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HGSGA Update - June 9, 2021 President's Message Today was the 2nd of 6 championship events. You can see your standing by clicking the "2021 Golf Genius Results" button on the sidebar, sign in using the GGID: HGSGA2021, and then select today's round's results from the schedule of events.. Remember, we take the lowest 4 of 6 scores to determine the winner, so you have plenty of time to get in contention if you were disappointed with your round. Next week we are busy with 3 away MISGA’s and our first Home MISGA. For the home MISGA we will be serving a box lunch rather than a sit-down lunch. Current plans are to have the lunches delivered to the players while out on the course. Hobbits players who are in a winning foursome will receive gift cards as usual. Remember, all players must ride in carts, no walkers and bring your $5 cash prize money. Finally, on June 20th we will open the sign up of the Columbia Cup, the portion that will be held at Hobbits on Monday, July 12th. The field will be limited to no more than 12 players, so we will only accept a maximum of 24 signups, be on the alert if you want to be a participant, we will close the sign-up on July 4th. Dwight Johnson is the Cup manager for Hobbits and has asked that if you would be willing to donate a guest pass for the July event to accommodate any of the Fairway Hills players who might not have a membership in one of the CA golf packages. If so, please indicate your willingness in the sign-up comment section. The second round of the Cup will be held on August 30th at Fairway Hills. Winners from today are: Low Gross 1 Ostrom, Craig 30 68 Low Net 1 Roderick, Steve $30.00 66 2 Bowe, Ralph $30.00 67 3 Cardwell, Mark $25.00 68 4 Johnson, Dwight $25.00 69 5 Fornadel, Richard $25.00 69 6 Caporaletti, Mike $20.00 70 7 Chicca, Thomas $20.00 70 8 Thompson, Keith $20.00 71 9 Maddox, Randy $20.00 71 10 Smith, Robert $15.00 71 11 Greene, Brad $15.00 71 12 Carr, Jerry $15.00 71 13 Hutcheson, Steven $15.00 72 14 Wichlin, Mark $10.00 72 15 Derheim, Dave $10.00 73 16 Hahne, Reg $10.00 73 This week in match play: Plunket over Feldstein (Bracket A) Hauser over B. Duncan (Bracket D) See you next week Ian HGSGA Update - June 3, 2021 Seems like everyone who played in the Texas Scramble enjoyed it. Overall, it was a close game with one team collecting the top prize and since 2nd and 3rd were tied for gross, we simply split the pot. For those who questioned how we determined the winners, pay attention to your email and you will get a thorough accounting of how we did it. Winners today were: Yaksich, Wikse, Hohman, Bona - $20 each Smith, Maddox, Hahne - $15 each Caporaletti, Roderick, Fornadel, Keller - $15 each Players went to Leisure World on 6/2/21 and we had 2 winners: Thomas Chicca 2nd Place Team - $35 Mike Caporaletti 3rd Place Team - $23 Next week we have the 2nd Round of the Championship series. It is on WEDNESDAY, June 9th. Tee off at 8:30 be ready to leave the putting green after announcements around 8:15. For those who signed up for Kenwood, we heard back from them, and they have limited us to 10 players, so we have implemented the Lottery system. They will have another date this summer for another chance to play. Have a good weekend! Ian HGSGA Update - May 27, 2021 President's Message Today we had a split field at home, with 41 players in the medal play match and at the same time we had 5 Match play events. We also sent a group of guys to Winters Run for a MISGA event (see Bill Duncan's report below for results). Money winners from the medal play are as follows (tie breaker is the most difficult hole to least difficult hole): Low Gross: Doug Wilson 74 $30 Low Net: 1. Rich Roca 66 $30 2. Cecil Philips 68 $20 3. Reg Hahne 68 $20 4. Steve Pope 71 $20 5. Alex Bollman 74 $20 6. Mark Cardwell 74 $15 7. Felton Satterfield 75 $15 8. Curt Island 75 $15 9. Doug Wilson 75 $10 10. Alex Pagnotta 75 $10 Full results can be found on the sidebar button entitled " 2021 Golf Genius Results". Please follow the directions on the button carefully! Match Play winners today and earlier in the week: Chris Ward defeated Chris Lehner 4&2 Gerry Logue defeated Mac Ramsey 3&1 John Barth defeated John Kominski 1 up Bruce Johnson defeated Keith Thompson 2&1 Dwight Johnson defeated Tony Kausal 2&1 Dave Derheim defeated Bob Smith 4&3 Jerry Carr defeated Ray Akerson 3&1 Next week - League Play: we are playing a Texas Scramble at home. Basically, it’s the same as a normal scramble except we require that each person in the 4some must have his drive used 3 times during the round. MISGA Next Week: we have 2 away MISGA’s scheduled, Wed. 6/2/21 at Leisure World and Thur. 6/3/21 at Sparrows Point. Please read the attached information sheets to see the information the host clubs shared with us. 2021_leisure_world_confim__1_.pdf 2021_sparrows_point_confirmation_email_5.21.21.pdf Winters Run MISGA Report 1st Place: Steve Scarborough - Won $30 2nd: Place: Mike Caporaletti -Won $25 3rd Place: Richard Violette --Won $15 Winter's Run served a hot buffet dinner consisting