Shoreline Golf Club

The final points totals are in for player of the Year and Second Half Member of the Year.

Gene Van Puymbroeck overtook George Mahoney with his 1st place finish in this weekend’s 2009 Zone Qualifier to win 2008 Player of the Year. George took second followed by Chris Arata and Andrew Cho. There was a tie for 5th between Chris Mateo and Siva Ramamurthy. Both will receive full 5th place awards.

Chris was the only member who doubled up, winning the second half Member of the Year. Dan Barreras, Ron White, Dick Dalton and Danton Bringas rounded out the Member of the Year awards.

Player of the Year:

1st - Gene Van Puymbroeck - 37.5 points - $120
2nd - George Mahoney - 34 points - $100
3rd - Chris Arata - 29.5 points - $80
4th - Andrew Cho - 29 points - $60
5th (tie) Chris Mateo - Siva Ramamurthy - 26.5 points - $40 each

Second Half Member of the Year:

1st - Chris Mateo - 158 points - $100
2nd - Dan Barreras - 143.5 points - $80
3rd - Ron White - 135 points - $60
4th - Dick Dalton - 134 points - $40
5th - Danton Bringas - 112 points - $20

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Not only was a double prize fund and a spot on the 2009 Zone team on the line this weekend, but Gene Van Puymbroeck, with a second place finish in his flight, could wrestle the Player of the Year award away from George Mahoney.

Gene came through with a 69-66-135 performance to be the low score for the weekend, earn a spot on the Zone team, win the $100 for first place in his flight and secure the 2008 Player of the Year.

Congratulations Gene!

Joining Gene will be Siva Ramamurthy, Jonathan Cho and Doug Patterson. They will represent Shoreline GC at the South Bay Zone Tournament at Poppy Hills and Bayonet next May.

This is the third NCGA event Gene has qualified for this year. He and Siva both made the 2008 Zone team and Gene also qualified for the Senior 4-Ball tournament.

By playing in the Zone Qualifier this weekend, Chris Mateo won the 2nd half Member of the Year award.

When was the last time you saw and eagle on #16 not win a skin? #9, maybe? Well, it happened on Sunday as both Bob Wang and Chris Mateo each carded 3’s on the par 5 16th.

Six players each won a $10 skin on Saturday. There were also six $11 skins on Sunday with Charlie McDonald winning three of them, giving him a total of four for the weekend.

The Low Net Side Pots were won by Jonathan Cho on Saturday and Bob Wang in a tiebreaker on Sunday.

Norm Akita and Charlie each won a Low Gross Side Pot with Dick Dalton taking the Low Putts Pot on Saturday and Doug Patterson winning Low Net - Back Nine on Sunday.

Flight 1

1st - Gene Van Puymbroeck - 69-66-135 - $100
2nd - Siva Ramamurthy - 65-73-138 - $80
3rd - Chris Mateo - 71-70-141 - $60
4th - Bob Wang - 74-70-144 - $40
5th - Brian Ferguson - 71-75-146 - $20 (tiebreaker)

Flight 2

Jonathan Cho - 67-70-137 - $100
Doug Patterson - 71-69-140 - $80
Chris Arata - 72-70-142 - $60
Dick Dalton - 74-70-144 - $40 (tiebreaker0
Dan Barreras - 68-76-144 - $20

Closest to the Pins: $10 each

Saturday

#4 - Joe Machado - 3′ 0″
#8 - Danton Bringas - 2′ 7″
#11 - Kieran O’Donoghue - 8′ 8″
#17 - Andy Aguilar - 8′ 3′

Sunday

#4 - Norm Akita - 7′ 0″
#8 - Charlie McDonald - 8′ 0″
#11 - Bill Ball - 10′ 0″
#17 - Charlie McDonald - 11′ 8″

Saturday Side Pots

Low Net

Jonathan Cho - 67 ($70)

Low Putts

Dick Dalton - 31 ($30)

Low Gross

Norm Akita - 72 ($15)

Skins - $10 each

#4 - Gene Van Pyumbroeck -2
#6 - Fred Aguiniga - 3
#7 - Andy Aguilar - 3
#11 - Bob Wang - 2
#15 - Charlie McDonald - 3
#17 - Val Aguiniga - 2

Sunday Side Pots

Low Net - $25

Bob Wang - 70 (tiebreaker)

Low Net - Back Nine $40

Doug Patterson - 33

Low Gross - $15

Charlie McDonald - 73

Skins - $11 each

#2 - Chris Mateo - 3
#3 - Charlie McDonald - 3
#6 - Norm Akita - 3
#8 - Charlie McDonald - 2
#9 - Gene Van Puymbroeck - 3
#17 - Charlie McDonald - 2

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Gary Toepper and Matt Ward found a way to handle the recently punched greens. Instead of putting on them, they just chipped it in.

Their three chip ins on Saturday provided the margin of victory in our Two Person Scramble. Gary and Matt posted a 56 with Chris Mateo and Chris Arata coming in second with a 59. Four teams tied with scores of 60. Andy Aguilar and Dan Barreras won the tiebreaker for third, with Mike McErlain and Bob Montreuil placing fourth. It took the second level tiebreaker to determine that Jim Barnes and Gene VanPuymbroeck placed fifth ahead of Mike and Dany Jensen.

Jim and Gene birdied both #9 and #18 to win both ends of the Rabbit Side Pot and won the Low Gross Side Pot. The team of Chris and Chris took the Low Net Side Pot and one of the four skins. Norm Akita and Val Aguiniga won two of the skins with birdies on #2 and #15. The other skin was an eagle on #16 by Andy Aguilar and Dan “I Never Win Any Skins” Barreras.

Paul Itokazu hit it stiff twice to win closest to pin on both par threes on the front. Devin Fisse and Fred Aguiniga won the remaining closest to the pins.

