LW Men’s Golf Club

The Leisure World Men’s Golf Club played its first tournament of the month on Aug. 9 at the Turtle Lake Golf Course. This round, Bob Johnston achieved a hole-in-one on hole No. 13.

The weather was sunny and warm with some clouds that kept the temps down throughout most of the round. With the exception of the tee boxes (dirt but no seed in the divot fix bottles), the course is in good condition with the weed patches on the greens receding nicely.

Two groups of three flights of variously skilled golfers played for best net scores (gross score minus handicap), plus four circle holes (shots within a 5-foot radius are rewarded) and two closest-to-the-pin challenges.

A total of 63 golfers confronted the course. A special low gross challenge was offered, and 13 golfers accepted. Bob Barnum took first place with a 1 under 53; second place was a tie between Johnston and Bill Lyons at even par 54.

With good weather and minimum wind there were 62 birdies and 12 circle hole winners. Additionally, 31 of 63 golfers were net at or under par. Closest to the pin on the seventh hole was Jon Russell, and closest on the 16th hole was Kevin Lindstedt. Low net score was Bill McKusky at 10 under 44, followed by Byron Schweitzer at 9 under 45, with eight other golfers at or under net 50.

All scores below are net equals gross score minus handicap.

A flight winners (with handicaps of 0-7): Johnston, first place; Dave LaCascia, second; Don Newhall, third; tie between Barnum, Lyons, and Rolando Ramirez, fourth; Bob Turner, fifth; tie between John Kolthoff, Andrew Kim and Mike Mayfield, sixth.

B flight winners (handicaps of 8-12): McKusky, first place; tie between Ryan Hong, Won Song, and Roland Phillips, second; Peter Oh, third; John Rudosky, fourth; tie between Alan Sewell and Paul Alloway, fifth; tie between Steve Kang and Gene Archambault, sixth; tie between Bruce Bowles and Hyon Shin, seventh; Dennis McGonigle, eighth; James Farr, ninth; Richard Yokomi, tenth.

C flight winners (handicaps of 13-18): Schweitzer, first place; Jack Haskins, second; Mike Carlson, third; tie between Chang Ho Choi, Kevin Linstedt, Manny Miranda and John Sorenson, fourth; Bill Zurn, fifth; Paul Schellenberger, sixth.

The next men’s tournament will be on Aug. 23, and every second and fourth Wednesday of the following months. Those who had planned to play in any tournament and cannot should contact Alan Sewell at 541936-0285, Scott Tuchfarber at 909-684-0426 or Dave LaCascia at 801-674-5975 as soon as possible. Arrive 10-15 minutes prior to the scheduled tee time and be ready to play. — Dave LaCascia