2012 Alaska Open is almost here!

Good Luck to all you golfers in the 2012 Alaska Open in Casa Grande, Arizona. This is the Juneau Golf Club's 25th year at the Francisco Grande Hotel. A great time is in store for you all.

2011 Fall Memorial Tournament

The Juneau Golf Club once again held their annual Fall Memorial Tournament in Redmond, Oregon at the Eagle Crest Golf Resort on September 12-15, 2011.

Golfers gathered at the registration area at Niblick & Green's to check in for the tournament and enjoy the opening reception. The first day was a "Best Ball Scramble" with teams made up of players from different flights to even out handicaps for each team. A great way to meet new people! The next three days were tournament play, with players playing with friends the first two days on the Challenge and Ridge Courses and playing according to the standings on the last day on the Resort Course. An outdoor banquet was held in the Pavillion Tuesday evening and the awards banquet was held Thursday evening.

Donna Schultz and Anna Marg Rear, co-chairs of the tournament did a great job in putting this tournament together and the club thanks them for a job well done!

Day 1 - Best Ball Scramble winners - FIRST PLACE: Jeff Hansen, Al Christensen, Everett Boster & Leslie Dumont. SECOND PLACE: Gary Droubay, Bob Peel, Mike Cooper & Kris Burnett. THIRD PLACE: David George, Harvy Johnson, Ted Thorp & Shirley Gallagher.

Day 2 - Straightest Drive: Harvy Johnson & Jody Piper. Closest to the Pin: George Mangini & Martha Wysor.

Day 3 - Straightest Drive: Dick Williams & Shirley Gallagher. Closest to the Pin: Al Christensen & Dot Walker.

Day 4 - Straightest Drive: Mike Strasser & Shirley Gallagyer. Closest to the Pin: George Mangini.

Donna Schultz won the drawing for a chance to sink a 60-foot putt to win $5,000, but sorry to say, it wasn't to be. However, Karl Hage did get a Hole-In-One!

All the scores for the tournament can be found on our website at juneaugolf.com, but here are the top winners:

Men's Low Gross - David George
Men's A Flight, 1st Net - Mike Strasser; 2nd Net - Gary Droubay; 3rd Net - Ted Whitbeck
Men's B Flight, 1st Net - Steve Burneett; 2nd net - Larry Schutt; 3rd Net - Kim Custer
Men's C Flight, 1st Net - Ted Thorp; 2nd Net - Tim Whiting; 3rd Net - Chuck Cohen
Senior's Flight, 1st Net - Al Walker; 2nd Net - Sandy Sturrock; 3rd Net - Doug Macaulay

Women's Low Gross- Dot Walker
Women's A Flight, 1st Net - Jody Piper; 2nd Net - Georgette Droubay; 3rd Net - Martha Wysor
Women's B Flight, 1st Net - Kris Burnett; 2nd Net - Leslie Dumont; 3rd Net - Shirley Gallagher

Thanks again to Donna Schultz and Anna Marg Rear for all their hard work! Here are a few photos for your enjoyment. Sorry there aren't more from the golf course, but we were too busy golfing!

2011 Alaska Open Golf Tournament

The 2011 Alaska Open tournament of the Juneau Golf Club was held March 15-18, 2011 at the Francisco Grande Golf Resort in Casa Grande, Arizona. It was organized by co-chairs Tim and Barb Whiting.

110 golfers participated in 4 men's flights, 2 senior men's flights, and 2 women's flights. After the Monday registration, a welcome reception was held that was so generously sponsored by Elaine Canary of Coldwell Banker Excell Realty of Casa Grande. Elaine is a Juneauite who lives in Casa Grande part time, and can help you find a home there!

The first day was a co-ed best-ball scramble format with teams determined by handicap, a great way to get to play with players of different levels of experience and talent. The next three days were tournament play, with Closest-to-the-Pin (KP) and Straightest Drive for the flights. The putting contest qualifications were held each afternoon, with the finalists playing off for the top ten spots on Friday. Ron Shaw won the drawing for a chance to sink a 60 foot putt for $5,000 but alas, it wasn't to be. However, the good news is Jim Williams did get a hole-in-one on hole 13, but the bad news is he didn't buy hole-in-one insurance offered at registration, so it really cost him!

Dinners were provided 3 evenings, with the last one being the Awards Banquet. Francisco Grande Golf Resort did a great job providing these meals. Door prizes were awarded each evening, and the day's KP and straightest drives were also awarded. Once again we had "scores of the day" drawings which are very fun.

