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Neighborhood Golf at the PGA TOUR Humana Challenge

The Southern California PGA Neighborhood Golf program visited the PGA TOUR’s Humana Challenge January 19-22, 2012. SCPGA staff and PGA professionals were on hand to give free lessons to tournament goers using our Birdie Ball inflatable hitting cage and artificial putting greens. The young and old flocked to the lesson area, the lessons sparked interest in a few to become more active in the game. Participants won prizes for hitting a hole-in-one including PGA logoed sports bottles, magnets, and stress reliever golf balls.

Thank you to the following PGA Professionals for volunteering their time: Sharon Fletcher – Shadow Mountain Golf Club, Barry Clayton – Westin Mission Hills Resort, Charles DeLorey – Indian Canyons Golf Club, John Shelden – Mountain View Country Club, Mike Kingsrud – Orange Whip Representative, Gary Lynk – Tradition Golf Club, Jerry Elwell – Tahquitz Creek Golf Resort, Dave Shackelford – Tahquitz Creek Golf Resort, Jeff Beier – Westin Mission Hills Resort, John Klug – Mission Lakes Country Club, Robert Burke – Unaffiliated, and Tom Anton – College Golf Center.

Thank you also to Kimberly Paige, Merri Daniels, Ryan Branning, Thomas Camaione, and Mallory Prest for their hardwork over the week.

The SCPGA Foundation and Neighborhood Golf are continually looking for opportunities to visit communities with our Birdie Ball hitting cage. The Southern California PGA is dedicated to promoting and growing the game of golf.

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Job Openings at the Southern California PGA Section Office

The Southern California PGA Section office is currently in the process of filling two open positions. If you are interested, please click on the following links for the summary of job requirements and anticipated salary and benefits for each position.

Complete job postings will be available shortly on Job Finder at www.pgalinks.com.

Tournament and Event Administrator
Communications Manager

If you have any further questions regarding the open positions, please direct them to SouthernCaliforniaPGA@pgahq.com

Choi wins Club Car Aggregate San Diego, Casagranda earns Farmers Open exemption

Chi Choi, PGA Apprentice at La Mirada Golf Course fired an impressive 68 (-4) to win the Club Car Aggregate – Farmers Insurance Open Qualifying at El Camino Country Club. As an Apprentice, Chi was not eligible to qualify for the Farmers Insurance Open. That meant with only a few groups to score, a large group at 72 (E) were looking at a potential playoff for a spot in a PGA TOUR event. However, Greg Casagranda, PGA (Encinitas Ranch Golf Course) fired a late 71 (-1) and took charge of that race and would eventually claim the Exemption. Greg has played in multiple Farmer’s Insurance Open’s (formerly the Buick Invitational) and will be the Section’s representation again in 2012! Congratulations Greg!

The Section will also be represented in the Farmers Insurance Open Monday Qualifying on January 23rd back at El Camino Country Club by Brad Stormon, PGA (Morongo Golf Club at Tukwet Canyon) and Tim Parun, PGA (Sail Ho Golf Club) who earned exemptions through a four-man playoff at 72 (E). Good luck to all our PGA Professionals competing in this year’s event!

Special thanks to Paul Devine, PGA General Manager and Kurt Krause, PGA Head Golf Professional at El Camino Country Club for their hard work and support of this year’s event!

You can follow along with the progress of all our PGA Professionals at www.pgatour.com and www.scpga.com

