ASMC President's Cup Champion

The Seascaper is pleased to announce that the ASMC President's Cup Champion for 2018 is John Schenone.

John won this prestigious year-end championship match against Jeff Stanga up two holes with one to play.  It was a remarkable round of golf for John Schenone as he carded a net 66 which included 3 net birdies, 7 net pars, and 4 net bogies, fairing better than the 7 pars and 7 bogies included on Jeff's card.  Some of John's highlights were gross pars on four of the five par 3's; dropping a 24' foot put for par to halve #11; and, sinking a 15' putt for par to win hole  #15.

Congratulations John on a match well played!

Black Gold Silver

The Seascaper is proud to announce the winners of the 2018 Black, Gold, Silver Tournament.

Flight #1 Score 1. Michael Coyl & Steve Rodriguez 60 2. Brad Ryno & Casey Ramback 61 3. Angel Garcia & John Watson 62 4. Joe Claridge & Phil Trounstine 62 5. Matt Kluger & Bob Alustizia 62	Flight #2 Score 1. Tim Kurbrack & Kent Grave 61 2. M. Blas & Charles Thomas 63 3. Breese White & L. Wallman 65 4. Gary Paul & Mike Cloward 65 5. Rick Bean & George Williams 66
Flight #3 Score 1. Andy Forget & Jay O'Gorman 61 2. Grant Butcher & Mark Manley 61 3. Gary Lovell & Ed Arraedondo 62 4. Craig Matthews & Gary Baker 63 5. Dan Roton & Phil Holderbein 67

These are the Sharp-shooters who got closest to the pin on holes 8 and 12:

8th Hole Length 1. Jim Geesman 2' 2. Phil Trounstine 2' 1" 3. Jeff Stanga 3' 3" 4. Matt Kluger 4' 0"

12th Hole Length 1. M. Blas 6' 1" 2. Brad Ryno 6' 10" 3. Mike Bebe 6' 11" 4. John Watson 7' 0"

Tight grouping there on number eight, gentlemen!

2018 Turkey Shoot

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 Turkey Shoot!

Team		Score
1.	Mark Manley & Grant Butcher	62
2.	Gary Lovell & Ed Arredondo	64
3.	Bill Miller & Greg Patricio	66
4.	Joe Guttadauro & John Schenone	69
5.	Bob McCormick & Russ Nicholson	69

These are the Sharp-shooters who got closest to the pin on holes 8 and 12:

8th Hole Length 1. S. Rodriguez 4' 4" 2. B. Ryno 4' 4.2" 3. M. Bebe 6' 2" 4. Gary Brockner 7' 1"

12th Hole Length 1. B. Ryno 8' 0" 2. D. Moore 4' 0.2" 3. M. Cahaley 4' 1" 4. B. White 4' 6"

Member - Member, Member - Guest

The Seascaper is proud to announce the winners of the 2018 Member - Member, Member - Guest Tournament.

M/G Flight #1 Score 1. Gustav Gysin & Eric Schoffstall 62 2. Jim Gosciminski & John Saggau 66 3. Rudy Ortega & Ronald Taylor 66 4. Leo Espinoza & Rick Sullivan 67	M/M Flight #1 Score 1. Mark Houge & Jeff Stanga 62 2. C. Ramback & J. Christenson 65 3. Brad Ryno & Ron Lindsay 66 4. Phil Trounstine & Joe Claridge 67
M/G Flight #2 Score 1. David Harken & John Walker 66 2. William Miller & Gus Martinez  69 3. Jay O'Gorman & Jim Gahagan 69 4. James Baker & Al Cheney 69	M/M Flight #2 Score 1. Matt Kluger & Phil Holderbein 68 2. Don Schwartz & Dennis Dalman  69 3. Gary Lovell & Ed Arredondo 69 4. Craig Matthews & Barry Baker 69

These are the Sharp-shooters who got closest to the pin on holes 8 and 12:

8th Hole Length 1. Gustav Gysin HIO! 2. Ron Taylor 7' 6" 3. Ed Bulicz 9' 11" 4. Steve Baker 13' 7"

12th Hole Length 1. Barry Frankel 1' 10" 2. Ed Arredondo 2' 6" 3. Casey Ramback 6' 1" 4. Al Cheney 7' 6"

Way to go Gustav!

