Golf League Results

New player Pat Paternoster joined 12 men of the Leisure World Golf League on Jan. 3 at the Riverview Golf Course in Santa Ana. Since the Santa Ana River runs through the middle of the course, the recent heavy rains made crossing it dangerous and the back nine unreachable because of high water levels. During such times, the course is reconfigured to only nine holes, dropping the length from 5,600 yards to 4,000 yards and par from 70 to 60.

It was a very cold yet sunny morning that warmed up nicely by round’s end, and the players tackled the course twice to complete the 18 holes. Scores were quite good, with eight birdies and half the participants net under par. All the players were grouped into one flight using appropriate handicaps for everyone.

First place: Dave LaCascia, a well-played 10 under 50, plus five birdies and closest to the pin on the par-3 second, ninth and 16th holes; second: tie between Fujio Norihiro and Larry Hillhouse, a nice 3 under 57; third: Gary Stivers, a good 2 under 58, plus a birdie; fourth: tie between Clay Fischer, Lowell Goltra and Bob Munn,1over61;fifth:tiebetween Bill McKusky, Sam Choi, Gene Vesely, Jim Goltra and Chris Lankford. Fischer and Choi each had a birdie, while Norihiro and McKusky tied for fewest putts.

The Golf League plays Mondays and Fridays at four local courses, all within 15 minutes of Leisure World. The courses are always quite full, so advance reservations are becoming the norm, with a sign-up sheet available at each round.

There is a prize pool for each round that players are not obligated to enter. Rewards are given for low net in each flight, birdies, closest to the pin on two par-3s, and lowest number of putts in each flight. Holes-inone and eagles (2 under par), although infrequent, are generously rewarded. If interested, contact Gary Stivers at (714) 313-3697 or Dave LaCascia at (801) 674-5975.

—Dave LaCascia