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Results for contest Club Car Aggregate San Diego:
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 1    Chi Choi           La Mirada Golf Course           35-33--68 -4  $1,300.00
 2    Gregory Casagranda Encinitas Ranch GC              35-36--71 -1  $1,000.00
 T3   John Gray          Crossings at Carlsbad           35-37--72 E   $443.75
 T3   Scott Heyn         Black Gold                      38-34--72 E   $443.75
 T3   Chris Starkjohann  Torrey Pines G. Club & Outings  36-36--72 E   $443.75
 T3   Mike Fergin        Mesa Verde                      38-34--72 E   $443.75
 T3   Brad Stormon       Redhawk Golf Club               35-37--72 E   $443.75
 T3   Jon Fiedler        Las Posas Country Club          32-40--72 E   $443.75
 T3   Mike Miles         Virginia Country Club           35-37--72 E   $443.75
 T3   Tim Parun          Sail Ho Golf Club               35-37--72 E   $443.75
 T11  Ted Parker         California Country Club         35-38--73 +1  $187.00
 T11  Jeffrey Templeton  Glendora CC                     38-35--73 +1  $187.00
 T11  Scott Mahlberg     Stadium                         36-37--73 +1  $187.00
 T11  Bobby Nickell      Monarch Beach Golf Links        35-38--73 +1  $187.00
 T11  Joseph Grohman     Navy GC - Destroyer             38-35--73 +1  $187.00
 T16  Kirby Pert         The Palms Golf Club             37-37--74 +2  $144.60
 T16  Dean Tonneslan     La Jolla Country Club           37-37--74 +2  $144.60
 T16  Josh Garber        The Vintage Club - Desert       36-38--74 +2  $144.60
 T16  Kurt Krause        El Camino CC                    37-37--74 +2  $144.60
 T16  David Podas        Bel-Air CC                      36-38--74 +2  $144.60
 T16  Paul Wise          Hillcrest Country Club          33-41--74 +2  $144.60
 T16  Chris Smeal        Stadium                         36-38--74 +2  $144.60
 T16  Scott Shiroma      Rolling Hills Country Clu       37-37--74 +2  $144.60
 T16  Scott Miller       North Ranch CC                  36-38--74 +2  $144.60
 T16  Matt Gibbens       Rancho Santa Fe                 36-38--74 +2  $144.60
 T26  Jp Brown           Black Gold                      34-41--75 +3  $41.00
 T26  Jim Razzeto        Westchester Golf Course         38-37--75 +3  $41.00
 T26  Grant Strobel      Fairbanks Ranch                 36-39--75 +3  $41.00
 T26  Marc Minier        Glen Annie Golf Club            39-36--75 +3  $41.00
 T26  John Shelden       Mountain View Country Clu       39-36--75 +3  $41.00
 T26  Paul Holtby        Tom Barber Golf Center          36-39--75 +3  $41.00
 T26  Paul Dietsche      Redlands                        37-38--75 +3  $41.00
 T26  Ron Skayhan        Hillcrest Country Club          38-37--75 +3  $41.00
 T26  Roger Gunn         Tierra Rejada Golf Club         36-39--75 +3  $41.00
 T35  Mike Nokes         Stadium                         38-38--76 +4
 T35  Mark Summerville   City Golf Club & Academy        37-39--76 +4
 T35  Chris Gilley       SeaCliff CC                     39-37--76 +4
 T35  Joseph DeLeon      Colton Golf Club                37-39--76 +4
 T35  Tim Bauman         Moorpark Country Club           37-39--76 +4
 T40  Steve Vaughan      Crossings at Carlsbad           39-38--77 +5
 T40  Jerry Crowell      Goose Creek Golf Club           37-40--77 +5
 T40  Bruce Nakamura     Aviara GC                       39-38--77 +5
 T40  Joseph Lewis       Trump National GC               37-40--77 +5
 T40  Scott Newman       Encinitas Ranch GC              40-37--77 +5
 T40  Thomas Gardner     Bel-Air CC                      35-42--77 +5
 T40  Kirk Karasawa      The Riviera Country Club        36-41--77 +5
 T40  John Mason         Encinitas Ranch GC              37-40--77 +5
 T48  Jeremy Okawa       Alondra Park Golf Course        35-43--78 +6
 T48  Stephen Plummer    Marbella Country Club           40-38--78 +6
 T48  Blair Harkins      Rolling Hills Country Clu       39-39--78 +6
 T48  Richard Johnson    CC of Rancho Bernardo           38-40--78 +6
 T48  Gary Wishon        Recreation Park GC              40-38--78 +6
 T48  Brian Hughes       PGA West Private Course         33-45--78 +6
 T54  James Clay         Rancho La Quin CC - Jones       42-37--79 +7
 T54  Michael Feeney     Stoneridge Country Club         37-42--79 +7
 T54  Todd Yoshitake     The Riviera Country Club        38-41--79 +7
 T54  James Ley          Twin Lakes Golf Course          41-38--79 +7
 T58  Kevin Erdman       Altadena Golf Course            41-39--80 +8
 T58  Hidetaka Yoshinaga Sunset Hills Country Club       38-42--80 +8
 T58  Bryon Smith        Goose Creek Golf Club           38-42--80 +8
 T58  Spencer McDaniel   Skylinks Golf Course            40-40--80 +8
 T62  Eric Lohman        Oak Creek Golf Club             42-39--81 +9
 T62  Justin Hicks       Stadium                         45-36--81 +9
 T62  Mark Fernando      Coronado Municipal GC           37-44--81 +9
 T62  John Klug          Mission Lakes Country Clu       37-44--81 +9
 T62  Jake Pleczkowski   The Riviera Country Club        41-40--81 +9
 T67  Chris Zeller       The Los Angeles CC              42-40--82 +10
 T67  Michael Schwagler  The Madison Club                37-45--82 +10
 T67  Tom Lamore         Islands                         40-42--82 +10
 70   Ben Nicholas       Shadow Ridge Resort             38-45--83 +11
 T71  Paul Kim           Navy Golf Course                42-42--84 +12
 T71  Sean Anthony       Golf Academy of America         41-43--84 +12
 T71  David Franks       GolfTEC - Woodland Hills        42-42--84 +12
 T74  Bob Knee           Aviara GC                       43-42--85 +13
 T74  Christopher Murphy The Los Angeles CC              39-46--85 +13
 T74  Daniel Shin        Navy Golf Course                43-42--85 +13
 77   Chris Powel        MountainGate CC                 42-45--87 +15
 T78  Ross Marcano       Barona Creek GC                 46-42--88 +16
 T78  Chuck Minerd       Golf Made Easy                  39-49--88 +16
 80   Glenn Alexakis     The Riviera Country Club        47-43--90 +18
      Matthew Clay       Del Mar

Program December 2011

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