Triad Chapter - American Singles Golf Association October 2008

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1 CELEBRATING 16 YEARS OF SINGLES GOLF IN AMERICA Triad Chapter - American Singles Golf Association October 2008 A Word From Your President Hi Everybody, I just wanted to to let you know that the Alumni Outing is coming up. Contact me to sign up. Also, I have a new address. It is 2309-F Terra Stone Ct., Winston-Salem, NC So, send your checks for the outing, made out to Triad ASGA, to me there. Also, we have the election coming up for new officers for If you re interested, let me know. My time as president of this fine group comes to an end in December. Let s play lots of golf as the weather is great now. See you soon, ~Robin September Meeting Recap Only seven members showed up for the September meeting. We hope this was a fluke and that attendance will be back to normal levels in October. Carole Olsen did have the signup sheet for the September 20 th Holly Ridge outing. Everyone should try to attend the October 13 chapter meeting. Plans for the New Year s beach trip will be discussed, along with the plans for the election of 2009 officers. Pilot Knob Results Our first outing to Pilot Knob Park Country Club on September 6 was a success. Despite Hurricane Hanna coming through Friday night, by Saturday afternoon the weather was dry, warm, and sunny. The course was in great shape and the 13 players who attended had a great time. As a sure sign that summer is ending and fall is near, Karen Vaughn played with us for the first time since spring. We were also joined by a new player Linda Sheets a friend of Karen s who is also a member at the Pilot Knob club. Let s hope she enjoyed herself and will consider joining ASGA. In an effort to speed up play since we were teeing off in a 3:00 PM shotgun start, the game for the day was a Shambles event. Also, we played from shorter tees than normal. It apparently worked, because we finished the round in less than 4 hours. Prizes were awarded based on each team s best ball net score on each hole and for each team s best ball gross score on each hole. There were also men s and women s closest-to-the-pin prizes. The hot team for the day was Ken Mabe, Karen Vaughn, Steve Mot- singer, and Linda Sheets. They actually had the best total gross best ball score (67) and the best total net best ball score (51). Their gross score was 3 strokes under par! Steve and Linda even won the closest-to-the-pin prizes. Fortunately for the other players, the organizers had decided not to let one team win both the gross and net prizes, so the Mabe-Vaughn-Motsinger-Sheets team was awarded the prize for low gross. The team of Eddie Sparks, Frank Dorn, and Rita Davis had the next best low net score (54) and was awarded the low net prize. As for the other two teams, they were close, but not quite good enough. The team of Jim Runyan, Helen Godwin, and Carol Brooks had a gross score of 81 and a net score of 56. The team of Kevin Chrestman, Curtis Jones, and Landon Wood had a gross score of 81 and a net score of 61. After the golf, most players stayed to partake of the Member s Saturday night buffet at the clubhouse. NEXT BIG NATIONAL EVENT: New Year s in Orlando **** Stay at 4-Star Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate Info at Other Multi-Chapter Events: SinglesGolf.com/events National Website: ASGANational@aol.com New Office Hours: 8:00am to 4:00pm, M-F (Eastern) National Office: or GOLFMATE To join ASGA or renew your dues, contact the National Office at above number or go to Regular Meeting Date: SECOND MONDAY of each month Next Meeting: Monday, October 13, 2008 at 6:30 Meeting Location: OutWest Steakhouse, 1185 Highway 66 South in Kernersville Our Website: (See next page for list of officers and board members.) To join, renew dues, make a change of address, phone, etc., call National Hotline at left.

