NCPGA Section Highlights
June 2022
Shelby Zell Communications / Marketing Specialist
Hello, my name is Shelby Zell, I am the NCPGA Section Communications/Marketing Specialist. I would like to introduce the NCPGA Section Highlights, our newest monthly Communication tool to the NCPGA Section. In this monthly magazine we will be highlighting Section Members & Associates, Board of Directors, Tournaments, Partners and more. If you have any highlights you would like to have featured in the NCPGA Section Highlights or would like some more information, please feel free to contact myself in the NCPGA Section office. -Enjoy
Contact Info: Cell: 707-815-3795 Office:707-449-4742 Email: szell@pgahq.com
CONTENTS 04 MEMBER SPOTLIGHT A monthly spotlight on a member in our section so that we can get to know them better.
06 BOARD OF DIRECTORS SPOTLIGHT A monthly spotlight on a member in our section so that we can get to know them better.
08 TOURNAMENT RECAPS See what events our section has put on over the past month and the results from events
14 NCPGA FOUNDATION STORIES OF HOPE A monthly check in on how PGA HOPE has impacted Veterans and their lives and how they have impacted PGA HOPE
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EXCLUSIVE!
2022 PGA PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
18 MEMBERSHIP HIGHLIGHTS
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2022 KITCHENAID SENIOR PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
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2022 SENIOR/JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP
Cook & Woods Claim Senior / Junior Championship at Orinda CC Congratulations to PGA Professionals Mike Cook from Pine Mountain Lake CC and Mike Woods from Haggin Oaks GC. Cook and Woods defeated PGA Professionals Laird Small and Norman Blanco from Pebble Beach. Cook and Woods over 36 holes of Better Ball and Scramble carded rounds of 62–60 = 122 winning by 3 strokes to claim the 2022 Senior / Junior Championship title. Many thanks to our sponsors Evolve Golf and Sterling Cut Glass for there continued support. A big thank you to our host club, Orinda Country Club for their ongoing hosting of the event.
WRITTEN BY SHAWN MCENTEE, PGA
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Other top PGA Professional Scores: 2nd Laird Small / Norman Blanco, Pebble Beach GL 63-62-125 3rd Cameron MacGregor, Discovery Bay CC / Steve Watanabe The Bridges GC 67-59-126 4th Dave Carr, Teal Bend CC / Kyle Hansen, Riverview CC 68 - 59-127 5th Jason Schmuhl, Windsor GC / Patrick Steiner, Petaluma CC 65 - 64- 129 6th Bob McGrath, San Jose Municipal GC / Rodney Wilson, Sunnyvale GC 70 – 61-131
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2022 SENIOR MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP
Sear wins 2022 Senior NCPGA Match Play Championship
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Congratulations to PGA Professional Steve Sear from the Toiyabe GC. Steve played exceptional golf his last two matches to claim the 2022 Senior Match Play Championship. Many thanks to PGA Professionals Joe Moulton – Cameron Park CC, Ken Woods- Pasatiempo GC for hosting this year’s championship Results Finals: Pasatiempo GC, Steve Sear Toiyabe GC defeated Dave Carr, Teal Bend GC (4 & 3) Semi Finals: Pasatiempo GC, Dave Carr, Teal Bend, defeated Don Thames, Emerald Lakes GC (4 & 3) Steve Sear, Toiyable GC defeated Mike Woods, Haggin Oaks GC (5 &4)
WRITTEN BY SHAWN MCENTEE, PGA
2022 ASSISTANT-ASSOCIATE DIVISION MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP
Our next event is the Medal Play #3 at Cordevalle. Registration is open!
WRITTEN BY WILL MANNING, PGA
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The Championship Match was held on a windy Monday morning, May 16th, at California Golf Club. Congratulations to our 2022 Champion, Chelso Barrett (CordeValle)! Chelso and Chris Ingram (Pasatiempo) had a great match with Chelso coming out on top 2&1. Well played, gentlemen! Thank you to everyone that competed in our 2022 Assistant-Associate Division Match Play Championship. Also additional thank you to Brett Morrison and Marlene Cuatlatl at Corica Park for hosting our Championship, Bryan Sterling for elevating the event with our Championship gift, and Matt Viguerie at California Golf Club for hosting our finals match.
