One sunny swing for senior amateur at Mesa Verde

Richard Dunn

It isn’t always what you see, but how you see the end result on a

golf course.

Take 68-year-old Neil Barton, for example. Barton, of San Dimas,

played Mesa Verde Country Club’s 134-yard par-3 hole No. 12 Monday in

the Bayside & Bistango Restaurants Golf Tournament and sank a

hole-in-one. But there was a twist.

“It was over water, over a bunker and straight into the sun. I

didn’t see a thing,” said Barton, who used a 6-iron. “I’d rather be

lucky than good.”

For Barton, however, it was his third career hole-in-one. He had

one in 1982 and another in ’98.

The golf tournament, of which 5% of the proceeds will be donated

to the CHOC Foundation at Children’s Hospital of Orange County,

featured a long buffet of fine cuisine from the two restaurants.

Bayside is in Newport Beach.

The winning group, which shot 59, included highly regarded Newport

Beach Tennis Club professional Dave Sherbeck. Sherbeck was joined by

some players who did some traveling to attend the golf tournament:

Frank Koski (Las Vegas), Chris Jones (Irvine) and Mike Rundall

(Bakersfield).

The second-place team, which carded 60, included Russell Adams,

Danielle Amiee, Robert Toomire and Michael Gates, while Frank

Fiorentino, Jimmy Yanez, Dave Ginns and Ed Ellard formed the

third-place squad (61). George Alvarez won the long drive.

JC WOMEN’S GOLF

Pirates drop all three matches

COSTA MESA -- Orange Coast College’s women’s golf team struggled

Monday in a four-way Orange Empire Conference match at Costa Mesa

Country Club’s Mesa Linda course with a 377, while Santiago Canyon

(361), Irvine Valley (367) and Golden West (370) all topped OCC (6-8,

5-7 in the OEC), led by Marilyn Pope (84).