Wednesday, June 23, 2004

Gates golf takes a youthful approach

120 players in this year’s tournament

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It was a good day of golf for a good cause Sunday, June 13 when the seventh annual Chuck Gates Memorial golf tournament was staged at Sun Valley Golf Course in a shotgun scramble best-ball format.

Placing third in the Gates Flight were, from left, Tom Monge, Terry Cox, David Timmons and David Barovetto. Express photo by Willy Cook

Organizer Roger Roland said the tournament raised over $3,500 for the Chuck Gates Youth Golf Endowment established two years ago through the city of Ketchum. The tournament proceeds over seven years are approaching $30,000.

A generous $5,000 donation made by Woody Stuart from the Dwight Stuart Youth Endowment from Los Angeles greatly supplemented this year’s total.

Interest generated from the Gates endowment goes directly to the junior golf program at Ketchum’s Atkinson Park. Each year, the program helps over 150 boys and girls ages 6-15 with instruction, equipment and play on local courses.

Gates, one of seven founders of the Idaho Mountain Express newspaper, died Dec. 6, 1997 in Nevada at the age of 51. He started Ketchum’s first radio station, KRMR. Playing golf was his passion in later life.

In all, 30 teams and 120 players participated in this year’s C. Gates 18-hole tournament.

Low gross winners at –15 were Bob Dunn, Jack Dies, Baird Gourlay and John Miller.

Winners in the Chuck "A" Flight were Charles Evans, Joel Evans, Cam Faulds and Wray Farmin. Gates "B" Flight winners were Janet Appleton, Glen Thomas and Lisa Ferguson.

Tournament organizers tipped their hats to head pro Doyle Corbett and his helpful Sun Valley Golf Course crew.

Here are top results and participating teams:

 

Chuck Flight

Low gross—Bob Dunn, Jack Dies, Baird Gourlay and John Miller.

1st—Charles Evans, Joel Evans, Cam Faulds and Wray Farmin. 2nd—Gary Grimes, Mark Brown, Bruce Miller and Mike Hanley. 3rd—Happy Hawn, Jennifer Harper, Jolie Dunn and Jill Rubin.

Others: Derek Jones, Walter Littenberg, Tim Appleton and Scott Hanson; Mike Marlow, Chris Olmstead, Barrett Molter and Tom Kennedy; Bobby Carter, Jeff Huber, Tom Hickey and King Lambert; Roger Roland, Travis Davis, Jamie Young and Mike Pirzynski; Keith Larson, Darry Cecil and Chris Key;

Michael Bulls, Kerry Holroyd, Mike Shanks and Rewk Warrum; Mary Lou Simpson, Roger Cline, Dwight Dickey and Jim Webb; Bill Gehrke, Paul Spitzer, John Reinholt and Marsha Rankin; Gary Goodenough, Tom Ziegler, Peter Caldara and Jim Hopkins;

Dan Tucker, John Majors, Joe Bergl and Jim Bradford; Tim Eagan, Jack Barteau, Rich Evans and Jane Reynolds; Marion Monge, Karen Shorts, Norm Shorts and Genie Cashen; Rory Mitchell, Dennis Janson, Jim Hobbs and John Flynt; Bob Buchanan, Spyder Stevens, Ron Wentzell and Chris Perkins; Priscilla Woods, Ward Woods, Candy Forstmann and Stoney Burke.

 

Gates Flight

1st—Janet Appleton, Glen Thomas and Lisa Ferguson. 2nd—John Kearney Jr., Kirk Mason, John Kearney Sr. and Matt Brown. 3rd—Terry Cox, Tom Monge, David Timmons and David Barovetto.

Others: Fritz Grabher, Mitchell Grabher, Ben Hoff and Steve Schmidt; Jim McElveen, Joe Yarborough, Jill Roland and Mike Stoneback; Ron Thornton, Tim Cady, Marc Avery and Donnie Smith; Jackie Damerel, Janet Cantor, Pat McGinnis and Terry Tracy;

Mac Humphries, Andrea Humphries, Jeremy Bostwick and Olivia Bostwick; Dennis Wheeler, Joe Benz, Roy Bracken and Spike Stephenson; Knox Barclay, Barbara Gehrke, John Mills and Vance Hanawalt; Mark Gates, Betsy Gates, Don Cashen and Steve Malkmus.

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