2022 WOMEN'S DIVISION EVENT RECAP
The NCPGA Women’s Division held its first event of the 2022 season at Quail Lodge & Golf Club on May 8-9 and it was a great success. On May 8th the WD combined a practice round with a “Friends and Family” tournament giving the Division members an opportunity to spend more time together with each other and extended family. On May 9th, one of our biggest pro-series fields of 11 competitors took to the course as gusty winds blew through increasing difficulty around the track and on the slick greens. LPGA & PGA member, Pat Hurst led the scoring with a 2 under par score of 69, with five birdies including three of them on the par 3 holes, for a 1st place finish. She was followed by a pair of 78’s for a 2nd place tie from Denise Bondurant of Kings CC and Katherine Marren of Quail Lodge, while Lake Merced’s Paige Phillips carded a 79 for 4th place.
The next NCPGA Women’s Division event will be at Stanford Golf Course on June 7, the Stroke Play Championship is at Half Moon Bay Golf Links on July 25 and another regular event is scheduled for Incline Village on August 22-23. WRITTEN BY KATHERINE MARREN, PGA
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The NCPGA Women’s Division would like to thank Quail Lodge’s Head Pro, Bobby Barrett, and Superintendent, Denis Kerr, for hosting the first event of the season. Quail Lodge named, “the Best Conditioned Golf Course on the Central Coast,” every year since 2016 lived up to its moniker and was in spectacular shape.
2022 INAUGURAL LEGENDS CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP
Bitticks Claims Title at the Inaugural Legends Championship at Haggin Oaks Congratulations to PGA Professionals Chris Bitticks from Haggin Oaks. Chris carded over 36 holes at Haggin Oaks MacKenzie course a score of 146 for a demanding 6 stroke victory over PGA professional Frank Panetta from CordeValle GC. A gracious thank you to the Staff at Haggin Oaks, Ken Morton, Tom Morton and Head Professional Mike Woods for hosting the inaugural event that produced 29 super seniors throughout the NCPGA.
WRITTEN BY SHAWN MCENTEE, PGA
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Other Scores Glen Stubblefield, PGA - 154 Bing Bingham, PGA - 154 Don Boyle, PGA - 157 Carlis Gilbert, PGA - 159 Eddie Duino, PGA - 159 Nelson Hirst, PGA - 162 Rick Jetter, PGA - 176
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2022 PGA Professional Championship "I enjoyed the chance to compete and play well enough to make the cut. It was great to see the Northern California Section play so well! It was a great test and the PGA always does a great job making the event feel like a major for us. I still have some work to do to get my game to last over 4 days and look forward to competing again in the future!" - Andrew Larkin, PGA Santa Clara University
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2022 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship
I would first like to thank all the members at The Club at Castlewood for the support and encouragement that you gave me while I got to live a lifelong dream. All of your support carried me onto the golf course. Playing in the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship has been by far the greatest highlight of my playing career. Although I didn’t play like I wanted to, 78-78 to miss the cut, I gained experience for when I play in the next event. Most of all, I made memories that will last a lifetime. Having my daughter, Chloe, caddying for me on Monday before Brett arrived only added to the experience. Playing practice rounds with Jean-Fransua Remsey on Monday, Cameron Beckman and Tom Byrum on Wednesday having Mark Hensby walking for a few holes on the back 9. Almost hitting Rich Beam with a half-shanked wedge during the practice round on Wednesday. Talking to Darren Clark on the chipping green about a chipping drill, hitting chips with long irons and making them land “soft”, that he learned from Seve Balesterios. Getting to meet Corey Pavin, who won the US Open in 1995, the same year my son Corey was born. You guessed it; my son was named after him. While I was playing, there was only one person that could be inside the ropes with me to listen when I hit a good or bad shot, talk me out or into a shot, or help me with reading a putt or getting a yardage. That person was my caddy, Brett Faulkner. I can’t thank him enough. When I teed off on Thursday I saw my family off the tee behind me, my mom up in the grandstand behind the tee, but couldn’t find my dad and never knew where he was until Saturday at dinner. He showed me a picture of when I hit my first shot. He was at the very top of the grandstand and wanted to make sure to capture the moment, they all wanted to capture the moment. I am glad they did because I don’t remember. When I went back on Saturday to watch some of the play, it really hit me. Looking around at all
