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2011 Golf and Tennis Tournaments

June 30, 2011

A DGA Foundation Event

On June 20, 2011, 139 golfers and 43 tennis players took part in the Fifteenth Annual Howard W. Koch Memorial DGA Foundation Golf Tournament, and the Eighth 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.

DGF First Vice Chairman/DGA Past President Gene Reynolds 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 golf tournament co-chair Michael Zinberg, and tennis tournament co-chairs Howard Storm and Gil Cates Jr, who thanked all the supporters of the tournaments including: 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 15th 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
Joel Nishimine

Second Place
Jeffrey Harrier

Third Place
Craig Pinckes

Golf "Own Ball" Tournament Net Score Winners

First Place
Roger LaPage

Second Place
Tim Davison

Third Place
David Rosenbloom
 

Golf Scramble Tournament Winners

First Place
Jerry Van Der Rydt, 
Bill Paxton, Duke Kulas
Second Place
Scott Syring, James Aleck,  Ken Scherer, Tom Zimmerman
Third Place
Jim Lotta, Leslie Small, Gary Shimokawa, Karen Lotta

Golf Closest to the Pin & Longest Drive Contest Winners
 

Closest to the pin
on hole #4
Mike Judd

Closest to the pin on
hole #7 & Longest Drive
 Duke Kulas

Tennis Tournament Winners

The 8th 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
Rob Stone & Eric Davenport

Second Place
Ron Bisciglia & James Wong

Third Place
Bobby Lewis & Jeff Meyer

Flight Two

First Place
Jeff Jacobs & Steve Hirsen

Second Place
Steve Carmendy & Bruce Olinder

Third Place
Bill Schwartz & Mike Robe


Sponsors 

The DGA thanks our Golf and Tennis Tournaments' Sponsors 

Gold Sponsors:
Silver Sponsors:
Bronze Sponsors:
  • Anthem Blue Cross
  • Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, LLC
  • BlackRock Inc.
  • BNY Mellon Asset Management
  • Bush Gottlieb Singer Lopez Kohanski Adelstein & Dickinson                
  • Cohen & Steers Capital Management
  • Grosvenor Capital Management, L.P.
  • Horizon Actuarial Services, LLC
  • IngleDodd Publishing       
  • Legacy Partners
  • Medco Health Solutions, Inc.
  • Miller, Kaplan, Arase & Co., LLP
  • Nigro Karlin Segal & Feldstein
  • Norm Levin & Company    
  • Pension Consulting Alliance, Inc.
  • Tom Welling Productions
  • Wells Capital Management
                                         
  • Delta Dental Plan of California
  • JP Morgan Asset Management
  • Law Offices of Peter H. Alpert, Inc.
  • Motion Picture & Television Fund
  • Rossmore Property & Casualty
  • The Revere Group
  • Urdang Securities Management
  • ABLE Engineering Services
  • Acadian Asset Management, Inc.
  • Barco Digital Cinema
  • Batterymarch Financial Management, Inc.
  • Bernstein Real Estate
  • Capital Dynamics, Inc.
  • City National Bank
  • Crestline Investors, Inc.
  • Earnest Partners, LLC
  • Fox Printing Co. Inc.
  • Good Gracious! Events
  • GNW - Evergreen Insurance Services, LLC
  • Light Source
  • Los Angeles Capital Management
  • Moving Image Technologies
  • Nuveen Investments
  • PIMCO       
  • Robeco Investment Management
  • Seyfarth Shaw
  • Standard Parking
  • Union Bank
 

 

 

Pictures

photos by Byron Gamarro
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DGA golfers are welcomed to the Wilshire Country Club.
The carts and course are ready for a day of fun.
DGA golfers enjoy a day on the links at the Wilshire Country Club.
Ernie Getto, Joanna Kerns, Gregg Foster and DGA National Executive Director Jay D. Roth.
DGA golfers enjoy a day on the links at the Wilshire Country Club.
DGA Board Member Cleve Landsberg practices his short game.
DGA golfers enjoy a day on the links at the Wilshire Country Club.
DGA golfers enjoy a day on the links at the Wilshire Country Club.
Director Donald Petrie and DGF Vice Chair Gene Reynolds chat with director Gary Shimokawa.
Directors Jim Michaels and Jensen Ackles await their turn at tee.
Tom Verica, DGA Third Vice President Betty Thomas, Scott Glosserman and Steve Robin.
Golf Tournament Co-Chair Michael Zinberg, Robert Singer , Vahan Moosekian and Jeff Freilich.
DGA golfers enjoy a day on the links at the Wilshire Country Club.
Joshua Madera, Jose C. Hernandez, Aaron Penn and Glynn Turman.
DGA golfers enjoy a day on the links at the Wilshire Country Club.
DGA tennis players are welcomed to the Los Angeles Tennis Club.
USTA representative Annette Buck announces the order of play to the DGA tennis players.
Brad Yamamoto unleashes his serve.
Mike Robe prepares to serve.
Bruce Olinder and Steve Carmendy display their weapons.
Norman Lloyd and Todd Allen form a formidable team.
Gordon Davis and Michael Preece check the score.
Steve Cubine and DGA Golf Tournament Co-Chair Gil Cates Jr.
John Cramer goes after a shot.
Ron Bisciglia and Jim Wong wait to receive serve.
Jeffrey Jacobs and Bobby Lewis high five after a tough point.
Martin Bruestle digs out a backhand.
John and Christy Ward, John Cramer and John Sheppird rest between sets.
DGA tennis players enjoy a day on the courts at the Los Angeles Tennis Club.
DGA Golfers & Tennis players enjoy the buffet before the awards ceremony at the Wilshire Country Club.
DGA Golfers & Tennis players enjoy the buffet before the awards ceremony at the Wilshire Country Club.
DGF First Vice Chair/DGA Past President Gene Reynolds thanks all the players for their participation.
Director Joanna Kerns and DGF Golf Tournament co-chair Michael Zinberg call the raffle prize winning numbers.
The luck even extends to Tennis Tournament Co-Chair Howard Storm.
A raffle winner claims his prize.
Another raffle winner claims his prize.
A lucky raffle winner redeems his ticket.
Tennis Tournament co-chairs Howard Storm and Gil Cates Jr. announce the Tennis Tournament winners.
Rob Stone and Eric Davenport were First Place in the Tennis Tournament Flight One
Jerry Van Der Rydt, Bill Paxton, Duke Kulas took home First Place in the Golf Scramble Tournament.
Golf Tournament Co-Chair Michael Zinberg applauds all the winners and participants.

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