By:
Corey Roberson, Director of Golf
The first two legs of championship golf were completed in June — the Junior and Senior Club Championships.
Junior Club Championship
On the Junior side, Chase Coggins was our only competitor in the 9 & Under Division. He played from a modified tee in the fairway and shot rounds of 45 – 49 for a two-day total of 94. In the 10 to 13 Division, we had three competitors: Walker West, Ella Hill and Jordan Zabaldo. These young golfers competed from the Teal tees and the scores were fairly tight after the first round. Jordan got in a groove on day two and fired a second round 82 (8-shots better than day one) to capture the title over Ella Hill who shot a pair of 94s in her first Junior Club Championship. In the 14 & Up Division, we started with three competitors but one had to drop due to a wrist injury. Julia Hansen (pictured above), who plays high school golf at TMI, captured the title with rounds of 79 – 80 for a 15-over par 159 two-day total. Kenlee Runyan, who plays high school golf at Champion, also competed in this division where both girls played from the Golden Bear tees.
Senior Club Championship
In the Senior Club Championship, we had 12 men in the Super Senior Division and 15 men competing in the Senior Division. On the net side of the Super Senior Division, Jerry Merck finished 2nd place and Bill Hocking finished 1st — they were only separated by one shot. Neither of these guys are strangers to competition — I can’t even count how many Super Senior Championships Jerry Merck has won, and Bill’s wife, Jennifer, is our Ladies’ Club Champion. On the gross side of the Super Senior Division, there was a tight race between David Cottrell and Jim Ward — they were only separated by a couple shots going into the final nine holes. Jim fired a back nine 39 to capture his first Super Senior title by 7 shots over David.
On the net side of the Senior Division, we had a pretty tight race — Dan Genovese was in the driver’s seat through 15 holes of the second round but finished with three doubles to drop out of contention. On the flip side, our eventual net champion, Jason West, made a net duce on #17, which catapulted him up the leaderboard. Tony Coleman and Jim Hansard finished tied for 2nd where Tony won the scorecard playoff. In the gross division, Ron Trevino started the 2nd round with a 7-shot lead and never really looked back. Toro has been on a tear as of late — he won the 2023 Match Play and Senior Club Championship so now he gets to join John Long as a back-to-back Senior Club Champion. Of honorable mention, Nick Mumford fired the second lowest round of the tournament (78) on day two to rocket up the leaderboard into 2nd place.
Thank you to everyone who played. We hope you enjoyed the grind, and congratulations to our champions!
Corey Roberson is the Director of Golf at The Clubs of Cordillera Ranch. He can be reached at croberson@cordilleraranch.com and 830.336.4653.