of: Caesar Salad, Green Beans, Grill Chicken Breasts, Pasta with Sausage, and Shrimp Pasta. for dessert - there was Chery /Apple Pie al lode mode. Before starting our round today: They had the following items for us: orange juice, coffee, and Breakfast Sandwiches. There was water and cups available on each hole. They had a full house and it was a shot-gun start. Bill Duncan HGSGA Update - May 20, 2021 President’s Message We had a split field today, Seven match play events and the rest of us had a 4 Man Stableford. Looks like all the match plays ended without extra holes. For full results click the “2021 Golf Genius Results” button on the sidebar. Match play results are noted below. All brackets have been updated and can be found by clicking the appropriate button on the sidebar. Money winners from our Stableford Event today are: 1st Place Dave Derheim Ralph Bowe Steve Gaudio Philip Ferraro $27.50 Each 2nd Place Joseph Hines Andy Finkel Curt Island Ed Tortolani $18.00 Each 3rd Place Doug Brooks Rick Bergin Whit Bass Bill Duncan (Blind) $12.00 Each Next week we have an away MISGA at Winters Run, while those who stay home will play in a Medal Play event. Lew just opened all events on SignUpGenius through June 17. Please be make sure that you haven’t signed up for both the home event and the away event if they occur on the same day. Today’s scores have been posted on GHIN. Have a good weekend! Ian Match Play This Week Bracket A Winstead over Stetka (Second Rournd) Seellaus over Wilson (Second Round) Bracket B Logue over T Thompson (Second Round) Ramsey over Yaksick (Second Round) Bracket C Bona over Case (Second Round) Bracket D Hahne over Keller (Opening Round) Hahne over Hutcheson (Second Round) Pope over Levin (Second Round) HGSGA Update - May 13, 2021 President's Message Looks like everyone enjoyed the day, whether you won or were defeated. We had a full field with only two matches still undecided. They will have until next week to complete their match. After today’s round, you will see your next Match Play opponent on the Match Play Bracket. The brackets can be seen by clicking on the sidebar button on the left of this page. Note that the top of the bracket has “play by date” which gives you almost 4 weeks between rounds. It is up to you and your playing partner to arrange the time to play. I couple of quick highlights:
Next week is a 4-man Stableford event. Below, you will find a new post about the upcoming Columbia Cup matches. Please take time to read it. For those of you who might be new to our group, at the end of the rounds, a lot of guys gather upstairs around the fire pit to either brag about their rounds or cry in their beer. Feel free to join in. Many thanks to Lew for the tight rope he walks trying to balance all of us out for these events. Ian 2021 Columbia Cup Information (As of 5/13/21) On July 12th and Aug 30th, we will be having the annual Columbia Cup Match against Fairway Hills. This is a Ryder Cup format with multiple match formats - for some of us it is a pressure packed event. Dwight Johnson is our Captain. In order to allow members who want to have a chance to participate, we will use the following format to select players.
HGSGA Update - May 6, 2021 Another great turnout, 71 players today. Hope everyone enjoyed your foursome as much as I did, always nice to have someone “carry” you! Next week we start our Match Play series, instructions are shown below. Please read them. Since a lot of work is going into setting up the brackets, make sure to sign up prior to Sunday’s deadline. After that, you will be wait-listed. Winners from today’s ABCD are: 1 Scarborough, Steve; Pagnotta, Alex; Maddox, Randy; Violette, Richard 135 $27.50 2 Seelaus, Tim; Logue, Gerry; Chicca, Thomas; Kausal, Tony 137 $22.00 3 Smith, Robert; Wichlin, Mark; Thompson, Keith; Fornadel, Richard 137 $15.00 4 Yaksich, Nick; Finkel, Andy; Pope, Steve; Hahne, Reg 138 $13.00 5 Derheim, Dave; Thompson, Terry; Johnson, Dwight; Krausz, David 138 $10.00 Enjoy your weekend, Ian 2021 HGSGA Match Play Tournament
HGSGA Update - May 3, 2021 Sign Up Genius Procedures for MISGA away events In order to provide everyone a fair opportunity to play in MISGA away events we will institute the following Lottery process.:
Hopefully this process will allow for a fair opportunity for all our members, new and old to play in some of the MISGA events. With the Covid era, some clubs are limiting the number of players we can send, so this process should give everyone a chance. HGSGA Update - April 29, 2021 President's Message We had a large field today - 71 guys and finally warm temperatures! For our new members, the Championship series is played out over several months. We have 6 events and use the best 4 of 6 to determine our winners. So, even if today’s round disappointed you, I know mine did, there are still 5 more opportunities to improve. At the end of the tournament, we will have a Low Net and Low Gross Champion. Several members have questioned why we are cutting off Sign Up Genius on Sundays, so I thought I would give you the reasoning on behind this.
