Golf Skills Contest Set for Weekend

There are a limited number of openings for the Toyota Golf Skills Challenge today through Sunday at Fullerton Golf Course.

The event covers eight holes on the course, testing golfers in the following skills: short iron, pitch over hazard, putting, long drive, greenside bunker, middle-iron tee shot, chip shot and trouble shot. Golfers have three shots per skill and earn points based on where the shot lands.

Entry forms are available at local golf courses and shops or by calling (800) 932-8337. The fee is $25 with a portion of the proceeds benefiting local junior golf programs. A limited number of walk-up tee times also are available each day, according to organizers.

There are divisions for men, women, juniors and seniors, with the overall winner advancing to the national finals.

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The Anaheim City Golf Championship will be Saturday and Sunday at Dad Miller and Anaheim Hills golf courses.

A field of 380 is expected, including 95 in the championship flight, which Giles Meyer of Westminster won last year.

Spectators are permitted to view play from paved areas adjacent to the course.

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Van Girard, the women’s basketball coach at Cal State Dominguez Hills, was interviewed for the vacant UC Irvine position Thursday, a source said.

Girard has a 136-108 record in nine seasons at Dominguez Hills. In 1995, the Toros finished 22-6, won their first California Collegiate Athletic Assn. and reached the NCAA Division II tournament. They lost to top-seeded UC Davis, 52-42, in the semifinals. Last season, Dominguez Hills finished 21-8 and again reached the NCAA tournament.