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2012 Golf and Tennis Tournaments

On June 19, 140 golfers and 38 tennis players took part in the Sixteenth Annual Howard W. Koch Memorial DGA Foundation Golf Tournament, and the Ninth Annual DGA Foundation Tennis Tournament. Both events were fundraisers created to benefit the Directors Guild Foundation (DGF), a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting DGA members facing difficult times.

The golf tournament ‑ renamed in 2001 in honor of former DGF Chair Howard W. Koch ‑ and the awards reception were held at the Wilshire Country Club, which was founded in 1919 and has hosted many great tournaments and groups such as the LA Open, the Senior PGA and the LPGA. The tennis tournament took place right around the corner at the Los Angeles Tennis Club, home of champions since 1921.

DGA President Taylor Hackford thanked all the players for their participation and announced that due to their generosity, more than $50,000 had been raised on behalf of the Foundation. He turned the podium over to DGF Chairman Donald Petrie, and tennis tournament co-chairs Howard Storm and Gil Cates Jr, who thanked all the supporters of the tournaments including: Golf Tournament co-chairs Mel Damski and Michael Zinberg, DGA National Executive Director Jay D. Roth; the Wilshire Country Club and Los Angeles Tennis Club; the USTA's Annette Buck who served as the tennis tournament's director; and the tournaments' gold, silver and bronze sponsors, before proceeding to hand out the raffle prizes and announce the winners of the golf and tennis tournaments.   

 


Golf Tournament Winners

The 16th Annual Howard W. Koch Memorial DGA Golf Tournament consisted of a morning "Own-Ball" competition with players competing for first, second and third places in the categories of “Best Gross Score” and “Best Net Score” and an afternoon Scramble format with each team of golfers playing the group's “best ball.”

 

Golf "Own Ball" Tournament Gross Score Winners

First Place
Andy Cheng

Second Place
Joel Nishimine

Third Place
Jeffrey Harrier

Golf "Own Ball" Tournament Net Score Winners

First Place
Graeme Joyce

Second Place
David Phinney

Third Place
Bob Graf

 

Golf Scramble Tournament Winners

First Place
Cleve Landsberg,
Joel Nishimine, Chris Pollack, Joe Ball
Second Place
Kristopher White,
Dee Shaw, Lisa Read, Martin Lutzeier
Third Place
Damien Bisserier, Michael Judd, Kevin Griffin, Ryan Anker

Golf Closest to the Pin & Longest Drive Contest Winners

 

Closest to the pin
on hole #4
Scott Larson

Closest to the pin
on hole #7 
Claudia Hoover

 

 

 

 Closest to the pin
on hole #13
Lincoln Forbes

Longest Drive
on hole #2
Joel Nishimine

 


Tennis Tournament Winners

The 9th Annual DGA Tennis Tournament was a round-robin doubles competition segmented by skill level, featuring eight-game sets. The teams accumulating the most games were the winners of each flight.

Flight One

First Place
Jared Ward &
Rob Stone

Second Place
Jim Chatelain &
Scott Smith

 

Third Place (three-way tie)
Bruce Caulk & Nick Arthur
Mia Fogh & Christine Setian,
Martin Bruestle & Dana Rummerfield

