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
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