| Winner | Runner-Up | |||
| Player of the Year | R. Yarbrough | 148 | M. Cook | 133 |
| Points Champion | R. Yarbrough | 40.5 | M. Cook | 35.0 |
| Scoring Champion | R. Yarbrough | 71.67 | M. Cook | 71.89 |
| Pyramid Tournament | L. Campbell | R. Yarbrough | ||
| Winners Tournament | K. Peck | 62 | D. Richey, B. Simonson | 63 |
| Valero Cup Tournament * – won playoff | M. Hurst * | 66(66) | D. Pearce, N. Stachowicz | 66(74)(77) |
| Club Championship | D. Yarbrough | 46 pts | S. Cook | 43 pts |
| Low Gross Club Champion | N. Williamson | 77 | M. Cook | 80 |
| Barbara Juris Award | S. Cook | |||
| Most Improved Handicap | R. Yarbrough | 24.4-18.5 | M. Hurst | 17.4-13.3 |
| Most Improved Player | R. Carr | J. Spurgeon | ||
| N. Stachowicz |
| Most Tournament Wins | D. Pearce | 4 |
| Most Eagles | J. Ortiz | 1 |
| R. Yarbrough | 1 | |
| Most Birdies | N. Stachowicz | 10 |
| Most Long Drives | M. Katz | 4 |
| Most Closest to the Pin | D. Pearce | 4 |
| Number of Tournaments | 12 |
| Avg. # of players per tournament | 25 |
| # different players winning first place | 21 |
| # different players winning second place | 16 |
| # of players eligible for the Winners Tournament | 21 |
| Valero Golf Club Records set or tied | Previous Record or Runner-UP |
| Most Consecutive Years with at least one Tour. Win | |
| 8 – M. Cook, 1996 – 2003 | 7 – D. Dean, 1980 – 1986 |
| Most Career Long Drives | |
| 27 – M. Hurst | 25 – M. Cook |
| Most Valero Cup Tournament Wins | |
| 3 – M. Hurst, 2001, 2002, 2003 | 2 – R. Turner, 1985, 1986 |
| 2 – D. Riley, 1993, 1995 | |
| 2 – N. Williamson, 1997, 1998 | |
| Lowest Best-Ball Tournament Score | |
| 22 under par, D. Menzel, S. Menzel, Wildhorse, 2003 | 13 under par, D. Pearce, J. Spurgeon, Wildhorse, 2001 |
| Lowest Tom Stead Scramble Tour. Score | |
| 8 under par, Boyer, Hurst, Longoria, Peck | 7 under par, Bohnet, Bohnet, Eubanks, Scribner, |
| Green Tree, 2003 | Green Tree, 1989 |
| 7 under par, Menzel, Menzel, Storbeck, Reinhart | |
| Green Tree, 1991 | |
| 7 under par, Boyer, Carr, Hurst, Peck | |
| Green Tree, 2001 | |
| 7 under par, Dorsey, Finnegan, Robinson, Williamson | |
| Green Tree, 2001, 2003 | |
| Course Record – Low Gross Score | |
| 5 over par, 77, M. Cook, Bethel Island, 2003 | 7 over par, 79, M. Cook, Bethel Island, 1998 |
| 7 over par, 79, N. Williamson, Bethel Island, 2002 | |
| 10 over par, 82, M. Cook, Chardonnay-Vin, 2003 | 15 over par, 87, M. Cook, Chardonnay Vin, 2002 |
| 11 over par, 83, M. Cook, N. Stachowicz, Brentwood C/H, 2003 | none |
| 9 over par, 80, M. Cook, Shadow Lakes, 2003 | none |
| Course Record – Low Net Score | |
| 14 under par, S. Menzel, Wildhorse, 2003 | 13 under par, J. Spurgeon, Wildhorse, 2001 |
| 2 under par, R. Yarbrough, Chardonnay Vin, 2003 | 1 under par, M. Hurst, Chardonnay Vin, 2002 |
| 9 under par, B. Simonson, Brentwood C/H, 2003 | none |
| 5 under par, Hurst, Pearce, Stachowicz, Shadow Lakes, 2003 | none |
Notes:
First Time Winner – AJ Jones, Rod Robinson
New Players; Mark Anderson, Kimo Fujinka, Pete Gonsales, Willie Grinslade, Sue Gustofson, Dan Kilkenny, Frank Lewin, Jim Minkel, Mitch Miller, Tom Rogers, Joe Upton
| Achieved 650 Tour. Points, Mike Cook – 667.0 |
| Achieved 150 Tour. Points, Matt Hurst – 155.0 |
| Achieved 150 Tour. Points, Rob Yarbrough – 154.5 |
| Achieved 100 Tour. Points – Jim Spurgeon – 117.0 |
| Achieved 100 Tour. Points, Neal Stachowicz – 112.0 |
| Achieved 100 Tour. Points, Rick Carr – 100.0 |
| Achieved 50 Tour. Points, Debbie Menzel – 58.0 |
2003 Highlights
