OFWW Newsletter May 2024
Message from the President
I hope you are taking advantage of the nice spring weather and participating in our playdays, bash’s and have joined one of our two interclub teams.
We recently announced that we have amended our procedures for creating the play day groupings to have more than 3 groups when we have many signups. This compresses the handicap spread within the groups and results in more winners. We expect that this change will create a more competitive environment for our players.
Enjoy the spring weather while it lasts.
David Wenner, OFWW President
May Bash
Please check in with Chris 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 Christopher.Reiner@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-OFWW.GolfGenius.com.
Please feel free to send Stan a note with any comments or suggestions. Stancoburn20@Gmail.com
2024 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).
May 14 - Marsh
June 11 - Lake
July 9 - Forest
August 13 - Island
September 10 - Marsh
October 8 - Forest
November 12 - Island (Breakfast, Meeting & Draft Before)
December 3 - Lake (1st Tuesday and Social After)
A social with beer and soft drinks is usually 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.
April 2024 Bash Results
The April Bash was an AD BC team tournament. Play your own ball. We also had an optional gross and net skins game.
Play Days
The play days are a great way to have a tournament type competition and win some money. Stroke play in 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 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 Chris Reiner.
The play day participants are sorted into 3 nearly equal groups based on a handicap ranking for skins game and for performance payouts.
We play lift clean and place for all rounds between November 1 and March 31 and we play the tree root rule all year long.
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 tee 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 May is:
May 1st- Forest Divot Day
May 2nd- 1x interclub on Island
May 7th-Lake Playday
May 9th- Marsh Playday
May 14th-Bash marsh
May 16th- 1x Interclub on Marsh
May 21st- Marsh Playday
May 23rd- 1x interclub on Marsh
May 28th- Island Playday
May 30th- 1x Interclub on Lake
The OFWW policy allows any member to play the forward tees on the Island course without any restrictions. OFWW members can also elect to play the Combo Tees with no restrictions. Please make sure you indicate that on the tee sheet when you sign up.
Golf Genius OFWW Member Portal
All of the content for the OFWW is in the Golf Genius Member Portal. Please visit the site at WWW.KCC-OFWW.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.
OFWW Member Hole-In-One
Congratulations to Rick Miles for a hole in one on #3 of the Island on Tuesday April 23. Rick used a 9 iron on the hole. The shot was witnessed by his playing partners Chad Alexander, Jeff Porter, and Scott Goodell.
Unfortunately, Rick was not participating in the OFWW play day and since he was not in an official OFWW event Rick did not win the OFWW hole in one prize pool.
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 Chris Reiner at Christopher.reiner@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 them the hole and course, witnesses, club used, enclose a picture if you took one etc.. If you are in the hole in one pot Chris 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 david.wenner@icloud.com
VP Alex Mentakis mentakisa@gmail.com
Secretary Jack Alexander jalexand76@aol.com
Treasurer Marty Blick martinsblick@gmail.com
Tournaments Stan Coburn stancoburn20@gmail.com
IT Support Brent Johnston oedude@suddenlink.net
Lake Team Captain Patrick Freeh execgolfer@yahoo.com
Marsh Team Captain Joe Blankenship joeblankenship54@gmail.com
Member at Large Gilles de Beaumont gdebeau@gmail.com
KCC Tournament Director is Chris Reiner. Chris can be reached at 713 647 1779 and his email is Christopher.Reiner@invitedclubs.com.
Treasurers Report April 2024
The OFWW is currently tracking closely to budget.
Please feel free to contact David (President) or Marty (Treasurer) if any questions about the financials.