You can find scores for all players on the juneaugolf.com website along with a list of the skills winners and scramble team winners. For the 8 tournament flights, winners were:

Men's A Flight:
Low Gross: David George
1st Net: John Lucas
2nd Net: Al Jahner
3rd Net: Jeff Hansen

Men's B Flight:
Low Gross: Randy Moore
1st Net: Pat Cargill
2nd Net: Steve Houlihan
3rd Net: Shane Rear

Men's C Flight:
Low Gross: Bob Hungerford
1st Net: Kim Custer
2nd Net: Harvy Johnson
3rd Net: Dave Hunt

Men's D Flight:
Low Gross: Ken Ward
1st Net: Chuck Cohen
2nd Net: Garry Young
3rd Net Tie: Frank Russell & John Etheridge

Senior's A Flight:
Low Gross: Tim Mitchell
1st Net: Steve Ellis
2nd Net: Bob Shields
3rd Net: Dan Rear

Senior's B Flight:
Low Gross: John Stepp
1st Net: Al Walker
2nd Net: Darryl Adams
3rd Net: Sandy Sturrock

Women's A Flight:
Low Gross: Dot Walker
1st Net: Trina Jones
2nd Net Tie: Brenda Swift & Bell Moore

Women's B Flight:
Low Gross: Linda Selk
1st Net: Laura Beason
2nd Net: Barb Whiting
3rd Net: Judy Lentz

Thank you very much to all those who participated and helped to make this another successful and fun tournament. We hope to see you at the next tournament at the Eagle Crest Resort in Redmond, Oregon Monday through Thursday, September 12-15, 2011 with registration Sunday, 9/11.

Here are photos from the 2011 Alaska Open for your enjoyment. Many thanks to Dave Fremming, Laura Beason and Tish Custer for taking photos!

Barb Whiting

2010 Fall Memorial Golf Tournament

Due to computer problems, I am sorry to say we have no photos for the 2010 Alaska Open held last March in Casa Grande, Arizona, so we'll just go on to the next tournament.

September 2010 marked the last year for tournament co-chairs, Laura Beason and Dee Boster. The Eagle Crest Golf Resort in Redmond, OR was once again the venue for this tournament, delivering great golfing weather with the added excitement one evening of a tremendous thunder and lightening show. The next morning it had cleared off for great golfing.

Monday afternoon, September 13th, golfers checked in at the registration table and were treated to a welcome reception on the patio of the restaurant/bar area. Tuesday we all gathered for a best-ball scramble, teams being made up of varying handicaps. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday we played the three different courses at the resort: the Challenge Course, Ridge Course and Resort Course. Wednesday evening we were served a wonderful BBQ in an outdoor pavilion.

Friday evening was the awards banquet where we were served a delicious meal, awards were awarded for Men's and Women's Low Gross, and 3 places in each division for low net scores. Prizes were also awarded for the Closest to the Pin and Straightest Drive for Men and Women for each day of play. Jim Arnoldt won the drawing and had a chance at a $10,000 putt. It was close, but no cigar! Last year Cindy Schlaffman had a hole-in-one, and this year Ted Whitbeck had a hole-in-one! Who will it be next year??

Prizes were awarded as follows:

Low Gross Men - David George
1st Net, A Flight - Doug Belknap
2nd Net, A Flight - Tony Chadwick
3rd Net, A Flight - Phil Taylor

1st Net, B Flight - Tim Whiting
Tied for 2nd Net, B Flight - Jim Arnoldt & Bob Hungerford

1st Net, C Flight - Justin Burns
2nd Net, C Flight - Jim Jacobsen
3rd Net, C Flight - Ryan Ward

1st Net, Seniors - Al Walker
2nd Net, Seniors - Al Christensen
3rd Net, Seniors - Pat Wilcox

Low Gross Women - Dot Walker
1st Net, A Flight - Donna Schultz
Tied for 2nd Net, A Flight - Sue Wilcox & Arlene Smith

1st Net, B Flight - Michelle Ward
2nd Net, B Flight - Judy Lentz
Tied for 3rd Net, B Flight - Trish Kohan & Laura Beason

Click here: photos for scenes from this tournament.

Thank you very much, Laura and Dee, for the great job you have done on these tournaments. You have made it look easy, but we all know that there is so much more to putting on a tournament than what we see when we are there. Thanks, Laura, for finding this wonderful resort that we all enjoy so much.

This year we paid a memorial tribute to the golfing friends we lost this year: Pat Stone Spencer (1935 - 2010); Roger Tersteeg (1942 - 2010) and Ronald W. Nielsen (1947 - 2010).

Hope to see you all at the next tournament in Casa Grande, AZ March 15-18, 2011 with check-in and registration on Monday, 3/14.

