The stories, characters, and moments that made the Balboa Park Men's Golf Club what it is today — preserved from the club's member forum, 2012–2016.
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He started slow, gave everyone hope, and then snatched it away and emerged the winner of the 80th Balboa Men's Club Championship -- and his name is TOM WOLIVER! After a 78 and standing in 8th after round #1, Tom surged to the front with the lowest round of the event with a 69 on day #2 to hold a…
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Player-perspective recaps of club tournaments, match play, and monthly events.
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Remembrances of members who are no longer with us.
Our last weekend event of 2016 crowned our 2005 Senior Club Champion Larry Barron as our 2016 Hanson Memorial winner! Lucky Larry has been on a hot streak recently. He didn't get into the Wednesday T of C until winning the last event, and now he is the first guy to qualify for both the Wednesday…
memorialsSteve Dani won the individual a week ago and followed it up with a victory in the 2 man scramble. Steve teamed up with Josh Ginsburg and their 74 gross took the top step in Flight #2. Not to be out done, Chris Lawson grabbed Rob Mills as a partner and he to followed up last weeks individual triumph…
Yes, it was hot but the strong Santa Ana winds ended up having their say as only four golfers posted red numbers on the board. The scoreboard that usually looks like the election map last night (covered in RED) was pretty tame today. Could it be the late night election watcher effect? Maybe. So…
(For those that played early yesterday, you can understand how I couldn't resist that headline.) Had a good sized turnout for a beautiful day this past Sunday at Balboa. We found the golf course with greens that were a tad shaggy, some real rough in some places, and basically entirely too much…
Mark Demmitt is starting to get the hills, valleys, green breaks, and odd bounces figured out when playing on the Balboa links. He parlayed that knowledge into his first victory of the year by winning the net division in flight three. The first year member posted a 53.6 net which bested Ed Horbett…
A nice front coupled with a torrid back nine (39) powered Brett Chase to the top gross position, his first win of the year, in the second flight. He was so... close to breaking into the magical seventies if not for a couple of putts, right on line, just short. It's a good thing he buckled down on…
The first of the years majors (The Presidents Cup) went down to the final group to find a champion. First in hot seat was Tim Nou with a final round 69 net and 147 total. He was soon rousted out of the top spot as Tom Withers rang up a 68 net for a even par 144 total. Still to come was first round…
tournament-writeupsThe word has already been spread though out the valleys of the park but for those who haven't heard another ACE has been scored. The last time this event happened was when Steve Klein put one in the jar on #9 about 8 months ago. This time the event occurred when the Senior Match Play Team was…