Fifty-six players turned out to participate in the Butte Creek Men’s Golf Club opening tournament of 2024. The format was a 2-man scramble on the front nine and a modified Scotch on the back nine.
The team of Andy Poyner and Justin Bowman took low net in the first flight with a score of 62.61 and also tied for low gross at 68. Taking second low net was the team of Brian McGovern and Bob Sylvester at 63.42 and also tied for low gross. Finishing in the third spot was the team of Brian Jones and Phil Jones at 65.56.
Fourth place: Tyler Collier and Billy Rogers at 66.99 and also tying for low gross. Rounding out the payout spots in the first flight for fifth place was the team of Ben Knight and Scott Hanosh with a net score of 67.09.
Third flight: 1, Matt Stone and Steven Koehnen, 64.3; 2, Tom Hughes and Mark Blofsky, 66.08; 3, Bob Bunting and Tyler Quackenbush, 66.73; 4, John Olsen and Dave Harrison, 68.11; 5, Greg Harrison and Bruce Whitegiver, 68.75. The team of McGovern and Sylvester along with the team of Mike Wear and Chad Parker cashed in on the skin money, which we will keep to ourselves because of tax implications — just saying. The team of Stone and Koehnen won the horse race contest. Two teams tied for second place in the horse race contest: Jones and Jones along with Bunting and Quackenbush.
The Butte Creek Women’s Golf Club held an ABC One Best Ball format for its weekly game. Taking first was the team of Sherri Kimmelshue, Paula Kokal and Susie Westcott with a score of 61. The team of Tami Blofsky, Paula Rich and a blind draw took second at 63. Rounding out the payoff spots in third place was the team of Karla Dreiss, JoAnne Rutledge and a blind draw with a score of 65.
Spectacular shots
Steve Haws chalked up his second hole-in-one at Butte Creek last week in between rain storms. Haws was playing with his companions, Dave Schwartz, Jeff Fontana, Tom Haber and Sammy Glass, Jr when he hit a perfect, 127-yard, 8 iron into the cup on the 17th hole. Drinks were on the house and he also earned a nice credit on his account in the golf shop. Congratulations!
What a difference in the weather these days from 10 years ago. Let’s look back to Jan. 28, 2014 and see the news and names that were in the golf column back then.
Jan. 28, 2014
Excellent weather for golf … But!
The weekly golf tournament results just keep rolling in, which is very unusual for this time of year. It’s great weather for those of us hitting the links, but not so for skiers and farmers!
Butte Creek Country Club
The Butte Creek CC Women’s Golf Club held a four-person scramble format for their weekly tournament. The team of Pat Stephenson, Jackie Heal, Shirley Leighty and Karla Dreiss took the first spot with a team score of 73. Vickie Ellcessor, Bonnie Ford, Afra Vugrenes and Cheryl Knott were the second place team, with a score of 75.
Table Mountain Golf Club
Janett Ott posted the low gross score on the day (83) during the Table Mountain GC Women’s Golf Club “Criers” tournament (players could convert any three holes to par). Suzanne Venter had the lowest net score over the field. In the game portion the first flight winners were: 1, Sue Snow (61); 2, Pam Weichert (63); 3, Penny Wickman (67). Second flight: 1, Verna Gordon (60); 2, Linda Lindberg (64); 3, Elaine Thomas (65); Third flight: 1, Pete Powell (60); 2, Sybil Janke (64); 3, Liz Coleman (64).
Chico SIR’s Golf Club
Dave Barnum and Gary Pederson tied for first place in the Chico SIR’s Golf Club tournament at Bidwell Park GC with a net score of 67. Ray Navarro took third at 71. Bob Shadley won the second flight outright with a score of 63. Les Perkins took second with a 65. Max Hahne and Sid Perez tied for third place at 68. Jake Dahl shot a net 67 to win the third flight. Glen Pertuit, Steve Wolfe and Gene Rideout tied for second place at 71. It was a three-way tie for first place in the fourth flight between Bob Huss, Bob Marler and Jerry Michaud with a score of 68. Closest to pin winners were: 1, Pederson; 2, Ray Leaver; 3, Ron Griffin; 4, Brian Skelly; 5, Wolfe.
Canyon Oaks Country Club
Evie Spring was again low gross with a score of 87 in the Canyon Oaks CC Women’s Golf Club weekly tournament. Sally Pearson shot a net 71 to take the low net category. First flight winners in their game format were: 1, Ellie Fairchild; 2, Shelley Carney; 3, June Park; 4, Vickie Spelts. The second flight winners were: 1, Pat Radisich; 2, Kathleen Seppanen; 3, Linda Boone; 4, Janice Sullivan. Closest to pin winners were: 1, June Park; 2, Spelts; 3, Seppanen.
The Canyon Oaks CC Senior Men’s Club held its monthly senior sweeps tournament last week. The format was a four-man, two best ball for the front nine and a shamble format for the back nine. The team of James Serrao, Jim Gochnauer, Wiley Cumming and Craig Gurney took first place with a team score of 112. Seven strokes way back at 119 for the second spot was the team of Frank Ross, Gregory Smith, Neill Parkin and Bob Stearns. Closest to the pin winners on each of the four, par three holes were: Don McCrea; Greg Miller, Cumming and Dave Kelly.
Bidwell Park Golf Club
It was Mulligan Day (I like that word) for the Bidwell Park GC Women’s Golf Club. First flight low gross: Phyllis Kotyluk (90). Low net: 1, Sally Pearson (67); 2, Lynn Bottini (72); Second flight low gross: Linda Boone (96). Low net: May Gallaway (68); 2, Jill Circo (71). Third flight low gross: Cheryl Vermillion (96). Low net: 1, tie, Etta Parsons and Melinda Duerr (67); 3, Barbara Lutz (70). Fourth flight low gross: tie, Judy Luper and Sue Blizman. Low net: Doris Arbuckle.
Spectacular shots
Ron Vance scored his third career hole-in-one on the 16th hole at Bidwell. Vance’s perfect 151-yard, 7-iron tee shot was witnessed by Ernie Porter, Carl Ingvoldsen and Mike Clemens.
Gary (the McCloud flash) Pederson recorded his eighth life time ace on the fourth hole at Bidwell while in the company of Steve Nord, Dan White and Jim Cagno. Peterson selected his 6-hybrid for his perfect 139-yard tee shot. Pederson almost had another ace while playing in the SIR’s tournament noted above. His closest to the pin tee shot was only 7-inches from the cup.
Ed Anderson’s local golf column appears Tuesdays. He can be reached at edanderson1936@gmail.com.
