EVENTS
- Member''s Opening Scramble- April 19
- Opening Cocktail Party - May 2
- "Pro Short Cuts" Clinics :Free - May 3
- Men's League Starts - May 13
- Points Tournament - May 16
- Memorial Day "Flag Tournament" - May 25
- "The Memorial Tournament" - May 30
- Spring Member-Member Tournament - June 13 & 14
- Woodstock & Wiggie Cup results - July 5
- Hutch reluts - July 25
- Club Championships
Events
Please click on the tournament listed to the right to get the list of winners. To view the full lis of events please view the Calendar.
Tournament Descriptions and Results:
Member's
Ft. Opening Scramble- April 19
8:00 AM Breakfast; 8:30 AM Shotgun start
Foursomes, selected randomly by computer,
include one layer from each of four handicap groups. Threesomes
may participate under special rules. Fivesomes are not permitted.
Pro shop credit is awarded to the first four positions. First
place ties are broken by a match of cards using USGA procedures.
Opening Scramble Results
The 2009 Opening Day Scramble was played at Woodstock Golf Club on Saturday April 18th . Bud Dagirmanjian, Jerry Washington, Bert Ketchum, and Bill McCarthy took first place with a net 61. Chris Grady, Kinny Post, Marc Opfell, and Howard Amchin tied with Jesse Jenifer, Aaron Rezny, Dick McDermott and Roger Young for second at 63. There was a three way tie for fourth with Glenn Miller, David Beidler, Steve Vercammen and Pete Caigan, Mike Rogers, Richard Dulin, Don Kline, and Jim Whelan, and Shawn DeLisio, Rodger Colao, Jack Mizerak, and Michael Bernhalz all in at 64. Mike Rogers got closest to the pin on the 4th hole at 3' 1'' .. Chris Grady was 6'6'' on the 9th.
Opening Cocktail Party - Party Time: WGC Launches New Season
Saturday, May 2, 2009
5:30 PM
Members and their guests turned out in force on May 2 for the club’s traditional season-opening cocktail party. Hosted by Richard and Mary Anne Erickson of Blue Mountain Bistro Catering, at the site of their restaurant on Route 212 east of Woodstock, the perennially popular event attracted a crowd of 92 partygoers, who toasted the arrival of the new golf season over drinks and platters of irresistible hors d’oeuvres prepared by the Ericksons and their associate Jonathan Sheridan. Among the many attendees were longtime member Ron Hicinbothem, who disclosed that a tip from club pro Darryl Jack—in the address position on the tee, set the heel of the club behind the ball—had paid dividends on his drives. Elsewhere in the room, Ellen Densen, a winner of multiple women’s club championships, announced that she had been hitting lots of fairways lately; Irv Finkel, who contended for the men’s championship a couple of years ago, said that he’d felt no pain from his sometimes troublesome lower back while walking 18 holes for the first time in several months; and Greg Corio, rehabbing from hernia surgery, reported that he was ready to tee it up. Meanwhile, WGC general manager John Rizza cheerfully dispensed tickets for free drinks to new arrivals. When it was all over, the club’s ’09 season was officially under way, and off to a good start.
"Pro Short Cuts" Clinics :Free
Sunday, May 3, 2009
2PM
Free to all members and a guest
At 2 p.m. on a selected Sunday afternoon each month, WGC golf professional Darryl Jack will offer members an invaluable opportunity to improve their game. At each Pro Shortcuts clinic, Darryl will spend about 20 minutes presenting a shot designed to save strokes, lower the score, and thus enhance each golfer’s enjoyment of the game. After the presentation, which will include practice drills for improvement, Darryl will answer questions and help the golfers in attendance execute the shot that he presented. The clinics are free of charge to WGC members, who may bring one guest, also at no charge. The first Pro Shortcuts clinic took place on May 3. Upcoming clinics will be offered on June 7 and July 12.
Men's League Starts
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Points Tournament
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Men's and Women's Divisions
In this annual event, each player is assigned a contract based on his handicap. The goal is to fulfill the contract by accumulating points based on the following system: minus-1 point for a triple-bogey or worse, 0 points for a double-bogey, 1 point for a bogey, 2 points for a par, 4 points for a birdie, and 8 points for an eagle. (In the unlikely event of a double-eagle, the player would receive 16 points.) The size of the contract is inversely proportional to the player’s handicap; that is, higher-handicap golfers have a smaller contract. Historically, all players who make their contract have an excellent chance of finishing “in the money.” The tournament has men’s and women’s divisions. To enter, sign up by May 13 to join a foursome with an assigned tee time.
