The 2026 Poplar Creek Club Championship — August 15–16, 2026
For two days, Poplar Creek stopped being a golf course.
It became an arena.
Thirty-two players started Saturday carrying handicaps, hopes, swing thoughts, trusted putters, questionable memories of previous rounds and the comforting belief that 36 holes offered plenty of time to recover from almost anything.
By Sunday afternoon, that belief had been tested severely.
There were birdies. There were eagles. There were collapses and comebacks. There were players who appeared to have control of their flight Saturday night and players who woke up Sunday five shots behind and somehow ended the day holding the trophy.
There was an eagle on a par 4.
There were two more eagles Sunday.
There was a 13-shot improvement from one day to the next.
There was a Flight 2 leader after Saturday who would see the championship disappear in less than 24 hours.
And in the Gross Championship, there were two players tied with one hole remaining after 35 holes of golf.
That is where this championship was ultimately decided.
When it was over, Cresta had won the Gross Championship by one shot. Kmak had answered the disappointment of losing the gross title by capturing both the Overall Net Championship and Flight 1. Sanzeri had come from five shots behind the Saturday Flight 2 leader to win his flight by a single stroke.
Thirty-one players completed all 36 holes.
One withdrew Sunday.
Almost everybody had a story.
And some of those stories were remarkable.
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Saturday: Kmak Throws the First Punch
Thomas Kmak did not ease himself into the championship.
He kicked the door in.
Four birdies.
A 36 going out.
Another 36 coming home.
72 gross.
Nobody else in the field broke 75.
Brian Cresta stayed close with a 75. Shawn Fox, John Fauss and Paul Karson were packed together at 76. Jason Pollard was at 80.
But after one round, the Gross Championship clearly belonged to Kmak until somebody proved otherwise.
He was three shots ahead.
And his net performance was even more intimidating.
Kmak's 72 became a 67 net, three under par.
Paul Karson and EJ Hill were next at 69. Rick Salzer was at 70. Ed Ferguson was at 71.
The Overall Net Championship and Flight 1 were already leaning heavily in Kmak's direction.
But there was another tournament developing farther down the board.
And that one was about to become chaos.
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Flight 2 After Saturday: Hill Leads — And Five Players Are Still Hunting Him
The Flight 2 championship deserves its own story, because Saturday ended with an entirely different name on top.
EJ Hill was the Flight 2 leader. This was a highly impressive feat for a 1st year Poplar Golf Club member. Usually it takes years to get a leading spot in a tournament but on Saturday, EJ made sure people know his name.
Hill's opening-round 89 gross became a spectacular 69 net, one under par. He walked off the 18th green holding a one-shot advantage over Rick Salzer, who had posted a 70.
Behind them was a dangerous three-man pack.
Sanzeri — 74.
Carballar — 74.
Cioni — 74.
That meant Sanzeri was five shots behind Hill and four behind Salzer when Saturday ended.
Rueda was still lurking at 76. Khunis and Spielman were at 78.
There was no reason Saturday night to assume Sanzeri would be the Flight 2 champion.
He wasn't leading.
He wasn't second.
He wasn't even alone in third.
He was part of a three-way group sitting five shots behind the leader.
In a one-round tournament, five shots is enormous.
In a club championship, with another 18 holes and Poplar Creek waiting on Sunday morning, five shots is merely a warning that things could get strange.
They did.
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Sunday: Cresta Comes for the Crown
Brian Cresta began Sunday three shots behind Kmak in the Gross Championship.
Three shots over 18 holes is recoverable.
But when you are chasing the tournament leader, you need to outplay him — and usually you need the leader to give you at least a little help.
Kmak did not look interested in giving Cresta any help early.
He birdied No. 2.
Then he birdied No. 4.
He played the entire first six holes at par or better.
Kmak turned in 36.
Cresta turned in 37.
Instead of shrinking, Kmak's three-shot overnight lead had actually grown.
After 27 holes of the championship, Kmak led Cresta by four.
Cresta had nine holes left to find four shots.
And Kmak was still the man who had opened with 72.
This looked increasingly like Kmak's championship.
Cresta's response was not spectacular.
It was relentless.
After bogeys on his first two holes Sunday, he had already steadied himself with seven consecutive pars from Nos. 3 through 9.
He kept grinding on the back.
At 10, both men made bogey.
At 11, both made par.
Then Cresta gained one at 12 when he made par and Kmak made bogey.
