December 10, 2025
By Jeff Schoening
Tournament Chairman, Jackson Park Men’s Golf Club
Thank you to all the men’s club members and tournament players whose support and participation helped make 2025 a successful year for the club.
This article highlights the year’s leading money-winners, tournament champions and most improved players. It also provides statistics on club memberships (up from 2024) and overall tournament participation (slightly down).
In addition to our many tournaments, the club co-sponsored two charity events in 2025: the 2nd Annual Family and Friends Charity Golf Classic in June benefitting First Tee of Greater Seattle, and the 8th Annual JPMGC Charity Golf Classic in July benefitting Harvest Against Hunger. Those events collectively raised more than $10,000 for the beneficiaries.
JPMGC also put on the 16th annual Jackson Park Junior Golf Classic in August, and organized two club outings (in February and December) to Chambers Bay.
2025 Leading Money-Winners
Jack Hartley was the Saturday and Match Play lead money-winner, with 864 points. Bob Cameron was the Tuesday lead money-winner this year, earning 1,057 points. Mitchell Kane was the top Wednesday money-winner, with 351 points.
The Tuesday Cup was won by Andy Graham. The Tuesday Champions were Karl Meier for Gross and Reed Johnson for Net.
Here are links to final money lists:
Saturday & Match Play Money List
2025 Money Lists Composite. This is a composite spreadsheet for all three leagues, with worksheets for each league, which all can be sorted. The distribution of payouts across the handicap range looks equitable for all the leagues. To achieve that desired result, tournament directors use multiple flights based on handicaps and pay more net places than gross places.
New this year in the Composite worksheet: columns for each league of the “points %” earned by each player, based on the total member points for the league divided into the player’s winnings. The different league percentages are totaled in a fourth column. Perhaps this is a better way to determine the Sandbagger of the Year. Your comments are welcome.
Disclaimer: The stroke-play numbers for all the money lists are downloaded from Golf Genius. The match play numbers are added manually. Both sources may contain errors, especially regarding the number of tournaments played.
Saturday League Tournament Champions
Jack Hartley became the Gross Stroke Play Champion for a second time, topping the field at the Jackson Classic June 21-22. Jack’s dominance in stroke play was also demonstrated by his winning Low Gross of Field in the Spring, Summer and Fall field days. Kyle Miller repeated as the Gross Match Play Champion. Mark Ohrenschall repeated as the Senior Gross Stroke Play Champion and also won his second Senior Gross Match Play Championship. All of them qualified to play in the Champion of Champions Tournament at The Home Course, in April in 2026 and 2027.
The Net Match Play Champion was Brian Larson, the Two-Man Net Champions were Ken Smith and James Wang (their second time winning this title) and the Legends Net Champion was Reed Johnson, accomplishing a three-peat.
Four players have qualified to compete for the 2026 Gross Match Play Championship: Dylan Fitzgerald, Jack Hartley, Kyle Miller and Mark Ohrenschall. The remaining 12 spots will be filled based on the Spring Field Day 2026 gross performances from the blue tees.
More details are available at: 2025 Tournament Champions
Saturday League’s Most Improved Players
According to Golf Genius, the following 10 Saturday league players showed the most improvement lowering their handicaps in 2025.
|
Name |
First Handicap Index® |
Last Handicap Index® |
Improvement factor |
|
Fierro, Adam |
12.4 |
2.3 |
1.706 |
|
LeCompte, Jeffrey |
31.5 |
17.7 |
1.465 |
|
MacFarlane, Kevin |
9.3 |
5.9 |
1.190 |
|
Wise, Jonathon |
11.5 |
7.8 |
1.187 |
|
Nelson, Travis |
32.7 |
26.0 |
1.176 |
|
Lewis, Jesse |
21.6 |
17.2 |
1.151 |
|
Galvin, Bruce |
19.0 |
15.1 |
1.144 |
|
Spacciante, Anthony |
14.8 |
11.5 |
1.140 |
|
Croghan, Dale |
15.5 |
12.2 |
1.136 |
|
Fisher, Sam |
7.3 |
5.0 |
1.135 |
Top Twenties
This list recognizes the top money-winners and participants across all the club tournaments. Members who play more on Saturdays and Tuesdays have an advantage in winning money, because those leagues pay more than the 9-hole Wednesday league. Still, some people playing lots of Wednesdays fared quite well. On the other hand, if percentages of league points were combined to determine the Sandbagger of the Year, Robert Cowan would have edged out Bob Cameron with 5.505 percent to 5.466 percent.
Bob Cameron led in “Points” and “Total Points & Purse,” Jeff Schoening led in “Purse” and Oliver Rutz led in “Tournaments Played.” Because Bob led in points, he is the “Sandbagger of the Year” for 2025. He was won the Order of Merit for the Tuesday League.
2025 Stats: Club Membership Up, Tournament Participation Slightly Down from 2024
The club grew in 2025; total membership was up 3.9 percent, rising from 537 in 2024 to 559 members this year.
Meanwhile, tournament participation slightly decreased overall from 2024, although the Tuesday league recorded a participation increase. The upshot is that overall club tourney rounds were down 1.9 percent; the number of payouts dipped 6.9 percent; the tournament fee collection was down 3.4 percent; the club contribution was down 0.5 percent; and the club percentage of payouts was up 2.2 percent. Overall, total payouts were down 2.6 percent.
Jackson Park Sum–the total of estimated tournament green fees and tournament payouts collected by the course–was up 9.9 percent .
Tournament directors adjust the club contribution to payouts to keep tournament finances at a sustainable level for the club.
Here are statistics for 2025 and 2024 (Bold denotes 2025 numbers larger than 2024 numbers):
|
2025 Statistics |
Saturdays & Match Play |
Tuesdays |
Wednesdays |
Combined |
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|
Tourney Rounds |
979 |
1,310 |
1,137 |
3,426 |
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|
No. of Payouts |
437 |
862 |
536 |
1,835 |
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|
Paid Player Pct. |
44.64% |
65.80% |
47.14% |
53.56% |
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|
Player Purse Fee |
$22,784 |
$22,680 |
$9,096 |
$54,560 |
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|
Club Contribution |
$9,707 |
$9,234 |
$3,380 |
$22,321 |
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|
Club Percentage |
29.88% |
28.93% |
27.09% |
29.03% |
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|
Total Payout |
$32,491 |
$31,914 |
$12,476 |
$76,881 |
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|
Honey Pot |
$5,930 |
$8,450 |
$5,192 |
$19,572 |
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|
Jackson Park Sum |
$98,631 |
$88,244 |
$52,271 |
$217,527 |
|
2024 Statistics |
Saturdays & Match Play |
Tuesdays |
Wednesdays |
Combined |
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|
Tourney Rounds |
1,129 |
1,215 |
1,149 |
3,426 |
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|
No. of Payouts |
558 |
800 |
612 |
1,970 |
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|
Paid Player Pct. |
49.42% |
65.84% |
53.26% |
56.40% |
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|
Player Purse Fee |
$26,200 |
$21,105 |
$9,192 |
$56,497 |
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|
Club Contribution |
$10,064 |
$8,745 |
$3,626 |
$22,435 |
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|
Club Percentage |
27.75% |
29.3% |
28.29% |
28.42% |
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|
Total Payout |
$36,264 |
$29,850 |
$12,818 |
$78,932 |
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|
Honey Pot |
$6,820 |
$8,470 |
$5,172 |
$20,462 |
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|
Jackson Park Sum |
$101,508 |
$72,178 |
$43,841 |
$217,527 |