Tournament Chairman
Brad Wilcox VP & Tournament Chairman
Our first Post-able round for 2024 is in the books, Pat Harris would be proud of how our membership brought out the GREEN for St. Patty’s day 1-2-3 Waltz. The weather held out, our rabbits started in darkness with the help of flashlights, made it to the green, and even cashed!!
This month's tournament started much smoother with all groups getting off #1 tee on time, we also did a great job meeting or exceeding our time limits (hopefully the scorecard pace of play helped). We did have one group penalized for running 16 minutes behind the group in front of them but overall we did a much better job meeting our time restrictions, We can do better; I do not want to penalize anybody in our 1 Gross 2 Net!
All Pat Harris 1-2-3 Waltz Tournament Results Posted on Website.
Some highlights
Gross 1 Brian Gonzales, Robert Lopez, Michael Petersen, Steven Sterry 129
Net 1 Mark Aichele, Jeff Eastwood, Mike Graham, Reed Wilson 122
Gross 1 Ken Beaulieu, Mark Bernardini, Keith Pacheco, John Yeakel 147
Net 1 Ron Lamerton, Greg Ramsey, Brian Redican, Jeff Tanner 123
Gross 1 Mark Baldwin, Kyle Eggleston, Ryan Silbaugh, Darren Vial 150
Net 1 Henry DeGraaff, Eric Lishka, Danny Martin, Arthur Zamarripa 122
Net 1 Eric Kent, Bryan Knigge, Scott Dietschak, Blind 123
Our next tournament 1 Gross 2 Net has room for 196 players and is full. You can sign up online as a Standby if you want to play as there's a good chance you will get in. Tournament closes 4-7.
Member Member is our next tournament for May "no attendance at April meeting."
May 18-19 is our Member-Member Tournament. Sign Ups will open April 9th so find a partner and register for this 2 day event! The Club subsidizes the Prize Fund for this Tournament so please remember there is a 3 Event Qualifier. This means you must have played in 3 Events in the previous 12 months. Events include monthly tournaments (home and away), Team Play and Flights. If you don’t qualify you will not be able to register for this Event.
Regards,
Brad
VP & Tournament Chairman
Special Events
Ken Rademacher Special Events Chairman
The Pat Harris St. Patrick’s Waltz is in the books with another great weather day. The big winner in the Special Events (SE) was Favian Cheong with 540 points followed by Dave Chamberlain with 308 points. Good shots gentlemen! A total of 29 golfers scored points in the March SE.
SE for April 2024 1 Gross / 2 Net are:
- Closest to Pin (CTP) #3 $5,
- Livy’s Creek (Net par on 1,2,8,11,13, and 15) $5
- Gross Skins for $10.
$20 gets you in all SE. Good luck!
Ken
Entertainment
Michael Petersen Entertainment Chairman
Hope everyone had great Easter and Spring Break!
The Lakewood away event for July 27th, is now open for sign ups on the website. We have 80 spots and the first tee time is at 9am. Please sign up early and often!
The format for Lakewood away tournament will be a Net 1,2,3 Waltz. Entries include Green Fee, Golf Cart, Low Gross and Low Net 1st and 2nd place and of course team payouts for the top teams. We’ll be playing that event from the White tees as Lakewood especially the par 3’s can be long and difficult. In addition, we have optional $10 gross skins and $10 net skins, sign up for these pot games when you register. These paid out really well at the last away event and the increase didn’t deter the sign ups as we had almost exactly the same number sign the year before. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me at - entertain@eldoradogolfclub.org
Also, we’ll be having an away tournament at Rio Hondo on August 18th. Signs up are available for that now, the field is limited to only 60 players so please sign up early. The cost includes green fee, golf cart, prize fund and low gross and low net. Additional gross and net skins available for $10 each.
Remember if your Full Swing sucks go with the Half Swing!
Michael Petersen
Handicap
Vern Followell Handicap Chairman
Dear Members,
The first quarter for 2024 has ended and we have some “Most Improved Golfers”, but only one winner for the quarterly prize. Congratulations to Kyle Sharp for improving his game despite the muck and mud so far this year!
First Place…..Kyle Sharp…..(14.9 – 12.2)…..Improved by 1.1116…..$50
Runner-up…..Andrew Pulido…..(6.6 – 4.9)…..Improved by 1.1006
Runner-up…..Jake Amado…..(6.5 – 4.9…..Improved by 1.0947
As I pondered a topic for the April newsletter, I had a thought that since we’ve just completed our first tournament event with post-able individual scores, a review of the event would be a useful endeavor – and maybe one that should be done for all our events.
The Handicap Committee generally surveys the individual performances and posted scores for our members with a specific focus on those performances in our events. While it’s obvious a great round by one person in your group will improve your chances for a better team score, how all the scores and handicaps in a group combine most often defines the best from the rest.
