An early downpour delayed our start by about a half an hour and restricted our play to cart paths only. Other than that is was a very enjoyable day at St Johns. The course
was in good shape with fast greens which rolled true. The
food was great and the scorecards and scoreboards were perfect.
The St Johns course was set up pretty easy at a slope of 116. The greens were soft due to the rain and we shot the lowest average score of the year at 86.7. However the average points at 36.1 was only the third highest of the year. Here are all the year's results so far with the highest and lowest average gross score and points highlighted:
Month
Crs
Avg Scr
Avg Pts
Feb
MP
89.6
36.2
Mar
OC
89.3
35.8
Apr
EH
88.7
37.1
May
PV
89.8
33.3
Jun
HH
91.0
34.4
Jul
DC
89.2
34.3
Aug
SN
87.6
36.0
Sep
ML
88.6
34.9
Oct
SJ
86.7
36.1
We only
had three changes to the rosters after they were submitted for
this match. That is very good!
Thanks for all the after-match scoring help at St Johns. Those who helped were Roy Gulick (MP), Larry Von Dolteren (SN), John Pujol (QH), Glenn Dobrick (SG), Bob White (SJ), Jerry Menne (SJ), and Gene Pottenger (SJ).
WINNERS:
St Johns,
the host club,
took first
place with a score of
278
points. SJ
was led by 46
points from Charles Jenks and 43 points from Bob White. St Johns is a rapidly improving team that has become a force to be
reckoned with. This year they were in 12th place in the Brady Cup standings after the May match, 9th after the July match, 6th after the September match and third after the October match! JG and SN.... you had better watch your tail.....
Hidden Hills with a score of 271 was second place.
HHwas
led by Larry Dismore's 43 point
performance and another 41 points from Malcolm Champion.
Third place was taken by Marsh Landing with a score of 269. They were led by 45 points from Lanny Benson and 41 points from Bill Miller.
Orange Park, with a score of 266 was fourth. OP
was led by 46 points from Jim Brindle and 43 from Bob Hubbard.
There are only 2 matches
left in the 2008 season.
However, in the last
match all points are
doubled so that is like 3 more matches to go. JG seems to have a lock on the Cup but anything can happen. If SN, SJ or SG get hot and JG takes a tumble.... who knows what the outcome will be.
Closest to
the pin winners:
#3 Denny Hurst (MP) #5Jim
Brindle (OP)
#13 Mark Good (DC)
#17Odie Skeen (MC)
BESTS:
Eagle 2: #1, par 4,
Bill Gesdorf (JG)
Eagle 3: #2, par 5, Tom Wallon (HH)
Lowest gross score: 70 Jerry Glowe (JG) Highest point total: 46 Charles Jenks (SJ)
46 Jim Brindle (OP)
46 Gary Dake (MP)
46 Phil Wallace (QH)
Everyone turned in a scorecard after the match. Most of the scorecards were filled in perfectly and were very legible. We did have a few with "X"s on them and a few with overwritten scores which were difficult to read. In the latter cases we gave the highest number that we saw. Be aware of these two problems when you sign your card. There were also a few cards without two signatures.
SCORING:
We
made only one error at the
scoring table this month!
That one was corrected thanks to the player's honesty and his reporting the error to us. These computer scorer guys deserve a great deal
of credit for what they do and
how well they do it.
These guys
are GOOD!
NEXT MONTH
Marsh Creek
Country
Club,Monday,November 3,
2008,9:00
am shotgun start.
BRADY CUP PLANNING
In the past it has been our
practice to solicit donated
door prizes for the awards
ceremony after the season
ending Brady Cup match.
The reason for the prizes
was to hold the
crowd to see the winners
receive the Brady Cup.
Since the prizes were
donated, we limited winners
to players in the field that
day. We also
stipulated that in order to
win a door prize you must be
present for the drawing.
This year, things are
different. For each
match that you play in, you
are contributing one dollar
to the general fund which
will be used to buy door
prizes for this years match.
It would hardly be fair to
limit the winners to those
playing that day.
So this year, for each
dollar that you contributed
to the fund, you will have
one ticket in the drawing.
i.e. If you played 5 times
you get 5 chances to
win..... 10 times and
you get 10 chances.
You must still be present to
win the prize. We will
invite all non-participants
that day to come by after
the match and after lunch to
buy a beer (if we have
enough money, maybe we can
spring for a keg or two),
watch the awards, and have a
chance at winning a nice
prize.
Initial plans for prizes
are: (subject to change)
1) $700 gift certificate for (see below) 2) $100 gift certificate to Ruth's Chris
Steakhouse 3) $100 gift certificate to the Bonefish Grill 4) $100 gift certificate to Sterlings of Avondale 5) Dozen Pro V1 (TPC Logo) 6) Dozen Pro V1 (TPC Logo)
7)
Dozen Pro V1 (TPC Logo)
By the way, we will still
accept donated prizes but we
won't twist your arm quite
as much this year.
My original plan was to buy a $700 certificate at Amelia Island Plantation. But it looks like a certificate of that size would buy much more time and golf in North Carolina.... say at Lake Lure which is about 6-1/2 hours driving time from Jacksonville. Think about which option you would prefer and let your team rep know your opinion. I will be asking the Team Reps to vote on this issue before long.
FINANCIAL NEWS
Our
Google AdSense account has earned $13.89 since
the last check was issued to us
from Google. We
were paid $102.99 through Nov 1,
2007 and $101.46 thru September 2008. Keep
up the good work
clicking on those ads
and doing
Google searches
from our web site.
Both actions
bring in the
CA$H.
We are paid for clicks
on any of the Google
ads on our web pages. When you are on
our web
site, look the ads over.
If you see anything of interest,
by all means check it out.
Also, when you need to do a
search of the Internet, please
go to our
home page and search
from there. See ads to the right
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Our
savings account balance at
Citi Bank is:
Last Month's Bal $1153.75 Deposit from
SJ match 119.00
Deposit Google Check 101.46 Interest (9-22-08)
2.02
Balance (10/14/08) $1376.23
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I am sure that you all see
or hear things at our matches
that would be of interest to us
all. Funny stories about things
that happen on the course. They
don't have to be the absolute
truth! Brag about a great hole
you played or a great shot you
hit. Here again, you may
stretch the truth. Write them
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interesting publication.
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help out. Surely someone out there
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