Temecula Creek Golf Club help’s golfers get social, hits hole in one for U.S. VETS

TEMECULA – Temecula Creek

Golf Club tees up its Third Annual Golf Social Tournament Friday, August 11. The tournament aims to get fans of Temecula Creek Golf Club, and those who have never been, out on the links for a fun and semi-competitive event. The popular event also raises funds for U.S. Vets Inland Empire. Golfers can experience the 27-hole golf course through fun activities such as Glow Golf, the “Tower Tee Off,” driver and putter demo areas, interactive golf tips instruction, music, drinks, food from the Cork | Fire Kitchen, and more.

At 7 p.m., the Glow Golf Social portion of the event comes into the spotlight. Admission to this portion of the tournament is free to attend and features music, food, and drinks, closest-to-the-pin charity Glow Golf shot to benefit U.S. Vets, mini–Glow Golf sixhole contest, custom club fittings, and more. The free-to-attend event also raises funds for U.S. VETS through entry fees to fun contests that test golfers’ skills and abilities. Attendees can take part in the closest-to-the-pin challenge from atop a 15-foot tee box, test their putting prowess, see if they can chip a ball in for charity, and more in which they can win some top-of-the-line prizes fit for a pro.

“Golfers of any skill level can come out here and have a great time, get to know others who love this sport, and do something good for others at the same time,” said Peter Wininger, Director of Golf at Temecula Creek Golf Club.

“We’re now in our third year of hosting this event. Every year, it gets better and with the addition of Glow Golf this time, we think golfers are going to love it.”

“We love being able to give back to organizations such U.S. Vets for the crucial work for atrisk military veterans they do,” said Diana McCann, Temecula Creek Inn General Manager.

“Our partnership has helped fund additional housing, a fresh food pantry and more at our Inland Empire chapter at the March Air Reserve Base.”

Temecula Creek Inn also donates unused rolls of toilet paper and gently used robes and linens to U.S. Vets.

The Temecula Creek Golf Club is a full-service golf resort offering a driving range with 20 grass and mat tees, an oversized putting green, personalized golf lessons from PGA golf instructors, a golf pro shop with custom club fittings and gear available, and a 27-hole championship course to satisfy players of every skill level and experience. Offering players an opportunity to play nine, 18, or 27 holes, Temecula Creek Golf help raise money for U.S.

Club gives golfers unique terrain with each of the three tracks. For more information, visit www. TemeculaCreekGolf.com or call (855) 494-5627. The Temecula Creek Inn is a historic, boutique and charming resort located in Temecula, California, Temecula Creek Inn offers a hideaway from the bustle and bristling pace of everyday Southern California life. Located two minutes from Interstate 15 and an easy hour’s drive from San Diego and Los Angeles. The resort opened in 1970, features 27 holes of championship golf and a practice facility for players of every skill level, Cork | Fire Kitchen serves contemporary Californian, farm-to-table cuisine and comfort food in a setting looking out onto the Temecula Creek Golf Club waterfall, Porter’s 19 snack bar, 123 rooms and suites, and two premier wedding venues rated best in the region by California Wedding Day Magazine. For more information, call toll-free third in the main event. Finger and his family bought a 1979 Chevrolet Caprice Classic from Ramona driver Charlie Koehler, and Finger is now driving that for his Pure Stocks races.

Temecula Creek Inn and Temecula Creek Golf Club invite all golfers of any skill to the 3rd Annual Golf Social Tournament Friday, Aug. 11, to help raise money for U.S.

(855) 494-5627 or visit www. TemeculaCreekInn.com. Follow Temecula Creek Inn on Facebook at @TemeculaCreekInn and on Twitter and Instagram at @ TCreekInn.

About U.S. VETS U.S. VETS is on a mission to end veteran homelessness in the United States. The streets are simply no place for veterans; no place for the many men and women who volunteered, giving of themselves and their youth, to protect our great freedoms. We believe all veterans deserve every opportunity to live with dignity and independence. It is our duty at U.S. VETS to deliver on our promise to always serve those who’ve served. Founded by veterans to serve veterans, U.S. VETS is the leading nonprofit fighting on the frontlines to help veterans and their families transition from homelessness by offering tailored support to gain independence. For more information, visit usvets.org. Tournament registration is open now. Visit https://bit.ly/ golfsocial23 or call (855) 2757165 to register. A fee of $125 gets golfers signed up for the event and includes lunch options before and after the event, as well as four adult beverages loaded into the golf cart cooler.

Submitted by Pechanga Resort and Casino .

STOCKS from page C-1 Pure Stocks heat July 21. He began on the pole with Robby Norris of San Diego starting on the outside of the front row. Norris won the heat race with Finger finishing second and Thomas Soper of San Diego taking third. Chris Evans of Ramona won the main event with Norris taking second and Finger crossing the finish line third.

“I’m still new to the class,” Finger said. Barona Speedway had a two-day Summer Shootout competition

July 21-22, and Finger was third in the July 21 main event. The Summer Shootout with prize money for each night attracted 123 cars including drivers from other tracks. The Pure Stocks had twenty-five drivers on July 21 and twenty-four cars on July 22. Heat races at Barona Speedway are eight laps on the quarter-mile dirt oval. Finger was in the third

Soper started the fourth July 22 Pure Stocks heat race on the pole. Finger took the green flag on the inside of the third row but was third after one lap. San Diego driver Brandon Jesina won that heat with Finger finishing second and Rusty Staley of El Cajon earning third.

Pure Stocks main events at Barona Speedway are 20 laps or 20 minutes, and crashes which caused yellow flag cautions shortened the July 22 race to 15 laps. Finger took the original green flag on the outside of the third row and was in second by the end of the first lap.

“I just got a really good start,” Finger said.

In the event of a yellow flag caution or a red flag stoppage, Barona Speedway uses a “Delaware restart” format in which the leader is lined up by himself and the remaining cars are lined up two-wide. A secondlap crash created a restart with Staley by himself in the front row and Finger on the outside of the second row alongside Lakeside’s Cody Parenteau. Finger took the lead on the restart.

A subsequent Delaware restart put Villa in the second row. Although that would eventually allow Villa to take the lead and the victory at Finger’s expense, Finger felt that the night’s Delaware restarts helped more than hindered him.

“Delaware restarts tonight helped tremendously,” Finger said.

The yellow flags themselves which shortened the race by five laps may have cost Finger the win. “I was adjusting as the race went on,” he said. “I feel like I could have definitely gotten Jimmy.”

Although Villa passed Finger on the final turns of the final lap for the win, Finger believes he allowed Villa the opportunity on the final turns of the previous lap. “I messed up in three and four,” Finger said.

Joe Naiman can be reached by email at jnaiman@reedermedia. com