Champions Crowned at 4th Oregon Super Senior
First round leaders Jim Kondos, 67, of Gresham, Ore. and Carol Dick, 70, of Salem, Ore. maintained their leads in their respective divisions to win titles at the 4th Oregon Super Senior Championship at Orchard Hills Country Club in Washougal, Wash.
Both Dick and Kondos are the only the second title holders in the event’s four year history. While this is a repeat title for Dick, it was Nettie Morrison of Bend, Ore. won the initial two Women’s Championships. The first three Men’s titles were handily won by Jerry Cundari of Portland, Ore. who was unable to play this year due to last minute work conflicts. Cundari will be inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame later this month.
When the Oregon Super Senior Championship was introduced in 2006, it was the first amateur golf championship of its kind in the nation with eligibility for Men age 65 and older and Women age 60 and older. For the first three years of the championship, men played a 54-hole competition with a cut after the first 36-holes, and Women played a 36-hole competition.
All players compete in an overall championship based on gross scores as well as titles within their flights. Players are also divided into smaller flights based on gender and age with 65-66 year old men placed in the Jack Nicklaus flight, 67-69 year olds in the Arnold Palmer flight and men 70 and older in the Byron Nelson flight. Women play in either the Patty Berg flight (60-62) or the Babe Zaharius flight (63+). All players will also compete for Net awards within their respective flights based on the difference between their gross score and their course handicap.
In the Jack Nicklaus flight, Ken Forster of Salem, Ore. earned the title with an 11-over par 77-74–151. Forster, who was inducted into the Pacific Northwest Golf Hall of Fame earlier this season, was just 2-strokes off the pace set by Kondos in the overall competition. The Net title went to renowned Golfweek columnist Jim Achenbach.
The Arnold Palmer flight trophy went to former Portland Trailblazer Terry Dischinger of Lake Oswego, Ore. with a score of 17-over par 78-79–157 and the Net award went to Sam Oh of Washougal, Wash. Tom Liljeholm of Prineville, Ore. captured the Byron Nelson flight title with a 15-over par 78-77–155 and the Net title went to Wayne Carlson of Oregon City, Ore.
For the two Women’s flights, Pat Emerich takes home the Patty Berg flight trophy and Cindy Anderson of Eugene, Ore takes the Babe Zaharius flight title with a scorecard tiebreak over Darlene Moen of Vancouver, Wash. Moen earns the Net title and Janice Anderson of Washougal, Wash. takes the Net title in the Patty Berg flight.
A course handicap is computed from a players official USGA Handicap Index, a portable number that can be adjusted up or down based on the difficulty of the actual course being played. A Handicap Index is computed using only the lowest ten of the players last twenty scores and measures a player’s potential ability. Players are expected to play to their handicap just twenty percent of the time. USGA Handicap Indexes are just one of the services provided to members of all OGA member clubs.
Orchard Hills is one of eleven golf courses in SW Washington that are within the Oregon Golf Association territory that also have OGA Member Clubs. In addition to the regular OGA Member Clubs, there are also eight associate OGA Member Clubs in SW Washington. An associate club is not affiliated with any specific golf course.
ABOUT THE OGA
The Oregon Golf Association (OGA) is a 501(c)(6) non-profit membership association. Founded in 1924, the OGA was originally established with the sole purpose of conducting the Oregon Amateur Championship. Since its founding 85 years ago, the OGA has evolved to now provide a multitude of benefits and services to approximately 50,000 individual men, women, senior, and junior members at over 270 member golf clubs and 190 golf courses throughout the Oregon and SW Washington.