Even though El-Nino returned in 2003, the 33rd Valero Golf Club season couldn’t have started out better. The temperature was in the low 80’s with a mild NW wind blowing for the playing of the 18th annual Tom Stead memorial scramble tournament at Green Tree G.C. on March 29th. Taking advantage of the perfect playing conditions was the team of Bob Boyer, Matt Hurst, Fred Longoria & Kevin Peck who shot a record score of 8 under par to win the first flight. Finishing second one stroke back was the team of Ken Dorsey, Jake Finnegan, Rod Robinson & Nemon Williamson. The team of Mike & Sandie Cook, Mike Katz & Marv Smith finished a distant third. The team of Steve Blotzer, Dave Lowry, John Ortiz & Dan Riley ran away with the second flight. Three teams tied for second place 5 strokes back, the team of Jim Aton, Floyd Duggins, Dave Pearce & Jim Spurgeon, the team of Gary Bruce, Gary Plaskett, Rollin Podwys & Joe Upton and the team of Bob Aton, Dave Bryant, Sheldon Custer & Rob Yarbrough. Finishing in third place was the Phil Eubanks, Al Harp, Debbie & Sonny Menzel team. Sonny Menzel and Dave Bryant won the closest to the pins. Bob Boyer and Fred Longoria (with a cart path aided 350 yard drive) won the long drives. John Ortiz became the fifth player to be inducted into the Valero Golf Club Hall of Fame and was presented with his certificate in a presentation that included a review of his golfing career. Mike Cook was presented his Player of the Year plaque for 2002. We raised $360.00 for the American Heart Association in Tom’s name. Total to date $4781.00. In last years pyramid tournament play, in the semi-finals it was Rob Yarbrough over Ken Dorsey by one stroke at Rancho Solano G.C.
El-Nino provided unsettled weather for the entire week going into the best-ball tournament and the week after but the tournament was played on a beautiful day with the temperature in the low seventies and a moderate North wind which dropped off during play. We had 32 players and our first three flight tournament in four years. April 19th was the date and Wildhorse G.C. the site for the aptly named 2nd annual Menzel Classic best-ball tournament. Debbie Menzel shot a net 63, Sonny Menzel a net 58 ( a new low net course record) and they combined to shoot an astounding best-ball score of 50 breaking the previous record by 9 strokes. Finishing a distant second was the team of Steve Blotzer and John Ortiz. Steve Page and Mike Narodzonek took third place. Three teams tied for first place in the second flight with the team of AJ Jones (AJ’s first tournament win) and Ed Vegas winning the tie breaker for Winners Tournament eligibility. The other first place teams consisted of Dave Pearce – Jim spurgeon and the Howard Nitzkowski – Rod Robinson team. (Rod’s first tournament win) The Kevin Peck – Rob Yarbrough team was second, the Bob Simonson – Rick Simonson team was third. The Dan Riley – Nemon Williamson team won the first flight with the Mike DeHart – Mike Katz team second. The teams of Rick Carr – Matt Hurst and Marv Smith – Denzil Storbeck tied for third place. Dave Pearce and Sonny Menzel won the CP’s. Mike Katz and Matt Hurst won the LD’s. Sonny Menzel took the points and scoring average leads to start of the year. John Ortiz had the shot of the day with a natural eagle 3 (the club’s first in the last 5 years), net double eagle 2 on the par 5 fifteenth hole. Other net double eagles were made by Debbie Menzel and Sonny Menzel. Sonny also had four net eagles, Rick Carr had two. Other net eagles were made by Steve Blotzer, Rick Simonson, Kevin Peck, Debbie Menzel, Nemon Williamson, Dan Riley, AJ Jones, Ed Vegas, Mike Cook, Neal Stachowicz, Mike Narodzonek and Denzil Storbeck. Sonny Menzel and Nemon Williamson had three natural birdies apiece, Kevin Peck had two. The flight winners had their pictures taken with the Menzel Classic traditional crystal vase.
