Randy Haag's Golf Blog

This is going to be short and sweet, well maybe not so sweet as my golf over the past three days was abysmal at best. I won’t bore you with all the details why, but the picture below is me carrying the scoring board that I felt I deserved carrying after many poor and errant shots. All I can say is regardless of how badly you play, Whisper Rock just plain ROCKS!!! Everything about this place is great from the food, to the staff, practice facilitates and 36 holes of great golf!!

 

RESULTS FROM WHISPER ROCK:

Congratulations to our 2012 Champions!

 

MID-AM CHAMPIONS:          JOE BENDETTI & JIM STRICKLAND

 

SENIOR CHAMPIONS:            JERRY HUDGINS & MIKE RICE           

 

In the Mid-Am Division, Joe Bendetti (Austin, TX) and Jim Strickland (Scottsdale, AZ) began the final round with a three-shot lead over defending champions, Corey Fisk (Chandler, AZ) and Warren Vickers (Scottsdale, AZ).  They extended their lead to five shots after No. 4 with birdies on Nos. 1, 3, and 4.  But, Fisk and Vickers responded with an eagle on No. 8 and birdies on Nos. 9 and 10 to tie them for the lead at 12-under.  It was a two-horse race.  Bendetti and Strickland answered with birdies of their own on Nos. 11 and 12 and regained a three-shot edge when Fisk and Vickers bogeyed No. 12.  A lead they would never relinquish as they made par on the last six holes to win by two.

 

In the Senior Division, Jerry Hudgins (Kingwood, TX) and Mike Rice (Houston, TX) started the day with a one-shot lead over Jim Knoll (Sunnyvail, CA) and Dan Luther (Edina, MN).  Both teams birdied No. 3 and then made a series of pars until Knoll and Luther birdied No. 8 to pull even at 8-under.  Both teams birdied No. 11 and tried to pull away from the field but Darryl Donovan (Morgan Hill, CA) and Kevin Kobalter (San Rafael, CA) birdied three in a row to get into the mix at 8-under.  Knoll and Luther grabbed a one-shot advantage on two occasions on the back nine only to be answered and tied by Hudgins and Rice.  Hudgins and Rice pulled ahead for good on No. 16 when Knoll and Luther made bogey.  They added a birdie at the last to win by three.  Matthew Horwitch (Highland Park, IL) and Victor Postillion (Scottsdale, AZ) made four birdies in their last eight holes to finish in a three-way tie for second.

 

Final results are below.

 

Congratulations again to our champions and thanks to all of you for participating in our National Invitational!

 

Best regards,

 

 

Trent Rathbun

Games Commissioner

 

 

MID-AM DIVISION

FINAL RESULTS

• Round 1 – LOWER Course:    7,272 yards
• Round 2 – UPPER Course:     7,332 yards
• Round 3 – LOWER Course:    7,219 yards

 

1	Joe Bendetti	Jim Strickland	69	64	69	-14
2	Corey Fisk	Warren Vickers	69	67	68	-12
3	Alex Buecking	Jon Lindstrom	67	71	69	-9
4	Dan Horner	Tim Mickelson	73	64	72	-7
	Barry Dyche	Jason Pool	74	67	68	-7
6	Steven Grier	Tyler Shook	72	70	69	-5
7	Billy Burke	Matt Roth	77	64	71	-4
	Jonathan Marsico	Mark Wiktor	71	70	71	-4
	Greg McNeil	Jon Wright	71	73	68	-4
10	Joey Gullion	Brent Mumford	68	69	76	-3
	Mark Mance	Steve White	71	73	69	-3
12	Brian Tennyson	Don Walsworth	71	68	75	-2
13	Kevin Boscamp	Mike Modano	68	70	77	-1
	Tony Bagneschi	Bryan Hoops	72	71	72	-1
15	John Smoltz	Billy Joe Tolliver	70	70	76	E
	Chance Holmes	Edward Sanchez	75	68	73	E
	Chip Carter	Stephen Perkins	73	70	73	E
	Chris Forbes	Charles Williams	72	71	73	E
19	Ben Herman	Geoff Jenkins	73	71	76	4
20	Dave Kelly	Adam Riddering	72	72	77	5

 

 

SENIOR DIVISION

FINAL RESULTS

• Round 1 – UPPER Course:     6,952 yards
• Round 2 – LOWER Course:    6,782 yards
• Round 3 – LOWER Course:    6,876 yards

 

1	Jerry Hudgins	Mike Rice	66	71	68	-11
2	Jim Knoll	Dan Luther	67	71	70	-8
	Matthew Horwitch	Vic Postillion	71	68	69	-8
	Darryl Donovan	Kevin Kobalter	67	73	68	-8
5	Charles Kavanaugh	Lou Miramontes	70	69	71	-6
	Eddie Lyons	Mike Mitton	70	72	68	-6
7	Dave Clement	Jay Pumphrey	73	67	72	-4
	Bill Jackson	George Zahringer	73	69	70	-4
	Ed Gowan	Roger Kraig	72	71	69	-4
10	Bert Atkinson	Stuart Fred	72	69	72	-3
	Gregg Tryhus	Jim Williams	70	71	72	-3
	Steve Dallas	Jim Hays	72	71	70	-3
13	Paul Balatti	Randy Haag	72	68	74	-2
	Mark Flynn	Mike Rowley	71	71	72	-2
15	Curtis Maynard	Jim Saunders	69	73	73	-1
	Dan Bieber	Bob Fulton	72	71	72	-1
17	David Derminio	Andrew Tarlow	72	71	74	1
18	Bill Boockford	Bob Moran	71	72	75	2
	Bill Heldmar	Eric Mueller	68	75	75	2
20	Rich Petit	Mike Staskus	71	72	76	3
21	Scott Dutton	Mike Hogan	68	75	77	4
22	Scott Merrill	Roger Thorn	71	72	79	6