Scramble:

1st - Gary Toepper/Matt Ward - 56 - $100
2nd - Chris Mateo/Chris Arata - 59 - $80
3rd - Andy Aguilar/Dan Barreras - 60 - $60 (tiebreaker)
4th - Mike McErlain/Bob Montreuil - 60 - $40 (tiebreaker)
5th - Jim Barnes/Gene VanPuymbroeck - 60 - $20 (tiebreaker)

Low Gross Side Pot - $30

Jim Barnes/Gene VanPuymbroeck - 65

Front Nine Rabbit - $15

Jim Barnes/Gene VanPuymbroeck - #9 - 4

Back Nine Rabbit - $15

Jim Barnes/Gene VanPuymbroeck - #18 - 3

Low Net Side Pot - $70

Chris Mateo/Chris Arata - 59

Skins - $17.50 each

#2 - Norm Akita/Val Aguiniga - 3
#13 - Chris Mateo/Chris Arata - 3
#15 - Norm Akita/Val Aguiniga - 3
#16 - Andy Aguilar/Dan Barreras - 3

Closest to the Pins - $10 each

#4 - Paul Itokazu - 8′ 2″
#8 - Paul Itokazu - 4′ 6″
#11 - Devin Fisse - 8′ 3′
#17 - Fred Aguiniga - 3′ 8″

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There were lots of good scores in Sunday’s Stableford tournament.

Bill Anderson’s 17 points won the First Flight and the High Points Side Pot while John Brown took the Second Flight with 18 points.

George Mahoney came up one point short of Bill for second place with Gene Van Puymbroeck taking third. Bob Flores and Chris Mateo completed the first flight cashers.

Gary Toepper also finished one point out of a tie for first. Patrick Beaulieu won the tiebreaker with Chris Arata for 3rd and Mike Comer placed 5th.

Chris Arata posted a net 68 for the Low Net Side Pot win. Jim Cottrell’s reputation obviously preceded him as no one even challenged him for the Low Gross Side Pot.

There were four skins on Sunday. Gene’s personal ATM paid out again as he and John Brown each won one skin while Patrick Beaulieu won two.

First Flight

1st - Bill Anderson - 17 - $50
2nd - George Mahoney - 16 - $40
3rd - Gene Van Puymbroeck - 13 - $30
4th - Bob Flores - 12 - $20
5th - Chris Mateo - 10 - $10

Second Flight

1st - John Brown - 18 - $50
2nd - Gary Toepper - 17 - $40
3rd - Patrick Beaulieu 14 - $30 (tiebreaker)
4th - Chris Arata - 14 - $20
5th - Mike Comer - 13 - $10

Closest to the Pin - $10 each

#4 - Bill Anderson - 4′ 5″
#8 - Pete Pizzino - 4′ 5″
#11 - John Chwalek - 3′ 9″
#17 - Bruce Dosskey - 24′ 5″

High Points Side Pot - $35

Bill Anderson - 17

Low Net Side Pot - $45

Chris Arata - 68

Low Gross Side Pot - $5

Jim Cottrell - 75

Skins - $15 each

#5 - John Brown - 3
#12 - Gene Van Puymbroeck - 3
#14 - Patrick Beaulieu - 3
#18 - Patrick Beaulieu - 3

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The team of Beth Klemm and Lynn Burns were the big winners at the Member/Guest tournament held under warm and sunny skies Saturday.

Beth and Lynn shot a best ball 59 that put them in a tie with Andy Aguilar and John Raskoph and Barry Gearhart and Eric Shaffer in the Director’s Flight, however came in third in the tiebreaker. Andy and John won the tiebreaker with Barry and Eric taking second.

Beth and Lynn did end up taking two of the side pots though. Their combined net of 15 on the par threes and a combined net of 132 won the par threes and overall Nassau pots for a total of $390.

In the President’s Flight, Matt Ward and Mark Hobaugh posted a 59 to win with Bob Wang and Steve Guzman taking the tiebreaker over Danton Bringas and William Moison for second.

In the rest of the Nassau side pots, Andy Aguilar and John Raskoph’s 64 took the front nine and Bob Wang and Steve Guzman’s 63 won the back. Each team split $200. Brian Ferguson and Paul Burns, Lynn’s husband, made it around in 56 putts to win that pot.

In the “Miss Congeniality” best ball net pars side pot, the teams of Chris Arata and Thanh Tran and Jim Barnes and Joe Obot shared the $200 pot.

Jim Barnes, Matt Ward, Steve Guzman and Patrick Nicolet each won $50 raffle gift certificates while Fred Aguiniga and guest Carl Kaufman won free club memberships for 2009.

The best news of the day was that the club raised $335 for the AJGC and Shoreline Junior Classic tournaments for next year with the inside the circle challenge on hole #4. Thanks to everyone who participated.

The regular closest to the pins were won by Jim Cottrell, Thanh Tran, Lynn Burns and Bob Wang.

Danton Bringas apparently powdered his tee shot down by the ropes on #6 to win the long drive.

Complete Results:

President’s Flight:

1st - Matt Ward/Mike Hobaugh - 59 - $100
2nd - Bob Wang/Steve Guzman - 60 - $80 (tiebreaker)
3rd - Danton Bringas/William Moison - 60 - $60
4th - James Jones/James Jones - 61 - $40 (tiebreaker)
5th - Dan Barreras/Lenny Cooper - 61 - $20

Director’s Flight:

1st - Andy Aguilar/John Raskoph - 59 - $100 (tiebreaker)
2nd - Barry Gearhart/Eric Shaffer - 59 - $80 (tiebreaker)
3rd - Beth Klemm/Lynn Burns - 59 - $60
4th - Bob Montreuil/Murray DeMatties - 60 - $40 (tiebreaker)
5th - Tom Shea/Lee Caswell - 60 - $20

Closest to the Pin - $10 each

#4 - Jim Cottrell - 5′ 11′
#8 - Thanh Tran - 10′ 2″
#11 - Lynn Burns - 1′ 6″
#17 - Bob Wang - 5′ 11″

Long Drive #6 - $10

Danton Bringas

Combined Net - Par Threes Side Pot - $190

Beth Klemm/Lynn Burns - 15

Combined Putts Side Pot - $180

Brian Ferguson/Paul Burns - 56

Best Ball Net Pars Side Pot - $200 (tie)

Jim Barnes/Jim Obot - 11
Chris Arata/Thanh Tran -11

Combined Net Nassau - Front Nine Side Pot - $200

Andy Aguilar/John Raskoph - 64

Combined Net Nassau -Back Nine Side Pot - $200

Bob Wang/Steve Guzman - 63

Combined Net Nassau -Overall Side Pot - $200

Beth Klemm/Lynn Burns - 132

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In the most competitive tournament of the year Ron White won his first tournament ever by taking the second flight today with a net 68.

