Linwood Gross Championship and Net Better Ball Results

Linwood Pairings

Linwood Handicaps

Linwood Rules and Course Information

Please read all information carefully, and print a copy for your use at the tournament. Since this is a shotgun, there will be no opportunity to explain all of the rules prior to play. If you have any questions, e-mail or call me now.

Important Information

• 10:00 AM Shotgun. PLAN TO ARRIVE BY 9:00. Put your name on your bag. Leave bag at bag drop. Register at the JustGolf table as soon as you arrive.

• Be at your cart by 9:45.

• Range: Leave your bag on your cart. Take a selection of clubs and walk to the range. You may not take your cart to the range. Range balls are free.

• Siren: If the siren sounds it is mandatory to leave the course immediately.

• Snack shop and restaurant may not be open. Please bring your own snacks

• Cart rules: Carts may be driven anywhere except near tees and greens. Exit fairways at signs. Do not ride over curbs. Stay on cart path from green to tee.

• Bathrooms located in the snack shop (accessible from holes 10, 11, and 13) and in the clubhouse.

• If you pick up you will be WD from the championship, but will continue to compete in the BB. Record an X plus your most likely score (e.g., X-6).

• You may give advice to your partner.

• Environmentally sensitive areas are marked by signs and red lines on holes #7, 8, and 11. DO NOT ENTER TO RETRIEVE OR HIT YOUR BALL. Drop within two club-lengths of margin no closer to hole and add one penalty stroke to your score.

• If your partner arrives late, he may join you between holes.

• Starter will announce whether to play the ball down or use preferred lies.

Scorecards

• Record GROSS SCORE for each player. If you pick up, record X plus your most likely score (I must have a number so that I can post your score).

• Write GROSS scores on the first two lines only. You may record your own scores on the bottom two lines of the scorecard (between “Par” and “Silver”).

• Record BETTER BALL NET score on the third line (labeled “BB Net”).

• Write in pencil only, and use an eraser to make corrections. I will probably not be able to score at the tournament – your scorecard must be legible.

• Please add your individual scores and your better ball net scores. Record your scores on the scoreboard (in pencil, please).

• Review and sign your card. If there are any errors, I will call you. You will not be DQ’d for an incorrect scorecard – we will correct errors on the phone.

DO NOT POST YOUR SCORE. I WILL POST THE SCORES.

Local Rules

Out of bounds: Parking lot area; fence along holes 4, 9, and 11; driving range; curbing around staging area of carts and around 10^th green. You must return to where you hit your previous shot and add one penalty stroke to your score.

OB fences: No free relief from OB fence (If unplayable, add a one-stroke penalty and drop within two club-lengths or return to previous spot and hit again.)

Waste bunkers: Defined by green stakes. You may ground your club.

Stones in bunkers: Loose impediments; you may remove any near your ball.

Hazards: defined by outer edge of rocks (the rocks are in the hazard), yellow lines (water hazard), and red lines (lateral water hazard).

All meadows are environmentally sensitive lateral hazards. No play permitted. One-stroke penalty and drop within two club-lengths or replay from original spot.

Please rake bunkers, repair ball marks, and fill divots with sand.

Course Information

Tees: White tees for men; Silver tees for seniors; Green tees for women

Yardage markers: Red, white, and blue raised disks in the middle of the fairway; many sprinkler heads. All yardage measured to center of green.

Hole location: Flags – Red (front), White (middle), Yellow (back).

Hole 2: Dogleg left.

Holes 7, 8, and 11: Red-lined areas are environmentally sensitive. Do not enter. Drop within two club-lengths of the hazard margin, no closer to the hole, and add one penalty stroke to your score.

Hole 7: A ball may not be played from an environmentally sensitive area, but you may stand in the area to play a ball outside the area.

Distance to water: 335 (White); 210 (Green). After your tee shot, markers have two numbers: distance to water and distance to center of green.

After #7: Men turn right onto dirt path; women turn left onto paved cart path.

Hole 9: Range is out of bounds; no free relief from fence (if unplayable, one-stroke penalty and drop within 2 club-lengths no closer to hole or replay from original spot).

Hole 11: 150 yards to carry hazard from White tees. Drop area for men is near women’s tee box. Green slopes left to right.

Hole 12: Water crosses the fairway. After tee shot, markers have two numbers: distance to water and distance to center of green

Hole 13: Dogleg right. 170 from Green tee to second bunker on left.