So, for now we will adhere to the Sunday 8 PM cutoff and anyone who wants to play after the sign up is closed, will be wait listed. Next week we will be playing an ABCD team event. Hoping you will sign up! Ian Your money winners for today Net Compitition 1 Gaudio, Steve 66 $30 2 Plunkett, Simon 68 $30 3 Feinberg, Mark 70 $25 4 Girardi, Nick 70 $25 5 Thompson, Terry 70 $25 6 Carr, Jerry 70 $25 7 Bona, Jim 71 $20 8 Ramsey, Mac 71 $20 9 Pope, Steve 72 $20 10 Caporaletti, Mike 72 $20 11 Smith, Robert 72 $15 12 Hahne, Reg 72 $15 13 Fornadel, Richard 73 $15 14 Thompson, Keith 73 $10 15 Resnick, Stuart 73 $10 16 Island, Curt 73 $10 17 Akerson, Ray 74 $10 Gross Competition 1 Stetka, William 72 $30 *Tie breaking procedure used: Most difficult to least difficult holes. *We paid out to 25% of the field * Full results can be found on the sidebar button entitled " 2021 Golf Genius Results". Please follow the directions on the button carefully! HGSGA Update - April 26, 2021 State ABCD and 2Man Tournament Qualifiers For 2021 we have received our allocations for both Tournaments. In the past we held Division 4 qualifiers, however those feeder tournaments have been eliminated. Therefore, we will use the following Hobbit’s events as our qualifiers to fill the slots provided to us. ABCD –Tournament to be held on 8/23 at Holly Hills
2Man – Tournament to be held on 9/9 at Norbeck
The 2019 champions, Craig Ostrom & Doug Wilson for 2Man, and Bob Egge for ABCD will receive automatic invitations and will not count against our quota. Also, as in the past, we anticipate being able to fill additional slots as other clubs do not fill their quotas. For details of the events go to www.MISGA.org and click on the links: http://www.misga.org/Tournaments/2021_MISGA_Past_Presidents_(ABCD)_Championship_Flyer.pdf http://www.misga.org/Tournaments/2021_MISGA_2-Player_Team_Championship_Flyer.pdf These are fun events, good luck qualifying, Ian GHIN Problems? When entering Hobbit's Glen Golf Club make sure you include the apostrophe. That should do it!!! HGSGA Update - April 22, 2021 Cold & Windy Golf – Only for the Hardy We still managed to have a good turnout today. I want to thank everyone for their patience while we restructured the foursomes. Remember to post your scores on GHIN, we will not be doing it for you this week. Next week is the 1st Championship Series event. For our newer members, we hold a series of 6 Championship events spread out over the season. We then take the best 4 of 6 and use those scores to pick both a Gross and Net Champion. It is a medal play event tournament, which means all holes must be finished – no gimmes on putts, etc. See you next week. The weather looks good so no need to bring winter wear! Ian HGSGA Update - April 15, 2021 Two Man Scramble Results We had a great turnout today, 66 players. Despite wet conditions, scores were low, and everyone seemed to enjoy the format. We will continue to hold different team events throughout the season. We paid out to 25% of the field, below are the winners. Bob Egge Doug Wilson 62 $30 Tim Seelaus John Weiss 65 $25 Dave Thomas Mark Cardwell 66 $20 Ralph Bowe Nick Yaksich 66 $20 Steve Feldstein Alex Pagnotta 66 $20 Chris Ward Kevin Kokes 66 $20 Steve Scarborough Bill Steka 67 $15 John Barth Dave Derheim 67 $15 For full results go to www.golfgenius.com
Next week the format is another team event, ABCD low net foursome with scoring 3,2,1. Best 3 scores on Par 3’s, Best 2 scores on Par 4’s and Best score on Par 5. Hope you can make it! Where are the sidebar buttons? Mac just informed me that he accidently deleted the sidebar buttons. They will be back in a day or two!! Have a good weekend.... Ian HGSGA Update - April 8, 2021 Stableford Team Event Finally, a beautiful day for our Thursday golf, and we had a good turnout, 63 players gave us 16 teams. I hope all enjoyed the team Stableford format. We typically pay to the top 25% of the winners, so this week it is the top four teams. If you want to see a more detailed look at the teams, log in to Golf Genius and look at the leader board, where you can expand each team to look at their scorecards. Below is a snapshot of all the teams and their points. 1 Smith, Robert + Thompson, Terry + Douglas, Greg + Hahne, Reg 138 2 Stetka, William + Bowe, Ralph + Pope, Steve + Keller, Tim 134 3 Caporaletti, Mike + Ward, Chris + Ward, Richard + Hutcheson, Steven 133 4 Doyle, Michael + Logue, Gerry + Barth, John + Burrows, Jim 132 5 Lehner, Chris + Hohman, David + Johnson, Dwight + Levin, Steve 131 6 Derheim, Dave + Schwenz, Charles + Chiccone, Frederick + Hohman, David -blind 130 7 Wilson, Doug + Johnson, Bruce + Feinberg, Mark + Violette, Richard 129 8 Greene, Brad + Satterfield, Felton + Walsh, Denny + Hauser, Matt 128 9 Duklewski, Joe + Shipp, Lew + Hutzell, Charles + Hickey, Tom 128 10 Yaksich, Nick + Bona, Jim + Duncan, Bill + Phillips, Cecil 125 11 Ramsey, Mac + Sumner, Ian + Kominski, John + Egge, Bob 120 12 Feldstein, Steve + Carr, Jerry + Girardi, Nick + Duncan, Paul 120 13 Scarborough, Steve + Freiert, Jim + Gaudio, Steve + Dickman, Greg 119 14 Wikse, Carl + Fields, Richard + Maddox, Randy + Fornadel, Richard 111 15 Wichlin, Mark + Akerson, Ray + Case, F.T. + Bass, Whit 110 16 Kokes, Kevin + Thomas, Dave + Chicca, Thomas + Ferraro, Philip 109 If you want to see the expanded version of the Leader Board you need to do the following using your home computer or laptop: 1.Sign-in to Golf Genius using the GGID “HGSGA2021” 2.Select “Schedule of Events”
Winners can go to the pro shop to pick up their gift cards. 1st Place - $30 each 2nd Place - $23 each 3rd Place - $$16.25 each 4th Place - $10.75 each Next week we will be playing a 2Man Scramble, if you don’t have a partner, Lew will set you up. Remember to bring your $5, no $100 dollar bills please! We will be collecting your payment down at the starter stand. See you next week, Ian Sumner HGSGA Update - March 28, 2021 Forget the "X" We gave it a try last week and have decided not to use the "X and estimated score" format for holes not finished on the Golf Genius App or the paper scorecard. The only exception to this policy will be when we play medal play. For all other events we will abide by the following: How to enter scores into Golf Genius mobile scoring on your phone?
