Thursday, May 2, 2013

LATEST GOLF RESULTS FOR PALM  COAST, FLORIDA.
RAIN SEEMS TO BE MAKING AN APPEARANCE FAR TOO OFTEN LATELY BUT THAT HASN'T DETERRED THE ANXIOUS SWINGERS FROM HITTING THE LINKS EVERY WHERE AN OPENING EXISTS.  HOORAY FOR THEM!

MATANZAS WOODS WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION:

MAY 1, GAME LOW NET, PLAYED AT THE GRAND CLUB'S PINE COURSE.
FIRST FLIGHT: KAREN JOYCE 70. 2ND FLIGHT: BARBARA RAPISARDA 83: 3RD FLIGHT: EINIE STINE 73. 4TH FLIGHT: 1ST SONYA SAPP 71, 2ND GERRY CHIARELLO 73.

PALM HARBOR NINERS AS PRESENTED BY ISABEL LOW.  APRIL 30, LOW NET.
FLIGHT A: 1ST MARIA RAUSCHENBERGER 34, 2ND ELAINE BAYTALA 36. FLIGHT B: 1ST JOAN TUOHEY 36, 2ND GERRY JACQUES 40. FLIGHT C: 1ST JEAN SEAVEY 31, 2ND PEG CARQUE 35.

GRAND RESERVE: WEDNESDAY MEN'S LEAGUE MAY 1, 8 A.M. START.
FLIGHT 1: WINNER, BILL LEVCHUCK 39, 2ND, KEN OBERLIN 37 M/C, 3RD MIKE BRON 37. FLIGHT 2: WINNER, DON GENDRON 41, 2ND RICH BROWN 39, 3RD MARTY POPI 36 M/C. GREEN FLIGHT: WINNER: PAUL DEAN 43, 2ND DON WIKE 41, 3RD JERRY DEGIOVANNI 37 M/C. CLOSEST TO PIN: BILL LEVCHUK NO. 4, DON GENDRON NO. 10, ANDY JOCKIMO NO. 13.

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                                     GRAND RESERVE GOLF CLUB IN BUNNELL

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A VERY SPECIAL GOLF COURSE TO ENJOY MARK GRAND RESERVE ON YOUR CALENDER.  IT'S A BEAUTIFUL GOLF COURSE!  ALWAYS PREPPED TO THE HILT.  IT'S FUN TO PLAY . . . MUCH LOWER RATES . . . A GOLF COURSE THAT BOTH MEN AND WOMEN ENJOY AT EVERY OUTING.
WOMEN'S LEAGUES ARE IN PLAY ON MONDAY AND FRIDAY, THE MEN EVERY WEDNESDAY IN LEAGUE PLAY STARTING AT 8 A.M.FOR THE SUMMER.  YOU CAN JOIN ANY ONE OF THESE LEAGUES.  CALL BRIAN HILL AT 313-2966.  GIVE THIS BEAUTIFUL GOLF COURSE A TRY FOR YOURSELF AND YOU'LL SEE FIRST HAND JUST HOW GOOD IT IS TO PLAY OUR WONDERFUL GAME OF GOLF.

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GRAND HAVEN, A JACK NICKLAUS CREATION. GAME FOR MAY 1, INDIVIDUAL STABLEFORD.

FLIGHT 1: 1ST BOB STANSFIELD 45, 2ND BOB AIKEN 44, 3RD JIM ROBINSON AND BOB BORER 43, JIM PORTER 42, STEVE TOSH, PETER BIANCHI AND DENNIS EMERICK 40. FLIGHT 2: 1ST DICK HAINES, 2ND ROLAND ROBICHAUD, 3RD MIKE O'BRIEN, 4TH PHILLIP PERSON, 5TH RICK WHITE, 6TH TED KOLVA, 7TH TERRY DONAHUE, 8TH DARRELL MAY AND 9TH JACK HINSCH. CLOSEST TO THE PIN: BOB BORER AND HAWLEY ROGERS NO. 5, JIM ROBINSON AND BOB AIKEN NO. 8, MIKE O'BRIEN AND HARRY HASTY NO. 14, JERRY JOHNSON AND TOM PRUIT NO. 17.

WOMEN'S GHWGA. PAR BUSTER.FLIGHT 1: 1ST KAREN GILLIS 24, 2ND GLENNA PRUIT 23, 3RD, MARION HESSERT 23 M/C, 4TH NAN STILLMAN 21. FLIGHT 2: 1ST VIVIAN YOZZO 24, 2ND SUSETTE SWEENEY 22, CAMILE HINSCH 20, KAREN DELVAC 18.

