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2024 Highlights

Cioni and McGrath Have a Great Day in NCGA Senior Final (from Branch35 Newsletter) – December 2024

Rich McGrath and Joe Cioni were among the top 20 teams invited to the NCGA Senior Series Team Final at the Green Valley Country Club in Fairfield on October 28. Players were all 55 or older, which made the youngest of them young enough to be Joe’s (age 85) or Rich’s (age 75) kids.

Joe writes: “At a combined age of 160, we were the oldest team in the tournament. We were also among the shortest hitters — maybe the shortest — in the tournament. One competitor we were paired with was hitting his drives 90-100 yards past us.” “In any case, we managed to post a net score of 3 under par which put us in 6th place, 5 shots behind the leaders.

Among the highlights were a 40-foot putt by Rich on the 18th hole for net birdie and me making birdie putts on two par 3 holes for net eagles (also known as a net hole in one). We won’t discuss the lowlights of the round.”

McGrath Prevails in Wind and Rain, and Places Second

Richard McGrath (a former Branch 35 Club Champion) competed in the NCGA Senior Series Championship on Monday, November 11 at the exclusive Claremont Country Club in Oakland. It was built in 1897 and redesigned by Alister Mackenzie in 1929 to create a challenging golf course. Nearly 200 golfers entered the multiple events that made up the qualifying rounds. The top 20 seniors (55-64) and top 20 super seniors (65+) qualified for the Championship at the Claremont. Richard placed 16th among the super seniors to earn his berth. At Claremont, Richard and his competitors faced windy and rainy conditions along with bunkers that required a periscope to see the flag stick. Several golfers got so frustrated by the weather that they walked off the course. As Joe Cioni would say, “Champions adjust.” Undaunted by the weather, Richard finished second and if only a pesky putt or two had dropped he would have won the tournament. Richard’s second-place finish in the final event bumped his season-ending standing from sixteenth to seventh place in the NCGA Senior Series Championship.

Congratulations to SIR Richard McGrath for garnering recognition for Branch 35!