Hobbit's Glen Senior Golf Association
Charles Fitzhugh, Match Play Champion Brooke Greer, Medal Play (Gross) Champion Dave Derheim, Medal Play (Net) Champion
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2023 Membership Application Our 2023 Season begin March 30, 2023. Please submit your membership application early since it helps us plan next year's program. The application can be found on the sidebar on the left of this page. Either mail it and your $55 check to Rich Roca (address on application) or drop the application/check off at the pro shop desk. Prospective new members can learn more about HGSGA membership by clicking on the membership tab on the top of the page. Thank you and enjoy the holidays! 2022 - Year in Review Our season started out with a challenge. We were advised that the Golf Committee had explored the idea that our HGSGA group should switch from Shotgun starts to Tee times. After a back-and-forth discussion we settled on moving our tee times to 8:30am for the season and a commitment that we would clear the first tee in around 2 hours and 15 minutes - which we did. Throughout the season we continued to mix up the weekly games - scrambles, 2man events, alternate shots, 4club event, Quota scoring, medal play, Stableford scoring and skins events. This was in addition to our annual Championship Series, Match Plan and Home MISGA events. All in all, a variety of games. Next season, we will try to spice it up even more, we don’t want to be accused of becoming complacent. Besides, it’s fun to see the heads shaking as guys come in from the course and describe their rounds. A special accolade is given to Mike Caporaletti for his management of the MISGA events, both home and away. We had 5 home events, well attended and a record number of away events. Also, Mike was instrumental in getting the Turn House to reintroduce a lunch menu that allowed us to have indoor dining after a 2-year absence. Our roster also has increased to an all-time high, we ended the season with 124 players. Many of whom joined in each week around the fire pit to enjoy a beer/tea and trade stories about the day’s round. We also instituted an 80/20 drawing, managed by Nick “Sticky Fingers” Girardi. Tournament wise the Championship Series came down to the wire, with Dave Derheim coming back from 14th place to win Low Net on the last round. Brooke Greer took 1st place in Low Gross. In the Match Play, Charles Fitzhugh was crowned champion. Finally, we retained the Columbia Cup for the 2nd year in a row, Chairmen Reg Hahne and David Hohman guided us to victory. I’ve heard from many of the guys that they really enjoyed the season - that is due mainly to the great bunch of guys who have chipped in to make things run smoothly. In addition to our elected officers, Mark Cardwell, Rich Roca, Denny Walsh, Lew Shipp, Mike Caporaletti and Mac Ramsey, many other guys stepped up to help in all areas. Nick Girardi, Neil Bucklew, Felton Satterfield, Rick Bergin, Joe Duklewski, Andy Finkel, Reg Hahne and Dave Hohmann all chipped in on various events. And a thanks goes out to the Hobbits staff that got us out on the course each morning. Next year our goal is to change up a few things. Specifically, we are looking at streamlining our sign up process and moving over to using Golf Genius as the sole platform. We will be testing it out over the winter, stay tuned. Game wise, we will continue to mix it up, and if I can find a few new twists, be forewarned! Below you will find links to some Year End Statistics, pulled from Golf Genius. Also, I have recapped the money winners for the year. Feedback is always important, so if you have suggestions, feel free to contact me. It’s your league, so if you have an idea of what you would like to see us do differently or added to the mix, email me at: sumner115@gmail.com Stay safe over the winter, be prepared for opening day! Ian hgsga_season_scores_2022.pdf hgsga2022_season_scores.xlsx hgsga_season_money_winners_by_event___total_2022.pdf season_money_winners_by_event_and_total.xlsx HGSGA Update - October 27, 2022 First, congratulations to Keith Thompson for his hole in one on number 5 today. This is the first pay out ($200) for the season! Looks like all enjoyed the last round of our official HGSGA 2022 season. Next year I hope to come up with some other options for us. Don’t want the game to become stale! If you have suggestions, email me. Even though the official season has ended, Mark Cardwell has taken on the task of securing tee times for those who want to continue to play on Thursdays. Simply go to Sign up Genius and sign up. If it is full, there is a Wait List for each week. Once he has secured tee times, you will be notified as to your foursome. There is no “official” game, do whatever you please within your own foursome. As was mentioned during our end of year BBQ, we are anticipating changing the sign up procedure for 2023, switching over to using Golf Genius and abandoning Sign up Genius. We will be reaching out, looking for volunteers to help us over the winter months to refine that task. It should present a smoother sign up process next year. Further details will follow. I want to thank all of our members for supporting us with their great turnout this year. It was nice to see all the returning faces and the new additions to our grumpy group. I do apologize to those of you who I may have inadvertently/purposely insulted, no promises though that I will change my tone for next year. Hope to see all of you next year, stay safe and come back in good health. Ian HGSGA Update - October 6, 2022 Wild finish to the Championship Series. Dave Derheim came from deep down in the pack in the Net Standings to 1st Place after his outstanding round of 73 (net 64). That after complaining the day before of having the shanks. But, it all came together today, he even began to “Derheim” his putts like the old days - lots of one putt greens. Congrats to Dave On the Gross side, our Champion is Brooke Greer with a 4 round total of 291, egging out Doug Wilson by 3 strokes overall. His round of 72 today pushed him into 1st Place. You can see all the results by going to the leader board, there is a link to it on our website if you have trouble going directly via your login to Golf Genius. We also ran a Shamble for those who felt they were out of the CS running - I should have opted for that based on my play today, so much for “never say die, hope springs eternal”! Money winners are attached, we split the pool between the CS event and Shamble. Next week, at home we are playing a “Silk Skins Foursome”, sign up before Sunday morning, so far only 21 have signed up. Also, Mike Caporaletti has notified us that Leisure World has extended an invitation to their Mixer next week on Wednesday 10/12. If you want to attend, contact Mike directly @ mikecap51@hotmail.com Reminder, if you plan to come to the Year End BBQ on 10/20, sign up on Sign up Genius. We need a head count. We will post scores for the CS players. Dave - that score will haunt you for a long time…. Ian Today's Money Winners HGSGA Update - September 8, 2022 Okay, only one more shot at securing a top place in the Championship Series. You can find your current standings by going to the Leaderboard on Golf Genius. Mac Ramsey will have a link to it on our website if you don’t know how to get there. Money winner list is attached, gift cards will be available in the Pro Shop. Next week will be a 4Man Quota game, Stableford scoring. Simply put, each player will have a quota set for themself, 36 minus your playing handicap.
Also next week we will have 4 of the Match Play Flight winners playing in the semi final of the Match Play Series. Wish them luck when you see them, Mac Ramsey, Tim Seelaus, Charles Fitzhugh and Steve Hutcheson. Finally, the group of guys gathering upstairs continues to grow. If you haven’t stuck around, please join everyone, there is more to our group than just playing on the course. We even had a couple of guys (Felton & Lew) serenade us today, I think they were auditioning for our year end banquet entertainment show! See you next week, sign up early, remember we lock the sign up @ 8:30am on Sunday Ian Today's Money Winners HGSGA Update September 1, 2022 Couldn’t have asked for a nicer day. Although my foursome had a lot of difficulty figuring the wind direction, mainly because our esteemed retired principal wasn’t able to determine which direction was West (sorry Nick). Good thing he wasn't one of our early pioneers heading out west to settle, who knows where he might have ended up, Cristoforo Colombo must be rolling over knowing a countryman of his has no sense of direction. We paid the top 2 players for Gross & Net in each Flight, if you won Gross you couldn’t also win Net so we went down the list for top 2 Net winners. Attached is the list of money winners, full results are available via the leaderboard on Golf Genius. BTW, almost a 100% accuracy for those of you who entered scores on the phone when compared to the actual score cards. Next week we have Championship Series #5. Those of you in the hunt for Gross and Net, still have 5&6 to lower your scores. Even if you are not in the hunt, still sign up, we will pay our normal Net and Gross prize money for the day. Also, you can enjoy the banter upstairs afterwards, the crowd is growing so stick around, have a beer/soda. Remember, we lock the sign up at 8:30 Sunday morning, so please sign up ahead, keeps me from constantly changing the tee sheet with last minute adds and drops. As was announced today, kudos to the Hobbits guys who helped secure the Columbia Cup for another year. Finally, plan ahead for our Guest day, Sept 29th, sign up is open. Even if you aren't bringing a guest, sign up, we will match you with another HGSGA player. Remember, only one guest per member an ALL must ride. See the attached Memo for more information. See you next week, stay safe if traveling this weekend. Ian member-guest_info_2022__2_.pdf today's money winners HGSGA Update August 25, 2022 I don’t know about you, but just getting the ball “inside the grip” was a challenge. More often than nought, I couldn’t take advantage of it. Also, very aggravating to see your putt hang up on a small hole just at the lip of the cup! Attached are the money winners. We paid both Gross and Net winners. Also, we will post scores today, everyone played under the same conditions and canvasing the players afterwards, it was felt that we should post them. Next week we send 12 guys on Monday to do battle at Fairway Hills for the second leg of the Columbia Cup. We currently lead them 20 to10, so things are looking good for us to retain the cup. Going to try one of the old fashion ways of scoring that we used over the previous years. We will set up Flights A,B,C,D and you will compete against your “peers”. Please no belly aching if you find yourself in a Flight that separates you by one stroke from being in another Flight. I know this won’t make some people happy, but I only have 3 people that I MUST make happy. My wife, my mother and ME. Mike Caporaletti has notified me that he has some additional open slots for the MISGA ABCD tournament to be held on 9/26 at Crofton CC. If you are interested in playing, contact him directly - mikecap51@hotmail.com Finally, the MISGA 2Man tournament was held this Past Monday and Craig Ostrom & Doug Wilson won for Gross Grand Champion. Full results are attached.