Kmak answered immediately. Cresta bogeyed 13 while Kmak made par.
The margin went right back to four.
And that is where they stood after 13 holes Sunday:
Kmak ahead by four.
Five holes remaining.
Barring something dramatic, Kmak was about to become the Gross Club Champion.
Then came No. 14.
Kmak made 8.
Cresta made 6.
Two shots vanished.
The lead was down to two.
Then came No. 15.
Kmak made 5.
Cresta made 3.
Two more shots vanished.
Four shots of separation had disappeared in two holes.
After 33 holes of championship golf, they were tied.
Now there was nowhere to hide.
Three holes.
Winner takes the Gross Championship.
At 16, Kmak made par.
Cresta made par.
Still tied.
At 17, Kmak made par.
Cresta made par.
Still tied.
Thirty-five holes were finished.
One remained.
They walked to the 18th hole of the Club Championship dead even at 146.
Kmak made 4.
A par.
That meant Cresta needed birdie to win outright.
And Cresta made 3.
Birdie.
A Sunday 74.
A 36-hole total of 149.
Kmak finished at 150.
One stroke.
Thirty-six holes.
After being three behind Saturday night.
After falling four behind Sunday morning.
After still trailing by four with only five holes remaining.
After drawing even with three holes left.
After remaining tied standing on the final tee.
Cresta birdied the last hole and won the Gross Club Championship by one.
That is not merely winning a golf tournament.
That is stealing it in the final scene.
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Kmak Loses One Championship — And Wins Two Others
There would have been plenty of reason for Kmak to feel down about losing the Gross Championship.
He had led after Saturday.
He had extended the lead Sunday morning.
He still led by four after 13.
He lost by one.
But the scorecard contained another story.
Kmak's opening 72 had been a 67 net.
Even after Sunday's back-nine trouble, his 78 gross became a 73 net.
67.
68.
140 total.
Exactly even par for 36 holes.
Ed Ferguson finished second overall net at 144.
Sanzeri, Cresta and Murray were all at 145.
Kmak won the Overall Net Championship by four shots.
And because he was also competing in Flight 1, the same 140 gave him the Flight 1 Championship, four shots ahead of Ferguson.
So Kmak walked away from Poplar Creek with an unusual championship story.
He came within one stroke of sweeping everything he could possibly win.
He lost Gross on the final hole.
And still went home as the Net Champion and Flight 1 Champion.
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Flight 2 Sunday: Five Shots Back Became One Shot Ahead
While Cresta and Kmak were creating drama at the top of the gross leaderboard, Flight 2 was undergoing its own upheaval.
Remember where Saturday had ended.
Hill: 69.
Salzer: 70.
Sanzeri: 74.
Carballar: 74.
Cioni: 74.
The obvious Sunday question was whether Salzer could catch Hill.
Instead, the entire flight was turned upside down.
Hill, who had produced one of Saturday's best net rounds in the entire tournament, ran into a brutal Sunday. His 113 gross became a 93 net, and the Saturday leader suddenly disappeared from contention.
That opened the door.
But Sanzeri still had another problem.
Salzer.
Salzer had begun Sunday four shots ahead of Sanzeri.
That meant Sanzeri couldn't simply play a decent round and hope to win.
He needed to beat Salzer by at least five net shots Sunday to win outright.
And Rob “One Putt” Carballar had begun the day tied with Sanzeri, so there was no room to focus on only one opponent. You have to give Rob extra credit. He showed up Sunday after staying out until 2am for his birthday party while hammering the drums at The Utah in San Francisco with his band Gravedodger.
Sanzeri's front nine hardly looked like the beginning of a championship charge.
He turned in 44 gross.
But the back nine was different.
He made par at 10.
Then came No. 11.
Birdie.
Because Sanzeri received a stroke there, the birdie became a net eagle.
It also survived the field and became a net skin.
Then he parred 12.
From 10 through 12, in the heart of a championship chase, Sanzeri went par-birdie-par gross.
He added pars at 15 and 17 and came home in 40, seven shots better than his Saturday back nine.
The result was an 84 gross.
More importantly:
71 net.
Now everybody else had to answer.
Carballar, who had started Sunday tied with Sanzeri at 74, played solidly. He improved from 87 Saturday to 86 Sunday and posted a 73 net DESPITE his late night antics.
His two-day number became 147.
He was right there.
Salzer had begun with the four-shot advantage over Sanzeri, but Sunday was considerably more difficult.
