Newport Harbor getting high-tech tee time

Richard Dunn

SANTA ANA HEIGHTS - Last year’s inaugural Tee Off for Technology

Golf Classic at Santa Ana Country Club generated $50,000 in revenue for

Newport Harbor High’s main computer lab.

And, tournament officials this year are hoping for even bigger

returns, as Tee Off for Technology II is held Monday at the oldest golf

club in Orange County.

In September 2001, Santa Ana Country Club will celebrate its

centennial.

The golf tournament, played under the auspices of the Newport Harbor

Educational Foundation, enabled the National Blue Ribbon School to

purchase 33 new Pentium III 600 MHz systems in the 1999-’00 school year.

This year, tournament officials have targeted a $75,000 goal.

“Our work is not done and there are many more technology needs to be

fulfilled, including more desktop computers, laptops for teachers to

check out and disadvantaged students to take home and multimedia

projectors,” said Mitch Barker, tournament co-chairman.

Esteban Toledo, a member of the PGA Tour who plays out of Newport

Beach Country Club, provided a morning clinic last year to about 50

golfers before the shotgun start. Mike Reehl, Santa Ana Country Club head

pro, introduced Toledo to the crowd.

Monday’s 19th hole festivities for Tee Off for Technology II will

begin at 4 p.m. following golf. It will include a raffle and silent and

live auctions. Tickets for the party are $30. Details: (949) 723-1212.

Visit the tournament Web site at www.nhhsgolf.com.

The third annual Myron McNamara Memorial Golf Tournament will be

played Nov. 13 at Los Serranos Golf and Country Club in Chino Hills.

McNamara, who coached UCI’s men’s tennis team to six NCAA Division II

championships, was a dedicated coach to many Newport-Mesa juniors for

several years.

McNamara tutored countless tennis legends, including Lew Hoad, Ken

Rosewall and Rob Laver, as well as a very young and promising Venus

Williams. Keri Phebus (Corona del Mar and UCLA) was one of McNamara’s top

local players.

McNamara also built and managed top tennis clubs, such as the Irvine

Coast Racquet Club (now Balboa Bay Club Racquet Club), Riviera Tennis

Club in Pacific Palisades and La Costa in San Diego County.

The upcoming event benefits the Myron McNamara Endowment Fund for the

UCI men’s tennis program. Details: (949) 824-8366.

Paul Salata and the NFL Alumni, Inc., are hosting an event Monday to

benefit Children’s Hospital of Orange County.

It’s the 22nd annual CHOC Padrinos/NFL Alumni Charity Golf Classic at

Coto de Caza Golf and Racquet Club.

Each foursome will be captained by a Hall of Famer, or former NFL

player or coach, with proceeds going to CHOC. The first-place team wins a

trip to the NFL Alumni Super Bowl of Golf XXI in Maui, Hawaii. Details:

(714) 532-8690.

Corona del Mar’s Tom Schauppner, a golf pro at Long Beach Golf Center,

is the points leader on the 2000 Southern California PGA Seniors’ circuit

and appears to have secured the title with 436.30 points.

Chuck Montalbano, a PGA Life Member, is second with 308 points,

followed by Terry Ferraro of Cathedral Canyon Country Club (303).

Schauppner is 16th on the regular Southern California PGA money list

at $3,403.16.

Big Canyon Country Club head pro Kelly Manos, who has accepted the

position of Director of Golf at The Club at Morningside in Rancho Mirage,

where he starts Nov. 1, qualified for the PGA Western Regional

Championship Oct. 19-22 at the Makena Resort in Maui, Hawaii.

In the Southern California sectional qualifier, Manos shot an even 144

(72-72) in the 36 holes at the Southern California PGA Golf Club. The top

19 players qualified. Manos tied for fourth.

Big Canyon is hosting a Southern California PGA Educational Seminar on

Nov. 8. The topic is merchandising.

David Graham will join Bruce Fleisher, and Allen Doyle and Dana

Quigley have been announced as a team, to fill the Senior PGA Tour’s

quota of four two-man teams in the Hyundai Matches Dec. 15-17 at Pelican Hill Golf Club.

Let’s hope the Irvine Co., which owns Pelican Hill, has better luck

with the weather than it did last month during a live, two-hour show on

CNBC that was aired from the Pelican Hill clubhouse. Thick fog never let

the sunshine peek through in the morning.

Graham, Doyle and Quigley were the new Senior Tour players committing

to the Hyundai Matches, according to Ann Victor of the Robbins Group, the

pr firm handling the made-for-television golf tournament.

The matches feature four teams from each of the three major tours

competing in three separate tournaments. For tickets: (949) 759-5175.

Sponsored by Cal’s Caddyshack in Costa Mesa, Spooky Golf is back

again.

The unique, Halloween-based event entails golfing in total darkness,

with the exception of the glow-in-the-dark balls and lit-up flags.

Spooky brew, food and prizes for best costume are included in the

tournament Oct. 27 at the Back Bay Golf Course (pitch and putt) at the

Hyatt Newporter in Newport Beach. The event will be catered by the

locally famous Newport Rib Co. Details: (949) 646-7714.