Eagle For A Swan

Congratulations go out to Kirk Swan who had his FIRST ever Eagle this past Saturday, December 26th at Spring Hills GC in Watsonville. That magical moment came on the par 4, 8th hole from 125 yards out, with a choked down 8-iron. You can usually find Kirk playing at Seascape every Monday. Kirk will be forever remembered, along with the rest of our members over the years, on our ASMC “Hole-In-One” plaques…having already aced both the 6th & 12th holes. Let the magic continue!

White, Arredondo, Stobaugh and Bates Win Holiday Mixer

Bill White, Ed Arredondo and Allen Stobaugh teamed up with Ruth Bates to walk away with the December Mixer tournament with a nifty 106.

They were followed by the team of Mel Phelps, Mike Beebe, Mike Oliver andJudy Kirker. Third place winners were Don Eddlemon, Bob Postle, Evelyn Skipper and Blind Draw (you know him).

Fourth place was won by Bruce Driggs, Rodd Doerr, Dave Frock and Vicki Oliver. Followed in fifth by Ferd LaRocca, Barry Baker, Craig Matthews and Cindy Baker.

The team of Jim Geesman, Gary Paul, Bob Twaddle and Terese Paul took sixth; Leon Johnson, Bob Gadsby, Danny Braga and Lani Gadsby took seventh and Frank Cavallero, John Peterson, Tony Riccabona andKim Belliveau too eighth.

Closest To the Pin Honors: #8 Men, Dave Frock and Jeff Collins; #12 Men, Fred O’Hara (again) and John Peterson; #8 Women, Monica Matthews; #12 Women, Ruth Bates.

Albatross for Joe Torrente

ASMC good guy Joe Torrente had an albatross today on the 436 yard, Par-5 18th hole. He went Driver-7 iron and thought it looked good. Once on the green, Joe went straight to the hole to take a look. His two other playing partners who witnessed the event was our President Paul Sanders, and his son Bryan Bourke. The Black Cat karma must be working for Joe, who has been feeding ( Little Gary ) the black cat who likes to hang out around the 5th tee box. Congratulations Joe!

Another H-I-O for Club Champ Travis Stephens

Current 2009 Club Champion Travis Stephens did it again. On Wednesday November 25th, Travis aced the 128 yard, 12th hole with a nine-iron. This makes four H-O-I's for Travis at Seascape over the past two years.

Jiggy Gets Jiggy and Breaks 80 for First Time

A Big Fat ASMC Attaboy! to board member and 12-handicapper Sean Jiggins, 43, who broke 80 for the first time in his golfing career -- including the last six years at Seascape where he has steadily improved. Sean shot 42-36 in the Friday game Nov. 20, after downing a bowl of chili in the clubhouse during a rain delay between the front and back nines.

ASMC 2010-2011 Official Shirt- On Display in Pro Shop

THIS JUST IN & NEW FOR THIS YEAR*** The 2010/2011 ASMC Official Logo Shirt. Included on 2010's application...see how you can pre-order this great looking shirt for the new year...JUST $30.00 dollars out the door. This shirt will double as our shirts for Team Match Play, NCGA & ASMC events...and too just show your support. Check out the sample shirt now on display in the pro shop! Be sure to circle your size on the application. Small, Medium, Large, X & XX-Large. Those of you who pre-ordered shirts can expect to receive them by late January.

ASMC Annual Meeting: Tuesday, Oct. 13

Aptos Seascape Men's Club members are cordially invited and encouraged to attend the Annual General Membership Meeting, to be held Tuesday, October 13th, at Seascape.

Hosted appetizers begin at 5 pm (with happy hour bar prices). The meeting then starts at 5:30 with the president's comments on the status of the club, summary of the year's tournament play, year-end financial report, club championship awards, and open forum discussion.

All Champions and Runners-Up in the Club Championship Flights should attend to receive their trophies.

Time to Renew Your ASMC Membership

It’s that time of year again. Our annual membership sign up period begins October 1, 2009, and extends thru December 28, 2009. Regrettably, for the first time in three years, our dues have to be increased. NCGA has raised our prices $6 per person, so the Board is raising our ASMC dues $5 to $85 for the year. New memberships, and “LATE” sign ups (a fter December 28) will be $100. Junior memberships, which have not increased in price since 1984, have been raised to $18, part of which will be subsidized by a $6 donation by ASMC, so the cost to Juniors will be $12.

