Man in charge

Name: Jake Rohrer

Club affiliation: Newport Beach Country Club

Residence: Balboa Island

Birthplace: Lancaster, Pa.

Age: 60

Golf handicap: 8

Favorite golf moment: The 25 years working on golf tournaments for

Hoag Hospital

Favorite course played: Stanford University Golf Course

Favorite club: Putter

Family: Wife Andrea, Daughters Carolyn and Cynthia

Favorite hobby outside of golf: Swimming and gardening

Noteworthy: Stepping down after eight years as the co-chairman of

the Toshiba Senior Classic ... Helped make the Toshiba event the most

charitable event on the PGA Champions Tour ... Started out as a

volunteer for the Crosby Southern Tournament in 1981 through Hoag

Hospital’s Club 552 ... Has made the Toshiba one of the players’

favorite tournaments to play in because it is so well run ... Credits

the volunteers, sponsors and tournament director Jeff Purser for

making the Toshiba a success ... Said he will not quit the Toshiba

‘cold turkey’ and hopes stay involved with the Toshiba Senior Classic

Scholarship fund, which has granted $125,000 and 62 computers to

Orange County students.