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the spectators watching 3 guys putting, all watching 152 of the best senior players in the world, Champions, and for one week... I was one of those guys. THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart. -Don Winter, PGA Castlewood CC
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some of them former number 1 players in the world, some former PGA Tour winners, some Major
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New Members & Associates Dylan M. Caruso, PGA - A-8 Timothy E. Hlebo Jr., PGA - A-8 John M. Stork, PGA - A-8 Jarrett S. Hill - B-8
Quarter Century Club Tom W. Braun, PGA Paul R. Gorman, PGA John D. Snopkowski, PGA
Jon C. Guntrum, PGA
Upcoming Birthdays Nathan A. Pistacchio, PGA Gregory L. Davis, PGA Doug Z. Giannini, PGA Parker Boulter, PGA Richard Eramaa Matthew T. Anderson, PGA Paige M. Phillips, Charles Gibson, PGA Greg Silva, PGA Robert A. Siravo, PGA Patrick R. Bloom, PGA Kevin D. CHen, PGA Ross D. Kroeker, PGA Kyle C. Brannan, PGA Lou Eiguren, PGA Michael Adam Obendorf, PGA Curtis J. Risley, PGA Larry O'Neill, PGA Jeffrey S. Johnson, PGA Edward J. McGargill, PGA Tyrell J. Campbell Lionel A. Rodgers III, PGA Brian Inster, PGA Kenneth J. Towns, PGA Paul C. Nicholls, PGA
MEMBERSHIP HIGHLIGHTS Upcoming Birthdays Continue John D. Snopkowski, PGA Gregory A. Potruch Peter M. Seward Joseph A. Canedo II Greg P. Rodgers, PGA Daniel A. McCullough Michael W. Soli, PGA Nicholas A. Bailey, PGA Jake R. Smeltzer Mark S VanBuskirk Gary A. Knapp, PGA William F. Johnson, PGA Patrick E. Shaw, PGA Timothy K. Sands, PGA Evan J. Ives, PGA James E. Hosley, PGA David B. Hosley, PGA Gregory L. Henderson, PGA Robert B. Miller, PGA Steve M. Watanabe Jr., PGA Matt J. Paolercio, PGA Ryan S. Clauzel Jim Toal, PGA Rod Sims, PGA Eddie Brown III, PGA Eric J. Veraguth, PGA Jon G. Reuer, PGA Dakota K. Robinson Harold B. Firstman, PGA Ed L. McCarthy, PGA Christopher S. Sheffield, PGA Morgan G. Malone, PGA Paul D. Lane, PGA
David A. Stockly, PGA Kelly M. Schnase Bill De Wildt, PGA Brad A. Cursio, PGA Young Bin Paek Ray G. Claveran, PGA Thomas P. Duncan, PGA Thomas B. Barrios, PGA Eric D. Briggs, PGA Matthew R. Dito, PGA Nathan E. Wrenn, PGA Steve Pellegrine, PGA Paul A. Biocini, PGA Mark A. Wiese Dustin R. Smith, PGA Craig M. Davis, PGA Brian Eilders, PGA Joseph S. Vavra, PGA David L. Solomon, PGA Kim Thurman, PGA Abigayle C. Corson, PGA Jarrett S. Hill Ian M. Karafa, PGA Alexander J. Anderson, PGA Ken Morton Sr., PGA Gregory A. Brown Ronald H. Blum, PGA Roger Maltbie, PGA
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ADM Certified
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UPCOMING EVENTS -2022 NCPGA Cal State Club Champ June 6-7, 2022 ArrowCreek CC
-2022 SJCV Point Event June 13, 2022 Pheasant Run GC Register Here
-2022 Super Senior Stroke Play June 15-16, 2022 Valley Hi CC Register Here
-2022 NCPGA Semi-Annual Meeting & Dinner June 26, 2022 Silver Legacy at THE ROW Register Here
-2022 NCPGA 4 Pro Scramble June 27, 2022 Somersett CC
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NCPGA STAFF
Shawn McEntee, PGA Tournament Director Email: smcentee@pgahq.com
Suzy Schneider Programs Coordinator Email: sschneider@pgahq.com
Bob Epperly, PGA PGA HOPE Lead Instructor
Shelby Zell Communications/Marketing Specialist Email: szell@pgahq.com
Will Stockholm PGA HOPE Program Coordinator Email: wstockholm@pgahq.com
Caitlyn Doyle, PGA PGA Career Consultant Email: cdoyle@pgahq.com
Jacob Fagan PGA WORKS Fellow Email: jfagan@pgahq.com
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Len Dumas, PGA CCM Executive Director & COO Email: ldumas@pgahq.com