IT TOOK A playoff after 54 holes to determine the first Clallam County Amateur tournament winner.
John Moniz and Mike DuPuis played championship golf for three days on three golf courses and ended with a tie, each shooting 220 for the 54 holes.
Three more holes were required to finally determine the winner of the 2009 Clallam County Amateur golf extravaganza.
It took a birdie on the third playoff hole for Moniz to win with a 1-stroke victory over DuPuis in the gross division.
The first part of the tourney was played at Peninsula Golf Club in Port Angeles for 18 holes Friday.
Saturday’s competition was for 18 holes at SunLand Golf & Country Club in Sequim, and the final 18 holes was at Sequim’s Cedars at Dungeness Golf Course on Sunday.
The net division winners were Clayton Constant in first place at 209 and Gary Kettel in second with 210.
Also in first division contests were closest to the pin winners Mark Jeffries on Friday, Ron Sather on Saturday and Moniz on Sunday.
Second-division gross winner was Jan Hardin with a 242 while Jerry Allen was second with 252. First net was Bob Dutrow, 211, and second net was Brian E. Anderson, 218.
Second division closest to the pin winners were George Peabody on Friday, Bob Dutrow on Saturday and Bernie Anselmo on Sunday.
Lyle Andrus had a 264 and Don Tipton a 266 to capture first and second place gross in the men’s third division, respectively.
Thomas Fitzgerald shot 211 to win the third division net, and Ray Santiago had 215 for second place net
Third division men’s closest to the pin winners were Mike Haller on Friday, Gary Murphy on Saturday and Tom Fitzgerald on Sunday.
The women’s division gross winners were Rena Peabody, 248 and Sharon Bugg, 222.
On Friday and Saturday Pat Schumacher won the closest to the pin contest each day while on Sunday Dolly Burnett won.
Paws and Claws
Andy Anderson is giving leadership to the Paws and Claws Golf Tournament on June 27, and he needs your entry form as soon as possible.
This is a very popular annual event when our furry and clawed friends count on us for help with the money needed during the year to do the care and feeding of the Humane Society animals all year long.
The tournament will be held at Dungeness, and entry forms are available by calling Anderson at 360-683-8553 or Kandace Schmidt at 360-46l-2810.
This is a great tournament and it benefits the good program in our community for dogs, cats and other critter pals.
Clallam EDC
The Clallam County Economic Development Council presented its 15th fun golf tournament recently on Sequim’s Dungeness course.
First place went to the team of Mike Puckett, Andrew Betzing, Jeremy Vance and Nick Sinaly with a team score of 61.
Second place was earned by the team of Michael McAleer, Pat McMenamin, Rich McMenamin and Craig Stevenson with a 66.
In third place were Bill Matthews, Willie Nelson, Steve Tompkins and Rob Reese with a score of 67.
Trophies were presented to the winning teams, and the Clallam County Economic Development Council’s Teri Martin, director of finance and operations, expressed her appreciation to all the participating golfers, the great weather and the kindness of the event sponsors.
Port Townsend muni
Great news this morning from Mike Early at Port Townsend Municipal Golf Club about Bob Erb having a hole-in-one on hole No. 2, a par-3, on Tuesday.
He stroked his driver, hit a beautiful little fade and the ball ran right into the hole like it had eyes.
The ball traveled 140 yards and Erb was very pleased with the results. Head pro Early also reports that he has a few openings for the Port Townsend High School Alumni Golf Tournament coming up on June 20.
You do not have to be an alumnus in order to play.
The entry fee is $45, and the game is a scramble that tees off at 8:30 a.m. Call 360-385-4547 for more details.
Memorial tourney
The date for this year’s Bob Taylor, Knights of Columbus Memorial Golf Tournament is Aug. 1.
It will be held at SunLand.
For more information, call Mike Schmidt at 360-683-9488 or Marty Harshberger at 360-681-4226.
