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Saturday, December 1, 2012

Results - Las Vegas Vintage Golf Classic


Las Vegas Vintage Golf Classic

LVCC     11/18/20012

It was a beautiful day at Las Vegas Golf Club.  The temperature was near 70, however there was a strong breeze blowing that kept most of the contestants from “going low” on this classic golf course.

Championship Flight
 
The Championship flight was a tightly contested battle on the front 9 with 2 players tied at the turn.  Greg Hudson and Brooks Burnsed each shooting a 3 over 39.  Shaine Hersey was 1 shot back with 40, and bringing up the rear with a 5 over 41, was Robert Lively.  Surprisingly, none of these players were able to card a birdie on the front.  That all changed on the inward half.  Robert Lively decided to get back into the game playing the next 4 holes 2 under par, picking up 2 shots on Greg.  That’s the way it stayed with Greg carding a 37 on the back and Robert a 1 under 35 evening the scores at 76.  Shaine tried to stay in it but ended up at 78.  Brooks struggled on the back, ending the round with 81.  Greg and Robert headed to the first hole for a sudden death playoff,  Greg birdied the first hole to claim the victory.


Palmer Flight
Richard Southwick jumped out of the gate running, birdying the first two holes on his way to an even par 36.  Scott Godino was chasing with a 38, Rick Hite keeping them in sight with a 39.  Someone lit a fire under Rick Hite on the back.  Rick had birdies at 10, 13, and 15.  He left everyone in the dust carding a 35 on the back for the day’s best score of 74 for the round.  Richard Southwick struggled to a 41, giving him 77 and second place.  Michael Goffinet tried to get back in the hunt with a 38 on the back, but ended up tying for third with Scott Godino at 78.


Hogan Flight
The pace was set early by Bryan Wood, visiting Las Vegas from Leander, TX.  Bryan showed us how they play in the wind in Texas by shooting a 1 over 37 on the outward 9.  Charlene Delacruz kept him in sight with a nice 39 of her own.  It was pretty much a two horse race from there on.  Both players had problems with the tenth hole, Bryan making a double and Charlene with a dreaded snow man.  That hole made the difference with Bryan squeeking out a 2 shot victory over Charlene, 79 to 81.  Jason Becker shot 84 to claim third.


Senior Hogan
 
David Cooper made 7 straight pars on the front, unfortunately he started with a triple and a bogie giving him a 4 over 40, tying him with Scott Walker and Calvin Figley.  Mitchell Cohan, visiting from Seattle, WA, was next with 43.  Mitchell got hot on the back making up those 3 shots and then some with a 38 for a total of 81.  Cooper and Walker just couldn’t keep up with that and tied for second with 84’s.  Calvin was 1 back of that with 85.


Sarazen Flight

 
Derek Babcock led the charge in the Sarazen contest with a smooth 39 on the front.  He was followed by Rod Brewster, Jr who had 42 despite making 2 birdies, and Kevin Flynn also with a 42.  Brewster picked up the pace on the back with a 40 (oops, add a penalty for pace of play violation making that a 41) for 83.  Three other players were assessed a slow play penalty as well (Kevin Flynn, Derek Babcock, Erik Novikoff).  Kevin Flynn held onto second despite the penalty (84), but the penalty stroke dropped Derek Babcock into a four way tie for third (87) costing him any prize money due to Novikoff winning the card off tie breaker.


Senior Sarazen

 
With only three players in the Senior Sarazen contest, it was anybody’s game on the front.  John Johnson had the lead at the turn with 43, but by no means had a comfortable cushion with Luther (L.C.) Cobbs and Tim Coplen on his heels with 44’s.  Tim caught fire on the back birdying #10 on his way to a 41 and 85 total.  L.C. bogied #10, and that 2 shot swing was the difference as L.C. carded 87.  This was Tim’s second victory in a row at this event.  He will be going for the “threepeat” next year.


Jones Flight



 
The Jones contest was made up of mostly visitors to our Las Vegas Tour.  Three from Texas and one from the Bay Area (San Jose, CA).  Artis Stewart (Houston, TX) set the pace on the front with 46.  He was closely followed by his two fellow Texans Melissa Wood (Leander) and Thomas Rauch (Arlington), each with 47.  Artis played even better on the back carding a respectable 41.  The others just couldn’t keep pace, and Artis claimed the trophy with 87 and a 5 shot victory over Melissa.


Snead Flight

 
Wow!  You never know what could happen in this contest.  Scott Kassel came out of the blocks shooting 46 on the front, leading Alicia Champagne (48) by 2, Bill Drayer (50) by 4.  Then everything turned around.  Bill got hot and shot 45 on the back to Scott’s 49 giving them both 95.  Alicia had the most consistent round going 48 – 48 for 96, but unfortunately was just 1 shot out of the playoff that was won by Bill Drayer.

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