2021 Rainy Day Format If we decide to cancel an official event, we will look at the weather forecast & conditions the morning of the event, and if we decide to cancel the official event then you will receive an email by 7:30am.. If you do not receive an email, then assume the official event is on. If the official event is cancelled and the course is open, then whoever wants to play can show up and they will be sent out using our existing shotgun reservation – subject to any delays from the pro shop
MISGA Away Events are subject to the host club’s weather policy. You are responsible for checking it on your own. Do not assume the mixer is cancelled, you do not want to be a No Show. Many times, our MISGA Rep is alerted, however this is not always the case. If you do decide to cancel you need to call the host club pro shop and let them know, you can find their number on the MISGA.org Fees for HGSGA events 2021 After checking with Hobbits Pro Shop, the following fees will be in force for the 2021 season. Please be aware that in the past, the Fit & Play and Daily members were given a “senior” discount – this has been removed.
Guest Day Fees – what you will pay for your guest
Home MISGA Fees
HGSGA Update - March 25, 2021 Soggy Conditions, Hardy Seniors We had a good turnout today despite the wet conditions. The day went off without a hiccup, on time and without slow play, in spite of Cart Path Only. In fact our lead group finished in about 3 ¼ hours. We especially appreciate how everyone used Golf Genius for scoring and when we matched them to the cards we found almost no errors. Next week we begin the official season – which means Prize Money. As a reminder, we will be collecting your $5 cash down at the starter stand, Mark Cardwell will be the one handling the money. Please bring exact change. The format for next week is ABCD best 2 of 4 net. Please signup by Sunday evening. Over the course of the season, we will continue to mix up the foursomes, attempting to have you play with as many of our members as possible. Looking forward to seeing more of you out there next week. Ian HGSGA Update March 17, 2021 President's Message On Wednesday, 3/24 at 11:00 AM we will have a Zoom meeting to answer any questions you might have regarding the upcoming season. Tune in and meet your officers and some of the new members, Here's the link: :https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86875035417?pwd=cUsvNUIrQ2ZBZWtMbmR1WE9PMzJPUT09 On Thursday, 3/25 we will have an unofficial kick off to our season. The good news is that we will be having a Shotgun start and will be using Golf Genius to record scores on your phones. So here are the key points to remember:
Starting April 1 we will begin our official season. Here are a few reminders
Looking forward to seeing all of you out there. Ian A word from Lew HGSGA Update March 10, 2021 Dues for Returning Members If you are a returning member please click the third button on the sidebar on the left of this page. It will show you how much your dues are for 2021. Dues vary based upon your 2020 funny money winnings. Opening Orientation Zoom Meeting There will be a Zoom-based meeting for the membership on Wednesday, March 24 at 11:00am. The purpose is to introduce new members to the existing ones, and to review procedures for new members and anyone else who feels they need a review. The link is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86875035417?pwd=cUsvNUIrQ2ZBZWtMbmR1WE9PMzJPUT09 Shirts and Hats Randy Maddox/Treasurer will be taking orders for HGSGA Senior Shirts and/or hats. These are nice to wear at home and away mixers (MISGAs) when we play with other clubs. They are dark green with white trim very similar to shirts/hats ordered in previous years. $32 shirt $18 hat Shirt Deposit required ($12 to $32) Three ways to order:
10439 Fair Oaks Columbia MD 21044 Deposit $12 to $32 All Other Matters Please see the March 3 Update below for a thorough review of HGSGA activities. HGSGA Update - March 3, 2021 Gentlemen, We are about to kick off our season and I want to update you on several items.
