PGA Tour Will Have Different Look in ’86

The Crosby clambake doesn’t have a name, the San Diego Open has a new name, the Tournament of Champions has a new date and the Los Angeles Open will close the Western tour, a review of the 1986 PGA schedule reveals.

The PGA lists Jan. 30 to Feb. 2 as the date for a national pro-am at Pebble Beach, “name unknown.” To anyone who has ever been there, it will always be the Crosby. However, for the PGA, it may be the AT&T; Pro-Am, or some other such corporate event.

San Diego, which has gone through a gamut of names from San Diego Open to Andy Williams San Diego Open to Wickes Andy Williams San Diego Open to Isuzu Andy Williams San Diego Open has stretched its name to the limit. Imagine fitting this in a headline: Shearson Lehman Brothers Andy Williams San Diego Open. Whatever the name, it will be Feb. 6-9 at Torrey Pines.

The Los Angeles Open, sponsored by the L.A. Junior Chamber of Commerce, as it has been since it began, is still defying the trend toward corporate sponsorship. The Feb. 20-23 tournament at Riviera is still the plain old Los Angeles Open.

One of the best moves made by Deane Beman since becoming commissioner is the switch of the Tournament of Champions to the leadoff spot, Jan. 8-11. It is the ideal time to showcase all the winners of the previous year and will give the new season a championship kickoff.

Other West Coast tournaments include the Bob Hope Classic, Jan. 15-19, with the final round at La Quinta Country Club; the Phoenix Open Jan. 23-26 and the Hawaiian Open Feb. 13-16.

The second stage of the countdown to the United States Open is set for Monday, June 3, at Jack Nicklaus’ Bear Creek Golf Club, just south of Lake Elsinore.

From a record original entry of 5,353 players, 600 remain for sectional qualifying at 12 sites, including Bear Creek. From that number, 105 will earn a starting time in the Open, June 13-16, on the South course of the Oakland Hills Country Club in Birmingham, Mich.

The 51 others in the Open field of 156 are fully exempt players such as defending champion Fuzzy Zoeller, former winners Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson and Lee Trevino; Masters champion Bernhard Langer and U. S. Amateur champion Scott Verplank.

Golf Notes Mortie Dutra, teaching pro at Studio City GC, has been made an honorary member of the SoCal PGA. Dutra placed fourth in the 1931 U. S. Open. The SCPGA President’s Award for golf administration went to John Brown, co-founder of the Junior World tournament and president of the San Diego County Junior Golf Assn. . . . Dirk Jones repeated as Pasadena city amateur champion, thanks to a lapse by co-leaders Mike Ivy and Mark Levander on the par-4 16th hole at Brookside. The pair had a two-shot lead before Ivy took a 7 and Levander a 9. Jones grabbed the lead for keeps with a par 4. Jones shot a 292, four over par.

Vince Ferragamo may not be sure where he’ll be playing football in the fall, but Tuesday, June 4, he will be at Los Coyotes CC in Buena Park as host of his third charity tournament for the Special Olympics. . . . The High School Benefit tournament to raise funds for L.A. prep teams is set for June 10, at Calabasas Park CC. . . . One of the area’s biggest junior tournaments, the American Junior Golf Assn. Desert Classic, will be played Friday through Sunday at Mission Hills CC. . . . Qualifying for the U. S. Women’s Public Links championship is scheduled for Wednesday at Green River GC in Corona. The tournament will be played June 19-23 at Flanders, N.J.

Deadline for entering the 68th L.A. City Amateur championship is Wednesday for the tournament June 8-9 and 15-16. Regen Bayless, 18, is defending champion. . . . The 36th Norman Macbeth Invitational will end today at Wilshire with former Northern California champion John Brodie challenging local favorites Lee Davis and Bud Bradley. . . . The Golden State tour will be at Desert Falls CC in Palm Desert Friday. . . The new Monarch Bay course will play host to the Orange County Amateur next weekend. . . . The 36-hole men’s senior tournament, under the auspices of the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation, will be played June 18-19 at the Altadena and Eaton Canyon courses in Pasadena. The tournament is for golfers 55 and over. Entry blanks are available at most public courses.

Alex Galvan of Rancho, Ray Anderson of Friendly Hills and Greg Bruckner of Brookside will lead a 100-player challenge from SoCal in the 74th California Amateur, June 24-29, at Pebble Beach. Galvan shot a six-under-par 66 on the North course at Los Serranos, and Anderson and Bruckner shot three-under 71s on the South course in state qualifying. Eighty players shot their way into the tournament. Another 20, among them defending champion Duffy Waldorf, were exempt. . . . The United Cerebral Palsy-Spastic Children’s Foundation will benefit from the Midwest-Halo Lighting tournament Friday, June 7, at Valencia.