Caves earns his medal
Newport Beach resident and Big Canyon Country Club member Warren
Caves and Michael Wanamaker, from Costa Mesa, each qualified at
separate sites earlier this week for next month’s 22nd Southern
California Golf Association Mid-Amateur championship.
Caves earned medalist honors Tuesday when he shot 2-under-par 70
at the SCGA Golf Course in Murrieta, leading a group of 11 golfers
who qualified for the Mid-Amateur, scheduled Aug. 29-30 at North
Ranch Country Club in Westlake Village.
Wanamaker shot a 4-over 75 and was one of five players to qualify
following their rounds at the Rancho San Marcos Golf Course in Santa
Barbara Monday. Wanamaker finished three shots back of co-medalists
Jason Goode of Castaic and Mark Pavletich of Bakersfield.
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The Goodwill Invitational golf tournament staged in June at
Pelican Hill Golf Club in Newport Coast netted more than $100,000 to
help fund the organization’s training, education and employment
services for persons with disabilities and other barriers to
independence.
Jeff Stone, Todd Myer, Rick Cole and John Markley, all of Newport
Beach, placed first in the gross division.
Newport Beach resident Maureen Murphy, Steve Handy (Santa Ana),
Ellen Phellan (San Juan Capistrano) and Dan Hart (Ladera Ranch)
claimed the low net title.
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Newport Beach Country Club’s ladies team is rolling into the
second round of team play.
NBCC, which has 28 total players, 20 who compete during matches,
defeated Stone Ridge Country Club in the first round last week and
faces Lomas Santa Fe today.
NBCC finished the regular season 7-1, winning the gross section of
its group, which includes teams from Mission Viejo Country Club, Old
Ranch Country Club, Dove Canyon Country Cub and Rolling Hills Country
Club.
The format for team play is partner’s better ball match play.
Eight pairs for each team face one another in a match.
In other Newport Beach Country Club news, Rita Auelmann tallied a
hole-in-one on the par-3 fourth hole June 30.
-- Bryce Alderton
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