We will be opening the sign up for our Member Guest shortly, keep your eyes open. You will be able to bring 1 guest that day. It is scheduled for 9/29/22 See you next Thursday, don’t forget to join the group upstairs at the end of the round and have a beer/coke. We are doing a 80/20 drawing at that time, tickets are sold only upstairs. 8.25.22_hgsga2022_money_winners.pdf misga_2man_winners_8.22.22.pdf HGSGA Update August 11, 2022 Congratulations to Match Play Bracket Winners and Finalists: Bracket A Winner - Tim Seelaus Finalist - Brooke Greer Bracket B Winner - Charles Fitzhugh Finalist - Jim Bona Bracket C Winner - Mac Ramsey Finalist - Ray Akerson Bracket D Winner - Steve Hutcheson Finalist - Reg Hahne Next up - Tournament Semi-Finals to be scheduled. HGSGA Update - August 4, 2022 Once again, the Back Nine Alternate Shot took its toll on many of us. When you look at the difference between the front and back nine scores, the average for the Back Nine was 8.6 higher than the front (Gross Scores). Guess the pressure showed us we still aren’t ready for the PGA tour. Overall, the comments I heard were that most enjoyed the format, so we will keep it in the rotation for the future. You can go to our website to see the full results - Mac should have the link up soon to Golf Genius. We paid out the the 2 low gross and 4 low net teams (including ties). Look for your gift cards in the Pro Shop later this weekend or early next week. See attached for the winners list. A note to all, Buck Hartley lost a special silver dollar on one of the greens, he used it as a ball mark. If you found, please get back to him, it has sentimental value to him. Next week we have another home MISGA event with room still available on the sign up. Food will be served in the Turn House, we have asked that they make the last room available near the outside seating. That way those of us who are still concerned about eating indoors can take the food outside. Speaking of the Turn House, they have been doing a nice job in making sure pre-order meals are coming out on time. Also, we are seeing more guys coming in after the round to enjoy a cold one - if you haven't done so, stop in after our round. Also, we are continuing the 80/20 drawing at the bar - tickets are available after the round. Columbia Cup - the second leg of the Columbia Cup is scheduled to be played at Fairway Hills on 8/29. We will open the sign up to all, however, if we need to do a lottery, preferential treatment will be given to those who did not play in the first leg here a Hobbits. Finally, a word about signing up and late cancellations. I get it, we are like the walking wounded - we’re battling nature just to get up and moving in the morning to get to the course on time. But some of us simply wait till the last minute to cancel which creates problems for us when putting together the teams. Take time to look at the weather, etc. and unless you experience an unfortunate event, you should be able to know by the Sunday prior to Thursday whether or not you will make it. See you next week. Ian Today's Money Winners HGSGA -Update July 28, 2022 Smaller crowd than normal, only 55 players today. Guess vacation time is setting in, that and the normal issues of injuries and Covid keeping our numbers down. But, for those of us who did show up, besides the opportunity to win money for the round, we held a 50/50 drawing upstairs afterwards. 4 guys walked off with $40 each - more than the payout for 4 1/2 hours of golf. So, next time stick around, have a beer and drop another $5 for a chance to win. There was a slight mix up with the Turn House pre order menus, it will be fixed for next week. Speaking of next week, on Monday we have the first leg of the Columbia Cup, 12 guys have been selected by lottery to represent us. If you want to play in the 2nd leg being held at Fairway Hills on 8/29 , we will be opening the sign up soon and will give preferential treatment to those who weren’t able to get in for the 8/1 event. So stay tuned. Next Thursday we play the Nine-Nine event. It is a 2man event so if you signed up and don’t have a partner we will match you up. If there is an odd number of sign ups, last man signed up will not be able to play in the event, but we will attempt to get you in so that you can play that day. So best to get signed up before we close the sign up on Sunday at 8:30am. And for those of you who have signed up, you need to make sure to show up, don’t leave your partner stranded. At the least, email me as soon as you know you can't play so that adjustments can be made. Results for the week can be seen on the sidebar button. Money Winners is attached below and the Pro Shop is preparing gift cards. See you next week, stay safe. Ian Today's Money Winners HGSGA Update - July 21, 2022 Great turnout – not talking about the golf, but everyone collecting inside and redeeming their “free drink ticket”. Who knew that a free $3 can of beer would cause such a response. But seriously, it was nice to see us getting back to the “good old days” where many of us gathered after a round and boasted or cried about the day’s event. So let’s keep it up, we can’t offer free beer, but your playing partner could ante up and reward you for your round, your companionship, good temperament, or simply because the felt sorry for you. Along those lines, Nick Girardi has come up with a way to entice you back next week. He is going to handle a HGSGA 50/50 raffle at the end of our Thursday rounds. You just need to come into the Bar and he will sell you a raffle ticket – drawing will be held that same day once everyone has had a chance to contribute. This may be the only way some of us have a chance at winning anything. We saw that about a dozen players ordered from the Preorder menu. Feedback was that it went smoothly and the food was ready on time - they are working hard to bring us back. However, we need to do our part, if you preorder and later decide you will not be coming in to sit down and eat, it is your responsibility to call the Turn House and cancel the order before the 4 hour limit. Remember, once you have entered your tee time on the Preorder Menu, they will begin cooking your meal 4 hours from that time, so if you don’t cancel before the 4th hour, you need to accept the order and pay the bill. Next week we will have a Stableford ABCD event. Please sign up before Sunday morning, we close it at 8:30am. Also, several away MISGA events have just been opened for sign up. Some have limited slots, so pay attention if you want to get in before they are full and sign up. You can see the full leaderboard results by clicking on tab labeled “Full Results – July 21” on our website, get used to going there, it has links to most of the information you see: .https://www.hobbitsglenseniors.com Finally, money winners are attached and we have posted your scores to GHIN, as we do on Thursday's. Today's Money Winners HGSGA Update - July 14, 2022 Our 3rd Home MISGA event is in the books. There was a lot of hectic juggling of the roster due to last minute cancellations and unexpected guests showing up, but in the end all worked out. Thanks goes to Lew for handling the multiple changes. A lot of work is put into running these Home events by our MISGA Rep, Mike Caporaletti, his assistants Joe Duklewski, Andy Finkle and our Treasurer Rich Roca and Neil Bucklew as well as the staff of Hobbits (even Rick Bergin on his day off - funny what a free burger brings in, can’t wait to see how a free beer entices him!). Thanks to all for making this run smoothly. For the first time in a while, we had a sit down lunch, which by all accounts was a success. Willow Bottom Burgers with fixings, Caesar Salad, home made chips, tea, lemonade, soft drinks and large Chocolate Chip cookies made for a full lunch, all served on time and with a smile. Kudos to Mike for his persistence in getting us to this point and for the staff at the Turn House for working with us. The Leaderboard Results are attached. Next week is our Championship #4. If you haven’t signed up, make sure to do it before Sunday morning, the sign up closes at 8:30am. Remember, you need 4 of the 6 rounds to be counted in the final season standings. Also, even if you think you are out of the Championship running, still come out, we issue gift cards for low net and low gross places for the day’s play. So show up and enjoy. And if you need another reason to show up, the Turn House has offered a free canned beer to all HGSGA members who play that day as an apology for the botched box lunch back in June’s Home MISGA event. They are mending fences, reach across! See you next week. Ian HGSGA Update - July 7, 2022 Good news - no rain, Bad news, no roll, I came up short too often. Well we got it in, mud and all. Once we get the list of qualifiers verified we will get it out to you and Mike will reach out to you to verify your willingness to go forward. We went over the scorecards and interestingly only 12 teams indicated they wanted to go forward to the state event. We currently only have 4 slots available to us, but historically, we have been able to get more in as other clubs don’t use theirs so we will wait list many of you. Attached is the list of money winners, we paid 30% of the field - tie breaker used was the hardest hole method. Full results are on the sidebar. Next week is our Home MISGA event. We have increased the sign up to 30 players, so if you haven’t done so, go ahead and sign up. On that note, some of you have mentioned to me that you either don’t have a smart phone or the capability to use Golf Genius on your phone. As long as we know in advance who you are, we can make sure to place you with another Hobbits Senior who does have GG on their phone. So sign up, just let me know - I do the pairings for our home MISGA events. As many of you know, we have been actively working with the Turn House and CA to see if we can improve the food situation both at our Home MISGA events and also our regular Thursday events. Today, Mike Caporaletti and I met with Carissa from the Turn House to discuss MISGA lunches and lunch/beverages following our Senior golf on Thursdays. They are earnestly seeking to improve the relationship, so we would like all of you to do the same. Home MISGA
Ian money winners HGSGA Update - June 30, 2022 Championship Series (CS): 3 down and 3 to go. The current leader board shows the standings for those of you who have completed at least 3 rounds. Many of you have 2 rounds under your belt, but if you do look at the leader board it shows you as DNF. Don’t worry, your scores are there, just click on your name and you will see your rounds, but you only have 3 more chances to get your 4 scores in. When you go on our website; https://www.hobbitsglenseniors.com you can click on the “Championship Series Standings” to see where you stand and what you need to do. Also as part of the leaderboard, you will see your standings in the qualifying for the State ABCD Tournament. We use the best 2 of 4 CS scores, so only one more chance to get the 2nd score in. Mac Ramsey has updated our website with current information. Make it a habit to go there A list of the money winners from today is attached. Next Thursday is our 2Man Qualifier for the State Tournament. We will model the event the same as the State Event as follows:
Please look over the attached flyer regarding the State 2Man event. There will be limited slots available, so we are asking that you indicate on your scorecard next week if your team wants to be considered for the State event. You will do this by Writing either “Yes” or “NO” next to your teams name on the official scorecards. If left blank, we will automatically consider it a NO. Remember, both of you need to go, no substitutions. We will also be collecting your entry fee in mid July so be prepared to pay. Mea Culpa Finally, as you well know I habitually try to find someone to point out in each weekly memo. This week I need to bear the brunt of my sometimes misguided wit. As many of you know, I tend to make comments/observations during my rounds - albeit, not maliciously intended. However, I have been told that I need to remember, golf is a game that requires two main attributes in a player. First is the athletic - the ability to do the mechanics of the game, which some of us have. The second is the mental - keeping your focus and head in the game. Evidently I have been guilty of not respecting the latter, and for that I apologize to all whose head I have crawled into and given you less than pure thoughts. I will attempt to harness my misguided comments, but like a dog that barks to much, you may need to swat me on the nose occasionally to remind me. See you next week, enjoy the Fourth. Ian Today's Money Winners HGSGA Update - June 16, 2022 Thanks goes to Mike Caporaletti and crew for today’s Home MISGA event. Everything went smoothly and the visitors seemed to enjoy themselves. There was a bit of scrambling to adjust the foursomes, but Lew bailed me out and took charge. Gift cards were issued on the spot, some of our winners didn’t stick around to collect them so we put their names on the cards and they are in the ProShop. The link to the leaderboard will be put on the website along with other information. https://www.hobbitsglenseniors.com Some of you occasionally have questions about how the Handicap system works in conjunction with GHIN. Lew has found a good website explaining everything you need to know. We will post the link on the website. Next week there are two events on the schedule, an away MISGA @ Kenwood and Championship Series #3. Remember, for the Championship Series (CS) we use your best 4 of 6 scores to determine the Gross and Net champions. Also, we are using the best 2 of the first 4 CS as the qualifier for the State ABCD. The Match play event marches on. If you want to play your match play during next week’s CS series we need to know ASAP. You can put that information in comments area when you sign up. We will accommodate you doing both, the CS event and a Match play at the same time, but if you do that, you must putt out everything for it to count as in the CS events. No “gimmes” or pickups. Finally, for the most part everyone has done a good job in entering scores into Golf Genius. There are several reasons why this is important. • It makes our job easier since all we need to do is verify the scores in GG match the scorecard before posting – we can quickly check your Scorecard totals vs GG entries • It allows everyone to see how they stand vs the field when they look at the leaderboard during the round. Guys like to know how the stand. Not posting makes you look like you are sandbagging. • It allows us to get the winners paid without waiting for scorecards if you or your team are out of the money. Unless you’re cross eyed, have a phobia against electronics or have unusually large fingers, I expect that you really don’t have a good reason for not using Golf Genius. Let’s cooperate, everyone. If you really need help, ask your 10 year old grandkid for lessons. See you next week. Ian HGSGA Match Play Update - June 2, 2022 All first round matches are now complete. This weeks action: Moore over Douglas (second round - Bracket D) Ryan over Bucklew ( second round - Bracket D) Hahne over Maddox (second round - Bracket D) All second round matches need to be completed by June 16. Udated brackets can be seen by clicking the "2022 Match Play Brackets" button on the sidebar. HGSGA Update - June 2, 2022 Good day for golf. The course was in good shape, fairways are coming in and the greens were rolling. Not a lot of real low scores though, either gross or net. Wonder if it has anything to do with not allowing any “that’s good”…. The list of money winners is attached and has been sent in to the Pro Shop. Pick up your gift cards there. All scores have been posted to GHIN. Next week we have we have an away MISGA at Musket Ridge on Tuesday and, now pay attention, we play on WEDNESDAY - a 2Man Skins event. If you have not paired up with someone, we will pair you up. If you do have a partner, make sure you have entered his name in the comments section of the sign up, otherwise we will not know to pair the two of you up. Last year the top 2some won $64 each. Pace of play has been good lately, although today our last group took almost 5 hours. If you are in a foursome and someone is holding you up, you need to speak up and get them moving. Also, we must continue to play ready golf, if you are riding 2 in a cart, drop off your buddy and go to your ball. If you’re ready to hit, go ahead, same with putting. Mac Ramsey has updated the Match Play brackets, go to our website to see the current standings. https://www.hobbitsglenseniors.com Finally, we have several members who have had health issues lately. Because its a private matter for some, we won’t mention names, but if you know them personally, reach out on behalf of the group and wish them a speedy recovery. Also, when out on the course, look out for our fellow players, some of us are older and the heat can get to us. Don’t forget, next week we play on WEDNESDAY. Ian HGSGA Update - May 26, 2022 Well the first Home MISGA of the season went well and not so well. First, the pace of play was good and the Pro Shop and Support Staff all did a great job getting us set up. Registration went smoothly and pace of play was good. For any of you in need of a loan, I suggest you get in touch with Brooke Greer, he had 3 closest to the pins, 2nd place in the 50/50, his team came in 1st for Low Net and he won the single Low Gross. Next time I do the roster, I may fudge it a bit….. As far as not so well - again the food was a big disappointment for all. As an FYI, we are required to make a firm commitment to ordering the inside sit down meals no later that the Saturday before the event, and if for some reason we have to cancel, then we are still on the hook to pay. So when the weather forecast shows a probability of rain greater that 50%, we cancel the sit down and move to Box Lunches which we then have until the Tues before the event to cancel. Thus, this week, due to an early forecast of rain, we moved to Box Lunches and, needless to say, the sandwiches were embarrassing plus they forgot to include water in the bag. It’s not only aggravating to our members, but not enjoyable when we have to hear the understandable disappointment from our invited guests. We are addressing this issue to see if anything can be done for future events. Next week is Championship Series #2, remember to sign up, we close Sign Up Genius at 8:30am on Sunday. Click here for the results from today. Also, we have posted your scores to GHIN. This week's Match Play Results: Kokes over Hand; Seelaus over Stetka (sudden death hole #20) Island over Greene Brackets have been updated. See button on sidebar. HGSGA Update - May 20, 2022 Match Play Update Yesterday, we were able to complete 7 matches: Bona over Shipp, Pope over Logue, Fitzhugh over Carr, Island over Greene, Moore over Walsh, Phillips over Duncan, Potemkin over Shevland Some of you have already played two matches, Some of you have not played your first round matches. May 26 is the deadline for first round matches. Due to a home MISGA, you will not be able to play during normal league hours on May 26. This means you must schedule your first round match on your own and on an alternative date. Click the 2022 Match Play Brackets button on the sidebar to see where you and others stand. Mac Ramsey HGSGA Update - May 19, 2022 4 Man Stableford Results Spent my time today listening to homilies from my playing partner, Stevie Ray. After one particularly bad shot, I said something to the effect that it wasn’t that bad. He promptly replied “You can put Whipped Cream on Horse S**t, but it still doesn’t make it taste any better”. Asked if he had any other pearls of wisdom, he assured me that there were many - so I kept my mouth shut from that point on and just listened to his play list streaming from his cart. Next week is our first home MISGA event. Due to the Large number of visitors we will be limiting the number of players. For now the sign up is closed, but things may change so keep you eye on Sign up Genius. Remember, if you play in a MISGA, you must ride in a cart. On a side note, I have been asked to remind all that we are not to use the bathroom downstairs where the carts are kept. So, when you check in at the Pro Shop, make sure to do a pit stop up on that level.... Those of you who played Match Play events today, Mac Ramsey will get the winners and post them to the Bracket sheet on our Web Page: https://www.hobbitsglenseniors.com See you next week. Ian HGSGA Update - May 12, 2022 Full results can be by clicking the Results via Golf Genius button on the sidebar Click here for today's Money Winners Almost all of today's matches were closed out within the 18 holes, the lone match that went into sudden death was my own, against Mac Ramsey. For the most part he was a gentleman, but did refer to me by rather crude names whenever I won a hole. He finally got into my head on the last 3 holes, singing songs that suggested I should 3 putt. Never the less, it was a fun event, and from some of the reports it was enjoyed by most. Mac will have the Brackets updated on our website, so if you want to know who your next opponent is, go there and look. https://www.hobbitsglenseniors.com For the Stableford contest, we paid the top 4 slots for Net and Gross (no double dipping). Attached is the list of money winners. Next week we have the 4Man Stableford event. Please make sure you are signed up by Sunday morning, we close the sign up at 8:30 am. Also next week is an away MISGA event being held at Holly Hills. The roster will be closed out on Saturday, 5/14 and sent to them. Ian HGSGA Update - May 5, 2022 Opening Round of Medal Play Championship I thought I had planned out the lift, clean and place for today in what I thought was a “fair attempt” to make the round more playable - I even had Rick Bergin demonstrate to us how to measure 6 inches. However as I was standing up there and explaining my rules, I was suddenly startled by a loud cry. My first instinct was to look up to the sky to see if I had offended the Golf Gods, but I quickly realized it was coming from the gallery. Doug Wilson was passionately instructing me on the PGA way of doing things - so bending the the will of the people, I relented and we threw out the Rick Bergin measuring system and went with the PGA way of doing things. Of course you all voted to go that way - isn’t democracy great… Overall the scoring indicates that maybe we give too many short putts during our non championship rounds, either that or we don’t handle pressure very well (speaking for myself). Attached you will find the payouts for today. Next week is the Match Play initial round. Mac Ramsey has graciously accepted the responsibility of handling this event. We will close the sign up for Match Play this Sunday Morning at 8:30am. So, if you want to participate go to Sign up Genius and sign up. If you simply want to play that day and not be in the match play you can sign up for the Individual Stableford scoring - again it closes at 8:30am on Sunday. Finally I encourage everyone to utilize our website - it is packed with information. https://www.hobbitsglenseniors.com See you next week - I will attempt not to lead us astray again..... Ian Today's Money Winners HGSGA Update - April 28, 2022 Florida Scramble and More Feedback about this event was positive, seems most enjoyed it. Could have been a bit warmer, but if you were lucky like me, your playing partner had a Cart cover and heater. I take back any bad things I might have said about Rick, just looking forward to riding with him again in the summer when he has it air conditioned… Attached you will find the winners and payouts, we paid the first 3 places and ties. Next week is the 1st of 6 Championship games, remember you need to have at least scores in 4 of them if you want to be able to have a shot at winning. Also, you must have an established handicap index with GHIN in order for you score to count. Those of you signed up for Rattlewood next week, be sure to read the confirmation letter posted on