Golf for the Thursday's seniors golf, wound up on Aug 31 this year as the weather in past September's has been rainy and cold.
The sun was out and the temps were about 10 c at tee off and climbed to 23 c by the time play was finished after 18 holes.
12 players signed up for the day's outing, the 4 lowest handicap golfers each picked two players names out of  hat to form the teams.
The format for the day was "roll the dice" .each player is assigned a number from 1 to 3 and #4 was a roll over, # 5(happy face, take the best ball) #6 (sad Face, take the worst ball.) Each Player hits their Drive off the tee and then the Dice is rolled to see which drive would be used.
From that point on each player hit from the spot which was the best position on the fairway or green.
The team of Wayne Thomas, Ed Kennedy and Richard Lampi had the best luck with the dice and ended  with a 74 on the day.
Ray Laquerre, Gary Ladouceur and Pete Barna followed with a score of 76, with one birdie on  Hole #13.
Jean Lambert , Vern Herbert and Lance Beauregard, turned in a 77 with a birdie on #8.
Jerry Cripps, Harold Mosley and Steve Splowski, rolled the dice poorly and ended up with a score of 83.
Thanks to Ed Kennedy for organizing the teams every week and for looking after the winners and losers all summer.

Thanks  to Motown for a great meal at the end of the day.
Senior golf on Thursday mornings will continue until the course is closed, with a start time of 9.30 am. for the next couple of weeks.
A moment of silence for senior golfers Ted McLeod and Leo Lamarche was  observed .

The Senior Men's open golf tournament was played on Aug 8^th. It was opened with a moment of silence for long time tournament organizer, Leo Lamarche who was involved in this tournament as a player and organizer for 28 years. ( he won this tournament in 1996).

Greg Tighe wins the 29th annual Seniors Open with a pair of 38's and a total score of 76

Greg was presented the Barny Modeland Memorial Trophy, by tournament organizer Ray Laquerre

64 players from across northwestern Ontario to Alberta, took in the annual event.

Championship flight winners, Don Robertson 77, Kevin Cain 80, Mel Larson 81 on a count back.

Flight #1 winners Tim Fairburn 77, Jerry Cripps 82, Mark Clark 87 on a count back.

Flight #2 winners Franco Calvelli 82, Brian McCallum jr 85, Jim Kusick 87 on a count back.

Flight #3 winners Jean Lambert 86, Jerry Garber 87, John Krann 94.

Flight #4 winners Dave Warren 85, Reed Sherwood 87, Ron Bridgeman 88 on a count back.

Flight #5 winners Gary Braun 88, Al Holt 90, Hartley Beauregard 91.

Flight #6 winners Pat Alexander 94, Pete Barna 94, Lance Beauregard 95.

Flight #7 winners Jim Fowler 94, Richard Lampi 98, Scotty Russell 101.

Longest Drive: longest drive seniors for 50 to 70 age group, was Russ Desserre.

Alton Pollard had the longest drive of those over 70 .

Shortest Drive, Larry Ogden.

Closest to the pin on the par three holes, all were given a package of steaks donated by Foodland.

Hartley Beauregard, Don Robertson,Pete Barna.

Thanks to Maxine McCallun and Sally Speck for taking care of the Scoring and posting of the scores.

Thanks to Motown, for the great meal prepared for the event..
Thanks to all of the golf cart owners who donated their carts for the day,

and those who sponsored and/or donated to the event.

https://youtu.be/76J4Rujk_Kk

click on the above link, a video from the past. it has some of Sid Bina's music from the farther back past.

February 3rd came with a little cooler weather but that did not stop the laCopa Inn league, from enjoying the biggest turnout of the winter, 19 players.

The first five holes played with the wind and the last four into a stiff breeze.

19 players took part in the days golf, 9 holes of best ball with each player having
to use their drives 2 times during the round.

the pink team , made up of Fred Kline, Harry LaCore, Don Reisberg and Dee Martintoni,
birdied two of the last 3 holes to score a 25 and won the day's outing.

second place went to the Green team. Dorothy Kline, Tony Guadagnolo, Howard Stewart and Richard Lampi
on a count back.
Third place (the Blue's) shot a 28, Bob Martintoni, Dan Luensman, Jim Williams, Bill Stewart.

Drawing the white tees were Doug Mazur, Duane Millar, Jo LaCore and Joyce Foy.
They finished the day with a 29.

The red team, by the luck of the draw, Gerry Busch, Bev Guadagnolo and Dianna Stewart.
They turned in a 32 for the day.

Is a hole in one the same as an Eagle on a par 3 ?

The last day in January proved to be a good one for Gerry Busch,
She hit a nice shot right into the cup on the first hole of her round.

This feat was witnessed by her playing partners of the day, Don Reisberg, Bill Stewart, Richard Lampi and Doug Mazur.
This is Gerry's second "Hole in one" on the cottonwood golf course,
her other Ace was scored on Hole # 4.

Gerry now has the distinction of being the first golfer from the LaCopa group to score 2 aces.
Others from the Group who have got a hole in one are Gary Cook, Sid Bina, Joyce Foy

They all belong to a very exclusive club.

For those who are interested, she was using a seasoned, Pinnacle 3, and used it for the rest of the round.

just goes to show you that you don't need a high priced ball.

