A riddle for you andme

What town on the Mendocino Coast has three digits or letters associated with its name? A question put to me by Lindy Peters while manning the ProShop checkin counter at the Little River Golf Course. Well, I was stumped. I had no idea.

Just previous to Lindy’s question I had asked Lindy if he knew the population of Little River. His guess was pretty close: 400 something. The sign announcing Little River to the world reads a population of 412. Someone has stuck on a three partially covering the two so with that addition the population is 413. Did someone have a baby?

The answer to Lindy’s question is, of course, Elk. The name Elk has three letters; it has a population of 208 people and it is 135 feet above sea level…three digits. Elk does not have a golf course nor do they have a golfer. There is no one from Elk that I know of who golfs. Butch Carlstadt, who last week on Wednesday shot an 87, his age, lives in Pt. Arena and is our only Pt. Arena golfer but none from Elk.

Here’s another question for someone to research. What is the smallest populated town in California that has a golf course? Is it Little River? Does Little River have the distinction of being the smallest town in the state with a golf course? Submit your answer to the Pro-Shop desk. Why does the answer have a W? Submit your answer to Kathy Shepley at the Pro-Shop.

Amidst all these questions, without question, we do have another holein-one achieved by Tony Odekirk on Wednesday, Oct. 14. Using his hybrid club Tony smacked his ball to the green on hole nine and watched it excitingly disappear. The event was witnessed by his playing partner Peter Buckman. Congratulations to Tony — may it be the first of many.

Last Wednesday, Oct. 21, two out of five Stableford

players walked from their cart to the first tee forgetting something…their golf ball. “Let’s see. I am on a golf course. I have a club inmy hand. What am I missing?” They had to return to their golf carts to retrieve a ball then humbly remount the tee and get the job done. It was a laugh enjoyed by all. The five players were Dave

Hautala, Bill Speake, Gabe Jennings, Rick Edwards and this Golf Notes writer. Who were the two — your guess — who forgot their balls?

The Little River Course had a “work on the course” volunteer day last Wednesday. The day’s task was to place on the course the newly painted out-of-bound and hazard markers. Jim Corsar valiantly showed up and did the job. Thank you Jim, from all of us.

Another volunteer day is coming soon. Stay tuned; the notification will be at the Pro-Shop.