With our NCGA and ASMC memberships, we are provided with our handicap cards, reduced fees at Poppy Hills and Poppy Ridge, the NCGA magazines, seasonal discounts at Pebble Beach Resort golf courses, hotel discounts, 7% discount at Dell Computer, mobile-ready website with the opportunity to post scores, read rulings, and more (information on these and other offers are available at ncga.org). Through ASMC and our monthly tournaments, you can qualify for many golf tournaments run by NCGA. In addition, ASMC memberships offers opportunities for getting to know other golfers through our social events, opportunities to buy and sell used equipment through the bl og, and pleasant golf with special friends here at Seascape.

The Membership Committee will be providing new applications forms by mail, at Seascape, and possibly on our club Blog beginning the first week in October.

ASMC at the Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach

ASMC Members Jorgen Hagglof, Scott Humphreys, John Peterson, Bob Tomasi and Tom Yuschak [will be working] worked for the Golf Channel this Labor Day weekend at the Champions Tour Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach. They [will be doing] did the T.V. Spotting and Mic Operations for the talking heads. Jorgen, Scott and Jesse Reuter worked this event last year.

The tournament [is] was Friday-Sunday. Greg Norman, Tom Kite and Ben Crenshaw [are] were just some of the full-field of pros who [will be] were paired up with the top junior golfers in the country, along with several amateurs and celebrities in each group. [Check your local listings for broadcast times and look for our guy’s on TV inside the ropes.]

Here are some shots of the guys working the big show. [Original post updated Sept. 7]

-- Scott Humphreys

Claridge, Twaddle, Ebbs Win Their Flights in the Eclectic

Joe Claridge shot a blistering second round to finish at 59 in the first flight of the August Eclectic and Bob Twaddle won the second flight with 58 while John Ebbs cleaned up in the third flight with an amazing 55.

The Eclectic, one of ASMC's most popular tournaments, is a two-day affair in which players can improve on each hole individually, contributing to a best-of-two-days net score. You can make a 7 on No. 1 in the first round and a 4 in the second round and your score for No. 1 is 4.

After Claridge, winners in the first flight were Phil Trounstine, Garth Watrous, Tom McNary, Josh Christenson and Curt Christenson.

Second flight winners after Twaddle were Rodd Doerr, Bill Campbell, George Wolfe, Ed Arredondo and Danny Braga.

Following Ebbs in the third flight were John MacDonald, Dave Schultz, Don Bonnel, Sid Martin and Bud Ralston.

Clostest-to-the-oin winnders in the first round were: #8 -- Phil Dick, John Peterson, Cam Hanson; #12 -- Phil Trounstine, Gabe Reyes, Ron Lindsay. In the second round the winners were: #8 -- Ron Lindsay, Gabe Reyes, Gary Paul; #12 -- Fred O'Hara, Dave Frock and Ed Arredondo.

The big news here was that for the first ASMC tournament in three months, Fred O'Hara did NOT make a hole in one on #12 -- but he did knock it to 2'8"!!!

-- Phil Trounstine

Webb, May, Cavallero and Collins Win July Tourney

Lloyd Webb, Charlie May, Frank Cavallero and Jeff Collins shot a cool 27 under par 115 to win the four-man, two-best-ball tournament in July.

Bob Norton, Joe Claridge, Michael Cloward and Michael Wade came in second with 116. George Wolfe, John MacDonald, Don Bonnel and Mel Phelps captured third followed by the team of Bob McCormick, John Hadley, Marc Darrow and Jesse Reuter.

Ferdinand LaRocca, Robert thompson, richard Wameling and Tony Riccabona grabbed fifth place.

The low gross shooter was Travis Stephens with a staggering 65, followed by Orion Galioni at 74. Low net winners were Bob Norton at 65 and John MacDonald, 66.

Closest to the pin honors on No. 8 went to Travis Stephens, Brandt Wilson and Ron Lindsay. On No. 12, the winners were Fred O'Hara -- with a hole in one (see below) -- Don Bonnel and Travis Stephens.

Here's another interesting factoid: In two shots, on No. 8 and No. 12, Travis was a total of 6'1" away from the hole.

News Flash: O'Hara Scores Second Ace in a Tournament

Even before we're able to post the results of the July tournament, we've got some incredible news: Fred O'Hara, the former ASMC president, scored his second hole-in-one during an ASMC tournament!

