Calming his way to a 72

Club affiliation: Newport Beach Country Club

Residence: Newport Beach

Birthplace: Los Angeles

Age: 57

Golf handicap: 8

Favorite golf moment: Watching wife Sandy shoot a “hole-in-three”

a year ago on Newport Beach Country Club’s par-3 fourth hole. Sandy

hit her tee shot into the water, but instead of hitting from the drop

area, she decided to hit from the tee box and the ball went in.

Favorite club to use: 3-iron

Favorite course to play: Spyglass Hill

Favorite hobbies outside of golf: People and wine

Family: Wife, Sandy; daughter, Erika

Noteworthy: He and Sandy came in third place in a recent

member-guest couples tournament at Newport Beach Country Club. Bruce

Brandenburg shot a 1-over-par 72, his best round at Newport Beach

since becoming a member there in 1994, during April’s couples club

championship. Of that day, Brandenburg said, “I don’t know what I

did. The best thing was my brain was relaxed. I was just taking a

walk in the park.”