Men’s Golf Club

The most recent Leisure World Men’s Golf Club Tournament was played on June 9. Three flights of variously skilled golfers vied for best net scores (gross score minus handicap), plus four circle holes (shots within a 5-foot circle rewarded) and two closest-to-thepin challenges. A total of 51 golfers teedoffandplayed18holesthrough the early morning and into the afternoon.Theweatherwasinitially partly cloudy, but the sun came out with a vengeance by 8:30 a.m.

The early morning front nine rounds were met with damp, “slow” greens and wet fairways. As has been the case, during the back nine, the greens become much drier and quicker, plus the late wind began to really play a role in trying to hold the harder greens.

The tee boxes are slowly improving from their “dormant” period, and the greens are still bumpy from their aeration many weeks back. These conditions certainly led to only 21 of 51 rounds being under par.

A Flight encompasses golfers with handicaps of 0-7; B Flight is handicaps of 8-12; and C Flight is handicaps of 13-18. All scores below are net (gross score minus handicap).

A Flight Winners: First place: tie between John Kolthoff and Dong Kim, 2 under 52; second: Steve Walker, 1 under 53; third: Seung Lee, even par 54; fourth: Bill Long, 1 over 55; fifth: Steve Ro, 2 over 56.

B Flight Winners: First place: Jae H. Lee, a terrific 7 under 47; second: Gary Stivers, very nice 6 under 48; third: Ryan Hong, 4 under 50; fourth: Kap Son, 3 under 51; fifth: Daniel Do, 2 under 52; sixth: tie between Paul Alloway and Trai Nguyen, even par 54.

C Flight Winners: First place: Dave Winn, a well-played 6 under 48; second: Bill Zurn, 3 under 51; third: tie between Dennis Jensen, Sang H. Kim and Mike Carlson, 2 under 52; fourth: tie between Roger Bennett, Ben Benjamins and Manny Miranda, 1 under 53; fifth: Marvin Jones, 1 over 55; sixth: Chang Choi, 2 over 56; Closest to the pin on the 85-yard, par-3 eighth hole was John Kolthoff at 6 feet, 6 inches, and on the par-3 17th hole, it was Jun Um at 5 feet,11 inches. There were also six circle hole winners.

The next Men’s Tournament will be on June 23, and the next Guys and Gals Tournament will be on June 30. If you are signed up to play a tournament but cannot, contact Alan Sewell (541) 324-8558 or Dave LaCascia (801) 674-5975 as soon as possible.

The Men’s Club is sponsoring a picnic after the Guys and Gals Tournament on June 30 at approximately 2 p.m. at the Clubhouse 1 picnic area. Sign up during the Men’s or Ladies Tournaments each Tuesday and Wednesday; the last day to sign up will be June 28. Initially, there was to be no charge, but investigations into cost for upward of 80 people revealed it would be outside the club budget. So there will be a $5 charge, and the club is looking into catering or providing the typical summer fare (hamburgers, hot dogs, salads, beer, wine and water). The picnic is open to Men’s and Ladies Club members, plus spouses and significant others.

—Dave LaCascia