2006 Intramural Golf League in full swing

Dennis Christensen

Cannon golfers teed off for the first major event of the 2006 golf season March 18 resulting in the lowest nine medalists representing the Cannon Varsity Golf Team.

The two-day competition’s first round ended with Ed Armijo in the lead with a 72 and Scott Hanna applying pressure with a 75 in the championship flight. Jim Leiberick held a 77 and Dirk Tidwell was close behind with a 79 for the first day.

Lieberick’s second-day score of 79 and Armijo’s 84 points put them in a tie at the end of the day with a total of 156, forcing a playoff.

Armijo took first place after beating Leiberick on the second hole. Larry Looney, Larry Oehm and Josh Creeger all tied for third with a two-day total of 157. Scott Hanna totaled out with a close 158.

Creeger and Hanna broke their tied two-day total of 137 with a score card playoff with Hanna winning on the 15th hole.

Gift certificates were awarded to the first and second low gross and net scorers in each flight and closest-to-the-pin contest winners. Results by flight for the field and golf team members are as follows:

Championship Flight: First low gross — Armijo, 156; First low net — Hanna, 137; Second low gross — Leiberick, 156; Second low net — Creeger, 137.

First Flight: First low gross — Chet Spear, 165; First low net — Bob Villines, 134; Second low gross — Jim Larsen, 168; Second low net — Thor Myers, 140.

Second Flight: First low gross — Russell Crownover, 178; First low net — Jason Jacobson, 129; Second low gross — Jamie Montoya, 191; Second low net — Carroll Mason, 142.

Closest-to-the-pin winners on March 18 were hole 3 — Elind Garcia, hole 7 — Curt Mitchell, hole 11 — Chet Spear, and hole 17 — Brent Murray. March 19 winners were hole 3 — Russell Cownover, hole 7 — Larry Oehm, hole 11 — Pete Wilt, and hole 17 — Wilt.

The players who qualified for the 2006 varsity intramural golf team are Leiberick, Creeger, Hanna, Tidwell, Myers, Jared Bembenowski, Charles Waddell, Ryan Smith and Dan Merrill.

Ken Eveland, the current Club Champion, will round out the team. Although Eveland did not compete in the tournament, the current base and club champions automatically qualify for the base team.

Upcoming events at the Whispering Winds Golf Course will be the Earth Day Golf Scramble on April 7, the Texas Scramble on April 15 and the Clovis Christian School Tournament on April 22.

Monday night two-person scrambles will commence on April 3 and continue through the second week of September.

Tee times for the Monday night scrambles will be at 5 p.m. Players should sign up before 3 p.m. Monday.

The senior league meets at 7 p.m. each Tuesday, beginning in April and continueing through September. Players should sign up for this league by 8:30 a.m. Tuesday and must be 50 years old or older to participate.

For more information or to sign up for any of the tournaments, call the golf course at 784-2800.

(Staff Sgt. Craig Seals, 27th Fighter Wing Public Affairs, contributed to this article.)