Looking forward to seeing everyone on the official season event, April 1. Ian Sumner Fees for HGSGA Events 2021 As of 3.3.21 After checking with Hobbits Pro Shop, the following fees will be in force for the 2021 season. Please be aware that in the past, the Fit & Play and Daily members were given a “senior” discount – this has been removed. Thursday League Play:
Guest Day Fees – what you will pay for your guest:
Home MISGA Fees
HGSGA Thursday Check-In Procedures As of 3.3.21 These procedures will be in effect until the Pro Shop begins handling cash. Check-In Process: • Credit Card already on File – Check in with starter at putting green, no need to go to Pro Shop • No Credit Card on File - Check in at Pro Shop Prize Money Payment*: • Go to Starter stand next to putting green • Have $5 Cash available for Prize Money – bring correct amount • Give $5 to HGSGA rep collecting the Prize Money • Make sure you name is checked off as having paid *Prize Money collected is used to payout winners each Thursday that we hold an official HGSGA event. It is not optional. HGSGA Update - February 24, 2021 A Welcome From Our President - Ian Sumner I want to take this opportunity to say hello to all our returning and new members. Your executive committee has been hard at work setting the stage for what we hope will be a season that is enjoyable for all members. The following is a quick recap of topics we have discussed. Kick Off Meeting: On March 24th we will hold a Zoom meeting to welcome new members and “refresh the memory” of old members. You will get an invitation via email. Dues: We must receive your dues prior to April 1. If we don’t have them, you will not be included in the playing roster until paid and you will not be eligible for prize money. Dues for new members are $55. Dues for returning members vary. The exact amount can be found by clicking the sidebar button entitled "2021 Dues - Please Check Amount Due." Sign Ups: We will be using Sign Up Genius (SUG) as the primary vehicle for both Home and Away MISGA events. We will be listing the entire season schedule and will open sign ups to those events approximately 2 weeks in advance. For regular home events we need you to sign up by 5pm Monday of that week’s event. For MISGA events, both home and away, we need you to sign up by the Thursday of the week prior. While we are posting the schedule for the season, please be aware that it is a “flexible” schedule that may change based on Covid issues and changes to MISGA events. However, we are fairly sure that our major Championship dates will remain firm. Formats: Based on feedback from approximately half the membership, we will be featuring more “team events” and scrambles. We welcome comments on the schedule and any additional formats you think might be fun for the group – remembering that we do need to be able to set up scoring into Golf Genius. MISGA Events: Bill Duncan has been busy scheduling both home and away events. Some of the clubs in MISGA have decided not to have events this season but others have and will be adjusting to the Covid issue to maintain safety for the players. Here at Hobbits, we are still working out the issue of shotgun starts and whether or not we will have food served. Tee Times: Currently we do not have a decision about shotgun starts. Discussions between Hobbits and CA are underway and hopefully by April we will be able to do so. If not, we are exploring using both the 1st and 10th tee as starting tees. Handicaps: Please double check that you are signed up for the GHIN handicap system. The old MSGA system is no longer used. Pro Shop Check In: They have asked that, if possible, you register your Credit Card with them so that it will speed up check ins. At the current time they do not accept cash. Scoring: We will continue to use Golf Genius (GG) as our platform for tabulating scores and results. It is important that members download the app and use it while on the course for HGSGA events. Also, it will be a requirement that the actual scorecard be turned in at the end of the round (a photo of the card emailed to HGSGA.Scores@gmail.com ). With a little luck, as restrictions around Covid decrease, we will once again be able to collect them inside at the Turn House or Pro Shop. Prize Money: Currently the Pro Shop will not collect cash, we are working on finding a way to collect the $5 Thursday morning prize money. Because of CA's internal accounting system we cannot simply charge your individual credit card for prize money at check in. We plan to pay out winnings via Pro Shop gift certificates to winners. Website: Please continue to log in to the website for additional information. We will use it to post timely information including winners from our Thursday events. You will receive an email each time the website is updated. Finally, let’s remember that while things appear to be getting better, we need to be diligent and practice safe Covid procedures. Looking forward to seeing all of you out there. Ian 2021 Membership We are now accepting applications for our 2021 Season. New members fill out the membership application (click button on sidebar) and send the application with a $55 check made out to HGSGA to Randy Maddox, 10439 Fair Oaks, Columbia, MD 21044. Returning Members, please check the amount of your dues by clicking the 2021 Dues button on the sidebar. Send your check along with your application to Randy at the above address. Application and dues can also be dropped off at the pro shop. 2020 Year-End Wrap Up It certainly has been a unique year at HGSGA with no MISGAs, no shotgun starts, no food, no rakes, partitioned carts, and all of us running around asking “who was that masked man?” Yet somehow we pulled it off and had a good season in spite of the limitations caused by the pandemic. In total, we had 89 dues-paying members. Even though we had a late start and several rainouts, we were able to hold 21 events with an average attendance of 52 golfers. This tells me that we filled a void in these troubling