Photos of Shore Gate winners

Tim Dolan and Bones Carter (Springfield)
First Place - 77

Ray Brown and Rodger Gottlieb (Blue Heron Pines)
Second Place - 67

Barb Petuskey and Kathy Callender (Vineyard Golf at Renault)
First Place - 67

Lori Fritsch and Cookie Stavoli (Buena)
Second Place - 66

Shore Gate Results

JustGolf Update, May 23

A few things while I work on wrapping up the Shore Gate tournament…

• I will not purchase the gift cards until three days after I publish the results. If you detect an error in your score, please notify me within that time frame.

• Don’t hesitate to sign up without a partner for the Vineyard Mixed Modified Scramble. Gail Davies and I will do our best to find a partner for you. Not to brag, but we have a 100% success rate thus far (probably shouldn’t have said that).

• Here is the link to the Vineyard application: http://justgolftournaments.blogspot.com/2013/05/vineyard-mixed-modified-scramble.html

• Everyone showed up on time, no last-minute substitutions or cancellations, dry weather – yippee!

• I will post all scores before the end of the week so that they will make it into the next revision. Don’t get anxious and post your own score. Remember that the score I post will not necessarily be the same score you shot at Shore Gate, since I will apply ESC (Equitable Stroke Control) to your posted score.

• Communication: I cannot receive text messages or e-mails on my cell phone. If you have to reach me quickly with important information, please call my cell phone.

• Those of you who received handicap adjustment points for placing first, second, or third net at Willow Brook on June 6, 2011, will be happy to learn that those points will be deleted from your record before the Vineyard tournament. Points accumulate for two years on a rolling basis, and are deleted on the two-year anniversary of each tournament. The Handicap Adjustment Chart can be accessed via a link directly under my photo on the website: http://justgolftournaments.blogspot.com

Vineyard Mixed Modified Scramble Application

Mixed Modified Scramble, Vineyard Golf at Renault, Tuesday, June 18

(You may sign up without a partner, and I will keep you posted on my efforts to find one for you.)

Male Player: ______________________         Female Partner: ____________________

Home course: _____________________         Home course: _____________________

Handicap Index: ___ . __                                  Handicap Index: ___ . __

Circle preferred time:         10:30-11:20                  11:30-12:20                    after 12:20

MEN’S TEES – CIRCLE YOUR TEE CHOICE:

Choose the STANDARD tees (White: 68.9/120; 6077 yards) to compete for both gross and net prizes.

Choose the FORWARD tees (Green: 67.6/116; 5748 yards) to compete for net prizes ONLY. Handicap reduction approximately 2 strokes.

It is recommended that men who can hit a drive 200 yards choose the STANDARD tees. 

STANDARD              FORWARD                (circle choice)

Total cost: $50 per player. You will pay $30 per player at the course and you will mail $20 per player to me in advance.  Please mail one check for $40, together with this application, payable to:

     Linda Miller

     48 Cherry Street

     Mount Holly, NJ 08060

Direct any questions to Linda:

     E-mail: LLMillerGolf@gmail.com

     Home phone: 609-267-8630

     Cell phone: 609-784-2550

Tournament opens May 20

Last date to mail application: June 4

Additional tournament information

• Course fee: $30 per player

• Team Course Handicap: 35% low Course Handicap + 15% high CH

• Must use 7 tee shots from each player

• Practice putting green; no driving range

Special considerations (traveling with someone, etc.)

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Shore Gate Tournament Rules

Please read and print for reference on the course.

Both Balls Count: This is an aggregate tournament.

Handicap: Each player receives 100% of his Course Handicap®.

Rules: All USGA rules and JustGolf Local Rules are in effect. Please carry a rulebook and a hard copy of our Local Rules (see link on website).

Summer rules: Play the ball as it lies everywhere.

Stableford scoring: Record each player’s gross score on each hole, and total the score for each nine. You are encouraged to record your net score and Stableford points – you will receive instructions at the tournament.

Net bogey=1 point

Net par=2 points

Net birdie=3 points

Net eagle=4 points

Net albatross=5 points

Pick up: Players will receive no points for any score higher than a net bogey. Players are expected to pick up if their gross total on a hole will be higher than a double bogey (exception for several women who will get an extra stroke on up to six holes). Record an X with the Most Likely Score, e.g., X-7. Most Likely Score may not be higher than your ESC maximum.

Unless you are picking up, every ball must be holed.

Turn in scorecard: Players must personally return their scorecards and must remain at the scorer’s table until the card has been reviewed and accepted. The competitor should verify the score after each hole and settle any doubtful points with the tournament director prior to signing the scorecard.

Cell phones: Add my cell number to your list of contacts: 609-784-2550. Your cell phone should be turned off during the tournament. You may turn it on to call me with a question on the Rules of Golf or for an emergency. Shore Gate pro shop: 609-624-8337.

Posting Scores: Do not post your scores. Scores will be posted by the tournament director.

