Our First Thursday in November will include our annual Member Guest Tournament.  The Sign Up Sheet will open to all members on Friday, October 18th at 8 AM.  Members who have signed up with guests need to include your guest's GHIN or note "NH" if the guest has no handicap.  Entries with "guest" need to be updated with the guest's name ASAP.

The entry fee is $12 per player.  Member and guest entry fees will be charged to member's balance or may be paid by PayPal through links on this website page or by check.

Play will be on Mesa Linda.  The team format will be two player teams scoring one best ball.  Members with guests will compete separately from members without guests.  Individual total and net skins by flight will also be included.  Bret Bauer is the tournament director.

We are playing an away tournament at the Talega Golf Club (990 Avenida Talega, San Clemente).  The entry fee for prizes is $12, prepaid from your CMSGA balance, or by PayPal or check.  At the course, pay the pro shop $85 for a green fee and cart on the day of play.  

The initial sign up block is for 40 players.  We can expand to 60 players if needed.  Unused tee times will be returned to the course on October 10th.  

 

The winners of our Third Thursday Tournament Welk Tribute team competition are Anthony Baccaro, Don Walls, John Westermeyer and Doug Kramer.  Their score was 15 below net par, counting 1 best ball net and 2 best balls on alternate holes on Los Lagos.  

The lowest gross scores per flight were Alex Cruz (70), G Fitzgibbons (80), Joseph Chien (85) and Robert Simpson (88). The lowest individual nets by flight are Ryan Haegar (69), Dan Hudgins (69), Joseph Chien and Anthony Baccaro (both 69's) and Jim Rossman (65).  20 net skins were rewarded with no player claiming more than one.  CTP's also had no multiple winners.   

Thanks to all who worked hard to keep pace.  And thanks to Bret Bauer for organizing and scoring this tournament.

Complete Results with Hole by Hole Data Here

The team Stableford was won with a point total of 66 by the team of Ron Plummer, Sam Arrietta, Jim Lencek, and Joseph Chien.  

The highest net Stableford score was earned by Brad Collins, in the A Flight with 49 points.  The respective winners of the remaining flights were Sam Arrietta (46), John Westermeyer (48) and Shirley Skirvin (47). Of the 22 skins awarded, Dan Kim, John Westermeyer and King Ling Wong captured a pair each.  No multiply CTPs today.  

Low gross honors were shared today by Alex Cruz and Marc Kearns, both with 68's.  Congratulations to both on great rounds.  Low gross in the next flights were G Fitzgibbons (78), Arnie Aparicio (83) and Gerry Schomberg (90). 

Almost exactly 50% of our players today won something.  Congratulations to all the winners.

Hope the fog clears for Pacific Air Show this weekend.

Off to Prague soon,  Ron Plummer, Tournament Director

Thanks to Ron for organizing and scoring this tournament.  We had 82 players with a handful of openings left.  Signups for our next tournament are above.  

You may have noticed the new button on the latest web posts.  This tiny addition was no small feat.  It involved inserting over 200 characters of html code into the page while knowing next to nothing about html code.  It is remarkable to me that it worked.

Complete Results with Hole by Hole Data Here

Club Championship (Gross)  Results

Dick O'Neil will take a turn as reigning Club Champion (Gross) until next year's competition.

Dick shot a gross 71 on Los Lagos on Wednesday, followed the next day with a gross 72 on Mesa LInda to win by 4 strokes.  Last year's champion, Alex Cruz was his nearest competitor.

The championship is awarded to the player with the lowest total score after combined with the score from Thursday, September 19th.  The Club Champion will be eligible to compete in the SCGA Tournament of Club Champions, which is held at several venues in the desert area on December 2, 2024.  A list of previous Champions is viewable on this website.

Net Championship Results

Our 2024 Net Flight Champions are Peter Cary (135), Bill Cloud (137), Todd Danly (131) and King Ling Wong (134) at the top of their flights.  Todd is our Club Champion (Net).  Congratulations and good playing. 

Summary Results Here

Thanks to our members for you patience in our break of dawn shotgun chaos.  The course and the day were great to play.

The winners of the Club Championship (Gross), Club Championship (net) and Flight Championships will be listed in a separate post.

Top individual players of the day in their respective flights were Peter Cary (net 67), G Fitzgibbons (66), Sean McGroarty (66) and King Ling Wong (64).  Our lowest gross scorers were Alex Cruz (71), G Fitzgibbons (75), Todd Schmieder (80), and King Ling Wong (81).  

Peter Cary also won two CTP's.  Three skins were won by Robert Kirchgessner.  Two skins were won by Jim Alhandy and G Fitzgibbons.  Jerry Vinland's CTP on #12 was inches from being holed in one.

Thanks to Dan Hudgins for organizing and scoring this tournament.  

Complete Hole by Hole Date Here