Oddly enough, this was one of the few results that wasn’t settled by a tiebreaker.

Dick Dalton won the first flight with a 68, but it took a tiebreaker with Chris Mateo to decide.

Siva Ramamurthy won the tiebreaker for third place over Val Aguiniga and Kieran O’Donoghue won the tiebreaker with Gene Van Puymbroeck and Paul Itokazu for fifth.

(You will notice a theme…)

In a three way tiebreaker, John Brown placed second, Bob Flores placed third and Chris Arata took fourth, all with net 69’s. Andy Aguilar finished fifth by himself.

Ron White also cashed with the Low Net Side Pot, but it took, you guessed it, a tiebreaker with Chris Mateo.

Chris Mateo and Dick Dalton both had 29 putts and, by mutual agreement, decided to split the pot in order to save the Tournament Director from computing yet another tiebreaker.

Andy Aguilar, Bob Wang, Dick Dalton and Terry Fujitani won the Closest to the Pins. No tiebreakers required.

At least Gene Van Puymbroeck broke the skins tie by winning two.

First Flight:

1st - Dick Dalton - 68 - $50 (tiebreaker)
2nd - Chris Mateo - 68 - $40
3rd - Siva Ramamurthy - 69 - $30 (tiebreaker)
4th - Val Aguiniga - 69 - $20
5th - Kieran O’Donoghue - 70 - $10 (tiebreaker)

Second Flight;

1st - Ron White - 68 - $50
2nd - John Brown - 69 - $40 (tiebreaker)
3rd - Bob Flores - 69 - $30 (tiebreaker)
4th - Chris Arata - 69 - $20
5th - Andy Aguilar - 71 - $10 (tiebreaker)

Closest to the Pin - $10 each

#4 - Bob Wang - 3′9″
#8 - Terry Fugitani - 3′2′
#11 - Dick Dalton - 9′5″
#17 - Andy Aguilar - 11′11″

Low Net Side Pot - $65

Ron White - 68 (tiebreaker)

Low Gross Side Pot - $15

Val Aguiniga - 75

Low Putts Side Pot - $45 (shared pot)

Dick Dalton - 29
Chris Mateo - 29

Skins - $15 each

#1 - Gene Van Puymbroeck - 4
#4 - Bob Wang - 2
#5 - Jeff Cole - 3
#8 - Matt Ward - 2
#12 - Gene Van Puymbroeck - 3
#15 - Danton Bringas - 3

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A total of 26 skins were won at today’s tournament spread across 11 players.

Danton Bringas was the big winner in flight one with two gross and two net skins worth $15 each while Jonathan Cho won two gross and three net skins worth $10 each in flight two.

Other multiple skin winners were, in flight one, Mike McErlain and Danny “I never win any skins” Barreras with two each and, in flight two, Carl Werner, Bob Montreuil and Andy Bang with four, three and two skins respectively.

Nobody hit it particularly close on the par threes today despite almost everyone playing from the whites. Val Aguiniga hit it to 5′ on #8 and Shoreline GC rookie Patrick Nicolet won his first gift certificate sticking his tee shot on #4 to 11′1″.

Welcome to the club Patrick and Zacharie. Hope to see you at many more events.

In addition to winning a skin on #12, Chris Mateo hit 15 greens in regulation to take that side pot. When you hit 15 greens, you expect to post a good number, and he did. His gross 71, net 64 took the Low Net pot. Oh, and his “stiff” approach on #17 to “kick in” birdie range (26′) got the closest to the pin.

SERIOUSLY, NONE OF YOU GUYS COULD GET WITHIN 26 FEET ON 17 FROM THE WHITE TEES!

Danton Bringas got around in 30 putts to take the Low Putts side pot.

Flight 1 Skins: $15 each

Gross

#1 - Mike McErlain - 4
#3 - Danton Bringas - 3
#5 - Danton Bringas - 3
#10 - Danny “I never win any skins” Barreras - 4
#12 - Chris Mateo - 3
#14 - Jim Cottrell - 3

Net

#1 - Mike McErlain - 4
#3 - Danton Bringas - 3
#5 - Danton Bringas - 3
#10 - Danny “I never win any skins” Barreras - 4

Flight 2 Skins: $10 each

Gross

#1 - Jonathan Cho - 4
#3 - Carl Werner - 3
#6 - Jonathan Cho - 4
#10 - Andy Bang - 4
#11 - Bob Montreuil - 2

Net

#1 - Jonathan Cho - 3
#3 - Carl Werner - 2
#4 - Toni Montreuil - 1
#6 - Jonathan Cho - 3
#9 - Andy Bang - 3
#11 - Bob Montreuil - 1
#13 - Carl Werner - 2
#15 - Dave Vecht - 2
#16 - Bob Montreuil - 4
#17 - Jonathan Cho - 2
#18 - Carl Werner - 3

Low Net Side Pot - $55

Chris Mateo - 64

Greens in Regulation Side Pot - $35

Chris Mateo - 15

Low Putts Side Pot - $25

Danton Bringas - 30

Closest to the Pins - $10 each

#4 - Patrick Nicolet - 11′1″
#8 - Val Aguiniga - 5′
#11 - Carl Werner - 18′3″
#17 - Chris Mateo - 26′ (aren’t you glad you measured it?)

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If anyone asks who the club champion is, you don’t have to ask Match Play or Stroke Play. It’s the same person.