Our first weekday tournament of the year took place on Friday, May 9th at Cypress Lakes G.C. The weather continued to be cool, we played in the mid to high sixties with a mild wind on the back nine. On every hole the pins were set in the most difficult positions for an upcoming NCGA event which kept the entire field’s scores high. Neal Stachowicz was the only player with a net score below par and won the first flight. Matt Hurst finished second with Dan Riley in third. The second flight had a two way tie for first place between Sonny Menzel (his second win in a row) and Mike Osada. Rob Yarbrough finished in second with Jim Spurgeon and Ed Vegas tying for third. Mike DeHart won the CP on the third hole for the second year in a row, Rob Yarbrough won the other CP. Mike Osada and Dan Riley won the LD’s. Sonny Menzel increased his points lead for the year. Mike Narodzonek and John Ortiz didn’t play but took over the scoring average lead from Sonny. In first round pyramid play it was Matt Hurst over Debbie Menzel and Neal Stachowicz over Dave Pearce. In the 2002 Pyramid finals it was Rob Yarbrough over Mike Cook to claim his third major championship.
Our first major championship of the year was played at Franklin Canyon G.C. on Saturday, May 31st starting at 8am. The playing conditions were perfect, temperatures in the seventies and eighties with a mild wind. Rob Yarbrough gathered 46 points and won the Club Championship for 2003. This win gave Rob his career grand slam having won all of the four majors at least once. Finishing second in the second flight was Sandie Cook with 43 points part of which were gained by making a birdie two on the second hole. Steve Blotzer with three natural birdies and Jim Spurgeon both had 39 points to take third place. Nemon Williamson after shooting a gross 77 picked up 41 points and won the first flight. He also won a CP and a LD and took over the points lead for the year. Matt Hurst with two birdies and Mike Cook tied for second place with 40 points. Mike Katz and Denzil Storbeck tied for third place with 39 points. Dave Pearce won the other CP. Mike Katz won the other LD. Mike Narodzonek who didn’t play held on to the scoring average lead for the year. Steve Blotzer and Nemon Williamson took over the birdies lead with four apiece. In first round pyramid play it was Mike Osada over John Ortiz and Rod Robinson over Bob Boyer.
Friday the 13th of June was the date for the 2nd “Boyd Cook Memorial Classic” this year held at Paradise Valley G.C. starting at 1pm. To counteract the Friday the 13th curse, Mike and Sandie Cook who sponsored the tournament passed out golden dollars to each player before they teed off. Mike also gave himself one and it proved very lucky, he shot a gross 77, net 66 to win the first flight for the third year in a row. Kevin Peck finished in second place, Neal Stachowicz took third. Sandie also received a golden dollar and won the second flight. Steve Page took second place and qualified for the winners tournament along with Kevin Peck. Rob Yarbrough took third place. The temperature was in the seventies with the normal westerly prevailing wind in force especially on the back nine. Mike Cook won the CP, Dave Pearce won the other CP, his third for the year. Kevin Peck and Steve Page won the LD’s. Rob Yarbrough sneaked past Nemon Williamson and took over the points lead for the year. Mike Cook replaced Mike Narodzonek for the lead in the scoring average for the year. Nemon had another birdie and took over the birdies lead by himself. In first round pyramid play it was Mike Cook over Nemon Williamson and Rob Yarbrough over Howard Nitzkowski.
Saturday, June 29th was the date, 10am the time for the tournament at Bethel Island G.C. played at the end of a long heat wave. The temperature was in the mid to high nineteis with a strong warm westerly wind blowing. Mike Cook and Neal Stachowicz tied for first place in the first flight, Neal winning for the second year in a row had two birdies. Mike broke the low gross course record by two strokes helped out by chipping in for a birdie 3 on the # 1 handicap hole for the second year in a row. Matt Hurst was one stroke behind and took second place, Dave Pearce took third. In the second flight Rick Carr won first place, had a LD and a CP (missing a hole in one by 2 inches) and a birdie for 10.5 tournament points. Continuing his good play Jim Spurgeon took second place and qualified for the Winners Tournament. On the distaff side Sandie Cook and Debbie Menzel tied for third place. Nemon Williamson took the other CP and added two birdies to strenghten his lead. Matt Hurst won the other LD. This long drive moved Matt into first place for the most career long drives breaking the record Mike Cook held for sixteen years. Mike Cook took over the tournament points lead from Rob Yarbrough who didn’t play and increased his scoring average lead. In first round pyramid play it was Rollin Podwys over Kevin Peck, Sandie Cook over Rick Morgan and Rick Carr over Sheldon Custer. In second round pyramid play, Mike Cook and Neal Stachowicz tied their match and will replay it.