Flight Two

First Place
Ben Phan &
Ladd Vance

Second Place
John Cramer &
John Sheppird

Third Place
Hank Lachmund &
Michael Messina


Sponsors 

The DGA thanks our Golf and Tennis Tournaments' Sponsors 

Gold Sponsors:
Silver Sponsors:
Bronze Sponsors:
  • Anthem Blue Cross
  • Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, LLC
  • BNY Mellon Asset Management
  • Bush Gottlieb Singer Lopez Kohanski Adelstein & Dickinson
  • Express Scripts
  • Horizon Actuarial Services, LLC
  • IngleDodd Publishing
  • Miller, Kaplan, Arase & Co., LLP
  • NBC Universal
  • Nigro Karlin Segal & Feldstein, LLP
  • Peerless Building Maintenance Co.                                     
  • BlackRock Inc.
  • Delta Dental Plan of California
  • Entertainment Lighting Services
  • Law Offices of Peter H. Alpert, Inc.
  • Mata Construction
  • Motion Picture & Television Fund
  • Moving Image Technologies
  • NTT Data
  • Rossmore Property & Casualty
  • Vitech Systems Group, Inc.
  • ABLE Engineering Services
  • Acadian Asset Management, Inc.
  • ASCAP
  • Barco Digital Cinema
  • Bernstein Real Estate
  • Bridgewater
  • Capital Dynamics, Inc.
  • City National Bank
  • GNW - Evergreen Insurance Services, LLC
  • Good Gracious! Events
  • Greenberg Glusker Fields Cleman & Matchinger, LLP
  • Henegan Construction Co., Inc.
  • Legacy Partners
  • PIMCO
  • Seyfarth Shaw, LLP
  • Standard Parking
  • Town & Country Event Rentals
  • Vision Service Plan

 


 

 

 

