CMSGA is an SCGA affiliate club, with membership consisting of local seniors. Tournaments are held on alternate Thursdays of each month, on either Mesa Linda or Los Lagos - the two 18 hole courses at the Costa Mesa Country Club.
Our Fourth Thursday tournament is on Mesa LInda. The team format has changed from two player to four player teams scoring two best balls net. We will also have individual stroke play competitions (gross, net, skins).
One tee time is reserved for third round President's Cup semifinal matches. Ron Plummer is the tournament director. Please add your name to the waitlist, if you don't see an opening that you can take.
Despite our tournament landing on a maintenance week, and facing some wind, many were able to score well. At one point, we expected 90 players, but that number plummeted to 76. We lost about 10 players in the last day, which makes pairings and teams a challenge. Thanks to those who played and helped us consolidate our times fairly efficiently by moving. In the end, we had four threesomes that needed blinds for their team score.
The hottest team in brisk conditions was Dave Basile, Mike Drennen, Bill McCrea and Tom Ebert. They scored 13 under par and won by 2 strokes. We had a three way tie for second. Our scorecards did not show the correct team handicaps for our women, but that was corrected before the final scoring.
Our lowest gross score of the day was 71. Three players from flight 1 tied for that honor: Dick O'Neil, Tim Bjeland and Ryan Haeger. The remaining flight gross honors went to Bart Greenberg (79), Doug Rustrum (85) and Robert Simpson (89). The low net standout was Bart Greenberg in flight 2 with a 66. Tim Bjeland (70), Doug Rustrum (68) and a tie between Robert Simpson and Joe Mohney (71) topped the other flights
21 skins were won, with Bart Greenberg taking 3 as the only multiple winner. Bruce Green won CTP's on both #15 and #17.
Two President's Cup matches were completed with Greg Prough and Jim Meyer now in the finals. Their opponents will be determined in matches later this month.
Thanks to Dan Hudgins for organizing and scoring this tournament. Dan is leaving tomorrow to watch his grandson compete in the prestigious National High School Invitational baseball tournament.
Complete Hole by Hole Data Here
We had unusually good weather and course conditions for play. The team of Jim and Sherry Howard won with a best ball net 59. 22 out of 34 teams were under par. Sixth place got congested with a five way tie.
The lowest gross scores by flight were posted by Marty Burns (73 blue tees), Dennis Lyons & John Carroll (tied at 79 blue tees), Wayne Rowell (82 white tees) and Robert Ou (white tees) & Gerry Schomberg (silver tees) (tied at 90). The lowest nets by flight were Marty Burns (69), John Carroll (67), Bruce Green (68) and Sherry Howard (68). 26 skins were earned in the four flights. Jim Howard won 3 and Shirley Skirvin won 2. The rest were solos.
The remainder of second round President's Cup matches were also completed and are posted on the brackets link on that section.
Thanks to Peter Cary for setting up and scoring this tournament.
Not the easiest day to play, but we had 74 golfers take a chance. We found a window between storms, endured a bit of wind and got her done.
We had 68 players in the shamble. We usually pay the top 20% of the field in each category, but we expanded the payout to the top 33% in the absence of the individual competitions. The last payout tier was split between 5 teams, which expanded the winners list to the top 50%, but the payout amount was very diluted. Three second round President's Cup matches were completed, with results on the website.
The best team of soggy turf wind players were Joe Mohney and Don Spreeman (at 9 under par). Followed by a two way tie for second, a four way tie for fourth, a four way tie for eighth and a five way tie for twelfth. An very tight finish which included a wide mix of handicap indexes.
A new competition of team skins using the total net of both balls was also scored, with the hope that it might spread the wealth, but the shamble winners dominated the category, with a few exceptions. The team of Joe Willis and Pete deBoer garnered a pair of skins. Kent Pfeiffer threw a pair of darts to earn two CTP's.
Thanks to Peter Cary for setting up and scoring this tournament. Thanks to you members for keeping us informed and showing up. With weather on both ends of the tournament, this was a great turnout.
The day brightened after a foggy beginning for the early starters, who lead in the low gross category despite that. This was a big field today. We ultimately had 75 players in stroke play. The President's Cup had nine first round matches decided. The second round is now underway. Those results are posted on the website entry for PC brackets.
The teams of (Bob Baker / Conrad Wilson), (Rich Swingle / Arnie Aparicio) and (Kent Pfeiffer / Tim Schilling) tied for first at 6 under par.
Our lowest gross scores of the day by flight are Steve Keith (70), Ron Plummer (80), Sean McGroarty (83) and Joe Mohney (89). The net leaders were Steve Lyons (67), Ron Plummer & Burnie Presho (tied at 72), Christie Whittemore, King LIng Wong & Don Walls (tied at 69), and Conrad Wilson (68).
Overall, 23 skins were awarded. Claiming a pair each were Ryan Haeger, Burnie Presho and Gerry Schomberg. Todd Danly captured two CTP's (#10 & #17).
Thanks to Bret Bauer for setting up and scoring this tournament. Thanks to everyone for playing and to those who let us know when they couldn't. We were able to offer slots to everyone who had been hanging on the waiting list until the end. Don Wall just made it in the day before and played quite well.