Eagles soar at Santa Ana

Estancia High golf coach Art Perry and members of the Eagles’ boys

golf team volunteered their time to help with operations at Tuesday’s

Jones Cup at Santa Ana Country Club.

Christopher “Storm” Hagen, Kyle Jones, Andrew Ayala, Kyle Anderson

and Matt Kirchberg held leaderboards and did other tasks throughout

the tournament, while Gordon Bowley also volunteered his time.

* Mesa Verde Country Club head pro Tom Sargent chipped in from the

fringe on the 418-yard par-4 16th hole for his lone birdie of the

day. Sargent’s chip was from about 30 feet out and below the pin.

* Mesa Verde Country Club senior champion Bryan Rolfe hit a

300-plus-yard drive and reached the green in two on the 503-yard

par-5 ninth hole. He tallied three birdies on the front nine.

* Santa Ana Country Club head professional Geoff Cochrane clocked

a 301-yard drive on the 473-yard, par-5 18th hole, slightly drawing

the ball over the water and sand trap on the dogleg-left layout. He

said he has hit drives that far on the hole a few times. Cochrane

outdrove his teammates off of several tees Tuesday.

* Towersey prevented Santa Ana’s second bogey on the par-3 second

with a deft blast from the left bunker. The ball nestled two feet

from the cup and Santa Ana’s 21-time women’s club champion sank the

putt.

* Big Canyon women’s champ Martha Redfearn had a small but

determined caddie: her 9-year-old son, Chad. Chad pulled his mom’s

clubs throughout most of the day, occasionally agreeing to help from

bystanders or from father Wayne. Steve Williams, eat your heart out.

* Big Canyon senior player Dave Quisling was a last-minute

addition to take the place of senior champ Danny Bibb. Word on the

course was Bibb had to help a daughter move to college.

* Former Big Canyon champ Danny Lane, filling in for this year’s

top golfer, Mike Carpenter, was familiar with the Jones Cup pressure.

He won the event in 2002, back when it was teams of two. “I think it

was a little more relaxed, just because you have other players to

rely on,” he said of the new, five-person format.