The Golf course at Cottonwood is in the best shape that it has been in many years, thanks to all of the volunteers who donate their time. it sure is reflected in the shape of the course.

LaCopa league seniors mixed golf

Jan 27th seniors mixed golf

Another breezy day greeted the lacopa group Seniors on Jan 27th Friday league,
 it was a very pleasant day with 19 golfers playing golf.

there were 5 teams made up, four foursomes and one threesome, each golfer
 used their own score and the best score one each hole was used for the team score.
The players drew from a container of colored tees to find out which team the would be
on for the day.

The White team, made up of , Howard Stewart,  Jo LaCore, Fred Kline and Gerry Busch
took the weekly bragging rights with a blazing two under 25.
 Gerry birdied the two longest holes, # 5 and # 8 to score a 31 on her round, Great score Gerry.
 Fred had a birdie on # 3 and turned in a score of 29, tying Kieth for the low score on the day.

The Blue team, Dan Luensmann, Grant Stewart, Bill Stewart and Dianna Stewart shot an even par 27
to take second place on the day. Dan score his birdie on the 105 yard # 4.

Coming in third place (28) were the green team of Harry LaCore, Doug Mazur, Bob Martintoni and Keith Bess.
Kieth shot  a 29 and tied Fred for the lowest score of the day and Had a birdie on # 5 and one on # 9.

Fourth place went to the threesome of Bev Guadagnolo, Dee Martintoni and Richard Lampi turned
 in a team score of 30 on the day

Duane Miller, Tony Guadagnolo, Dorothy Kline and Joyce Foy turned in a 31 team score .

Only 4 strokes separated the 5 teams for the day.

Howard, Gerry, Jo and Fred

Individual scores on  the day:  Duane 37, Tony 43, Dorothy 39, Joyce 34,
Richard 37, Bev 44, Dee 33, Harry 40, Doug 43, Bob 39, Keith 29.
Dan 34, Grant 32, Bill 39, Dianna 40, Howard 41, Jo 37, Fred 29, Gerry 31.

Duane, Joyce, Dorothy, Tony

Grant, Dan, Bill, Dianna

Doug, Bob, Keith, Harry

missing are Bev, Dee
and Richard

La Copa mixed Seniors golf group

17 players took part in the Friday league with 6 more golfers who just arrived this week.

The format this week was 'roll the Dice' . Each player hits the ball off the tees , if they are playing as a threesome, each player is assigned 2 numbers off the dice.

When someone rolls the dice and the number showing on the Die will determine who's shot is played.
From that point on everyone plays the best ball.This repeats on every hole.

On a four player teams each player is assigned a number 1 through 4, and if those numbers turn up
then that is the ball played.
If the number 5 turns up they play the best ball, if the number 6 turns up then they play the worst ball.
From there everyone plays the best ball.

This week there were 5 teams.

Red team---- Bev Guadagnolo, Duane Miller, Jo LaCore and Don Reisberg.
White team-- Harry LaCore, Dan Luensmann, Dorothy Kline and Doug Mazur
Blue team--- Fred Kline, Bob Martintoni and Keith Bess
Pink team-----Bill Stewart, Joyce Foy and Dee Martintoni
Green team--Gerry Busch, Tony Gaudagnolo and Richard Lampi.

The White and Pink teams both turned in 29s to tie for the weekly Honors.

The Red and Green teams both turned in 30s to take second place.

The Blues shot a 32 having turned in the only 5 on the day, this coming on the tough 5th hole.

Despite of all the valiant efforts of all the golfers no one could get a Birdie.

Treasure Hills golf Course

Wednesday treasure  hill senior mixed golf.

Tees off at 9 am


some of the players who  take part in the Wednesday weekly outing.
This was after the completion of 18 holes on Jan 18th 2017.

La Copa golf group, Winter Texan's

Week one started on Dec 30th with only a few golfers who stay at the La Copa Inn for the winter.

There are also some golfers who who stay at other Parks In the area surrounding Harlingen Tx. and  play in the La Copa League on Friday's starting at 10 AM,

Week two of the winter texan's season.

Richard  Joyce  Bev  Doug  Bill

Dan  Don  Tony  Keith  Jim

Kent  Duane  Gerry  Teresa

14 golfers took part on Friday the 13th golf at Cottonwood course.

the day was nice and sunny with a typical wind that blows in southern Texas.

Teams were made up by drawing colored tees supplied by Joyce.

the Reds were Richard, Joyce, Bev, Doug and Bill.

the Whites were Dan, Don, Tony, Keith and Jim.

The Blues were Kent, Duane, Gerry and Teresa.

Each player played  their own ball and scores, at the end of each hole the lowest score was used as the team score.

The Red team won the bragging rights for the week with an even par 27.

The Blue team turned in a 30.

The White team right behind with a 31.

The best individual scores were Joyce and Richard (each had a birdie) with 33's
Bill 41, Bev 43, Doug 37, Duane 36, Kent 39, Teresa 37, Gerry 35, Don 36, Dan 39, Jim 51, Tony 45, Keith 35.

Next Weeks Format will be using Dice to see  who's tee shots will be used on Each hole. This fun and frustrating format.