WHISPER ROCK NATIONAL INVITATIONAL – FINAL RESULTS

If you love great desert golf, with unbelievable practice facilities and food and service second to NONE, then you’ll love the Whisper Rock experience. Gregg Tryhus has created perhaps the greatest golf experience on the planet at “The Rock”. From the moment you pull up to the valet parking your treated with kindness and service that I’ve not seen anywhere in the world.

It gets even better when you get near the locker room where you’ll most definitely run into Mike who runs the inside facilities. This fine gentleman is not only genuinely kind, passionate and considerate, but he has a memory that I would love to possess. Every little need is taken care of for you, and the service continues at this high level in the Professional Shop,with the  caddies and especially the culinary experience you’ll find with the exceptional food. The course and practice facilities are immaculate, with great attention to every detail.

I’m not sure how I could be any more fortunate to play in events hosted by some of the worlds greatest golf facilities. Whisper Rock is perhaps the most unique in many ways, and in my book is right up there with Pine Valley and Seminole. This event has the best possible ingredient in the people you’ll meet and hang out with for 4 days. We were treated to a very difficult test of golf with high winds and tough pin positions during the three days of competition. With much firmer greens, additional thought was required before firing at the pin. The scores reflected the challenge versus the scores of last years event. My partner the ever affable Paul Balatti and I had the time of our lives with a -23 team score last year for 54 holes. I love a challenging and difficult course which both courses provided. The firmness of the greens and windy conditions made course management mission one for success.

After an opening 69 on the upper course which tied us with our home town pals of Dan Bieber and Bob Fulton, we then found ourselves 3 back going into the final round on the lower course. We quickly closed the gap and were dead even with 12 holes to go. After Bob Fulton made a nice birdie on the 8th hole, followed by a saving par on 9, we were 2 back with 9 holes to go. The back nine is where you can lose or make up shots in a hurry. I must admit the putt I made on #10 for birdie was ridiculous and I’m sure got things rolling in our direction. After two more birdies by my partner and a chip in birdie on #17 we had the 3 peated in hand at this awesome event that we LOVE coming back to each year. I know I start thinking about the warm weather and perfect conditions once November hits in Northern California.

Tournament chairman Jim Strickland (Stricky) does an amazing job recruiting great teams and great guys to this event! The Championship trophies trophies(shown below) are perhaps the most beautiful I’ve seen. The two six shooters (they’re real) in a beautiful case, makes for a great trophy and conversation piece that Paul and I have proudly displayed in our homes.

The best way into this amazing event is to get introduced to Jim Strickland through a member or participant in the field.

MID-AM DIVISION

FINAL RESULTS

• Round 1 – Lower Course – 7,274 yards
• Round 2 – Upper Course – 7,337 yards
• Round 3 – Lower Course – 7,253 yards

1	Fisk, Corey	Vickers, Warren	68	70	69	207	-9
2	Tennyson, Brian	Walsworth, Don	69	72	69	210	-6
3	Johnson, Scott	Worden, Joe	67	70	74	211	-5
4	Bagneschi, Tony	Hoops, Bryan	68	73	72	213	-3
5	Chesley, Steve	Daffer, Tony	74	70	70	214	-2
	Gullion, Joey	Mumford, Brent	70	74	70	214	-2
	Smoltz, John	Tolliver, Billy Joe	71	72	71	214	-2
8	Foote, Will	Lindstrom, Jon	73	72	70	215	-1
9	Burke, Billy	Roth, Matt	72	73	71	216	E
	McKenzie, John	Reid, Scott	73	75	68	216	E
11	Almquist, Scott	Kavanaugh, Charles	73	75	69	217	1
12	Barsotti, Todd	Wilson, Jeff	74	73	71	218	2
13	Belden, Brian	Belden, Dan	73	73	73	219	3
	Lloyd, Joe	Sposi, Joe	72	74	73	219	3
15	Bendetti, Joe	Strickland, Jim	74	71	75	220	4
	Grier, Steven	Shook, Tyler	73	70	77	220	4
17	Couch, Geoff	Mackenzie, Doug	74	74	73	221	5
	DiCarlo, Nat	Middaugh, Eoin	74	76	71	221	5
19	Buecking, Alex	Irwin, Steve	73	76	73	222	6
	Hutchison, Bill	Palladino, Vince	72	76	74	222	6
21	Alsup, Mike	Heldmar, Blake	74	74	75	223	7
22	Helfrich, Mike	Osborn, Bowen	78	74	72	224	8
	Lyons, Lenny	Volpenhein, Jim	77	72	73	222	8
24	Barfield, Neal	Kenny, Steven	74	77	74	225	9
	Gibson, Todd	Howard, Greg	76	73	76	225	9
26	Carter, Chip	Perkins, Stephen	79	72	75	226	10
	McNeil, Greg	Wright, Jon	76	75	75	226	10
28	Lee, Haeseung	Schulze, Steve	75	75	79	229	13

SENIOR DIVISION 50+

FINAL RESULTS

• Round 1 – Upper Course – 6,928 yards
• Round 2 – Lower Course – 6,868 yards
• Round 3 – Lower Course – 6,824 yards

1	Balatti, Paul	Haag, Randy	69	71	69	209	-7
2	Burke, Jimmy	Nelson, Hunter	71	70	71	212	-4
3	Atkinson, Bert	Fred, Stuart	73	70	71	214	-2
	Bieber, Dan	Fulton, Bob	69	68	77	214	-2
	Goode, John	McDonald, Robert	73	70	71	214	-2
	Legere, Jacques	Postillion, Victor	71	70	73	214	-2
7	Tryhus, Gregg	Williams, Jim	72	70	73	215	-1
8	Lyons, Eddie	McBee, Billy	72	76	69	217	1
9	Heldmar, Bill	Muller, Eric	75	73	71	219	3
	Jensen, Dave	Kottkamp, Rex	72	75	72	219	3
	Quinlivan, Jack	Radcliffe, Scott	72	75	72	219	3
12	Kloenne, Michael	Little, Brian	72	76	72	220	4
13	Ameen, Mike	Morgan, Mike	75	73	73	221	5
	Burns, Ron	Ryan, Dave	73	74	74	221	5
	Clement, Dave	Pumphrey, Jay	76	69	76	221	5
	Jackson, Bill	Ruffin, Rick	73	75	73	221	5
	Knodt, Howard	Wielgus, Wayne	74	75	72	221	5
18	Cloud, Bob	Reynolds, Jim	72	78	72	222	6
	Newton, Jeff	Parsons, Chuck	71	77	74	222	6
20	Boockford, Bill	Lind, David	74	74	75	223	7
	Cox, Kelly	Pigg, John	76	75	72	223	7
22	Bracken, John	Ocker, Ronny	75	73	76	224	8
	Graybeal, Ron	Jacobsen, David	73	74	77	224	8
24	Adelson, Tom	Brown, Paul	76	74	76	226	10
25	Anderson, Carl	Ellis, Jerry	73	77	79	229	13
	Petit, Rich	Staskus, Mike	76	72	81	229	13