Palms to Pines Golf Club Handicap Chairman Jim Crandall (right) presents the 2015 Club Champion trophy to Pete Capparelli, who also is the club president. Pete played in the Southern California Golf Association Tournament of Club Champions on Dec. 7 in Palm Desert. He was ahead of the pack until he ran into some difficulty on the last two holes. Photo by Kent Weishaus
Palms to Pines Golf Club Handicap Chairman Jim Crandall (right) presents the 2015 Club Champion trophy to Pete Capparelli, who also is the club president. Pete played in the Southern California Golf Association Tournament of Club Champions on Dec. 7 in Palm Desert. He was ahead of the pack until he ran into some difficulty on the last two holes.
Photo by Kent Weishaus

Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, gave this report about the Friday, Nov. 20, regular monthly golf tournament, which was played at The Golf Club at Rancho California in Murrieta.

It was a beautiful morning when the first foursome teed off and the day just improved. The course was in good shape with super-fast greens.

John Brower (course handicap 9) shot a net 69 for first place, John King (28) took second with a net 70, Lee Lanfried (24) finished third with a net 74, and Gary Brown (14) and Dave Robb (14) tied for fourth, each with a net 76.

Brower also won the low-gross side pot by 12 strokes with his gross 78.

The closest-to-the-pin winners on the four par 3s were Walt Reeves on no. 2, Pete Capparelli on no. 6, and Brown on holes no. 10 and no. 16.

The 2015-16 season runs from August 2015 through July 2016.

Here are the year-to-date points:

PlaceGolferPoints

1 Lee Lanfried 17

2 Pete Capparelli 11.5

3 Dave Robb 11

4 John King 8

5 John Brower 7.5

6 Barry Wallace 6.5

7 Pete Holzman 5.83

8 Barry Zander 4.83

9 Jim Crandall 4.5

10 Gary Brown 2.5

11 Chris Kramer 1.5

tied Lev Sanford 1.5

13 Jerry Daquila 1

tied Don DePalma 1

Tom Flanagan 1

Ken Garelick 1

David Hiemenz 1

Bill Ragland 1

Tony Viola 1

20 Robert Priefer 0.83

21 Bob Baker 0.5

tied John LoGiudice 0.5

Walt Reeves0.5

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. Also, one-half point is awarded to everyone who participates.

A member has to compete in at least five regular-season tournaments 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 [email protected] or 951-265-5732, or Capparelli at [email protected] or 951-452-5552.