Wednesday, March 26, 1997 | 11:59 a.m.
JOE MALAIS, Art Rubin, Angelo Morlacci and Charlie Floyd teamed to win a 4-man scramble (with a 60.8 score) put on by the Nevada State Seniors Golf Club at the Desert Lakes course in Bullhead City, Ariz.
Second place went to Skip Duffy, Ron Schmitz, Bob Lemmon and Reggie Dunn at 62.2 while third with 62.45 was Tony Andreano's team of Chuck Tolbert, Paul Tiller and Bill Boss.
In the individual low net event played under good conditions, Warren Batchelor and Lefty Nordhill shared first flight honors at 69.l Ken Orf, Jim Hogan and Gordon Hafenrichter tied for second place with 73s.
Bob Abel captured the second flight rather handily with a 68. Don Furlong and John Frezzetta were second at 71.
Third flight went to Gerard Kosciuk and his 67 followed by Ron Schmitz and Frank Boudrou with 68s.
Al Hurtado's 67 won the fourth flight with Jim Hironaka second at 70. Diwaitt Barker and Glenn Kruggel tied for third with 71s.
Fifth flight victor Bill Eubank bolted away from the field and came in with a sizzling 64. Jack Clark followed at 67 with John Reible at 69.
The Las Vegas Senior Classic, scheduled April 24-27 at the Tournament Players Club at The Canyons will showcase the Senior PGA Tour's premiere players in their 12th annual Las Vegas stop.
Competition begins Thursday with 168 amateurs and 56 professionals in a modified scramble format.
Twenty-four of the top 25 on the tour's 1996 official money list have committed to our Classic. In addition, 20 of the top 25 Senior all-time money winners have committed to compete, including Lee Trevino and Chi Chi Rodriguez.
Advance daily tickets can be purchased for $15 and season badges for $50 by calling 242-3000 or via ticket promotions being offered at Cashman Cadillac, Cadillac West, Ted Weins Tire Services and most area golf courses.
A daily ticket will cost $20 at the gate. Fans also can purchase a VIP package for $175 in advance, or $200 at the gate. (This package includes four season badges and a valet parking pass.)
Sincere congratulations to Dennis Smith, who had the thrill of recording his first hole in one while playing the Las Vegas Country Club.
Wielding a 4-iron on the challenging sand- and water-guarded 176-yard, par-3, third hole, Smith's ball covered the pin all the way, hit about seven feet in front of the hole and slowly rolled in.
Format for a 2-man pro-pro played recently at the Desert Willow, par-60 executive course was six holes scramble, six holes best-ball and six holes alternate shot.
Chase Whitaker (Desert Inn) and Ken Wright (Canyon Gate) won the event over the pairing of Matt Robins (LV Hilton) and unattached Ron Faria. Tying for third place in the well-attended tournament were Painted Desert's Mike Starke and Brian Anderson along with Andy Deiro and Rob Huff of Angel Park.
Low best-ball honors went to the Whitaker/Wright pairing with low alternate shot winners being Robins and Faria.
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