Free Alexander Golf Clinic is scheduled

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The Fred and Judy Alexander Foundation and the Sierra Nevada Chapter of the PGA will present the 14th annual Fred Alexander Memorial Family Golf Clinic.

The event will be held Sunday, June 11 at Empire Ranch Golf Course. Signups will be from 10:45 a.m. to noon and the clinic will be held from noon to 4 p.m. All juniors ages 6-17 and their parents are eligible. The clinic is free.

Special guest will be Vince Howell from the Pinnacle Extreme Team. The clinic will provide introduction to the game of golf and an exhibition and individual lessons from more than 35 local PGA professionals.

All participants will receive prizes, lunch, T-shirts, fanny-packs, and a golf club if needed.

For more information, call (775) 832-4456. Applications can be faxed to (775) 885-4949. Registration deadline is 2 p.m. Friday, June 9.

Junior Golf Clinics at Thunder Canyon

Junior golf clinics are now being conducted every Tuesday at Thunder Canyon Golf Club. For information, call PGA professional Joe Casey, 884-4597.

Results from Empire andCarsonValley

Results from the Carson Valley Men's Golf Club's Match Play Against Par event held on Sunday:

A flight: First - Dave Probert, Tom Betterton, 4 up; third - Rodger Hala, Gary Schreiber 3 up; fifth - Jim Korzeniewski 2 up. B flight: First - John Dorman 7 up; second - Stan Sherwood 6 up; third - Ken Sharples 5 up; fourth - Jim Gaughan 3 up; fifth - John R. Miller, Randy Patterson 2 up. C flight: First Ð Richard Ryan 6 up; second - Ray Gardiol 5 up; third - Gil Causton 4 up; fourth - Gerry Bing, Jim Powell 2 up.

Results from the Empire Ranch Senior Men's Golf Club's individual stroke play tournament held last Wednesday:

Flight A: Low net - Jack Eldridge 67; second - Bill Gibson 68; third - Will Smith (won tiebreaker) 69; fourth - Glen Adair (won tiebreaker) 69; fifth - Mike Rogers 69. Flight B: Low net - Ray Umano (won tiebreaker) 66; second - John Attenborough 66; third - Marty Welch (won tiebreaker) 67; fourth James Price 67; fifth Ð Adam Huber 69.

Flight C: Low net - Norm Scoggins 69; second - Ed Spoon 60; third - Ross Sidebottom 63; fourth - Phil Polaske 64; fifth - Ron Popp 66. Flight D: Low net - Peter Youngdahl 62; second Ð Larry Hamann (won tiebreaker) 63; third - Robert Allender (won tiebreaker) 63; fourth - Paul Ford 63; fifth Ð Paul Weller 66.

Closest to the pin: Front nine - Ron Doty 9-3. Back nine - Marty Welch 12-5.