LPGA Has Interest in Mesa Verde
Mesa Verde Country Club in Costa Mesa is on the short list of courses the LPGA Tour is courting to host the City of Hope LPGA Classic. But Mesa Verde head professional Tom Sargent said he doesn’t expect the membership to approve the tournament.
The City of Hope Classic, scheduled for April 12-15, is on the LPGA Tour schedule but does not have a home. Mesa Verde hosted the LPGA Women’s Kemper Open from 1979-81 and the Uniden LPGA Invitational from 1984-86 and the Senior PGA Tour used Mesa Verde for the Toshiba Senior Classic in 1995.
“We have been contacted but a decision hasn’t been made yet,” Sargent said. “There are only a few months to go before the tournament and I don’t think it would be approved because of that. It’s a lot of work and planning putting something like that together.”
Los Coyotes Country Club in Buena Park also was contacted but declined, according to head pro Brad Shupe.
NOTEWORTHY
Irene Cho of La Habra shot a two-round total of 154 and won the inaugural Dennis Paulson Junior Golf Invitational last week at Cypress Golf Club.
Cho, a Sunny Hills High junior, defeated Jennifer Osborn of Huntington Beach by four shots.
Matthew Shin of Cerritos shot 147 to win the boys’ division by five shots over Joseph Benedetti of Huntington Beach . . . Angela Won of Irvine shot 80-77-79-81--317 and tied for 23rd at the Junior Orange Bowl International Championship at the Biltmore Golf Course in Coral Gables, Fla. Won, a University High junior, was 26 strokes behind winner Aree Song Wonglukiet, who defeated twin Naree by a shot.
Kevin Na of Diamond Bar shot 70-70-69-69--278 to win the boys’ division.
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