the top of Sign up Genius or on the sidebar of our homepage. Finally, a reminder to some of our new members, you are welcome to gather upstairs around the fire pit after our rounds, Pull up a chair and enjoy a soft drink or beer and get to know everyone a bit better. Ian fl_scramble_winners_4.28.22.pdf HGSGA Update - April 21, 2022 Blind Draw Results and More Different type of game today, hope you enjoyed it. Attached is a list of the Money winners, we paid out to 25% of the field plus 2 closest to the pin. Pace of play was good, so keep it up. We posted all scores today to GHIN. Do not post your own score! Next week we will be playing a Florida Scramble (I did clear the rules with Gov. DeSantis just to avoid any pushback from those who might find some fault with how we structure or explain the rules.) It’s simple game, just like a regular scramble except, after everyone tees off, the group selects the best shot and the next shot (here’s the Florida Twist) is played by the 3 players whose ball was not selected. This process is then repeated all the way through the hole (even on the putting green). Also, we will require that each player’s drive must be used 3 times in the round. The math should be straight forward (can I say that Gov?), we score it just like any other scramble. Be sure to sign up before we close Sign up Genius on Sunday morning at 8:30am. Saves our team (Lew and Mark) a lot of work if they don't have to make any last minute changes. Finally a word to our new members, check the upcoming events on Sign up Genius. You will see that we have scheduled on May 5th, Championship Series #1. This is the 1st of 6 dates throughout the season - we use your 4 best scores of the 6 to crown both the Gross and Net Champions. However, you must have an established handicap for us to use your score. See you next week. Ian HGSGA Update - April 14, 2022 Finally some good weather and we were able to get in our round. Seems like the large number of players took its toll on our timing, but we were able to clear the 1st tee by 11:10 according to the ranger. I did notice some back up due to the doubling up of all the holes, we will fiddle with it some more to see if we can juggle things around. Attached are the list of money winners and I have also attached a copy of the leader board - all scores are net. The scorecards we issued did not accurately reflect the team handicaps, but if you look at the “2Man Scramble - Net Scores Hole by Hole” attachment, you will see in parentheses the strokes each team had. We used the Recommended HCP Allowance 35% Low/15% High for each team. Gift cards should be available in the ProShop this weekend. Next week we are trying a new format, 4Man Blind Draw. You will tee off in a foursome, but they are not necessarily in your real foursome. We will have a Blind Foursome set up which you will see once the round is over and all scores are posted. So watch those “that’s good” putts. For those of you who are going to Compass Pointe next week, make sure that you follow the instructions on their confirmation sheet (attached again). Welcome to all the new guys, feedback from some of you showed you enjoyed your playing partners. Oh, and finally, we always want you to enter scores in Golf Genius. Thanks, Ian 2man_scramble_money_winners_4.14.22.pdf 2man_scramble_leaderboard_4.14.22.pdf 2man_scramble_-_net_scores_hole_by_hole_4.14.22.pdf HGSGA Update - April 9, 2022 MISGA 2022 - Important Information The post-Covid surge in the popularity of golf has resulted in several changes for MISGA mixers and not all of the changes are good. • Some clubs have dropped mixers in 2022 (Hunt Valley, Fountainhead and Manor). Many clubs have reduced the number of mixers they are willing to host in order to make more tee times available for members. • The cost of food has increased substantially. Some all you can eat buffet lunches will be reduced to a single serving. Hamburgers, grilled chicken and deli sandwiches may be served more often than not to reduce the total cost for a mixer. AWAY MIXERS: The away mixer schedule still provides plenty of opportunities to play other courses in the area. A total of 31 mixers are available to Hobbit's Glen seniors from April through October in 2022. You can view mixer dates and courses in Signup Genius. However, signups will not be available until approximately 4 weeks prior to each event. Signups will close about 7 days prior to the event to allow time to send rosters to the host club. Here’s a list of mixers scheduled by month: April: Blue Mash, Compass Pointe May: Rattlewood, Prospect Bay, Holly Hills, Leisure World, Eagle's Nest June: Musket Ridge, Bay Hills, Challedon, Kenwood July: Montgomery, Challedon, Woodmore, Univ of MD, Prospect Bay August: Crofton, Hog Neck, Holly Hills, Northwest, Naval Academy, The National September: Norbeck, Winter's Run, Beaver Creek, Chartwell, Musket Ridge October: Sparrows Point, Hampshire Greens, Holly Hills The cost for away mixers ranges from $45 (Bay Hills) to $70 (Montgomery and Kenwood). The average cost for away mixers is $60. This includes coffee, donuts, range balls, waived greens fees, lunch and prizes. Some clubs include closest to the pin and/or low gross and low net prizes in the fee. Other clubs make this an optional extra. All clubs have a 50/50 raffle. Most clubs have implemented a 4.5-hour time limit to speed up pace of play. Teams finishing after the limit will not be eligible for prizes. Make sure to check the "related files" section at the top of Signup Genius and on the left sidebar of this homepage for detailed information about each mixer, including accepted methods of payment. Remember to indicate your tee box choice if you want to play a tee box other than the default MISGA tees. HOME MIXERS In 2022 Hobbit's Glen will host 5 mixers. The dates are: May 26, June 16, July 14, August 11 and September 22. Registration for all mixers will begin at 8:00 AM with a shotgun start at 9:00 AM. Participation in home mixers will be limited to 80-100 players and a 4.5-hour time limit will be enforced to speed up the pace of play. Lunch will be served in the Turn House following golf. Cost for home mixers will vary depending on your membership level. Cost will include: coffee, donuts, range balls, lunch and prizes. Prizes for closest to the pin, low gross and low net are included in the cost. Prizes will be awards to approximately 30 percent of the field. Cost for each membership level is as follows: 5&7 Day and Golf Fit&Play members with an Ace Card - $55.00 5&7 Day and Golf Fit&Play members without an Ace Card - $60.00. CA Fit & Play members with an Ace Card - $105.00 CA Fit & Play members without an Ace Card - $110.00. Payment must be made using CASH. No checks or credit cards will be accepted. MISGA Championships: MISGA will hold a 2 Player Championship at Montgomery CC on August 22 and the Past President's ABCD Championship at Crofton CC on September 26. Entry fee for each event is $100 per player. This includes a buffet breakfast, range balls, cart fee, cash bar cocktail hour (w/light hors d’oeuvres), buffet dinner and prize pool. The number of entries allocated to Hobbit's Glen has not yet been determined - we will hold a home qualifier for each event. Players will qualify using the Championship Series (Low Net and Gross players qualify from the 2best of CS series 1-4) and a 2Man Qualifier held on 7/7/22. A flyer for each of the State Tournaments will be posted on the HGSGA website. A big Thank You to all that volunteered to help with HGSGA this year. We will contact you for assistance with various tasks associated with hosting mixers at Hobbit's Glen. Mike Caporaletti Hobbits Glen MISGA Representative President's Message: Important Information for HGSGA 2022 Season Some Changes to Procedures Hobbits Glen has seen a tremendous growth in the number of members over the past 2 years. To accommodate this growth, they are initiating changes that will affect us as a group. In order to preserve our history of Shotgun starts we are committing to completing our rounds in 4 hours and 15 minutes. Here are some changes to how we will operate All players MUST check in at Pro Shop
Shotgun Start Times
I can’t stress how important it is that we maintain pace of play. If we are unable to do so, we might wind up adjusting some of our rounds to Tee Times, which I do not think is in the best interest of our group. So, each of us needs to be alert to slow play and keep our foursomes moving. If you see you are more than a ½ hole behind, then you need to speed things up. Countdown to opening Day! While it’s still too cold for many of us, we only have about 4 weeks until our first HGSGA event, opening day March 31st. Your executive committee hasn’t just been sitting in their recliners watching Netflix, but have worked to put together a rather robust calendar for 2022. You should take time to visit Sign Up Genius and look at all the important dates so that you can plan your schedules accordingly. We will have the regular seasonal events: 6 Championship Series (CS), Match Play event, Guest day and based on the survey results, we plan to have a series of Scrambles, 2Man and 4Man events. We are planning to return to Closest to the Pin when appropriate. We will continue the Columbia Cup series, Reg Hahne and David Hohman will be the captains. For State events: Listed On Sign Up Genius, also information on www.Misga.org
MISGA Events: Mike Caporaletti, our MISGA rep, has locked down 31 away events.
Ace Card Update: The Ace Card is now available for purchase in the Pro Shop. Membership Dues:
Other Info:
Over the winter, some of our guys have had some health issues, let’s all wish them a speedy recovery. We want everyone back. Ian Sumner, President 2022 Membership Now Open Our 2022 membership application can be found on the sidebar (on left). You can either mail your check to Rich Roca or drop it off at the Hobbits Pro Shop. Rich's address is on the application. We need your completed application no later than March 10th. After that date you will not be able to register for any of the 2022 home or away events until we receive your application and fee. Make life easy for everyone and get the application and payment in early. If for any reason you find yourself unable to play before the season begins, we will refund your fee. Fit and Play members will need to renew their handicap registration by contacting the Pro Shop. You can either pay for your handicap registration as a single item or buy an Ace Card which includes handicap registration, practice balls and cart discounts, Golf Fit and Play, Seven-Day, and Five-Day members receive free handicap registration as a benefit of membership. Additional membership information is available by clicking "Membership" at the top of this page. If you are an existing member, we look forward to your renewal. If you are new to HGSGA' we look forward to having you join us! Looking forward to a great 2022 Season! Ian Sumner, President 2021 Season Wrap-Up All in all a successful season, considering what we went through with the COVID restricted year before. We started the season with a questionnaire asking about the group’s preference for the types of games they preferred, surprisingly it was more of the “mixer” and scramble types. So we took a varied approach to the planning and it seems it was favorably received. I even threw in a few new games, seems they were favorably received. The MISGA portion of the year continued to be a challenge for away events, with some cancellations due to clubs dropping out of MISGA as well as limitations to the number of players we could send. We got around the player limitations by instituting a lottery system, some liked it some did not. Oh well, I’ve learned not everyone is pleased with what we do. We had a good representation in the State ABCD and 2Man Tournaments this year.
We ran two HGSGA championship events again this year: Match Play produced the following
Championship Series:
A lot of effort was done by our officers and volunteers for the season. Without their skills, the success of our season would not have occurred.
