THE PLAYERS
* Boyd Martin (senior champion) -- Teamed with Santa Ana Country Club
head pro Geoff Cochrane in last year’s Jones Cup. Won six Santa Ana
men’s club championships.
* Marianne Towersey (ladies champion) -- Holds a Newport-Mesa
record 20 Santa Ana Country Club ladies club titles. Earned her
second victory in three years at the California Senior Women’s
Amateur championship with an 11-stroke win in May.
* Bill Welch (men’s champion) -- Attended Adrian College in
Adrian, Mich., where he played on the school’s golf team for three
years. He was named the team’s Most Valuable Player and led Adrian to
a share of the Michigan Interscholastic Athletic Association one
season.
* Geoff Cochrane (head pro) -- Cochrane is in his second year as
the Southern California PGA’s tournament chairman for the Metro
chapter. Started as a bag attendant at Mesa Verde Country Club and
advanced to assistant pro before taking assistant pro position at
Santa Ana in 2001.
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