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Golf

  • Golf action

    In the Brierwood Men’s Golf Association points game Monday, Paul Salerno, Chuck Hornfeck and Les Craft were first with 60 points. Bob Nobes, Bob Snopek and Dave Harper were second with 43 points.

    BRUNSWICK PLANTATION

    Results of the ladies’ golf league one-on-one tourney Nov. 3. First with 17 points each: Renee December, Janet Iekel, Mary Helen Naecker. Second with 16 points each: Barbara Johnson, Becky Seibert, Diane Tufts.

    CFAG

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  • GPS golf system makes a great gift

    Every year, there are scientific improvements to the game of golf. Heavy steel shafts have been replaced by graphite and other light-composite materials. Real wooden woods have gone the way of stick shift cars and rotary telephones. Golf balls go farther and they can stick on a green like a dart if you hit them right.

    But the latest, biggest innovation to the world of golf is the range finder or GPS system. A few years ago, they were rare. Today, many serious golfers have them. Some courses even provide GPS systems on their carts.

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  • Golf action

    BEACHCOMBERS

    The Beachcombers played a modified Stableford tournament Friday at Brierwood. Winners with a score of -1.5 were Jim Beairsto, Hal Riebesehl, Stu Cleveland and Gary Gutheil. Low gross: Gary Gutheil, 85; Harry Haggerty, 87; Jim Beairsto, 89. Low net: Gary Gutheil, 71. Gary Gutheil was voted golfer of the week.

    BRICK LANDING MEN

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  • Golf as an Olympic sport? Great idea

    When I heard golf would be included as an Olympic sport in the Games of 2016, I was thrilled because golf is a game that brings together people of all ages, races and cultures. What better place to showcase it than at the Olympics?

    Golf is a sport that pits men and women against an unforgiving terrain, not against each other. Golfers don’t need to be 7-feet tall or have a 36-inch neck. They don’t need to bench press 400 pounds or know how to do a standing back tuck on a 4-inch wide balance beam.

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  • Golf action

    The Beachcombers played a tournament of four-man teams using two low nets Friday at Carolina Shores. The winners with a score of 127 (-17) were Stu Cleveland, Paul Michal, Ed Kinney and Gary Gutheil. In second at 128 (-16) were Dan O’Connell, Bill Cameron, Hal Riebesehl and a draw. Low gross: Harry Haggerty, 80; Jim Fitzner and Paul Michal, 83; Gary Gutheil, 88. Low nets: Bill Cameron, 69; Paul Michal, 70. Harry Haggerty was voted golfer of the week.

    BRICK LANDING

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  • Carolinas golf course superintendents: A blessing to golfers

    People often ask me where I get my ideas for columns. It’s simple: many of them come from the folks who read Golf Gab regularly. I get phone calls and cards and letters and e-mails from my readers, who tip me off about possible stories in the world of golf.

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  • Pro Profiles: Mac Hood, a multitasking, quintessential golf professional

    Mac Hood, director of golf and general manager of Farmstead Golf Links and Meadowlands Golf Club, laughingly calls himself “the accidental pro.”

    You see, Mac did not begin as a golf professional but worked in Wall Street for 10 years, rising to director of operations at Lebenthal & Co., where he supervised a staff of 23.

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  • Golf action

    The Brick Landing Men’s Club weekly tournament was Nov. 10. The format was flighted individual stroke play. Flight one: Gene Bonstein, net 69; Dave Biesack, net 71; Al Zyga, net 73. Flight two: Larry Agrimonti, net 64; Bill Shanley, net 69.

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  • Mona Dye, Peter Allen win Tournament of Champions

    Mona Dye, of Brierwood, and Peter Allen, of St. James Plantation, were repeat winners in The Brunswick Beacon’s Tournament of Champions, played Saturday and Sunday at the Members Course at St. James.

    MEN’S DIVISION

    Allen shot a round of 69 on the first day of competition. The seven birdies he carded in that round put him far enough ahead of the field to allow him an eight-stroke victory. He finished with a two-day score of 143 to seal his victory for the second year in a row.

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  • Men's Tournament of Champions contenders

    Brick Landing

    Bob Koegel

    Bob Koegel won the Brick Landing Championship in 2006 and in 2009, but he was a seasoned competitor long before then.

    In 1996, Koegel won the Club Championship at Wynham Country Club in New York. From 1992 to 1999, he was the senior men’s champion there. He was also Green Country Champion in upstate New York.

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