2025 Alpine Bay Member/Guest Recap

We had a full field of 54 teams to compete this year. The weather was perfect on both days. It was a shotgun start and the pace of play was pretty good. Thanks to all the teams for moving along nicely.

The Alpine Bay (Men’s Golf Association) provided breakfast both mornings and the afternoon meals were provided by Carpanetti’s  Italian in Moody (Saturday) and PapaJohns in Pell City (Sunday).

The field was divided into Five Flights after the scores were posted from Saturday’s Shamble round of golf. We held our Calcutta on Saturday afternoon and it was for Sunday’s round (Scramble format) only.

The Championship Flight results

Tournament                                                                              Calcutta

1st  C Dean/ J Otwell  63/60  123  $940.00                       1st  & 2nd tie    (60) Dean/Otwell   Guy/Ganser   $936.00 ea

2nd Guy/Ganser   66/60         126  $550.00                       3rd  J Williams/J McCullars     (62)  $468.00

3rd  K Roe/G Jenkins  66/64 130   $380.00

1st Flight                                                          Calcutta

1st Whitfield/Whitfield 69/63  132  $770.00      1st Whitfield/Whitfield (63)  $990.00

2nd  P Teal/Graham    69/64  133  $460.00          2nd  P Teal/Graham   (64)  $595.00

3rd  J Bullen/Gamble   70/65  135  $300.00          3rd J Bullen/Gamble  (65)  $397.00

2nd Flight                                                                        Calcutta

1st Robertson/Johnson 72/64   136  $900.00            1st Robertson/Johnson   (64)  $880.00

2nd  S Cooper/M Cooper  72/67   139  $550.00        2nd  Shirley/Pender   (65)   $660.00

2nd Shirley/Pender   74/65  139 $550.00                  3rd J Ray/M Power  (66)  $440.00

4th J Ray/M Power   74/66  140   $220.00                 4th  Cooper/Cooper  Lineberry/Shuey  (67) $110.00ea

3rd  Flight                                                                        Calcutta

1st Bauder/Argent  75/66  141  $840.00                   1st Bauder/Argent  (66)  $780.00

2nd Edge/Edge 75/70  145  $500.00                        2nd S Cleckler/Mashon (68) $590.00

2nd Haynes/Haynes 75/70 145 $500.00                 3rd tie Edge/Edge  Haynes/Haynes  $292.50ea

4th Cleckler/Mashon 78/68  146 $200.00

4th  Flight                                                                                      Calcutta

1st D Hopton-Jones/Ferguson 80/71 151 $770.00    1st H-Jones/Ferguson  (71)  $350.00

2nd Gardner/Bethune  81/75 156  $460.00                2nd Gardner/Bethune  (75)  $210.00

3rd Powell/Hyde  81/76 157 $300.00                          3rd Powell/Hyde & B H-Jones/Glass (76) $70.00ea

We had a $50.00 closest to the pin prize on all four par 3s each day. Mike Cooper was closest on #4 on day 1 at 2’3”. Andy Payant was 6”6” on #8, Max Bauder was 5”1” on #14 and Ray was 3’3” on #17.

On Day 2 Kerry Cochran was 4” away on #4, Casey Snow was 18” on #8. Helen Spradley was 3”8” on #14 and Hunter Payant was 4’2” on #17. Congratulations to all of these golfers for such good shots.

I want to thank all of our regular staff and our volunteers for their hard work and dedication to making our 2025 Member/Guest another successful outing for all the golfers involved. Thanks to all of our sponsors for their continued support of Alpine Bay Golf. We look forward to doing it again in 2026.

2025 Alpine Bay Golf Club Championship Recap

We had 80 members to participate in this year’s club championship. That is an excellent turnout. The weather cooperated with us for most of the two days. It was not extremely hot but we did have about a half hour rain delay during Sunday’s round.

Congratulations to Nathan Fernandez as he maintained his title of Club Champion in the men’s division. Nathan posted a two day score of 144 (even par) to edge out Myles Fincher’s 145. Finishing in 3^rd place was B G Simmons with a 148. Matt Hardin finished in 1^st place in the net with a 130. 2^nd & 3^rd place in the net went to Cooper Dean with a net 140 and Cory Baird with a net score of 141.

Piper Teal is the new Ladies club champion at Alpine Bay. Piper outlasted Mary Pomroy who finished in 2^nd in the ladies championship flight. 1^st place in the net division was Michele Whisman followed by Patti Wilcox and Amy Travis who tied for 2^nd in the net.

Chris Robertson is the champion of the 1^st flight. He had to win it in a shootout on hole #18 against Foo Dorsett. They both posted a two day total of 150. Chris won the shootout over Foo.   Foo was awarded 2^nd place. Brandon Fincher finished in 3^rd place. In the net portion of the 1^st flight, Brian Proctor finished in 1^st place followed by Randy Burnham 2^nd and  Cameron Edge finished 3^rd.

Moe Bassett reclaimed his title as the Senior Champion by posting a 145 (+1). 2^nd place in the senior flight went to Ken Roe (147) and Moses Ngirailab finished in 3^rd. In the net portion of the Senior Flight, Steven Powell took 1^st place with a net 135 followed by a tie between Andy Payant and Kevin Carpenter who posted 141s.

In the Super Senior Division, Bobby Denty maintained his status as the Super Senior champion.  Bobby shot a two day score of 148. Hippie Cleckler finished in 2^nd place with a 151. Paul Woo also posted a 151 but Hippie won the call back with a par on #18. In the net portion of the Super Seniors we had a tie for 1^st place between Larry Hardwick and Vaughn Wahl. Both golfers posted scores of 137. There was also a tie for 3^rd between Don Hopton-Jones and Sam Cooper with net scores of 138.