2 Triad Chapter of the American Singles Golf Association President Robin Pinnix Chairman of the Board Carole Olson Golf Chairperson Jim Runyan Social Chairperson Helen Godwin Membership Chairperson Penny Gettings Communications Chairperson Curtis Jones Secretary none Treasurer Kevin Chrestman MEMBERSHIP DUES Dues for the Triad Chapter of the American Singles Golf Association are as follows: $70.00 National Dues TM Payment can be made by check or major credit card. Mail with application to: ASGA National Headquarters, P. O. Box 848, Pineville, NC Maple Leaf Times in October/ November We have tee times for informal play at Maple Leaf on the following dates and times: October 11 at 1:00 PM October 25 at 11:00 AM November 8 at 1:00 PM November 22 at 11:00 AM November 29 at 11:00 AM To play, just call the course at by the preceding Friday and tell them to put you down for the ASGA Singles group on Saturday. Be sure to confirm the time when you call in case something changes. Pudding Ridge October 4th Our first outing in October is at Pudding Ridge ( on Saturday, October 4. The tee times start at 9:00 AM note the time change from schedules shared earlier in the year. The contacts for this outing are Jim Runyan. The outing cost is $39 and you should have signed up by September 27 th, but there s always a chance there s an opening if you decided you want to play at the last minute. After golf, dinner will be at Ciccione s Italian Restaurant on Hwy 801 in Advance. Alumni Outing in October! President Robin Pinnix is the contact for our annual Alumni Outing at Olde Homeplace ( on Saturday, October 18 th. Come out to see some old familiar faces as former members who left the chapter for reasons like marriage. The cost of the outing is $36 and that includes the catered dinner afterwards. You need to sign up by October 11. Remember, Robin has a new address, so send if you mail your check to him, send it to: 2309-F Terra Stone Ct., Winston- Salem, NC Don t forget the contests we re running within the chapter to encourage folks to bring in new members and to encourage more players at our outings. The winners will be announced at this outing. Anyone who has referred a prospective member to the group this year who ended up joining will get a chance in a drawing for either a men s Callaway FTI or a woman s Ping G5 driver. Also, for every golf outing you have participated in this year, you ll get a chance in a drawing for a Callaway cart bag. That means you have until the outing to increase your chances to win by playing in more outings and by bringing in new members. Note: Golf Director Jim Runyan says he has not kept up with who played and when this year. So he asks everyone to let him know which outings you played in for the drawing. You must let him know no later than Wednesday, October 15. Jamestown Outing November 1 Eddie Bulldog Sparks is the contact for the November 1 st outing at Jamestown Park Golf Course ( We ve played this course many times over the years, so everyone should be familiar with it. The tee times start at 12:00 Noon and the cost is $38. The sign up deadline is October 25. Oak Hollow Let s Try Again Our original plans for an outing to Oak Hollow Golf Course ( were rained out in April. So, we re going to give it one more try. Our last scheduled outing for 2008 will be at Oak Hollow Golf Course in High Point on November 15. Helen Godwin will again be the hostess for the outing. The tee times start at 12:00 noon and the outing cost is just $31. That s a better deal than April when the cost was $34. Contact Helen by November 8 to sign up if you want to play. November Newsletter Articles Please submit any articles or information you want to appear in the November newsletter to Curtis Jones by October 20. Rules and More Rules Hapless Larry managed to get in another golf predicament. On his approach to the green, he thought he would cut the corner with his "famous" draw shot. Yes, I saw it work a couple of times this year. But, not this time. As he frequently does, he struck a tree. Usually it is a 50/50 on if the ball will bounce into the fairway or stay in the pine straw under the trees. In this case, it was neither. It appeared the ball stuck in the tree. What is the correct ruling/requirement?

3 1. Play ball as it lies. Larry could climb the tree taking a club with him or having me pass it to him and then after verifying that it was his ball, he could take a swing at it. 2. Declare a lost ball. Even if Larry sees a ball is in the tree, if he can not shake it lose to check the ball or otherwise positively see his logo or other identifying mark on the ball, he must declare a lost ball. The penalty is stroke and distance. Larry must take a one stoke penalty and return to the spot of the previous stroke. 3. Assuming Larry can verify the ball in the tree is his ball, he could declare the Drop the ball within two club lengths of a point directly under where the ball was in the tree, but not nearer the hole. 4. Assuming Larry can verify the ball in the tree is his ball, he could declare the Play his next ball as nearly as possible to the spot from which the original ball was last played 5. Assuming Larry can verify the ball in the tree is his ball, He could declare the Drop a ball behind the point directly under where the ball was in the tree, keeping that point directly between the hole and the spot on which the ball is dropped, with no limit to how far behind that point the ball may be dropped And the answer is... The answer is 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 are all correct. In reality there are 3 options. Option 1: Play ball as it lies, pretty simple from a rules perspective, but not so easy for the typical golfer to execute. Option 2: Declare a lost ball. Again this is pretty straight forward, even if you can see a ball in the tree, if you can not shake it lose to verify that it is your ball, or if you can not climb the tree or otherwise positively verify that the ball seen is yours, you must proceed under the lost ball rule which is stroke and distance. Option 3: Declare the ball unplayable. Note, you must be able to positively confirm that the ball you see in the tree is yours. You can do this by shaking the tree, throwing your club at the ball, climbing the tree, etc. to get a look at the ball. Before you try to get at or dislodge the ball, announce that you intend to treat the ball as unplayable. If you move the ball without declaring your intent to continue under the unplayable rule, you will get a penalty stroke under the Ball at Rest Moved ruling and would be required to put the ball back in the tree! Failure to replace a ball moved results in an additional 1-stroke penalty. You must make sure you identify your ball before continuing under the unplayable option rule, and you must announce your intentions before retrieving or dislodging the ball from the tree. Option 3, the declare your ball unplayable option has three drop possibilities. All of them require a one stroke penalty. But with an unplayable ball, you may 1. Drop the ball within two club lengths of the balls position (in this case within two club lengths of the spot directly under where the ball was lodged in the tree). 2. Drop a ball behind the balls position (in this case directly under where the ball was in the tree), keeping that point directly between the hole and the spot on which the ball is dropped, with no limit to how far behind that point the ball may be dropped. 3. Play the next ball as nearly as possible to the spot from which the original ball was last played ABOUT OUR MEMBERS Happy Birthday to these members: Susan Fullam - 10/28 Penny Gettings - 10/26 Yi Lin - 11/05 Jean Rinehold - 11/05 Barbara Shoemaker - 11/05 Donna Smart - 10/19 Mary Anne Utley - 10/05 These members are up for renewal: (date shown is last day of membership) Frank Dorn - 10/31/2008 Welcome newest members: Chris Whitaker - Joined 08/08/2008 These members recently renewed: Jeanne Ann Hayes Delbert (Del) Louder Gregory Vares These members did not renew their dues: (date shown is date membership expired) Randy Hall - 08/31/2008 Emily Williams - 08/31/2008 Our chapter currently has 45 members. TRIAD ASGA Outing Schedule Date Course Time Contact Cost Sign up by: September 27 Maple Leaf 11:00 Call course $34 Sept 26 October 4 Pudding Ridge 9:00 Jim Runyan $39 Sept 27 October 11 Maple Leaf 1:00 Call course $34 October 10 October 18 Olde Homeplace - Alumni Outing 1:00 Robin Pinnix $36 October 11 October 25 Maple Leaf 11:00 Call course $34 October 24 November 1 Jamestown Park 12:00 Eddie Sparks $38 October 25 November 8 Maple Leaf 1:00 Call course $34 November 7 November 15 Oak Hollow 12:00 Helen Godwin $31 November 8 November 22 Maple Leaf 11:00 Call course $34 November 21 November 29 Maple Leaf 11:00 Call course $34 November 29

