A field of 80 players from surrounding clubs participated in the Butte Creek Women’s Golf Club Member/Guest Day Tournament last Thursday. The format for the 4-Woman teams was 2 Best-Ball net scoring. The large field allowed for two flights and payouts to third place. First flight: Jayne Bunting, Darla Davenport, Darlene Goodman and Tanya Quackenbush, 118; 2, Jo Anne Jircitano, Deb Lerner, Karen Scurlock and Lynn Sutherland, 123; 3, Carol Ellwood, Jeanie Lowe, Debbie Maderos and Sherry Sue, 124.
Second flight: 1, Lynn Beyers, Irma Jenkins, Kay Kurdziel and Lori Rainwater, 115; 2, tie, Gayle Aylward, Melissa Escobedo, Jeannie Stone and Jeanie Webb, along with the team of Joan Bequette, Betty Linzy, Sheila McMurphy and Cheryl Vermillion, 116.
Chico-Paradise SIR’s Golf Club
Thanks to the tireless efforts of Darrell Hands, along with help from Doug shook and a couple of other SIR’s, the Chico-Paradise SIR’s Golf Club members have the luxury of playing numerous courses in our area for its semi-monthly tournaments, such as: Bidwell, Canyon Oaks, Table Mountain. Peach Tree, Plumas Lake, Glenn, Rolling Hills, Wilcox Oaks and Bailey Creek for starters. Believe me, setting up one of these outings just doesn’t happen by itself. It takes a lot of time and effort in addition to cooperation from the staff at the various courses. Last week the SIR’s were hosted by Wilcox Oaks in Red Bluff. Next week the group will be playing at Plumas Lake in Olivehurst, and the following week up at Bailey Creek.
The format at Wilcox was a 4-Man Scramble, with several 3-Man teams in the field because of a lack of enough players. First place: Jake Dahl, Charles Demmer, Kevin Gifford and Tom Matheson, 56.9. Second: Dave Barnum, Larry Hildenbrand, Mike Lim and Jim Weidert, 58.5. Third: Greg Brown, Ken Glaziner, Kyle Glaziner and Dick Parsons, 59.2. Fourth: Bob Mabrey, Dennis McNamara and Jim Barger, 60.3. Fifth: Mark Hyder, Glen Pertuit, Paul Brossoit and Jeff Eber, 61.8.
A closest to pin contest was held on all four par three holes. Hole No. 4; 1, Mabrey; 2, Darrell Hands. Hole No. 8: 1, Lim; 2, Joe Velasquez. Hole No. 15: 1, Don Camy; 2, Mabrey. Hole No. 18: 1, Alex Van Patten; 2, Mabrey — again!
Bidwell Park Golf Course
The Bidwell Women’s Golf Club held a medal play format for its weekly tournament. Kelly MacKinnon was low gross in the first flight with a score of 83. Net: 1, Betty Linzy, 72; 2, tie, Shelia McMurphy and Karla Dreiss, 73. Second flight low gross, Jolene Nixon, 101. Net: 1, tie, Pam Coleman and Janet Ford, 75; 3, Donna Ensele, 75. Third flight low gross, Liz Mosher, 100; Net: 1, Melodie Johnson, 72; 2, Eleanor Calvert, 73; 3, Deena Cooper, 78. Closest to pin on hole No. 2: 1, Ford; 2, Ensele.
Canyon Oaks Country Club
The game was “Even Holes” for the Canyon Oaks Women’s Golf Club weekly tournament, and subtracting one-half a player’s handicap for the game net score. Cynthia Paulo was low gross on the day with a score of 91. Vickie Spelts was overall low net at 70. Game: 1, Cathy Edgar, 33; 2, Spelts, 36; 3, Bonnie Seely 37; 4, Linda Arellano, 37.5; 5, Paulo, 39. Closest to pin on No. 14: 1, Spelts; 2, Sheri Grilli; 3, Wedow.
Table Mountain Golf Course
The Table Mountain Women’s Golf Club counted the best 9 holes for its game last week. Overall low gross was Sally Stemen with a score of 90. Dana Blanton was low net at 77. Game: 1, Liz Hofeling, 27.5; 2, Mary Haloski, 28; 3, Liz Coleman, 29; 4, Juliet Romero, 29.5; 5, Donna Dorn, 30.5. Closest to the pin on No. 2: Romero.
Spectacular shots
Elsie McLean played golf for 68 years before getting her first hole-in-one at the age of 102. Jackie Escobar only had to wait 3 months after taking up golf before reaching that milestone. Paula Rich can also relate to a short golf career before achieving an ace. Escobar aced the 4th hole at Bidwell last week. According to her eye witnesses, Mark Bradford, Dianne Suschil and Andrew Bartholomew, Escobar’s 100-yard pitching wedge tee shot spent a lot of time on the ground before eventually finding the bottom of the cup. Hey, it all looks the same on the score card.
Ed Anderson’s local golf column appears Tuesdays. He can be reached at edanderson1936@gmail.com.
