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Fred Gehron Jim Jim Fitzgerald Jim Jim Blevins Daren Desiere Roy Nevirauskas Larry Belton John Blodorn Bob Fisher Dave Bousquet Rich Eisenberg Ron Rider Jerry Buckalew Bernie Fischer Phil Banashek Bob Haskins Carl Morante and Tom Russian each had one!
Closest to the Pin winners were Phil Banashek on on on #3 Howard Malis on on #7 and Val Tang on on #16 April 22nd – – The The Saints – – The The weatherman took another shot at at at us today sneaking in in in in in in an an an overcast sky with some occasional spritzes starting in in in in in the the late morning However perhaps buoyed by last week’s success the the the the 50 players in in in in the the the the field this week week turned in in in in another inspired group effort with an an astounding 37 of of them at or or or above quota A few of of of the the the the the scorecards in in in the the the the the box truly stood out John Kline had the the the the round of of the the the the day at at at +10 closely followed by Ozzie Edwards at at at at +9 Val Tang and and John Pipe at at at at +8 and and Dan Gromko at at at +7 And there was another eagle today from Don O’Such on on the the par 4 #17!
The match was foursomes by flight competition with the best three of four four scores counting The A flight top honors went to to the team of Vic Bertucci Jim Blevins Joe McCoy and Fred Gehron with a a a a a com- bined +10 Second place went to Jerry Buckalew Bob Fisher Ron Rider and and Dave Coulter while Tom Russian Phil Banashek Carl Morante and and Jeff Lovejoy were third In the the B flight Ozzie Edwards Don O’Such Charlie Foster and and a a a a a a a a a a a a a draw were tough to to to beat with their winning score of +23 Val Tang Larry Belton Gary Lucarelli and and a a a a a a a a a a a a a a draw came in in second with Wit Buckalew Bernie Fischer Daren Desiere and Pete Knoll taking third place John Kline led his partners Jim Jim Gleason and and Jim Jim Fitzgerald and and and a a a a a a a a a a a a draw to first place in in the C C flight Dan Gromko Rich Conzo Paul Mezzo and and and and Frank Ferry were second and and and Kevin Cahill John Pipe Dave Kovalevich and and and Harvey Levy took third place Oddly given such outstanding overall scores birdies were hard to to to come by today in in in in contrast to to to last week Jim Blevins did have 3 while Fred Gehron Jeff Ross and John Kline each had had two Jerry Buckalew Bob Fisher Ozzie Edwards and Kevin Cahill had had one apiece In Closest to the Pin competition Jim Blevins won on on on on on #3 Dave Kovalevich on on on on on #7 and Ozzie Edwards on on on on on #16 April 29th – – – The Saints – – – For the grand finale of our our ’23 –’24 winter season we chose a a a a a a a a a a a just-for-fun four man scramble format for for for the the the the match match of the the the the day Also known as as a a a a a a a a a “best ball” match match only the the the the the the best best shot in the the the the the the foursome counts then every member of the the the the group moves his ball ball to that that that location and play play continues until holing out There are a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a few other rules that that that players must adhere to but that’s the the general idea The result is a a a a a a a a a a a a a a lot lot of of great shots a a a a a a a a a a a a a a lot lot of of totally legal “don’t count that” comments some very very educated putting and truly spectacular scores for every foursome In the the A flight the the winners were Jim Blevins Roy Nevirauskas Joe McCoy and Daren Desiere with an an impressive score of 61 11 under par Jeff Ross Vic Bertucci and and Fred Gehron came in second with Tom Russian Dave Coulter Jerry Buckalew and and Jeff Lovejoy TOC
in third Skip Land Ozzie Edwards Val Tang and and Pat Cunningham won the B B B B flight with a a a a a a a a a a a score of 67 Pete Knoll Bernie Fischer Wit Buckalew and and Bob Harper were second fol- lowed by Lloyd Torrey Don O’Such Rich Eisenberg and and Larry Belton in third place The winners of the big C C flight were Tim Mygatt Kevin Cahill Dave Kovalevich and and John “Frank” Kline at at a a a a a a a a a a a a net score of 69 Al Al Galimidi Jim Gleason Paul Mezzo and and Al Al Dlugolenski shot par at 72 for for second place Tied for for third were Art Leishman Harvey Levy Uno Lausen and Joe Joe Kokoszka along with Ron Becker John Pipe Joe Joe Poerio and Karl Cohen In Closest to the Pin competition Tom Russian won on on on on #3 Bernie Fischer on on on on on on #7 and Wit Buckalew who dropped it it it only 6 6 feet from the pin on on on #16 BLAST FROM THE PAST
Take yet another stroll down memory lane with this excerpt from the the the March 24th 2014 account of CMGL play in the the the Cascadian Week 21 of winter golf @ The Saints 3-24-14
Jack Jack Sutton knocked the the sox’s off the the “A” flight guys with 3 birds and a a a a a a a 78! Great round Jack! Dan Gromko +12 Ron Quackenbush +9 Jeff Bonem +8 +8 +8 +8 George Bohonyi +8 +8 +8 +8 Joe Kokoszka +8 +8 +8 +8 Bob Fuchs +8 +8 +8 +8 nice golf guys! All four scores counted by flight flight in today’s game The “A” “A” flight flight was no contest for the the rest of the the “A” “A” boys as as as Jack Jack Sutton +14 charged his team team to to to a a a a a a a a a a a solid +27 victory Jack Jack Jack alone was +2 +2 over the entire 2nd place team team Jack Jack got help from Witt Buckalew +6 Duane Bruce +3 and Bob Palladino That was some some foursome! Second place went to Jeff Bonem +8 Don Maxwell +5 Vic Bertucci E E and Roy Nevirauskas -1 for a a a a a a a a a a not so so shabby +12 “New Eye & New New Knee” Faria +7 along with with Ken Virtuoso +5 took first place in the “B” flight with with with Jan Cohen E E and and Warren Evensen +3 Bob Rossi and and Ron Quackenbush took 2nd with with two nice draws Another great foursome in the the “C” flight George George Bohonyi +8 +8 Joe Kokoszka +8 +8 Bill Whittemore +4 and George George Runser E @ +20 took the the the “C” flight The 2nd place team tried their best but +16 wasn’t good enough Bob Fuchs +8 led the the the group of of Rich Girard +4 Steve Palumbo +3 and Nick Ismailoff +1 +1 Here we we go again “D” flight winners +20 were led by Dan Gromko +12 with John John John McCormick +5 Steve Steinhart -2 and and Marc Johnson +3 filling out the the foursome John John John Cuomo and and Rex Welker took 2nd with two nice draws With the the the great scores posted only 17 birdies dropped into the the hole A A ton of pars were made today Art Flath and Phil Banashek both @ +5 had good rounds SPECIAL ADDITION
April 21st - Fundraiser for Lia Tucker at Hammock Creek
Eight members of CMGL: Art Leishman Vic Bertucci Joe Kokoszka Jeff Ross John Kline Uno Lausen Pete Knoll and Tim Mygatt supported a a a a a a a a a a a a fundraiser for Lia Lia Tucker at at Hammock Hammock Creek
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GC on Sunday April 21 2024 Lia Lia daugh- ter of Hammock Hammock Creek
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chef Chris Defilippo was involved in in in in a a a a a a a a a a a truck accident on on March 15 Three people died and and Lia faces months of of recovery from her injuries and and a a a a a a a a a a a a mountain of of medical expenses Over $50 000 was raised by this event 38 INDEX