Our historic first weekday tournament ever held on a Wednesday took place at Lone Tree G.C. on July 9th. With a 1pm start time the weather was very warm, temperature in the high nineties with a hot westerly wind blowing. Matt Hurst and Denzil Storbeck tied for first place in the first flight with Denzil qualifying for the winners tournament. Tying for second place was Mike Cook and Neal Stachowicz. Nemon Williamson took third place. In the second flight Rick Carr won for the second tournament in a row tying with Jim Spurgeon who won for the second time this year. Home course favorite Ed Vegas took second place with Sandie Cook in third. Sandie also won a CP with Rob Yarbrough taking the other CP. Ed Vegas and Dan Riley won the LD’s. The greens were slow which led to only 5 birdies for the entire field. Mike Cook maintained his points and scoring leads for the year. Nemon Williamson shot a gross 2 over par 37 on the back nine, Mike Cook a 2 over par 39 on the front nine. In first round pyramid play it was Darwin Richey over Dan Riley. In second round play it was Rick Carr over Matt Hurst and Rob Yarbrough over Mike Osada. Mike Cook and Neal Stachowicz managed to tie again in the second round match and will replay it for the third time.
The last weekday tournament of the year was the second “Greater PeckBrough Open” held at Chardonnay – Vineyards G.C. on Friday, July 25th starting at 1 pm. The weather was unusually cool with the temperature in the seventies and a fairly strong westerly wind. A good field of 25 players were vying for the biggest prize money of the year, $300.00 provided by Kevin Peck and Rob Yarbrough who sponsored the tournament. Rob thought as long as he was putting up part of the prize money he should keep some for himself so he won 1st place in the second flight. His win was made easier when he holed out a six iron for an eagle two on the # 1 handicap par 4 sixth hole. With an additional birdie he picked up 10.5 tournament points. Ed Vegas finished in second place for the second tournament in a row. He also won a LD. Jim Spurgeon finished in third place, adding a CP and continued his good play. Mike Katz won first place in the 1st flight helped out by a birdie two on the difficult par 3 twelfth hole after a hitting a beautiful tee shot to the back pin. Mike Cook after shooting a 39 on the front nine held on for second place. Matt Hurst and Dave Pearce tied for third place. Sandie Cook won the other CP and Mike Narodzonek took the other LD. Mike Cook held on to his points and scoring leads for the year. There was one eagle and 8 birdies for the field. In first round pyramid play it was Larry Campbell over Ken Dorsey. In second round play it was Darwin Richey over Sandie Cook and Mike Cook finally over Neal Stachowicz after having previously tied twice.
The second “Matt Hurst shootout featuring Rick Carr” was played on Saturday, August 16th starting at 10am at a new site for the Valero Golf Club, Brentwood G.C. The weather was good starting out, warm with slight breeze that fell off by the end of play and allowed the temperature to rise to the mid nineties. We had 32 players sign up for the tournament. Scoring was the name of the game with 15 birdies for the field, if you weren’t scoring low you’d better get out of the way. Bob Simonson set the initial low net course record with a net 63 and won the second flight. Darwin Richey with a 64 was close behind and finished second. A log jam of players tied for third place with 69’s, Steve Blotzer, Sandie Cook, Debbie Menzel, Mike Osada and Rob Yarbrough who also had a LD. Same low scoring for the first flight, Dave Pearce shot a net 64 and won his 4th CP of the year to take first place closely followed by Neal Stachowicz in second with a 65. Neal and Mike Narodzonek both had 2 birdies apiece. Bob Boyer took third with a 67. Neal Stachowicz took the other LD with Mike Cook taking the other CP. Mike shot a gross 38 on the Creekside nine and barely maintained his points and scoring average leads for the year. Three more players qualified for the Winners Tournament bringing the total to 21 for the year so far. Matt and Rick handed out very nice tee prizes again including a pamphlet with information and the history of the shootout. They also drew the winning raffle names for prizes at the end of the day. Bob Simonson and Dave Pearce had their pictures taken in the traditional lavender blazer worn by the first place finishers. In first round pyramid play it was Steve Blotzer over Sonny Menzel, in third round play it was Darwin Richey over Mike Cook.