Pictures

photos by Byron Gamarro
DGA President Taylor Hackford thanked all the players for their participation.
DGA Golf and Tennis Tournaments players toast the memory of the late DGF Chair John Rich.
DGA President Taylor Hackford turns the podium over to DGF Chairman Donald Petrie and tennis tournament co-chairs Howard Storm and Gil Cates Jr.
Tennis tournament Co-Chair Howard Storm, DGF Chairman Donald Petrie and Tennis tournament Co-Chair Gil Cates Jr. thank the sponsors.
Tennis tournament Co-Chairs Howard Storm and Gil Cates Jr. and DGF Chairman Donald Petrie also thank all the supporters of the tournaments.
DGA National Executive Director Jay D. Roth is acknowledged for his support of the tournaments.
Stage Manager Barry Haworth is a raffle winner.
Golf “Own Ball” Tournament Net Score Third Place winner Bob Graf (center) poses with the Chairs.
Golf “Own Ball” Tournament Net Score Second Place winner David Phinney (center) poses with the Chairs.
Golf “Own Ball” Tournament Net Score First Place winner Graeme Joyce with his trophy.
Golf “Own Ball” Tournament Gross Score Third Place winner Jeffrey Harrier
Golf “Own Ball” Tournament Gross Score Second Place winner Joel Nishimine
Golf “Own Ball” Tournament Gross Score First Place winner Andy Cheng
Golf Scramble Tournament Tournament Third Place winners Damien Bisserier, Michael Judd, Kevin Griffin, and Ryan Anker
Golf Scramble Tournament Tournament Second Place winners Kristopher White, Dee Shaw, Lisa Read, and Martin Lutzeier
Golf Scramble Tournament Tournament First Place winners Cleve Landsberg, Joel Nishimine, Chris Pollack, and Joe Ball
Golf “Closest to the Pin” on Hole #4 winner Scott Larson
Golf “Closest to the Pin” on Hole #7 winner Claudia Hoover
Golf “Closest to the Pin” on Hole #13 winner Lincoln Forbes
Golf “Longest Drive” on Hole #2 winner Joel Nishimine
Tennis Tournament Flight Two Third Place winners Hank Lachmund & Michael Messina
Tennis Tournament Flight Two Second Place winners John Cramer & John Sheppird
Tennis Tournament Flight Two First Place winners Ben Phan & Ladd Vance
Tennis Tournament Flight One Third Place winners (three-way tie) Bruce Caulk & Nick Arthur, Mia Fogh & Christine Setian, and Martin Bruestle & Dana Rummerfield
Tennis Tournament Flight One Second Place winners Jim Chatelain & Scott Smith
Tennis Tournament Flight One First Place winners Jared Ward & Rob Stone
Golf Tournament winner Andy Cheng poses with a friend.
Tennis Tournament winners Phan, Vance, Stone and Ward pose with DGF Chair Donald Petrie.
DGA National Executive Director Jay Roth chats with Golf Scramble Tournament runner ups White, Shaw, Read and Lutzeier.
DGA National Executive Director Jay D. Roth, Director Bobby Roth, DGA Third Vice President Betty Thomas and Pension and Health Plans CIO Mack Clapp.
DGA Members and guests enjoy a day on the links at the Wilshire Country Club.
DGA Members and guests enjoy a day on the links at the Wilshire Country Club.
DGA Members and guests enjoy a day on the links at the Wilshire Country Club.
DGA Members and guests enjoy a day on the links at the Wilshire Country Club.
DGA Members and guests enjoy a day on the links at the Wilshire Country Club.
DGA Members and guests enjoy a day on the links at the Wilshire Country Club.
DGA Members and guests enjoy a day on the links at the Wilshire Country Club.
DGA Members and guests enjoy a day on the links at the Wilshire Country Club.
DGA Members and guests enjoy a day on the links at the Wilshire Country Club.
DGA Members and guests enjoy a day on the links at the Wilshire Country Club.
DGA Members and guests enjoy a day on the links at the Wilshire Country Club.
DGA Members and guests enjoy a day on the links at the Wilshire Country Club.
DGA Members and guests enjoy a day on the links at the Wilshire Country Club.
DGA Members and guests enjoy a day on the links at the Wilshire Country Club.
DGA Members and guests enjoy a day on the links at the Wilshire Country Club.
DGA Members and guests enjoy a day on the links at the Wilshire Country Club.
DGA Members and guests enjoy a day on the links at the Wilshire Country Club.
DGA Members and guests enjoy a day on the links at the Wilshire Country Club.
A DGA golfer checks out the betting hole.
DGA Members and guests enjoy a day on the links at the Wilshire Country Club.
DGA Members and guests enjoy a day on the links at the Wilshire Country Club.
DGA Members and guests enjoy a day on the links at the Wilshire Country Club.
DGA Members and guests enjoy a day on the links at the Wilshire Country Club.
DGA Members and guests enjoy a day on the links at the Wilshire Country Club.
DGA Members and guests enjoy a day on the links at the Wilshire Country Club.
DGA Members and guests enjoy a day on the links at the Wilshire Country Club.
DGA Golfers head back to the clubhouse after a day on the links at the Wilshire Country Club.
DGA Golfers relax around the 19th Hole.
DGA Golf and Tennis Tournament players enjoy the meal at the Wilshire Country Club.
DGA Golf and Tennis Tournament players enjoy the meal at the Wilshire Country Club.
DGA Golfers enjoy the company at the Golf and Tennis Tournament dinner.
DGA National Executive Director Jay D. Roth chats with former DGF outside counsel Bill King.
DGA President Taylor Hackford chats with tournament players before heading to the podium.
DGA Tennis Tournament players gather at the Los Angeles Tennis Club.
DGA Tennis Tournament players hear the briefing about how the day will proceed.
USTA representative Annette Buck is the tournament director.
DGA Tennis Tournament players enjoy a few sets at the Los Angeles Tennis Club.
DGA Tennis Tournament players enjoy a few sets at the Los Angeles Tennis Club.
DGA Tennis Tournament players enjoy a few sets at the Los Angeles Tennis Club.
DGA Tennis Tournament players enjoy a few sets at the Los Angeles Tennis Club.
DGA Tennis Tournament players enjoy a few sets at the Los Angeles Tennis Club.
DGA Tennis Tournament players enjoy a few sets at the Los Angeles Tennis Club.
DGA Tennis Tournament players enjoy a few sets at the Los Angeles Tennis Club.
DGA Tennis Tournament players enjoy a few sets at the Los Angeles Tennis Club.
DGA Tennis Tournament players enjoy a few sets at the Los Angeles Tennis Club.
DGA Tennis Tournament players enjoy a few sets at the Los Angeles Tennis Club.
DGA Tennis Tournament players enjoy a few sets at the Los Angeles Tennis Club.
DGA Tennis Tournament players enjoy a few sets at the Los Angeles Tennis Club.
DGA Tennis Tournament players enjoy a few sets at the Los Angeles Tennis Club.
DGA Tennis Tournament players enjoy a few sets at the Los Angeles Tennis Club.
DGA Tennis Tournament players enjoy a few sets at the Los Angeles Tennis Club.
DGA Tennis Tournament players enjoy a few sets at the Los Angeles Tennis Club.
DGA Tennis Tournament players shake hands after a well fought match.

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6/3/2025 - 6/9/2025