The Men's Club Championship was held last weekend at Deer Park Golf Course.
Among the top finishes of the tournament were: Brent Brown won the low gross with a score of 151. Ron Skinner won the low net with a net score of 134 in the championship flite, Dean Redenbach won the first flite with a net score of 134 and Chuck Orem won the second flite with a net score of 153.
In the ladies event, Cathy Inglis won the low gross score shooting 93 and 91 for a 184 final score. Donna Rogers won the low net champ with a net score of 158.
Allan Sauser, golf pro at Deer Park said the scores all the way down the leaderboard were good considering the weather wasn't cooperating with anyone at all.
"The scores were pretty good for crappy conditions. Participation was good for both events."
"It brings focus to your game," suggests Skinner. "Makes you play smarter golf. For me I was just focussed."
"Yep, I'm used to it," adds Brown. "Being able to adjust the ball's flight (is important)."
It's nothing but practice."
The tradition of winning the closest parking spot to the clubhouse continued. Skinner won one and Inglis won on the ladies side.
"They get the parking spot," noted Sauser.
Skinner can also be included on the list of those surprised that he did as well as he did, he told the paper. "That was, yeah!" he said of his win.
The former owner of the Good Spirit Acres golf course said the wind made his victory a little sweeter because it made it a lot harder to score his 134.
"Absolutely. I am flaberghasted that I won. I just got a lot of good breaks. It was just a day of some good luck. It made it fun. I was not expecting to do that well."
Brown on the other hand wasn't nearly as pleased with how he did, despite coming out on top with scores of 76 on Saturday and trimming it by one for a 75 on the final day after everybody had been flitted.
"Saturday was into the 60-75 mph winds," he told the paper.
Halfway through Sunday, things apparently got a little easier.
"On the second day, on the back nineI put it in neutral," he said, adding that "no"the competition doesn't matter for him.
Going back over the happenings that day on one of the best kept greens around these parts, Skinner pointed to the second day of the two-day tourney where he birdied the third hole.
"It's a par-3," he said. "My shot was within two feet of the pin off the tee-off," he recalled.
By that time, everyone in the tournament had been separated based on how they fared on day one of the event.
"On Sunday, they flite you," says Skinner.
Skinner apparently kept going and going and not much was going to stop him.
"More conservative?" he questioned his own tactics. "I don't know what you want to call it but this is the first time I've ever won a competitive golf tournament. It's kind of cool.
Brown reported that his experience on the course is moreso what led to his winning.
"A little bit of experience really helps. That really came into play."
Brown added that in the gross rankings.
"There's likely only 5-6 guys for the gross side that have a chance to win."
