Sunday, August 28, 2016

Men’s/Women’s Ryder Cup – RiverWinds Golf Club – Tuesday, Sept. 20

The Ryder Cup tournament is a men’s tournament (two-man teams) and a women’s tournament (two-woman teams). The format is six holes of better ball, six holes or alternate shot, and six holes of scramble.

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

Player: ____________________________    Partner: ___________________________
Home course: _______________________   Home course: ______________________
Handicap Index: ___ . __                                            Handicap Index: ___ . __

Tee times start at 9:30. Circle preferred time: Early          Late

MEN’S TEES–WRITE YOUR NAME AND CIRCLE YOUR TEE CHOICE:
Choose the STANDARD tees (White: 70.3/128) to compete for both gross and net prizes.
Choose the FORWARD tees (Gold: 65.4/120) to compete for net prizes ONLY. Handicap reduction approximately 5 strokes.
It is recommended that men who can hit a drive 200 yards choose the STANDARD tees. 

Name: ________________________________         STANDARD              FORWARD    (circle choice)

Name: ________________________________         STANDARD              FORWARD    (circle choice)

Total cost: $57 per player.  Please mail one check for $114 ($57 if you sign up without a partner), 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: September 6

Special considerations (traveling with someone, etc.)

_________________________________________________________________________

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Saturday, August 20, 2016

Date for Linwood

JustGolf now has a date for the Championship/Better Ball tournament at Linwood Country Club. Mark your calendars for Thursday, October 20. The Linwood tournament will be a 10:30 shotgun.

The format will be a combination of two tournaments – the individual JustGolf championship and a men’s or women’s better ball. You will play with your partner for the better ball, and your individual score will count towards the championship. Prize money will be awarded for both tournaments.

There will be more details closer to the date.

Linda





Thursday, August 18, 2016

Men’s/Women’s Ryder Cup – RiverWinds Golf Club – Tuesday, Sept. 20

The Ryder Cup tournament is a men’s tournament (two-man teams) and a women’s tournament (two-woman teams). The format is six holes of better ball, six holes or alternate shot, and six holes of scramble.

(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: ______________________
Handicap Index: ___ . __                                Handicap Index: ___ . __

Tee times start at 9:30. Circle preferred time: Early          Late

MEN’S TEES–WRITE YOUR NAME AND CIRCLE YOUR TEE CHOICE:
Choose the STANDARD tees (White: 70.3/128) to compete for both gross and net prizes.
Choose the FORWARD tees (Gold: 65.4/120) to compete for net prizes ONLY. Handicap reduction approximately 5 strokes.
It is recommended that men who can hit a drive 200 yards choose the STANDARD tees. 

Name: _____________________________         STANDARD              FORWARD    (circle choice)

Name: _____________________________         STANDARD              FORWARD    (circle choice)

Total cost: $57 per player.  Please mail one check for $114 ($57 if you sign up without a partner), 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: September 6

Special considerations (traveling with someone, etc.)

_____________________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________



Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Seaview Tournament Report and Prize Winners

In lieu of the photos I forgot to take (the combination of heat and loss of blood courtesy of the flies apparently short-circuited my brain waves), I would like to make a few comments regarding the Seaview Stableford.

• Tony Mack, who won the Net with Bill Sauers, was the oldest gentleman in the tournament. His 89 from the White tees was an impressive score for an octogenarian.

• Laura Otani and Karen McDevitt, who placed second Net, were the first mother/daughter team to compete in a JustGolf tournament.

• Stephen Barry (74) and Terry Zimmerman (84) were the medalists (lowest scores in the tournament).

• Dave Gaffney (80) and John Young (89) shot the best scores in relation to their handicaps. They were the only players in the tournament whose score differential was lower than their Handicap Index.

• Everyone deserves a medal for toughing out the heat and the blood-sucking flies.

• The Seaview pro shop sells a product that repels flies. If I had known that, I would have equipped Jack Sharkey with a can or two to spray everyone on the first tee. I found out after the tournament that sprays containing Deet attract the little monsters.

• My thanks to volunteers Gail Davies (registrar) and Jack Sharkey (starter) for their loyalty and dedication to JustGolf. 







Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Seaview Rules and Course Information

Scoring for Stableford
• Aggregate scoring: Both players’ Stableford points will count.
• Men: Double bogey max. If you score higher than double bogey, you will not earn any Stableford points. Please pick up if your score will be higher than a double bogey. Record an X plus your most likely score.
• Women: Double bogey max on holes where you have one dot, triple bogey max for two dots. Please pick up if your score will be higher than triple bogey. Record an X plus your most likely score.
• Record gross score only for each player.
• Leave the rest of the scorecard blank. Use a separate card for your own scores.
• Add each player’s front nine, back nine, and total (optional, but very helpful).
• All four players in each group must submit the two scorecards to the tournament director together and remain in the scoring area until the card is reviewed.
DO NOT POST YOUR SCORE. LINDA WILL POST THE SCORES.

Tournament Information
• Sign in at the registrar’s table outside the pro shop as soon as you arrive.
• Range: The range is a long trek from the clubhouse. If you plan to hit balls, arrive extra early or fuhgeddaboudit.
• Food: The cart girl will have hot dogs, sandwiches, chips, and drinks. The snack bar adjacent to the pro shop will carry the same. You do not return to the clubhouse at any time, so stock up before you head for the first tee.
• Arrive at the first tee ten minutes before your tee time.
• Cart rules: 90º, unless starter tells you otherwise.
• Bathrooms are accessible from Holes #5, 9, and 13.
• Pace of play: Please maintain a good pace of play. Keep pace with the group ahead of you.
• Play the ball down everywhere!

Local Rules
Out of bounds: Defined by white stakes.
All boundary fences are OB: No free relief from OB fence (one-stroke penalty: drop within two club-lengths or return to previous spot and hit again).
Stones in bunkers: Loose impediments; you may remove any near your ball.
Course care: Please repair ball marks, fix divots, and rake bunkers.
Lateral water hazards: Defined by red stakes (Hole #8, right side).
Native grass rule: If a ball comes to rest in the native grass (the dense stuff that is as tall or taller than you are, not the fescue), treat it as a lateral hazard (one-stroke penalty; drop within two club-lengths, no closer to the hole).

Course Information
Tees: Blue tees for men; White tees for seniors; Gold tees for women
Yardage markers: 150-yard post, which is always a good target. The posts are movable obstructions – lift them out if they interfere with your shot. Don’t forget to replace them.
Hole location: Chart on cart. Ask the starter for the day’s number.

Advice for playing Seaview:
• Accuracy is far more important than distance. The holes are not exceptionally long, but the rough is particularly punishing.
• Play a provisional if you hit into the fescue. If you find your ball in a poor lie in the fescue, give serious consideration to declaring it unplayable (one-stroke penalty, drop within two club-lengths or hit another ball under stroke and distance).
• Approach shots: Bump-and-run is a good idea from the fairway. If you are in the rough, carry the ball onto the green – short shots are unlikely to run onto the green.

Hole information
#5: There is a carry bunker in front of the green.

#6: At the end of the fairway there is a section of short rough.

#7: No drop area. Men only: if your tee shot does not clear the water, you must re-tee. Your second shot from the tee will count as your third shot on the hole.

#8: Lateral hazard on right. Tall, native grass is in the hazard.

#10: Dogleg left. The green is behind the bunkers on the left.

#12: Dogleg right. Aim tee shot left of center.

#16: A long, narrow bunker runs along the side of the fescue on the right. This bunker is not visible from the men’s tee.