2019 SGA Champion Crowned

The new SGA Champion for 2019 is David Patton.  Dave shot a consistent 86 for both days and his handicap took him to a 134 net win.  Dave made few mistakes playing in both sun and rain over the two days.  Second place went to Simon Adir with a 145 net and third place was taken by Liebert Danielson with a 146.

There were also winners for each day.

Day 1 - Dave Patton - 1st

             Herman Heid - 2nd

             Bob Urbont - 3d

Day 2 - Simon Adir - 1st

             Dave Patton - 2nd

             Liebert Danielson - 3rd

Closest To The Pin Day 1    Hole 3 - Liebert Danielson

                                             Hole 12 - Liebert Danielson 

Closest To The Pin Day 2    Hole 8 - Cliff Carattini

                                             Hole 15 - Greg Marsh

THE SGA CHAMPIONSHIP 

OCTOBER 12 & 13, 2019

The SGA will hold its annual Championship on October 12 and 13.  Only SGA members in good standing may participate in this Championship over the two days.  The winner will receive their award at the Annual Dinner on October 25.  Entry is $40 and payouts are for First day low net of 1st, 2nd and 3rd place and Second day low nets for all three places.  The overall Champion and runners-up in 2nd and 3rd place receive the main prizes.  You must play both days to win overall Championship.  Glenn Eddy is the defending Champion.

SGA Challenge Cup Championship
September 28, 2019

The SGA held its Final Four ending the 2019 Challenge Cup.  The final 16 players with the most playing points for the entire spring and summer of 2019 played over three days coming down to the final four of Earl Beglin, Liebert Danielson, Bob Urbont and Joe Calder.  The results are below:

Earl Beglin - Challenge Cup Champion
Liebert Danielson - 2nd Place
Bob Urbont  and Joe Calder - Tied 3rd Place




SGA Labor Day Tournament

August 31, 2019

The SGA will held its annual Labor Day tournament on August 31, 2019.  The format was a four man team ABCD with 2 low net on par 5s, 3 low net on par 4s and all four low nets on par 3s.  There will be closest to the pin on all par 3s also.  

Labor Day Champs - Ken Sokol, Keith Vandegrift, Chuck Loew, Mickey Olsen     -16

Second Place -  Tom Kubik, Larry Grogan, Andres DeArmas, Chas Townsend      -13

Third Place  -    Jeff Sheik, Frank Cyr, Verne Rainey, Joe Calder                           -9

Partner/Partner Tournament

July 27, 2019

The SGA held its biggest tournament of the year combined with a BBQ for all players and spouses.  This year the BBQ was held at Joe and Tracy Calder's graciously donated home.  The tournament is a 2 man team playing different formats for the front and back nines.  The front is a modified texas scramble and then playing both balls to the hole for best ball.  The back is also a modified texas scramble and then playing alternate shot to the hole with the chosen ball.  There were 19 teams this year.  The BBQ had 73 people attend.  This year there was also para mutual betting on the 19 teams.  Over $1,300 was bet.  Of the 97 individual bets placed only 17 people were paid fo betting the first four place teams.

Champions:  Keith Vandegrift, Duke Slaughter      -11 (61)

Second Place:   Kerry Stinman, Blake Davis            -9 (63)

Third Place:   Bob Beck, Larry Grogan                    -8 (64)

Fourth Place:  Jeff Young, Dave Ott                         -6 (66)

Fifth Place:   Lance Weeden, Andres Dearmas        -5 (67 card)

SGA Liberty Open

June 29, 2019

The SGA held its annual Yellow Ball Liberty Open on June 29.  The competition requires a 3 ball low net score but one of those scores must be a rotating yellow ball among the four players.  Starting with the lowest handicap player the yellow ball rotates through the foursome with each player hitting the yellow ball on four holes with team choice on holes 17 and 18.  Psychology plays a big part in this tournament.  

Champions:  Brad Coppinger, Bob Urbont, Dave Samuels, (b) Joe Mufale                   -12 (204)

Second Place:  Lance Weeden, Keith Vandegrift, Larry Grogan, (b) Duke Slaughter    -11 (205)

SGA Memorial Day Tournament

May 25, 2019

The SGA held its annual Memorial Day tournament on May 25 with 28 participants.  The tournament is a 3 ball low net competition and produced some very low scores for all 7 teams.

Champions:  Brad Coppinger, (B) Harold Clark, Chris Frey, Cliff Carattini            -43 (173)

Second Place:  Jeff Duncan, Harold Clark, Ken Kaelin, Duke Slaughter                 -41 (175)

Third Place:   Mike Understein, Dave Ott, Kerry Stinman, Steve Young                   -41 (175 card)

Fourth Place:  Tom Kubik, Bob Urbont, Chuck Loew, Jamie Sonda                        -40 (176)

SGA/MGA Breakfast Open

April 27, 2019

The SGA and MGA held their Breakfast Open tournament which is meant to insure camaraderie between the older and younger members of the Firethorne Country Club.  There were 44 players for this year's tournament.  The tournament provides both breakfast and a lunch for participants.  This year's winners were as always a combined foursome of SGA and MGA members playing a 4 ball low net.

Champions:  Liebert Danielson, Geoffrey Sanders, Adam Danowski and Joe Calder   +8 (card)

  

Second Place:  James Taylor, Jeff Young, Chris Mardany, and Duke Slaughter            +8

Third Place :  AC Carpenter, Leif Ebert, Kerry Stinman, Ken Kaelin                             +12

Fourth Place:  Brandon Katsoudas, Terry Stauffer, Verne Rainey, Joe Mufale             +14

Fifth Place:    Andrew Loscher, Brian Monteith, Lance Weeden, Jamie Sonda             +22