PALM HARBOR MEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION ON MAY 1. CHICAGO POINTS. GREEN FLIGHT: FLIGHT 1: HERB HEIRS 40, GEORGE POLLIO 34 M/C, CHARLIE FISKE 34 M/C. FLIGHT 2: GEORGE DRUTTMAN 40, JOHN RAYBON 39, NICK QUATTROCCHI 37. FLIGHT 3: TERRY SMITH 44, ANTHONY MARTINEZ 40 M/C, WALT SCHAAF 40 M/C. FLIGHT 4: RICHARD BRODEUR 48, JOHN DURISH 46, IR SILBER 44. WHITE FLIGHT 1: HARRY LEIPOLD 46 M/C, DALE BELL 46 M/C, SAL RAISARDA 43. FLIGHT 2: PAUL GAMBA 45, PETE LOGLISCI 42, BILL TUOHEY 39. FLIGHT 3: ANTONIO RAVAL 41, BILL ILAVSKY 39 M/C, BOB PALMER 39 M/C. FLIGHT 4: TOM GLENN 43, PAUL SHUBNELL 40 M/C, JACK DERRIG 40 M/C. CLOSEST TO PIN: ANTHONY MARTINEZ NO. 2, IRA SILBER NO. 8, AL AMARA NO. 11, TOM LYNCH NO. 17.

                                                THE GRAND CLUB
THESE GOLF COURSES, PINE LAKES AND CYPRESS KNOLL,ARE TWO OF THE BEST LAYOUTS IN ALL OF FLORIDA.  IF YOU HAVEN'T PLAYED ONE OR BOTH RECENTLY, STOP IN AT THE PRO SHOP.
THEY HAVE TEACHERS AVAILABLE AT BOTH COURSES TO IMPROVE YOUR SWING, HAVE A TERRIFIC DINING LAYOUTS BUT MOSTLY THEY ARE FUN TO BE PART OF WHETHER YOU'RE SWINGING A CLUB OR DINING. 
ONE ARDENT GOLFER TOLD ME RECENTLY THAT HE PREFERS CYPRESS KNOLL.  WHEN I ASKED WHY HIS ANSWER WAS THIS: "CYPRESS HAS FEWER BUNKERS AND THAT'S WHY I LIKE IT MORE." SO BE IT.
ONE OF THE NICEST EVENTS TO OCCUR AT PINE LAKES WAS THAT OF TWO GOLFERS, A MAN AND HIS WIFE, WHO HAD BEEN HELD UP AND SLOW BECAUSE OF THE GROUP IN FRONT..  MY TEAM WAS ONE OF THE LATTER.
WHEN DONE, I WENT TO THEM IN A GOLF CART TO APOLOGIZE.  NOT AT ALL, THEY SAID, WE ENJOYED IT HERE.
THE PAIR WAS FROM MONTREAL AND RELATED THE FOLLOWING:  "WE'VE BEEN IN THE PALM COAST AREA FOR NEARLY A MONTH AND PLAYED A NUMBER OF GOLF COURSES.  THIS IS THE LAST ONE BECAUSE WE ARE LEAVING TOMORROW FOR A RETURN TO MONTREAL.  WE WISHED WE HAD PLAYED THIS GOLF COURSE FIRST BECAUSE IT IS THE BEST WE'VE PLAYED AND THE SLOWNESS DIDN'T BOTHER US A BIT.
WE'RE COMING BACK NEXT YEAR AND THIS WILL BE THE COURSE WE WILL PLAY FROM THE FIRST DAY AND ON."
I WAS SO STRUCK BY THE NICENESS OF THIS CANADIAN COUPLE THAT I SAID, "MAYBE I'LL WRITE ABOUT YOU IN MY COLUMN ABOUT  GOLF. AND ONE DAY I DID.
BACK CAME AN E-MAIL THAT RESPONDED "PEOPLE HERE NOW THINK WE ARE SPECIAL HEROES AS A RESULTS OF THAT ARTICLE YOU WROTE.  WOW! WE ARE IMPRESSED.
SO, YOU SEE, PINE LAKES AND FOR THAT MATTER CYPRESS KNOLL AS WELL, REALLY ARE SUPERB CHOICES TO PLAY THIS WONDERFUL GAME OF GOLF.





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