News and notes – June 7

 

Five events are in the books and registrations are mostly complete for one more, we are well under way for 2021. Thanks to all of you for your support and patience through the new season starting pains.

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Behavior – make sure when you are using family friendly language when you are close enough for families to hear you.  If you are throwing a tantrum on the course that others in other fairways can hear, tone it down. If you and your group are laughing it up on the patio with a few beverages, please keep the language and subject matter clean. There are lots of people who don’t want to hear all of the F-Bombs, including many of your fellow club members.

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Rules -  We DO NOT use the optional local rule for dropping with stroke and distance penalty in either stroke play or match play events. It’s a penalty for hitting a ball from the wrong place in stroke play and loss of hole in match play. (short version – hit a provisional)

 

Earbuds – allowed on the practice facilities but NOT on the course during competition.

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Reminders and notes –

Hole In One Pot – funded from your membership dues – is $1,500 this year. Ace must occur during full-field, one or two day events. (match play events or limited events late in the year are not eligible). Multiple aces split the pot and the pot carries to next year if there are none this year. (side note – the club insures the bar tab for anyone who hits an ace during competition)

 

We run a Ringer’s Competition through the season – build your best scorecard over the course of the season. Payouts for both Gross and Net. See results on the Golf Genius Portal. Also funded from your membership dues.  More info under Tournament Info on the Golf Genius Portal.

 

We run a season long Points Chase that pays out for a season total and also gets the top 32 and 40 in some post season stuff. See Tournament Info on the portal for more info.

 

Prizes are paid in shop credit. Skins are paid out in cash. Golf Shop staff can assist in looking up your current balance and special ordering anything you wish to order.

 

Club Championship – you need to participate in a minimum of 3 events to be eligible to compete in the club championship in August. (new members this year are not eligible for the CC.) Events include the Singles Match Play Tournament and Fourball Match Play Tournament (count as one each regardless of # of matches played), and the Member / Guest counts as one.

 

Next year we are likely to have a formal two day member-member event in addition to making the member-guest event a true member guest. Details TBD.

 

Volunteer time keeping seems to be working so we will keep it going for a while. 

 

Drink tickets on tournament day – there is no gratuity for the server staff included with these – just the product. Please keep the staff in mind when using your drink tickets.