2013 Men's
Senior Club Championship
The Senior Club Championship was once again altered by mother nature. Last year the weekend was a wash and the entire event needed to be rescheduled. This year she tried to rain us out again, but our drainage overcame her best effort (2+ inches of rain over Friday and Saturday) and the event only suffered the loss of one round.
A hearty field of 18 players tee'd it up Sunday on a course which was playing long and soft. Like any good championship, there was plenty of drama coming down the stretch. Jim Durr had a 3 shot lead over Ron Helon and a 5 shot lead over Ric Haury standing on the 14th tee. But after two errant drives that found out of bounds from Durr resulting in a 8, a bogey by Ron Helon, and a birdie by Ric Haury all three players were even going down #15. Haury followed up his clutch birdie with another at #15 from 15 feet to take a one shot lead over Durr who bounced back with a solid par. Helon made bogey on #15 to stay within 2 shots of the lead.
Momentum swung back in the favor of Durr on #16 as he struck back with a birdie of his own from 8 feet. Haury would bogey the 16th giving a 1 stroke lead back to Durr. Helon made a solid par on 16 to stay just 2 back. All three players made par on #17 leaving our great finishing hole to determine the champion.
All three players were in play off the tee. Haury was first to play and came up short in the right green side bunker. Helon and Durr both came up just short leaving delicates chips on rain softened turf.
Haury couldn't muster any magic on the bunker shot and his ball sailed just over the green. A pitch onto the green followed by 2 putts put him at +5 for the championship. Durr and Helon both hit solid chips. Helon was away for par and he rolled in his putt finishing at +4 for the championship. All eyes were now on Durr who needed a 2 putt to avoid a playoff. He was able to get his first putt close and knocked in his bogey putt to finish +3 taking home his third Senior Club Championship in a row!
In the NET portion of the event, Percy Grenfell posted an early clubhouse lead of 1 under par despite being struck by an errant tee shot from an un-named competitor while playing the 8th hole.
He managed to dodge all other shots taken by other competitors including a great round of even par net 72 by Pete Oldham and a few net 73's posted by Tim Truby, Paul Appleby, and Ron Helon.
Thank you to all who participated and Congratulations to our
2013 Men's Senior Club Champion
JIM DURR
COMPLETE RESULTS
2013 Senior Club Champion
Jim Durr (+3) - $100
2013 Men's Senior Net Club Champion
Percy Grenfell (-1) - $100
Ages 55-64
1st Gross: Ron Helon (+4) - $80
2nd Gross: Ric Haury (+5) - $60
3rd Gross: Dave Rine (+8) - $40
1st Net: Paul Appleby (+1) - $80
T-2nd Net: Bob Simmons (+2) - $50
T-2nd Net: David Worhatch (+2) - $50
Ages 65-74
1st Gross: Pete Oldham (+9) - $50
2nd Gross: Bob Wolf (+17) - $25
1st Net: Tim Truby (+2) - $50
2nd Net: Jim Otis (+7) - $25
MEN'S CLUB POINTS
GROSS
1st: Jim Durr - 14 Points
2nd: Ron Helon - 12 Points
3rd: Ric Haury - 10 Points
4th: Dave Rine - 8 Points
5th: Bob Simmons - 6 Points
6th: Phil Howren - 4 Points
7th: Brian Fetzer - 2 Points
NET
1st: Percy Grenfell - 14 Points
2nd: Pete Oldham - 12 Points
T-3rd: Tim Truby - 9 Points
T-3rd: Paul Appleby - 9 Points
5th: David Worhatch - 6 Points
6th: Jeff Williams - 4 Points
7th: Bob Wolf - 2 Points
