Behind those greens at Big Canyon

Club affiliation: Big Canyon Country Club

Residence: Newport Beach

Birthplace: Lake Mills, Iowa

Age: 65

Golf handicap: 3

Favorite golf moment: Walk from the 17th hole to the clubhouse

after winning the Santa Ana invitational at Santa Ana Country Club

with partner and fellow Big Canyon member Jim Jianulias.

Favorite club to use: Driver

Favorite course played: Pebble Beach Golf Links

Family: Wife, Ellie.

Noteworthy: Head of the greens committee at Big Canyon Country

Club the past two years. Job is to “help ensure golf course is in the

best possible condition” ... Joined Big Canyon in 1971 as its 20th member ... Won two Big Canyon senior club championships along with

one match play title ... Graduated from Santa Ana High in 1957 ...

Played baseball for three seasons at UC Santa Barbara as a third

baseman and made the Gauchos’ golf team his senior year within 12

months of taking up golf ... Owned QB Properties, a real estate

development company, before retiring.