Wet course conditions do not deter play | Tee to Green

The Butte Creek Men’s Golf Club held a 4-Man Shamble, 2 Net Best-Ball format for its February tournament this past weekend.

A total of 76 players participated in spite of the cart path only restriction. The heavy rain and strong winds earlier in the week played havoc on the course as well as in the north state in general. The superintendent and the grounds crew of all the local golf courses have been extremely busy trying to get their courses cleaned up of down trees and fallen debris.

As an added note, 12 members of the Chico State Wildcat men’s and women’s golf teams came out early Saturday morning to clean up and rake all 47 bunkers on the course, prior to the start of the tournament. Your efforts were much appreciated. Thank you!

The field was divided into three flights. In a shamble format, all players tee off, hit their second shot from the tee shot selected and play their own ball from there on. Players were required to use at least three of their own tee shots. The teams could compete on either Saturday or Sunday of their choosing.

Black tee flight No. 1, Scott Hanosh, Ben Knight, Bob Leckinger, and Pat Pillsbury, 122; 2, Jake Brose, Jim McKenna, Mike O’Donnell and Jason Pezzetti, 125; 3, Justin Bowman, Chris Kobz, Andy Poyner and Adam Stephen, 127. Low gross over the field: Tim Beach, Tadd Brothers, Brian Jones, and Ben Pollock, with a score of 135.

Black tee flight No. 2: 1, Chas Gower, Greg Scott, Mike Wear and Dave Williams, 130; 2, 3-way tie: Mike Bechtol, Bill Kyle, Royal “Aire” Hawkley and Tom Hughes; John Fleshood, Mike Koehnen, Steven Koehnen and Matt Stone, along with the team of Dave Harrison, Greg Martin, John Olsen and Jim Westcott, 132.

White tee flight: 1, tie, Tom Beckman, Cliff Kitayama, Don Krysakowski and Carl Martellaro, along with the team of Ed Anderson, Gary Crane, Mike Lim and Rovane Younger, 134.

Canyon Oaks Country Club

The Canyon Oaks Women’s Golf Club held a Nassau Tournament last Saturday. The course was also restricted to cart path only and somewhat saturated conditions like the rest of the courses in our area. First flight: 18 hole low gross, Karen Escott, 90. 18 hole low net: Gayle Hutchinson, 75. Front 9 gross: Cynthia Paulo, 45. Front 9 net: Evie Spring, 35. Back 9 gross: Shelley Carney, 48. Back 9 net: Nancy Vieira, 41.

Second flight: 18 hole gross: Kathy Sullivan, 102. 18 hole net: Lynne Beyers, 81. Front 9 gross, Bonnie Seely, 51. Front 9 net: Sue Heimann, 40. Back 9 gross: Linda Alworth, 56. Back 9 net: Pat Radisich, 41.

Closest to pin on hole No. 6 for first flight: 1, Sally Pearson; 2, Paulo; 3, Linda Arellano. Second flight. Closest to pin on hole No. 6 for second flight: 1, Seely; Heimann; 3, Nancy Dooly.

Spectacular shots

A couple of aces were reported last week. Nicole Briggs had a hole-in-one on the 4th hole at Bidwell. Briggs selected a 7-iron for a perfect 135-yard tee shot into the cup and first ace as witnessed by Ryan Andrew.

Don Krysakowski scored his first ever hole-in-one on the 12th hole at Butte Creek. Krysakowski selected a 5 hybrid for his perfect 140-yard tee shot, as attested by his playing companions, Tom Haber, Mike Lim and Dave Schwartz.

Ed Anderson’s local golf column appears Tuesdays. He can be reached at edanderson1936@gmail.com.