NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK 1903 OakmontLinks OOA UGUST 2006 | akmont akmontWWW.OAKMONTCC.ORG Dacey/McGough WinLinks 2006 Kiltie BY BOB FORD, CLUB PROFESSIONAL The 2006 Kiltie!!! (Ed. Note: Our esteemed archivist, John Fitzgerald has told us that the name of the old Member-Guest Tournament was changed to THE KILTIE about 1974 when member Joe Connell gave it that title. Anyone have any other information on that?) CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 CONTENTS Pebble Beach Flight Winners, Mark Dacey and Bruce McGough won the Overall 2006 Kiltie Page Championship, July 28-29, besting the 11 other flight winners. And they look pleased. Bunker To Bunker . 1, 2, 3, 4 Know The Board . 4 Weakender News . 5 It’s Your Serve! . 5 From the Red Tees . 6-8 Welcome New Members . 7 How About Taking Some Notes? . 9 Kitchen Korner . 9 Our Sympathy . 9 The Practice Range . 10 Avoid the Pulls . 10 The Great Furrow Dispute at the U.S. Open . 11 Pool News . 11 Perry Como . 12 A pleasant evening in the grove for all the 2006 Kiltie members and guests. OAKMONT COUNTRY CLUB AUGUST 2006 OakmontLinks Bunker to Bunker FROM PAGE 1 Diebold Cup 2006 Kiltie Invitational Final Results REPORTED BY JOHN BIRMINGHAM, JR. Flight Winners Points For the third year in a row, and seven of the last nine years, Oakmont Country Club has won the 2006 Winged Foot Arne Thomas & Steve Thomas 281/2 Seminole Curt Coulter & Sean McDonough 27 Diebold Cup. OCC golfers defeated the Pittsburgh Pine Valley Dave Stanchak & Chris Weilminster 33 Field Club by 31 points the weekend of August 4-5-6. Fox Chapel finished third and Longue Vue finished Pinehurst Mike Francis & Randy Payne 291/2 Pebble Beach Bruce McGough & Mark Dacey 29 fourth. Olympic Tom Usher & Jim Usher 31 After two close matches on Friday afternoon and Oakmont Rick Dell & Bill Rosa 311/2 Saturday morning, the Field Club had a 3 point lead. Merion Paul Walsh & Joe Francis 291/2 When the team left Oakmont on Saturday afternoon Cypress Point David Fitzsimmons & Robert Stanley 28 after the 2-ball matches, Oakmont had a 34.5 point Augusta Richard Kacin & John Righi 31 lead. Our team won 60 out of a possible 72 points. Baltusrol John Newell Sr. & Skip Yakopec 321/2 Needless to say, we were able to hold on to our lead at Shinnecock Larry Werner & Bernard Werner 33 the Field Club on Sunday afternoon. The Oakmont Diebold Team consisted of: Rich SKILL EVENTS - Friday, July 28th Bergland, John Birmingham, Jr., Mark Bope, John Longest Drive #1 0-13 hdcp David Rohrich Bryan, Jr., Curt Coulter, Ned Foster, Steve Leone, Longest Drive #1 14 & over Mike Molewski Paul Mazeski, Malcolm Spatz, Jim Sullivan, Jr., Chick Closest to Pin #6 0-13 hdcp Robert Stanley 2’2” Wagner and Rob Wagner. The team also had two first Closest to Pin #6 14 & over Fred Broad 5’ time players in Brett Bergman and Nathan Sutherland. Closest to Pin #8 0-13 hdcp Tom Grealish 4’4” A tremendous effort and a BIG congratulations goes Closest to Pin #8 14 & over Brian Molinaro 31’1” out from all the members of Oakmont Country Club Longest Putt #9 0-13 hdcp Pete Bevacqua 42’3” to this sensational achievement by this team! Longest Putt #9 14 & over Gene Burns 18’1” Closest to Pin #13 0-13 hdcp Chris Weilminster 2’8” Bob Friend, Jr. wins West Penn Open Closest to Pin #13 14 & over Gene Farrell 3’9” With his 2006 West Penn Open victory, Bob Friend, Jr. Longest Putt #15 0-13 hdcp Rick Dell 32’8” added this title to wins in the West Penn Amateur in Longest Putt #15 14 & over Gene Burns 9’10” 1984 and 1985, becoming only the tenth player in the Closest to Pin #16 0-13 hdcp Curt Coulter 9’9” Association’s 107-year history to win both. Friend joins Closest to Pin #16 14 & over Bob Murphy 11’5” three Oakmont golfers who have won both the West Penn Longest Drive #18 0-13 hdcp Andrew Swank Amateur and West Penn Open – Frank Fuhrer, III, John Longest Drive #18 14 & over Andrew McWilliams Birmingham and W.C. Fownes. (Nice company, right?) SKILL EVENTS - Saturday, July 29th MOVIN’ ON UP....! Longest Drive #1 0-13 hdcp Scott Mattis One of our former Assistant Professionals, Jack Druga, Longest Drive #1 14 & over Mike Molewski has recently been named Head Professional at Closest to Pin #6 0-13 hdcp Harry Spector 3” Shinnecock Hills Country Club in Southhampton, Closest to Pin #6 14 & over Mike Molewski 4’6” New York. Jack is leaving the Country Club of Closest to Pin #8 0-13 hdcp Rob Santangelo 5’10” Fairfield, New Jersey after 10 years to begin his exciting Closest to Pin #8 14 & over Mike Molewski 26’11” new assignment. CONGRATULATIONS, JACK! Longest Putt #9 0-13 hdcp David