His 94 produced a 76 net.
And the mathematics became brutally simple.
Salzer had beaten Sanzeri by four on Saturday.
Sanzeri beat Salzer by five on Sunday.
74 + 71 = 145.
70 + 76 = 146.
Thirty-six holes.
One shot.
Carballar finished only one more behind Salzer at 147.
Khunis made a late charge of his own. After opening with 78 net Saturday, he shot an excellent 72 Sunday, birdied 18 and climbed all the way to fourth at 150.
Cioni, who had started Sunday tied with Sanzeri and Carballar, made his own birdie at 17 but couldn't sustain the chase and finished at 153.
So Flight 2 began Sunday with Hill in front, Salzer one behind him, and Sanzeri buried inside a three-way tie five shots back.
It ended with:
Sanzeri — 145.
Salzer — 146.
Carballar — 147.
Separated by exactly two shots after 36 holes.
Sanzeri, the Flight 2 champion had started Sunday five strokes behind the leader.
He won by one.
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Thirty-Two Players, Thirty-Two Stories
Championship golf is easiest to describe by talking about winners.
That misses most of what actually happens.
Every scorecard contains a moment when somebody solved the course, survived the course, attacked the course or simply refused to let the previous hole dictate the next one.
Here’s the deep dive:
Brian Cresta — 75–74, 149 — Gross Champion
Saturday: Cresta did three important things: 1) he opened with a 75 and stayed within three shots of Kmak rather than allowing the championship to get away from him; 2) he made birdies at Nos. 4 and 11; and 3) he played 12 of his 18 holes at par or better, giving himself the stable opening round required to make Sunday's comeback possible.
Sunday: 1) His 74 was the lowest gross round in the field; 2) after bogeying the first two holes, he responded with seven consecutive pars from Nos. 3 through 9; and 3) after reaching the 18th tee tied for the championship, he made the birdie that won the title outright.
Thomas Kmak — 72–78, 150 — Net Champion and Flight 1 Champion
Saturday: 1) Kmak shot the tournament's lowest opening round, a 72; 2) he made four birdies at Nos. 5, 6, 13 and 17; and 3) his perfectly balanced 36-36 round produced a 67 net and gave him control of the Gross, Net and Flight 1 competitions.
Sunday: 1) He came out aggressively with birdies at Nos. 2 and 4 and turned in 36; 2) his birdie at No. 2 won a gross skin, while Nos. 2 and 4 both generated net skins; and 3) after the championship swung violently at 14 and 15, he still finished with three consecutive pars and held on to win both Overall Net and Flight 1.
Shawn Fox — 76–78, 154
Saturday: 1) Fox opened with an excellent 76; 2) he made birdies at Nos. 10 and 16; and 3) he shot 37 on the back nine while playing 11 holes overall at par or better.
Sunday: 1) He produced one of the shots of the championship by making eagle at the par-5 ninth; 2) the eagle helped him turn in a strong 37 and won both gross and net skins; and 3) he added a birdie at No. 15 and played Nos. 6 through 10 at par or better.
Jason Pollard — 80–77, 157
Saturday: 1) Pollard made birdies at Nos. 8 and 11; 2) he improved from 41 on the front to 39 on the back; and 3) he finished with four consecutive pars from Nos. 15 through 18.
Sunday: 1) He improved by three strokes to 77; 2) he made birdies at Nos. 4 and 9; and 3) he shot 37 on the front while playing five consecutive holes, Nos. 3 through 7, at par or better.
John Fauss — 76–82, 158
Saturday: 1) Fauss made an extraordinary five birdies — Nos. 1, 4, 6, 8 and 13; 2) he posted identical 38s on the front and back; and 3) he played ten holes at par or better on his way to 76.
Sunday: 1) He authored perhaps the most astonishing nine-hole reversal of the tournament, following a 47 front with an even-par 35 back; 2) he made eagle at the par-5 16th, winning both gross and net skins; and 3) from Nos. 11 through 18 he played eight consecutive holes at par or better.
Paul Karson — 76–86, 162
Saturday: 1) Karson opened with a 76; 2) he birdied Nos. 1 and 10; and 3) he played ten holes at par or better and produced a superb 69 net, one of Saturday's best.
Sunday: 1) He found another birdie at No. 11; 2) seven of his holes were still played at par or better; and 3) after disaster at 16, he immediately answered with a par at 17 rather than allowing one bad hole to infect the next.
