39th County Mixed Scotch Championship
Mather GC
September 14 , 2008

The flight winners were as follows:
1st Flight 1st Place-Ron Silvas and Jean Woolley net 65.
                2nd Place-Barry and Tara Mortimeyer net 65.5.
2nd Flight 1st Place-Maurice Duenas II and Melody Hayes net 66.5.
                2nd Place-Bill Bachmann and Peggy Moger net 68.
3rd Flight 1st Place-Randy and Lisa Ronning net 64.5.
                2nd Place-Alan and Judy Candlish net 65.5.(Matched cards on the back nine to break the tie)
The low gross winners were Marc Engellenner and Krista Wylder at 70.
See results

6th State Fair Women's Championship
Bartley Cavanaugh GC
August 30,31, 2008

If you are persistent, you will reach your goal. 
Brittany Smith, UCD senior of Rancho Murietta, is at last the State Fair Women's Champion. She has placed 7th in this event for the last three years. Smith shot 69,74, winning by one shot over Chelsea Stelzmiller.
Stelzmiller lost in a playoff here last year to Alice Kim, and placed third at this year's City Women's Championship.

Competing in the third flight, Bailey Furgeson of Auburn was Low Net overall at a scorching 120. Caitlin Yee took over First place at 134.  Second Flight winner was Camille Furgeson at 145. 
Third Flight was won by Nicolette Bondura at 132.

An ACE was recorded Saturday at the 17th green by Monica Villarreal of Yorba Linda. Congratulations!    results

67th Mixed Scotch at Bing Maloney
August 24

Deb and Gary Murata, Champions for 2006, again won the City Mixed Scotch with a score of 57.5.  The Muratas were the last group of the day, so their score surprised all that remained for the awards.

See results.

17th State Fair Junior Championship at Haggin Oaks
August 23

Kurt Kitiyama of Chico is the boys overall champion. Kurt shot a 2-under par 70 to tie with Ben Geyer of Arbuckle, and Joel Slack of Folsom. Sudden death playoff decided the ties. Kurt was third overall at the Tokay Jr. Classic at Woodbridge Country Club, was tied for fourth at the Hogan Cup Team matches in Portland , Oregon .
Kurt won the the IBA West Trusted Choice Big “I” Junior Classic 2008 California State Finals in July at DeLaveaga Golf Course Santa Cruz, California.

13-year-old Paige Lee, of Folsom, won the girls overall State Fair Championship with a 71. Lee is ranked 6th with the NCGA for Junior Girls, and was the youngest in the qualifier for the 2008 Women's US Open.
Lee also was the girls champion at the Tokay Junior Classic at Woodbridge Country Club, and is the recipient of the Cameron Tinder Award for the tournament of Champions.

19th County Men's Net Championship at Mather
July 19-20, 2008

Andy Clark, of Ancil Hoffman GC, defended his 2007 title by shooting 71-75 to post a net 130, winning by just one stroke over Jason Marks. Clark was also low net in the City Sr. Men's last week. As Champion of this event, Clark has won free entry into the State Fair Men's Net Championship.

In the second flight, Greg Lauck, Bill Gaylor, and Steve Berry all posted net 142. A cardmatch determined the winner to be Greg Lauck, Steve Barry taking second.

Third flight, Randy Zierman took first place with 135, just one stroke in front of Michael Worley.
see results . .

43rd City Men's Senior Championship at Bing Maloney
July 15-16, 2008

Jeff Burda won the 43rd Sacramento City Senior Championship at Bing Maloney Golf Course, carding a 138, three strokes over Gene Ackerman and Mark Miller. Burda also won the Sacramento County Senior Championship at Ancil Hoffman in May.

Burda, a Notre Dame graduate, is one of the top Senior players in NCGA, capturing the 2008 NCGA Senior in his first NCGA senior event. Burda has competed in NCGA events since 1974, and is the only player to win an NCGA major in four different decades.
Burda is a major force at his home course, Modesto 's Del Rio CC, winning the club championship seven times.

In the net divisions, Andy Clark, Ancil Hoffman GC, scored 137, one over Richard Drawbert of Arbuckle, Clark shot net 67-70 to capture first place in the first flight.
In the second net division, Dwight Palmatier, of Ancil Hoffman, carded net scores of 66-76, good enough to win by two strokes over Willard Hart, SABGC.   See Results

43rd County Men's Scratch Championship at Ancil Hoffman
July 12-13, 2008

Hawaiin takes the title

Spenser Shishido from far away Aiesa, Hawaii fired a super 66 and at 5-under par 139 wins the 43rd Sacramento County Men's Scratch Championship. 
Six birdies sealed the tournament on a warm day on a difficult Ancil Hoffman Golf Course. 
The course yielded only three scores under par from the entire 128 player field. Jonathan Carlson, Kelsyville and Tim Honeycutt, Placerville tied for 2nd at 1 under par
143, only six players matched par at 144.