Taylor was a great tournament volunteer and an even greater person. He had worked many hours to make the Knights of Columbus Golf Charity Classic successful.
He began working to gain sponsorships and making arrangements for this tournament in early January each year.
Several thousand dollars have been raised to help many local community charities. Taylor’s hard work is greatly appreciated.
In recognition of Bob’s efforts over the years, the Knights have unanimously voted to rename the tournament this year to Bob Taylor, Knights of Columbus Memorial Golf Tournament.
Dungeness women
Lindsay Busch of the Dungeness Lady Niners sent in a vote of thanks to the ladies of SunLand for hosting the home-and-home event at their beautiful golf course.
Lindsay’s own group will have a game this week called Lucky 7’s. She goes on to tell about a series of three clinics the pro shop will be conducting for the women to use as each team comes off hole No. 9.
Port Ludlow women
The game of the day was Stableford on June 2 for the Port Ludlow women’s golf program.
First Flight winners were Lucinda Thompson, 39; Carol Katuzny, 37; and Sharon Zablotney, 36.
Second flight honors went to Linda Aho, 37; Darlene Mjoen, 36; and Teddy Conover, 35. Third Flight winners were Suzy Lee, 42; Beth Weaver, 37; and Dione Watson, 34.
The nine-hole ladies played a three-person best ball on June 4 where the best net score on each hole was used.
There was a card-off for first place and the results were as follows: First place team was Linda Aho, Elin Failla and Catherine High with a 30. Second place went to Peggy Selby, Joanne Harrington and Mary Naye with 30.
In third place were Liz Moore, Betty Quisenberry and Nora Darcy with a score of 31.
Ten players from the Port Ludlow Lady Niners participated in the SunLand Invitational and the reports were that everyone had a great time.
Port Townsend women
Great golfing weather in June brought out the largest number of lady golfers of this young season at Port Townsend Municipal.
Thirteen women gathered to play on a warm, sunny morning. Low number of putts was the game of the day.
First place went to Joanie Albiso with 13, second to Jo Norwood with 15 and third to Arlina Brown with 16 putts.
There was a tie for fourth place among Vivian Chapin, Ann Meier and Libby Atkins, who all had 17 putts.
Visitors are invited join the group at 9 a.m. each Wednesday this summer. Call Barbara Aldrich at 360-385-5465 with news or questions.
Peninsula women
Sandy Granger is the gal to call for answers to your questions about playing with the lady’s group at Peninsula Golf Club in Port Angles.
Her number is 360-565-1237. On June 3, the gals played medal play for their competition of the day at their home course. For the 18-hole players, Chris Anderson posted a 70, followed by Hilda Stinar, 73, Donna Willenberg and Duffey DeFrang tied with 75 each.
For the nine-hole group, Dona Scarcia scored 35, Mary Murphy 38, Sandy Granger 38.5 and Boots Reidel, 42.
On June 4, seven of the nine-hole players participated in the invitational at SunLand. Kitty Byrne, captain of the Peninsula group, was on the winning foursome for the day.
Come and play with their group at 9 a.m. on Wednesday mornings.
SkyRidge Chapman
Call Jeff Pedersen, the owner of SkyRidge Golf Course in Sequim, and find out about the upcoming SkyRidge Chapman Golf Tournament, a two-person modified Chapman being held to celebrate the sixth anniversary of the golf course Saturday.
It’s a 9 a.m. shotgun start, and it will be a fun game. It costs just $60 per team entry.
It includes the 18 holes of golf, range balls, lunch after play, KP’s and long putt contest.
Call 360-683-3673 and wish their entire team a happy anniversary. This golf course is a great six years old.
The weather is great, the golf scores are running low and you will have a great time if you will just remember that “Golf is an easy game, it’s just hard to play!”
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Billy Sallee is the golf columnist for the Peninsula Daily News. He can be reached, when he isn’t on the golf course, at 360-582-9799 or bmsallee@olympus.net. His columns appear on Wednesdays.
