The team from SKLZ won two skins, shown L-R Stephanie Segura Dolch, John Schulte, Maiya Tanaka
CARLSBAD, Calif. (Jan 8, 2012) -- For the
fourth straight year, the Amateurgolf.com
Tournament Series kicked off with a friendly
gathering of sponsors, friends, and
tournament players at the beautiful Aviara Golf
Club in Carlsbad, California.
With Spring weather and summer-like course
conditions (especially the greens), 52 players
were able to record a total of 64 birdies. Two
of those players, Scott Oxandaboure of Titleist
and Kyle Rector of Amateurgolf.com, scored
four each, but unfortunately were "topped" on
those holes.
All holes were birdied at least once, except --
for the second straight year -- No. 18,
confirming its spot as one of the toughest
closers in California.
Using a fair "half pop" format, where each
player gets 1/2 stroke on every hole where
they normally would get a full stroke, skins
were recorded by the following players:
Jesse Coull (2.5) No. 2, Par 4, 391 Yards
Maiya Tanaka (2) No. 6, Par 3, 188 Yards
John Schulte (2.5) No. 7, Par 4, 393
Yards
Terry Baxter (2.5) No. 9, Par 4, 348
Yards
Rick Taniguchi (2) No. 11, Par 3, 178
Yards
Malcolm Bund (3) No. 15, Par 4, 445
Yards
The simple-but effective handicapping of using
half strokes works out perfectly, as all skins
were made with natural birdies with half of
them going to players getting a 1/2 shot and
half of them going to players getting no
stroke. The skins paid $173 each.
OTHER PRIZES:
Proximity, No. 3 - Michael Beach
Long Drive, No. 8 - Stephanie Segura
Dolch
Proximity, No. 11 - Ralph Taylor
Long Drive, No. 17 - Kyle Rector
NOTES:
- Special thanks to Renny Brown and the
entire staff at Aviara for hosting us, as well as
all of our sponsors, especially SKLZ, Titleist,
Project X, and Lamkin Grips, for providing the
day's proximity, long drive, and raffle
prizes
- If you're interested in another competitive
golf outing this week, Gary Glaser, one of our
skins game contestants and the head
professional at The Crossings at Carlsbad has
two openings for a Wednesday Pro-Am at
Black Gold in Orange County. Contact Gary at
760-707-6145 or email contact (at sign)
amateurgolf.com if you're interested ...
Founder of amateurgolf.com. Member,
Olympic Club and Torrey Pines Mens Club.
Always looking for a good game and love
to play all types of courses, muni or
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Northern California