Barb Whiting

2009 Fall Memorial Tournament - Eagle Crest Golf Resort, Redmond, OR

2009 was the second year for Co-Chairs Laura Beason and Dee Boster, and they continued the tournament at the Eagle Crest Golf Resort in Redmond, Oregon. I'm late in posting this ... a year late, in fact, but that doesn't mean we didn't have a great time! It's always fun to get together with old friends, meet new friends, and enjoy a few rounds of golf along with the camaraderie.


We had the normal agenda of 4-person team best-ball scramble the first day followed by 3 days of stroke-play competition. Players were divided up into flights according to their adjusted handicaps, plus a senior division for players over 65.


A delicious barbecue dinner meal was provided and the last night we had an awards banquet where prizes were awarded to the various winners of each flight plus the scramble, and closest to the pin and straightest drive prizes for each day's play.


We had a drawing for one person to attempt a 50' putt for a $10,000 prize if accomplished. Mike Strasser won the drawing but alas, he didn't make the putt. However, Cindy Schlaffman had a hole-in-one and was given a plaque from Eagle Crest for this accomplishment, plus other prizes. She wants everyone to know it pays to buy hole-in-one insurance!

Winners of the Scramble were: First Place: Doug Belknap, Bob Young, Bill Buonamassa and Barb Whiting. Second and Third Place tied: David George, Mark Notar, Al Christensen and Dee Ann Grummett tied with Harry Brown, Pat Wilcox and Bill Hansen.

Men's Low Gross winner was Doug Belknap; Women's Low Gross winner was Arlene Smith. Flight winners: Men's A Flight: 1st Mike Strasser; 2nd John Lucas; 3rd Rusty Shaub. Men's B Flight: 1st Mike Gabel; 2nd Kim Custer; 3rd Jay Bruch. Men's C Flight: 1st Jim Arnoldt; 2nd John Schoenmann; 3rd Jim Jacobsen. Senior's Flight: 1st Harry Brown; 2nd Tom Cashen; 3rd Pat Wilcox. Women's A Flight: 1st Trina Jones; 2nd Donna Cote; 3rd Sue Wilcox. Women's B Flight: 1st Alison Elgee; 2nd Kris Burnett; 3rd Dee Boster.

Skills Awards, Men & Women: Day 2 - Straightest Drive: John Bates & Trina Jones. Closest to the Pin: Harry Brown and Judy Lentz. Day 3 - Straightest Drive: Steve Schlaffman & Donna Schultz. Closest to the Pin: John Rear and Dee Boster. Day 4 - Straightest Drive: Ron Hildre and Maureen Danberg. Closest to the Pin: Doug Belknap & Bill Hansen (tie) and Donna Schultz.

To see photos from this tournament, click here. You will be taken to photos on the club's "Flickr" site. Click on the first group, then click on the icon for a slide show on the upper right side of your screen. Click the "back" button on your browser to get to the second group, and enjoy the whole tournament in photos.

Watch for more coming to this blog as I attempt to get caught up!

Barb Whiting, Juneau Golf Club Webmaster

http://juneaugolf.com/

2009 Alaska Open - Casa Grande, AZ

March, 2009


Once again the Juneau Golf Club members enjoyed fun in the sun March 3-6, 2009 in Casa Grande, Arizona at the Francisco Grande Resort, thanks to Co-Chairs, Steve and Cindy Schlaffman! Their hard work and long hours culminated in a good time, good food, good golf and good fellowship. Thanks, Steve and Cindy, for all you did!



A Welcome Reception Monday afternoon was added to the registration process and appetizers and libations were served as Juneau's golfers gathered at the Francisco Grande Resort.

Tuesday morning, golfers gathered in teams of four to play a best-ball scramble. This is always a fun time to get acquainted with other golfers and figure out your strategy to try to get the lowest score. The top 4 teams for the Scramble were:

#1 - Bob Winter, Jim Sturrock, Brie Jensen & Barb Whiting - 6 under par; #2 - Gary Droubay, Mike Gabel, Bill Elliot & Kris Burnett - 5 under par; #3 - Dale Schmitz, Randy Moore, Brian Parker & Jack Bodine - 4 under par; #4 - Tom Gadberry, Harvy Johnson, Pat O'Brien & Bell Moore - 4 under par.

A Mexican Dinner was served in the Banquet Room with prizes awarded, announcements made and discussions of the day's play.

Wednesday morning golfers put their competition hats on and headed out to their respective holes to start golfing in the 3-day tournament. In the afternoon, the putting contest took place where attendees could buy a chance to make a very long putt and come closest to the designated pin. The putting contest continued each afternoon throughout the tournament. An Italian dinner was held in the ballroom that evening with announcements and door prizes and everyone re-hashing the day's good and bad shots.

Thursday morning golfers set out on their second day of competition, still having fun, then continuing on to try again in the putting contest. Dinner was "on your own" that evening, so many had dinner in the hotel dining room or headed to town to find out what was new in the town of Casa Grande. (Yes, there is a GREAT new mall at the other end of town!)

