Columnist Peter Benton: LVCC member-guest winners announced

Peter Benton

Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2002 | 9:33 a.m.

Peter Benton's golf column appears Wednesday.

The Las Vegas Country Club's 32nd Men's Member/Guest Mexican-themed tournament was contested last week, and what a beauty it was -- a large, competitive field, ideal weather and a pristine course.

Rene Blanchard and guest David Lind were crowned overall champions with a score of 277. Ron Hansen/Jeff John won low gross with 291 followed by Jim Hagen and David Gubler with 305.

Other winners:

Acapulco flight: Hansen/John; Gil Cohen/Howard Lester, 284.5; Jim Wade/Percy Higachi, 286.

Cabo flight: Glen Hurst/C.E. Ricketts, 279; Marcus Erling/John Barber, 284; Russ Schroeder/David Foggia, 285.5.

Cancun flight: Tome Page/J.D. Dickinson, 280.5; Cliff Beckley/David Gephardt, 293; Vern Yamanaka/Allan Ikawa, 294.5.

Mazatlan flight: Casey/Craig Luczak, 300; Harold Falkner/John Hendrickson, 304; Tom O'Rourke/Charlie Howell, 304.

Friday closest to the pin: Brent Birchler, No. 3; Gil Cohen, No. 7; Steve Gephardt, No. 14; Dave Gubler, No. 17.

Friday K.P. Shootout: Steve Gephardt, Alan Andrews, Paul Schofield, Tom Powers, Brent Birchler.

Saturday closest to the pin: Glen Hurst, No. 3; Bob Vennes, No. 7; Sherman Frederick, No. 14; Tom Page, No. 17.

Saturday K.P. Shootout: Sherm Frederick, Steve Yamaguchi, Casey Luczak, Frank Larsen, Dean McClain.

The Derby (one team eliminated each hole): Steve Yamaguchi/Mark Dopheide.

Red Derby: Curt Birchler/Paul Kellogg, Pete Dustin/Russ Schroeder, Jim Ward/Dave Smith.

Blue Derby: Yamaguchi/Dopheide, Glen Hurst/Marcus Erling, Jeff John/Ted Baker.

There is a $300 per team ($150 per person) entry fee which includes greens fees, cart, prizes and an awards social hour. Prizes will be awarded to gross and net teams.

Entries are open to women with verifiable USGA handicaps and there is a 10-stroke maximum difference between partner's handicaps. Teams will be flighted according to combined handicaps and the field limited to the first 66 team entries.

For further information, call Dianne Jett at 255-2866