AND THE WINNERS WERE
ENCINO G.C.-12/01/2011: A determined 19-player field picked

Mr. Oblak

their way through the debris strewn fairways after the big wind storm and braved still bothersome wind gusts. Scoring and Putting stats were obviously modest under these conditions. An unmentionable mid-90s score submitted by John Moskoff became inconsequential when miraculously his TWO unexpected birdies were BOTH blind-drawn thus propelling him to the top of the money list with 61 big ones. Brian Oblak claimed $40 with the remaining birdie payout, actually a superb EAGLE on the Par 5 Hole #10, plus the Super Low Gross title and a runner-up in Low Putts behind Jim Jacobs' 31 stroke total. Bob Stone managed to collect $34 from his Porter Low Gross win and 2nd Net despite having his own birdie on #10 preempted by Mr. Oblak's EAGLE. Mark Kourtjian punctuated his return to our tour after recent hip surgery by taking the Low Net prize and placing in both Gross & Partners for a $31 payday. CAMARILLO SPRINGS G.C.-12/08/2011: Only 13 loyal stalwarts teed it up on a day that yielded just THREE birdies overall. Jim Sabbe fired a respectable round of 79 that led to FIRSTS in both Super Gross & Low Putts(only 26!!) and the day's top dollar st 43 bucks. Just a "fiver" back, at $38 was Mike Gannon who took the Porter Low Gross prize, shared the designated birdie payout on Hole #8 with Bruce Simon, and then paired with Jim Jacobs to win the Partners category. Marilou Miller was next at $32 after not only taking the Low Net prize by a healthy FOUR shots but also hole-ing out from the green-side bunker on the Par 5, Hole #4 to grab the final solo birdie reward. LOS ROBLES GREENS G.C.-12/15/2011: The slick greens matched PGA Tour speeds and the diabolical pin placements challenged our 20-player field, sending scores soaring. The day's putting stats showed a plethora of 3-Putt greens, at least a dozen 4-Putts, and even a 6-Putt tally. These astronomical figures made Gordon Crook's 28-Putt winning total and 79 Gross score even more remarkable. Mr. Crook earned a big $62 for wins in Super Low Gross, Low Putts, and the solo designated birdie on Hole #16. Next came John Moskoff with $43 and Jim Jacobs with $32 as they tied for Porter Gross honors and placed in other categories. Mr. Moskoff picked up extra cash by sharing a blind-drawn birdie payout with Brian Oblak while Mr. Jacobs' TWO birdies went "unplucked" leaving the final birdie's $32 stipend to be claimed by Ron Troncatty. For the second week in row Marilou Miller captured the Low Net award worth 20 bucks. WOODLEY LAKES G.C.-12/22/2011: Five full foursomes survived the brutal wind gusts and actually all finished however the day's truly gross scores remain unmentionable. As usual the trio atop the money list accounted for all three of the birdie payouts. Ted Winship, whose game had languished somewhat of late, surprised the group by pocketing $56 for a solo blind-drawn tweeter on the very 2nd hole plus some Low Net & Partner's loot. Brian Oblak managed a $35 payday by sharing the birdie on the lengthy 17th Hole with Marilou Miller and then adding the Super Gross title & places in Net, Partners, and Putts to his resume. Jimmy Dodds rescued a triple digit scoring day when he deuced the tough Par 3, Hole #15 to claim the final $32 birdie award. SIMI HILLS G.C.-12/29/2011: To close out Twenty-Eleven the gods of golf fittingly presented our 20 player field with a gorgeous warm & sunny day, slick greens, and tough pin placements. The best round of the day from whichever tees was posted by age-defying Jim Jacobs whose 81 total matched his number of years amongst us. That was worth top monies of $53 for JJ despite having his birdie on Hole #7 left in the hat while his card did take Porter Low Gross, Low Net, and a tie for Low Putts with Bruce Simon. A trio of birdie boys followed on the moolah list. Jim Sabbe claimed his $42 with a blind-drawn trey on Hole #12 along with notching the Super Low Gross title. Benny Beaird got $34 with a deuce on the designated 17th and "chip-off-the-old-block" Jeff Jacobs duplicated that feat on the designated Hole #4 for his $34 take home. While spreading the loot around we noted that a grand total of TEN other competitors finished "in-the-money" ranging from Mike Gannon's 25 bucks down to Jimmy Dodds' two dollar bill. And off we went amid a cacophony of "Happy New Year's" salutations!

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Weekly Pairing Chairman Jim Raymond

Mr. Raymond

reports that during the first half of our 2011-2012 Season the weekly turn-out averaged just 5 foursomes which represents a decline from the previous several seasons but somewhat understandable considering the economic conditions of recent times and the graying of our constituency. Hopefully the New Year will bring a resurgence in participation. Wednesday, Jan 4 offered up some travel news for some of our members. Bill Lewis and his lady, former active member Marsha Rodd, were chauffeured to the San Pedro port by Jim Raymond's personal taxi service where the Hawaii-bound "Love Boat" welcomed them aboard. Once they hit the Islands they'll met up with Dick & Martha Harwood, who are already vacationing there, for a grand tour and feasting. The ever busy actor person, Marsha, had just returned the day before from a successful stage play audition in New York for a gig that will open in Philadelphia. Wednesday also saw Jim & Louisa Jacobs chauffeuring their son Jeff to LAX for his flight back to Myrtle Beach where he'll resume his Head Coaching duties at Coastal Carolina U. Thanks to the great weather over the holidays Jim & Jeff got in rounds at 5 different golf courses including two Thursday Group outings. We were recently contacted by Fran Brough, spouse of former active member Walter Brough, saying that she had located a Don Porter golf bag in their garage that Walter apparently won at one of our late 1990s "Shug" Annual Raffles and wanting to know if we were interested in reclaiming it. Anyone interested in preserving this memento of our esteemed founder may contact Jim Jacobs for details on how to initiate retrieval.

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