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
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