Toros Ace 16th Annual Scholarship Golf Classic for CSUDH Student-Athlete Scholarships
June 12, 2006

Toros Golf Classic Photo Gallery

Huntington Beach, CA -- As the early morning drizzle gave way to glorious sunshine and warmer weather, a sold out contingent of 144 golfers made winners of present and future Cal State Dominguez Hills student-athletes at the 16th Annual Toros Scholarship Golf Classic held last Friday, June 9, at the regal Meadowlark Golf Club in Huntington Beach, California.

“This was our most successful fund-raising event ever,” began CSUDH Athletics Director Patrick Guillen. “We sold out our event for the first time in the tournament’s history, were treated to a great golf course and venue by Meadowlark, and had the support and commitment of our sponsors, community leaders, University and staff, evidenced by both our auction item donations as well as the capacity-filled ballroom. I couldn’t have been happier.”

The Toros Scholarship Golf Classic, which serves as the major fund-raiser for the Toros athletics program, featured Jim Dear, Mayor, City of Carson, as its Honorary Chairman, who welcomed the hungry golfers as they settled into their seats for the early afternoon buffet lunch. This year’s event also featured a first in the Golf Classic’s history, a JetBlue Hole-In-One Challenge giving golfers four opportunities for four great JetBlue golfing vacation packages.

After the morning’s best-ball scramble concluded, participants were treated to a buffet lunch, mixed in between the silent and live auctions. As the participants made their way around the packed ballroom to peruse the donations, silent auction items such as Tee for Two at Trump National Golf Club, opportunities to “Spend the Day With Dr. J” and to accompany the men’s basketball team at a Las Vegas tournament next season, autographed sports memorabilia by Los Angeles Dodger Nomar Garciaparra, Olympic Gold Medalist Misty May and legendary Jack Nicklaus, and assorted golf items were the first to go, while bidding for Comedy and Magic Club VIP packages, weekend getaways to Seattle’s The Rainier Club, San Francisco and the Desert Hot Springs, as well as a collector’s FELT Racing Bike - F80 all came down to the final seconds between multiple enthusiasts.

In between the silent auction sections, CSUDH baseball assistant coach and designated auctioneer Murphy Su’a entertained the house during the live auction portion of the afternoon, as “Dodger Heaven,” “Club 33” and “Blimp Ride” items all became hot commodities towards the event’s conclusion.

After the morning’s competition, the team of Dennis Richards, Ray Oaks, Corby Dodge and Brian Woods took home top honors with a 56, winning the tie-breaker over the runner-up team of Andy Andrews, Larry Clark, Paul Lezatin and Ed Medina, sponsored by Conoco Phillips. Rounding out the top three, also via tie-breaker, was the J&L foursome (59) of Randy Chang, Mark Iwikiri, Bob Black and Peter Guillen.

“For us to have a new location and a sold-out contingent -- actually we were oversold at 152 golfers -- and for everything to go as smoothly as it did, we couldn’t have asked for anything more,” beamed Lamel D. Harris, CSUDH Assistant Athletics Director and Golf Classic Co-Chair. “As co-chair, my biggest reward was feeling the energy of the packed banquet room that was the result of all the months of hard work leading up to the event by not only our Golf Classic committee, but by our CSUDH Athletics staff and our campus community who all went above and beyond to make it a huge success.”