UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State Blue Course Ladies League recently held its gross and net division championships:
In the nine-hole event, winners were: Connie McLaughlin, championship flight gross; Anne Fry, championship flight net; Karen Wheeler, first-flight gross; Fiona Adams, first-flight net; Sue Sargo, second-flight gross; and Linda Hood, second-flight net.
The 18-hole winners were: Genny Vanemon, championship flight gross; Maribel Lies, championship flight net; Norma Campbell, first-flight gross; Patty Nellis, first-flight net; Brenda Wagner, second-flight gross; and Sandy Roth, second-flight net.
Philipsburg Elks C.C. hosts handicap match play championship
In the finals of Philipsburg Elks Country Club’s handicap match play championship, Jim Dixon, winner of the event, gave opponents stokes in all five of his matches of the handicap event. Dixon won the final match over Chris Sherkel in the championship match.
Runners-up, losing in the final four, were Doug Goss and Ky Bender, while Padre Gibbons (2016 champion), Nate Lucas (2015 runner up), Bob Mitchell and Jon Whitman made up the Elite 8.
Coming up aces
On Aug. 23, Fraser Grigor, of State College, recorded his first hole-in-one using a 7-iron on the par-3, 153-yard fifth hole of the Penn State White Golf Course. Witnesses to the achievement were Don Hastings, Gary Herbert and Ian Osborne.
Recently, Carrie Packer recorded a hole-in-one on Mountain View Country Club’s No. 6 hole using a 5-hybrid. Playing partners were Mike and Kathy Benedict and Tammy Viehdorfer. Packer also recorded a hole-in-one July 10 on the ninth hole, again using a 5-hybrid club to record her ace.
Penn State Golf Courses hosts club championship
Bill Sabol recently won the 2017 Penn State Golf Courses’ club championship. The event was held over the span of two days and the competition encompassed both the White and Blue courses.
Mountain View Country Club announces 2017 champions
In the Mountain View Country Club’s men’s championship, four-time club champion Mike Braniff defeated 2016 champion Matt Dougherty to win his fifth title.
According to PGA professional Jack Brennan, “The match was a very exciting play of golf that concluded on the fifth extra sudden-death hole with Braniff making a birdie on No. 5 to finally defeat Dougherty.”
On the women’s side, Ginny Hosterman continued her dominance as she defeated Tracey Pletcher. It was Hosterman’s 18th club title. In the women’s first flight, Christy Miller defeated Avril Haight.
NCPGA men’s senior event held at Williamsport C.C.
Bucknell Golf Club’s Ben Cook posted a round of 76 to win the 50-to-59 division of the NCPGA Senior event held recently at the Williamsport Country Club. Tim Jordan, of Shade Mountain Golf Club, was two strokes back carding a 78.
Locally, Patrick Guerriero, of Clinton Country Club, 43-42, and Kevin Treese, of Mountain View Country Club, 38-47, each carded rounds of 85 to finish in fifth-place tie.
Several local golfers placed in the top 25 of the 60-to-69 division, with Jim Sargent, of Clinton, 40-38, and Paul Swanson, of Mountain View, 39-39, carding rounds of 78 to forge a second-place tie. Jack Driscoll, also of Clinton, finished third with a round of 42-37, 79.
Other local golfers participating included Terry Cooper, of Toftrees Golf Club, shooting a 44-42, 86 and Clinton’s Rick Evertt, 43-46, and Harold Smith, 49-45, carding rounds of 89 and 94. Nittany Country Club’s David Pfaff, 49-49, and John Kowalchuk, 48-53, posted scores of 98 and 101.
In the 70-to-79 division, local golfers finished in the top 25: Harry Brungard, of Clinton, carded a 43-40, 83; Darrell Early, of Mountain View, carded a 49-38, 87; William Novosat, of Clinton, carded a 49-43, 92; Jim Cortright, also of Clinton, carded a 47-45, 92; and Jerry Lauchle, of Tofrees, carded a 44-50, 94.
Pete Reasner, of White Deer Golf Club, won the 80-and-older division, carding a round of 42-59, 101.