Hole 18: Dogleg right. Distance to right bunker: 165 (White); 140 (Green).

Last Chance to Register for Linwood

Hi JustGolfers,

The last day to mail your application for the Linwood tournament is this coming Thursday, August 24. If you haven’t played Linwood (and even if you have), you don’t want to miss this chance to play at this pristine, private course. Special arrangements were made to play the course in September, when the course is in its absolute best condition (prior to aeration).

If you don’t have a partner, please mail your application as a single and I’ll do my best to find a partner for you.

This is our last tournament of the season. I hope to see all of you at Linwood.

Here is a link to the application:

http://justgolftournaments.blogspot.com/2017/08/linwood-better-ballchampionship_8.html

Linwood Handicap Changes

For the Linwood tournament, players’ handicap strokes will not be limited to 18 (men) or 24 (women). When I calculate everyone’s tournament handicap for the net better ball competition, I will begin with your actual Course Handicap. For example, if you are a female golfer with a 25.6 Handicap Index, your Course Handicap at Linwood would be 26. I will not drop that number to 24 before I start calculating your tournament handicap. The same goes for a male with a Handicap Index, for example, of 19.4, who would have a Course Handicap of 22 from the White tees, or 21 from the Silver tees.

For those of you who missed the fine print on the tournament application, please be aware that you are not eligible to become the JustGolf Champion if you have not played in at least one JustGolf tournament in 2017. This rule is #14 on the 2017 Tournament Policies.

Here is a link to the application: https://justgolftournaments.blogspot.com/2017/08/linwood-better-ballchampionship_8.html

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Linwood Better Ball/Championship Tournament Description

Hi JustGolfers,
The notice below was supposed to reach your inbox the day before the Linwood application. Due to some inexplicable glitch in the blogosphere, it was never delivered. I apologize for any confusion, and sincerely hope this description will reach you shortly.
Linda 

The tournament at Linwood Country Club on Thursday, September 7 will be primarily a better ball tournament. Players will be permitted to give advice to their partners.

Better Ball – Net 

Men will compete from the White tees (67.5/129; 6019 yards) or the Silver tees (63.9/122; 5374 yards) in one tournament for net prizes. Women will compete from the Green tees (66.4/114; 4670 yards) for net prizes.

Championship – Gross

The medalist (lowest individual gross score) from each set of tees will be crowned (not literally–I have not purchased crowns) JustGolf Champion for 2017. The medalists from the White tees (men’s champion) and Green tees (women’s champion) will receive a trophy or a gift card (their choice). The senior medalist (minimum age 70) will receive a trophy. Men may choose to play from the White or Silver tees. All men age 70 and over are encouraged to play from the Silver tees – the shorter distance will be more fun, and you will have a better shot at becoming the senior champion.

I will post the tournament application tomorrow. Applications will be available on Wednesday at McCullough’s.

Linwood Better Ball/Championship Application

Men’s Better Ball/Women’s BB and Men’s Championship/Women’s Championship

Linwood Country Club – Thursday, September 7

 (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: ___ . _

10:00 a.m. shotgun.

Tees:

Men’s standard tees (White): 67.5/129; 6019 yards

Men’s forward tees (Silver): 63.9/122; 5374 yards

Women’s tees (Green): 66.4/114; 4670 yards

MEN ONLY – WRITE YOUR NAME AND CIRCLE YOUR TEE CHOICE:

• All men will compete in the better ball net tournament, regardless of tee choice. Men who choose the FORWARD tees will have a handicap reduction of approximately 4.5 strokes.

• Choose the STANDARD tees to compete in the gross tournament for JustGolf Champion. You must have played in at least one JustGolf tournament this year to be eligible to compete for JustGolf Champion.

• Any man may choose to play from the FORWARD tees, but I would especially recommend this choice for men age 70+, who will be competing to become the JustGolf Senior Champion. You must have played in at least one JustGolf tournament this year to be eligible to compete for JustGolf Senior Champion.

Name: _______________________   STANDARD              FORWARD    (circle choice)

Name: _______________________   STANDARD              FORWARD    (circle choice)

Total cost: $65 per player. Please mail one check for $130, 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: August 24

Additional tournament information

Championship – Gross

• Medalist from White tees (men) and Green tees (women) are the JustGolf Champions.

• JustGolf Champions receive a trophy or a gift card (their choice).

• Trophy for Senior JustGolf Champion (male medalist age 70+).  

Better Ball – Net

• 90% of Course Handicap for men; 95% for women.