Points Tournament Results
Outpacing the rest of a 38-player field in the annual Points Tournament, which took place on May 16, was Alan Hans, who accumulated 13 total points on a gross score of 80 and won the first-place prize of $150. Under the tournament’s format, each player was assigned a contract based on his or her handicap. Players sought to fulfill their contract by scoring points on a graduated system that rewarded pars, birdies, and eagles and penalized triple-bogeys and worse. Kieran Bell finished second with 10 points, shooting a 71 and collecting $125, while Chris Grady (9 points, gross score of 69) placed third and took home $100. The following golfers also finished in the money, with each player’s points total, gross score, and earnings noted in parentheses after his name: Jesse Jenifer, fourth place (6 points, 76, $85); David Beidler (5 points, 83, $70) and Glenn Miller (5 points, 74, $70), fifth place; George Pattison (4 points, 85, $60), seventh place; Steve Swanson (3 points, 73, $40), Bud Dagirmanjian (3 points, 76, $40), and Phil Clark (3 points, 81, $40), eighth place; Jerry Washington (2 points, 82, $30) and Jim Robinson (2 points, 83, $30), 11th place; and Peter Fein (1 point, 99, $15). Ron Valle, whose tee shot on no. 4/13 finished 3 feet 5 inches from the hole, and Pattison, whose tee shot on no. 9/18 came to rest 14 feet 5 inches from the cup, each received a set of etched-glass mugs for winning the closest-to-the-pin competition. Several players collected $16 for birdies that held up in an accompanying skins game.
Memorial Day "Flag Tournament"
Monday, May 25, 2009
Join in a Woodstock Golf Club Tradition.
Players may participate simply by signing in for an 18-hole round of golf and paying the tournament entry fee. The format is as follows: if a player’s gross 18-hole score is less than the total of 70 (par for the course) plus the player’s current handicap, the player is awarded “extra” strokes equal to the difference, along with a small flag attached to a stick. (For example, a player with a handicap of 15 who shoots 82 would receive three extra strokes.) Beginning on the first tee, players with extra strokes execute those shots, planting their flag in the ground where the last extra shot comes to rest. Under the strict stroke-play format, all holes must be finished, with the gross score for each hole recorded.
Memorial Day "Flag Tournament" Results
"The Memorial Tournament"
Saturday, May 30, 2009
"Mixed" Event 8:30 AM Shotgun
Two-person teams are chosen by lottery and compete in a 90-percent-of-handicap, “better ball” format. A team’s total score is the sum of its handicap-adjusted “better ball” scores for each of the 18 holes. To participate, sign up by May 27.
"The Memorial Tournament" Results
The winning score of 10-under-par 60 was fashioned by the partnership of Terry Green and Peter Fein, who each earned $80 for the victory. Placing second, a stroke back, and collecting $70 apiece were George Pattison and Bert Ketchum, while Glenn Miller and H. Clark Bell collaborated on a 62 that was good for third place and $60 per golfer. Shooting a 63 to finish fourth and collect $45 each were Jesse Jenifer and Ken Meisler. Ron Hicinbothem and Jack Mizerak shot a 64 and placed fifth, with each player receiving $30. Sixth place, and $20 apiece, went to Steve Swanson and Dick McDermott, whose score was 65. The following four teams tied for seventh at 66, with each player taking home $10: Chris Grady and Ray O’Connor, Kieran Bell and Richard Weinberg, Chris Helsmoortel and John Putman, and Dennis Collins and Jim LoDolce. Prizes went to Terry Breitenstein (15 inches on no. 4/13) and John Frahm (25 inches on no. 9/18) in the closest-to-the-pin competition and to Chris Grady, who smacked the longest drive that landed in the fairway on no. 5/14.
Spring Member-Member Resutls
Saturday, June 13 & 14, 2009
Dulin-MacLeod Team Wins Member-Member
In golf, as in life, stuff happens. In the Spring Member-Member Tournament, contested by 17 two-man teams over the weekend of June 13 and 14, uniformly good things happened to the partnership of Dick Dulin and Scott MacLeod, which ham-and-egged its way to victory on the strength of a 36-hole total of 121, or 19 under par. The winners followed up a solid opening round of 63 with a scorching 58 on Sunday, earning $125 per player for the first-place finish.