Rule 3-3: If you are doubtful of any correct rules procedure, and you can’t reach me on your cell phone, you may complete the hole playing two balls (Rule 3-3). 

Arrival: Allow enough time to register, pay the $40 course fee, and arrive at the first tee ten minutes prior to your starting time. There is a practice putting green, bunker, and driving range ($6 for a bucket of 45 balls).

Coolers: The golf course does not permit coolers or outside food. There is a beverage cart, a snack bar, and an outdoor barbecue.

Tips: Please don’t forget to tip the men who load your clubs onto your cart and clean your clubs at the end of your round.

Shore Gate website: http://www.shoregategolf.com

Pace of Play tips: (expected pace is under 4 hours and 30 minutes)

1. Park your carts at the back of the green so that following players can hit as soon as you leave the green.

2. Record your score when you arrive at the next tee.

3. Hit a provisional if your ball may be lost or out of bounds.

4. Men: Double bogey max. Pick up. Scores higher than double bogey earn no points.

5. Women: Double bogey max and triple bogey max on some holes for players whose tournament handicap is higher than 18. Pick up when you reach the max.

Vineyard Mixed Modified Scramble: Applications will be available at the registrar’s table. You may sign up without a partner – every effort will be made to find you one.

Shore Gate Local Rules and Course Information

Please read and print for reference on the course.

Local Rules

• Repair divots with divot mix stored on cart.

• Environmentally sensitive areas are marked by red posts with green tops. Do not enter. Play as lateral hazards.

• Natural sand areas (no rakes provided) are played as through the green. You may ground your club.

• Flags on greens for hole location: Red (front), White (middle), Blue (back).

• Yardage measured to center of green: sprinkler heads, cart path, disks (Red=100, White=150, Blue=200, Yellow=250).

• Cart rules: For those holes where carts are permitted on the fairway, cart must be driven only on the fairway. Do not drive or park in the rough. If you have a health issue, the course will provide a handicap flag.

• Barber poles are placed on several holes at the 150-yard marker to let you know where to aim your drive.

• A bucket of balls for the driving range may be purchased in the pro shop ($6). One bucket contains 45–50 balls.

Tees

Men competing from the Standard tees will play from the Gold tees. Men competing from the Forward tees will play from the Gold tees except on the following holes, where they will play from the Red tees: 2, 6, 8, 9, 10, 13, 17, and 18. If you forget to move up to the Red tees, your ball is in play from the Gold – you may not move up and hit a second tee shot.

Women will compete from the Red tees.

Specific hole information 

#1: Dogleg left. 230 yards to bunker (193 from Red).

#4: 200 yards to twin bunkers on right (170 from Red). 234 yards to bunker on left (202 from Red). Environmental hazard on left–play as lateral hazard.

#5: Full-service bathroom to left of green.

#6: Series of bunkers on left, starting 100 yards from green. Near the green, a thin strip of fairway runs along the right side of the bunkers all the way to the green.

#9: 209 yards to lake on left (178 from Red). Plenty of fairway right of lake.

#10: 168 yards to left bunker, 182 to carry. (Red: 124 to bunker, 138 to carry.) 205 yards to right bunker (161 from Red).

#11: Dogleg left. Left side lined with bunkers, tee to 100-yard marker. Maximum distance for drive must be 90 yards short of green – any further and ball will be in troublesome grass bunker. Look to land your ball near the 100-yard marker. The grass bunker is 15 yards past the 100-yard marker. The entire left side is an environmental hazard that starts at the tree line – do not enter, drop a ball within two club-lengths or hit a ball from where you hit your previous shot, one-stroke penalty.

#12: 219 yards to lateral water hazard on right (208 from Red). The entire left side is an environmental hazard that starts at the tree line (see #11).

#13: 300 yards to bunker on right (250 from Red). Bunkers on left side, tee to green. A section of rough 32 yards wide crosses the fairway 250 yards from the green.

#14: Full-service bathroom to right of green.

#15: 185 yards to lake (160 from Red). If you want to hit a longer drive, aim drive over barber pole.

#18: 189 yards to carry bunker on right (158 from Red).

Shore Gate Handicaps

Players highlighted in green are men who elected to play from the forward tees.                                                                  

                                                                       

Maximum Course Handicap is 18 for men and 24 for women.
                                                                    

Shore Gate ratings:                                                                    

Red tees (women): 71.1/126; 5284 yards                               

Gold tees (men): 68.5/129; 5940 yards                                           

Mix of Gold and Red tees (men playing forward tees): 67.0/125; 5603 yards
                                                                      

Explanation:                                                                      

• Handicap Index is as of the May 15 revision.                               

• Course Handicap is based on the slope rating.                             

• CH Adjustment is based on points accumulated in prior tournaments for first, second, or third place net finishes (see the Handicap Adjustment Chart on the JustGolf website: http://justgolftournaments.blogspot.com     

• Forward tee adjustment is the number of strokes subtracted for men playing from the forward tees: 68.5-67=1.5, rounded to 2.           

• Competition Handicap is the number of strokes the player will receive in the tournament.