| Winner | Runner-Up | |||
| Player of the Year | M. Cook | 130 | S. Cook | 122 |
| Points Champion | M. Cook | 37.0 | S. Cook | 26.5 |
| Scoring Champion | Bn Cook | 68.71 | B. Cook | 70.62 |
| Pyramid Tournament | J. Justus | N. Williamson | ||
| Winners Tournament | M. Cook | 67 | N. Stachowicz, N. Williamson | 69 |
| Exxon Cup Tournament | N. Williamson | 71 | S. Cook | 72 |
| Club Championship | tournament was not held | |||
| Most Improved Handicap | D. Riley | 21.3-16.3 | F. Duggins | 28.4-22.1 |
| Most Improved Player | Bn Cook | J. Ortiz |
| Most Tournament Wins | M. Cook | 3 |
| Most Eagles | B. Cook | 1 |
| Most Birdies | M. Cook | 10 |
| Most Long Drives | N. Williamson | 5 |
| Most Closest to the Pin | M. Cook | 3 |
| Number of Tournaments | 10 |
| Avg. # of players per tournament | 27 |
| # of different players winning first place | 14 |
| # of different players winning second place | 19 |
| # of players eligible for the Winners Tournament | 21 |
| Exxon Golf Club Records set or tied | Previous Record or Runner-up |
| Most Long Drives in one Year | |
| 5 – N. Williamson, 1997 | 5 – T. Palilonis, 1984, B. Eversole, 1985 |
| Lowest Revenge @ Kennedy Tour. Score | |
| 60 – B. Cook, Bn Cook, M. Cook, S. Cook, 1997 | 60 – L. Campbell, N. Stachowicz, R & H Nitzkowski, 1995 |
Notes;
First Time Winner; Brian Cook (2)
1997 Highlights
The year started out traditionally with the 12th annual “Tom Stead Memorial Scramble” at Green Tree G. C. on April 5th. The first flight was won by the team of Larry Campbell, Jerry O’Malley, Sal Salinas and Nemon Williamson. The second flight had two teams tie for first, Debbie and Sonny Menzel, Don Scribner and Bob Simonson tied Terry Besand, Gary Jeffcoats, Lloyd Stepp and Dan Tiburcio. Play was helped as we started play with the north wind blowing but mid round it started blowing from the west. Sandie Cook missed a hole in one by one inch on the ninth hole. We raised $400.00 for the American Heart Association ( Total to date $2521.00 )
Our second tournament was held at Royal Vista G.C. on April 19th on an extremely wet and soggy golf course with slow and bumpy greens. The best mudders were Nemon Williamson and Darwin Richey who won the first and second flights. Finishing second in the first flight was Larry Campbell and Mike Cook with Phil Kruger third. Sandie Cook and Ron Powers tied for runner-up in the second flight with Dan Riley third. Dave Pearce and Mike Cook won the CP’s with Larry Campbell and Nemon Williamson winning the LD’s. Who can ever forget the third hole tee box ? ( Which didn’t face the fairway )
Our annual best-ball tournament was held at Kennedy G.C. on May 10th with the temperature in the high 70’s. Larry Campbell and Mike Cook teamed up to win the first flight. The Richey, Storbeck team was second the Williamson, Podwys team third. Bob Bohnet and Dan Riley won the second flight with the Stachowicz, Nitzkowski team second and the Ortiz, Blotzer and Pearce, Spurgeon teams third. Boyd Cook and Brian Cook won the third flight with the Sandie Cook, Duggins team second and the Hurst, Carr team third. Larry Campbell and John Justus won the CP’s, Rob Yarbrough and Steve Blotzer the LD’s. Mike Cook took over the points lead, Floyd Duggins the scoring average lead.
Our fourth tournament was played on June 14th at a very windy Mare Island G.C. Mike Cook squeaked out a one shot victory after tournament leader Kevin Peck found problems on the 18th hole and finished second. Sandie Cook and Darwin Richey tied for third. Floyd Duggins shot very well and won the second flight with Brian Cook second and Doug Honsinger third. Nemon Williamson won both Long Drives, Larry Campbell and Sandie Cook won the CP’s. Mike Cook and Floyd Duggins maintained their points and scoring leads.
