Windsor
1st Event of 2003 Season 
Saturday, November 2, 2002

Tom Furtado, Andrew Kang and Yoch Lin take a break from rigorous putting to pose for the camera.

Aside from the rules confusion a few other interesting things happened. Every member of the Desimone/Lloyd/Otto/Sanguinetti foursome birdied the 14th hole, and none of them had putts of more than 6-feet! The Boguski/Day/Steppan/Walburg group experienced the opposite extreme. On the 8th hole each of them contributed to an 8-ball total for balls deposited into the same water hazard. This is one ball shy of three sleeves. In spite of all the bad golf it was a fine day, with an ideal temperature, perhaps in the low 70's, and the wind was mild at most. 

In the news recently is our own Club President Ken Lloyd. Ken recently celebrated a big birthday(10/30), reaching the half-century mark. Ken tried to quietly cross the milestone, but Steve(7/4, four years older than Ken) couldn't resist sounding the alarms and informing everyone he could. At any rate, Happy Birthday to Ken! Even though he played well this weekend, it might be a while before he shoots his age.

Below are the photos from that day. Photo credit goes to Walburg and Webb. Webb was using our new digital camera!!!

Many of the golf tales told our club members are filled with the same substance which keeps these objects airborne.

Yes, there are golf photos on this page, but these two shots look neat together. These are the silos on hole 3.

Recently impressive Yoch Lin arrived very early and got plenty of pre-tournament practice. He evidently needed more though, as he shot a 99 (net 84).

Jeff Hazel and Rory Armstrong also fell shy of recent performances. Jeff had a miserable front nine, a score (54) that was 3 strokes above the 51-stroke 4th flight average (Sorry, Jeff. I couldn't help myself). Still, he pulled himself together shooting a steady 43 on the back. 

Dave Webb placed third. Dave was playing his round while toting the club's new digital camera. Dave had plenty of great shots during his round. Most of these were using the camera (like the photo of the silos above), but his even-par 36 on the back nine most certainly included several great golf shots. His back nine score was the day's best, by two full strokes. He also won the CTP on hole #11.

Ralph Hill and Mike Birnbach discuss nuclear physics on the practice green. Either that or they were talking about last night's episode of Ally McBeal. It's difficult to say with those two.

Chad Carey warms up before his solid round of 84(net 75). He placed 4th in the first flight.

Steve Obana and new member Chris Brown getting accustomed to the speedy greens. Steve fired a 78(net 68) to win the second flight. He also won the CTP on hole #11.

Ken Lloyd shot a 78(net 72) placed him 2nd in the first flight. Here he is hitting his opening drive on #1. The Lloyd/Desimone/Otto/Sanguinetti foursome was the day's most successful. Steve Desimone placed 1st in the first flight while Ken placed 2nd. Steve Sanguinetti placed 3rd in the second flight and Rollie Otto place 1st in the third flight.

Steve Sanguinetti placed 3rd in the second flight with a 79 (net 70). His 39 on the front was bested only by Steve Desimone's amazing 34.

Steve Desimone had the day's best round with an even par 72 (net 68). His blistered the front nine with a 2-under 34. Steve easily captured the first flight. 

Rollie Otto on #1. Rollie's 86 (net 71) earned him 1st place in the third flight. Rollie also won the CTP with a shot to 35'-2" on #11.

Andrew Kang fired an 83 (net 70) to finish 2nd in the second flight. He edged past Steve Sanguinetti in a tie-breaker.

Yoch Lin looked great on the first tee, but things got a little ugly on the front nine. Still, he regrouped and did well on the back.

Club Champion Tom Furtado shot a 95 (net 75), but this was only good enough for 4th place in the fourth flight.

Ken Alton hits his opening drive on #1. 

Mike Armstrong, Ralph Hill and Mike Birnbach on #11. None of these rugged golfers performed exceptionally on this day. At least they had one another to console with and later drink beer.

Here on the 11th tee are Ralph Hill and Dave Webb. Dave would win the CTP on this hole with a shot to 13'-7.5". Dave fired a 78 (net 74) and placed 3rd in the first flight. His masterful 36 on the back nine was the day's lowest. Dave also broke in the new club camera.

Mike Armstrong on the tricky 4th hole. 

Ralph on #1. 

Vince Garcia on the first hole. Vince placed second in the blind bogey flight behind Larry Smith. What's kind of funny is that Larry Smith has been away from the club so long that he was placed in the blind bogey flight. It worked out for him though, as his net score would not have earned him anything in the flight he would have played in.

Can you say back swing? Edgar Johnson has the club's longest. Here he winds up on #1. 

Don Wade on #1. Don placed 5th in the third flight.

Bob Traum could have played better today. Instead he opted to play left-handed.

Here Bob hits his approach shot at #4.

Saul Geiser on hole #2. Saul was on track to possibly place in the first flight, but had to bail out after the front nine.

Club Champ Mark Steppan hits his drive on #4. Mark played well, but it's tough when you only get 4 strokes.

Here Mark putts out on #16. 

Mark Boguski proudly follows his drive on #4. 

Here Mark splits the trees with his drive on #17.

Jeff Day on #4. Jeff was "on" today, but only if describing his beer-drinking.

On #12 Jeff got into a some deep trouble (literally)). Jeff seems to find loads of trouble on golf courses. 

Ron Gallagher tracks his ball on #5. Ron's 89 (net 74) was good enough for a 2nd place finish in the third flight. A few weeks after the tournament Ron appeared on the channel 2 news. Having spent some time in the middle east he was interviewed about the recent talks of a potential war.

Jerry Powell on #5. Jerry had a rough day and was considering hanging up the bag. Golf is a love/ hate recreation. Unfortunately it's most often the hate that rears its ugly head. Thankfully people like Jerry make it fun just to hang out and walk the course despite the results.

Scott Meredith on #5. Scott placed 3rd in the third flight shooting a 92 (net 75).

He Scott makes a tricky putt on the appallingly horrible 15th green.

Dave Rose on #5. Dave placed 3rd in the fourth flight with a 93 (net 73). Dave also won the CTP with a precise shot to 50-feet.

Russ Greenwood with his signature beach towel in the hip pocket. You never know when you might need to dry off after a fresh dip in a water hazard.

Remarkably, Russ' towel never seems to fall out. Even this violent bunker shot on #8 had no effect on the towel.

For a guy that only played four tournaments last year, Bob Sternbach did alright today. By anyone else's standards, however, he sucked.

Kelly Alvarez didn't suck. He shot a 95 (net 71) and captured 2nd place in the fourth flight. Here Kelly chips onto the green at #8.

Speaking of not sucking, Gary Vollen fired the day's lowest net score, 67 to easily walk away with a fourth flight victory. His 43 on the front nine was particularly impressive. Here Gary hits his drive on #14.

Martin Kitchener hits a delicate chip-and-run on #16.

New member Stacey Mackey splashes out of a greenside bunker on #16.

2002 Golfer of the Year Aaron Walburg carried the creek at #17 with his second shot. Here he chipped on and sank the putt for his second consecutive birdie. This 2-hole stretch was the only bright spot in an otherwise ghastly round.

Kelly Alvarez and Jeff Day celebrate at the 19th hole. Actually Jeff didn't win anything. He was just celebrating his ability to drink beer. We all have our strengths.

Complete Flight Results:
Below are complete flight results as well as highlighted results.

Tournament-wide averages (not including BB flight):

Highlighted Results:

1st Flight

2nd Flight

   1st tie-breaker(L9 holes-1/2 CH):

3rd Flight

4th Flight

Blind Bogey

(Results tabulated by Ken Lloyd and Steve Desimone)