SAN GABRIEL, Calif. (May 19, 2013) -- The team of Curtice Booth and Reed
Henderson defeated Fred Cook and Brad Cook, 4-and-3, in the final match in the
Championship Division of the 2013 Cravens Invitational.
In an all-San Gabriel Country Club final-match, the four members battled for the
prestigious title. The Invitational began in 1925 and has been played at San
Gabriel since 1943. It annually attracts teams from all over the nation and has
earned the reputation as one of the finest amateur golf events anywhere.
The winners dispatched of fellow San Gabriel members Mike Rosenberg and Ted
Vournas in the semifinals after defeating Al Barkley and Marc Wolfsohn of Spanish
Hills Golf and Country Club. The ninth-seeded team beat Annandale's Joseph De
Briyn and Tim Smith in the first round.
Cook and Scott also beat fellow San Gabriel members in the semifinals, dispatching
of Alec and Doug Martinez to move on to the finale. The runners-up also beat Jay
Borzi and Tom Polich of Bel-Air Country Club and Tom Doherty and Dennis
Shannon, Jr. of Big Canyon.
Other flight winners at the 2013 Cravens Invitational include:
Alison Flight: Mark Harris and Alan Weakland, Annandale Golf Club
Visitadores
Dos Flight: Tom Prendergast and David Swanson, Red Hawk
Live Oak Flight:
Chad Russell and Moses Yu, San Gabriel Country Club
Los Robles Flight: Keith
Morris and Jim Kinsel, Oakmont Country Club
Padre Flight: Chris Huisken and
Charlie Rodgers, San Gabriel Country Club
Amigos Flight: Nick Gonzales and
Mike Mutschler, Glendora Country Club
Mission Flight: Don Dizon and Rick
Neuheisel, Bel-Air Country Club
Verde Flight: David Foggia and Mark Leo, TPC
Summerlin
Hermosillo Flight: Chris and Eric Edmonds, Santa Ana Country
Club
Visitadores Flight: Billy Gould and Will Mast, Phoenix Country
Club
Peon Flight: Mark DuPont and Boyd Martin, Jr., Santa Ana Country Club