times. The fresh air, the distanced socialization, and the friendly competition made the past few months quite enjoyable. I want to thank the Executive Committee for all their hard work in modifying our operating procedures to accommodate the restrictions. Special appreciation is given to Lew Shipp, our Golf Genius “Genius” who kept us organized and informed each Thursday morning. I also would like to thank Joan Lovelace for her support and advocacy in allowing leagues to operate. The cart guys and the greenskeepers worked extra hard this year. Gene Hayes and Lisa Wynne kept things going inside the “pro shop bubble” and Peter Law was quite helpful as our starter. Finally, I want to thank you for the opportunity to serve as HGSGA president these past two years. It has been a wonderful experience and I enjoyed getting to know each of you. Rest assured, we are in good hands with our new President, Ian Sumner. His previous experience as our Vice President and as our MISGA Representative has prepared him well for the job. With Randy Maddox continuing as Treasurer, Mark Cardwell as Vice President, Rich Roca as Secretary, Lew Shipp as Golf Genius Administrator and Bill Duncan as our MISGA Rep, I believe we are all set for the new year. Thank you for being a part of HGSGA. Stay safe and healthy through these next few months. Get that vaccination and I look forward to seeing you at Hobbits in 2021! Mac Ramsey 2020 Executive Committee
2020 Champions
Second Place – Nick Girardi Third Place – Whit Bass
Second Place – Craig Ostrom Third Place – Doug Wilson
Dave Derheim (Flight A) Second Place – Jim Bona (Flight C) Semifinalist – Rich Roca (Flight D) Semifinalist – Mac Ramsey (Flight B) HGSGA Update – November 5, 2020 Yaksich and Ostrom Win 5-Club Tournament Thirty-nine guys came out for our last event of the season featuring a 5-club only tournament. They were treated to perhaps our most beautiful day of the year with blue skies and colorful foliage. Nick Yaksich blew the field away in the net competition shooting a 67 ($25). In the gross competition, long hitting Craig Ostrom led the way with a 72 ($25). Other net money winners were: Jim Bona 72 ($20) Mac Ramsey 72 ($18) John Barth 72 ($16) Scott Rapson 72 ($14) Dwight Johnson 73 ($13) Steve Gaudio 74 ($12) Doug Brooks 74 ($11) Mark Cardwell 74 ($10) Ties were broken by matching cards beginning with the lowest handicapped hole. Full results of today's round can be seen by clicking the results and stats button on the sidebar and signing in using the GGID: HGSGA2020. Since we did not play with a full set of clubs, we will not be posting our scores to Golf Net. New Slate of Officers Approved Thanks to the over 40 guys who unanimously approved the following slate of officers for 2021: President - Ian Sumner Vice- President - Mark Cardwell Secretary - Rich Roca Treasurer - Randy Maddox We are also happy to have the following individuals taking on responsibilities in 2021: Lew Shipp - Golf Genius Administrator Bill Duncan - MISGA Representative Andy Finkel, Joe Duklewski, and Mike Caporaletti - Assistant MISGA Representatives Fred Chiccone - 50/50 Coordinator Mac Ramsey - Webmaster Funny Money Email Coming Next Week Watch your email for a year-end report on funny money. This email should be to you by the end of next week. 2020-2021 HGSGA Winter Sign-up Procedures Many of you have asked if we could continue to play - weather permitting, after the end of our official season. The answer is Yes. We have been given 10 Thursday tee times for our group to use during Nov-Feb. The slots begin at 9:30 and run every 10 minutes through 11:00 We will use Sign Up Genius to collect a maximum of 40 names. The sign-ups will close every Sunday at Noon - we must return any unused tee times to Hobbits. Once the sign-up closes, you will be assigned to a group with the time slots as follows. It is done based on order of sign up in Sign Up Genius. We will not be involved in changing groups for you, show up at your allotted time or trade with another player on your own and coordinate with the starter. Players Time Slots Check In Time at Starter 1–12 (1st Group) 9:30, 9:40, 9:50 No later than 9:15 13-24 (2nd Group) 10:00 10:10, 10:20, No later than 9:45 25-32 (3rd Group) 10:30, 10:40, No later than 10:15 33-40 (4th Group) 10:50, 11:00 No later than 10:35 These are not official functions; all we are doing is getting the time slots for our HGSGA members. Thus, we will not set up foursomes or declare any format for games. Each foursome will determine their own format. Once your group gathers, I suggest you do a blind draw to put together the foursomes. We will continue to use Sign Up Genius as long as we get a sufficient number of players and monitor it for our group. Let’s see how this works out for all the hardy souls. We will tweak it as needed. Also note that Frost Delays may push tee times out so check with Hobbits, we are not monitoring this. HGSGA Update - October 29, 2020 2020-2021 HGSGA Winter Sign-up Procedures Many of you have asked if we could continue to play - weather permitting, after the end of our official season. The answer is Yes. We have been given 10 Thursday tee times for our group to use during Nov-Feb. The slots begin at 9:30 and run every 10 minutes through 11:00 We will use Sign Up Genius to collect a maximum of 40 names. The sign-ups will close every Sunday at Noon - we must return any unused tee times to Hobbits. Once the sign-up closes, you will be assigned to a group with the time slots as follows. It is done based on order of sign up in Sign Up Genius. We will not be involved in changing groups for you, show up at your allotted time or trade with another player on your own and coordinate with the starter. Players Time Slots Check In Time at Starter 1–12 (1st Group) 9:30, 9:40, 9:50 No later than 9:15 13-24 (2nd Group) 10:00 10:10, 10:20, No later than 9:45 25-32 (3rd Group) 10:30, 10:40, No later than 10:15 33-40 (4th Group) 10:50, 11:00 No later than 10:35 These are not official