Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the Friday, Dec. 20, golf tournament at The Country Club at Soboba Springs.
It was a beautiful day and the course was in excellent shape.
John McAndrews (course handicap 38) won the tourney by seven strokes with a net 63; Jerry Gabel (22) took second with a net 70, John Brower (9) took third with a net 71; Bill Ragland (14) took fourth with a net 73, and there was a three-way tie for fifth between Lee Lanfriend (20), Scott Schroeder (22) and Dan Slattery (26) with net 74s.
The closest-to-the-pin winners on the four par 3s were Pete Capparelli on #4, McAndrews on #8, Pete Holzman on #13 and Ragland on #15.
Palms to Pines welcomes new member Barry Zander.
Here are the year-to-date point standings of the 2013-2014 season, which runs from August through July.
| Place | Golfer | Points |
| 1 | John Brower | 14 |
| 2 | Pete Capparelli | 12.5 |
| 3 | Jerry Gabel | 11.5 |
| 4 | Bill Ragland | 9.5 |
| 5 | Dan Slattery | 8.83 |
| 6 | Chuck Alkire | 7.5 |
| 7 | Gary Brown | 7 |
| tied | John McAndrews | 7 |
| 9 | Lee Lanfriend | 5.33 |
| 10 | Pete Holzman | 5 |
| 11 | Jim Crandall | 4.5 |
| tied | Bill Mitchell | 4.5 |
| 13 | Ray Rickards | 4 |
| 14 | Mike Feyder | 3 |
| 15 | Chris Kramer | 2.5 |
| tied | John LoGiudice | 2.5 |
| 17 | Scott Schroeder | 2.33 |
| 18 | Les Widerynski | 2 |
| 19 | Don DePalma | 1.5 |
| tied | David Hiemenz | 1.5 |
| 21 | Scott Foster | 1 |
| tied | Ken Garelick | 1 |
| Ron Krull | 1 | |
| Robert Priefer | 1 | |
| Lev Sanford | 1 | |
| 26 | Gary Leong | .5 |
| tied | Brad Rowland | .5 |
| Tony Viola | .5 | |
| Barry Wallace | .5 |
Points are awarded at each tournament as follows: first place, 6 points; second place, 4 points; third place, 3 points; fourth place, 2 points; fifth place, 1 point. In addition, one-half point is awarded to everyone who participates.
The top eight-point finishers of the year go into match-play playoffs for the club championship in August, September and October. A member has to compete in at least five regular-season tournaments and have a handicap no greater than 24.4 in order to qualify for the playoffs.
The club is a member of the Southern California Golf Association and is sanctioned to establish SCGA handicaps for members.
If interested in joining the club or playing as a guest, contact Crandall at jim.crandall@verizon.net or (951) 265-5732, or Pete Capparelli at pete@capparelli.com or (951) 452-5552.