Charlie McDonald.

Charlie defeated George Mahoney 6 & 5 in Sunday’s finals after being pushed to 19 holes in his semifinal match against Val Aguiniga.

Bill Ball chipped in for eagle on #16 to close out Fred Aguiniga 3 & 2 in the President’s Flight final.

Andrew Cho continued his strong play taking the Director’s Flight 3 & 2 over Bob Montreuil.

There were so many highlights from this weekends play.

In the qualifying round Charlie used surgical precision to shoot a 67 that included 7 birdies.

Andrew Cho shot a personal best gross 72 from the whites to be the top seed in the Director’s Flight.

In the Championship Flight quarterfinals, three matches came down to #18 with Val Aguiniga’s dramatic win over Ken Spindola noteworthy. Val drained a birdie putt from the back of #17 to a red flag to even the match He then used a fortunate bounce off a tree that kept his tee shot out of the driving range and brilliant flop shot to advance to the semis.

Not surprisingly, Charlie’s 67 took the Low Gross Side Pot. He also collected two closest to the pins and, despite his seven birdies, he only won two Skins.

Fred “The Flying Tomato” Aguiniga won Low Putts Side Pot yet again.

Danny Barreras won the Low Net Side Pot and a pair of Skins with Norm Akita also winning two Skins.

Final Results

Championship Flight

1st Place - Charlie McDonald - $80 (6 & 5)
2nd Place - George Mahoney - $60
3rd Place - Val Aguiniga & Gene Van Puymbroeck - $30 each

President’s Flight

1st Place - Bill Ball - $80 (3 & 2)
2nd Place - Fred Aguiniga - $60
3rd Place - Dennis Mateo & Mahesh Subramanian - $30 each

Director’s Flight

1st Place - Andrew Cho - $80 (3 & 2)
2nd Place - Bob Montreuil - $60
3rd Place - Carl Werner & Gary Toepper - $30 each

Closest to the Pins - $10 each

#4 - Charlie McDonald - 6.2″
#8 - Dennis Mateo - 4′1″
#11 - Val Aguiniga - 3′11′
#17 - Charlie McDonald - 2′6″

Low Gross Side Pot - $25

Charlie McDonald - 67

Low Net Side Pot - $30

Danny Barreras - 68

Low Putts Side Pot - $25

Fred Aguiniga - 31

Skins - $7 each

#1 - Gene Van Puymbroeck - 4
#3 - Danny Barreras - 3
#4 - Charlie McDonald - 2
#5 - Mike McErlain - 3
#6 - Norm Akita - 3
#7 - Norm Akita - 3
#11 - Val Aguiniga - 2
#12 - Dan Barreras - 3
#17 - Charlie McDonald - 2

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(sorry Dick, you ARE old.)

Andrew Cho (net 66) and Dick Dalton (net 65) won their flights in the NCGA Net Amateur Qualifier July 19.

Dick, Vince LaFroscia and Gary Toepper won the entries to the Sectional Qualifying for the NCGA Net Am.

Andrew was ineligible to qualify as he is not yet 18. However, Jonathan Cho proposed that the father should get the entry if the son turns out to be ineligible. His argument fell on deaf ears.

Don’t feel too sorry for Andrew though. His net 66 won him the Low Net Side Pot in a tiebreaker for $70.

Through many tiebreakers, the alternates to the Net Am are, in order, Mahesh Subramaniam, John Chwalek, Shmuel Goshen, Patrick Beaulieu, and Keith Ikegami.

Despite a painful to watch four-putt on #14, Norm Akita won the Low Gross Side Pot with his 74.

You would think that to shoot net 65, a person would have to putt well. Dick Dalton made it around in 28 putts and won the $40 Low Putts Side Pot.

There were lots of birdies today as half the field shot net par or better. With lots of birdies come lots of skins. Norm won two of the eight with a chip in birdie on #6 and another birdie on #13.

Flight 1

1st - $50 - Dick Dalton - 65
2nd - $40 - Vince LaFroscia - 66
3rd - $30 - Mahesh Subramaniam - 67
4th - $20 - Patrick Beaulieu - 68
5th - $10 - Fred Aguiniga - 70 (tiebreaker)

Flight 2

1st - $50 - Andrew Cho - 66 (tiebreaker)
2nd - $40 - Gary Toepper - 66
3rd - $30 - John Chwalek - 67 (tiebreaker)
4th - $20 - Shmuel Goshen - 67
5th - $10 - Keith Ikegami - 68

Closest to the Pin - $10 each

#4 - Danny Barreras - 5′5″
#8 - Mahesh Subramaniam - 5′9″
#11 - Jonathan Fisher - 9′2″ (beating out your Tournament Director)
#17 - Fred Aguiniga - 5′11′

Low Gross Side Pot - $15

Norm Akita - 74

Low Net Side Pot - $70

Andrew Cho - 66 (tiebreaker)

Low Putts - $40

Dick Dalton - 28

Skins - $8 each

#3 - Jonathan Fisher - 3
#4 - Dan Barreras - 2
#5 - Chris Mateo - 3
#6 - Norm Akita - 3
#8 - Bob Wang - 2
#13 - Norm Akita - 3
#15 - Patrick Beaulieu - 3
#17 - Danton Bringas - 2

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Chris Mateo made it a clean sweep at Callippe Preserve July 12 winning the flight worth $60 and High Points side pot worth $25 with twelve points, the Low Gross side pot worth $25 with his 79 and the Low Net side pot worth $35 with a net 69.

Brian Ferguson also had 12 points, but lost out on the back nine tiebreaker to take second place.

The rest of the gift cert winners were Dave Laurence (9 points), Roger Barnes (7 points), Mike Comer (2 points) and Bob Montreuil with -1 point.

Bob just beat out Gary Toepper in a tiebreaker as Gary suffered a “tale of two nines”: +11 on the front side, -12 on the back for a -1 total.

The closest to the pins were won by Bob Montreuil, Danny Barreras, Brian Ferguson and Kieth Westcourt.

