It was a nice day at Deerwood. The weather started out very cold but by tee time it had warmed up nicely. The course
was in great shape and the greens were extremely fast. The
food was good and the scorecards and scoreboards were perfect.
2008 CHAMPIONS
This was our John Brady Cup match. The defending champions from Jacksonville Golf & CC took the Cup for the 3rd time in the past four years. We tip our hats to them. They are very worthy Champions. We must all elevate our games if we expect to stop this dynasty. A picture of the champions may be viewed by clicking the thumbnail below......
ROSTERS & SCORING
We
had six changes to the rosters after they were submitted for
this match. That is higher than average but there seemed to be some sickness going around and one poor fellow had an accident.
Thanks for all the after-match scoring help. Those who helped were Roy Gulick (MP), Larry Von Dolteren (SN), Glenn Dobrick (SG), John Pujol (QH), Joe Power (EH), Greg Howard (EH), and Gary Owensby (EH).
PRIZES GALORE
There were 690 tickets in the drawing bowl for the door prizes. It seemed that Marsh Landing and Hidden Hills made out very well in the drawing, both being drawn several times. Believe me, those tickets were scrambled very well. The were even cut and folded in a random fashion. Then they were mixed and stirred several times. They were shaken and stirred more even as they were being drawn. Randomness just doesn't always turn out as random as one would like.
I would like to find a better method to use next year. One that everyone would be comfortable with. The method used this year was very time consuming to cut and fold that many name slips. If anyone knows a better method, I am certainly open for suggestions.
Lots of prizes were given away at this event including $960 of merchandise certificates to be used at Deerwood, our usual proximity prizes, a prize for most points scored, a prize for fewest points scored, and 20 door prizes.
Ed Welsh (HH) was the winner of the $800 gift certificate to be used at Fairfield Mountain Resort in Lake Lure, NC.
Dave Spring (MC) suggested that I estimate the value of the prizes that were given away at this match. Each round of golf was conservatively estimated to be worth $50. Some are worth a lot more than that and some a little less but I think that is a fair number. With that in mind, the total value of all prizes was $5220.
MATCH WINNERS:
For the second month in a row, March Creek took first place with a score of
261
points. MC
was led by 41
points from Dave Spring and 40 points from each of Bruce Brown and Gerry Stevens. Marsh Creek took the top spot 3 times
this year, that is more than any other team.
St Johns with a score of 242 was second place.
SJwas
led by Mile Millspaugh's 38 point
performance and another 37 points from both Mike McCormick and Gene Pottenger. St Johns finished in the top four teams for the season for the first time.
Third place was taken by Marsh Landing (3 months in a row) with a score of 240. They were led by 41 points from Rich Ezequelle and 36 points from George Halvorsen. Marsh Landing finished 2nd for the season, their highest finish ever.
San Jose, with a score of 239 was fourth.
SN
was led by 37 points from both Mike Cooper and Don Mathis and 36 from Victor Zambetti. San Jose finished 3rd for the season and that is their personal best.
Closest to
the pin winners:
#4 Bill Swerbenski (SG) Rd for 4 at HH #8Dave
Spring (MC) Rd for 4 at King & Bear
#12 Bill
Gesdorf (JG) Rd for 4 at MP
#15Tom McWade (PV) Rd for 4 at EH
Long drive on #18:
George Halvorsen (ML) Rd for 4 at OC
BESTS:
Lowest gross score: 79 Bob Hubbard (OP), Skip Lunsford (JG), and Greg Wagner (OP)
Highest point total: 44 Ron Arledge (HH) won a Rd for 4 at Sawgrass CC
Lowest point total: 20 Russ Campbell (OC) won a 1/2 hour golf lesson from Wayne Ulmer at HH
Everyone turned in a scorecard after the match. Most of the scorecards were filled in perfectly and were very legible. There were a few 'X's on a couple of cards.
About 5 cards had
only one signature. We had to page the players to get their signature.
SCORING:
We
made several errors at the scoring table this month! We awarded three prizes to the wrong winners. It is unusual for us to perform that poorly. We are working on the problems. Do not lose faith in us, we normally do great job.
One thing YOU can do to help us is to check your score on the scoreboard. If you suspect something is wrong, please report it to us. We are always more than happy to 're-input' cards
through our system. If you notice an error and don't report it, it is just as dishonest as cheating on the course. Remember, what goes around, comes around.
NEXT MONTH
Jacksonville
Golf & CC,Monday,January 12,
2009,9:00
am shotgun start. This is the season kick-off match for 2009. JG is a great place to start the season.
We need proximity prizes for the 2009 season. If anyone has anything to donate, let me or Roy Gulick know about it.
ANNUAL MEETING
The annual Team Reps meeting is being held at Hidden Hills on January 8, 2009. Don't forget to give your ideas for MSIS changes/improvements to your Team Rep so he can add them to the agenda.
Team Reps, call or write Roy Gulick with your agenda items. 904-294-2296 or RoyGulick@aol.com.
FINANCIAL NEWS
Our
Google AdSense account has earned $39.94 since the last check was issued to us
by 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 $1491.49 Lake Lure gift card - 800.00
Ruth's Chris gift card - 100.00
Ruth's Chris gift card - 100.00
Sterling's gift card - 100.00
Web site hosting to 12-09-2010 - 92.74
Interest (11-24-08)
2.97
Balance (11/8/08)
$ 301.72
WEB SITE
Our web site hosting plan expires on the 26th of this month. It was renewed until 12/9/2010 for $92.74. This was a special rate for a 2 year renewal. Hosting cost us about $76 per year in the past.
All players
should sign up for MSIS
emails. There is a sign-up form
near the bottom of the home page
at
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easy.
There is lots of
information on
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All news and newsletters, old and new, are now on the website. See the archive list by clicking
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We have
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Check out the ad for Jock
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home page.
Remember to support our
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them and make a few dollars for us.
Also
click on the Google
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chance you get!
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Articles of interest to MSIS
members are accepted and will be
published here. Just
email your article to me. You
must sign it.
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
up and send them to me. It
would make this a much more
interesting publication.
Please help out. Surely someone out there has an opinion or suggestion for the Interclub.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all MSIS players and their families!
