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Senior mixed golf at Cottonwood

Feb 10th laCopa league golf

The biggest turnout of the winter season for the laCopa league mixed golf,
turned out 20 golfers.

the format for the day was “roll the Dice”, with five groups of four taking to the links.
With this format , it was not often that the best drive was used.
It was reported that one team, had to take a penalty shot on # 5,
when they rolled the number of an unknown player who hit the ball into the water off the tee.

the Red team of Becky, Dianna, Jeff Dykstra ( his first week out) and Keith turned in one of three birdies recorded on the day on # 8. their final score was a 29 , good for a tie for Second.

White team made up of Dee, Jo, Doug and Duane won the bragging rights for the week with a 27,
they score a birdie on # 3, a 115 yarder.

The Blues had one of those days, with tough luck with the dice and shot a 32, Bill, Howard, Bev and Bob made up this team.

The green team ( Gerry, Fred, Harry and Tony) started of with a bang,
getting a birdie on the first hole, playing the first four holes at even par, them they got to the fifth hole and their fortune changed. They took a 5, then repeating that on # 6 for the only 5’s turned in on the day.
They finished with 3 pars and a total score of 31.

The pinks turned in a 29 to tie for second, thanks to the Dorothy’s hot putter,
( she drained two putts from outside of 20 feet). they rolled a six four times , that is for the worst shot.
Dan, Don and Richard made up the rest of the team.

missing this week were Jim and Teresa Williams, Joyce Foy,

from the past: LaCopa security at work

Golf in Texas Dec 30th 2016

The La Copa Group Winter golf has started today.

With those who play in the La Copa group golf league arriving in larger numbers, the players got together at the Cottonwood golf course and played their first round of golf on Dec 30th.

The weather was mostly sunny with a few clouds and the temperature about 65 degrees and a light breeze blowing.

Kieth Bess , Joyce Foy and Richard Lampi from the La Copa were joined by Jim and Teresa Williams to play golf.

Keith had the lowest score of the day when he shot a 32, Jim had the only birdie of the day. He got that on the number seven which plays 95 yards.

Joyce and Richard both had 35s and Jim shot a 38.

The fairways and the greens are in good shape, the canal that runs through the middle of the course claimed a couple of balls during the days play.

Missing this year will be Sid Bina from North Dakota, George and Betty Coulson along with Gary and Helen Cook, from North western Ontario.

LaCopa Friday League

Feb 27th cottonwood

Only had 8 golfers today, it was a bit chilly and some golfers are gone.
For some it is too cold.

Two foursome today, with Arthur, Joyce, Richard and Ron Simpson making the red team.

The White team had Keith, Sid, George and Jerry Pape.

Keith shot the best score of the day with only 3 bogies and the rest pars for a total of 30.
Very Nice round.
Ron and Arthur shot 32’s, Richard at 33, George at 35, Joyce with a 39, Sid shot a 40 and Jerry came in with a 46.

Team Red shot a 28 and Team White a 29 for the best team score.

Treasure Hills Feb 25th

Feb 25th treasure hills

The sun came out today and slowly warmed up the valley, and by our tee time of 3:00pm at treasure hills,
the temperature was up to a balmy 64 degrees. It was breezy for the first couple of holes, then the wind died down.

The teams were just about the same as last week with Sid, Joyce, Harry and Jo making up Team # two.

Team # 3 was the same as last week with Gerry, Bill and Arthur.

Team # 1 was the first out, made up of Don, Keith and Richard.

There were only 10 golfers out compared to 19 last week. Three of the golfers from last week.
Doug Mazor, Bob Thorson and Frank Simpson headed back to the great white north above the 49th parallel.
Jerry Pape stayed at home with George Coulson.
The Kline’s, Fred and Dorothy along with Bob and Dee Martintoni left some birdies at Tony Butler and went back to try to find them.

Keith started out with a bang with a birdie on the first hole (the only birdie scored by the group), he was cruising along until he
took an 8 on hole # 6 the finished with a 44 for the Lowest score of the day.

Richard played the first two holes in great fashion scoring a 7 then a 9 before settling down to finish with a 49 on the day,
the only thing that saved him was his putter.

Don played steady golf and turned in a score of 52.
This was Don’s last chance to shine as he and his better half Donna leave in the morning for Sunny Florida.

The foursome of Harry, Jo, Sid and Joyce.
Harry shot a 9 on # 2 and 8 on # 8 but finished with a 52.
Jo and Joyce shot 60 nd 61 for the day.
Sid had pars on both of the par three holes and turned in a 49 for the day.

Bill was looking for his first score under 50 until he reached the tough # 9 where he took a nine and finished with a 52 on the day.

Gerry was playing nice steady golf and met her Waterloo on hole # 9 where she matched Bill’s 9. her final score was a 58.

Arthur was not himself today as he shot a 47, he did have 4 pars on his round.

Honors for the day went to team #1 with a team score of 39.
Team #2’s score was a 45 and Team 3 turned in a 46.

Pictures from Treasure Hills

Theses are the team pictures taken on Feb. 18th before starting the golf.

The first team to tee off were gone before I could take a picture of them, the rest I did get.

George Coulson, Richard Lampi, Bob Thorson, Don Reisberg

Gerry Busch, Bill Stewart, Linda and Arthur Barnett

Harry LaCore, Jo LaCore, Sid Bina, Joyce Foy

Bob Martintoni, Dee Martintoni, Dorothy Kline, Fred Kline

Sunday and Monday Golf

February 8th golf

The foursome of Gary Cook, Don Riesberg, Richard Lampi and George Coulson braved the sun and warm temperatures at Cottonwood.

They hoped that the nice weather would show up on the score cards with nice scores.