Stableford:

1st - Chris Mateo - 12 points - $60 (tiebreaker)
2nd - Brian Ferguson - 12 points - $50
3rd - Dave Laurence - 9 points - $40
4th - Roger Barnes - 7 points - $30
5th - Mike Comer - 2 points - $20
6th - Bob Montreuil - -1 point - $10

Closest to the Pins - $10 each

#4 - Bob Monteuil
#6 - Dan Barreras
#13 - Brian Ferguson
#16 - Keith Westcourt

High Points Side Pot - $25

Chris Mateo - 12 points

Low Gross Side Pot - $25

Chris Mateo - 79

Low Net Side Pot - $35

Chris Mateo - 69

Skins Side Pot - $6 each

Dave Laurence - #3 - 5
Bob Montreuil - #4 - 2
Chris Mateo - #7 - 3
Dave Laurence - #8 - 3
Chris Mateo - #11 - 4

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Dennis McClellan and Terry Fujitani carded a best ball 59 to win the NCGA 4-Ball Net Qualifier and gain entry into the NCGA 4-Ball Tournament to be held August 21. Dennis shot a gross 75 to carry his partner.

There was a dogfight for the remaining places with six teams fighting for four spots. Danton Bringas and Bob Wang won the card off for 2nd over Vince LaFroscia and Kieran O’Donohue. Greg Moore and Matt Ward took 4th with Joe Machado and John Schumacher placing 5th.

Dennis and Terry also won the Low Net Side Pot.

The team of George Mahoney and Ken Spindola won the Team Low Gross Side Pot while Matt Ward and Greg Moore won the tiebreaker for the Team Low Net - Par 4’s Pot.

There were seven skins worth $10 per team today. The Spindola/Mahoney and Bringas/Wang teams won two each. The rest were won by the teams of Mateo/Mateo, Fisher/Dalton and Idos/Itokazu.

The Closest to the Pins were won by, Greg Moore, Terry Fujitani, Bob Wang, and, since California is a community property state, Michael and Dany Jensen.

Final Results:

1st - Fujitani/McClellan - 59 - $50 each
2nd - Bringas/Wang - 63 - $40 each (tiebreaker)
3rd - LaFroscia/O’Donohue - 63 - $30 each
4th - Moore/Ward - 64 - $20 each (tiebreaker)
5th - Machado/Schumacher - $10 each (tiebreaker)

Closest to the Pins; $10 each

#4 - Greg Moore - 11′7″
#8 - Terry Fujitani - 2′8″
#11 - Mike Jensen - 4′10″
#17 - Bob Wang - 7′1″

Team Low Net Side Pot - $110

Fujitani/McClellan - $59

Team Low Gross Side Pot - $30

Mahoney/Spindola - 69

Team Low Net - Par 4’s - $40

Moore/Ward - 36 (tiebreaker)

Skins: $10 each

#1 - Idos/Itokazu - 4
#3 - Mateo/Mateo - 3
#6 - Mahoney/Spindola - 3
#9 - Bringas/Wang - 3
#11 - Bringas/Wang - 2
#12 - Fisher/Dalton - 3
#16 - Mahoney/Spindola - 4

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In a major upset, the 2008 Shoreline Golf Club Medal Play Champion is Charlie McDonald.

Charlie started slowly on Saturday bogeying three of the first four holes, but then rebounded with seven birdies to finish the first day with a 68 and a six shot lead. Gene VanPuymbroeck took second in the Championship Flight followed by Siva Ramamurthy.

This is Charlie’s seventh Medal Play Championship.

Dan Barreras used a gross 35 on the back on Sunday to win the First Flight. Michael Jensen placed second via a tiebreaker over Bob Wang.

John Dalton won a very competitive Second Flight over Scott Vonderohe and Andrew Cho. Scott had the shot of the tournament holing out for eagle 2 from 131 yards on #5 on Saturday.

Danton Bringas’ net 64 on Saturday took the Low Net Side Pot while Danny Barreras back nine on Sunday won the tiebreaker for the Low Net Pot. That net 29 also won him the Low Net - Back Nine Side Pot.

Charlie’s 68 earned him the Saturday Low Gross Pot, however, Val Aguiniga won the tiebreaker on Sunday.

Fred Aguiniga had the flat stick working on Saturday needing only 27 putts to win the Low Putts Side Pot.

A total of nine skins were earned on Saturday by seven players with Charlie and Ken Spindola winning two each.

Norm Akita won two of the six skins on Sunday.

Final Results:

Championship Flight:

1st - Charlie McDonald - 144 - $100
2nd - Gene VanPuymbroeck - 152 - $80
3rd - Siva Ramamurthy - 153 - $60
4th - Val Aguiniga - 156 - $40 (tiebreaker)
5th - Scott Zhang - 156 - $20

First Flight:

1st - Dan Barreras - 143 - $100
2nd - Michael Jensen - 145 - $80 (tiebreaker)
3rd - Bob Wang - 145 - $60
4th - Patrick Beaulieu - 146 - $40
5th - Greg Moore - 148 - $20 (tiebreaker)

Second Flight:

1st - John Dalton - 132 - $100
2nd - Scott Vonderohe - 134 - $80
3rd - Andrew Cho - 135 - $60
4th - Netin Mehta - 139 - $40
5th - Jeff Motto - 142 - $20

Saturday Closest to the Pins: $10 each

#4 - Jim Barnes - 12′ 10″
#8 - Gary Toepper - 13′ 7″
#11 - Jim Cottrell - 5′ 0′
#17 - Scott Zhang - 4′ 11″

Sunday Closest to the Pins: $10 each

#4 - Scott Vonderohe - 6′ 8″
#8 - Scott Zhang - 17′ 5″
#11 - Siva Ramamurthy - 7′ 1″
#17 - Scott Vonderohe - 10′ 2″

Saturday Side Pots:

