O.C. GOLF NOTEBOOK / STEVE KRESAL : More Honors for Allison, Booth, Woods

The honors continue to roll in for Orange County’s three hottest junior golfers: Alicia Allison of Santa Ana, Kellee Booth of Coto de Caza and Tiger Woods of Cypress.

The three, based on their successes this summer in national tournaments, have been selected to play in the third Canon Cup, a junior competition at Bloody Point Golf Club on Daufuskie Island, S.C., from Thursday through Sunday.

There will be four-ball, mixed four-ball, foursome, mixed foursome, and individual matches in a format that’s the same as the Ryder Cup’s.

Woods, who will be a junior at Western High this fall, is playing in the tournament for the third time. He was part of the West team that lost the first year, 32-18, at Lake Nona Golf Club in Orlando, Fla.

The West came back to win last year, 29 1/2 to 20 1/2, at the Eisenhower Golf Course in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Chris Riley and Michael Ruiz of San Diego are the only other players from California on the 10-member West boys’ team.

Booth, who will be a junior at Santa Margarita High, matches Woods by making her third appearance in the tournament.

Allison, who will be a junior at Foothill High, is making her first appearance. She and Booth are the only players from the state on the West girls’ team.

Bob May of La Habra is quickly making his presence known on the Ben Hogan Tour. May has earned $23,115 in only four events this year.

His biggest paycheck came two weeks ago at the Wichita Open in Kansas. He and Jeff Woodland of Australia tied for the lead after 54 holes and went into a sudden-death playoff. Woodland made a 20-foot birdie putt on the sixth extra hole to win $25,000. May won $14,375.

May went to Hacienda Heights Los Altos High then to Oklahoma State, where he was a member of the 1991 NCAA championship team. Until Woods played in the Los Angeles Open last winter, May had been the youngest to take part in the event when he did so at the age of 16 years three months 18 days.

Woods was a month and 21 days younger when he played in the event.

Hole of the Week: We travel to Irvine’s Rancho San Joaquin Golf Course for this hole, No. 5. The tricky par five measures 515 yards from the back tee but often plays closer to 500.

The tee box points left into a rolling downhill fairway and away from traffic along Harvard Avenue. There’s also a bunker on the right side to reinforce the point of avoiding windshield damage.

If you catch a flat lie after a long drive and decide to go for the green in two, you must span an L-shaped lake on the right side. The layup area is thin from 120 yards in and the left side is also protected by a matching lake.

There are sand traps on three sides of the green that slopes back to front. There is also a right-to-left afternoon crosswind adding the final touch to a subtly fiendish hole.

One thing that would make this or any other hole in the world better is if players would repair their ball marks on the green.

While there are plenty of tickets available for the Pigskin Classic football game Aug. 26 at Anaheim Stadium, the golf tournament linked to the event is sold out.

Tustin Ranch will play host to 172 golfers Thursday in the third annual tournament at a cost of $225 each. Gene Washington of Stanford and John David Crow of Texas A & M are the featured celebrities.

Washington was a two-time All-Pacific 10 wide receiver who went on to star in the NFL with the San Francisco 49ers. Crow won the Heisman Trophy in 1957 as a halfback for the Aggies and is now the college’s athletic director.

Washington is currently a special assistant to Stanford Athletic Director Ted Leland.