Daniel Murray — 83–80, 163
Saturday: 1) Murray kept himself in the net tournament with a 74; 2) he accumulated six pars; and 3) he finished particularly well, parring Nos. 16, 17 and 18 consecutively.
Sunday: 1) He improved three gross shots to 80; 2) he made birdies at Nos. 1 and 15 while turning in 38; and 3) his 71 net was one of Sunday's strongest rounds, with his opening birdie also winning a gross skin.
David Butzman — 84–85, 169
Saturday: 1) Butzman negotiated the front side in 41; 2) he made pars at Nos. 2, 4, 9 and 15; and 3) his 73 net put him in good position in Flight 1.
Sunday: 1) He again shot 41 on the front; 2) he increased his total to six pars; and 3) his best stretch was Nos. 4 through 6, where he made three consecutive pars.
Ed Ferguson — 84–86, 170 — Flight 1 Runner-Up
Saturday: 1) Ferguson opened with a solid 40 on the front; 2) seven pars kept the round under control; and 3) his 71 net put him directly into contention.
Sunday: 1) His nines were remarkably balanced at 43-43; 2) he finished with consecutive pars on Nos. 17 and 18; and 3) another 73 net gave him 144 for the championship, second overall net and second in Flight 1.
Joe Ghio — 81–89, 170
Saturday: 1) Ghio shot 81 and improved to 40 on the back nine; 2) he made birdie at the par-5 16th; and 3) from Nos. 6 through 11 he played six consecutive holes at par or better.
Sunday: 1) His 44 back was better than his opening nine; 2) he made pars at Nos. 6, 8, 14 and 17; and 3) he played Nos. 6 through 8 in only one over par.
Skip Sanzeri — 87–84, 171 — Flight 2 Champion
Saturday: 1) Sanzeri got around the front in 40; 2) he birdied the par-5 ninth; and 3) despite a difficult back nine, his 74 net left him within five shots of the Flight 2 lead and gave him a chance Sunday.
Sunday: 1) He improved his gross score by three strokes to 84; 2) after turning in 44 he attacked the back in 40, highlighted by par-birdie-par at Nos. 10 through 12; and 3) the birdie at 11 became a net eagle and a net skin, while his 71 net erased a four-shot deficit to Salzer and delivered the Flight 2 Championship by one stroke.
Saad Saleem — 92–80, 172
Saturday: 1) Saleem refused to let a 49 front define the day and improved by six strokes on the back; 2) he made four pars; and 3) he ended with consecutive pars on 17 and 18.
Sunday: 1) He produced one of the largest turnarounds in the field, improving 12 gross shots to 80; 2) he shot 38 on the front and made nine pars during the round; and 3) his 69 net was the lowest net score in the entire field Sunday.
Rob Carballar — 87–86, 173 — Flight 2 Third Place
Saturday: 1) Carballar posted balanced nines of 43 and 44; 2) he made five pars; and 3) his 74 net left him tied with Sanzeri and Cioni, five behind the Flight 2 leader.
Sunday: 1) He improved a stroke to 86; 2) he lowered his front side to 41 and increased his par total to six; and 3) his 73 net kept him in the championship fight all afternoon and produced a 147 total, just two strokes behind Sanzeri.
Bret Evans — 87–88, 175
Saturday: 1) Evans made seven pars; 2) his 43 back was better than his front; and 3) the pars came in several useful clusters, helping him produce a 74 net.
Sunday: 1) He improved his front nine to 42; 2) he made five pars, including consecutive pars at Nos. 8 and 9; and 3) his 75 net gave him a steady two-day total of 149.
Mike Khunis — 93–87, 180 — Flight 2 Fourth Place
Saturday: 1) Khunis kept his two nines close at 46 and 47; 2) he recorded four pars; and 3) his 78 net kept him within striking distance if Sunday produced something special.
It did.
Sunday: 1) He improved by six gross shots to 87; 2) he came home in 42; and 3) he birdied No. 18, producing a net eagle and net skin and completing an excellent 72 net that moved him all the way to fourth in Flight 2.
Joe Cioni — 88–93, 181 — Flight 2 Fifth Place
Saturday: 1) Cioni opened with a 43; 2) he made four pars; and 3) his 74 net left him tied with Sanzeri and Carballar, only five shots behind Hill.
Sunday: 1) He saved his best scoring moment for late, making birdie at No. 17; 2) he played Nos. 16 and 17 one under par gross; and 3) despite falling out of the championship race, his two-day total still earned fifth place in Flight 2.