Twice, now, Fred has knocked it in on No. 8, with an 8-iron -- in the June and July tournaments.

His pals are all breathing sighs of relief that he didn't do it in the Friday skins game with the $100 Rule in effect.

Seascaper Has Moved to the Web

Although several months have gone by without a newsletter, we've addressed that now by moving from a newsletter to a blog. The tournament reports are now up to date and from now on it will be possible to keep up with club news right here on the Seascaper blog.

Seascape Veterans Shoot Their Age

ASMC veterans Jerry Woods and Glenn Taylor have done what few golfers are ever able to do -- shoot their age.

Woods, 68, plays to a 6.0 index and is the proud father of an even better player -- Ken Woods, the hed pro over at Pasatiempo.

Taylor, 76, carries a 15.4 index, and works part-time in the pro-shop.

Seascaper sends out a hearty congrats to both men.

John Hill Scores His First Hole In One

ASMC member John Hill made his first hole-in-one Sunday, July 5, after 61 years of playing golf. John aced Seascape's par-3 8th hole, with a 7-iron from 126 yards.

Paz and Halward Advance in NCGA Four-Ball

Frank Paz and Bill Halward,who qualified back in January, in the ASMC NCGA Four Ball tournament made it past the semi-finals at Sunnyvale Municipal and will go on to represent Seascape in the Four Ball Championships, to be held at Poppy Hills and Spyglass on Monday and Tuesday, June 29th and 30th.

Frank and Bill will be carrying the ASMC banner in these championships. If you see them on the golf course this week, wish them well as they attempt to bring home a championship for ASMC!

Good luck Frank and Bill!!

Tomasi and Partner Sweep the NCGA Senior Four Ball

ASMC Tournament Chairman Bob Tomasi and sidekick Phil Trounstine won the First Flight in the NCGA Senior Four Ball Qualifier in June, while Barry Baker and Craig Matthews won top honors in the Second Flight. The four will represent Seascape in the NCGA tournament.

John Hadley and Garth Watrous took second in the First Flight, folloob Nortonwed by Leon Johnson and Fred O'Hara. During the match, O'Hara scored a hole-in-one on No. 8!

Other top finishers in the First Flight were Sean Jiggins and Bryan Sanny and Phil Dick and Mike Beebe.

In the Second Flight, Gary Paul and Jim Baker were runners-up, followed by Bob Gadsby and Glenn Taylor; Bob Norton and Joe Claridge, and Bud Ralston and Allen Stobaugh.

Tim Carl and Pat Emerson won the Third Flight, followed by John Noce and Thom Coyle; Sid Martin and John Turk; Ray Geisick and Dick Staniford, and Jorgen Hagglof and John MacDonald.

Closest-to-the-pin honors on No. 8 went to Gary Paul, followed by Bob McCormick and Rich Richardson. O'Hara's ace won on No. 12, followed by John Turk and Joe Guttadauro.

Christenson, Humphreys, Fennel, Richardson Qualify to Represent Seascape in NCGA South Coast Zone

Josh Christenson shot 65 and Scott Humphreys and Tom McNary shot 70 for the lowest gross scores in the ASMC May tournament. And Bob Fennell’s 63 and Roland Richardson’s 68 were the best net scores among players with handicaps of 18.4 or less.

Rounding out the first flight were Jerry Woods, Gary Gogol and John Peterson.

Second flight winners were Allen Stobaugh, Bob Norton, Joe Claridge, Bill Campbell, Mike Oliver and Bob Heil.

Third Flight honors went to Fennell and Richardson, followed by Rodd Doerr, Danny Braga, Ben DeMarco and Jorgen Hagglof.

Fourth Flight winners were Mike Howley, Don Bonnel, Jeff Collins, Tim Carl, Tony Riccabonna and Pat Emerson.

Closest to the Pin on No. 8 were John Hadley, tim Carl and Bill Halward.
On No. 12, closest shooters were Craig Matthews (1’7”), Cameron Hanson and Bill McCabe.

Jesse Reuter Makes His First-Ever Ace on No. 6

ASMC membere Jesse Reuter had his first hole in one on Seascape's tough No. 6 on Sunday, April 19. Jesse used his driver on the 210-yard par 3.