Low Gross - Charlie McDonald - 68 - $45

Low Net - Danton Bringas - 64 - $105

Fewest Putts - Fred Aguiniga - 27 - $80

Skins: $12 each

#2 - Ken Spindola - 3
#3 - Danton Bringas - 3
#5 - Jesse Valdez - 3
#8 - Charlie McDonald - 2
#9 - Gene VanPuymbroeck - 3
#13 - Ken Spindola - 3
#15 - Matt Ward - 3
#17 - Chris Mateo - 2
#18 - Charlie McDonald - 3

Sunday Side Pots:

Low Gross - Val Aguiniga - 76 - $30 (tiebreaker)

Low Net - Dan Barreras - 67 - $65 (tiebreaker)

Low Net - Back Nine - Dan Barreras - 29 - $95

Skins: $15 each

#1 - Jim Cottrell - 4
#2 - Bob Wang - 3
#5 - Ken Spindola - 3
#9 - Val Aguiniga - 3
#10 - Norm Akita - 4
#13 - Norm Akita - 3

Thanks to everyone for coming out.

Jim Handzel
Tournament Director

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Gene Van Puymbroeck made it two for two in NCGA qualifiers this year. After making the NCGA Zone team back in February, he joins Jack Woods in representing Shoreline GC in the NCGA Senior 4-Ball Net Tournament this August.

Jack Woods net 64 won him his entry and first place in the second flight along with the low net side pot.

Gene shot a gross 70, net 66, that won him the first flight, the low gross white tees side pot and three skins that included a chip in for eagle on #9 and a closest to the pin on #8.

Danny Barreras knocked it stiff on both #4 and # 17 for two closest to the pins. He made the putt on #17 to win a skin there too.

Jim Cottrell rebounded from a tree eating his ball on #2 to win a skin on #4.

NCGA Senior 4-Ball Net Qualifiers:

Jack Woods - 64
Gene Van Puymbroeck - 66
Bill Anderson - 68 (First Alternate)
Dan Barreras - 70 (Second Alternate)
Fred Aguiniga - 71 (Third Alternate)

Flight 1:

1st - Gene Van Puymbroeck - 66 - $50
2nd - Chris Mateo - 67 - $40 (tiebreaker)
3rd - George Mahoney - 67 - $30
4th - Bill Anderson - 68 - $20 (tiebreaker)
5th - Al Idos - 68 - $10

Flight 2:

1st - Jack Woods - 64 - $50
2nd - Chris Arata - 65 - $40
3rd - Matt Ward - 66 - $30
4th - Mike Jensen - 68 - $20
5th - Jeff Motto - 70 - $10 (tiebreaker)

Closest to the Pin - $10 each

#4 - Danny Barreras - 10′ 0″
#8 - Gene Van Puymbroeck - 6′ 1″
#11 - Marty DeLuna - 8′ 2″
#17 - Danny Barreras - 5′ 11″

Low Gross Blue Tees Side Pot - $5

Ken Spindola - 78

Low Gross White Tees Side Pot - $15

Gene Van Puymbroeck - 70

Low Net Side Pot - $55

Jack Woods - 64

Skins Side Pot - $8 each

#1 - Chris Mateo - 4
#2 - Andy Aguilar - 3
#4 - Jim Cottrell - 2
#9 - Gene Van Puymbroeck - 3
#15 - Gene Van Puymbroeck - 3
#16 - George Mahoney - 4
#17 - Danny Barreras - 2
#18 - Gene Van Puymbroeck - 4

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It was a family affair May 3 at Poppy Hills as Jonathan and Andrew Cho, Dick Dalton and Linda Reddick and Bob and Toni Montreuil all were in contention in the Stableford.

Andrew Cho lost the second place tiebreaker in flight 2 to Matt Ward while dad Jonathan snuck in for fifth in flight 1.

Dick Dalton won the third place tiebreaker in flight 1 with Chris Mateo while his more than significant other, Linda Reddick, took home fourth place in flight 2.

Bob Montreuil wins the bragging in his household taking the fifth place tiebreaker over wife Toni.

For the second event in a row Patrick Beaulieu was a big winner. Patrick won his flight along with a Closest to the Pin, two Skins and the Low Net Side Pot in a tiebreaker over both Andrew Cho and Matt Ward.

Matt Ward ran away with the Low Net - Par Threes side pot.

Bob Wang won two skins with back to back birdies on #7 and 8.

Clearly Chris Mateo wasn’t hitting a lot of greens as he only needed 27 putts to win the Low Putts Side Pot.

Flight 1

1st - Patrick Beaulieu - 14 Points - $50
2nd - Dan Barreras - 5 Points - $40
3rd - Dick Dalton - 4 Points - $30 (tiebreaker)
4th - Chris Mateo - 4 Points - $20
5th - Jonathan Cho - 3 Points - $10

Flight 2

1st - Devin Fisse - 11 Points - $50
2nd - Matt Ward - 9 Points - $40 (tiebreaker)
3rd - Andrew Cho - 9 Points - $30
4th - Linda Reddick - -1 Point - $20
5th - Bob Montreuil - - 2 Points - $10

Closest to the Pin - $10 ea.

#2 - Matt Ward
#6 - Patrick Beaulieu
#11 - Devin Fisse
#15 - Jonathan Cho
#17 - George Mahoney

Low Net Side Pot - $80

Patrick Beaulieu - 69 (tiebreaker)

Low Putts Side Pot - $40

Chris Mateo - 27

Low Net - Par Threes Side Pot - $30

Ron Hunter - 16

Gross Skins Side Pot - $12 ea.

#2 - George Mahoney - 2
#6 - Patrick Beaulieu - 2
#7 - Bob Wang - 3
#8 - Bob Wang - 3
#14 - Patrick Beaulieu - 3
#16 - Ron Hunter - 3

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Hello all,

A little cool.

A little breezy.

Kevin Tiffin, hitting his first good shot of the day, won the big closest to the pin on #13 for $25 with a shot to 5′11″.

George Mahoney smoked the rest of the first flight with gross 70, net 61. Thank goodness he wasn’t in any of the side pots or he would have won everything.

