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.
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