Golfer of the Year: Gary Rossman

The Seascaper is very pleased to announce that Gary Rossman was awarded Golfer of the Year! Gary beat Larry Wallman by 5 points!

Gary receives the Golfer of the Year award from George Williams.

Additionally, the following awards were presented:

Most Improved Golfer (October 2017 through September 2018):  Warren Swanepoel

Championship Flight:  Kyle Davis

Director’s Flight: Brad Ryno

Flight 1: Eric Parsons

Flight 2: Larry Wallman

Flight 3: John Schenone

Brief of Proposed New Event: “The President’s Cup”

This new ASMC competition is intended to encourage greater participation in ASMC tournaments through the potential of gaining acceptance into a season-ending elite match play competition that will culminate with the winner of The President’s Cup. By nature, this will further stimulate the competitive desires of our members as well as add excitement to the end of season events.

The following are suggested format and details, which are to be discussed and refined as deemed so by the ASMC Board of Directors.

Format: Match Play tournament consisting of the top 16 final ranked players as ranked by the ASMC Player of the Year standings.
Brackets: Players shall be seeded by final Player of the Year standing (1 plays 16, 2 plays 15, etc.)

Schedule: Play shall begin on 4 October and be concluded by 14 November. Specific time between matches TBD, but should be no longer than 10 days. Round 1 shall be on Wednesday 4 October in consecutive tee times.

Fees: No fees shall be charged the participants. This is intended to be a reward for those qualified.

Awards: An engraved Cup shall be awarded to the winner by the ASMC Board of Directors. (Considering a perpetual trophy with each year’s winner’s name on it. Need a place in the clubhouse to keep it.)

This competition is expected to require some administration but should be designed to not be a burden.
Some considerations:

• The current Player of the Year award shall remain in place as is. So, a member could achieve an ASMC Grand Slam, whether it be a same year or career slam. That would be winning a Flight Championship for the Spring Medal tournament, winning a Flight Championship for the Club Championship tournament, Player of the Year Award, and winning The President’s Cup.
• Brackets would need to be established and posted.
• Posting the brackets on the board per usual and an email to the affected winning players to begin scheduling their next match within the time limit of completion. Communication on match play results will be important for notifying players to initiate tee times for their next match with deadlines known.
• Suggestion, it would be great to also have the bracket and results posted on our website. This would drive more players to use our website and be up to date on The President’s Cup matches. This may encourage viewership by members. Email blasts to all members on results would enhance this.
• Once a player advances, the next time period for scheduling his next match shall begin when his next opponent advances. Thus, if two players that are slated to potentially play each other advance before the 10 days has expired, then their 10 days to finish their match begins immediately upon the completion of the last match of that grouping. This would keep the event moving along quicker.
• We will need a tie-breaker process for determining the top 16 players and in rank order. Recommend the following: 1) Points earned in September Club Championship; 2) Points earned in April Spring Medal; 3) Sum of points earned in last three ASMC tournaments (July, August, Sept); 4} last 6 tournaments; 5) last 9 ASMC tournaments.

Jeff Stanga

Club Championship Closest to the Pin

After the first round of the Club Championship we have the following closest to the pin winners:

8th Hole Length 1. M. Blas 5' 8.5" 2. D. Bardellini 8' 9.5" 3. P. Trounstine 9' 5" 4. R. Wameling 10' 2"

12th Hole Length 1. Dan Roton 9' 1" 2. Marc Darrow 10' 2" 3. G. Bruckner 10' 3" 4. Klugar 10' 9"

Cha Cha Cha!

The 2018 Cha Cha Cha tournament was fun for  most of us! The results are:

Team Score 1. Coyl, Elia, Miller, Baker 114 2. Driggs, Pappas, Butcher, Daitchman 121 3. Ryno, Stanga, Williams, Gagne 122 4. Gysin, Rushing, Guttadauro, Schenone 123 5. Harken, Houge, Bragga, O'Gorman 125

And our closest to the pin winners:

8th Hole Length 1. Brad Ryno 1' 11" 2. Mike Cloward 4' 9" 3. Ron Lindsay 4' 11" 4. Bruce Driggs 6' 8"

12th Hole Length 1. M. Coyle 2' 11" 2. G. Catalano 5' 4" 3. Breese White 6' 10" 4. David Harken 10' 6"

2018 60th Anniversary Social

The 60th Anniversary Social event was a blazing success with a 9 hole tournament followed by a fabulous dinner spread! The format of the tournament was a 4-person team shamble 2 net best balls.

