Chip shots: Mesa Verde duo hot, hot, hot

Richard Dunn

COSTA MESA - Mesa Verde Country Club assistant golf professionals

Geoff Cochrane and Jeremy Clevenger finished in a six-way tie for first

place last week in a Southern California PGA Metro Chapter two-man pro

shamble at San Gabriel Country Club.

Cochrane and Clevenger shot 6-under-par 62 and earned $225 each.

The victory is Cochrane’s second in two months, following the SCPGA

Apprentice Association title with Dad Miller’s James Walker at Goose

Creek Golf Club.

The deadline for entry into the 2000 Costa Mesa City Championship,

formerly known as the Will Jordan Classic, is Friday at 5 p.m.

The city championship, Aug. 5-6 at Costa Mesa Golf & Country Club, is

regarded as one of Orange County’s oldest and most prestigious amateur

events.

This year is the 28th summer the championship has been held. The entry

fee is $160.

Mark O’Meara, a winner of two major championships on the PGA Tour, and

Scott Simpson, the 1987 U.S. Open winner, are past Costa Mesa city

champions. Simpson won in 1974, O’Meara in ’79. Greg Sato is the

defending champion. John Wardrup (1990-91) and Bryan Saltus (1995-96) are

the only back-to-back champions in the event.