And a thanks to the Hobbits staff who worked hard to make sure we were able to get out on time, both for our weekly and MISGA events. There seems to be an ongoing hunger to get out and play golf. So we have extended our season through November – allowing for shotgun starts in the early weeks and transitioning to tee times thereafter as long as weather permits. Finally, thanks to everyone who attended our year end BBQ. We were serenaded by Bob Smith who surprised us all. For next year we plan to continue to offer a variety of games, looking to add some new events. We will also seek additional volunteers to assist in different areas of the program. Stay safe over the winter months, get out of your recliners and stretch now and then. We need all of you back next year ready to go on day one! Ian Sumner HGSGA Update - October 21, 2021 I heard from some guys after the round today, they felt like this was the Squid Games rather than the Skins Games, wading through the freshly laid manure. Obviously I liked the skins format today. It was a rare occurrence that my partner, Bob Smith, and I were able to make a pair of back to back birdies on holes 7 & 8. Just goes to prove that old adage, Even a Blind Squirrel can make a putt - or something like that.... Winners split the pot of $256 Bob Smith & Ian Sumner - 2 skins - Net 8 on hole 7, Net 4 on hole 8: $64 each Ralph Bowe & Tony Kausal - 1 skin - Net 7 on hole 6: $32 each Craig Ostrom & Tim Seelaus - 1 skin - Net 8 on hole 15: $32 each Medal Play - Net Final Another match was decided today, Mark Cardwell and Curt Island completed the playoff for 1st and 2nd place in out Championship Series. Their match came down the 18th hole and resulted in a tie, so they went to sudden death. Results – Mark Cardwell is the 2021 Championship Winner. Congratulations to both players. Next week, 10/28, we will have another 2 Man event, this time a scramble. You can pick a partner if you have not already done so, just indicate it on Sign Up Genius. And, if you haven’t signed up do so now, after Sunday the sign up will close and we will wait list individuals. Reminder: After the round this coming Thursday, 10/28, we will meet upstairs in the Umbrella area of the Turn House to have a BBQ and give out awards to our Season winners. Make sure you have signed up on Sign Up Genius so that we have an accurate head count to give to the restaurant. Finally, as we end our “normal season” and enter into the extended season in November Tee times begin at 9:30 in November We will use a shotgun start the weeks of 11/4, 11/11 and 11/18. However, if we have 20 or fewer players signed up, we will instead use individual tee times starting at 9:30 and send 4somes off #1 in 10 minute intervals After Thanksgiving, we will continue with reserving tee times for our group on Thursdays as long as we have enough players willing to play. Finally, Mike Caporaletti sent in the following report after playing this week's MISGA at Navy. Keep it in mind for next year. Course redesign is fabulous. Greens a bit slow and bumpy. Should be great next year. Here are the results A Flight 1st - Kevin Kokes 2nd - Mike Caporaletti B Flight 1st - Richard Violette 3rd - Matt Hauser See you next week. Ian HGSGA Update - October 14, 2021 Let’s hope for more days like today. Good weather, good companions, somewhat good golf. Listed below are the final standings and money winners from today. Next week you have a chance at big money! Our first skins event – it could result in a larger than normal payout for a few winners. Remember, this is a 2man team event, both balls count - net for each hole. 95% handicap, however, no strokes will be given on the Par 3’s. If you have not picked your partner by this Sunday, then we will pair you up. No changes after that. If we have no skins winners, then we will pay the top 2 Net and top 2 Gross teams (and ties). And NO, you can’t win both categories. Also, we had several winners from the Hampshire Greens MISGA: Tim Seelaus – 1st Place & 2 winning 50/50 ticket Ralph Bowe – 2nd Place Richard Violette – 3rd Place Joe Duklewski – won 2 closest to the pin Finally, be sure to sign up for the year end BBQ on Sign up Genius. Today's Results: 1 Smith, Robert + Wikse, Carl + Thompson, Keith + Krausz, David -11 133 $23.00 2 Carr, Jerry + Chiccone, Frederick + Fields, Richard + Violette, Richard -9 135 $18.00 3 Caporaletti, Mike + Logue, Gerry + Freiert, Jim + Roca, Rich -8 136 $10.75 4 Yaksich, Nick + Cardwell, Mark + Burrows, Jim + Dickman, Greg -8 136 $10.75 5 Bl[Caporaletti, Mike] + Greene, Brad + Johnson, Bruce + Duncan, Bill -6 138 6 Resnick, Stuart + Thomas, Dave + Berger, Chuck + Ferraro, Philip -5 139 7 Brooks, Doug + Sumner, Ian + Johnson, Dwight + Romeo, Tom -5 139 8 Duklewski, Joe + Finkel, Andy + Bona, Jim + Bl[Hahne, Reg] -4 140 9 Winstead, Bruce + Hohman, David + Douglas, Greg + Bl[Krausz, David] -4 140 10 Bowe, Ralph + Wichlin, Mark + Fornadel, Richard + Levin, Steve -4 140 11 Feldstein, Steve + Satterfield, Felton + Barth, John + Ward, Richard -3 141 12 Derheim, Dave + Pope, Steve + Girardi, Nick + Hahne, Reg -2 142 13 Greer, Brooke + Ramsey, Mac + Gaudio, Steve + Moore, Wayne HGSGA Update - October 7, 2021 Lots going on today, Championship series 6, match play finals and just plain old fun golf (for most of us). Match Play Update Looks like we have the winners in the Match Play Reg Hahne defeated Gerry Logue for the Championship on the 18th Hole. Jim Bona defeated Tim Seelaus for 3rd Place. Reg Hahne - 2021 Match Play Champion Gerry Logue - 2nd Place Bona Jim – 3rd Place Tim Seelaus – 4th place Championship Series Update Gross Division now has a winner: Bob Egge – 2021 Gross Champion Craig Ostrom – 2nd Place Doug Wilson – 3rd Place A special recognition to Craig Ostrom, he shot a 66 today in a last ditch effort to catch Bob Egge Net Division still requires a playoff for 1st and 2nd Place. Curt Island and Mark Cardwell are tied at net 288 each – they will arrange an 18 hole playoff. Jerry Carr has locked up 3rd Place Today's money winners are listed below. Gift cards will be available in the Pro Shop after the weekend. Gross Winnings 1 Ostrom, Craig 66 $30.00 Net Winnings 1 Pope, Steve 69 $30.00 2 Freiert, Jim 71 $25.00 3 Wichlin, Mark 72 $18.00 4 Moore, Wayne 73 $17.00 5 Winstead, Bruce 74 $15.00 6 Bona, Jim 74 $15.00 7 Wikse, Carl 74 $15.00 8 Hohman, David 74 $15.00 9 Carr, Jerry 75 $11.00 10 Wilson, Doug 75 $11.00 11 Weiss, John 75 $11.00 12 Bucklew, Neil 75 $11.00 13 Douglas, Greg 75 $11.00 HGSGA Update - September 30, 2021 Looks as if most of us had a good time today. Things went off smoothly despite having the largest field to date 82 players.Listed below are our money winners - however we are missing the information from Hole #8 closest to the pin. If anyone has it, let me know and we will pay out to that individual. For the team scores we broke ties by using the hardest hole method. We paid out to the top 10 teams.We will have gift cards done soon, if you brought a guest and they were winners, you need to pick up the card for them and give it to them. Today's Money Winners - Name, Prize, and Net Score Caporaletti, Mike + Tuck, Mike $20 60 Fields, Richard + Knott, Bill $18 61 Feldstein, Steve + Norton, Bill $17 64 Shipp, Lew + Shipp, Susan $16 64 Finkel, Andy + Littman, Paul $15 65 Fornadel, Richard + Thomas, Rey $14 65 Feinberg, Mark + Delaney, David $13 65 Satterfield, Felton + Collins, Barbara $12 65 Thomas, Dave + Deck, Tom $10 66 Kokes, Kevin + Maske, Billy $10 66 Joe Duklewski (Long Drive Member) $20 Jeff Stevenson (Long Drive Guest) $20 Nick Yaksich (Closest to Pin #5) $15 3'8" Art Crisafulli (Closest to Pin 11) $15 27inches Bruce Johnson (Closet to Pin 16) $15 7'0" Unfortunately my team came in Dead Last at #40. But, I was rewarded with a couple of “shots”for my two birdies – something the ladies have made a practice of doing. Made the day better! Next week is the final Championship Series. Also scheduled is an away MISGA on the same day, so if you are in the hunt for the Championship Series – choose wisely. We also have the final four settled for the Match Play series. Reg Hahne will play Gerry Logue for 1st & 2nd places Tim Seelaus will play Jim Bona for 3rd & 4th places. See you on October 7! Ian HGSGA Update - September 16, 2021 Good field today with nice weather and enjoyable foursome. Click here for today's results Learned something on the practice green this morning, actually reinforced something most of us are probably familiar with doing. Bruce Winstead told me, when the greens are aerated and full of sand – just Whack It. I found that advice to be so good, I will continue to Whack It. Also, learned a new Mantra – Steve Sutton commented constantly on the round "It’s gonna be Okay, It’s gonna be Alright!” So from now on, when I screw up a shot, no more muttering #*@!. Instead - “It’s gonna be Okay, It’s gonna be Alright!” We had a nice turnout for the MISGA at Woodmore. Click here for the results. Next week is CS6, bring your best game. 10 players are within 7 strokes of the net leaders. Harder to catch the Gross leader, he has a 14 stroke lead over his closest competitor. Finally, questions are still coming up about the Member Guest Day on 9/30/21. · You may bring one guest · They pay what you pay based on your membership, including Ace Card rate · $5 Prize Money per Person · We will play one flight, best 2 of 4 net. · If your guest has a Handicap or Index, please post it on Sign up Genius. · If you guest does not have and established Handicap, give us an Estimate · Plan on Closest to the Pin contest on Par 3’s · Longest Drive (most likely on Hole 1) · 50/50 drawing · Coffee and Doughnuts. HGSGA Update - September 9, 2021 Gloomy weather didn’t deter… What appeared to be a less than desirable day turned out to be very comfortable. We had a good turnout, 55 in total and from the feedback I received, the guests seemed to enjoy themselves. Click for today's results.. Click for a hole by hole report so that everyone can see exactly what happened to them once the blind draws were added. In addition some of the online scoring had to be corrected so the leaderboard was misleading at times. A couple of points; · The printed scorecard did not reflect the adjusted handicap as many of you pointed out. We played with 85%, the Golf Genius phone app did reflect this on a hole by hole basis. We’ll be sure to make the adjustment next time so that you see the adjusted handicaps. · It