We would like to congratulate Bill and Kim Miller, and Greg and Jane Patrico for winning the Mixed Division (and the low score of the entire tournament!) with a 48. Coming in second was Joe and Claudia Gatto, Sean Jiggins, and Karen Estrella with a 53.

The Mens Division was won by Grant Butcher, Mark Manley, and Andy Forget with a 52. The second place team consisted of Mark Hogue, Jeff Stanga, Bill Daitchman, and Gary Bruckner with a 54. Great job!

These are the Seascape men and women who got closest to the pin on hole on the 8th hole:

Women 8th Hole Length 1. Kim Miller 30' 1"

Men 8th Hole Length 1. Gary Lovell 4' 10" 2. Steve Perez 6' 3" 3. Joe Gatto 14' 3"

New Rules

Amongst the many rules of golf, some rules are familiar to all. For example, we all know you have five minutes to find your ball before it is deemed lost. We also know that it is a penalty to putt from the green and hit the flag pin. And definitely, don't ground your club in a red staked area.

Yes. Well, that's all changing soon. The USGA has been busy rethinking many of the rules of golf. In many cases, the changes they've come up with are designed to make the game more fun and speed up play. In 2019 we will all be playing by these updated rules, so get the jump on the competition and find out what's going to change. You can find 36 new rules at the USGA website.

ACMC 2019 Tournament Schedule

ABCD Tournament

This years ABCD tournament was a huge success! The following random pairings were winners!

First Place

Claridge, Kluger, Butcher, and Moore with a 109

Second Place

Rossman, Boulware, Wallman, and Carl with a 110

Third Place

Webb, Rettig, Collins, and O'Gorman with a 111

Fourth Place

Trounstine,  Patricio, Blas, and Taylor with a 112

Fifth Place

Hogue, Lindsay, Guttadauro, Daitchman with a 112

These are the Seascape Sharp-shooters who got closest to the pin on holes 8 and 12:

8th Hole Length 1. Matt Kluger 1' 8" 2. Mike Coyle 3' 10" 3. Grand Butcher 4' 7" 4. Bruce Driggs 5' 4"

12th Hole Length 1. Jeff Collins 2' 6" 2. Gary Rossman 2' 7" 3. Bill Miller 5' 10" 4. Gary Lovell 9' 5"

NCGA Rules!

On Saturday morning, ASMC Men's Club hosted an on-course rules seminar attended by our members as well as women from The Sea Gals. The 3-hour event was led by NCGA Rules specialists, Ray Coates of Redwood City and Lynne Gangi of San Jose.

Lynne Gangi discussing options for red stake and yellow stake areas

The customized course covered several topics including play on and around greens, relief from temporary and permanant obstructions, playing options in and around the bunker, water hazards, rules affecting the teeing ground, starting times and scoring.

The format was casual and upbeat, The co-leaders invited questions throughout the seminar and the members didn't dissapoint. The Q&A was lively and the NCGA representatives were kept on their toes.

Ray Coates demonstrating rules of sand trap play

Attendees were given copies of the USGA 2018 Rules book and a convenient bag tag summarizing the most common rules and resulting penalties if broken.

Thanks to Bill Miller, ASMC Rules Director for organizing the event and to Ray Coates & Lynne Gangi for leading a superb event.

Eclectic Tournament

The Seascaper is proud to announce the winners of the 2018 Eclectic Tournament.

Flight #1 Score 1. San Jin 70/58 2. Jay Karafa 79/60 3. Joe Claridge 69/62 4. Jim Geesman 71/62 5. Gary Rossman 70/64	Flight #2 Score 1. Mark Houge 74/60 2. Frank Paz 74/60 3. Jeff Stanga 64/61 4. Pete Pappas 68/61 5. Breese White 71/62
Flight #3 Score 1. John Schenone 81/58 2. Glenn Taylor  66/61 3. Dennis Dalman 76/61 4. Bill Daitchman 82/64 5. Tim Carl 73/64

These are the Seascape Sharp-shooters who got closest to the pin on holes 8 and 12:

8th Hole Length 1. Jay Karafa 4' 7" 2. Jeff Stanga 7' 3" 3. Joe Guttadauro 7' 6" 4. Sang Jin 10' 4"