73rd City Women's Championship at Bing Maloney
June 21,22, 2008

Christina Stockton Repeats win for 2008

"The 73rd Annual Sacramento City Women's Championship was held this past weekend on June 21-22, 2008 at Bing Maloney Golf Course.  Some of the past winners of this event have gone onto very successful professional careers, including Alice Miller, who won several LPGA tournaments, including a major.  This year's field was very strong with some of the top women golfers in the area, including several college stars from Northern California like Chelsea Stelzmiller, Brittany Smith, Jessica Yam and Lauren Dobashi of UC Davis, Brooke Green and Samantha Saffold of Sacramento State, Hali Coppin of Fresno State, Alexis Garduno of Old Dominion University, Alexis Edwards of BYU, Ashlee Yee of UC Riverside, Jessica Yee of Cal State Monterey Bay, Jennifer Jenq of Wellesley College, Kristina Casillas of Sac City College, and Danielle Cvitanov and Christina Stockton of the University of San Francisco.  The field also consisted of some young up and coming golfers such as Jacqueline Williams of Loretto, Daniela Okino of St. Francis and 13-year old Paige Lee, from Folsom, who made it to the regional qualifier of next weekend's US Women's Open, as well as many past Sacramento City Women's Champions, like 1992 champion, Marsha Lutz, 2001-2002 champion, Lynne Cowan and 2005 Champion, Deb Arbogast.   Christina Stockton of USF was also the two-time defending champion going into the tournament, having won in 2006 and 2007.  

On Saturday, temperatures were very hot, reaching triple digits, and the scores were even hotter.  Although Holes #1, 11 and 17 proved disastrous for many golfers all weekend, a few girls managed to card some impressive red numbers.  For Brooke Green, the day proved that golf was a simple game with 5 birdies and 13 pars, a sizzling 68 that left her two shots ahead of Chelsea Stelzmiller at 3-under 70, 3 ahead of Jessica Yam, at 2 under 71, and 4 ahead of Alexis Edwards, at 1 under 72.   Lurking behind were Danielle Cvitanov, at even par, 73, and a logjam of ladies at 1-over par, 74, including two-time defending champion, Christina Stockton. 
On Sunday, the temperatures dropped a little, but the scores were just as hot.  Past champion, Lynne Cowan proved that her first round 77 was a fluke, firing a 3-under 70 earlier in the day that included six birdies.  Lynne was the leader in the clubhouse and had to wait for a long time until the last two groups came in.  While Lynne was waiting in the clubhouse, Christina Stockton had started fast with birdies on Holes 3 and 4 to get her back into contention while the leaders faltered on the front nine.  

By the ninth hole, Brooke, Chelsea and Christina were all tied going into the back nine and the tournament turned into an exciting three person race.  After Chelsea birdied the 11th Hole, she had taken the lead, only to give it back when she bogeyed the difficult par 5 12th hole and Christina had birdied.  Brooke tied Christina after birdieing the par-3 13th.  All three players birdied 14, and Chelsea again tied Brook and Christina with a birdie on the short par 4 15th.  Brooke again took the lead briefly after birdieing 17, but just seconds later, Christina had rolled in a 15 foot birdie putt from the back of the green on 18, just like she did to win the tournament the previous year,  Knowing the she needed a birdie, Chelsea went for broke, but it was not meant to be as she bogeyed the hole.  Brooke made a nice par on 18 to force the first playoff in over a decade

On the first playoff hole on Hole #17, Brooke won the coin toss and took control with a 250+ yard drive just past the 100 yard marker in the middle of the fairway.  Christina pushed her drive in the right rough and had a difficult shot with over hanging trees impeding her line of flight.  Christina punched under the trees just short of the right bunker and had a difficult chip remaining.  Brooke hit a great approach shot to twenty feet, just past the hole.  Christina hit a bad chip that went past the hole about 30 feet.  Still away, she missed the return putt and tapped in for her first bogey of the day.  Brooke only needed two putts to win, but she was strong with her putt leaving herself about six feet for par and the win.  On her par putt, she just grazed the edge of the cup and tapped in for her bogey,  Brooke smiled at her caddy after the putt, knowing she missed a great opportunity.  On the 18th tee, however, Brooke showed no signs of a let down as she piped her drive once again 250+ yards right down the middle.  Christina also hit a good drive and they both reached the green in regulation.  Brooke was the first to putt and she had a great line, but her putt stopped just inches short of the cup.  Christina's putt was offline, but she tapped in for par and they were off to the 17th green again for the third playoff hole.  Brooke, once again proved her worth with a drive right down the middle almost identical to the first playoff hole.  Christina pulled her drive this time into the left rough and left herself with a difficult shot under the tree line, but needing to go over the bunker.  Somehow, Christina was able to punch an eight iron that clipped a branch, clipped the lip of the bunker and curled around the green, leaving herself a 25 foot putt.  Brooke made a solid approach shot, leaving her about 20 feet short of the hole.  After studying her putt from all angles, Christina stepped up and rolled it in center cup, pumping her fist in the air.  Brooke was next to putt.  She hit it firm and true, but at the last second it slid just right of the hole.  Earlier in the day, Christina had commented that she would need to shoot a 66 to have a chance, but all she needed was a 68 to force a playoff and join local legends Elizabeth Brand, Judy Anderson and Big Break Kaanapali star Kim Welch as the only woman to win three championships in a row. 
The tournament also had many women competing in three net flights.  T he President's Flight was won by Amy Cowan, of Roseville at 147, Director's Flight by Brooke Stephens of Durham at 138, and the Council Flight by Caitlin Yee, of Sacramento, at 132. 