was suggested that we choose the blind draws prior to teeing off. Good point, we’ll attempt to do this in the future, however, no promises if we find ourselves in a rush or shorthanded or trying to deal with multiple no shows. Next week we have the 4Man Stableford, make sure to sign up before Sunday evening. We don’t need to keep juggling the 4somes. Finally, I received confirmation from Rodney that we can continue our HGSGA weekly events through Nov into early December. We will plan to maintain Sign up Genius for Shotgun starts for the first 3 Thursdays in November with regular games. Then after that, we will look at securing a block of tee times into December as long as enough guys sign up and want to play. We did this last winter and it seemed to work out. I plan to end it for the months of January and February, picking up again in March (weather permitting). HGSGA Update - September 2, 2021 Glad we were able to get the game in today. As was pointed out to me, next time we have a heavy rain, we will try to get an evaluation of the bunkers and possibly declare them unplayable. Only one more chance to improve your standings for the Championship Series. There are 10 of you within striking distance of the Net leaders – between 2-7 strokes off. The Gross Leader is ahead by 14 strokes, a lot of ground to make up with only one round left. Click the this link for the List of Money winners from today. Next week is out last Home MISGA, I hope to see more of you turning out. As of today, only 14 members have signed up, not a good showing. Especially when more of you sign up for away MISGAs than our own home event. Go to Sign Up Genius and get your name on the roster, it automatically closes at 9am Monday morning. For those of you who are new to the group, on 9/30 we will have a Guest Day. You can bring one guest, they only pay what you pay for the event. This is a fun day event, most likely a scramble without handicaps, so bring anyone you want. And if you are an Ace Card member, their cart fee is $15 also. 5&7 day guest - cart fees only Golf fit and play guests - cart fees only Fit & Play guest $50 + cart fees Daily Golf guest $50 + cart fees Finally, welcome back Lew. HGSGA Update - September 2, 2021 HGSGA Update - August 30, 2021 Today was the second leg of the Annual Columbia Cup. We sent 12 of our guys to do battle against 12 of Fairway’s finest. As usual, the Fairway Hills guys put up a strong fight, seems some of us Hobbits guys find the tight wooded fairways an unfamiliar avenue. We are used to wide open spaces - or maybe it was just me. The results are in. We won today's match 16.5 to 13.5. This, combined with our earlier match at Hobbits' gives us a total as follows: Hobbits' Glen 39.5 Fairway Hills 19.5 Next year, if we can get Fairway to get a larger number of players together, we can include more players. Thanks to Dwight Johnson and Reg Hahne for taking charge and captaining the Hobbits players. Click the links and you will find the results of the State ABCD tournament (congratulations to Bob Egge for defending his gross championship) and an update on course conditions from our greenskeeper. Ian HGSGA Update - August 26, 2021 Well, I think I learned something today. Pressure sure makes those 3 foot putts seem like they are at least 30 feet. For those of us who coasted on the front nine, reality hit during the alternate shot back nine. The average gross score for the field on the front was 37, while the back nine gross average was 44. For a third of the field the spread was between 10-14 strokes difference. For a full report you can go to the leaderboard and see all the scores. We paid out 6 places, 2 gross and 4 net. Since our 2 gross winners were also in the top 4 net, we reached further down and paid the next in line, 4,5,6 places. All in all, it seems everyone enjoyed the round. Will most likely repeat it next year. Gross winners Doyle, Michael + Winstead, Bruce $30 32 35 67 Egge, Bob + Wilson, Drew $20 34 36 70 Net Winners Levin, Steve + Hahne, Reg $30 29 34 63 Greer, Brooke + Romeo, Tom $20 30 36 66 Case, F.T. + Wichlin, Mark $15 37 30 67 Kominski, John + Pagnotta, Alex $10 34 36 70 Next week several events: Monday – Columbia Cup Thursday – Championship Series #5 Thursday – Some players going to Norbeck Ian HGSGA Update - August 19, 2021 Glad to have a good set of partners for today – made my miss hits less painful. But I did make some long birdie putts…Since there was a bunch of ties for 3rd, Golf Genius broke them using the Most to least difficult hole. Payouts were extended to the 3 teams shooting a 65, but based on tie breakers. Here are today's rusults: 1 Smith, Robert + Feldstein, Steve + Johnson, Bruce + Phillips, Cecil 63 $ 20.00 2 Caporaletti, Mike + Hines, Joseph + Wilson, Drew + Fornadel, Richard 64 $ 15.50 T3 Wilson, Doug + Sumner, Ian + Case, F.T. 65 $ 12.00 T3 Duklewski, Joe + Wikse, Carl + Bona, Jim + Schwenz, Charles 65 $ 10.00 T3 Sutton, Steve + Satterfield, Felton + Logue, Gerry + Ferraro, Philip 65 $ 8.00 T6 Greer, Brooke + Hohman, David + Fields, Richard + Burrows, Jim 67 T6 Moyer, Len + Hickey, Tom + Chiccone, Frederick + Ward, Richard 67 T6 Resnick, Stuart + Johnson, Dwight + Chicca, Thomas 67 9 Derheim, Dave + Cardwell, Mark + Kausal, Tony + Jarrett, Doug 68 T10 Winstead, Bruce + Pope, Steve + Tortolani, Ed + Roca, Rich 69 T10 Seelaus, Tim + Girardi, Nick + Freiert, Jim + Levin, Steve 69 T10 Kokes, Kevin + Greene, Brad + Ward, Chris + Duncan, Bill 69 13 Carr, Jerry + Yaksich, Nick + Bucklew, Neil + Gaudio, Steve 74 Also this week we finalized the Match Play semi final draw. The winners of these matches will then meet for the Championship Match, the other 2 will meet to determine 3rd and 4th places: Tim Seelaus (A) vs. Reg Hahne (D) Gerry Logue (B) vs. Jim Bona (C) Next Week: State ABCD is being held at Holly Hills on Monday, 8/23. We are sending 17 players and Bob Egge will go back as the last winner of the event. Originally we were only allotted 4 slots, but were able to send 13 additional players. So, next time, if you think you want to play in one of these events, sign up, you will have a good chance of getting in. Thursday: Nine-Nine format – should be fun, it’s a 2Man pick your partner (or we will assign you one). Front nine is a Scramble, Back nine is Alternate Shot. August 30th: This the 2nd half of the Columbia Cup. We will be playing at Fairway Hills and go in with a commanding lead from the 1st half: Hobbits 23, Fairway 6. Sign up closes this Sunday. Finally a note about the year end Banquet. We have decided not to hold an indoor event. with the ongoing Covid issue it became evident that getting 60-80 people together in one room was not a good idea. So we are in the process of looking at holding an outdoor gathering in October after one of our Home events. Stay tuned. Ian HGSGA Update - August 12, 2021 After a bit of shuffling, we managed to get the event off today. A total of 57 players started but the heat got to some and not everyone finished. Check the leaderboard to see how your team did. Because of the early cancellations we sent out several 3somes, we used Blinds to fill in – Golf Genius does a good job in tabulating the scores. Money Winners were: 1st Challedon Dave Price $25.00 1st Challedon John Ziegenhein $25.00 1st Hobbits Tom Hickey $25.00 1st Musket Ridge Bob Harris $25.00 2nd Musket Ridge Kirk Isenbart $20.00 2nd Blue Mash David Kulick $20.00 2nd Hobbits Steven Gaudio $20.00 2nd Challedon Joe Negley $20.00 3rd Musket Ridge Frank Frodyma $15.00 3rd Blue Mash Gary Palmer $15.00 3rd Hobbits Reg Hahne $15.00 3rd Hobbits Gerry Logue $15.00 4th Hobbits Mike Caporaletti $10.00 4th Winters Run Fred Boecher $10.00 4th Musket Ridge Darrell Blevins $10.00 4th Hobbits Bill Duncan $10.00 Next week we will have a 4 man scramble, let’s hope the Tropics don’t send out too much rain – Alex, can you check on this for us? On 8/23 we will have a good representation at the State ABCD tournament being held at Holly Hills. Bob Egge, the defending champion, will be joined by 18 other Hobbits Glen Seniors. Good luck guys! Ian Bretton Woods MISGA - August 11 80 golfers survived the heat and humidity at Bretton Woods on Wednesday. I think I captured all of the names of winners from Hobbit’s Glen: Brad Greene - Closest to the pin Jerome Carr - 4th place team Mike Caporaletti - 3rd place team Philip Ferraro - 2nd place team Hope I didn’t miss anyone! Mike Caporaletti HGSGA Update- August 5, 2021 Four down and two to go. Looks like some guys made a move up the leader board today in the Championship Series. Check where you stand by clicking the 2021 Golf Genius button on the sidebar and follow the directions on the button. There is still time to improve your standings. Prize winners from today were: Gross Winners: 1 Egge, Bob 71 $30.00 2 Moyer, Len 73 $25.00 Net Winners 1 Kokes, Kevin 67 $30.00 2 Sumner, Ian 70 $25.00 3 Island, Curt 70 $25.00 4 Cardwell, Mark 71 $20.00 5 Hickey, Tom 71 $20.00 6 Kausal, Tony 71 $20.00 7 Duncan, Bill 71 $20.00 8 Wikse, Carl 72 $18.00 9 Gaudio, Steve 72 $18.00 10 Berger, Chuck 72 $18.00 11 Winstead, Bruce 73 $13.00 12 Chiccone, Frederick 73 $13.00 Next week we have a home MISGA event, please sign up if you are planning to play. Again, we will be using he box lunches (this will be done for the remainder of the season). Instead of the chicken salad we will be substituting Pastrami along with the Turkey Sandwich. Also, those of you going to Bretton Woods on Wednesday, if for any reason you need to cancel after the roster is sent in you need to contact their pro shop directly. Two Match Play events were completed today: Tim Seelaus defeated Dave Derheim to win Bracket A Reg Hahne defeated Steve Pope to win Bracket D Jim Bona has already won Bracket C Alex Pagnotta and Gerry Logue will play for the Bracket B championship. Good luck to the four qualifiers for the State ABCD, I have submitted 20 of your names as Alternates. Primary Entries 1 Ostrom, Criaig 2 Cardwell, Mark 3 Island, Curt 4 Kokes, Kevin Alternate Entries 1 Carr, Jerry 2 Fornadel, Richard 3 Smith, Robert 4 Wilson, Doug 5 Maddox, Randy 6 Johnson, Dwight 7 Bona, Jim 8 Scarborough, Steve 9 Resnick, Stuart 10.Sutton, Steve 11 Pagnotta, Alex 12.Johnson, Bruce 13Freiert, Jim 14 Winstead, Bruce 15 Wikse, Carl 16 Seelaus, Tim 17Douglas, Greg 18 Derheim, Dave 19 Weiss, John 20 Hohman, David Have a good weekend! Ian HGSGA Update - July 29, 2021 It was a small field at home today, 20 of