Dallas-Ft. Worth Chapter - American Singles Golf Association May 2012

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1 CELEBRATING 19 YEARS OF SINGLES GOLF IN AMERICA Dallas-Ft. Worth Chapter - American Singles Golf Association May 2012 From the President I must admit, after playing Eagle s Bluff this past month, I really do like that course!!!! It is truly a great layout, beautiful scenery and some challenging holes. Or maybe its Lindsey Gainer s gourmet cooking that puts me in such a feel good mood. And speaking of which, I would be remiss if I didn t send out a HUGE THANK YOU to Paul & Lindsey Gainer for hosting us again. It was hard to top last year, but the outing was even better this time out. So here we are, in the merry month of May, and it looks like there s some fun set up. First up is a Kentucky Derby Party at Debbie Hutson s on Saturday the 5 th (Cinco De Mayo too!!!). From what I m hearing, the ladies should wear their best racetrack hats, the guys should all be smoking cigars and someone will come up with some sort of betting pool so even those of us that haven t a clue who will win have a chance. And then we re heading over to Bolsa in the hip Bishop Arts District (I love going there, it reminds me of some of my joints up in NY) on the 10 th for Happy Hour and finish off the month by taking our clubs to Iron Horse over N Richland Hills way on the 19 th. So hopefully, between the three events everyone will get the chance to see everyone else!!!! A few years back, I played in this tournament that provided caddies. I was playing terribly and near the end of the round, I yelled in frustration "I'd move heaven and earth to break a hundred on this course." "Try heaven," said the caddy. "You've already moved most of the earth." ~Murray Tanner, President ASGA-DFW Golf Update Here s the Eagle s Bluff scorecard: The winning foursome was Paul Gainer, Debbie Hutson, Dick Enlow and Barb Burley. Good playing! Stephen Barney won closest to the pin for the men while the ladies chose not to hit the green. Barbara Burley and Melissa Carlson were our Early Registration Money Winners. Congrats to all! ~Glenna Blackstone, Golf Chair Details of Upcoming Events Kentucky Derby Party at Debbie s, Saturday May 5 th, 2012 Location: Debbie Hutson s House, The 19 th Hole Address: 6337 Field Crest Lane, Sachse, TX Time: Saturday, May 5, 2012, 3:00 pm Contact: RSVP to Deb (dhutson@tx.rr.com) or ( ) Ladies don't forget your hats the more outlandish the better. May Happy Hour, Thursday, May 10 th, 2012 Location: Bolsa, Bishop Arts District- Oak Cliff Address: 614 W. Davis Street, Dallas, TX Time: Thursday, May 10, 2012, 5:30 8:00 pm Directions: Upcoming Events Include (see SinglesGolf.com/events) Sacramento's Gold Country Classic - May 4-5, ASGA's Memorial Day Weekend Event - Pinehurst Resort. Dates: May 24-27, 2012 Details at ASGA in Ireland - July 20-July 30, Dublin + Killarney + Limerick. Details at Denver's Colorado Rocky Mountain Golf Adventure - August , Golf at Headwaters and Pole Creek GCs. More details soon. Sacramento+Seattle's Northwest Invitational II-September 6-9, 2012 Office Hours: 9:00am to 2:00pm, M-F (Eastern) National Office: or GOLFMATE Next Meeting: Thursday, May 10th, 2012 at 5:30 pm Meeting Location: Bishop Arts District - Oak Cliff 614 W. Davis St. Dallas, TX Our Website: (See next page for list of officers and board members.) Our Hotline:

2 DALLAS-FT. WORTH Chapter of the American Singles Golf Association, Inc. TM President Murray Tanner Golf Chairperson Glenna Blackstone Membership Chairperson Jonni Fisher Social Chairperson Cheryl Riely Communications Chairpersons Carl Banks & Bill Wray Secretary Steve DeLoach Treasurer Linda Webster May Golf Outing at Iron Horse - Saturday, May 19th, 2012 Location: Iron Horse Golf Course ( Address: 6200 Skylark Circle, N Richland Hills, TX 76180, (817) Time: 2:00 PM Shotgun Start Cost: $45.00 per person includes tax, cart, & range balls Format: We will play a 4 person scramble, using 3 tee shots from each player. Deadline: May 12, 2012 Mail to: Glenna Blackstone 3101 Brookview Drive, Plano, TX (with Iron Horse in the memo line) *** Preview of Next Month s Outing*** June Golf Outing at Brookhaven - Saturday, June 16th, 2012 Note: Mary Beth will host a pool party at her nearby house after golf. Location: Brookhaven Country Club, Masters Course Address: 3333 Golfing Green Dr., Dallas, TX The roster of members in our chapter is updated daily, that is, any day there are changes to our chapter s roster, the National Association office updates it. Want to play weekdays? Our roster indicates who s available! Need to contact a chapter leader, go for it! To see a roster of our members, go to and key-in your username and password. If you don t have that info, just follow the prompts and we ll your information to you. Once you are logged-in, you can also update your personal information. Gotta Love Em Frank is 90 years old. He's played golf every day since his retirement 25 years ago. One day he arrives home looking downcast. "That's it," he tells his wife. "I'm giving up golf. My eyesight has gotten so bad. Once I've hit the ball, I can't see where it went." His wife sympathizes. As they sit down, she has a suggestion: "Why don't you take my brother with you, and give it one more try?" "That's no good," sighs Frank. "Your brother is 103. He can't help." "He may be a hundred and three,"says the wife, "but his eyesight is perfect." So the next day, Frank heads off to the golf course with his brother-in-law. He tees up, takes an almighty swing, and squints down the fairway. He turns to the brother-in-law. "Did you see the ball?" "Of course I did," says the brother-inlaw. "I have perfect eyesight." "So where did it go?" asks Frank. "I can't remember." About Our Members Happy Birthday to these members: Stephen Barney - 05/30 Barbara Burley - 05/16 Steven DeLoach - 06/04 Richard Enlow - 05/04 David Gainer - 05/16 Michael Manning - 05/29 Vernon Smith Jr - 05/01 These members are up for renewal: (date shown is last day of membership) Jane Butler - 05/31/2012 Richard Enlow - 05/31/2012 Art Hastings - 05/31/2012 Mark Richards - 05/31/2012 Cheryl Riely - 05/31/2012 June Rogers - 05/31/2012 Welcome newest members: Sherry Burklow - Joined 03/29/2012 Mashell Retherford - Joined 04/12/2012 These members did not renew their dues: (date shown is date membership expired) Linda Muller - 03/31/2012 Debbie Stewart - 04/30/2012 Ben Thomas - 04/30/2012 Marvin Trexler - 03/31/2012 Our chapter currently has 41 members.

