don’t forget about the Spring barbecue this month on the 27th at the Mountain View Golf Course. Happy hours starts at 5pm with dinner being served at 6pm.
Apparently, based on the scores, lots of golfers had very good rounds today. I wish I could have played, but I had a scheduled photo-shoot this morning for a client. Our top golfers were Rick Karas with the best gross score (79) and John Gonzales with the best net score (57). Holy smokes, we need to check these two for golf-performance-enhancing drugs, ha ha, or don’t let them watch the Golf Channel anymore.
Regards,
Robert Escobedo
Don’t forget about the barbecue on April 27th at the Mountain View Golf Course. If you have any golf raffle items, we could use them.
The top golf team of this week’s tournament was the team of Hibner, Baca, O’Brien, and Sabedra. They scored a 52 net. Way to go guys.
Last night’s weather report called for rain beginning Wednesday afternoon and going non-stop through Friday. For that reason I slept in this morning figuring the tournament would be rained out. I awoke to a clear sunny day. I wish we had goat-weather broadcasts here in Ventura. In some parts of the country, they watch goats on a hill to predict the weather. When the goats go to the top of the hill to graze, it means the weather is going to be fair. When they only go half way up, it means bad weather. When they stay at the bottom, it means a really bad storm is coming. The goats have a better track record than the National Weather Service.
We had a three-way tie for best gross score at today’s tournament. Ron Carpenter, Chris Bartelson and Patrick Reeves all scored an 89. Ron also had the best net score with a 66. Way to go guys.
Next week’s tournament is a scramble. The week after will be a yellow-ball tournament. Also, don’t forget about the Barbecue on April 27th at the Mountain View Golf Course. I won’t be playing music because I’m taking a break.
Regards,
Robert Escobedo
Greetings fellow golfers,
The President’s Cup is coming up in May. The qualifying round is on May 3rd. The low 16 net scores will qualify. Players who qualify will start on May 10th. You must have played in five tournaments in 2018 to be eligible. Also, please be sure your available for all five rounds of the tournament.
The 9th annual Downey Memorial Classic will be held on April 21st at our Saticoy Golf Course. It will be a scramble format with a shotgun start at 7:30am. There will be awards, lunch, raffle prizes and a silent auction. Proceeds raised will go towards scholarships for local students. The cost to play is $ 70.00 and includes the lunch, a cart and range balls. Register now online at downeygolfclassic.com
This week’s top golfers were Jack Fenelon with an 86 gross score and Andy Szalos with a 62 net. Way to go guys.
Regards,
Robert Escobedo
While doing the golf scores, Jack Fenelon noticed, and brought to my attention, that the course must have been pretty tough Thursday. Almost everyone’s game was off. None of the “A” flight players broke 90.
Ernie Baca was the only one to break 90. Almost half the field was over 100. Then there was hole #3/#12 where every time I putted from the lower edge and didn’t make it in the hole, the ball rolled back down. I’ve never seen anything like that. I also noticed that the ground was extra dry and hard. Maybe that was a factor.
On another note, Phil Youker and Chuck McLaughlin weren’t able to finish the round. Chuck became seriously ill and Phil drove him to the hospital. Last we heard, Chuck was being tended to in ER. Let’s keep him in our prayers. Hopefully he’s OK.
The top golfer of this week’s tournament was Ernie Baca with an 86 gross score and a 66 net. Way to go Ernie. You’ll have to show me your secret.
Regards
Robert Escobedo