PENINSULA GOLF CLUB member Lori Hope Mitrovich received a belated birthday present in the form of her first-ever hole-in-one.
Playing in a group with Kathy Thorne, Gary Thorne and her husband Mark Mitrovich, she used a Ping 9-iron and a Titleist Pro V1X with a ladybug logo to hole out on the 105-yard par-3 fourth hole at Peninsula Golf Club back on Oct. 30, two days after Mitrovich’s 57th birthday.
Mitrovich recently waged a successful nine-month battle with ovarian cancer, with the cancer now in remission.
Congrats, Lori!
New Year’s Shootout
Peninsula Golf Club members and guests rang in the New Year with a round in sunny and clear conditions last Saturday.
Mark Mitrovich and Gary Thorne teamed to win the Gross title with a score of 61, besting Mitrovich’s former Port Angeles High School prodigy Alex Atwell and his playing partner Steve Nichols by three strokes.
Mike Dupuis and Gerald Petersen tied with Ryan Seiler and Peninsula pro Chad Wagner at 65.
The team of Brian Boone and Jered Pomeroy tied with Tom Hainstock and Steve Main for the Low Net title (53).
Mitrovich said Wagner planned and put on the inaugural event and it went really well.
He also mentioned utilizing a new rule change during the round.
“It was nice to be able to fix marks on the green,” Mitrovich said. “You’re going to get undulations because the greens are wet at this time of year, so it was nice to be able to fix them and get a true putt.”
Super Scramble PA
Peninsula Golf Club will host a Super Bowl Scramble before the NFL championship game Feb. 3.
The two-person scramble will include team gross and net merchandise awards, a shot at a KP prize, a chance to wager on a Super Bowl square and two drink tickets.
Playing partners can have a maximum 10-stroke handicap differential with handicaps set at 35 percent of the team total using end of year 2018 handicaps.
The cost is $55 person for the public, $40 for Peninsula members.
To get in on the fun, call Peninsula at 360-457-6501.
Polar Bear golf
The 26th annual Polar Bear Championship golf tournament is set for The Cedars at Dungeness golf course in Sequim from Friday through Sunday, Jan. 25-27.
Format is 36-hole individual stroke play with one pro and three amateur divisions. Cost is $160 per person and includes three rounds of golf plus a practice round Jan. 25, range balls, tee prize, green fees, lunch Jan. 27 and a chance at $5,000 in prizes.
PGA professionals or apprentices in good standing, as well as amateurs with valid USGA index of 27.0 or lower, are eligible.
Sign up by Friday. Call 360-683-6344.
Super Scramble
Cedars at Dungeness will host a Super Bowl Scramble before the big game Feb. 3.
The four-person scramble will tee off at 9 a.m. and includes KPs, a cart seat, two squares on a Super Bowl wager board, a bloody Mary bar, refreshments and “good times.”
Cost is $65 per person for the public, $45 for annual members.
The event is open to all, even those without handicaps.
For more information, call 360-683-6344.
Save the date
Be prepared for every winter weather condition you can think of if you are planning to play in Port Townsend Golf Club’s next big event.
The 33rd annual Bud Light Arctic Open sponsored by Crown Distributing, a two-round, 36-hole two-person team tournament with 18 holes of best ball play and 18 holes of scramble format, is coming up Feb. 16-17.
A practice round also is set Feb. 15.
The tournament will be held no matter the weather, so players should bring all forms of all weather gear and be ready to play.
Tournament rounds will begin with 10 a.m. shotgun starts. Lunch will be served on the course both days. There will be KP prizes and special hole-in-one prizes for the lucky shooter.
Awards will be given out immediately following Sunday’s round.
Cost is $200 per two-person team.
To sign up, call the golf shop at 360-385-4547.
Sunland singles
Sunland Golf and Country Club passed along a list of aces, all of them coming on the slightly uphill par-3 17th hole.
Jay Tomlin holed out from 130 yards with his 8-iron on Aug. 31, 2018.
Mike Mullikin sank a single with his 9-iron, also from 130 yards.
J.P. McGowan notched a hole-in-one Nov. 12, using a 7-iron from 125 yards.
And Dave Martin used his 7-iron for an ace from 125-yards on Nov. 21.
Nice shooting, Sunlanders.