Not-so-good things happened to the runners-up, Terry Breitenstein and Enrico Palazio, at the conclusion of Sunday’s climactic round. Putting from about 8 feet for a net par on the 18th hole, Terry narrowly missed. In the mistaken belief that Enrico was about to putt for a net birdie or eagle from close range, Terry picked up his ball instead of tapping in for a net bogey, thus leaving the outcome entirely in Enrico’s hands. It turned out that Enrico was already lying 3 and putting for a net bogey. Bad stuff—of a kind that everyone has experienced at one time or another— ensued, as Enrico three-jacked it for a net double-bogey. Upon turning in their scorecard, the teammates learned that their total of 122 left them in second place, a single stroke behind Dulin and MacLeod. In other words, Terry’s tap-in (or Enrico’s first putt, had it dropped), would have won the tournament for them. Instead, they collected the consolation prize of $100 apiece.
Third place, worth $75 per player, went to Aaron Rezny and Kinny Post, who finished at 127, a stroke ahead of Kieran Bell and Dennis Collins, who collected the fourth-place spoils of $50 a man. The teams of Ron Valle and John Putman and George Pattison and Mike Wholey each shot 132 and shared fifth place, collecting $75 per player. Tied for seventh, at 134, and receiving $55 per golfer, were the partnerships of Mike Shaughnessy and Bill Harder and Ray Guerin and Jim Whelan.
Woodstock & Wiggie Cups
Saturday, July 5, 2009
Grady and Hicinbothem Prevail in Woodstock Cup
Defending club champion Chris Grady captured the gross division title, while Ron Hicinbothem defeated Bernie Mogelever in a three-hole playoff to win the net competition in the annual Woodstock Cup tournament, which unfolded on July 5 with a field of 36 participants.
The tournament is a stroke-play event in which golfers competing in the net division—the vast majority of the field—subtract their handicap from their gross score after 18 holes. In the less populous gross division, only the first-place finisher receives prize money.
Grady shot a two-over-par 72, the low gross score, and collected $120. On the net side, Hicinbothem appeared to have first place all to himself after finishing with a net 67 (gross 75). He found himself in a sudden-death, handicap-adjusted playoff, however, when Mogelever completed his round with an identical net 67 (gross 105). Hicinbothem finally prevailed on the playoff’s third hole. As the winner, Ron earned $120, while Bernie took home the second-place prize of $90.
Chester Robbins (gross 79), Phil Clark (gross 82), and George Pattison (gross 85) tied for third with a net score of 70, earning $70 apiece. Mike Epstein (gross 74) finished a stroke behind that trio, receiving $60 for fourth place. Three golfers— Aaron Rezny (gross 84), Alan Hans (gross 88), and Jesse Jenifer (gross 80)—each shot a net 72 and shared seventh place, worth $40 per man. A share of tenth place and $20 went to each of six players who finished at net 73: Bill Harder (gross 95), Dennis Collins (gross 90), Jim LoDolce (gross 87), John Frahm (gross 84), Ron Valle (gross 80), and Terry Breitenstein (gross 85).
Ellen Densen took first place in The Wiggie with a 74. Francine Xavier was second at 80.
Hutch Tournament Results
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Hutch Tournament Crown Goes to Densen-Post Team
Fast greens and challenging pin positions did little to deter Ellen Densen and Kinny Post from racking up net birdies, as the duo combined for an 11-under-par 59 that was good for a two-stroke victory in the annual Hutch championship. The annual event, which drew a field of 21 two-person teams on July 25, honors longtime WGC golf professional Jim Hutchins, now retired.
Densen and Post earned $80 apiece for the win. Placing second in the 18-hole, better-ball event, was the team of Ron Every and Jim Whelan, who shot 61 and collected $70 per player. Mike Rogers and John Frahm finished third with a 62 and received $60 each. Tied for fourth, at 64, and earning $40 per golfer, were the teams of Kieran Bell and Jerry Washington and Ron Valle and Richard Dulin.
A 65 left Jesse Jenifer and Bill Hitzig alone in sixth place, which was worth $35 to each man. Three teams—Glenn Miller and Ed Stover, Bob Sinnott and Bob Meyer, and Ray Guerin and John Schussler—finished in a tie for seventh place, with each player collecting $30. A share of tenth place, worth $20 per golfer, went to the teams of Ron Hicinbothem and Jack Mizerak and Aaron Rezny and Lou Casciaro.
Club Championship results
Sunday August 30, 2009
Grady defends Woodstock Club title 7-and-6 victory over Glenn Miller in the 36-hole match.
Champions were crowned in three other flights Sunday involving 18-hole matches. Chester Robbins topped John Frahm 2-and-1 to capture First Flight honors.
In the Second Flight, George Pattison weathered Ray Guerin’s comeback from 4-down at the turn to prevail 1-up on the 19th hole.
Dave Palmer secured the Third Flight crown with a 7-and-6 triumph over Bill Harder.
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