3 Eagle s Bluff April 2012 Barb was a key player on the winning team. The Gainers were great hosts for our Tyler trip. Carl turns on the charm. Murray and Dick share some levity before chowing down.

4 CELEBRATING 19 YEARS OF SINGLESGOLF IN AMERICA AMERICAN SINGLES GOLF ASSOCIATION MAY, 2012 Ireland Update Sixty (60) members have signed-up for the Ireland trip, July We will spend three days in Dublin, three in Killarney and three in Limerick. You d fly into Dublin but return home from Shannon Airport near Limerick. When online registration is available, please have your roommate sign-up the same time you do. Details at Ireland Killarney Golf & Fish Club, Site of 2011 Irish Open and one of the courses we ll play in July. A tradition established years ago at our Memorial Day weekend event, members of the American Singles Golf Association have taken time out at our Saturday evening dinner to recognize members who have served in the Armed Forces. Memorial Day should be a time to remember, recognize and honor those who have fought for those things which we now take for granted, freedom being our utmost prize. This year, instead of just recognizing members during our event in Pinehurst, we re establishing a web page to honor our member veterans. Any veteran of any service era are invited to submit a brief bio about themselves and what involvement they had. We will post this in late May and send out an announcement to all members to go to the site and personally show your thanks for what they have contributed. We ask chapter leaders to send out notices to members asking them to go to and complete a short form. This site will be live on May 10 and ready for contributions from our veteran members. Join Fellow Members in Pinehurst for Memorial Day Weekend! Event Dates: Thursday, May 24 Sunday, May 27, 2012 We re just about a month away from our annual Memorial Day Weekend and participation is already up to 150 members, well ahead of registration same time last year. If you ve never been to Pinehurst, think of it as America s Golf Headquarters. Site of the 51 Ryder Cup and past and future U. S. Opens, you ll feel the history the moment you walk into the Carolina Hotel. Was Donald Ross thinking of you when he planned his courses? Maybe, but your fellow members are thinking of you and hoping you ll attend. So find a roommate or we ll get you one. This reunion on Memorial Day Weekend has shown to be ASGA s largestattended event each year. Optional rounds on the day-of-arrival (Thursday at Pinehurst) as well as day-of-departure (Sunday at Tobacco Road Golf Club Rated #4 Public Course in the U. S. by Golf World magazine and a Top 100 Golf Digest) are being offered as well. A registration form is enclosed will be enclosed with this newsletter and will allow you to register online. Do it now before rooms sell-out! Did You Know??? Your chapter leaders have the ability to send out s to its members using the national database. If a member joins on Monday, a chapter leader can send out a memo on Monday night. Is your chapter communicating using the service we provide and you pay for? Each chapter has an obligation to provide to members a monthly newsletter. Your chapter writes, ASGA National sends it out. This newsletter is also your PR piece to potential members. Communicating solely by blurbs doesn t give leaders the opportunity to thank volunteers in a meaningful way. Failing to produce a newsletter will cause your chapter to lose your portion of the dues. This is a mandatory service that must happen each month. ASGA recently switched to a new service, icontact.com. They're great to work with but they have strict rules. Recently, all of our Yahoo members were taken off the national list because when we sent out an , more than.1% (yes, that's point one percent, or one-tenth of one percent) of Yahoo members complained that they were receiving spam from us. As you know, we don't send out spam, ham or lamb. So, just to make certain you are on the ASGA National list, go to We know you're a member, but use this form as it gets you back on the list. Only members with Yahoo.com addresses need to do this. Every ASGA chapter is born with a set of bylaws. The bylaws outline how chapters should be run. Your Board of Directors is essentially in control of how things are decided within your chapter. A chapter without bylaws is like playing golf without rules. Go to Tom Alsop, President / Founder GolfASGA@aol.com

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