Old Del Monte GC @ PebbleBeach.com
2015 Monterey Hickory Classic Winners
Gary Yoro (gross) - Kris Surano (Senior)
Kris Surano - Senior
Dana Niehaus - Net
Friday Sept 11th, 2015 - Monterey,
A record breaking heatwave for the Monterey Peninsula didn't phase Diablo CC's Kris Surano en route to shooting a 9 under par 63 and running away with the championship. The round included a slew of birdies and a chip-in eagle 3 on the par5 13th.
In the gross division, the title came down to the final holes with first time hickory player Gary Yoro from Spring Hills GC and Orion Galioni of Pacific Grove eventually tied at 78. Gary's final 10 holes was a roller-coaster of a scorecard getting things kicked off with an eagle 3 on the par5 9th followed up with 2 more birdies on the way home. Orion played a steady round with 13 pars and the unfortunate out-of-bounds on the 13th. Both names will be added to our perpetual trophy. (*UPDATE - the database now can break ties beyond back-nine score. The order is: Last 9, Last 6, Last 3, and then backwards starting from 18. Orion had a better last 6 holes).
A cardoff was also needed to determine our net winner with 2 players tied at 2 under par 70. Dana Niehaus back nine (41) was slightly better than Mike Kosich (42).
Thanks to Stacy and Orion's diligence administrating our skins game. We had 2 gross eagles, 4 net eagles, a slew of birdies, and even a gross par that won a skin.
-- SKIN WINNERS --
$104 Gross (8 skins @ $13 each)
$103 Net (6 skins @ $17 each)
Format
* Open played from WHITE tees @ 6085yds – 70.2/128 - received 2 extra NET strokes
* Seniors played from RED tees @ 5435 yds – 68.4/116 = base for NET calculations.
* Ladies played from RED tees @ 5435 yds – 72.3/116 – received 4 extra NET strokes
#1 par5) Dana Niehaus - Net 3
#2 par4) Steve Henneuse - Gross 3 - Net 3
#3 par4) Kris Surano - Gross 3 - Net 2
#5 par4) Dave McMurtrey - Net 2
#9 par5) Gary Yoro - Gross 3 - Net 3
#10 par4) Bill Ratto - Gross 3
#11 par4) Gary Yoro - Gross 3
#13 par5) Kris Surano - Gross 3
#14 par3) Michael Scott - Gross 3
#15 par4) Gary Yoro - Gross 3
#17 par5) Jim Thompson - Net 4
Some stellar play that canceled out skins:
Dan Vordale and Jim Hanson both birdied (net eagled) the extremely difficult par 3 6th.
Mike Kosich and Steve Henneuse birdied (net eagled) the par 4 16th.
Mike Kosich and Jim Thompson birdied the par 5 13th (net eagled) to steal a skin from Kris Surano.
A big thanks to Neil Allen and staff @ Del Monte. We look forward to next year.
We had a few first time players: Jeannine Niehaus, Tim Bell, Jim Hanson, Gary Yoro, and Charles Chapa. Thanks for participating and hope to see you again!