functions; all we are doing is getting the time slots for our HGSGA members. Thus, we will not set up foursomes or declare any format for games. Each foursome will determine their own format. Once your group gathers, I suggest you do a blind draw to put together the foursomes. We will continue to use Sign Up Genius as long as we get a sufficient number of players and monitor it for our group. Let’s see how this works out for all the hardy souls. We will tweak it as needed. Also note that Frost Delays may push tee times out so check with Hobbits, we are not monitoring this. HGSGA Update – October 22, 2020 Finkel/Duklewski and Wilson/Ostrom Win 2-Man Scramble Forty-four guys showed up on a foggy morning that morphed into a beautiful autumn day to play in this year’s 2-Man Scramble Tournament. Andy Finkel and Joe Duklewski won the net competition shooting a 61 ($20 each). In the gross competition, Doug Wilson and Craig Ostrom led the way with a 61 ($20 each). Other net money winners were as follows: Shipp/Violette 64 ($15 each) Doyle/Mann 65 ($12 each) Thompson T/Hickey 65 ($12 each) Smith/Wikse 66 ($10 each) Caporaletti/Chicca 66 ($10 each) Kokes/Wilcox 66 ($10 each) No tiebreakers today. Since this was a scramble, we will not post any scores to Golf Net. Full results can be seen by clicking the results and stats button on the sidebar and sign in using GGID: HGSGA2020 Important Housekeeping Items As we approach the end of the season, we will be sending you two important emails that will request your reply. The first email will present a slate of officers for the 2021 season. We will request that you review the slate and approve or disapprove by replying to the email. The second email you will receive will concern your funny money earnings. We will be giving you options to receive a check or credit your earnings toward next year’s dues. It will all be explained in detail so do not reply until you get the full explanation in the separate email. Next Week Our last day of league play will be next Thursday, October 29. It will be a 5-club event. This means you will only be able to use 5 clubs including your putter. It should be fun day that will stretch your shot-making skills and creativity. Hope you can join us! HGSGA Update – October 15, 2020 Finkel and Wilson win on Multi-Tee Day Andy Finkel topped the leaderboard in today’s net competition shooting a 59 ($24). In the gross competition, Doug Wilson led the way shooting a 62 ($24). If these scores look too good to be true it is because they are the sum of the 16 lowest scores on the player’s scorecard. In other words, the two highest scores were not used. For those of you that followed today's leaderboard on your phone, you may have noticed a difference in that Golf Genius was programmed to discard the two worse scores in relation to par – not necessarily the two highest scores. Since we billed the event as the two highest scores, our man Lew has gone back and updated our money winner leaderboard based on discarding the two highest scores. Here are the other money winners from today’s net competition: Dave Derheim 61 ($18) Tom Hickey 62 ($16) Doug Brooks 62 ($16) Felton Satterfied 63 ($11) Lew Shipp 63 ($11) Tim Seelaus 63($11) Randy Maddox 63 ($11) Len Moyer 63 ($11) Mac Ramsey 63 ($11) Greg Douglas 63 ($11) No tie breakers today. Scores will not be posted to Golf Net. This means you should not post your score as well. We will send out a spreadsheet with everyone’s score via a separate email. Sorry for the confusion. Next Week – 2 Man Scramble, Free Beer, and Awards Hope you have picked your partner for Big Mac’s 2 Man Scramble scheduled for October 22. It should be a blast. If you want, you can sign up as an individual and we will match you up. After you finish your round, join us on the Turn House lawn for an end of the year socially distanced celebration. This will be a small fluid gathering since we come in at all different times. Your first two beers or soft drinks will be on HGSGA. Awards will be available for pickup for this year’s match play champion, finalist, and bracket winners and our top 3 Championship Series finishers in both the gross and net categories. Hope to see you there! HGSGA Update – October 8, 2020 Egge and Sumner Win 2020 Championship Series Bob Egge successfully defended his 2019 championship (Gross) shooting a blazing 6 under 66 in today’s final round. This gave Bob a 54-hole total of 209 ($100) which was good enough to edge perennial rivals Craig Ostrom 215 ($75), and Doug Wilson 220 ($50). In the net competition, Ian Sumner 214 ($100) held off final round charges from Nick Girardi 215 ($75) and Whit Bass 217 ($50). Ian’s win qualified him to be nominated for 2021 HGSGA President!! A full slate of officers will be forthcoming. Below are the remaining golfers who placed in the top 10: Gross 4. Tim Seelaus 225 5. Doug Brooks 239 5. Kevin Kokes 239 5. Bob Smith 239 8. Steve Feldstein 240 9. John Weiss 243 9., Mike Caporaletti 243 Net 4. Mike Caporaletti 218 5. Bob Egge 219 6. Doug Brooks 220 7. Steve Pope 221 7. John Weiss 221 7. Rich Roca 221 7. Joe Duklewski 221 10. Dave Derheim 222 10. Tom Hickey 222 Girardi and Egge Prevail -Round 5 Championship Series Nick Girardi won today’s net competition shooting a 69 ($24). Bob Egge's 66 ($24) won the gross competition. His 66 was 6 under par and 4 under his age! Here are the rest of today’s money winners: Whit Bass 72 ($19) Tom Hickey 72 ($18) Mike Caporaletti 72 ($17) Rick Bergin 72 ($16) Rick Fornadel 72 ($15) Steve Feldstein 74 ($14) John Kominski 74 ($13) Chris Lehner 74 ($12) Doug Wilson 74 ($11) Scott Rapson 74 ($10) Ties were broken by matching cards beginning with the lowest handicapped hole. Full results of today's round and the entire Championship Series can be seen by clicking the results and stats button on the sidebar and signing in using the GGID: HGSGA2020. We will post your score to Golf Net. Please do not post your own score. Coming Up Next week, October 15, we’re going to change it up a little