Thirty-eight teams competing in five flights played in the CWGA Niblick Tournament on Thursday at The Fox Hill Club in Longmont.
Cynthia Elsener and Marita Rhea (pictured, with Elsener at left) from Walnut Creek Golf Preserve shot a 9-over-par 81 in the four-ball (aka best-ball) stroke-play format to earn the title by six shots in the first flight. They made two birdies on Thursday.
Other flight winners in the gross division were Vicki Ponce/Janet Squires (90 in second flight), Tammy Hitchens/Margie Miller (89 in third flight), Nancy Sproule/Michelle Sullivan (94 in fourth flight), and Gwen Grace/Dana Rinderknecht and Virginia Mcglinn/Dawn Zalone (97 in fifth flight),
Also, an overall low net team champion was crowned on Thursday, with Elsener and Rhea claiming that trophy with a 13-under-par 59 total at Fox Hill, which was hosting the Niblick for the first time.
Other net champions in their flights: Bonee Barecki/Lori Scruggs and Ponce/Squires (65 in second flight), Hitchens/Miller (62 in third flight), Sproule/Sullivan (64 in fourth flight) and Grace/Rinderknecht (63 in fifth flight).
The Niblick is limited to competitors with handicap indexes between 20 and 36.
Niblick Tournament
At Par-72 The Fox Hill Club in Longmont
GROSS RESULTS
First Flight
Elsener/Rhea “” 40-41″“81
Eddy/Stonehocker “” 41-46″“87
Chonka/LaRoche “” 43-46″“89
Ellen/Russell “” 45-47″“92
Paul/Saltarelli “” 45-47″“92
Gamberg/Perez “” 44-49″“93
Dauner/Patton-Mallory “” 46-48″“94
Paone/Schnitzer “” 47-47″“94
Micus/Sugar “” 46-50″”96
Second Flight
Ponce/Squires “” 43-47″“90
Barecki/Scruggs “” 44-47″“91
Bellows/Reester “” 45-47″“92
Gray/Micheal “” 46-46″“92
Kolb/Strand “” 42-51″“93
Lind/Reeves “” 46-47″“93
Goldberg/Hall “” 51-44″“95
Laux/Smith “” 49-46″“95
De Bord/Comer “” 49-50″”99
Third Flight
Hitchens/Miller “” 41-48″“89
Ross/Yates “” 43-48″“91
Rodgers/Yamada “” 45-50″“95
Borgeson/Reinig “” 48-48″“96
Hiler/Moreno “” 51-46″“97
Moreno-Peacock/Surbrugg “” 50-49″”99
Fourth Flight
Sproule/Sullivan “” 48-46″“94
Doss/Rismanchi “” 46-50″“96
Boyka/King “” 45-53″“98
Amys/Eakin “” 48-51″“99
Hart/Irwin “” 50-52″“102
Maul/Sparlin “” 50-52″“102
Johnson/McNerney “” 56-52″”108
Fifth Flight
Grace/Rinderknecht “” 45-52″“97
Mcglinn/Zalone “” 46-51″“97
Hedahl/Jones “” 50-50″“100
Beard/Goll “” 53-51″“104
Coppola/Osborne “” 50-56″“106
Wegley/Wright “” 51-56″“107
Dinkel/Smith “” 54-54″“108
NET RESULTS
First Flight
Elsener/Rhea “” 29-30″”59 (Overall Low Net Winners)
Eddy/Stonehocker “” 29-34″“63
Chonka/LaRoche “” 31-34″“65
Ellen/Russell “” 33-34″“67
Paul/Saltarelli “” 33-35″“68
Dauner/Patton-Mallory “” 33-36″“69
Paone/Schnitzer “” 35-35″“70
Gamberg/Perez “” 33-38″“71
Micus/Sugar “” 33-38″”71
Second Flight
Barecki/Scruggs “” 31-34″“65
Ponce/Squires “” 30-35″“65
Gray/Micheal “” 34-33″“67
Lind/Reeves “” 33-34″“67
Bellows/Reester “” 32-36″“68
Kolb/Strand “” 29-39″“68
Goldberg/Hall “” 38-32″“70
Laux/Smith “” 36-34″“70
De Bord/Comer “” 36-38″”74
Third Flight
Hitchens/Miller “” 27-35″“62
Rodgers/Yamada “” 30-37″“67
Ross/Yates “” 31-36″“67
Borgeson/Reinig “” 33-35″“68
Hiler/Moreno “” 37-33″“70
Moreno-Peacock/Surbrugg “” 37-35″”72
Fourth Flight
Sproule/Sullivan “” 32-32″“64
Doss/Rismanchi “” 31-35″“66
Boyka/King “” 30-38″“68
Amys/Eakin “” 33-37″“70
Hart/Irwin “” 34-38″“72
Maul/Sparlin “” 35-38″“73
Johnson/McNerney “” 41-38″”79
Fifth Flight
Grace/Rinderknecht “” 28-35″“63
Mcglinn/Zalone “” 30-35″“65
Hedahl/Jones “” 32-34″“66
Coppola/Osborne “” 33-39″“72
Beard/Goll “” 37-36″“73
Dinkel/Smith “” 38-38″“76
Wegley/Wright “” 36-41″“77