Friday morning the golfers were getting more serious ... this was their last chance to either continue their good streak or hopefully to improve from the previous days of play. There was a drawing of the raffle tickets that had been sold, with the winner being the lucky one to make a 30 foot putt for $10,000. Brie Jensen, attending for the first time from Canada, and Harvy Johnson's father-in-law, was the lucky winner. Now he had all day to think about that putt! In the afternoon the putting contest continued, and then the finalists from each day were given the chance to putt for the big winnings. The top 6 putters were: 1st Place – Dan Rear;
2nd Place – Bob Hugerford; 3rd Place – Mike Tennison; 4th Place – Justin Burns; 5th Place – David George; 6th Place – Tom Koester. It was now Brie Jensen's turn for the $10,000 putt. Drum roll, please ... everyone's holding their breath ... Tim Alai from the Pro Shop is the witness ... Brie putts ... looking good ... looking good ... everyone's cheering ... oh no ... it stops just inches from the hole. Nice try, Brie. There's always next year!

Friday evening was the Awards Banquet with a great dinner and prizes awarded to the golfers. More raffle prizes were awarded, and golfers and friends conversed and talked about how well they were going to do at the next tournament!

Click here for the scores and click here for the scramble and skills scores.

During the days of play, Sue Ogden and Marcy Patten were taking photos so we would all have memories of the fun. Click here for photos. Thanks, Sue and Marcy, for the memories and also for the great photo show at the banquet!

Thanks to all who attended. The Juneau Golf Club looks forward to its next tournament in September in Redmond, Oregon. Hope to see you all there!

Barb Whiting, Juneau Golf Club Webmaster

2008 Fall Memorial Tournament

87 Members of the Juneau Golf Club eagerly arrived at the Eagle Crest Golf Resort in Redmond, Oregon for the 9/8-11 2008 Fall Memorial Golf Tournament.

The sun was shining ... the courses were in excellent shape ... the resort staff was ready for us, and Co-Chairs Laura Beason and Dee Boster's months of hard work prior to the tournament was about to become a reality.

After the initial registration party with appetizers and cocktails, the first day started with a "Best Ball Scramble." Teams of 4 were put together according to handicaps to make the teams pretty much equal. It was a great starter for the tournament.

The next three days were tournament play, and scores were entered for each individual in their respective flights with their handicaps adjusted to the course.

An outdoor Barbecue Party was catered with scrumptious barbecued fare, and golfers and their guests socialized until it was too dark to see!

The tournament ended with the Awards Banquet where we were served some very tasty Prime Rib and the trimmings. Awards were presented to the winners, and door prizes and raffle prizes were also announced.

We would like to once again thank our sponsors for this event which is a Juneau Junior Golf Club Charity Event:

First National Bank Alaska - sponsored the $25,000 Hole-In-One Contest
MRAC - Mike's Refrigeration & Air Conditioning - sponsored "Women's Closest to the Pin"
Taku Oil Sales - sponsored "Men's Closest to the Pin"
Wells Fargo - sponsored "Women's Straightest Drive"
Shattuck & Grummett - sponsored "Men's Straightest Drive"
Wings of Alaska - sponsored a Beverage and Snack Cart

Hole Sponsors:
Jerry's Meats & Seafoods
Anchor Electric
Plumbers & Pipefitters Local Union 262
Scott Spickler - New York Life
Jack's Plumbing & Heating
McDowell Group
Western Auto Marine
Key Bank
Reliable Transfer
Baxter Bruce & Sullivan

Tournament Winners:
Low Gross:
Men: Gary Murdoch - Women: Jennifer Schmitz
1st, 2nd & 3rd Net:
Men's A Bracket: Doug Belknap - John Bates - Randy Moore
Men's B Bracket: Mike Strasser, Steve Houlihan, Mark Notar
Men's C Bracket: Bob Hungerford, Elmer Lindstrom, Ron Shaw
Men's Senior Bracket: Bobby Lehman, Ted Whitbeck, Richard Williams
Women's A Bracket: Donna Cote, Trina Jones, Maxine Richert
Women's B Bracket: Alison Elgee, Laura Beason, Dee Boster
Men's Calloway Bracket: Harry Brown
Women's Calloway Bracket: Trish Kohan

The Juneau Golf Club would like to sincerely thank Laura and Dee for many hours of donated work to make this tournament a huge success. We look forward to next year's tournament!

Thank you also to Elmer Lindstrom, Laura Beason and Donna Cote for providing photos to your enjoyment! You can access them on the Juneau Golf Club's photo gallery at: http://flickr.com/photos/juneaugolf/collections/72157608608176076/