Thursday play was the conclusion of our annual Club Championships.  

The winner of the 2026 CMSGA Club Championship (Gross) is Greg Prough.  Greg was tied with Alex Cruz after Wednesday play on Los Lagos with 71's.  They remained tied, again with a pair of 71's after 18 holes on Thursday.  They agreed to a sudden death playoff. They tied again on the first hole, but Greg's birdie on #2 was enough for him to prevail over Alex, our last year's Club Champion.  A thriller that should have been televised.  

The winner of our 2026 CMSGA Club Champion (Net) is Jim Meyer from Flight B.  Jim started the day with the lowest net score to par based on his August 5th round net 66 on Los Lagos (6 under par).  His net 71 on Thursday gave him the lowest two day net to par of 5 under.  The Flight A Champion is Don Spreeman (3 under par).  The Flight C Champion is Burnie Presho (3 under).  Our Flight D Champion using the USGA Card Playoff is John Westermeyer over Robert Wilson (both 2 under par, using final 18 holes as tiebreaker).  Congratulations to our Champions and their place in the coveted CMSGA Hall of Champions.  Greg Prough and Jim Meyer are eligible to represent us at one of the SCGA Tournament of Club Champions in December. 

Our one day tournament had 93 players.  The team winners were Alex Cruz, Ryan Haeger, Jim Lencek and Robert Wilson with a two best ball net score of 126 (14 under par).  Several players were paired across different tee groups, including Robert Wilson, to minimize the need for blind draws.

Peter Hagen shot the lowest single day gross (70).  The low gross winners of Flights 2, 3 and 4 were Gary Bennett (76), Peter Cary (80) and John Westermeyer (87).  Our low single day net winners by flight were Greg Prough (68), Gary Bennett & John Carroll (tied at 70), Damian Wilkerson and Doug Rustrum (tied at 67) and John Westermeyer (65).

Doug Rustrum won three skins.  Bill Walker, Christi Whittemore and Damian Wilkerson each won two skins.  Mark Spreeman won two CTP's (#10 & #12)

Thanks to Ron Plummer for setting up and scoring this tournament.

The Club Champion gross totals are from the scores on September 9th on Los Lagos and September 10th.  The Club Champion (net) and Flight Champions use the lowest net score relative to par from our three most recent prior tournaments and September 10th.  Eligible players must have played in a minimum of five CMSGA events since last October and have a score from one of the three prior tournaments.  All members playing on September 10th will also be in the one day team, individual gross, net and skins competitions.

Link to the low prior nets for eligible players.  

Complete Hole by Hole Data for Thursday

Contact cmseniorsgolf@gmail.com with any questions. 

Play will be on Mesa Linda.  The team format will be 4 players, scoring the 2 best balls net. There will be individual competitions by flight for low gross, low net and net skins.  

If all the times are full, please add your name to the waiting list in the last slot.

Dave Basile is the tournament director.  Contact the tournament director or cmseniorsgolf@gmail.com with any questions.  This sign up sheet becomes accessible at 8 AM on Friday, September 11th.

 
 

Our members are welcome to attend our annual membership meeting and luncheon.  We are gathering at the Newport Rib Company, 21906 Harbor Blvd, at 12:30 pm, on Thursday, September 17th.  

The lunch will be a buffet including BBQ'd ribs and chicken.  The cost of the luncheon to members is $20.  The club is subsidizing about half of the total cost from general funds (dues).  We will likely fill the parking lot, so carpooling would help.  Bar service will be available.

We will acknowledge the winners of our 2026 Championships following the preceding Thursday tournament.  We will discuss our club's business and plans for the upcoming year and elect a board of officers.  We plan to give away an assortment of new CMSGA hats, CMSGA towels left over from last year, and a golf related raffle for attendees. 

 

The first round of the CMSGA Club Championship (gross) was played on Los Lagos from the white tees.  Leading after round one were Alex Cruz and Greg Prough, who both shot a 71.

The Championship (gross) deciding round was to be decided by the lowest two day total from Wednesday, September 9th and Thursday, September 10th round on Mesa Linda.  Alex and Greg remained tied after 18 holes, both shooting 71's again.  Greg Prough is the 2026 CMSGA Champion after a birdie won on the second playoff hole.

Greg is eligible to play on one of the SCGA Tournament of Club Champions offered in December, with entry fee reimbursed (about $200).  

Contact cmseniorsgolf@gmail.com with any questions.  

Round One Hole by Hole Data

Round Two Hole by Hole Data

It was another nice warm day on Mesa Linda.  We had 89 players participate in the tournament. Here's a quick recap of the results - see links for more details:

• Team winners with a net score of 124 (-16) 👊: Gene Ramirez, Darrell Otsu, Ned Whittemore, Christi Whittemore 
• Overall low Gross: Dick Oneil 71 (+1) 💪
• Overall low Net: Eric Brady 62 (-8) 🔥
• David Cooper and Joe Willis earned 2 skins ✌

Thank you Bret Bauer acting as tournament director ✊

Complete Hole by Hole Data

 

It was another fun sunny day of golf on Los Lagos 🌞.  

I hope everyone had a good time out there.

Here's a brief recap of the results below. See links for more details:

• Team winners: George Fitzgibbons, Tim Shilling, John Ludlow, James Meyer with a total net score of 128 (-16) 🔥
• Overall low Gross winners: Ryan Haeger, Dick Oneil - 75 👍
• Overall Net winner: James Meyer - 66 💣

Thank you Ron Plummer acting as tournament director.

Complete Hole by Hole Data