Summary Results *Here*

Our December 7th, First Thursday Tournament was played on Mesa Linda.  Tied for first place in the team competition were David Basile/Tom Ebert/Bill McCrea/Mike Supple and Don Walls/John Westermeyer/Tony Baccaro/Doug Kramer (net 127 -- 13 below par).

Flight winners from the four respective flights were Mike Meissenburg and Pete de Boer (both net 69), Harlan Andersen (68), King Ling Wong (67) and Kevin Dreiling (69).

Conrad Wilson and Shirley Skirvin were the winners of multiple skins.

Thanks to David Basile for setting up and scoring this tournament (and pushing his team to a victory).

Complete Results with Hole by Hole Data Here*

Summary Results *Here*

Thanks to all who competed in our annual Skee Memorial Member Member.  Although the course was damp, we had no rain and plenty of sun.  Early groups finished in 3.5 hours.  Ned Whittemore managed a Hole in One on #10.  An enjoyable day all around.

Bret Bauer, Tournament Director

Adding their name to our website's Hall of Champions are the winners of the two team flights, all with net 61's.  Dave Basile and Bill McCrea handily won Flight 1.  Flight 2 went to Wayne Rowell and Eric Gastineau over Bob Colclough and Jim Ortale in a scorecard tiebreaker (back 9 by 1).

Eric and Bill also claimed multiple skins. 

Individual flight winners were Steve Keith (67), John Jurczak (66), Tom Ebert (65) and Jim Ortale (66).  Great scores despite some pins that were in extremely difficult places.

Joseph Chien, playing in our earliest group, put the CTP placards so tight on #2 and #6 that they were never bested.

Yet the shot of the day was this one by Ned Whittemore off the tee on #10.  Ned collects an extra $100 for his Hole in One during a CMSGA tournament.  Playing a nicely struck 8 iron into a light breeze, the group's suspicions from the tee were confirmed when they arrived at the cup.  Congratulations, Ned!

Skee Gutmacher was a beloved member, who knew every worker at the course.  He had been our CMSGA treasurer for about 20 years, until 2017, when he passed a few days shy of his 94th birthday.  

Thanks to Bret Bauer for setting up and scoring this tournament.  This was his first.  One of the most difficult issues is trying to score and reshape teams when little or no notice is given regarding withdrawals.  Please let us know with as much notice as possible if your plans to play must change.

Results with Hole by Hole Data *Here*

At our last board meeting, we discussed how to manage scores for players who start a round, but are unable to complete them.  It gets complicated, because the player may have played enough holes to require posting and may have even earned a skin from the holes played, yet when it comes to a team score, something must be done to either use the holes played, or substitute a blind player.

I'm not sure that we came up with a fixed solution, but the USGA will implement a rules update in January that changes the requirements for posting incomplete rounds.  There is a nice summary in the last issue of SCGA's Fore Magazine.

Rather than restate the current rules, the new rules state that if less than 9 holes are played, no score can be posted.  If 9 holes are played, then a 9 hole score is posted if the 9 holes have a separate rating.  That 9 hole score will be used to update the player's index the day after posting, without waiting for it to be combined with another 9 hole score.  

If 10 to 17 holes are played, then the hole by hole score must be entered when posting.  The GHIN posting program with then calculate an adjusted 18 hole score.  Posting net pars on any unplayed holes will no longer be the practice.  

If any member is interested in taking one of the SCGA rules courses, there are in person and online offerings.  There is much to learn.  Let us know if you would like to pursue that.
 

 

Summary Results *Here* for our away tournament at the Talega Golf Club

Thanks to the 39 members who supported our away tournament.  Flight winners were Ryan Haeger (net 70) and Tom Kennedy (net 75).  Ryan also scored the lowest gross of the day (76).  Hoyt Etter was our only winner of multiple skins.  Players were offered the option of playing the forward tees.  33 players stuck with the white tees.  The weather cooperated and the predicted winds never materialized.  The course offered a number of challenging holes, reflected by more double digit holes entries than usual.  Thanks to Mike Drennen for making the arrangements.  We can help if any members wants to take the lead in another away event.

All Data with Hole by Hole Results *Here*