The winner of the Ladies Open division was Missy Bullen. Finishing in 2^nd place was a tie between Donya Barker and Carol Kilgroe. In the Open division, Holly Wood came in 1^st place followed by Mary Palmer.

Our lunch on Saturday was prepared by Russell Howard and it was wonderful. Our staff in the kitchen prepared the lunch on Sunday. It was Crawfish Etouffee. It seemed to be a big hit also.

A special thanks to all of our wonderful staff. The maintenance crew had the course in great condition and the clubhouse staff kept everything working smoothly all weekend. Thanks to all of our sponsors that make these events possible. Our total payback was $13,900.00. We look forward to next year’s club championship and hopefully it will be bigger and better.

2025 Member/Member Wrap up

We had 88 members to compete in our 2025 Member/Member tournament. That is an incredible turnout for Alpine Bay. Thanks to all of you that participated.  The weather forecast was not good but thankfully the rain and storms stayed away long enough on both days to allow us to get the tournament in uninterrupted. A special thanks for all the hard work that the staff at Alpine Bay do and the volunteers that help us out. We couldn’t do it without you.

The field was pre flighted into four flights according to dogfight handicap points. Day 1 was a scramble format and day 2 was a shamble format.

We served a meal after the 1^st day of play that was provided by Half Time Sports Grill  located in Lincoln AL. (205) 763-1599.The meal was a rib plate and it was wonderful.  We conducted a Calcutta immediately after the meal. Papa John’s furnished pizza after day 2 of competition.

This is a list of the winning teams in each flight;

1^st Flight Tournament: 1^st place Jeff Bullen/Shane Cleckler (120),  Calcutta 1^st place Jeff Bullen/Shane Cleckler  (58) 2^nd place in the tournament and Calcutta went to BG Simmons/Nathan Fernandez (122) and (60) and the 3^rd place team in the tournament was Moses Ngirailab/Rodney Guy (123) and 3^rd place in the Calcutta went to Steve Giddens /Paul Woo (61).

In the 2^nd Flight, Matt Hardin/Jimbo Williams took 1^st place in the tournament (114) and the Calcutta (58). 2^nd place in both categories went to Ken Roe/Cory Baird ((120), (60). The 3^rd place team was Foo Dorsett/Ray Lineberry with scores of (123) (61). Tony Evans/Jeff Ingram tied for 3^rd in the Calcutta with a (61). Tony Evans also posted a Hole in One on hole #4 during Sunday’s round. There was a tie for 4^th place in the tournament between Randy Burnham/Austin Burnham & Doud MacMurdo/Tony Parton with both teams posting a two day score of (125).

The 3^rd Flight winners in both categories were Bryan Smith/Hondo Galloway. They posted a (121) for the two day total and a (62) in the Calcutta. 2^nd placein the tournament was a tie between Ray Ferguson/Jan Parton and Mike Bauder/Sam Bauder, both teams posting a (127). 2^nd place in the Calcutta went to Jason Berry/Steve Sorrell with a  (65). 3^rd place in the Calcutta went to Ferguson/Parton (66). 4^th place tournament winners were Andy Payant/Sam Cooper (130) and 4^th in the Calcutta went to Bauder/Bauder (67).

The winners of the 4^th Flight was tie between Tommy Vines/Matthew Whisman and Kevin Carpenter/Chuck Daugherty. Both teams posted a (129). There was also a tie for 3rd  place between  Chris Palmer/Jimmy Berning and John Harris/Brenda Vines (131). Winners in the Calcutta were Carpenter/Daugherty (65), 2^nd Stan Elliott/Keith Kilgroe (67). 3^rd place John Harris/Brenda Vines and 4^th was a tie between Palmer/Berning & T Vines/Whisman (69).

Closest to the pin winners were Day 1 #4 and #8 Rodney Guy, #14Cory Baird and #17 David Donahoo. Day 2 went as listed #4Tony Evans (Hole in One) #8Myles Fincher, #14Foo Dorsett and #17 Nathan Fernandez

Jimbo Williams scored his first ever Hole in one on the 148yd hole #4. Congratulations to Jimbo. This is the 3rd ace we have had on number 4 in the past few weeks. Jimbo is in our member’s hole in one club and he was awarded the cash prize.

2025 Logan Martin Civitan Scramble results

We had 43 teams to play in our 2025 Logan Martin Civitan scramble. We were blessed with a beautiful day for golf. I trust that all of the teams had a enjoyable experience here at Alpine Bay.

The field was divided into three equally divided flights based on the final scores. The overall best score went to the team of James Otwell and Noah Hathorn with a score of 63. 2^nd place went to Randy Burnham and Brandon Fincher. They shot a 64 as did Rodney Guy and Greg Ganser. Burnham and Fincher birdied both 17 & 18 to win the tie breaker.

The 2^nd Flight winners were Ray Lineberry and Andy Payant. 2^nd place was James Hopper and Mickey Hooten. The 3^rd place place team was Moe Bassett and Chris Jones.  The 3^rd flight winners were Mike Teal and Rich Robertson followed by Percy Jennings and Scott Cramer. Finishing in 3^rd place was Bill Cotney and Tommy Vines.

The closest to the pin awards went to Kevin Carpenter on #4, Tommy Dickinson on #8, Percy Jennings on #14 and Randy Burnham on #17.

Each team had the option to purchase tickets for prize drawings. There were plenty of really good prizes given away. The 50/50 cash ticket pot was won by Max Whitfield.

We want to thank all of the local businesses that donated cash and prizes for this charity tournament. These tournaments cannot be successful without your support. We encourage all of our golfers to pay attention to the hole sponsors and to patronize them while doing business in the local area.

Thanks to all the volunteers, our staff here at Alpine Bay and all the golfers that participated.