Cheol Kim — 94–88, 182
Saturday: 1) Kim's 46 back was better than his 48 front; 2) he made four pars; and 3) his consecutive pars at Nos. 5 and 6 provided one of the round's best stretches.
Sunday: 1) He improved six gross shots to 88; 2) his front-nine 42 was six shots better than Saturday's opening side; and 3) he made five pars, including consecutive pars at Nos. 8 and 9.
Rick Salzer — 88–94, 182 — Flight 2 Runner-Up
Saturday: 1) Salzer produced an outstanding 70 net; 2) he played the back nine in 43, two better than the front; and 3) he finished Saturday only one shot behind Hill and four shots ahead of Sanzeri, putting himself in excellent position to win Flight 2.
Sunday: 1) He found four pars on a difficult day; 2) he continued fighting even as the Flight 2 leaderboard tightened around him; and 3) although his 76 net allowed Sanzeri to erase the four-shot deficit, Salzer still finished at 146 — only one stroke from the championship.
Artie White — 86–96, 182
Saturday: 1) White opened with a strong 41; 2) he made six pars; and 3) consecutive pars at Nos. 3 and 4 helped establish a solid 86.
Sunday: 1) He made four pars; 2) he closed Nos. 16 and 17 with consecutive pars; and 3) on several occasions he responded to difficult holes with immediate pars rather than letting the round spiral.
Dave Koons — 93–91, 184
Saturday: 1) Koons made birdie at No. 15; 2) he had five holes at par or better; and 3) he made consecutive pars at Nos. 8 and 9.
Sunday: 1) He improved two gross shots to 91; 2) his 43 front was two shots better than Saturday's opening nine; and 3) his net score also improved, from 79 to 77.
Curtis Roe — 93–93, 186
Saturday: 1) Roe recovered dramatically from a 50 front with a 43 back; 2) the centerpiece was three consecutive pars at Nos. 12 through 14; and 3) he prevented a difficult opening nine from defining his entire day.
Sunday: 1) He duplicated his Saturday total exactly with another 93; 2) his 44 back was five strokes better than his front; and 3) he finished strongly with consecutive pars at Nos. 16 and 17.
Brad Thaute — 93–96, 189
Saturday: 1) Thaute made birdie at the par-5 14th; 2) he added five pars; and 3) his 46 back improved on his front nine.
Sunday: 1) His 44 front was three strokes better than Saturday's front; 2) he made pars at Nos. 5 and 7; and 3) those two pars helped him play the three-hole stretch from Nos. 5 through 7 in only one over par.
James Abayon — 94–96, 190
Saturday: 1) Abayon made pars at Nos. 3 and 7; 2) he turned in 46; and 3) his 79 net kept the round substantially better than the gross number might suggest.
Sunday: 1) He again negotiated the front in 46; 2) he increased his par total to three, at Nos. 1, 5 and 12; and 3) his opening-hole par gave him a clean start to the championship's final round.
Walter Koning — 103–90, 193
Saturday: 1) Koning kept battling after an extremely difficult second hole; 2) he found a par at No. 15; and 3) most importantly, he finished the round and gave himself an opportunity to completely rewrite the story Sunday.
Sunday: 1) He improved by an extraordinary 13 gross shots, the largest gross improvement in the entire field; 2) his nines were 44 and 46 compared with 50 and 53 Saturday; and 3) his net score plunged from 85 to 72, one of Sunday's best turnarounds.
Steve Rueda — 95–98, 193
Saturday: 1) Rueda made four pars; 2) his 46 back was three shots better than his front; and 3) his 76 net put him only seven shots behind the Flight 2 lead after Saturday.
Sunday: 1) His 48 back was better than his front; 2) he kept every hole on the final nine to six strokes or fewer, avoiding a catastrophic number; and 3) he completed the full 36-hole championship and finished seventh in Flight 2.
Tim Cole — 97–98, 195
Saturday: 1) Cole made pars at Nos. 9 and 17; 2) his nines were nearly identical at 48 and 49; and 3) the par at nine gave him a positive finish to the opening side.
Sunday: 1) Cole made one of his best swings of the championship with a birdie at No. 15; 2) he added pars at Nos. 3, 6 and 17; and 3) the birdie at 15 became a net eagle and won a net skin.
