4th Annual John Kirchenbauer Golf Tournament

Benji Angulo on the Tee

Holtville California ― The fourth annual John Kirchenbauer Golf Tournament was a big hit this past Saturday, bringing out 80 participants to the Barbara Worth Country Club in Holtville, California.

This year’s tournament had some new and exciting prize opportunities with three different Hole-in-one prizes: $10,000 in cash, a new Toyota Camry or Nissan Altama, and the biggest cash prize being a shot for $1,000,000.

The tournament had 80 participants that were broken up into two flights. It was a best ball scramble and was scored as 1 point for par, 2 points for birdie, 3 points for eagle and 4 points for a hole-in-one. Two teams came in with 29 points to tie for first place in the first flight. The first team was consisting of Ben Aguirre, Ben Aguirre Jr., Manuel Aguirre and Bill Reed. The winner of the second flight, with 28 points, was the team of Alex Calderon, Jon Edney, Jon Edney Jr. and Bob Hahn.

The shot for $1,000,000 was given to the player who got closest to the hole on the 165 yard par three eleventh hole. Bo Gaskin got the closest with his shot that ended up 7’9″ from the hole. This gave him the opportunity to take another shot for the $1,000,000. The shot had to be witnessed by three tournament officials and be video taped. Bo Gasken definitely had the right club, as his shot ended up pin high but some forty feet to the right. Bo Gaskin is a member of the Barbara Worth Country Club and said that the shot for $1,000,000 was the most pressure that he had ever felt on the golf course.

The Tournament is organized by the Green and Gold Hall of Fame Committee and proceeds are used to help the high school student body its athletic, music, art and educational needs and by providing scholarships to promote further education.