May brought us some great golf with good weather and excellent course conditions. We had our Tuesday outings at San Juan Hills, Talega, Tijeras Creek, and finished off the month at Arroyo Trabuco. Our schedule for June: June 5 at Talega June 12 at Oak Creek June 19 at San Juan Hills June 26 at Tijeras Creek —Bob Russell GOLFING TRUTHS The … [Read more...]

We had great golf weather the month of April for our outings at Oak Creek, Arroyo Trabuco, Talega, and Tijeras Creek. We are fortunate to have many fine public courses here in Orange County that have provided our golf group with super low green fees. In May we have a great schedule planned: May 1 – San Juan Hills May 8 – Talega May 15 – San … [Read more...]

While much of the U.S. was freezing, we were enjoying a warmer than normal January. Great golf weather. Many of our golfers traveled during the holidays and were glad to get back home. We had our first outing of the year at Talega Golf Course in San Clemente followed by outings to Oak Creek in Irvine and Tijeras Creek in Rancho Santa … [Read more...]

On October 17 we played our monthly tournament at Talega Golf Club in San Clemente. We had 10 teams of 2 players ready to do battle. The format was match play with 2 players to a team. We scored one point for each hole won by a team. The player with the lowest net score won the point for the team. They were competing with the other 2 players in the … [Read more...]

September brought some great weather and great golf. We had outings at Talega and San Juan Hills. On September 19 we played our monthly tournament at Tijeras Creek. The course was in great shape and the big buck prize money on the line brought out the best of the Shores players. With 20 golfers signed up to play, we set the game to be “1,2,3, … [Read more...]

August brought us great golf weather. Cool and clear. On August 8 we played our monthly tournament at Oak Creek—a group favorite. The game that day was “Team score—best 3 net scores for each foursome.” In this format we only count the 3 best net scores and throw out the worst net score for each foursome. This is a great format as it makes each … [Read more...]

In July we had one less Tuesday of Men’s Golf for a very good reason: With July 4 falling on a Tuesday we had all hands in the clubhouse making for a great Pancake Breakfast. We want to thank all who volunteered to help that day. On July 11 we were back playing golf at Tijeras Creek in Rancho Santa Margarita—a great course made even more … [Read more...]

Our monthly tournament was held at Tijeras Creek on May 31. The course was in great shape and the weather was perfect. The tournament format involved of teams of four players from which three scores were counted. For each team the two lowest scores and the highest scores were totaled. This format made each team very competitive, as the worst score … [Read more...]

Men’s golf in May took us to some great courses. The wet winter left courses very green and in great shape. The sunny cooler weather in May made golf conditions close to perfect. Our group played San Juan Hills, which has done some great work over the winter. Most of the green-side bunkers have been renovated and are in first class condition. Next … [Read more...]