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Las Positas (2011)

Las Positas
October 23, 2010

Flight	Place	Player	Gross	Hdcp.	Net	$ Won
1^st	1^st	Dennis Andersen	74	7	67	*$60.00
	2^nd	Pat Wetteland	76	8	68	$50.00
	3^rd	Brad Nelson	74	5	69	$40.00
	4^th	Scott Smith	77	7	70	$30.00
	5^th	Bill Feeley	82	12	70	$20.00

2^nd	1^st	Levi Fontaine	85	13	72	*$60.00
	2^nd	Joe Canepa	86	14	72	$50.00
	3^rd	Dennis Reiser	90	17	73	*$40.00
	4^th	Don Delbon	93	19	74	$30.00
	5^th	Glenn Natenson	92	18	74	$20.00

3^rd	1^st	Emil Picchi	84	20	64	*$60.00
	2^nd	Dan Stritmatter	88	20	68	$50.00
	3^rd	Jeff Flynn	98	28	70	$40.00
	4^th	Glenn Kim	95	25	70	$30.00
	5^th	Steve Howlett	95	23	72	$20.00

* Gift certificates to be spent at Las Positas

Scoring Report
Rank	Name	Gross	Net
1	Emil Picchi Sr	84	64
2	Bob Bjorner (guest)	84	66
3	Dennis Andersen	74	67
T4	Daniel Stritmatter	88	68
	Patrick Wetteland	76	68
6	Brad J Nelson	74	69
T7	Bill Feeley	82	70
	Glenn Kim	95	70
	Jeff Flynn	98	70
	Scott Smith	77	70
T11	Bill Stevens	79	72
	Joseph Canepa	86	72
	Levi Fontaine	85	72
	Steve Howlett	95	72
T15	Dennis Kunz	84	73
	Dennis Reiser	90	73
	Manny Casillas	96	73
T18	Don Delbon	93	74
	Glenn Natenson	92	74
	Steven Loftus	107	74
	Takeo Makishima	97	74
T22	George Kellner	99	75
	Gordon Blackstock	84	75
	John Masters	92	75
	Mike Mulhearn	82	75
	Peter Katsumis	97	75
	Rich Nedwick	91	75
	Richard Nessler	105	75
	Steven Lindholm	88	75
	Thomas Kmak	78	75
31	William Strahan	83	76
32	Randy Metheany	91	78
T33	Dave Baltor	96	79
	Howard D Paul	93	79
T35	Dave McNeilly	91	80
	Lou Badet	96	80
37	John Jurgens	102	81
38	Mike Woodall	97	82
T39	Michael Woodall Jr	100	83
	Tim Loftus	111	83
T41	Randy Gubert	104	84
	Stephen Makishima	94	84
43	Timothy Andersen	91	85
44	Mark Fraticelli (guest)	96	96

Rules: The Damn Critter Moved My Ball!!

Remember the situation at TPC Sawgrass in 1998 at the 17th island green where a seagull picked up Steve Lowery's ball off the 17th green and flew off with it (only to drop it in the water)?

Well guess what. A similar situation happened to one of PCGC members.

At our 2010 TOC at Eagle Vines, Brian Ungaretti hit his tee shot in the fairway. Then out of the woods came a coyote who moved Brian's ball at least 30 yards before dropping it and moving on.

What's the ruling?

Show Answer

There is no penalty per Rule 18-1. Since the coyote is considered to be an outside agency, it is not the player's fault that his ball was moved. Neither he or his caddie instigated the situation.

The ruling is the player can place his ball back to the original spot without penalty.

And yes, Brian's fellow players in his foursome tried to assess him a five-stroke penalty. They were kidding of course. They were down in their match.

Since the seagull dropped Steve Lowery's ball in the water, Lowery could not use his original ball to place on the green. So he was allowed to use a different ball to take his relief. However, don't forget that the PGA Tour has a "one ball rule" where the player must play one brand of a ball during the round. Lowery did.