12th Hole Length 1. Dave Moulton 0' 5" 2. Frank Paz 4' 2" 3. Phil Trounstine 13' 4" 4. Larry Wallman 13' 11"

NCGA Net Amateur Tournament

The Seascaper would like to congratulate the following low net winners  of round #1 for qualifying: 

1. Jeff Stanga
2: Glenn Taylor
3. Pete Papas
4. Kyle Davis

The runner's up:

1. Joe Claridge
2. Gary Rossman
3. Craig Matthews
4. Jin Sang

These are the golfers who got closest to the pin on holes 8 and 12:

8th Hole Length 1. Jim Geesman 3' 3" 2. Brad Ryno 9' 11" 3. Frank Paz 11' 1/2" 4. Jin Sang 13' 0"

12th Hole Length 1. Joe Guttadauro 6' 2" 2. Marc Darrow 7' 11" 3. Kyle Davis 12' 8" 4. Mark Houge 13' 2"

NCGA Senior 4-Ball Qualifier Results

On May 9th, we played the NCGA Senior 4-Ball Qualifier. The following teams qualified for the NCGA tournament: 

First Place: Jeff Stanga/ Gary Bruckner with a 61.
Second Place: Pete Pappas/ Danny Braga with a 62.
First Runner Up: Scott Humphreys/ David Webb with a 62
Second Runner Up: Gustav Gysin/ Gary Rossman with a 62
Third Runner Up: Breese White/  Larry Wallman with a 63

Congratulations!

Following are the results by flight:

Flight #1 Score 1. Jeff Stanga/ Gary Bruckner 61 2. Scott Humphreys/ David Webb 62 3. Gustav Gysin/ Gary Rossman 62 4. Matt Kluger/ Jay Karafa 63 5. Matthew Ryan/ Tom McNary 64
Flight #2 Score 1. Pete Pappas/ Danny Braga 62 2. Breese White/  Larry Wallman 63 3. Doug Deaver/ Rich Hamlin 64 4. Bob Norton/ Tim Carl 64 5. Andy Forget/ Jay O'Gorman 64

These are the golfers who got closest to the pin on holes 8 and 12:

8th Hole Length 1. Sang Jin 5' 0" 2. Jay Karafa 10' 5" 3. Ron Lindsay 11' 6" 4. Tom McNary 13' 7"

12th Hole Length 1. David Harken 4' 6" 2. Jim Baker 8' 10" 3. Breese White 10' 2" 4. Danny Braga 11' 3"

Spring Medal 2018

Jim Geesman won the 2018 Spring Medal with a low combined score of 134. Jim scored 67's for both rounds of the competition. Congratulations to Jim and all the flight winners of the Spring Medal!

Flight #1 Score 1. Michael Coyle 141 2. Jay Karafa 141 3. Sang Jin 141 4. Joe Claridge 141 5. Gary Bruckner 143	Flight #2 Score 1. Jim Geesman 134 2. Frank Paz 141 3. Ron Lindsay 144 4. Jim Boulware 144 5. Eric Parsons 145
Flight #3 Score 1. Jorgen Hagglof 147 2. Michael Blas  147 3. Larry Wallman 147 4. Ed Arredondo 148 5. Gary Lovell 148	Flight #4 Score 1. Tim Carl 143 2. Bob Postle 144 3. John Schenone 150 4. Dennis Dalman 156 5. Stephen Goldstein 157

These are the Seascape Sharp-shooters who got closest to the pin on holes 8 and 12:

8th Hole Length 1. Larry Wallman 5' 11" 2. Bob lininger 10' 8" 3. Tim Carl 11' 10" 4. Glenn Taylor 13' 1"

12th Hole Length 1. Garth Watrous 3' 5" 2. Brad Ryno 3' 10" 3. Gary Bruckner 4' 3" 4. Dave Moulton 6' 6"

Bob Alustiza Get's an Ace on 16!

Bob "Bob-O-Matic" Alustiza recorded a hole in one on the 16th hole at Seascape! On April 2nd, Bob grabbed his trusty 3 hybrid and zeroed in on a blue flag on the 16th hole. After 50 years of trying, Bob finally found the bottom of the cup. The boys in the bar were thankful, and thirsty!

