OFWW Newsletter December 2023
Message from the President
The 2023 Annual Membership Meeting marked the “retirement” of two long standing board members - Edwin Goldman and David Bradley. I’d like to thank them both for their commitment and leadership in the OFWW and hope to see them on the course for many years to come!
I would also like to congratulate and welcome the newly elected board members - Marty Blick (Treasurer), Patrick Freeh (Lake Team Captain), and Gilles de Beaumont (Member at Large). I am excited to serve with you as President and look forward to working with the other board members to continue to provide great golf activities for our membership.
There are many play days and the December Bash remaining to close out 2023. I hope you will participate in as many as possible with our wonderful Texas winter weather beginning to take hold!
Wishing everyone a Happy and Safe Holiday Season,
David Wenner
Use Your Pro Shop Credit by 12/31/2023
Remember all pro shop credit must be used by December 31, 2023, or it will be forfeited per Invited Club rules. Year-end carryover balances complicate Invited Clubs accounting and tax records which is why they want our members to use all their pro shop credit by year end. KCC members get a 20% discount off the ticketed price of merchandise.
You can find your balance on the Invited Club App under billings (Usage/Credit Book Available Balance) or ask the pro shop attendants to tell you your balance.
Credits received after October 1, 2023 will expire December 31, 2024 giving you plenty of time to use those.
December Bash
The December Bash will be on Tuesday December 5th. T
Please check in with Tim when you arrive so we can be sure we have complete teams or adjust as needed.
If you need to cancel during the signup period, you can go into Golf Genius during the signup period and cancel. If you need to cancel after the signup period, please send an e mail to both Tim and Stan letting them know as soon as possible including the night before Timothy.Lovell@invitedclubs.com or Stancoburn20@Gmail.com
If you don’t cancel you will still be charged the registration fee.
Sign up will be using Golf Genius. Please look for the mail with the sign-up link or you can go to KCC-OFWW2023.GolfGenius.com.
Please feel free to send Stan a note with any comments or suggestions. Stancoburn20@Gmail.com
2023 Preliminary Bash Schedule
The monthly bashes are a team event and a great way to meet new people and compete for slightly higher cash prizes.
The bashes are generally held the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 9am except for January (3rd Tuesday) and December (1st Tuesday).
December 5
A social with beer and soft drinks is planned after the bash in the scoring area for all bashes except for November and December.
Please remember that this is a preliminary schedule and subject to change.
November 2023 Bash Results
Play Days
The play days are a great way to have a tournament type competition and win some money. Stroke play in one of 3 flighted fields for a very small entry fee. You sign up for any available tee time and you can meet other golfers by signing up to play with different golfers each time.
You can also find the results for each play day under the results tab on the OFWW website.
Couple of things to note:
You do not need to check in at the pro shop before the play day. The starter notes the information for billing.
You must enter your score in the Golf Genius app. You do not need to turn in a paper scorecard.
You do not need to enter your score into the GHIN system. The pro shop transfers it over.
Payouts for winning are credited to your golf shop credit book account once a month. Players should check the amounts to verify they are correct. Questions about the amounts should go to Tim.
The play day participants are sorted into 3 nearly equal groups based on a handicap ranking for skins game and for performance payouts.
We are playing lift clean and place for all rounds between November 1 and March 31.
If you sign up for a play day but then find you will not be able to play, we are asking that you cancel your teem time. No shows result in having less than a foursome, cause us balancing problems with the flights and create unequal payouts. To help with this problem and to make things easier for you to cancel at the last minute we are implementing the following procedures:
The sign-up sheet will now stay open until 6:30 am the day of the playday.
If you can’t play, please cancel before that time. This will also allow players to sign up until that time as well.
Flights will be balanced at that time and will not be adjusted once the round starts.
If a player is a no show, or does not finish the round, they will be charged the $3 fee.
We are hopeful these changes will help you and help the play days run smoother.
The play day schedule for December is:
Tuesday December 5 - Bash @ 9:30 - Lake
Thursday December 7 - Playday - Marsh
Tuesday December 12 - Playday - Forest
Thursday December 14 - Playday - Lake
Tuesday December 19 - Playday - Island
Thursday December 21 - Playday - Marsh
Tuesday December 26 - Playday - Lake
Thursday December 28 - Playday - Forest
We are continuing the OFWW policy of allowing any member to play the forward tees on the Island course without any restrictions. Please make sure you indicate that on the tee sheet when you sign up.
Golf Genius OFWW Member Portal
All of the content on the old OFWW Web Site has been moved to the Golf Genius Member Portal. Please visit the site at WWW.KCC-OFWW2023.Golfgenius.com or using the GG App every once in a while. Lots of good information, play day and bash results, event sign up and other information. Updates and Training materials, including FAQs to help with the complete transition to Golf Genius (GG) can be found under the “News” tab.
OFWW Interclub
The Kingwood OFWW has two teams that participate in the "North Houston Retired Senior Men's Golf Association". Each team plays home and away matches at other participating clubs, usually on Thursdays. It is a great way to meet people, participate in exciting competitions and play different clubs for just a cart fee. You do not have to play every week.
From the end of February to mid October, the teams play weekly matches with 11 other country clubs in the North Houston and Montgomery County area. The clubs include April Sound, Atasocicta, Bentwater, Elkins Lake, Hearthstone, Lake Windcrest, Northgate, Panorama, River Plantation, Walden Lake Conroe and Walden Lake Houston. It is a great way to play these other courses for just a cart fee.
The 2024 season will start at the end of February. To join a team contact:
Joe Blankenship - Captain Marsh Team (joeblankenship54@gmail.com)
or
Patrick Freeh - Captain Lake Team (execgolfer@yahoo.com)
Or reply to OFWWkingwood2022@Gmail.com and one of the captains will contact you.
Divot Days
None currently scheduled.
OFWW Member News
OFWW Member Hole-In-One
To join or resign from the Hole in One club please go to Golf Genius using this link Join HIO Pot https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/8279458090852566906
If you get a hole in one during a playday or Bash to please notify Tim Lovell at Tim.Lovell@Invitedclubs.com and Jack Alexander at Jalexand76@Aol.com about that. The Golf Genius system doesn’t necessarily flag your hole in one, for example if your score on that hole is tied with somebody else. Please tell Tim the hole and course, witnesses, club used, enclose a picture if you took one etc.. If you are in the hole in one pot Tim can get the payout process started.
Please do participate in the HIO pot and win some money to buy your playing partners drinks.
2024 OFWW Officers
Please feel free to reach out to any of the officers with your questions, comments, and suggestions. The board works hard with the club pros, primarily Tim, to run the play days, bashes, and other events.
2024 OFWW Officers
President David Wenner
VP Alex Mentakis
Secretary Jack Alexander
Treasurer Marty Blick
Tournaments Stan Coburn
IT Support Brent Johnston
Lake Team Captain Patrick Freeh
Marsh Team Captain Joe Blankenship
Member at Large Gilles de Beaumont
Treasurers Report November 2023
The OFWW is currently tracking closely to budget.
Please feel free to contact David (President) or Marty (Treasurer) if any questions about the financials.
In Memoriam
- Long time member of the OFWW Phil Anderson passed away on November 4th, 2023 He will be missed..
1936-2023
- Past member of the OFWW John Dove passed away in October.