Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Final Reminder for Harbor Pines Championship and Better Ball

Today (Thursday) is officially the last day to mail your application to play in the Harbor Pines Championship and Better Ball on Thursday, August 13. If you plan to play and have not yet mailed your application, please put it in the mail by Saturday and send me an e-mail now to let me know that you will compete. I’m meeting with the pro at Harbor Pines on Monday, and he will expect a final number at that time.

Here is a link to the application: http://justgolftournaments.blogspot.com/2015/07/harbor-pines-championshipbetter-ball.html

If you’re having trouble printing it, just write your information on a plain piece of paper.

I hope to see as many of you as possible at Harbor Pines. The course is in beautiful condition, and you can’t beat the price.


Linda

Friday, July 24, 2015

Harbor Pines Championship/Better Ball Application

In case you missed the application the first time I mailed it…


Men’s Championship, Women’s Championship, Men’s Better Ball, Women’s Better Ball

Harbor Pines Golf Club – Thursday, August 13

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

Player: __________________________        Partner: ___________________________
Home course: ____________________         Home course: ______________________
Current Handicap Index: ___ . __                   Current Handicap Index: ___ . __

Tee times start at 10. Circle preferred time:                    Early               Late

Tees:
Men will play from the White tees: 69.5/124; 6,142 yards
Women will play from the Red tees: 69.6/122; 5,099 yards

Total cost: $72 per player. Please mail one check for $144, 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

Last date to mail application: July 31

Additional tournament information
Championship
• Gross tournament in flights.
• Trophy for overall gross champion
• Gross prizes in each flight
Better Ball
• Gross and Net prizes 
• 90% of Course Handicap for men; 95% for women.
• Maximum number of strokes: 18 for men, 24 for women.

Special considerations (traveling with someone, etc.)

________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Blue Heron - Photos of Winners

Barb Petuskey and Kathy Callender - Vineyard Golf at Renault
First Place Gross - 81
Georgianne Kloss and Darlene Haines - Indian Spring
First Place Net - 66
Linda Mills and Steffi DiSanto - Fountain Green
Second Place Net - 71
John Huda and Kevin Kaufman, Jr. - Fountain Green
First Place Gross - 72
Hal Wilson and Bill Casey - Springfield
Second Place Gross - 73
won match of cards
Dave Gaffney (Town & Country) and George Barbin, Jr. (Scotland Run)
First Place Net - 67
Van Wolosin (Medford Lakes) and Joe Habakus (Sea Oaks)
Second Place Net - 68

Sunday, July 12, 2015

Harbor Pines Championship/Better Ball Application

Men’s Championship, Women’s Championship, Men’s Better Ball, Women’s Better Ball
Harbor Pines Golf Club – Thursday, August 13

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


Player: __________________________        Partner: ___________________________
Home course: ____________________         Home course: ______________________
Current Handicap Index: ___ . __                   Current Handicap Index: ___ . __

Tee times start at 10. Circle preferred time:                    Early               Late

Tees:
Men will play from the White tees: 69.5/124; 6,142 yards
Women will play from the Red tees: 69.6/122; 5,099 yards

Total cost: $72 per player. Please mail one check for $144, 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

Last date to mail application: July 31

Additional tournament information
Championship
• Gross tournament in flights.
• Trophy for overall gross champion
• Gross prizes in each flight
Better Ball
• Gross and Net prizes
• 90% of Course Handicap for men; 95% for women.
• Maximum number of strokes: 18 for men, 24 for women.

Special considerations (traveling with someone, etc.)

________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________



Friday, July 10, 2015

Combination Tournament at Harbor Pines on August 13

At the tournament at Harbor Pines on Thursday, August 13 you will compete in two tournaments simultaneously – the individual JustGolf championship and a men’s or women’s better ball. You will sign up with a partner for the better ball, and your individual score will count towards the championship. Prize money will be awarded for both tournaments.

I designed this experimental combination because I was disappointed in the turnout last year for the championship tournament at Wildwood, a course that took me three years of requests to schedule. A survey after that tournament indicated it was too late in the season and that some players are leery of competing in an individual tournament. I am trying to correct both problems by scheduling the championship in August instead of September, and by including a simultaneous better ball tournament so that everyone will play with a partner.

Both tournaments are stroke play, so the Rules of Golf have no objection to combining them. However, there are a few Rules wrinkles that we will have to iron out:

• If you should decide to pick up on a hole, you will continue competing in the better ball tournament but you will be withdrawn from the individual championship.

• The Rules for the individual championship will take precedence. As such, you will be instructed to refrain from asking for or offering advice to your partner. Also, order of play must be strictly observed, most importantly for approach shots to the green and putting – the player furthest from the hole will always hit first.

