Calm under pressure

Club affiliation: Santa Ana Country Club

Residence: Costa Mesa

Birthplace: Los Angeles

Age: 80

Golf handicap: 26

Favorite golf moment: Teaming with son Guy Bonas to win the Gerald

Hall tournament, a father/son event, at Santa Ana Country Club two

years ago.

Favorite club to use: 5-wood

Favorite course played: Pebble Beach Golf Links

Hobbies outside of golf: Spend time with wife Doris, go to church

and work around the house.

Family: Wife, Doris; son, Guy; daughters, Sally and Lauren; six

grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren

Noteworthy: Needed two extra holes to win the 80 and older

division of the Santa Ana Country Club senior match play championship

last month. Friend Duke Madden caught fire on the back nine -- he

trailed Bonas by four strokes at one stage during the front nine --

and forced a tie with a chip-in par on 18 to tie Bonas. Both players

made par on the first playoff hole, the par-5 first. Bonas won when

he sank a putt for par on the par-3 second. “I couldn’t get the ball

on the tee,” quipped Bonas about his anxiety. “I always get nervous

when I am in a tournament, but I enjoy it and I will keep doing it.”

Bonas won his age division in the same event 10 years ago ...

Youngest of 11 children ... Worked as a painting contractor before

retiring ... Started playing golf when he was 40 ... Tries to play

golf three days a week and walks regularly for exercise.