bit. It will be a Stableford competition. All par 3s will be played from the white tees, par 4s from the green tees, and par 5s from the gold tees. Should be interesting! On October 22, Big Mac will be holding his 2-man scramble tournament. Start looking around for a partner. You can also sign up as a single and we will match you up. October golf is the best. Hope you can join us! HGSGA Update – October 1, 2020 Wilson and Levin win Stableford Thirty-four golfers showed up for today’s Stableford competition. Doug Wilson led the way in the gross competition shooting a 31 ($20). In the net competition, Steve Levin 44 ($20) beat Carl Wikse 44 ($17) in a tiebreaker. Other money winners were: Ray Akerson 42 ($16) Curt Island 42 ($15) Ralph Bowe 41 ($14) Rich Fornadel 39 ($13) Steve Pope 39 ($12) Paul Duncan 38 ($11) Ties were broken by matching cards beginning with the lowest handicapped hole. Full results can be seen by clicking the results and stats button on the sidebar and signing in using the GGID: HGSGA2020. We will post your score to Golf Net. Please do not post your own score. Derheim Wins in Overtime Dave Derheim became our 2020 Match Play Champion by beating 2019 Champ Jim Bona on the 19th hole. Congratulations Dave and Jim on great performances in this year’s tournament. Next Week On October 8 we will play the fifth and final round of our Championship Series Tournament. This tournament is medal play and is scored using participants best 3 scores. Hope you will be able to join us. Registration is now open on SignUpGenius. 5.6.21 ABCD Best of 2 Net Another great turnout, 71 players today. Hope everyone enjoyed their foursome as much as I did, always nice to have someone “carry” you! Next week we start our Match Play series, instructions will be posted shortly on the HGSGA website, please read them. Since a lot of work is going into setting up the brackets, make sure to sign up prior to Sunday’s deadline. After that, you will be wait-listed. Winners from today’s ABCD are: Pos. Foursome Total Net Prize $ Each 1 Scarborough, Steve; Pagnotta, Alex; Maddox, Randy; Violette, Richard 135 $27.50 2 Seelaus, Tim; Logue, Gerry; Chicca, Thomas; Kausal, Tony 137 $22.00 3 Smith, Robert; Wichlin, Mark; Thompson, Keith; Fornadel, Richard 137 $15.00 4 Yaksich, Nick; Finkel, Andy; Pope, Steve; Hahne, Reg 138 $13.00 5 Derheim, Dave; Thompson, Terry; Johnson, Dwight; Krausz, David 138 $10.00 5.6.21 ABCD Best of 2 Net Another great turnout, 71 players today. Hope everyone enjoyed their foursome as much as I did, always nice to have someone “carry” you! Next week we start our Match Play series, instructions will be posted shortly on the HGSGA website, please read them. Since a lot of work is going into setting up the brackets, make sure to sign up prior to Sunday’s deadline. After that, you will be wait-listed. Winners from today’s ABCD are: Pos. Foursome Total Net Prize $ Each 1 Scarborough, Steve; Pagnotta, Alex; Maddox, Randy; Violette, Richard 135 $27.50 2 Seelaus, Tim; Logue, Gerry; Chicca, Thomas; Kausal, Tony 137 $22.00 3 Smith, Robert; Wichlin, Mark; Thompson, Keith; Fornadel, Richard 137 $15.00 4 Yaksich, Nick; Finkel, Andy; Pope, Steve; Hahne, Reg 138 $13.00 5 Derheim, Dave; Thompson, Terry; Johnson, Dwight; Krausz, David 138 $10.00 |
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HGSGA Update – September 24, 2020 Forty-three guys showed up for our ABCD competition today. We used the best three net scores on each hole for the team score. Here’s our money winners: Egge, Caporaletti, Bucklew, Levin – 203 ($15 each) Scarborough, Finkel, Pope, Whit – 205 ($10 each) Duklewski, Rapson, Wikse, Burrows – 210 ($8 each) Full results can be seen by clicking the results and stats button on the sidebar and signing in using the GGID: HGSGA2020. Ties were broken by matching cards starting with the lowest handicapped hole. Your scores have been posted to Golf Net. Please do not post your own score. Next Week It’s back to Stableford next week as we begin our last month of the season. Hope to see you on the tee sheet! Medal Play Update. Congratulations to Jim Bona and Dave Derheim. In today's semifinals. Jim won one up over Rich Roca and Dave sunk a 12 footer on #19 to beat Mac Ramsey. HGSGA Update – September 17, 2020 Feldstein and Sumner lead the way on Round 4 Steve Feldstien shot a 74 ($25) to win today’s gross competition. Ian Sumner’s 67 ($25) was good for first place in the net competition. Other money winners today were: Rich Roca 68 ($19) Nick Girardi 70 ($18) Whit Bass 70 ($17) Ray Akerson 72 ($16) Keith Thompson 72 ($15) Matt Hausser 74 ($14) Doug Brooks 74 ($13) Kevin Kokes 74 ($12) Felton Satterfield 74 ($11) Ties were broken by matching cards starting with the lowest handicapped holes. Full results can be viewed by clicking the results and stats button on the sidebar. Remember to sign in using the GGID: HGSGA2020. Today’s scores will be posted to Golf Net. Please do not post your score on your own. Championship Series Scoreboard After 4 rounds of Championship Series competition, here are our leaders with at least 3 qualifying scores: Gross: Craig Ostrom 216 Bob Egge 219 Doug Wilson 222 Tim Seelaus 227 Bob Smith 239 Net: Ian Sumner 214 John Weiss 221 Rich Roca 221 Doug Brooks 222 Dave Derheim 222 Nick Girardi 222 Whit Bass 222 For a report on all golfers click the results and stats button on the sidebar. Match Play Bracket Winners: Congratulations to the following Bracket winners and finalists. Semifinals and finals will be played over the next few weeks. A Bracket – Dave Derheim over Andy Finkel B Bracket – Mac Ramsey over Scott Rapson C Bracket - Jim Bona over Ian Sumner D Bracket – Rich Roca over Paul Duncan Next Week – ABCD Mixer On September 244 we will be having a ABCD Mixer. This is a team competition. Each team will have an A, B, C, and D level golfer. The sum of the best three net scores on each hole will be used as the team score. Hope you will be able to join us! |
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