The tournament director, Sean Wong, would like to thank all those who helped make this a great tournament, including his co-directors, Carissa Shubb, Gwen Seefeldt, Janis Luis, Ross Martin and Bev Dunbar of the Sacramento Golf Council, the great staff at the Bing Maloney Golf Course and all of the participants.  Great Job!!!" 

87th City Men's Championship at Haggin Oaks
June 14,15, 2008

Saturday one hundred scratch players began the race for the City Men's Championship. Jonathan Carlson, of Kelseyville, carded 66, to go ahead of the field by four shots.  Sunday brought out many low scores from some late starters. Carlson faltered Sunday scoring 73, taking second place alone at 139
Ryan McDonald won the Championship with a Sunday score of 66, with even par 72 on Saturday.

McDonald tied with Matt Hollinsead, of Roseville at 138. Hollinsead shot 70-68 to put himself in winning position.  A sudden death playoff ensued. Both players birdied the first hole par 5, McDonald then birdied the second hole, Hollinsead just missing the putt to tie. See final scores

Who qualified for the State Fair??

Ryan McDonald, 2008 City Men's Champion with Tom Hamolka, tournament Director for 2008

Golf Council Institutes new incentive . .

The Golf Council will award FREE entry into the State Fair Handicap Championship (Aug 30,31, Sept 1) to the Champion of the City Men's Handicap (June 7,8) and the County Men's Handicap (July 19-20).  The player will then play to the same handicap (slope adjusted) used in the qualifying event.
The Council voted to give this a two-year trial, hoping it will generate more players for the two events.  See our Tournament Calendar for the mail-in entry to the County Men's Handicap at Mather. You may also register online.

County Women'sChampionship
May 17,18, 2008
Ancil Hoffman GC

Last year's Champion Tracy Nichols, of Rocklin, again is the overall Champion,scoring 72-75 for 147.  Nichols won by one shot over Heather LeMaster of Ancil Hoffman GC. LeMaster tied at 148 with Kelly Wilson, of Cameron Park.

Low Net Champion is Kathy Copelin, of Teal Bend GC
First Flight 1st Place is Gillian Tracy at 149. Second Flight 1st place is Krista Wylder.
Scores are posted  

County Senior Men'sChampionship
May 14,15, 2008
Ancil Hoffman GC

The County Men 's Championship was contested by eighty four players May 14-15 at Ancil Hoffman Golf Course. Champion is Jeff Burda, of Del Rio Country Club.
Burda scored a 69 on Wednesday, one behind Herb Jensen, of Del Paso CC. Burda then began Thursday's round with a 33 on the front, finishing with 35 for a final score of 137.
Second place Chris McKenna, of Sunset Whitney Country Club, shot even par on Wednesday, finishing with 69, marking 5 birdies in the first 9 holes, finishing only four shots back.
Wednesday's leader, Herb Jensen, faltered Thursday with 74, finishing at 142, tied for third place.
Jim Knoll, of Rooster Run G C, was two under after the first round. Knoll teed it up Thursday for a run at the Championship, scoring an eagle on the first hole. Knoll finished tied for third place with Mark Miller and Herb Jensen.

Notables in the Handicap flights, Alan Hart of Foxtail GC, won the President's Flight by five strokes over Bob Peroni with net 73-63.

Ray Ashby, of Dry Creek G C, won the Director's Flight by a large margin. Ashby scored net 67-70 to win by seven strokes.
See full results

City Four-Ball Championship
March 15,16 & 22,23, 2008
Bing Maloney golf course

Upper Bracket
Hoffman & Snow def Hunter & Landsburg 1 up
Lower Bracket
Roak & Ponath def Gilchrist & Woods 4&2
Afternoon match
Jeff Hoffman & Tim Snow def Scott Roak & Kevin Ponath 1up This match was all square or 1up at anytime until they reached the 18 th hole when Tim Snow holed a 12 foot birdie to end the match.
Final Results

Champions Jeff Hoffman & Tim Snow

City Junior Easter Championship
March 19,20, 2008
Bing Maloney golf course