What a difference a year makes, playing Diablo Creek last year in cool weather and a strong westerly wind, this year we played in 100 degree temperature with a hot north wind blowing. Saturday, September 13th starting at 11am was the last chance to qualify for this years Winners Tournament. Prior qualifiers Dave Pearce, Denzil Storbeck and Nemon Williamson took first, second and third place in the first flight. Prior qualifiers Rob Yarbrough and Ed Vegas took first and second place in the second flight. Missing out to by one stroke to qualify for the last spot was Mike DeHart who finished third. Mike Katz and Sonny Menzel won the long drives. Matt Hurst and Mike Cook won the CP’s. Mike after shooting a 39 on the back nine barely held on to his scoring average lead for the year but lost his points lead to Rob Yarbrough. The green speeds were inconsistent leading to only 4 birdies for the entire field, 2 of which were made by new club golfer Mitch Miller. Frank Lewin who had won a “million tees” in the Matt hurst shootout raffle gave out bags of tees to each player in the tournament. In second round round pyramid play it was Steve Blotzer over Rollin Podwys and Larry Campbell tying Rod Robinson. In third round play it was Rob Yarbrough over Steve Blotzer. Don Scribner, the golf club founder in 1971 and first tournament director became the first honorary member to be inducted into the Valero Golf Club “Hall of Fame”. He was presented his certificate by Mike Cook after Mike’s review of Don’s golfing career and achievements.
The 33nd annual Winners Tournament was played for the third year in a row at Rancho Solano G.C. on September 27th. The temperature was in the mid eighties with essentially no wind which led to perfect playing conditions. Seventeen of the twenty one eligible players played plus three ineligible for a total of twenty. Kevin Peck claimed his first major tournament win shooting a net 62 which was helped out by shooting a gross 38 on the tough back nine. Finishing tied for second with identical net scores of 63 were Darwin Richey and Bob Simonson. Rick Carr took third place and moved into the number eight points spot to claim the last qualifying position for the Valero Cup. Matt Hurst and Mike Katz won the long drives. Mike also claimed the most LD’s for the year with four. Darwin Richey and Rob Yarbrough took the CP’s. Rob Yarbrough moved past Mike Cook to take the Scoring Average Championship at 71.67 and also won the Points Championship for the year. Neal Stachowicz was the birdie leader for the year with 10. Shot of the day went to Bob Simonson who hit a 110 yard wedge over the pin on the par five seventh hole, the ball roll back down the hill and into the hole for a birdie 4.
The 17th Valero Cup tournament was played for the first time at Shadow Lakes G.C. on October 18th starting at 8:30am. The temperature was a little cool to start with but ended up in the mid eighties with very little wind blowing. We starting play on the back nine. Matt Hurst, Dave Pearce and Neal Stachowicz tied for first place with net 66’s. Rob Yarbrough took second place with a net 70, Mike Cook and Jim Spurgeon tied for third with a net 71’s. Other top eight players included; Rick Carr and Nemon Williamson. The greens were undulated and fast which lead to many three putts and an occasional four putt. Dave Pearce shot a gross 39 on the back nine including 2 birdies, Mike Cook shot a 39 on the front nine with one birdie, Neal Stachowicz also had one birdie. An 18 hole playoff was played to determine the winner. The playoff was held at Rancho Solano G.C. on November 1st starting at 8am. The temperature was 40 degrees on the first tee but Matt Hurst got off to a warm start shooting a gross 39 on the front nine which gave him a 3 stroke lead over Dave Pearce and a 9 stroke lead over Neal Stachowicz. On the back nine Matt made it through amen corner in 4 over par, finishing the rest of the back nine in 3 over par to win his third consecutive Valero Cup tournament. Dave Pearce finished second in the playoff, Neal Stachowicz was third. In second round pyramid play Rod Robinson forfeited his rematch with Larry Campbell. In third round play it was Larry Campbell over Rick Carr by one stroke at Cypress Lakes G.C. The finals are now set with Larry Campbell, Darwin Richey and Rob Yarbrough playing off for the major championship.
The 27th Pyramid Tournament finals were held at Green Tree G.C. on November 28th, a very cool day with intermittent showers. Larry Campbell hit his tee shot on the par 5 first hole into the lateral water hazard but mangaged to make a par 5. His tee shot on the second hole hit a tree, he hit a long fairway wood into the greenside bunker and got it up and down for a par 4. This set the tempo for the day although it was still close after nine holes of play. Rob Yarbrough who birdied the first hole had a one stroke lead over Larry and a 6 stroke lead over Darwin Richey. Larry made three straight pars to open the back nine, took the lead and never relinquished it. Larry will have his name engraved on the “Tom Stead Trophy” as the winner of the 27th Pyramid Tournament, ( $90.00 ). Finishing second was Rob Yarbrough ( $46.00 ). Finishing third was Darwin Richey ( $28.00) Low net money went to Rick Carr ( $22.00 ), Mike Cook ( $18.00 ), Rick Carr ( $14.00 ), Neal Stachowicz ( $12.00 ) and Ken Dorsey ( $10.00 ).
