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The PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association conducted its second annual mid-winter classic on January 24 and 25 using all three 9-hole courses at Tuscany Falls. A total of 94 two-man teams competed in this event which incorporated four separate formats. There were four flights that played from the blue tees and five flights that played from the white tees.
On the first day, the front-nine format was Pinehurst (both players tee off, then switch and play their partner’s ball, then take the best result after the second shot and alternate in from there). The back-nine format was two-man alternate shot (the players decide on their first hole who tees off on the odd holes and who tees off on the even holes and then alternate with his partner until holed out).
On the second day, the front-nine format was one-net best-ball of partners. The back-nine format was Shamble with both scores counting (each player tees off, then they select the best shot and play their own ball in).
Winners:
Blue Flight 1: 1st place, Dean Goupil and Dale Bell; 2nd place, Jeff Canfield and Jim Wolff; 3rd place, Bill Volm and Lyman Gallup.
Blue Flight 2: 1st place, Allyn Sayre and Bob Burghdorf; 2nd place, Joe Little and Larry Dick; 3rd place, Bob Parise and Phillip Smyth.
Blue Flight 3: 1st place, Ron Rathnow and Dave Korba; 2nd place, Bob Schimelpfening and Doug McFarland; 3rd place, Bob Richards and Dee Cuttell.
Blue Flight 4: 1st place, Mark Clark and Tom Burrell; 2nd place, Ed Bobigian and Fred Schwartz; 3rd place, Marion Malnar and Bill Matteucci.
White Flight 1: 1st place, Paul Johnson and Lloyd Garner; 2nd place, Anthony Dilger and Cort Wyss; 3rd place, Terry Kay and Harvey Winn.
White Flight 2: 1st place, Daniel White and Joe Jones; 2nd place, Chuck Veltri and Marty Schlotthauer; 3rd place, Bill Fischer and Larry Hartsook.
White Flight 3: 1st place, William McCabe and Bob Myers; 2nd place, David Burkhalter and Al Gardner; 3rd place, Kirk Harrison and Kenneth Terry.
White Flight 4: 1st place, Tom Wagner and Tom Peterson; 2nd place, Dennis Cattin and Ken Wallace; 3rd place, Arne Johannesen and Tom Henderson.
White Flight 5: 1st place, Stan Lockitski and Dennis Thelen; 2nd place, James Thompson and Larry Huss; 3rd place, Frank White and John Shaw.
Hot dogs, beer and soda were provided in the Tuscany Falls Ballroom after play. Scoring was done by the golf professional staff Jason Whitehill, Ronnie Decker and Dave Vader as well as GM Bill Barnard. Scoring was a challenge given the fact that four separate formats were played. So, many thanks to this group.
Thanks to the greenskeeping staff for providing great playing conditions.
Prizes were awarded to the top four teams in each flight. Congrats to all the winners!