Tony Riccabona (1941-2016)

Sadly we must report that Tony Riccabona has passed. Tony was a longstanding member of ASMC and was known for his joy of the game, his camaraderie and his infectious smile.

His obituary from the Sentinel:

Anthony "Tony" Riccabona
Jan.30,1941 - Dec. 10, 2016
After a long illness Tony passed away on Saturday, December 10th at Dominican Hospital. Tony was born to Vincent P. Riccabona and Lydia (DalColletto) Riccabona. He had two brothers and one sister.

Tony graduated from Holy Cross High School and was a star athlete in Football, Basketball and Baseball.

After graduating Tony worked at County Bank of Santa Cruz for several years. He left the bank and eventually managed The Grapesteak Restaurant for many years. He then start­ed his own business "Turtle Shells" and traveled all over California selling his wares. Tony started a clothing/ souvenir shop on the Santa Cruz Wharf and Fisherman's Wharf in Monterey. His last shop was in the Capitola Village where he retired.

Tony was an avid golfer and was a member with Seascape Men's Club. A San Francisco Giant, 49ers, and Warrior fan all of his life.

In 2004 he married Lillian Laus Rlccabona and met the Laus Klan. Lillian was the love of his life and they spent their retirement ex­ploring America.

 Tony is survived by his wife, Lil, two sons Tony Jr./Tammy and Vince P/ Alice. Too many grandchildren to count. His broth­ers Vince/Nora and Steve/ Victoria in Idaho and a sis­ter RoseMarie, many neph­ews, nieces and cousins.

Services will be held at
St. Josephs Church in Capitola
on January 30th at 11:00 A.M.
A reception will fol­low at St, Josephs.

Toys for Tots

Lisa Tate

Once again our own Lisa Tate has organized the Toys for Tots drive and she's asking for your help. Next time you're in the clubhouse be sure to bring a toy and drop it in the barrel outside the pro shop. Don't have a toy and you're unwilling to brave Toys R Us this time of year? No problem, Lisa has also put out a jar for cash donations. Either way, you'll be making sure some little boy or girl's Christmas is a whole lot brighter this year.

This is the 5th year that Lisa has coordinated Seascape gift giving with the Toys for Tots folks. The toys go to local orphanages, foster homes, churches and needy families in the area. And with your generosity last year, we donated over $800 in toys to children all around Santa Cruz.

So bring a new toy in, make sure it's not wrapped and Lisa asks that we steer clear of guns and other fighting toys.

Thank you for your generous support and Happy Holidays to everyone!

Annual Turkey Shoot

Once again the featheries were flying at our Annual Turkey Shoot. Congratulations to the flight winners and to all the teams who took home a Turkey.

Flight #1 Score 1. Gary Elia/Jim Walt 60 2. John Watson/Casey Ramback 64 3. Tom McNary/Matt Ryan 65 4. Brad Ryno/Ron Lindsay 65	Flight #2 Score 1. Gary Bruckner/Jeff Stanga 62 2. Gary Paul/Mike Cloward 64 3. Pete Pappas/Danny Braga 66 4. Fred O'Hara/John Camarena 66
Flight #3 Score 1. Franz Vaiarello/Bill Daitchman 62 2. Jim Boulware/Jim Geesman 64 3. Jeff Scaletti/Sean Jiggins 64 4. James Baker/Keith Rushing 64	Flight 4 Score 1. Bob McCormick/Russ Nicholson 63 2. Bary Baker/Craig Matthews 65 3. Jay O'Gorman/Bob Alustiza 65 4. Jon Twaddle/Bob Twaddle 67
Flight #5 Score 1. Mike Cahaley/Grant Butcher 63 2. Andy Forget/Dan Roton 63 3. Luc Gagne/Bob Postle 68 4. John Noce/Tom Kirker 68

Rules Challenge

How did you do on the Rules Challenge today? Before you make an appointment with the eye doctor, see if you can answer the quiz questions. Are you still seeing spots?. While you’re in RulesRRules, look up past Rules articles in the Rules Archive and use the new USGA Rules Quick-Links to look up all the current rules of Golf. It's all there in “Rules R Rules”.

Target Practice

This month's precision players...

Closest to the pin #8 Sang Jin 1' 1" Garth Watrous 3' 8" Frank Vickner 4' 8" Gary Elia 6' 1"

Closest to the pin #12 Mike Cahaley 4' 4" Bob Alustiza 6' 9" Gary Lovell 9' 10" Bob Postle 11' 10"