CURTIS MITCHELL IS PRESENTED THE RMGC CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY FROM MARK HEPTIG AFTER WINNING THE 2019 RMGC STROKE PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP – THIS IS MITCHELL’S SIXTH STROKE PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP

JOHN MCDONNELL ACCEPTS THE DIRECTORS CUP TROPHY FROM MARK HEPTIG AFTER WINNING THE 2019 RMGC DDIRECTOR’S CUP.

The RMGC held its annual 2-day, 36 hole Stroke Play Championship and Directors Cup Championship tournaments on the Dollar Ranch course on June 15th and June 19th. Both events are Men’s Club trophy tournaments.

The Stroke Play tournament is a blue tee, scratch (no handicaps) event for the club individual championship. Curtis Mitchell, a 5 time winner of this event, successfully defended his title with a score of 75/80-155. Five other contestants accepted the challenge of defeating Curtis but came up significantly short on day one after Curtis’ strong play and were unable to close the gap on day two. Second place went to Brent Atkins, 82/79-161; third place went to Tom Snyder, 82/82-164.

The Directors Cup tournament is a multiple tee, white-combo-gold, handicapped event for the low net (gross minus handicap) individual championship. Player’s handicap indexes are adjusted for the tee box a contestant selects. Player are grouped into foursomes by their resulting course handicap on day one and re-arranged into foursomes by lowest-to-highest scores for day two – just like on a pro tournament. John McDonnell completed this year’s event with net scores of 69/66-135 and with birdies on 17 and 18, won the event by defeating John Newman, 70/65-135 with a back nine scorecard playoff. (note – lowest back nine score wins the playoff). Third place went to Wonhi Woo, 68/71-139; fourth place tied – Mike Kiefer, 71/70-141 & Norm Andrews, 72/69-141; sixth placed tied – Jim Pingatore, 72/70-142 & Bryan Burnett, 74/68-142; eighth place, Simon Park, 75/68-143 (last year’s winner), ninth place went to Rich Scheffer, 69/75-144; tenth place went to Chuck Leong, 72/73-145; eleventh place went to Greg Gould, 71/77-148.

Stan & his Creekside grill team provided a tasty taco lunch after the final round and all contestants enjoyed warm camaraderie as the scores were posted.

Curtis will have his name engraved on the Stroke Play trophy and John will have this name engraved on the Directors Cup trophy. The trophies are on perpetual display in the hallway outside the Creekside Pro Shop. Additionally, each will receive a personal memento of their accomplishment at the end-of-season Men’s Club meeting.

PAR THREE TOURNAMENT WINNERS
RMGC conducted its 2nd annual mixed club Par 3 Tournament. This year’s event was
expanded to include players from the Ladies 9’ers Club vs having only the Ladies 18’ers
Club last year.
The Dollar Ranch course was converted to 18 par 3 holes for this event. The format for
the Tournament was 2-person teams. The Men and Women competed separately and
from different tee boxes. Separate prize pools were established for the Ladies and Men.
ProShop credits were paid for Low Gross and Low Net within each Flight. Men
twosomes were paired with women twosomes to add to the enjoyment of the day.
Winners were:
Men
Flight 1 – low gross: Dan Gonzalez & Bart Moore; low net: Jack Meng & Chuck Moran
Flight 2 – low gross: Mark Raynor & Rich Fuller; low net: John Newman & Karl Stinson
Flight 3 – low gross: Roger Bass & Bob Smith; low net: Bill Herrick & Tom Harrick
Women
Flight A – low gross: Laurie Krelle & Del Poirier; low net: Linda Ingalls & Claudia Terry
Flight B – low gross: Joan Latham & Sarah Buehrer; low net: Karen Larkin & Judy
Ruble
Flight C – low gross: Karen Mikuls & Dee Dunne; low net: Alice Liu & Sue Wong

Flight 1 – low gross: Dan Gonzalez and Bart Moore; low net: Jack Meng and Chuck Moran

Flight 2 – low net: Karl Stinson and John Newman; low gross: Mark Raynor and Rich Fuller;

Flight 3 – low gross: Roger Bass & Bob Smith; low net: Bill Herrick & Tom Harrick

Flight A – low gross: Laurie Krelle & Del Poirier; low net: Linda Ingalls & Claudia Terry

Flight B – low gross: Joan Latham & Sarah Buehrer; low net: Karen Larkin & Judy Ruble

Flight C – low gross: Karen Mikuls & Dee Dunne; low net: Alice Liu & Sue Wong