The cold weather left the Rio Grande valley and the golfers came out of hiding to play a round or two.
Doug Mazur shown in the picture is hitting his second shot on hole # 9 , Keith Bess is sitting in the cart.
The picture was taken from about 80 yards away with a cell phone.
On the 18 hole round, Doug shot a 96, Keith shot a 84 and Richard Lampi turned in a 92 on the day
Friday Jan 12 was opening day for the LaCopa League mixed seniors golf.
The sun was out and a breeze from the north made it a chilly start to the season. A couple of the regular golfers from Winnipeg opted to stay in their warm room, also two from Iowa who stayed home as well.
13 winter Texans from Ontario, Manitoba, South Dakota and Minnesota braved the cool sunny weather to play.
Bragging rights for the day when to the blue team of Joyce Foy, Doug Mazur,Bev Guadagnolo, Richard Lampi and Dianna Stewart, they turned in a best score of 30, thanks to Joyce’s solid play.
Second place went to the Red team of Duane Miller, Jim Williams, Keith Bess and Harry LaCore who turned in a 31. Harry recorded a Birdie on # 2.
Third place was claimed by the foursome of Jo LaCore, Teresa Williams, Howard Stewart and Tony Guadagnolo with a steady 32. Jo scored a birdie on # nine when she chipped in from off the green.
the 2018 winter season for the group from the LaCopa Inn and from other parks in and around Harlingen, texas Begins on Friday Jan 12th.
Golf is played on Fridays at the Cottonwood Country Club with the tee off at 10 am.
come on out and enjoy the time with friends and enjoy playing on the Par 27 golf course at 1001 S Ed Carey Drive
The Senior Men’s open golf tournament was played on Aug 8th. 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.
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 afer 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 .
Senior men’s club championship 2017 Aug 24th
championship flight:
Tim Fairburn needed a lot of luck on the 18th hole to win his second Seniors club Championship in a row.
Tim finished the tournament with a score of 80, with Mark Clark (who won in 2015) hot on his tail with an 82.
Peter Barna presenting the Al Ward- Hartley Watson Trophy to Tim Fairburn.
Franco Calvelli took the low net on a count back with a 72, with 2 birdies on the round.
Second Flight:
Jerry Cripps shot a 89 to take low gross in the second flight
Gary Billings took the low net with a 73 with two birdies on the round.
Third Flight:
Lance Beauregard shot a 102 and with that score, took low gross in the third flight.
Allan Bruyerre took the low net with a 79.
A special prize, a statue of an eagle was given to Jean Lambert for the eagle he recorded on hole # 1 during the senior mens open played on Aug 8th. the only Eagle recorded on that day.
Other players who scored birdies were Ray Laquerre on # 1, Mark Clark on # 5 and Mark Labossiere on hole # 14.
Thanks to Motown for the great meal served and to all of the sponsors who donated prizes for the event.
Thanks to the committee of Ray Laquerre, Pete Barna and Richard Lampi for organizing the Tourney.
LaCopa golf March 24th 2017
Well today we were down to 7 golfers so we played girls against boys,
regular golf with a team score. The “girls” won.
left to right, Dianna Stewart, Gerry Busch and Teresa Williams.
The golfers survived strong Texas winds and had a good time
Friday, March 24, 2017.
This was the ending of the La Copa League for another year.
The winds were gusting to 35 MPH, we also had a sprinkle of rain on holes 5,6,&7.
(the rain always seems to start when you are at the farthest point away from the clubhouse)
You can see by the flag straight out in the picture of the men’s foursome the strength of the wind.
The luck was with the girls as they beat the boys. Howard thinks it was the rusty golf balls they had to play with after the rain.
left to right, Jim Williams, Howard Stewart, Bill Kozak and Duane Miller.
It was a good year for golf with many golfers taking part in the league, thanks to all who came and golfed at Cottonwood and we hope everyone comes back again.
thanks to Howard for the pictures taken in March and to Gerry
for the updates and the scorecards sent, Joyce for the tees and Dice (the loaded ones that some players used)
LaCopa golf march 17th 2016
Hot weather greeted the dwindling numbers of golfers who play in the laCopa Friday league
More winter Texans are heading north of the Texas border, leaving the warmth of the Rio Grand valley behind.
