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May 2025

VOL XXVII No. 8

All The News Thats Fit to Print
Monthly News Updates Terminated
**** SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT ****
Jim Raymond
Jim Raymond
Sadly we must now report that Jim Raymond passed away near his Indio home
in Palm Springs at the age of 91 years young on April 10th.
Jim was a staple with the group since its inception.
He also served on the Committee after Don Porter left us, and often handled Tournament Director Chores.
Aside from being a great friend and a all-around "nice man", in his professional career, he was a successful Actor and Stuntman.
We offer our deepest condolences, to wife Itsu and family.
Next venue: Thursday, May 22nd at Westlake Golf Course: 09:30 AM - L.A. County regulations: Normal!
April 2025 Leaderboard
CourseSuper GrossPorter GrossNetPartnersPuttsBirdies
Simi Hills
2025-04-03
Oblak78
Troncatty78
Troncatty68
Troncatty
Venetos
143
Knickerbocker28
Bertelsen28
Giapapas1
Bertelsen3
Los Robles
2025-04-10
Oblak77
Troncatty79
Stone65
Knickerbocker
Troncatty
139
Bertelsen28
Sable1/2
Lieto1/2
Stone2
Troncatty1
Olivas Links
2025-04-17
Oblak77
Giapapas82
Giapapas67
Giapapas
Troncatty
140
Bertelsen31
Oblak1/2
Bertelsen1/2
Kirchberg1
Troncatty1
Westlake
2025-04-24
Romero72
Stone57
Stone
Troncatty
124
Romero25
Knickerbocker1/2
Sable1/2
Romero1
Simon1
We no longer publish monthly. . .

Please be aware that Don Porter's Thursday Golf Group is no longer publishing a monthly newsletter.


We invite to view our past newsletters dating back to July of 2001 and through February 2024, by selecting from the Newsletter Archives below this section!

We do plan to replace this portion of the website with a more permanent record of the groups auspicious beginnings and history starting in the mid 1980's when founder Don Porter and a small group of friends from the famed Hollywood Hackers began venturing out among the Southern California Golf venues on Thursdays following a playoff for the annual club championship.

We will announce via our email system once we have completed that process.

Also note that you may always drop by to view the previous month's Leaderboard!

IN MEMORIUM. . .
Honoring Jim Jacobs who lost his brief battle with cancer on Wednesday September 11, 2024
Jim Jacobs
Mr. Jacobs
at the ripe age of 94. - He will be sorely missed by anyone who knew him. -- Mr. Jacobs had an affinity for hole # 15 at Simi Hills Golf Course. On Thu. January 10, 2008 he improved on the Hole-In-One he had back in Nov 2007 the previous time he played that hole. This time he hit a "prettier" shot. His back-to-back "Aces" established a FIRST in DPTGG History along with his 21-Putt round at Camarillo GC back in Dec 2005.
Professionally, Mr. Jacobs earned a Masters Degree & studied for his PHD at USC Cinema Dept. in the late '50s. During this time he also appeared as an actor in various films & TV , becoming a series regular on CBS's "Men Into Space", '59-'60. In 1962 he segued into Production, serving as a Producer's Asst. (MGM-TV), then Assoc. Prodr. (Brendan Prods/20th Fox TV), VP for Prodn(VPI Comm'l Studio), Prodr/Head of Prodn (Metromedia Producers Corp, Comm'l Div.), & finally Exec. Prodr/Owner of Cali-Filmery Prodns. From his High School golf team days in Bloomington, Ill. thru Varsity Golf at Univ. of Notre Dame, he won several junior titles & local Country Club championships, played in the 1951 NCAA Tourn. & two PGA events. During a U.S. Air Force tour he added more victories in service events & then, in Hollywood , he won Low Gross at the 1962 World Entertainment Golf Championship. -- In 1963 he was one the original founders of the Hollywood Hackers, serving on their Exec. Board & as Hdcp & Scoring Chmn, along with winning their Club Championship multiple times.
With DPTGG, Jim garnered many annual awards including the Don Porter Award for "Golfer of the Year" in 2000. He served as an esteemed member of "The Committee", also as Group Treasurer & Columnist on the Newsletter. From 1997 until 2019 he served as our Weekly Tournament Director.

A Celebration of Jim's Life is in the planning stages and will be announced!
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