By winning the Points and Scoring Average Championships for the year, and runner-up in the Pyramid Tournament, Rob Yarbrough was the Valero Golf Club’s “Player of the Year” for 2003.
The 9th annual Revenge at Kennedy Scramble Tournament was played on a beautiful fall day on October 25th with the temperature in the low nineties by the time we finished. Shooting a 10 under par score of 62 the team of Ken Dorsey, Jake Finnegan, Rod Robinson and Nemon Williamson won the revenge tournament for the fourth time. Finishing in second place was the team of Larry Campbell, Mike and Sandie Cook and Dan Kilkenny. Tying for third place was the team of Jim Aton, Mitch Miller, Jim Minkel and Dave Pearce and the team of Scott Goldsmith, Sue Gustofson, Debbie and Sonny Menzel. Closest to the Pins went to Rod Robinson, Karl Fails (who missed a hole in one by a couple of inches), Phil Eubanks and John Ortiz. The greens had been aerated just a couple of days before the tournament which led to some interesting putting. Shots of the day went to Scott Goldsmith who holed out his second shot on the par 4 eleventh hole for an eagle two and Brittany Hurst who’s tee shot was used on the par 3 sixteenth hole, she then holed out the putt for a birdie two. It was a good way to end the golf year, everyone had fun, and all the teams shot good scores, the last place teams were still 4 under par.
2003 was the second year for the Valero Golf League, nine hole team play starting this year at 4:45 pm every Thursday afternoon at Kennedy G.C. in Napa. The League ran from April through early October and added a fifth team (Birdies-R-Us) this year. The Seadlings were in first place for the most of the year but Team Albatross took over first place with four weeks to go and finished on top for the regular season. At the end of the regular season the first place team ( Team Albatross ) received a bye, the second place team ( the Seadlings ) and third place team ( the Rovers ) played off on August 14th to determine who would play the top team. The Seadlings won and advanced on to play Team Albatross on August 21st. Play was halted after one and two holes of play due to a lighting and thunder rainstorm. The Championship match was rescheduled for Sept. 4th. Play was resumed from where it had left off with Team Albatross winning the match 5 1/2 to 2 1/2 taking the championship over the Seadlings. Team Albatross team members were Bob Boyer, Rick Carr, John Hill, team captain Matt Hurst, Glenn Overman, Kevin Peck and John Ortiz. The second place team was the Seadlings consisting of Bill and Harriet Buckalew, Mike Goring, Mike Katz, Dan Kilkenny, Henry Martinez, Al Middleton, and team captain Neal Stachowicz. The third place team was the Rovers consisting of Mike and Sandie Cook, Mike DeHart, Karl Fails, team captain Dave Pearce and Bob Simonson. Finishing in fourth place was Birdies-R-Us team consisting of Mike Connally, Connie and Sheldon Custer, Ken Dorsey, Andrew Estrada, Sue Gustofson and team captain Mike Osada. The Hackers Unlimited finished in fifth place. The team consisted of Hugh Connell, Willie Grinslade, team captain Debbie Menzel, Sonny Menzel, Ann and Ron Pearman and Rob Yarbrough. Year long individual honors went to Mike Cook, low gross of 38, Andrew Estrada and Sue Gustofson, low net of 30 and Bob Boyer who was the most improved player. In post season tournament play; in the two club tournament it was Mike DeHart with a net 36, in the two person best-ball it was the Glenn Overman – Kevin Peck team with a net 28, in the two person worst ball it was Rick Carr – Kevin Peck team with a net 45, in the three club tournament it was Rob Yarbrough with a net 38 and in the point tournament it was Debbie Menzel winning with 18 points.
This golf year comes to a close, with continued weekday tournament play, players sponsoring tournaments and the Valero Golf League it made for a very good year. Out thanks go out to Debbie Menzel for doing an outstanding job again as our Tournament Director and to Neal Stachowicz for running the Valero Golf League. We’re looking foward to next year although it will be an shortened season because of the Refinery wide turnaround scheduled for October. Mike Cook