14 golfers showed up for the Friday classic. the day was warm and breezy, nice Texas weather.
St Patrick Day brought good luck to the White team, made up of Keith Bess, Duane and Gary Miller, along with Bill Stewart as they toured the course with a one over par 28.
individual score, Keith shot a 31 to take the lowest score on the day, Bill shot a 38, Duane a 39 and Gary a 37.
The Red team of Dianna Stewart, Tony Guadagnolo, Howard Stewart and Teresa Williams shot a 31.
Their individual scores were Dianna 35, Tony 36, Howard 38 and Teresa with a 39.
The Blue team turned in a 32 good for 3rd place. Gerry Busch scored a 36, Bill Kozak a 38 and Jim Williams did not have
the luck of the Irish and his total was 44.
For the Green team, Tracy Andrews wore his Irish colors leading his team of Bev Guadagnolo and Rolande LeFave to team score of 36. Bev shot a 41, Rolande a 42 and Tracy a 41.
Tracy had the best costume on the day pictured below.
The picture above shows that there is golf in March in Northwestern Ontario, showing Max Clement and Ray Lacqerre at the Driftwood Classic on the Flood Waters .
The weekly Friday LaCopa league golf continued this week, the day was warm and humid from the rainy days of Tues,Wed,and Thursday.
Even with the rain , the course was in fine shape.
Three new golfers joined the group, Bill Kozak of Thunder Bay, Clare and Rolande of Barry Ontario.
17 golfers took part in the quest of trying to get the bragging rights for the week. the blue team of Gerry Busch, Clare LeFave and Harry LaCore took the top spot with a team score of 31.
The Red team of Bill Kozak, Rolande LeFave, Sandra Olson and Jo LaCore turned in a 33,
good for a tie for second with the Green team made up of Tony Guadagnolo, Bill Stewart and Joyce Foy.
the all male Pink team of Duane Miller with his Son Gary, Howard Stewart and Keith Bess shot a team score of 34.
Tracy Andrews lead his Team mates Bev Guadagnolo and Dianna Stewart to a team score of 35.
Clare LeFave shot the only birdie of the day on hole # 7, a 95 yarder. Congratulations Clare.
the best individual scores for the ladies were Jo LaCore and Joyce Foy with 36.
For the men it was Keith, Howard and Harry turning in 35’s on the round.
laCopa golf
march 3 2017
cool and pleasant weather was welcomed by the 19 golfers who showed up
to play golf with the LaCopa league at Cottonwood golf course.
Some of the regular golfers are slowly heading north, but new golfers are joining the group
keeping the numbers up.
this weeks format was just regular golf and the teams recorded the best score on each hole
to determine the winning teams for the week.
this week there was a tie for the top spot with the red team of Sandra Olson, Nancy Rhulow, Bev Guadagnolo and Keith Bess tieing the White team of Dee Martintoni, Joyce Foy,
Jim Williams and Harry LaCore with team scores of 29.
the Pink team of Dianna Stewart, Bob Martintoni and Bill Kozak (new this week) shot a 30 on the round.
Gerry Busch led the green team of Jo LaCore and Tracy Andrews to a 31 on the day.
The all male blue team did not have much luck and turned in a 32 for their round. Tony Guadagnolo, Duane Miller, Bill Stewart and Howard Stewart made up this team.
Keith had the lowest score on the day with a 31. Coming with 32’s were Harry LaCore and Bob Martintoni.
Nancy played her first golf in a couple of years and shot a 44, Sandra turned in a 46, Bev shot her lowest score this year with 39.
Tony’s total was 40, Duane 38, Bill Kozak (Thunder Bay, On. 38), Howard 39, Dee 34, Joyce 36, Jim 40,
Bill Stewart 39, Dianna 39, Gerry 37, Tracy 42.
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