SIMI HILLS G.C. - 02/02/2023: Craig Fehrman fired a scintillating 77 that won both Porter Low Gross

Mr. Fehrman

by 10 shots and Low Net by 5 strokes. His round featured a "Hole-In_One" on #8 that paid out $220, leading to a solo birdie award and tie for Partners 1st Place and $69 from the wager pots! The Super Low Gross winner was Ron Troncatty whose 75 posting marked "across the board", Super Gross 1st, Partners 1st(tie), Low Net 2nd, Low Putts 2nd, and a solo birdie to boot for a $56 take. The 3rd solo birdie award went to Brian Oblak that paid out $31 when added to his Super Gross runner-up spot. Tom Knickerbocker won Low Putts and tied for 2nd in Porter Gross to claim $27. Ties for both Partners 1st & Low Putts 2nd and a shared birdie paid out $24 to Tony Giapapas. The other half of that birdie award had Bob Stone's name on it for a $13 share. Nine Bucks found Jimmy Dodds in Low Net 3rd & tied for Low Putts 2nd, while $8 rewarded Bruce Simon for Porter Gross 2nd(tie) and Partners 3rd followed by $7 to John Moskoff tied for Partners 1st Place and $3 to Miguel Romero in Partners 3rd Place.
WESTLAKE G.C. - 02-09-2023: Only one of the two Designated Par 3 Birdie Holes was deuced, resulting in a $56 reward to the perpetrator, Tony Giapapas, that topped the day's money list. At $52 we find Tom Knickerbocker whose Low Round of the Day (70) garnered First Places in Porter Low Gross, Low Net, Partners(tie) & Low Putts(tie). Ron Troncatty won Super Low Gross along with ties for First in both Partners & Low Putts plus a shared birdie for a $37 payout. An identical $37 went to Bob Stone for 2nd Places in both Porter Gross & Low Net, a tie for Partners 1st and a share of RonTron's birdie. The second and solo Blind Draw Birdie, worth $26, had Tom Abraham's name on it. A cluster of three more players joined the busy 3-Way tie for Partners 1st Place, worth $6 apiece, Miller, Moskoff, & Simon while Mike Belson claimed an identical $6 for 3rd Low Net. The Super Gross runner-up was Brian Oblak for a token Two Bucks leaving a full 1/3 of the field rewarded only with a lovely warm day out in nature.
STERLING HILLS G.C. - 02/16/2023: The entire Designated Birdie pot was usurped by Bill Lewis along with First Places in both Low Net & Partners for a $69 total. A pair of identical $38 payouts found Brian Oblak winning Super Low Gross, 1st Place in Low Putts and a shared Blind Drawn Birdie and then Jeff Sable with 2nd Places in Porter Gross & Low Net, a Partner 3rd and another shared birdie. Tony Giapapas pocketed $28 by winning the Porter Low Gross, after a brief stint playing from the Back Tees, plus the Partners 1st Place and a tie for 2nd Low Putts. Sunny Iacobellis made the winners list with $16 for Partners 2nd Place and a shared birdie payout followed by Dawn Sacco's $12 take from her own shared birdie. Ten Bucks went to John Moskoff for his Partners 2nd Place and Low Net 3rd Place, followed by Five Bucks to Ron Troncatty as the Super Gross runner-up and tied for 2nd Low Putts and a final $3 to Miguel Romero in Partners 3rd Place.
Woodley Lakes G.C. - 2/23/23: Predictions for heavy continued winter storms caused the cancellation of this event. However, a half dozen or so of the hardy scattered about to play some of the nearby venues at the Sepulveda Golf Complex, just to stay sharp!

Absent friend, Ted White who passed away on October 14, 2022 at 96 y.o. was recognized in the "IN MEMORIUM" tribute at the 29th Screen Actors Guild Awards held in late February. Also recognized was Robert "Bobby" Morse whom we lost in April of last year! Both are recognized in our Absent Friends page on this website -- Jeff Jacobs, recently was the Official Meet Announcer at major college Indoor Track Meets in Winston-Salem, NC -- March Birthday is none other than this column's primary contributor, Mike Belson on the 4^th and speaking of which, we'd really like to recognize all of our members here during the month of your birthday. Please make sure Mike has yours the next time you see him in the clubhouse!