2023 Ladies Club Champion

2023 Alpine Bay Golf          Club Champion                  (Chris Robertson)

2023 Club Championship Wrap Up

We have officially completed our (2023 Summer Season Tournament Series) with the Alpine Bay Golf, Club Championship.

We had an amazing 64 members to compete. The weather was beautiful on both days although it was pretty warm on up into the day, but that’s what you expect in August in Alabama.

The course was in great shape with lots of grass in the fairways.   That seemed to have limited some of the distance on most of the golfers shots. The greens were in good shape and rolling at a fair speed.

The MGA (Men’s Golf Association) furnished breakfast on Saturday morning and fresh donuts on Sunday morning. A catfish lunch was prepared by the food truck, Traffic Jam on Saturday.  PaPa John’s furnished pizza for all the golfers and workers on Sunday afternoon.

We had 10 members to move back to the Blue tees and compete for the ultimate prize of 2023 Club Champion. Congratulations to Chris Robertson for capturing the title. Chris shot a 73 on the final day to move ahead of the field. He had a two day total score of 153.   He finished two strokes ahead of Jeff Bullen.  Chris was awarded with the $1000.00 check and his name on the Club Champion trophy. In the net division of the Championship Flight Max Whitfield finished in 1^st place with a net total 144. Cory Baird came in 2^nd with a net 146

The 2023 Ladies Champion is Michele Whisman. Michele finished three strokes ahead of Patti Wilcox to take the title. Patti came in 1^st place on the Net portion of play. We had seven ladies to compete for the title. We want to see that number grow before next year’s event,

Shane Harris was the winner in the 1^st Flight. Shane shot a two day score of 159 to distance himself from the remaining 11 members that were in his flight. Eric Smith finished in 2^nd place. On the Net score the 1^st place title went to Steven Powell with a net total of 136 and 2^nd place went to Andy Payant with a net 139.

There were 16 members in the Senior Division. Moe Bassett successfully reclaimed the title of Senior Division Champion. Moe fired a two day total of 144 to edge out Harry Gaither by one shot. On the net side, Tony Parton finished in 1^st place with a net of 136 and 2^nd place went to Ken Roe with a net score of 142.

In the Super Senior Division, Bobby Denty edged out Mike Sweatman on a call back to take the Super Senior title.  Both golfers finished with a two day total of 149. We had 19 members in the Super Senior division. Third place went to Tony Evans. On the net side, John Harris came in 1^st place with a net score of 135. Doug Macmurdo finished in 2^nd and Jim Gorman took 3^rd. Doug netted a 143 and Jim also had a 143. Doug won the callback on #18 to take 2^nd.

The proximity prizes for closest to the pin on all par 3s were as follows. Day 1 #4 went to Mike Gardner. #8 went to Moses Ngirailab, #14 Chuck Daugherty and #17 went to Jim Gorman. Day 2, #4 Mike Sweatman, #8 Max Whitfield, #14 R D McDonald and #17 went to Mike Sweatman.

Dirk Walker professional art gallery donated three magnificent paintings and Ace Hardware in Pell City donated a pellet grille.   They were given away during the awards ceremony. Shane Cleckler, Bill Cotney and Jimmy Ray each won a painting and Andy Payant won the pellet grill.

We had $3160.00 in the MGA bonus pot. Each member that had competed in a minimum of 24 dogfights this year was awarded a portion of the total. If you are one of the eligible members, it was added to your club credit at the course. We had 36 golfers in the club championship that qualified.

Once again, thanks to all the staff in the clubhouse and on the grounds crew for all that you do for  Alpine Bay. We are blessed to have a fantastic staff. Thanks to the volunteers that help out in any way that we ask. You all are very special to us and we really do appreciate each one of you.

The weather was great for both days of our tournament. We did have some afternoon storms coming our way that caused us to speed up the play of our shootout but we did get it completed before the storms hit.

The Men’s Golf Association furnished breakfast both days and hotdogs following the final day of play. Lunch on Saturday was spaghetti from Carpenetti’s restaurant in Moody AL.

We had 54 teams to compete in this year’s event and after the first rounds were established the field was divided into five flights. Day one was a four ball format and day two was a Shamble format. The Championship flight consisted of eight teams that were separated by a total of four shots. Ken Roe and Johnny Brasher led the entire field with a 1^st day score of 66.

When all of the scores were posted the results are as follows.

Championship Flight:  1^st place, B G Simmons and Tony Mitchell posted a total of (131). 2^nd place was a tie between the teams of Jeff Bullen/John Bullen and Matt Hardin/Tad Hurst with scores of (134). There were 13 teams in the 1^st flight. The 13 teams were separated by only 3 shots ranging from 71 to 74. The 1^st flight winners were John and Ches Harris with a score of (138). 2^nd place went to Rodney Guy/Greg Ganser with a score of (139). There was a 3 way tie for 3^rd between the teams of Bobby Denty/Jeff Ingram, Paul and Blake Woo and Wayne Crow/Nick Martin (140). There were also 13 teams in the 2^nd flight all separated by only two shots. 1^st place in the 2^nd flight went to the team of Cooper Dean and Rusty Perkins with a two day total of (144). 2^nd place went to Skeet Harper/Roy Savoie (147) and 3^rd was a tied between Shane Cleckler/Caeman Jernigan and Terry Pruet/Charlie Hazel. The 3^rd and 4^th flights had ten teams in each flight. The 3^rd flight was for opening round scores between 80 & 82. 1^st place in the 3^rd flight went to the team of Joe O’Brien/Thomas Woods with a total of  (152). Patti Wilcox/Courtney Williams finished 2^nd with a (153) and the team of Tommy and Jay Griffin finished 3^rd with a (155). The 4^th flight winners were Andy Payant/Doug Corey with a (158) followed by Vaughn Wahl/Dylan Brown with a (160).

We also had two golfers to make aces on day 1. Jock Efferson had a hole in one on #14 and Ricky Lawson had an ace on #17.  The other proximity winners on day one were Nick Martin on #4 and Matt Hardin on #8. Day 2 winners were Ches Harris on #4, Jamie Kimberly on #8, B G Simmons on #14 and Paul Woo on #17.

Jan and I want to thank all of our staff and volunteers at Alpine Bay. The course was in great shape, the meals were spot on and the tournament was enjoyable for our competitors. It could not be done without the commitment and dedication that all of you provide. Thanks again to all of our sponsors. Please recognize and support our sponsors.