Linwood Results

1:00 P.M. Shotgun Today at Linwood

We're on for a 1 P.M. shotgun today at Linwood. I'll see you all at your carts at 12:45.

We lost two men with the time change, and picked up two women. Here are the revised pairings:

LINWOOD TIME CHANGE – 1:00 P.M. SHOTGUN

I have rescheduled Thursday's tournament at Linwood for 1:00 p.m. Please plan to arrive around noon, and be at your carts by 12:45.

I discussed the weather conditions with the pro. He assured me that the course can absorb anything short of a monsoon. Assuming the rain stops sometime in the morning, we should be looking at a very playable course in the afternoon.

I will call the pro again in the morning. If I have to reschedule, the information will be posted on the website by 10:00 a.m. Please don’t leave home without first checking the website: http://justgolftournaments.blogspot.com

If you cannot play at the new 1:00 p.m  time, please let me know right now,  via e-mail or phone:

E-mail: LLMillerGolf@gmail.com

Cell: 609-784-2550

Home: 609-267-8630

Please talk to your partner to make sure he or she received this message.

Linwood Pairings

• Reminder:  10:30 shotgun. You must be in your carts by 10:15.

• Weather alert:  The National Weather Service is predicting rain and thunderstorms for Thursday. Please check the JustGolf website on Wednesday night and Thursday morning before 8 a.m. for possible cancellation and rescheduling:
http://justgolftournaments.blogspot.com
After 8 a.m., please call Linwood: (609) 927-7374

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 the rules prior to play. If you have any questions, e-mail or call me now.

Important Information Specific to Linwood

• PLAN TO ARRIVE BY 9:30. 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 10:15.

• 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 will 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.

• Pace of play: Please maintain a good pace of play. Pick up if you are out of the hole and record an X plus your most likely score (e.g., X-6).

• Environmentally sensitive areas: 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.

• Play the ball down everywhere!

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).

• Record team better ball gross and net.

• Total each player’s individual score, team better ball gross, and team BB net.

• Record team BB gross and net on scoreboard.

• 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. 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 (unplayable: one-stroke penalty to 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).

Rocks bordering water hazards are in the 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 environmentally sensitive area, but you may stand in the area to play a ball outside the area.

Distance to water: 335 (White); 215 (Silver); 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; all others 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).

Linwood Handicaps

Linwood Information

I will post the Linwood Handicap Chart, Rules and Course Information, and Pairings over the next few days. Here are a few early bits of information:

• The pro shop has a 50% off sale on all clothing. You might want to arrive early or plan to stay late to do some shopping.

• The range balls are included in your fee. However, you may not drive your cart to the range. Allow yourself enough time to arrive back at your cart by 9:45 for announcements.

• The snack shop will not be open. Bring snacks and drinks with you.

• All JustGolf volunteer workers will be playing. Please total your own better ball gross and net scores and write them in pencil on the scoreboard. Do not ask the Linwood pro to do this for you. If you need to leave right away, leave your scorecard with an employee in the pro shop.

• Make sure your name is on your golf bag. The bag drop is in the front of the clubhouse. An employee will pick up your bag, drive it around back, and load your cart.

• This is a 10:30 a.m. shotgun. There will be no starter to explain the rules to you (don’t all cheer at once). Please read the rules carefully, and bring a copy with you to the tournament.

• The course is in impeccable condition. The greens are running at about 10 on the Stimpmeter.

Wildwood-Photos of Champions and Flight Winners

JustGolf Champions, 2014
John Huda (Fountain Green) - 79
Linda Miller (Ramblewood) - 87

Cindy Junker (Blue Heron Pines)
Flight 1 - 91

Ed Walsh (Fountain Green)
Flight 1 - 79

Harry Crouch (Moorestown Field Club)
Flight 2 - 87

Steffi DiSanto (Fountain Green)
Flight 3 - 106

Ed Witczak (Golden Pheasant)
Flight 3 - 81

Marilyn Ramos (Running Deer)
Senior Champion - 92

Bud MacAvoy (Running Deer)
Senior Champion - 83

Wildwood Attendance Concern

Hi everyone,

I’m a little concerned about the low attendance at Wildwood. I must confess that I was disappointed that only 27 people signed up to play in our championship tournament at such a fine golf course.

I am asking for your help to try to understand what I can do differently in the future to attract more players to the championship tournament. I run these tournaments for you. If there is something I can do to encourage more of you to play, I would like to know what that might be.

If you did not compete, please click at the end of each question below and type “yes” or “no.” If you prefer, simply let me know why you couldn’t or didn’t want to compete.

1. I had another commitment on September 30.

2. Wildwood is too far.

3. Wildwood is too difficult.

4. I prefer to play in tournaments where I have a partner.

5. I would play if you offered net prizes.

Wildwood Results