Cottonwood Men’s Golf Association January Results

Buddy Meola

January started with the Ace of Aces Qualifier on Jan. 4. The low gross and low net players qualify for the Ace of Aces Championship to be held in December.

Blue Flight: Low Gross Bruce Pape; Low Net (tie) Steve Howard and Steve Bennett

White Flight 1: Low Gross Dennis Chenier; Low Net (tie) Phil Carlson and Jerry Davis

White Flight 2: Low Gross (tie) Scott Hadley, Kip Kaler, and Jason Burger; Low Net Scott Rogers

White Flight 3: Low Gross Pat Hawkins; Low Net Lonnie Williamson

White Flight 4: Low Gross (tie) Scott Gartner and Dean Sinerius; Low Net (tie) Scott Reed and Steve Schneck

Green Flight: Low Gross (tie) Steve Pearson and Jack Hopkins; Low Net Dale Falk

The annual Member/Member flighted tournament was held on Jan. 11 and 12. The team format included nine holes of select a drive one net score, nine holes of team one net score, nine holes of an alternate shot one net score, and nine holes of team two net ball score.

First Flight: Winners: Steve Howard and Danny Reese; second place: John Stromstad and Jim Rumpler

Second Flight: Winners: Marcus Steinhousser and Dave Mastalski; second place: Bill Lewis and Rich Burlingame

Third Flight: Winners: Rick Miller and Pat Duncan; second place: Grover Hargrove and Tim Healy

Fourth Flight: Winners: Bob Lewis and Dennis Minchow; second place: Jerry Cisneros and Ron Vail

Fifth Flight: Winners: Ty Bradford and Dean Sinerius; second place: Jim Dickie and Bill Score

Sixth Flight: Winners: Gene Kivi and Jim Werlinger; second place: Paul Homan and Hank Clausen

Jan. 18 was the qualifying for the Presidents Cup Championship, with first round matches played. The winners of their matches will then be flighted and will continue match play until one person prevails.

Jan. 25 was a two-man Pick Your Partner team scramble. The teams were flighted with low gross and low net winners.

Flight One: Low Gross: Steve Lowe and Jim Rumpler; Low Net: Rick Beckett and Ed New

Flight 2: Low Gross: Greg Stevenson and Don Vandergrift; Low Net: Robert Mifflin and Scott Rogers

Flight 3: Low Gross: Steve Rasmussen and Steve Schneck; Low Net: Greg Botma and Keith Peterson

Flight 4: Low Gross: Don Klein and Leonard Streit; Low Net: Ralph Casale and Pat Corcoran

February events included the monthly Ace of Aces Qualifier, an interesting Black and Gold ABCD Team event using the gold tees on holes 1-9 and the black tees on holes 10-18, and the three-day Club Championship.