Laughlin Story
The Annual Laughlin golf tournament 2000 was won by a team consisting of Mark (the best dressed) Carver, Julio Rodriguez, Leon Friedrichsen, past long drive champ Leon, and Dan Kling of Dan and Helen (Rice). They shot a six under 66. Tournament Photographers Larry Guerrero and Joyce Tipton Mikkelson said it was the most talented team they had ever seen at Laughlin. They said it was stacked (Pun intended)!!!
Julio won both of the longest drive contests. His long was a 307 yarder. The second place team and a fan favorite was a team consisting of tournament director and Laughlin Hall of Famer John Marshall Duron, long drive past champ and Laughlin regular Richard Wilson, second best Lefty Maurice Lemieux, and finally Mr. Consistency from Gardena, Ron Lopez, of Ron and Bunny (Lewis) fame.
The team was tied for the lead after 13, at which point John Duron said the top team was going to need Ben Gay they would be so sore from trying to catch us.
Well they ended up 4 under 2 behind. Dewey was definitely best trash talker. The third place team of Richard Kersulis, who is one of the top golfers on the Laughlin tour, Sandra Kersulis top woman golfer, Joyce Tipton Mikkelson, who won a trophy for the "Closest to the Pin Drive", and John Mineo, a Hall of Famer and who also won the other "Closest to the Pin" hole. The team shot a 3 under 69, coming on strong the last 9.
We saw twenty three people on five teams. The winning team consisted of five people who all attended IHS.
Sherry Knapp, Carl Stumpf, best dressed bowler, another first for Mark Carver, John Mineo and Gary Wiberg. Seris score of 2116. Bart Glaser had the high 3 game series at 569, followed by Mark Carver 485. Carl 466, Big Min 421, and Richard Wilson at 417. Carl had the one game high of 199, followed by Bart at 198 and Mark at 191.