The El Rancho Chico Golf Club held a Moneyball Tournament on Sunday. The format was a four player, two best-ball, divided into three flights.

White tee flight low handicap players: 1, Travis Shute, Rio Gates, John Rettig and Jeff Watts, 124; 2, Craig Fellner, Ben Heerema, Jeff Nedved and Eric Sargent, 129; 3, Mike Teagarden, Mike Myatt, Todd Martin and Matt Ferguson, 131. White tee flight, high handicap players; 1, Kyle Utterback, Ari Rutherford, Mike Janke and Ken Janke, 126; 2, Barry Woolf, Josh Woolf, Dan Evaro and Andy Godsill, 129; 3, Brooks Biertumphel, Jerry Walker, Mike Barney and Danny Chu, 140. Yellow tee flight: 1, tie, Cap Porterfield, Don Sturt, Doug Shook and Scott Donahoo; Joe Gallaway, Jim Cagno, Vic Mitchell and Dan White, along with the team of Jeff Hemmingsen, Dennis Lundy, Mark Leach and Mike Higginson, 137.

Betty Linzy was low gross in the first flight in the Bidwell Women’s Golf Club weekly outing. The game was T.O.E., counting only the holes beginning with those letters for the game score.

First flight game: Debi McDermont with a score of 38. Second flight low gross: Jolene Nixon, 107. Game: Pam Coleman, 42. Third flight low gross: Sue Blizman, 111. Game: Wendy Donahoo, 38.5. Closest to pin on No. 16: Coleman.

Canyon Oaks CC

The team of Karen Escott, Linda Alworth, Lynne Beyers and Dorothy Cranston shot a best ball score of 192 to take the top spot in the Canyon Women’s Golf Club weekly tournament. The game was a two best-ball foursome format with a pink ball thrown in the mix in keeping with the Valentine theme. The pink ball rotated among the team members.

The score of the player whose turn it was to have the pink ball was used along with the low net score of the remaining three team members. Escott was low gross on the day with a score of 92. Joan Wagoner was low net at 75. Closest to pin on No. 14: 1, Kathy Sullivan; 2, Pat Radisich; 3, Beyers.

Butte Creek CC

The Butte Creek Women’s Golf Club limited its members to 4 clubs and a putter for its weekly outing. First flight net: 1. Vicki Ellcessor, 73; 2, Susie Westcott, 75; 3, Debbie Maderos, 76. Second flight: 1, Sherian Hornbeak, 72; 2, Jayne Bunting, 74; 3, tie, Paula Rich, Kay Kurdziel and Shirley Leighty, 75.

The Butte Creek Senior Men’s Golf Club held a blind draw, two-player, one best-ball format for its monthly tournament. Taking the top spot was the team of John Olsen and Gary Crane with a best ball net score of 66. Finishing second was the team of Ray Parker and Ed Anderson at 69. The team of Jim Westcott and Dave Schwartz won low gross with a score of 78.

Spectacular shots

Jim Wilson aced the 6th hole at Butte Creek over the weekend.

Wilson hit a perfect, 158-yard, 5-iron tee shot into the cup, as witnessed by his playing companion, Betty McGregor.

Wilson didn’t admit as to how many holes-in-one he has had, but I suspect it’s in the double figures.

Junior Golf

Sixteen-year-old Morgan Pittman tied for fourth with a two-day score of 154 in a recent Junior Golf Association of Northern California tournament at Franklin Canyon golf course in Hercules, California, in the 16-18 age division. Pittman shot 74 on the 6,000 yard course the second day of the tournament for the low round that day.

Ed Anderson’s local golf column appears Tuesdays. He can be reached at edanderson1936@gmail.com.