Gary led the way with 8 Bogeys and a par to score a 35. Not much to write about on Gary’s game , it was up the middle, chip, put, put, and on to the next hole.

Don played the first four holes great but on the 5th hole he had a guest sitting on his shoulder
telling him to hit ball hard to get acrossthe water.
He hit it as hard as he could and was rewarded with a 50 yard drive, just short of the canal, hit his second onto the green,took 3 to get it in the hole, for a 5.
On hole # six, another comment from his guest got him a 30 yarder, resulting in another 5.
From there Don was not listening to his guest any more and finished his round with a 36.

Richard was playing bogey golf until he scored a 5 o # 5. Then on #8 he tried a lob wedge from about 30 yards out,and like Tiger Woods only hit it 10 yards and finished with a 6.

#9 proved no better, his drive went over the green then chip, chip, chip, put, put for a 6 and all the strokes added up to a season high of 41.

George was doing fine until # 5 where his putter failed him and he had a 6, hole # 7 and # 9 he scored 5’s and his total for the day was a 40.

Monday Feb. 9th:

Sid joined Don, George and Richard on a nice warm day that started out with a few clouds then turned into a sunny day.
Everyone played well, and were tied on the score sheet with 31’s after eight holes.

Sid parred the last hole and ended up with a 34 for the round. Don had a bogey on the last hole, his score was a 35.
George and Richard both shot 5’s and ended up with 36 for the round.

Just a reminder :
There will be a group of golfers going over to Treasure Hills golf club for 3:00 pm on Wednesday Feb 11th.
If your are interested contact Bill Stewart.

Senior Golf League

Feb. 6th LaCopa friday’s

We had the best turn out ever for the LaCopa League today, with 23 players taking part.

We were missing, Gary Cook, Jerry Miller and Howard Stewart. hope they will be out next week.

there were some new faces today, Fred and his Wife Dorothy Kline, Harry and Jo LaCore,
Dee Martintoni and her husband Robert.

The weather was not bad but the sun was nowhere to be seen.

To make up the teams , each player picked a tee from Joyce’s basket of different colour Tees,
which made up the foursome.

Team 1, Bill Rhulow, Doug Mazor, Dianna Stewart and Judy Bess.
Team 2, Bill Stewart, Harry LaCore and by the luck of the draw he got to play with his Wife Jo and Dee Martintoni.
Team 3, Dorothy Kline, Gerry Busch, Frank Simpson and George Coulson.
Team 4, Joyce Foy, Don Reisberg and Keith Bess.
Team 5, Sid Bina, Fred Kline, Richard Lampi and Nancy Rhulow.
Team 6, Jerry Pape, Arthur Barnett, Ron Simpson and Robert Martintoni.

At the end of the day two of the teams ended in a tie for the bragging rights for the day.

Team # 5 Shot a 27 with one bogey and one Birdie for the round
Team # 6 had 9 pars for a round of 27.
Team # 4 had a 28 made up of 1 birdie, 2 bogey’s and the rest pars.
Team # 3 parred the first 8 holes then had a bogey on the last hole for a 28
The # 2 team, had the most birdies of the day (2) 3 pars and 4 bogey’s for a score of 29.
Team # 1 shot a 32 with 4 pars and 5 bogey’s on the day.

Next week we plan on going over to Treasure Hills golf club at 3 pm for a round of 9 holes. If you are interested, contact Bill Stewart as he is organizing that outing.

Next Friday at Cottonwood we will be playing ” roll the Dice” and that can be a lot of fun or it can be a challange.

I will be posting Team pictures over the next few days so come back and look at them.

Morning Golf

Morning golf at cottonwood on Jan. 26th and 27th.

The last two days we have had real nice weather, with very little wind for our morning golf at Cottonwood.

We generally go out around 10 am. There are other groups of golfers who belong to other leagues
from some of the R.V parks in the area. They have tee times earlier and are finished by ten in the morning.

Our golf has been steady for the last few days. Don has been the most consistent the last two days with scores of 33 and 34.

Sid had a 34 today despite being wild off of the tee, he was good with chipping and putting.
George shot a 35 yesterday but had bad luck on the greens today, lipping out on 4 holes and ending up with a 40.

The water canal claimed a ball from George and a ball from Sid on hole # 5.

The only highlite for Richard was a birdie on # 2 as he shot a 38 yesterday and a 35 today.

Other golfers from the La Copa play golf later in the day.

Cathy Sanders started her golfing career today under the capable hands of Judy and Keith Bess

Welcome to the world of golf and all of its ups and downs, Cathy.

Who showes up to golf

who showes up to golf

It seems, in golf that each golfer has two persona’s, one that is a good golfer and the other is

the evil twin.

On any given day, we do not know which person will show up when we go golfing. Todays golf at Cottonwood

George Coulson, Sid Bina, Don Reisberg and Richard Lampi, teed off # 1.

George and Sid hit to the left side if the green, Richard to the right. Don hit the green and was left with a 15 footer
which he drained for a Birdie, a great way to start the game.

On # 2 Don’s Evil twin showed up and for the next two holes, he hung around resulting in a 5 and a 6. Then he was gone and Don played

good golf for the rest of the round, adding another Birdie on #7, for a 31

George matched Don’s Birdie with one of his own on #7, with Sid and Richard with pars on that hole.

Sid shot steady golf all day and finished with a 33. Richard stayed out of the water for a change and shot a 32.

George’s evil twin kept on comming back to visit him which resulted in a score of 37.

Judy Bess was out in front of us and Arthur Barnett played with her from hole # 2.

As we were finishing our round Howard and Dianne Stewart were starting thier round, hope they had a good round.