TOC – Eagle Vines Results (2010)

Tournament of Champions
Eagle Vines, American Canyon
September 18, 2010

Flight	Place	Player	Gross	Hdcp.	Net	$ Won
1st	1st	Fred Chiappe	78	9	69	*$60.00
	2nd	Bill Stevens	78	7	71	$50.00
	3rd	Pat Wetteland	80	8	72	*$40.00
	4th	Bryan Ungaretti	74	2	72	$30.00
	5th	Bruce Lorin	75	3	72	$20.00

2nd	1st	Scott Rehn	81	11	70	*$60.00
	2nd	Steve Hildebrand	82	11	71	$50.00
	3rd	Charlie Joseph	83	11	72	*$40.00
	4th	Steven Lindholm	86	13	73	$30.00
	5th	Chris Marchetti	89	14	75	$20.00

3rd	1st	Jamie Banducci	90	18	72	*$60.00
	2nd	John Jurgens	94	20	74	$50.00
	3rd	Lou Badet	90	15	75	*$40.00
	4th	Ari Illeperuma	93	18	75	$30.00
	5th	Don Delbon	96	19	77	$20.00

*Gift Certificates to be spent at Eagle Vines
All others to be spent at Poplar Creek.
Ties were broken using the USGA recommended back 9, back 6, etc.

Net Scores
Rank	Name	Net
1	Fred Chiappe	69
2	Scott Rehn	70
T3	Bill Stevens	71
	Stephen Hildebrand	71
T5	Bruce Lorin	72
	Bryan Ungaretti	72
	Charlie Joseph	72
	Jamie Banducci	72
	Patrick Wetteland	72
T10	Peter Susnow Jr.	73
	Steven Lindholm	73
	William Strahan	73
T13	Brian Su	74
	John Jurgens	74
	Jon Loeser	74
	Sid Shimabuku	74
T17	Ari Illeperuma	75
	Brett Teele	75
	Chris Marchetti	75
	John P Arnot	75
	Lou Badet	75
	Scott Smith	75
T23	Allen Miyake	76
	Steve Howlett	76
T25	Bill Feeley	77
	Dave McNeilly	77
	Dennis Andersen	77
	Don Delbon	77
	Geoffrey Kuchlenz	77
	Jack Seibel	77
	Randy Metheany	77
T32	Gordon Blackstock	78
	Keith E Schumacher	78
	Mike Mulhearn	78
T35	Frank Cesarz	79
	Randy Gubert	79
	Steve Humeny	79
T38	David A. Delbon	80
	Joseph Canepa	80
	Rich Nedwick	80
41	John Masters	81
T42	German Soto	82
	Michael Woodall Jr	82
T42	Tony Hobson	82
T45	Emil Picchi Sr	83
	Howard Paul	83
	I Louis Baroncini	83
T48	Kevin Germano	85
	Perry Saxton	85
	Peter Katsumis	85
51	Richard Nessler	87
T52	Dave Baltor	89
	Timothy Andersen	89
54	Raymond Yoschak Jr.	90
T55	Kelly Ina	NS
	Scott Punkar	NC

Rules: Brush Aside Casual Water on the Green

May a player whose ball lies on a putting green brush aside casual water on his line of putt, or mop it up with a towel?

Show Answer

No. Such action would be a breach of Rule 16-1a (Touching Line of Putt). After reading the rule, you will realize that water is not considered to be a loose impediment.

16-1. General

a. Touching Line of Putt

The line of putt must not be touched except:

(i) the player may remove loose impediments, provided he does not press anything down;
(ii) the player may place the club in front of the ball when addressing it, provided he does not press anything down;
(iii) in measuring – Rule 18-6;
(iv) in lifting or replacing the ball – Rule 16-1b;
(v) in pressing down a ball-marker;
(vi) in repairing old hole plugs or ball marks on the putting green – Rule 16-1c; and
(vii) in removing movable obstructions – Rule 24-1.