CHABOT GOLF CLUB

The Rob Hughes Birthday Golf Tournament is held in the first week of January each year to commemorate, well, my birthday.

Grand Prize Champions Through the Years:

13. 2011 # 53 Chabot – Daryl
14. 2012 # 54 Willow Park, CV – Dale
15. 2013 # 55 Groveland – Jason
16. 2014 # 56 Chabot – Matt
17. 2015 # 57 Alameda North – Jake
18. 2016 # 58 Poppy Ridge, Livermore – Tim
19. 2017 # 59 Callippe, Pleasanton – Daryl
20. 2018 # 60 Wente, Livermore – Rob
21. 2019 #61 Alameda South – Rob (again!)
22. 2020 #62 Callippe, Pleasanton – Marty Mc.

Super Bowl Open

The brainchild of our own Dr. Dale Johnson, we gather the morning of the big game with all the adrenaline we can muster and compete for the honor of being the golf champion of the day. Sometimes a bit of coin is wagered in the form of a Skins game format, other times just straight up scores. We never know as Dale is the ringmaster of this unwieldy group and calls the shots each year.

For 2020, with much nail biting around the outcome of the bigger game later in the day, the pressure was felt more by some than others. As Dale summed up, “Group One: Highly competitive and judging by the scores, very well played…Group Two: Competitive but only insofar as who would bring up the rear…. or take it up the rear…”. Non handicapped scoring provided two co-champions for the day, Daryl and Tim, having shot identical scores of 93. Well played fellows. For the rest of the group, there’s always next year!

Tim’s Five Club Invitational was originally the Six Club Invitational. Then we figured out that 6 was one club too many. The third annual event will occur around June of 2017. Under this format each player can select 5 clubs with which to play the entire round; clubs cannot be exchanged, shared, etc. The Grand Prize Champion is measured by medal score, typically with our handicaps applied. Such a format is a far cry from playing a course with 14 permitted clubs; restricting the event to 5 clubs puts an emphasis on skill, adjustment and crazy ass shots. The reigning champion from 2016 is **** (I dont recall)

Note: Daryl is the 2018 winner of the 4th annual 5 Club, played at Canyon Lakes on June 9. In fact we may want to change the tourney name to “The Daryl” since he’s won 3 of the 4 times its been played. Dale captured the crown in 2016 we think. See the final scores from the 2018 edition here.

The “JMT Tournament of Birthday Champions” began in 2004 and celebrated the occasion of Jason’s, Mark’s, Tim’s and as it turns out, Dale’s birthday. Rebranding it as the “Fall classic” around 2009 was Tim’s idea. The name change gave the event more general appeal with the added benefit of reflecting another fall classic, the world series. Usually played the first few weeks in October, the FC is distinguished by fine weather and scoring optimism, real or imagined, for an end of season showdown.

The Fall Classic for 2018 was played at Blue Rock, Vallejo the foggy Saturday morning of October 20. Twelve players, Daryl, Justin, Bro John, Rob, Mark, Jason, Marty, Dave, Stu, Tim, Doug and George competed on a hilly course with spectacular views. Daryl, once handicaps were calculated by club scorekeeper Mark, walked off with a narrow victory over 2nd place and 3 shots back, Rob Hughes, followed 5 shots back by Tim. Well done laddies!