Trounstine, Paz, May Win Flights in Spring Medal

Phil Trounstine, Frank Paz and Jack Marshall won their flights in the two-day Spring Medal tournament in April.

Craig Matthews came in second in the First Flight behind Trounstine, followed by Tom McNary, Mike Oliver, Scott Humphreys and Jerry Woods.

After Paz in the Second Flight came Ben DeMarco, Rodd Doerr, Gary Lovell, Allen Stobaugh and Mike Cloward.

In the third Flight, after Marshall, came Charlie May, Sid Martin, Bob Twaddle, Ferd LaRocca and Don Bonnel.

In Round One, closest shooters were Jim Geesman, Tony Riccabona and Danny Braga on No. 8 and John Christenson, Scott Humphreys and Mike Wade on No. 12.

In Round Two, closest honors on No. 8 went to Bob Tomasi, Frank Paz and John Peterson; and on No. 12 to Danny Braga, Jerry Woods, Scott Humphreys and Phil Trounstine (tie).

Geisick, Staniford, Nicholson, Marshall Win Cha-Cha-Cha

Ray Geisick, Dick Staniford, Russ Nicholson and Jack Marshall won the nifty Cha-Cha-Cha tournament in March.

John Reisdorf, Jorgen Hagglof, Jerry Woods and John MacDonald took second place, followed by Jon Ebbs, Louis Brennan, Paul McGillicuddy and Mike Howley.

Other teams to place were:
-- Phil Dick, Rod Doerr, Phil Trounstine and Bob Tomasi.
-- Ben DeMarco, Rich richardson, Gary Lovell and steve Olsen.
-- Bob Mccormick, Bill Campbell, Wayne colvin and George Wolfe.
-- Gary Paul, Tony Riccabona, Barry Baker and John Cranston.
-- Bruce Driggs, Dave Frock, Frank Millang and Scott Bergland.
-- Jim Geesman, Bill McCabe, Don Bonnel and Bob Twaddle.
-- John Peterson, tom McNary, Fred O'Hara and Mike Oliver.

Closest-to-the-pin honros on No. 8 went to Jerry Woods, Curt Christenson and Bob McCormick. No. 12 winnders were Allen Stobaugh, Steve Olson and Bob Tomasi.

Halward, Doerr, May Win Flights in February "39"

Bill Halward scored a +1 to win the First Flight of the "39" tournament in February, while Rodd Doerr won the Second Flight and Charlie May walked away with the Third Flight.

The "39" format has each player establish a number based on adding their handicap to -39 and then assigning points to eagles, birdies, pars and bogeys with the aim of getting to zero or above.

Bob McCormick took second in the First Flight, followed by Brandt Wilson, John Reisdorf, Tom McNary and Phil Dick.

In the Second Flight, Jim Geesman came in second, followed by Danny Braga, Gary Paul, Jorgen Hagglof and Ed Arredondo.

Third Flight finishers after May were John Cranston, Jack Wirth, Dick Staniford, Mike Howley and Marty Kendrick.

Closest-to-the-pin honors on No. 8 went to John Reisdorf, Bill Hlaward and Marty Kendrick. On No. 12, winners were Rodd Doerr, John Peterson and Tom McNary.

Christenson Ace in the Friday Game

Josh Christenson, the great young player who also tends bar at Seascape, knocked it in with a 9-iron to a blue pin on No. 12. Way to go Josh!

Sanny and Wilson Win the January Tournament; Paz and Halward, Baker and Matthews Qualify for NCGA

Brian Sanny and Brandt Wilson won the First Flight in the January two-man, best-ball tournament, but the qualifiers for the NCGA Four Ball were Frank Paz and Bill Halward, who were second in the First Flight, and Barry Baker and Craig Matthews, who won the Second Flight.

The four qualifiers will represent Seascape in the NCGA tournament.

David Webb and John MacDonald took third in the First Flight, followed by Joe Torrente and Kurt Stephens and then Garth Watrous and John Hadley.

Charlie May and Jeff Collins were runners up in the Second Flight, followed by Jack Marshall and Russ Nicholson; Ben DeMarco and Don Bonnel, and Glen Taylor and Don Schwartz.

Closest to the pin honors went to Jerry Woods on No. 8, followed by Phil Dick and David Webb. On No. 12, it was Mike Oliver, followed by Tim Guhin and Russ Nicholson.