I’m hoping this double format will double your fun, and that I will get to see all of you at Harbor Pines. I will post the application shortly, and will have applications available at the registrar’s table at Blue Heron on Tuesday.

Regards,
Linda

Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Blue Heron Ryder Cup Handicaps

Key to chart below
• Handicap Index: July 1 revision
• Course Handicap: Men’s slope-127; Men’s senior slope-125; Women’s slope-120. Additional stroke deducted for men playing from the senior tees (69.6-68.5=1.1 rounded to 1). Maximum CH: Men-18; Women-24
• CH Adjustment: Reduction based on points accumulated in prior tournaments for first, second, and third place net finishes (see the Handicap Adjustment Chart on the JustGolf website: http://justgolftournaments.blogspot.com)
• Tournament CH: Course Handicap minus CH Adjustment
A Ryder Cup has three formats, each of which is handicapped differently. After the handicap is calculated for each format, it is divided by 3 (each 6-hole format represents one-third of the competition).
• Scramble: 40% of lower handicap plus 25% of higher handicap, divided by 3
• Selected drive/alternate shot: 60% of lower handicap plus 40% of higher handicap, divided by 3
• Better ball: 90% for men; 95% for women (dotted on cards)

Green fill indicates men playing from the senior tees.

Blue Heron Pines Course and Slope Ratings:
Red (women): 69.6/120
White (senior): 68.5/125

Blue (men): 69.6/127


Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Blue Heron Ryder Cup Rules and Course Information

Please print a copy for reference at the tournament.

This is a team net and gross tournament. Men will play the standard Blue tees (69.6/130) or the forward White tees (67.6/126). Women will play the Red tees (69.2/120). 

Return scorecard with two signatures in person to official scorer.

Format
• Better ball, holes #1-6. Each competitor plays his own ball. Record both scores unless you pick up because you are out of a hole (strongly recommended). Play the ball down.

• Selected drive–alternate shot, holes #7-12. Both partners tee off. Select which drive you will play, and alternate hitting that ball to the hole. If you select A’s drive, then B will hit the next shot, A will hit the third shot, etc. Note: You MAY NOT switch balls to play your own preferred brand, including for putting. Play the ball down.

• Scramble, holes #13-18. Both players tee off. Select the shot you want to play, and both players hit from that spot. Continue in this manner until the ball is holed. Once the ball is holed your score is official, so be sure to mark your ball on the green if your partner has not yet putted.
After you decide which shot you will play, mark the spot with a tee or ball marker. Each player must place the ball within 12” of that tee no closer to the hole and play his next shot. YOU MAY NOT USE THE 12” TO IMPROVE YOUR LIE (stay in the rough, in a bunker, behind a tree, OB, on the apron of the green, etc.).

Disqualification: If you play the wrong format on any hole the team will be disqualified. The format for each six holes is noted on your scorecard. Signs on the seventh and thirteenth holes will remind you of the format.

Time of starting: If your partner is late, you must start without him at your assigned tee time. Since the first six holes are a better ball, your partner may join you as late as the start of Hole #7. If you have begun play of a hole, your partner will begin play at the start of the next hole.

Local Rules
• Replace divots if large; otherwise, repair with divot mix stored on cart.
• Waste areas (no rakes) are not hazards. You may ground your club.
• All homes and property lines are out of bounds.
• Flags on greens for hole location: Red (front), White (middle), Blue (back).
• Yardage measured to center of green: sprinkler heads, posts on the side of the fairways (Red=100, White=150, Blue=200).
• Cart rules: Drive on the fairway. Do not drive or park in the rough.

Specific hole information:
The distances below are in order: Blue/White/Red.

#1: To carry bunker on right: 187/175/118. To reach bunker on left: 223/211/154.
#3: To carry bunker on right: 234/216/108.
#5: To carry bunker on right: 202/185/160. To reach second set of bunkers on right: 243/226/201.
#6: To carry bunker on right: 205/181/114. Any bill hit right of cart path tee to green is out of bounds.
#7: To carry first bunker: 202/172/132. To reach second bunker on left: 242/212/172. To reach bunker on right: 246/216/176.
#8: To carry bunker on right: 185/110/103. From end of bunker on right to bunker on left: 190; to bunker on right: 213.
#9: To bunker on left: 249/214/192.
#10: To carry bunker on left: 176/136/124. To reach bunker on right: 237/197/185.
#11: If both balls in water, re-tee (this will be your third shot on the hole). You may not drop on the other side of the water.
#12: To carry first bunker: 206/195/150. To reach second bunker: 236/225/180.
#13: To end of dogleg: 221/194/184.
#14: To reach waste area: 292/280/167.
#15: To carry bunker: 197/145/135. To reach water at willow tree: 256/204/194.
#18: To carry bunker on right: 165/151/99.