Joel Spielman — 99–96, 195
Saturday: Spielman produced one of the weekend's signature moments. 1) He made an astonishing eagle 2 on the par-4 13th; 2) he improved seven shots from a 53 front to a 46 back; and 3) he added a par at No. 17 and finished with a 78 net.
Sunday: 1) He improved three gross shots to 96; 2) his front nine improved dramatically from 53 Saturday to 44 Sunday; and 3) he made pars at Nos. 1 and 8 while lowering his net score to 75.
Tim Andersen — 102–97, 199
Saturday: 1) Andersen improved from 53 on the front to 49 on the back; 2) he made pars at Nos. 8 and 17; and 3) both pars gave him useful recovery points during an otherwise difficult round.
Sunday: 1) He improved five gross shots; 2) his front-nine 44 was an enormous nine shots better than Saturday's front; and 3) he made a genuine birdie at No. 5 while also recording pars at Nos. 1, 3 and 17.
Steve Mendoza — 97–104, 201
Saturday: 1) Mendoza kept his nines close at 49 and 48; 2) he found a par at No. 17; and 3) his 82 net kept him inside the Flight 2 standings.
Sunday: Whatever else happened in the round, Mendoza owned No. 17. 1) He made birdie 2; 2) that birdie won a $29 gross skin; and 3) it also won an $18.13 net skin, turning one swing into one of the most profitable holes of the championship.
EJ Hill — 89–113, 202
Saturday: Hill was one of the biggest stories of the opening round. 1) His 69 net was the second-lowest net score in the entire field; 2) it put him alone atop Flight 2; and 3) he made four pars, three of them coming over his final five holes.
Sunday: There is no point pretending Sunday was anything but brutal, but there were still things worth crediting. 1) Hill finished the entire round pushing on and trying to hold the line; 2) he limited Nos. 3 and 4 to consecutive bogeys after a difficult opening; and 3) he similarly steadied Nos. 8 and 9 with consecutive bogeys and kept competing all the way through 18. His Sunday did not erase the fact that Saturday night, he was the Flight 2 leader.
George Kellner — 102–105, 207
Saturday: 1) Kellner made four pars; 2) he put together consecutive pars at Nos. 14 and 15; and 3) his identical 51-51 nines showed that he continued fighting after the turn.
Sunday: 1) He opened with a par at No. 1; 2) he added pars at Nos. 6 and 14; and 3) his 52 back was a stroke better than his opening nine.
Michael Shaffer — 84 Saturday — WD Sunday
Saturday: Shaffer had plenty to like about his opening round. 1) He shot matching 42s for an 84; 2) he made eight pars; and 3) his best stretch came at Nos. 7 through 9, where he made three consecutive pars.
Sunday: Shaffer withdrew and did not post a completed Sunday round.
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The Sunday Skins: Eighteen Holes, One Swing Can Pay for the Day
If the 36-hole championships rewarded patience, survival and consistency, skins rewarded something completely different.
Sudden violence.
One hole.
One number.
And nobody else allowed to match it.
Gross Skins
Five players survived the Sunday gross skins pool, each collecting $29.
Daniel Murray struck immediately with a birdie on No. 1.
Thomas Kmak answered with a birdie on No. 2.
Then came the heavy artillery.
Shawn Fox made eagle on No. 9.
John Fauss made eagle on No. 16.
And Steve Mendoza birdied No. 17 to grab the final gross skin.
Five winning holes.
Five players.
$145 distributed.
Net Skins
The net skins were even more chaotic.
Kmak was the only player to win two.
His performances on Nos. 2 and 4 both became net eagles, giving him $36.25.
Six more players collected one net skin apiece at $18.13:
Fox — net eagle on No. 9.
Sanzeri — net eagle on No. 11.
Cole — net eagle on No. 15.
Fauss — net eagle on No. 16.
Mendoza — net birdie on No. 17.
Khunis — net eagle on No. 18.
Fox, Fauss and Mendoza managed the particularly satisfying trick of getting paid in both the gross and net pools for the same hole.
Sanzeri's skin came during the very back-nine charge that ultimately won Flight 2.
Khunis waited until the final hole to take his.
And Kmak, apparently deciding two championship trophies were not quite enough compensation for losing the Gross title on 18, added three Sunday skins — one gross and two net.
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What the Scoreboard Will Remember
Years from now, the official record will reduce two days of golf to a handful of numbers.
Gross Champion: Cresta — 149.
Net Champion: Kmak — 140.
Flight 1 Champion: Kmak — 140.
Flight 2 Champion: Sanzeri — 145.