Netin Mehta edged out Rick Wheat and Ed Dodds with a net 68 to take the second flight.

Ken Spindola won the tiebreaker for low net side pot and also took the low gross by default. He won a skin with a par, yes that’s right, a par on #7.

Gene Van Puymbroeck continued his skins streak with a birdie on #16.

Kevin Tiffin’s birdie on #17 won him a skin and also was the difference in the Low Net Par Threes side pot.

Results as follows:

Flight 1;

1st George Mahoney - 61 - $50
2nd Ken Spindola - 66 - $40 (tiebreaker)
3rd Denis Mateo - 66 - $30
4th Roger Barnes - 71 - $20
5th Brian Lal - 72 - $10 (tiebreaker)
16th (but not last) Jim Handzel - 81 - $0

Flight 2:

1st Netin Mehta - 68 - $50
2nd Rick Wheat - 69 - $40 (tiebreaker)
3rd Ed Dodds - 69 - $30
4th Andy Aguilar - 71 - $20 (tiebreaker)
5th Chris Arata - 71 - $10

Closest to the Pin $10

#4 Jim Barnes - 10′1″
#8 Bob Flores - 4′1″
#11 Rick Wheat - 17′7″
#17 Matt Ward - 12′1″

Farewell to the Temp $25 Closest to the Pin:

#13 - Kevin Tiffin - 5′11″

Low Gross Side Pot - $5

Ken Spindola - 75

Low Net Side Pot - $80

Ken Spindola - 66 (tiebreaker)

Low Net Par Threes Side Pot - $40

Kevin Tiffin - 12

Skins Side Pot - $15 each

#7 - Ken Spindola - 4
#15 - Chris Mateo - 3
#16 - Gene Van Puymbroeck - 4
#17 - Kevin Tiffin - 2

Jim H.

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TIGER’S STREAK ENDS

You’re saying to yourself, “NO!”

“I saw him make the putt on 18 to win at Bay Hill.”

Yes he won the PGA event, but his birdie only put him and his partner Chris Arata into a tie for first in the second flight at the Pro Am by Proxy where the team of Rick Wheat and Carl Peterson’s back nine 28 won the tiebreaker.

Shoreline will go down as the site of Tiger’s first defeat of 2008.

Chris is having a Tiger-like year having cashed in three of his four tournaments this year.

The team of Dick Dalton and Ken Duke won the first flight by a Tigeresque margin of three strokes.

Siva Ramamurthy won a skin, two closest to the pins, the Low Gross side pot and paired with Bubba Watson to take third in his flight.

This event marked the return to action of Norm Akita who took fourth in his flight and took home two skins.

Welcome back Norm!

First Flight: (you don’t have to split the prize $)

1st - Dick Dalton/Ken Duke - 61 - $40
2nd - George Mahoney/Tom Lehman - 64 - $30
3rd - Siva Ramamurthy/Bubba Watson - 65 - $20 (tiebreaker)
4th - Norm Akita/Brian Davis - 65 - $10

Second Flight: (you don’t have to split the prize $ either)

1st - Rick Wheat/Carl Peterson - 62 - $40 (tiebreaker)
2nd - Chris Arata/Eldrick Woods - 62 - $30 (tiebreaker)
3rd - Gary Toepper/Hunter Mahan - 62 -$20
4th - Matt Ward/Brant Snediker - 65 - $10

Closest to the Pin - $10 each

#4 - Siva Ramamurthy - 15′10″
#8 - George Mahoney - 16′10′
#11 - Siva Ramamurthy - 6′10″
#17 - Carl Werner - 19′6″

Low Gross Side Pot - $15

Siva Ramamurthy - 75

Low Net Side Pot - $40

Chris Mateo - 73 (tiebreaker)

Fewest Putts Side Pot - $35

Gary Toepper - 31

Skins Side Pot - $7 each

#5 - Siva Ramamurthy - 3
#6 - Norm Akita - 3
#9 - Gene Van Puymbroeck - 4
#12- Norm Akita - 3
#17 - Gene VanPuymbroeck - 2

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The Veteran and The Rookie

Fourteen year old Andrew Cho, playing in his first ever Shoreline GC tournament, joined club veteran Bill Anderson as flight winners in today’s Tournament of Champions. Both shot net 66’s to win their flights by two shots over Dan Barreras and Shamus Brady. Andrew and Bill are the first to qualify for next year’s Tournament of Champions.

Bill pretty much won every way you could.

He also won the “Champion of Champions”, tournament inside the tournament, for flight winners of the past year. He also took the Low Net Side Pot and won a skin with a birdie on #8 after getting the closest to the pin.

Charlie McDonald’s personal ATM (low gross side pot) was open as well today.

Results as follows:

Flight 1

Bill Anderson - 66 - $50
Dan Barreras - 68 - $40
Dick McCaffrey - 70 - $30 (tiebreaker)
Charlie McDonald - 70 - $20 (tiebreaker)
Bob Wang - 70 - $10

Flight 2

Andrew Cho - 66 - $50
Shamus Brady - 68 - $40
Jeff Motto - 70 - $30 (tiebreaker)
Carl Werner- 70 - $20 (tiebreaker)
Netin Mehta - 70 - $10

Champion of Champions Flight

Bill Anderson - 66 - $40
Dan Barreras - 68 - $30
Charlie McDonald - 70 - $20
Carl Werner - 72- $10 (tiebreaker)

Closest to the Pin - $10 each

#4 - Jonathan Cho - 12′8″
#8 - Bill Anderson - 7′7″
#11 - Ken Spindola - 5′5″
#17 - Chris Mateo - 6′1″

Low Gross Side Pot - $20

Charlie McDonald - 74

Low Net Side Pot - $75

Bill Anderson - 66

Gross Skins - $22 each

#8 - Bill Anderson - 2
#9 - Bob Wang - 3
#16 - Gene Van Puymbroeck - 4

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Chris Arata is definitely on a roll. After taking second in his flight and earning a spot on our Zone Tournament team last month, he and his partner Doug Patterson beat out Bob Wang and Kurt Klemm to win the 2-Person Best Ball event on March 2. Chris also won a skin. I think he needs to start buying some drinks.

