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Show Page 10-Wasatch Canyon Reporter, April - Mid-May 1995 Alta Open By drives with a Ping four wood kept him continually in the birdie hunt, only to be stymied by his perpetually bounds brambles. The temptation is to unleash a powerful drive to take advantage of the elevated tee. This temptation led to difficulty for Bjorn unwilling putter. Opsahl who drove a ball firm- The conditions at the course were beautiful with the challenging tenth hole causing many loud expletives. The tenth is an extremely elevated tee with easily reach- ly into a sand trap. After this difficulty Mr. Opsahl played an extremely good round and ended up just out of the money with an 83. While not wishing to difficult rounds, it is impor- . tant to note two stand outs from the crowd who pursued the high score crown with abandon. David Charles Baker, dressed in foul weather gear that gave him a Paddington bear look, chased. down a difficult round of 140. While Mr. Baker felt that this would surely get him the big prize for high score, he had not .anticipated Max Gregoric’s impressive 166. This was quite possibly exceeded by Chris Rogers, who chose to be the rebel and brought only four of the PGA permitted fourteen clubs. As the paper went to press the highest score had not been decided. Lynn Biddulph handily won the overall women’s gross with a score of 85. Her next closest competitor was Piper Remington who shot a 93. For the men, Dennis Cahill (78) took top honors, but the competition was nippine at his heels. -<Peter Schorry placed second with 80. Titus Case of Alta Ski Lifts shot an 81 for third place. | The Calloway scores are listed in the adjoining tables; even though this form of money winning makes about as much sense to this newspaper as Pai Gow Poker. Congratulations to Rob Voye for destroying his competition in the luck component of this tournament with a winning 58 net score. Thanks to Rob Voye, Elfriede Shane and everyone else who contributed to make this a successful tournament. Women Ist Gross Lynn Biddulph 85; 2nd Gross Piper Remington 93 Men | Ist Gross Dennis Cahill 78; 2nd Schorry; 3rd Gross Peter Gross Titus Case; 4th Gross tie John Caswell and Carl Meltzer Women Ist Net Mary Lynch; 2nd Net Brenda Price; 3rd Net Elfriede Shane; 4th Net Andrea Pantos © Men Ist Net Rob Voye- 2nd tie Net Scott Eilber Bjorn Opsahl Richard Guzior Tom Pollard 3rd Net Shane Pollack 4th Net Greg Black Sth tie Mike Brochu Net Frank Mckain 6th Net Walter Krebsbach 7th net tie Chuck Biddulph Bob Dempsey Steve Hogan Pete Jacobs ek WCR nog MERE NE EET The Alta Open was, as usual, bitterly cold, windy, and with the most unforgiving greens - since the winter of ‘83. Lynn Biddulph and Dennis Cahill took the top honors at River Bend golf course on Monday April 17. place. Mr. Meltzer’s booming rere ted REAREe in an alternate universe. Over one hundred and twenty golfers\skiers descended on Riverbend GC in a sea of colorful nylon. This annual tournament is noted for the irreverent playing style and unrestrained hijinks of the would-be tournament golfers. Carl Meltzer, one of the pre tournament favorites, had his putter abandon him, reducing him to a disappointing tie (82) with John Caswell for fourth Bresee eee Another Alta Open, and another sunny seventy degree day, no wind, and greens like marble...possibly John |