Jeff Stanga's First Ace

On March 27th, Jeff Stanga recorded his first ace on the 16th hole at Seascape! Jeff used his 3 hybrid shooting at a blue pin that was about 176 yards out. He said "I thought I pulled out a 4 hybrid but when I put the club back in I noticed it was a 3. Would have been well short!".

The Seascaper salutes you and wishes you continued luck in your club selection (or lack thereof).

NCGA 2-Man Qualifier & Eclectic 2nd Round

The result are in for the second round!
Scores are first round/second round.

Flight #1		Score
1.	Bruce Retting/Matt Bloom	66/62
2.	Ron Linsay/Tom McNary	68/60
3.	Danny Bragga/Pete Papas	64/61
4.	Rudy Ortega/Steve Rodreguez	66/62
5.	Jeff Stanga/Jerry Bruckner	70/62

Flight #2		Score
1.	Eric Parsons/David Bardellini	65/51
2.	Dave Webb/Jeff Collins	65/55
3.	Micheal Blas/Bill Miller	65/57
4.	Jim Morris/Jim Goscimnski	67/59
5.	Matt Kluger/Phil Holderbein	66/60

Flight #3		Score
1.	Don Schwartz/Dennis Dalman	68/58
2.	Barry Baker/Craig Matthews	64/59
3.	Gary Watrous/Garth Watrous	68/59
4.	Rick Bean/George Williams	69/59
5.	Jay O'Gorman/Gary Elia	67/60

NCGA 2-Man Qualifiers 2018 (Based on First Round)

The race is on! Early results for the NCGA 2-Man team are:

1st Place: Matt Bloom & Bruce Rettig with a 62.
2nd Place: Gustin Gyrsin & Garry Rossman with a 64.

Congratulations! The runners up are:

1st Runner up: Craig Matthews & Barry Baker with a 64
2nd Runner up: Danny Braga & Pete Papas with a 64
3rd Runner up: Dave Webb & Jeff Collins with a 65

NCGA 2 Man Qualifier & Eclectic Results

These are the Seascape Sharp-shooters who got closest to the pin on holes 8 and 12:

8th Hole Length 1. Jeff Collins 2' 1" 2. Gary Elia 3' 8" 3. Rudy Ortega 15' 1" 4. David Bardellini 16' 4"

12th Hole Length 1. Matt Kluger 4' 5" 2. Jeff Stanga 6' 10" 3. Jim Geesman 11' 3" 4. Bill Miller 12' 10"

NCGA South Zone Qualifier

The NCGA South Zone Qualifier was held January 10th.  Congratulations to all five flight winners: Steve Rodriguez, Gary Rossman,  Mark Hogue, Gary Elia, and Barry Baker. 

We are proud to present the Seascape Qualifying Team:

South Zone Qualifying Team 1. Mark Hogue 2. Gary Rossman 3. Jay Karafa 4. Gary Elia
Alternate Team 1. Jon Twaddle 2. Steve Rodriguez 3. Sang Jin

Here are the complete list of flight winners: 

Flight #1 Score 1. Steve Rodriguez 69 2. Sang Jin 70 3. Michael Coyle 70 4. John Watson 73 5. Stephen Perez 73	Flight #2 Score 1. Gary Rossman 66 2. Jay Karafa 66 3. Phil Trounstine 70 4. Frank Paz 70 5. Matt Kluger 71
Flight #3 Score 1. Mark Hogue 65 2. Jon Twaddle  66 3. Jim Geesman 72 4. Ron Lindsay 72 5. Jim Boulware 73	Flight #4 Score 1. Gary Elia 66 2. Joe Guttadauro 70 3. Mike Cloward 71 4. Jim Morris 71 5. Bob Norton 74

Flight #5 Score 1. Barry Baker  70 2. Don Schwartz 70 3. Jay O'Gorman 72 4. Steve Goldstein 73 5. Glenn Taylor 76

These are the Seascape Sharp-shooters who got closest to the pin on holes 8 and 12:

8th Hole Length 1. Joe Guttadauro 3' 3" 2. Steve Rodriguez 7' 3. Gary Elia 7' 3" 4. Frank Paz  8' 2"	12th Hole Length 1. Dave Webb 2' 4" 2. Danny Braga 3' 6" 3. Jim Geesman 3' 6.5" 4. Brad Ryno 3' 9"
Congratulations!