Mary Wallmark emerged victorious in the first flight of the Canyon Oaks CC Women's Golf Club annual Match Play Championship. Wallmark defeated Evie Spring, Karen Escott and Linda Allen in that order for the title.

Lynne Beyers defeated Linda Arellano, Kerri Schultze and Vicki Spelts to take the second flight. Kathi Balasek won the third flight after defeating Pam Coleman, Sue Osterholt and June Park.

Butte Creek Senior Men's Club

Royal Hawkley took the low gross title in the Butte Creek CC Senior Men's Club Championship with a two-day score of 153, finally putting an end to Jim Sands' reign of four straight titles. Sands settled for second place with a score of 161. Garth Gregory won the net title, via the card-off procedure over Tom Beckman, in the first (blue tees) flight after both players came in with a net score of 141. Jack Whitman won the second (white tees) flight, also by a card-off over Gary Bright and Mike Ballou, with a score of 145. Bright took second and Ballou finished third after matching cards. Note: Eligibility for the BCCC Seniors Club Championship is age 50, if you can you believe it. That criteria needs to be reevaluated in my opinion ... sorry, just sour grapes.

Table Mountain Women's Club

Sandy Goble posted the low gross score on the day (82) in the Table Mountain GC Women's Golf Club monthly pro-points tournament. Verna Gordon came in with a net 68 for low net. The other top three finishers, vying for the year-end awards, were Kris McGee (72), Sue Snow (75) and Janett Ott (77).

Bidwell Women's Club

Ellie Fairchild took low gross in the first flight of the Bidwell Park GC Women's Golf Club weekly venue with a score of 83. Glenda Kubo and Sally Pearson tied in the net category. Eleanor Calvert came in with the low gross score in the second flight. Gwyneth Stephenson took first and Sally Weller was second in the second flight. Third flight low gross, Rachael Graham; low net, tie between Cil Hauer and Toni Nicholson; Fourth flight, low gross, Wendy Donahoo; low net, Kathy Crowder.

Butte Creek Women's Club

Karla Dreiss took first and Sherian Hornbeak finished second in the first flight of the Butte Creek CC Women's Golf Club weekly tournament. Barbara Joronen was first, Sandy Fortino second and Shirley Leighty third in the second flight. The top three finishers in the third flight were Karen Beckman, Darlene Thomasson and Suzy Mann, in that order.

Canyon Oaks Women's Club

The Canyon Oaks CC Women's Golf Club showed up in Halloween costumes for their weekly outing, much to the merriment of the players. Taking first place in the two-best ball foursome format was the team of Lynn Petersen, Jackie Schimmel, Nancy Dooly and Margot McElroy. The team of Nancy Vieira, June Park, Pat Radisich and a blind draw finished second. Bonnie Flood, Bonnie Seeley, Joan Wagoner and a blind draw claimed the third spot. Closest to the pin winners were, 1, Wagoner; 2, Park; 3, Linda Arellano.

Spectacular shots, significant achievement

George Byrne, age 91, gave his playing companions, Mike O'Dell, Tony Powellson and Tom Ard something to talk about and probably remember for the rest of their lives at Table Mountain GC last week. Byrne garnered his second hole-in-one this year at Table Mountain GC (third career ace) with his trusty five-wood on the 137- yard No. 12 hole. So, why is this also significant? Byrne added to his achievement by shooting a great round of 78, a whopping 13 strokes under his age. Even Charlie Manning would be impressed by that achievement. Congratulations, George.

Ed Anderson's local golf column appears Tuesdays. He can be reached by writing to P.O. Box 839, Chico, CA 95927, or by emailing to edandersn@sbcglobal.net.