4 CELEBRATING 16 YEARS OF SINGLESGOLF IN AMERICA AMERICAN SINGLES GOLF ASSOCIATION OCTOBER 2008 Four-Star Resort Awaits You... Open to all ASGA members. Yes, you are invited to the largest gathering of singles who golf in the world! Here are the basics: Who: Open to all ASGA Members When: Monday, December 29, Thursday, January 1, 2009 Where: Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate, 1500 Masters Blvd., ChampionsGate, Florida Phone What: 3-Night Stay - 6 Food functions - 2 Rounds of Golf with Optional Day-of-Arrival and Day-of-Departure Golf Why: To meet friends you didn t know you had and to have the time of your life! Standard Package Rate is $ PER PERSON, DOUBLE OCCUPANCY, IF PAYING BY CHECK and $ if paying by a major credit card. Our annual trip for warm climates in the winter have landed us back in Orlando once again. It s really tough to beat what this city offers to golfers. Yes, we could have chosen a venue less expensive but a vacation should feel like a vacation. This hotel will make you feel like you have arrived. It is four-star from the rooms to the pools to the on-site golf courses, quality of food, etc. Check out the hotel s website (OmniOrlandoResort.com) and you ll see what we mean. We know gas prices are high, but you ll easily make-up for high gas prices with the savings you ll get on this one. If you and a friend visited this resort as a non-asga member at the same time, the two of you would easily spend $400 more for the same things you ll receive under our standard package. The standard package includes: 4-days, 3-night s stay at the Omni Orlando Resort at Champions- Gate, based on double occupancy (you ll have a roommate) Breakfast at Trevi s Restaurant at the Omni each day 2 rounds of golf, one at the National Course, one at the Int l. courses (site of annual PGA Father-Son Event) Cart, range balls and prizes for winner 6 food functions: Cocktail Party / Welcoming Reception with hors d oeuvres, buffet dinner after first round of golf, 3 breakfasts and New Year s Eve plated dinner. Dancing with the DJ at the Omni on first and third nights Welcoming Gift, spa and David Leadbetter group discounts Registration Form Included In This Newsletter. Details and online registration at SinglesGolf.com/newyears New Year s Day falls on a Thursday this time around and this event actually beings on a Monday. (We tried to get them to change it but it hasn t happened yet!) The beauty of this arrangement is that you can arrive as many as three (3) days early and stay up to three (3) days late and it will only cost you $64 per person (based on dlb. occ.) to stay an additional night, or $128 to room by yourself. Orlando offers so much more and our online website can give you links to other things to do while there, such as visit Mickey, SeaWorld, MGM, etc. And, with all of ASGA National events, there are no hidden charges. Resort fees and taxes are all included in all of the package prices. Resort fee even includes local phone calls, newspaper and wireless internet if you care to bring your laptop! They ll even turndown your bed for you each night! So check out all the details at SinglesGolf.com/newyears and get your registration form to us early. Register by October 31st and you ll receive two (2) free drink tickets! See you there! Post-dated Checks Okay If you wish to post-date your check for November 24, you may do so. Please attach a note with the check so we will surely be notified. Upcoming Multi-Chapter Events Details and registration forms of all events are at Mountain Fall Weekend at Lake Lure, NC October 17-19, Hosted by the Asheville chapter. Details can be found at or contact Hank Parish (hyparish@msn.com) for more info. Note: Event is sold out. New Year s at Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate December 29-January 1, Hosted by ASGA National Office. Registration form enclosed with this newsletter or online at Hilton Head Weekend Hosted by the Hilton Head and Orlando chapters. For more info, contact Al Amore at AlOrlando@aol.com Dates: March 13-16, Tom Alsop President / Founder American Singles Golf Association

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