our guys went to Manor. Here are our winners: Gross Seelaus, Tim 74 $25 Player Total Net Chiccone, Frederick 66 $25 Hickey, Tom 66 $20 Hutcheson, Steven 69 $20 Island, Curt 69 $15 Greg Douglas 70 $15 Brooks, Doug 72 $10 Tortolani, Ed 72 $10 Smith, Robert 73 $10 Full results can be found by clicking the "2021 Golf Genius Results " button on the sidebar. Make sure you follow the directions noted on the button. All match play brackets have been updated. Click the appropriate button on the sidebar. Next week several events: A last minute invite from Prospect Bay for 12 players on 8/3, roster must be sent in by Saturday7/29 at noon; Championship Series #4, still a chance to improve your standings. Also note that we are using the low 2 of 4 CS scores to pick our qualifiers for the State ABCD to be held on 8/23 at Holly Hills. Finally, bear with me for the next 2 weeks. Lew is in Europe and Mark is speeding around in the Blue Flame somewhere up and down the coast. Thus I will be left to my devices to schedule everyone. So, no last minute adds or drops by you guys, Sunday night is the cut off for Thursday, pay attention please – I am not Lew or Mark, I’m older and crankier. Ian HGSGA Update - July 22, 2021 Good turnout again with lots of close scores. The money winners for the day were: Stevie Ray Scarborough/Bill Stetka 70 Gross $30 Andy Finkel/Joe Duklewski 65 Net $30 John Barth/Dave Derheim 65 Net $25 Richard Fields/Steve Levin 67 Net $20 FT Case/Mark Wichlin 67 Net $20 Mark Cardwell/Dave Thomas 67 Net $20 We will be sending out the list of qualifiers for the State 2 Man shortly. Mike Caporaletti will be in charge of running you guys down to be sure you are still going to the event if you qualified. As I said before, we only have 2 slots but I expect additional ones to be given to us so as they open up we will go down the list. Next week we have an away MISGA event scheduled at Manor CC. I am trying to get everyone in who wants to play, if they limit us we will use the lottery system. So if you have signed up and are not going, please remove your name or contact Ian to let him know. The following is a public service announcement – whoever found Jim Bona’s sunglasses, please return them! See you next week! Ian HGSGA Update - July 15, 2021 After a somewhat tumultuous start this morning, we were able to get everyone off who wanted to play thanks to the efforts of Lew, Mark and Rich. Seems that we had some unexpected players showing up who were not scheduled, but we seemed to work everything out. Also a thanks to the staff who helps us get everything ready in the morning and the volunteers who brought coffee/doughnuts (Randy) and who delivered out lunches (Felton and Rick). Next week we have 2 away MISGA events, Eagles Nest on Monday, Challedon on Wednesday. On Thursday, we have the 2-Man qualifier event. We use this event to select the teams we will send to the state finals on 9/9/21 which will be held at Norbeck. We will have 2 official slots to fill in addition to the one that Craig Ostrom & Doug Wilson automatically qualify for since they were the 2019 Champions. If you know someone that you want to partner with, contact them and update your names on SignUpGenius. Otherwise we will pick a partner for you when we set up the roster. Click here for todays money winners. Click here for full results. Those of you from Hobbits will be able to pick up your gift cards from the Pro Shop. Our match play tournament continues to play out. The D bracket finals are set. Steve Pope will play Reg Hahne. Jim Bona won the C bracket after defeating John Barth in the bracket final. Gerry Logue has won his side of the B bracket and is waiting for a few matches on the other side to find out who he will play in the bracket finals. In the A bracket finals, Defending Champion Dave Derheim will play Tim Seelaus. Stay tuned.... Have a great weekend! Ian HGSGA Update - July 8, 2021 Well we beat the rain, but some of us were hoping midway that the round would be a wash out. CS3 is in the bag and the leader board has shuffled around a bit. But don’t despair if you are not up near the top, there are 3 more attempts to change your position. Next week we have 3 events going on, the Columbia Cup on Monday, a MISGA event at Montgomery CC on Tuesday and our home MISGA event on Thursday. A reminder for the 2 man event on 7/22, this is a qualifier for the State event. If you know who you want to be paired with, please indicate it on SignUpGenius, otherwise we will pair you up ourselves. If your team qualifies, then both of you need to agree to go to the State Championship to be held on 9/9 at Norbeck CC, no substitutions will be allowed. Lew has let all of you know that he will be overseas visiting his daughter and her family. Mark Cardwell has stepped up and will be our Golf Genius guru, spending the long sleepless, thankless, frustrating hours tackling the ever changing rosters – let’s help lower the frustration level by adding/deleting your name in a timely manner on SignUpGenius. We are experimenting with SignUpGenius - setting automatic cut off times for the sign ups. Currently it is set so that 4 days prior to an event, if you attempt to add or delete your name, you must contact us by email to have it done. When you hit “Submit and Sign Up”, if you are late, you will see a message telling you to email hgsga.signup@gmail.com . We will then add/delete you. This gives us better control over the rosters and pairing. Here are today's money winners Gross 1 Egge, Bob $30.00 68 Net 1 Yaksich, Nick $30.00 69 2 Island, Curt $25.00 70 3 Brooks, Doug $25.00 70 4 Feinberg, Mark $20.00 71 5 Ramsey, Mac $20.00 72 6 Cardwell, Mark $18.00 73 7 Maddox, Randy $18.00 73 8 Carr, Jerry $18.00 73 9 Caporaletti, Mike $18.00 73 10 Akerson, Ray $18.00 73 11 Wichlin, Mark $15.00 74 12 Scarborough, Steve $15.00 74 13 Moore, Wayne $15.00 74 14 Sebastian, Mason $15.00 74 15 Pagnotta, Alex $15.00 74 16 Ferraro, Philip $15.00 75 Full results for this event and all previous events (including updated championship series standings) can be found by hitting the 2021 Golf Genius Button on the sidebar. Be sure to follow the directions on the button! Have a great weekend! Ian HGSGA Update - June 24, 2021 President's Message Today’s weather couldn’t have been better. Clear skies, low humidity, perfect for drinking beer around the fire pit - and also for golf…. For some of us... Good turnout, 55 players for the Stableford event, and 2 match play events. Stableford Winners: Net 1 Bergin, Rick $30.00 55 2 Fornadel, Richard $23.00 47 T3 Johnson, Dwight $19.00 45 T3 Wikse, Carl $19.00 45 80 T3 Sebastian, Mason $19.00 45 6 Hutcheson, Steven $15.00 44 T7 Stetka, William $14.00 42 T7 Smith, Robert $14.00 42 T7 Sumner, Ian $14.00 42 T7 Caporaletti, Mike $14.00 42 T7 Moore, Wayne $14.00 42 12 Freiert, Jim $10.00 41 T13 Wichlin, Mark $10.00 40 T13 Hickey, Tom $10.00 40 T13 Scarborough, Steve $10.00 40 T13 Resnick, Stuart $10.00 40 Gross 1 Doug Wilson $30 38 Full results for this event and all previous events can be found by hitting the 2021 Golf Genius Button on the sidebar. Be sure to follow the directions on the button! We had two match play events today, Jim Bona defeated Bruce Johnson & Steve Pope defeated Matt Hauser. Earlier this week Dave Derheim defeated Bruce Winstead. Updated brackets are on the sidebar. Next week we will play an ABCD team event, spread the wealth out a little. There is also an away MISGA at Musket Ridge for those who signed up. Tee time is 8:30. You are responsible for notifying the host club if you are not going to play, we have sent in the roster. Do not be a no-show, it costs them money for food prep. Also if you are interested in playing in the Columbia Cup event on 7/12, be sure to sign up. We will close the roster on July 4th or when the sign up reaches 24 names. We will then use a lottery system to select the 12 players - the rest will be on standby. A housekeeping note: after you complete your round, if you have used a cart, make sure you empty your trash. Finally, I heard a bit of grumbling about last week's Home MISGA event, specifically the food situation. We had addressed this early on, knowing that until guidelines were changed, holding an indoor dining event was not feasible at the time. The best alternative was the box lunch and it was clearly spelled out to the visiting clubs as well as to all our members. It went smoothly with a lot of help from our guys to get the food out to everyone. We hope to be able to change things once CA has its meeting in a few days and changes some of the guidelines. If so, we will hopefully be able to go back to the old ways. See you next week Ian HGSGA Update - June 17, 2021 What a day for our first MISGA mixer. I want to thank everyone who participated and all those who assisted with the preparation and those who did volunteer duties. For the first mixer of the season, after a year's layoff, I think things went well. As the season progresses, we should see these events return to normal, Coffee, Doughnuts, and indoor/outdoor dining. Todays's money winners are: Ralph Bowe $30 Steve Pope $30 Steve Levin $30 Mike Caporaletti $20 Jim Bona $20 Stuart Resnick $15 Cecil Phillips $15 Lew Shipp $12.50 Jim Freiert $12,50 Next week we will be playing an individual Stableford event. If you haven't signed up, do so by Sunday. Remember we close out the sign up sheets Sunday evening for regular Thursday events. Also, a heads up, we will open the sign up for the July 12th Columbia Cup event on this Sunday, June 20th. Read the attached Columbia Cup info sheet if you think you might be interested in representing Hobbits. A brief word about sign ups. We rely on you to show up if you sign up. It takes time to get the field set up and no shows, late cancellations as well as late pleas to get in, create a lot of extra work for us. These guys are volunteers, we don't even reward them with free beers for all the work they do! See you next week. Ian Holly Hills MISGA - June 16 Hobbits Winners: 1st place: Alex Bollman Wolf Mann Chris Ward Fred Case Payout: $22.50 -13 Under Par 2nd. Place. Jeff Lamb Doug Sims Steve Scarborough Richard Violette Payout: $15.00 -9 Under Par Food: Buffet Dinner -Excellent Toss Salad/Rolls Asparagus Orange Rosemary Chicken Barbecue Pork Ribs Ice tea Ice Lemonade Hot fudge Sundae 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 Today's Results Thu, Jun 17, 2021 5:52 pm Ian Sumner (sumner115@gmail.com)To:you (Bcc) + 1 more Details 6.17.21 June MISGA Hole by Hol...pdf (281 KB) 6.17.21 MISGA Money Winners.pdf (18 KB) 6.17.21 June MISGA Leaderboard... (212 KB) 2021 Columbia Cup Info revised...pdf (75 KB) What a day for our first MISGA mixer. I want to thank everyone who participated and all those who assisted with the preparation and those who did volunteer duties. For the first mixer of the season, after a year's layoff, I think things went well. As the season progresses, we should see these events return to normal, Coffee, Doughnuts, and indoor/outdoor dining. Attached are results from today and the list of money winners. Next week we will be playing an individual Stableford event. If you haven't signed up, do so by Sunday. Remember we close out the sign up sheets Sunday evening for regular Thursday events. Also, a heads up, we will open the sign up for the July 12th Columbia Cup event on this Sunday, June 20th. Read the attached Columbia Cup info sheet if you think you might be interested in representing Hobbits. A brief word about sign ups. We rely on you to show up if you sign up. It takes time to get the field set up and no shows, late cancellations as well as late pleas to get in, create a lot of extra work for us. These guys are volunteers, we don't even reward them with free beers for all the work they do! See you next week. IanToday's Results Thu, Jun 17, 2021 5:52 pm Ian Sumner (sumner115@gmail.com)To:you (Bcc) + 1 more Details 6.17.21 June MISGA Hole by Hol...pdf (281 KB) 6.17.21 MISGA Money Winners.pdf (18 KB) 6.17.21 June MISGA Leaderboard... (212 KB) 2021 Columbia Cup Info revised...pdf (75 KB) What a day for our first MISGA mixer. I want to thank everyone who participated and all those who assisted with the preparation and those who did volunteer duties. For the first mixer of the season, after a year's layoff, I think things went well. As the season progresses, we should see these events return to normal, Coffee, Doughnuts, and indoor/outdoor dining. Attached are results from today and the list of money winners. Next week we will be playing an individual Stableford event. If you haven't signed up, do so by Sunday. Remember we close out the sign up sheets Sunday evening for regular Thursday events. Also, a heads up, we will open the sign up for the July 12th Columbia Cup event on this Sunday, June 20th. Read the attached Columbia Cup info sheet if you think you might be interested in representing Hobbits. A brief word about sign ups. We rely on you to show up if you sign up. It takes time to get the field set up and no shows, late cancellations as well as late pleas to get in, create a lot of extra work for us. These guys are volunteers, we don't even reward them with free beers for all the work they do! See you next week. Ian Pos. Player Prize $ Stableford Points Gross Score Net Score 1 Bergin, Rick $30.00 55 75 63 2 Fornadel, Richard $23.00 47 88 70 T3 Johnson, Dwight $19.00 45 85 70 T3 Wikse, Carl $19.00 45 80 69 T3 Sebastian, Mason $19.00 45 80 69 6 Hutcheson, Steven $15.00 44 93 71 T7 Stetka, William $14.00 42 74 72 T7 Smith, Robert $14.00 42 78 72 T7 Sumner, Ian $14.00 42 83 71 T7 Caporaletti, Mike $14.00 42 80 73 T7 Moore, Wayne $14.00 42 91 72 12 Freiert, Jim $10.00 41 86 73 T13 Wichlin, Mark $10.00 40 82 73 T13 Hickey, Tom $10.00 40 90 74 T13 Scarborough, Steve $10.00 40 81 75 T13 Resnick, Stuart $10.00 40 82 73Full results for this event and all previous events can be found by hitting the 2021 Golf Genius Button on the sidebar. Be sure to follow the directions on the button!
Thu, Apr 21, 2022 5:55 pm Ian Sumner (sumner115@gmail.com)To:you (Bcc) + 1 more Details HGSGA Money Winners 4.21.22.pdf (22 KB) Different type of game today, hope you enjoyed it. Attached is a list of the Money winners, we paid out to 25% of the field plus 2 closest to the pin. Pace of play was good, so keep it up. We posted all scores today to GHIN. Do not post your own score! Next week we will be playing a Florida Scramble (I did clear the rules with Gov. DeSantis just to avoid any pushback from those who might find some fault with how we structure or explain the rules.) It’s simple game, just like a regular scramble except, after everyone tees off, the group selects the best shot and the next shot (here’s the Florida Twist) is played by the 3 players whose ball was not selected. This process is then repeated all the way through the hole (even on the putting green). Also, we will require that each player’s drive must be used 3 times in the round. The math should be straight forward (can I say that Gov?), we score it just like any other scramble. Be sure to sign up before we close Sign up Genius on Sunday morning at 8:30am. Saves our team (Lew and Mark) a lot of work if they don't have to make any last minute changes. Finally a word to our new members, check the upcoming events on Sign up Genius. You will see that we have scheduled on May 5th, Championship Series #1. This is the 1st of 6 dates throughout the season - we use your 4 best scores of the 6 to crown both the Gross and Net Champions. However, you must have an established handicap for us to use your score. See you next week. Ian Thanks goes to Mike Caporaletti and crew for today’s Home MISGA event. Everything went smoothly and the visitors seemed to enjoy themselves. There was a bit of scrambling to adjust the foursomes, but Lew bailed me out and took charge. Gift cards were issued on the spot, some of our winners didn’t stick around to collect them so we put their names on the cards and they are in the ProShop. The link to the leaderboard will be put on the website along with other information. https://www.hobbitsglenseniors.com Some of you occasionally have questions about how the Handicap system works in conjunction with GHIN. Lew has found a good website explaining everything you need to know. We will post the link on the website. Next week there are two events on the schedule, an away MISGA @ Kenwood and Championship Series #3. Remember, for the Championship Series (CS) we use your best 4 of 6 scores to determine the Gross and Net champions. Also, we are using the best 2 of the first 4 CS as the qualifier for the State ABCD. The Match play event marches on. If you want to play your match play during next week’s CS series we need to know ASAP. You can put that information in comments area when you sign up. We will accommodate you doing both, the CS event and a Match play at the same time, but if you do that, you must putt out everything for it to count as in the CS events. No “gimmes” or pickups. Finally, for the most part everyone has done a good job in entering scores into Golf Genius. There are several reasons why this is important. • It makes our job easier since all we need to do is verify the scores in GG match the scorecard before posting – we can quickly check your Scorecard totals vs GG entries • It allows everyone to see how they stand vs the field when they look at the leaderboard during the round. Guys like to know how the stand. Not posting makes you look like you are sandbagging. • It allows us to get the winners paid without waiting for scorecards if you or your team are out of the money. Unless you’re cross eyed, have a phobia against electronics or have unusually large fingers, I expect that you really don’t have a good reason for not using Golf Genius. Let’s cooperate, everyone. If you really need help, ask your 10 year old grandkid for lessons. See you next week. IanGood news - no rain, Bad news, no roll, I came up short too often. Well we got it in, mud and all. Once we get the list of qualifiers verified we will get it out to you and Mike will reach out to you to verify your willingness to go forward. We went over the scorecards and interestingly only 12 teams indicated they wanted to go forward to the state event. We currently only have 4 slots available to us, but historically, we have been able to get more in as other clubs don’t use theirs so we will wait list many of you. Attached is the list of money winners, we paid 30% of the field - tie breaker used was the hardest hole method. Next week is our Home MISGA event. We have increased the sign up to 30 players, so if you haven’t done so, go ahead and sign up. On that note, some of you have mentioned to me that you either don’t have a smart phone or the capability to use Golf Genius on your phone. As long as we know in advance who you are, we can make sure to place you with another Hobbits Senior who does have GG on their phone. So sign up, just let me know - I do the pairings for our home MISGA events. As many of you know, we have been actively working with the Turn House and CA to see if we can improve the food situation both at our Home MISGA events and also our regular Thursday events. Today, Mike Caporaletti and I met with Carissa from the Turn House to discuss MISGA lunches and lunch/beverages following our Senior golf on Thursdays. They are earnestly seeking to improve the relationship, so we would like all of you to do the same. Home MISGA
We paid the top 2 players for Gross & Net in each Flight, if you won Gross you couldn’t also win Net so we went down the list for top 2 Net winners. Attached is the list of money winners, full results are available via the leaderboard on Golf Genius. BTW, almost a 100% accuracy for those of you who entered scores on the phone when compared to the actual score cards. Next week we have Championship Series #5. Those of you in the hunt for Gross and Net, still have 5&6 to lower your scores. Even if you are not in the hunt, still sign up, we will pay our normal Net and Gross prize money for the day. Also, you can enjoy the banter upstairs afterwards, the crowd is growing so stick around, have a beer/soda. Remember, we lock the sign up at 8:30 Sunday morning, so please sign up ahead, keeps me from constantly changing the tee sheet with last minute adds and drops. As was announced today, kudos to the Hobbits guys who helped secure the Columbia Cup for another year. Finally, plan ahead for our Guest day, Sept 29th, sign up is open. Even if you aren't bringing a guest, sign up, we will match you with another HGSGA player. Remember, only one guest per member an ALL must ride. See the attached Memo for more information. See you next week, stay safe if traveling this weekend. Ian |
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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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