Riggins 39’2” Longest Putt #9 14 & over Gene Farrell 21’9” Fairway Feats! Closest to Pin #13 0-13 hdcp Jeff Nigro 4’2” Closest to Pin #13 14 & over Joe Francis 14’5” HOLE IN ONE - #6 Brock Bergman Longest Putt #15 0-13 hdcp David Rohrich 12’8” 194 yards with a 6 iron. Longest Putt #15 14 & over Andrew Aloe 8’ HOLE IN ONE - #16 Andrew Swank Closest to Pin #16 0-13 hdcp Bill Griffin 7’ 211 yards with a 5 iron. Closest to Pin #16 14 & over Jack Smith 31’7” Eagle on #2 – Dave Slember Longest Drive #18 0-13 hdcp Nick Andrews Eagle on #3 – Curt Coulter Longest Drive #18 14 & over John Newell Sr. OAKMONT COUNTRY CLUB — 2 — AUGUST 2006 OakmontLinks 2006 Kiltie Flight Winners WINGED FOOT FLIGHT SEMINOLE FLIGHT PINE VALLEY FLIGHT Steve Thomas and Dr. Arne Thomas Curt Coulter and Sean McDonough Dave Stanchak and Chris Weilminster PINEHURST FLIGHT PEBBLE BEACH FLIGHT OLYMPIC FLIGHT Randy Payne and Mike Francis Mark Dacey and Bruce McGough Jim Usher and Tom Usher OAKMONT FLIGHT MERION FLIGHT CYPRESS POINT FLIGHT Bill Rosa and Rick Dell Paul Walsh and Joe Francis Robert Stanley and Dave Fitzsimmons AUGUSTA FLIGHT BALTUSROL FLIGHT SHINNECOCK FLIGHT Richard Kacin and John Righi Skip Yakopec and John Newell, Sr. Bernard Werner and Larry Werner OAKMONT COUNTRY CLUB — 3 — AUGUST 2006 OakmontLinks Bunker to Bunker FROM PAGE 3 Know Junior Club Championship Congratulations to Jon Wright on Ford Shoots the Board winning the 13 and over division of Record 62 BY AL DUDRECK, EXECUTIVE EDITOR the Junior Club Championship and Third In A Series: (Taken from an article by Mike Dudurich, Chandler Ford on winning the 12 sports writer for the Pittsburgh-Tribune L.R. Larry Werner, Secretary and under division. Jon shot scores Review) A member of Oakmont Country Club of 83-82 and Chandler shot two since 1990 and a member of the Board of nine-hole scores of 50 and 53. A couple of weeks ago, putting up a round of 62 was the furthest thing Governors since 2003, Larry is responsi- from Bob Ford’s mind. He was having ble for upgrading and improving the trouble standing straight up because communications elements of our Club. of a bad back that flared up just before Since taking over the chairmanship of the the Sewickley Heights Invitational. Communication Committee, Larry has He shot his worst round in decades worked very hard to make sure that all members are fully informed of what is and has been on the mend since. happening and, more importantly, why it In the final round of the 2006 is happening at our Club. Larry was a Tri-State Senior PGA Professional member of the Public Relations Championship Qualifier/TSPGA Committee for the 1992 Women’s and Senior Section Championship at 1994 Men’s U.S. Opens. Quicksilver Golf Club, Ford had one Jon Wright, winner of 13 & over division of Currently a consultant, Larry was the of those “magical days.” He made 10 Junior Club Championship and Assistant Pro former Managing Director/Partner for Chris Muldoon. birdies, no bogeys and established Ketchum, one of the nation’s largest the Quicksilver competitive course public relations firms. Before that, he was record of 62. Senior Vice President of Marketing, “I haven’t even shot a 65 or 66 Human Resources and Communications as long as I can remember,” the for Equibank and Manager, Public Oakmont pro said. “I had 12 one-putt Relations for U.S. Steel Corporation. He greens, and the longest putt was is a member of the Duquesne Club and is from about 20 feet.” currently on the board of the Pittsburgh With the win, Ford qualifies for Regional Alliance, the Boy Scouts of the PGA Senior National Champion- America and emeritus board member of ship to be played October 19-22 at Seton Hill College. Larry received a BA the PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, degree from Duquesne University and his Florida. MA degree from Carnegie Mellon University. He and his wife, Mary reside Chris Muldoon with Chandler Ford, winner of HOW ABOUT THAT, in Sewickley. the 12 & under division of the Junior Club OAKMONT MEMBERS! Championship 13 and over results: Pro-Junior Jon Wright ............................ 82-83 Scramble Derek Jones .......................... 90-83 Assistant Professional Jay Ford ................................ 92-86 John Stafford and junior Dan Wolf .............................. 92-88 golf members Robbie David Mullen ........................ 88-95 Denove and Beau Bergman teamed up to 12 and under results: win the 2006 Pro-Junior Chandler Ford ...................... 50-53 Scramble by shooting a Troy Bergland ...................... 58-51 score of 30 on the front Chris Kohl ...........................