After a fifteen year absence we returned to Bethel Island G.C. on July 19th for our fifth tournament. John Ortiz remembered how to play the course and won the first flight. Mike Cook and Dan Riley tied for second place with Nemon Williamson and Rob Yarbrough tying for third. On a hot and windy day Brian Cook won the second flight with his career best round. Steve Blotzer and Ron Powers tied for second, Sheldon Custer was third. Dave Pearce and Mike Narodzonek tied for a CP on the 3rd hole, John Ortiz took the other CP. Don Scribner and Nemon Williamson won the LD’s. Mike Cook kept his points lead but Brian Cook took over the scoring lead.
Strong winds drove up the scores for our sixth tournament at Paradise Valley G.C. on August 16th. Dave Pearce tamed the wind and won the first flight. Sandie Cook and Neal Stachowicz finished second and third. Boyd Cook ran away with the second flight helped out by an eagle three on the par 5 fourth hole. Doug Honsinger was second and the trio of Rick Carr, Brian Cook and Richard Nitzkowski finished third. Dan Riley and Sandie Cook won the CP’s, Neal Stachowicz and Mike Cook won the LD’s. Mike and Brian Cook kept their points and scoring leads.
Our seventh tournament was held at Chimney Rock G.C. on September 6th. Neal Stachowicz won the first flight with Matt Hurst and Don Scribner tied for second and Kevin Peck third. Sandie Cook won the second flight with Boyd Cook and Ed Vegas tied for second. Sonny Menzel and Howard Nitzkowski finished third John Ortiz won the Long Drive on the tenth hole with a monster drive, Kevin Peck won the other LD. John Justus and Neal Stachowicz won the CP’s. Mike and Brian Cook kept their points and scoring leads.
For our eight tournament we again returned to a course we hadn’t played in twenty years. We played Indian Valley G.C. on September 27th. On courses we hadn’t played in a long time John Ortiz won the first flight again. Steve Blotzer took second with the trio of Matt Hurst, Don Scribner and Neal Stachowicz third. Maynard Spurgeon won the second flight and was the final qualifier for the Winners Tournament. Sandie Cook finished second with the trio of Rick Carr, Brian Cook and Mike Osada third. Maynard Spurgeon and Mike Cook won the CP’s. Steve Blotzer won both Long Drives. Mike and Brian Cook maintained their points and scoring leads.
The 27th annual Winners Tournament was held for the first time at Cypress Lakes G.C. on Octobner 25th. Mike Cook won his second Winners Tournament 23 years after winning his first. Neal Stachowicz and Nemon Williamson tied for second with Larry Campbell and Floyd Duggins taking third place. Mike Cook and John Ortiz won the CP’s, Nemon Williamson and John Ortiz won the LD’s. Mike Cook won the Points Championship for the year, Brian Cook won the Scoring Average Championship.
Our 3rd Revenge at Kennedy scramble tournament was held on November 8th with the team of Boyd Cook, Brian Cook, Mike Cook & Sandie Cook winning with a score of 60. Mark Reinhart won two of the four closest to the pins. Neal Stachowicz and Darwin Richey won the other two CP’s. Rob Yarbrough again arranged for prizes for all the players, thanks Rob.
Due to bad weather ( El Nino ) and scheduling conflicts our 21st Pyramid Tournament finals were played in late March, 1998 at Green Valley C.C. John Justus ( $90.00 ) won the tournament with Nemon Williamson ( $46.00 ) finishing second and Phil Kruger ( $28.00 ) taking third place. Low net money went to Larry Odom ( $10.00 ), Bob Bohnet ( $12.00 ), Sandie Cook ( $14.00 ), Kevin Peck ( $18.00 ) and Nemon Williamson ( $22.00 )
El Nino also prevented our playing the Exxon Cup Tournament in 1997. It was rescheduled for May 30th, 1998 to make sure we had good weather and we did even though it rained for two solid days prior to the tournament. Green Valley C.C. was again the host for the 11th Exxon Cup which was won by Nemon Williamson. Sandie Cook took second place with Neal Stachowicz finishing third. Other players included; Mike Cook, John Ortiz, Brian Cook, Boyd Cook, and Dan Riley. ( not eligible but played, John Justus and Steve Blotzer )
After finishing first in Tournament Points, fifth in Tournament Scoring Average and fifth in the Pyramid Tournament, Mike Cook was the 1997 “Player of the Year”.
1997 was a very good year for the Exxon Golf Club, we had the second highest number of players per tournament and many good golf courses to play, thanks to Rob Yarbrough for doing a great job as Tournament Director.
Mike Cook