Keep in mind that the various formats for each event obviously affect teams and players in different ways. A straight two-better-ball will surely be a more comfortable ride than a three-ball, let alone the heightened anxiety of the orange-baller. The hole-by-hole scoring formats, such as in the PH St Pat’s event, are certainly affected by the timing of clutch play and/or a good dose of sheer luck – whichever may apply.
Here’s the setup from our March tourney… 48 groups, 16 groups in each of three flights, 192 total spots – believe we were a few short which meant blind draws. The chart below details flight averages related first to PAR and then for the actual 1-2-3 Waltz format of the tourney.
A Flight B Flight C Flight
335..........361..........376..........Individual 18 Hole Scores – Avg Gross
-27...........-52...........-69..........Avg Total Handicap Strokes Per 4some
308..........309..........307..........Individual 18 Hole Scores – Avg Net
-6.2..........-8.1........-10.2..........PH St Pat’s – Avg 4some Score
-99.........-130..........-163..........PH St Pat’s – Total Under Par by Flight
Some things of note here: When looking at individual net scores combined to calculate total foursome scores to par – note that the flight averages are essentially even. One could argue that this data point validates the handicap system.
However, the results for this 1-2-3 better-ball event also show the collective influence that higher total handicaps can have on overall scoring for these formats. For example, on average, the A flight underperformed the B flight by 24% and the C flight by 39%.
The understandable response to this issue, “that it doesn’t matter due to our flighted structure”, is a logical point though not the entire story. This scoring enigma must also hold true for the spread of handicaps within each flight and each foursome, only to a lesser degree. Our foursomes are most often mixed handicaps with a variety from all flights.
There’s a lot more detail behind this kind of data and too much for this forum. But some of these issues are being researched and discussed by the Handicap Committee and eventually the full Board. There are no recommendations at this point, and no changes to event formats related to handicapping are imminent.
*** The new quarter for another “Most Improved Golfer” begins in April – good luck to all… Vern
Rules
Cliff Aichele Rules Chairman
April signals the start of Spring and the beginning of the 4th month of the year. With that being said, let’s take a quick look at Rule 4.1(b) and the section regarding the Limit of 14 Clubs in your golf bag.
The Rules say a player must not:
“Start a round with more than 14 clubs,” or “Have more than 14 clubs during a round.”
If you show up to the course with more than 14 club(s) in your bag, leave the extra club(s) behind in your car. If this is not possible, before starting the round, you must take the extra club(s) out of play and declare this to your opponent or other members of your group. You should then take clear action to show that the club(s) are out of play such as putting them in your bag upside down or placing them on the floor of the cart. As I have said in the past the Rules can be very nuanced so best to take the time to learn more about them at USGA.ORG
On another note, if you choose, below are a couple of links you can follow to register for USGA Webinars that should be very informative.
USGA/AGA Rules Webinar #1 - April 9th - "Areas of the Course/Play the Course As You Find It" and USGA/AGA Rules Webinar #2 - April 16th - "Free and Penalty Relief Procedures"
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2703264124124632923
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7314703851947788635
The Rules are your friend,
Cliff Aichele
Rules Chairman
Treasurer
Bob Livingstone Treasurer
Treasurer's Report - March 31, 2024
Balance February 29, 2024 |
45,513.20 |
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Income |
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|
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Pat Harris Waltz Cash & Check Entries |
|
1,516.00 |
Waltz Credit Card Entries |
|
16,137.00 |
Interest |
|
0.55 |
Hole In One Entries |
|
65.00 |
Memberships |
|
3,420.00 |
|
|
|
Total April Income |
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21,138.55 |
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Expenses |
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|
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Pat Harris Waltz Green Fees |
9,160.50 |
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Waltz Special Events |
3,107.00 |
|
Waltz Scrip |
4,560.00 |
|
Waltz Refunds |
290.00 |
|
Weekender Green Fees |
8,442.00 |
|
Weekender Hotel |
5,895.20 |
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Weekender Hospitality |
1,087.78 |
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Weekender Refunds |
1,428.40 |
|
Weekender Tips/Gratuities |
350.00 |
|
SCGA Dues |
1,080.00 |
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9-hole and Putting Subsidies |
100.00 |
|
BOD Meeting |
70.00 |
|
PO Box One Year Rental |
302.00 |
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Team Play Playoff Match Subsidy |
200.00 |
|
TP Scoreboard & Copies |
24.82 |
|
BOD Copies |
6.62 |
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Member Drawing - T. Retterath |
50.00 |
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Credit Card Fees & Service Charge |
714.97 |
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Service Charge |
20.00 |
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|
|
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Total March Expenses |
36,889.29 |
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Balance on March 31, 2024 |
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29,762.46 |
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Respectfully submitted,
Bob Livingstone
Treasurer
Notes:
- When the rain and dust settled on the Weekender, the Club added the usual $300 to the away trip purse and $250 for Gross/Net and $259.38 for hospitality and tips. The approved budget would have covered $1,000 in addition to the payout subsidies.
- The Club added $250 for low gross and low net payouts in the Waltz