Nassau Players Club

Bethpage State Park

Home Of The Black Course

- 1998 -

The Year In Brief

1998 opened with the Spring Scramble. Played on the Red course from the Blue tees this year, due to the continuing closure of the Black course, the wining team was Sean Hartman, Gary Thorsen, Dan Richards, and Ray Reynolds, narrowly beating Bill Bartell's three man team, with a fine score of 58.

Second event of the year was the MGA Net Team Championship qualifying round, also played on the Red course, won on a card play-off over the last 3 holes by the team of Larry Contillo and Mike Finnegan with a score of 63, from Ernie Bodo and Danny Richards.

The NPC Pinehurst was played on June 6^th on the Green course, and was won by two of our new members, Steve McCarthy and Tom Sattler, with a level par 71 for a net 65. In second place, just one shot behind was the team of Gary Thorsen and Tom Regan.

The NPC Club Championship finals were played on Sunday, August 16^th. In a hard-fought final of the championship flight, John Booth managed to defeat Peter Flynn at the 21^st hole after a tie in regulation play. Al Channin completed a successful defense of his 'A' flight title from last year with a 4 & 3 win over Mike Birmingham. The 'B' flight was won by Henry Roed, who managed to stave off Ernie Bodo's valiant efforts at the 17th hole with a 2 & 1 margin, and the 'C' flight was won by Terry Small with a rather one-sided 8 & 7 defeat of Sean Von Braunsberg.

The 6^th Annual NPC Classic was played over the Red and Black courses between September 5^th and September 20^th. The gross prize was won by Mike Brown with a combined score of 142 including a fine 68 on the Red course. Second place on a card play-off was taken by Adi Sutarno from Jerry Shulock with matching scores of 145. The net prize went to Mike "Mickey-O" O'Grady with an amazing net score of 139. Close behind were Greg Kryjak with 141 and Pete Gadigian with 143.

Finally, the Fall Scramble completed the year on October 4^th. Returning to its rightful home, on the Black course, the year ended with a triumph for the team of Pete Flynn, Zoran Pirjevic, Marc Frascogna, and Doug Smolensky who finished the day as winners with a 9 under par score of 62.

In Heaven in '97

• Spring Scramble - 05/04/97

• MGA Net Team Tournament Qualifier - 05/10/97

• Fifth Annual NPC Classic

• Club Championship

  • Championship Flight

  • Flight A

  • Flight B

  • Flight C

• Pinehurst - 08/23/97

• Fall Scramble - 09/28/97

Reminisce over '96

• Spring Scramble - 05/05/96

• MGA Net Team Tournament Qualifier - 05/18/96

• Two Man Better Ball Tournament - 06/22/96

• Fourth Annual NPC Classic

• Club Championship

  • Championship Flight

  • Flight A

  • Flight B

  • Flight C

• Fall Scramble - 10/13/96