Bowles aces No. 8 at Men’s tournament

For the Dec. 8 Leisure World Men’s Golf Club Tournament, 52 variously skilled golfers vied for best net scores (gross minus handicap), plus four circle holes (shots within a 5-foot circle rewarded) and two closest-tothe- pin challenges, at LW’s Turtle Lake Golf Course.

Due to the overseeding of the tee boxes, the 1,658-yard course was more a 1,370-yard pitch and putt. Accordingly, scores were very low, with 40 golfers net at or under par and 23 circle holes—a new record.

A hole-in-one was carded by Bruce Bowles on the eighth hole.

All scores are net. A Flight encompasses golfers with handicaps of 0-7, B Flight is 8-11, and C Flight is 12-18.

A Flight: First place: Andrew Kim, a really good 9 under 45; second: Richard Jun, a well-played 8 under 46; third: tie between Bruce Bowles and Bill Long, a very nice 6 under 48; fourth: tie between Fujio Norihiro and Jay H. Lee, a good 4 under 50; fifth: tie between Dong Kim and Ron Jackson, a nice 2 under 52; sixth: tie between John Kolthoff, Bob Turner and Steve Ro, at 1 under 53.

B Flight: First place: Kyoo Choi, a terrific 9 under 45; second: tie between Dale Williamson, Roland Phillips, Gene Archambault, Bill Zurn and Yoon Sup Yoon, at 6 under 48; third: Ryan Hong, 5 under 49.

C Flight: First place: Ben Benjamins, a tournament-best 14 under 40; second: Paul Shellenberger, a sensational 11 under 43; third: tie between Joe DiDonato and Byron Schweitzer, a sweet 7 under 47; fourth: tie between Pat Paternoster, Jack Haskins and James Choi, a fine 6 under 48; fifth: Brian Tivnan, an excellent 5 under 49.

Closest to the pin on the par-3 seventh hole was Alan Sewell and on the par-3 16th hole was Byron Schweitzer.

The next Men’s Tournament will be on Dec. 22. All golfers should arrive 15 minutes prior to their scheduled tee time and be ready to play.

—Dave LaCascia