Old Del Monte Golf Course
photo by Jerry Stewart - NCGA
Sept 12, 2014
With temperatures reaching the mid 70's and a mild ocean breeze, hickory golfers enjoyed a picture postcard day on the Monterey Peninsula at Old Del Monte. Built in 1897, Del Monte's wide generous fairways and classic design are ideal settings for hickory golf. Several new-to-hickory players bravely teed it up and it's unlikely that anyone lost a golf ball.
With $190 bucks up for grabs in our customary friendly skins game, a slew of pars and birdies were tallied. Unfortunately (and fortunate for others) many heroic scores canceled one another.
The lone lady among us, Stacy Brown, lapped the guys with the only subpar round of 66, taking home the first Monterey Hickory Classic's Champion Crystal.
Steve Henneuse - Open
Kris Surano - Senior
Stacy Brown - Net
-- SKIN WINNERS --
$90 Net (2 skins @ $45 each)
$100 Gross (5 skins @ $20 each)
#1 par5) Kris S - Net 3
#6 par3) Orion G - Gross 2
#11 par4) Steve H - Gross 3
#12 par3) Kris S - Gross 2
#13 par5) Kris S - Net 4
#17 par5) Steve H - Gross 4
#18 par4) Dana N - Gross 4
A big thanks to Neil Allen and his staff @ Del Monte for hosting our event and hope we can do it again next year!
Jerry Stewart from the NCGA wrote a nice article for the NCGA's Shag Bag Blog and uploaded a fantastic photo gallery here:
NorCal Hickory Sticks Group Tees it Up at Del Monte Golf Course
Give it a read and leave a comment.
Hope to see you all next year!