The team of Gary Toepper and Jim Cottrell won the tiebreaker for 4th over Bill Ball and Todd Rich.

Bob Wang edged his own partner Kurt Klemm to take the Low Net Side Pot while Val Aguiniga won the tiebreaker to take the Low Gross. There were six skins worth $15 each with Danny Barreras taking two with birdies on #6 and #16.

Doug Patterson/Chris Arata - 60 - $50 ea.
Bob Wang/Kurt Klemm - 61 - $40 ea.
Pete Ballif/Brendan Clavin - 62 - $30 ea.
Gary Toepper/Jim Cottrell - 63 - $20 ea. (tiebreaker)
Bill Ball/Todd Rich - 63 - $10 ea.

Closest to the pins - $10 ea.

#4 Val Aguiniga 14′3″
#8 Jim Cottrell 10′1″
#11 Dennis Mateo 8′11″
#17 Pete Ballif 8′1″

Low Gross Side Pot - $15

Val Aguiniga - 79 Tiebreaker

Low Net Side Pot - $65

Bob Wang - 67

Skins - $15 each

#3 - Ken Spindola - 3
#6 - Dan Barreras - 3
#9 - Chris Arata - 4
#10 - Brendan Clavin - 4
#11 - Dennis McClellan - 2
#16 - Dan Barreras - 4

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Our club NCGA Zone Qualifying tournament was held this past weekend in glorious sunshine at Shoreline Golf Links.

George Mahoney held the first round flight 1 lead after Saturday while Jonathan Fisher led the second flight. Both went on to win their flights and make the South Bay Zone Tournament team. They will be joined by Chris Arata and Siva Ramamurthy. Siva made a big move on Sunday passing 20 players with his net 69.

The big winner however was Jonathan Fisher. In addition to winning the flight and an entry to the Zone, he also won a skin on Saturday, and BOTH low net side pots (Saturday in a tie breaker) for a total of $204 in cash, $100 in gift certificates and his Zone entry. Not a bad weekend.

The tie breaker for 5th/6th in the first flight between Dick Dalton and Chris Mateo went deep. They tied total net. They tied back nine on Sunday. They tied last six holes on Sunday. They tied last three holes on Sunday. You had to go back from #18 all the way to #15 before we could decide the winner.

There were some great “closest to the pin shots”: Gordon Bendorf on #4 on Saturday and Shmuel Goshen on #8 on Sunday. We also had a couple of multiple skin winners with James Jones getting 2 on Saturday and Bill Anderson pulling down 2 on Sunday.

Our next tournament is a 2-man best ball on Sunday 2/24. Grab a partner and come on out.

And don’t forget our first general meeting of the year will be held an Michael’s on Wednesday 2/20 at 6:30 PM. It’s the new member orientation so come out and meet the new members. For all you new members, come out and meet the board of directors and some of the other club members. New members get a free sleeve of golf balls just for showing up.

NCGA Zone Qualifiers:

George Mahoney
Siva Ramamurthy
Jonathan Fisher
Chris Arata

Flight Results:

Fliight 1

1st George Mahoney 68-74-142 $100
2nd Siva Ramamurthy 76-69-145 $85
3rd Gene Van Puymbroeck (tb) 74-73-147 $70
4th Bill Anderson 75-72-147 $55
5th Chris Mateo (tb) 74-74-148 $40
6th Dick Dalton 72-76-148 $25
7th Ken Spindola (tb) 74-75-149 $10

Flight 2

1st Jonathan Fisher 69-69-138 $100
2nd Chris Arata 70-70-140 $85
3rd Shamus Brady(tb) 71-77-148 $70
4th Shmuel Goshen(tb) 74-74-148 $55
5th Jeff Motto 71-77-148 $40
6th Mike Mcerlain 72-78-150 $25
7th Sean Tobin (tb) 75-76-151 $10

Closest to the Pin - $10 each

Saturday:

#4 - Gordon Bendorf - 1′5″
#8 - Roger Barnes - 15′4″
#11 - Sean Tobin - 5′10″
#17 - Dennis Mateo - 11′8″

Sunday:

#4 - Dan Barreras - 10′2″
#8 - Shmuel Goshen - 1′8″
#11 - Siva Ramamurthy - 10′3″
#17 - Vince LaFroscia - 12′1″

Low Gross Side Pot:

Saturday -$25 - Val Aguiniga - 75
Sunday - $20 - Chris Mateo - 79

Low Net Side Pot:

Saturday - $100 - Jonathan Fisher - 69(tb)
Sunday - $90 - Jonathan Fisher - 69

Skins:

Saturday - 7 Skins at $14 each

#3 - Patrick Beaulieu - 3
#5 - James Jones - 3
#7 - James Jones - 3
#8 - Brendan Clavin - 2
#9 - Ken Spindola - 4
#12 - Fred Aguiniga - 3
#13 - Jonathan Fisher - 2

Sunday - 5 Skins at $20 each

#1 - Sean Tobin - 4
#5 - Bill Anderson - 3
#6 - Gene VanPuymbroeck - 3
#8 - Bill Anderson - 2
#17 - Eric Stern - 2

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It was a “family affair” today at the Stableford Tournament at Shoreline today, the first tournament of the year.

J. Michael Jensen and his wife Dany, playing in her first tournament as a member, both cashed. Michael won the Flight 1 and Dany placed 4th in Flight 2.

While the course was a little soggy from the rain earlier in the week, the weather was almost perfect after a small blob of fog burned off. Bright sunshine, mild temperatures and almost no wind ruled the day.

Full tournament results can be found at:

http://www.golffusion.com/shorelinegolfclub/tournaments/tournament.php?id=2020556

Our next event is the NCGA Zone Qualifier on January 26 and 27. It offers the best prize the club offers all year: paid entry into the NCGA Zone Tournament including rounds at Poppy Hills and Spyglass for the top four scores in the two day, low net event.

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