OFWW JANUARY NEWSLETTER

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1 OFWW JANUARY NEWSLETTER KCC Issue No. 297 January 1, 2014 Winter rules are in effect which allow you to lift, clean and place the ball within one scorecard length (12 inches), through the green, except for hazards and greens. Otherwise, play will be according to USGA rules, with the exception that putts within one scorecard length of the closest edge of the hole may be picked up, counting as one stroke and considered holed out. January 2014 Playdays Day Date Course Starter Thursday 1/2 Lake Bill McClendon Tuesday 1/7 Marsh Tom Kelly Thursday 1/9 Island Joe Luciano Tuesday 1/14 Forest Tom Pumillo Thursday 1/16 Lake Bash 9:00 AM Tuesday 1/21 Marsh Dick Wyche Thursday 1/23 Island Charlie Greiner Tuesday 1/28 Forest JB Bell Thursday 1/30 Lake Jack Wood **LP = Limited Playday. The purpose of a limited Playday is to have a block of tee times for OFWW members who are not playing an interclub match that day. There will not be a starter or a scorer. A starter sheet will be put out with tee times from 7:30 to 8:45. A player in the first group must pick up the starter sheet from the patio and take it to the 1st tee. The sheet may be discarded when the last player has teed off. LP will not count as an OFWW Playday. Our OFWW web site is

2 Bash January 16 at 9:00 am The January Bash is Thursday, January 16, on the Lake Course, 9:00 am shotgun start. The format will be a Two Best Net Ball ABCD Shamble. (See website for more information.) Sign up on our website and come out for some fun OFWW Officers Rodney Williamson - President Max Jensen - Vice President Scott Meyer - Secretary Hank Pappas - Treasurer George Reed - Communications Coordinator Steve Hendricksen - Tournament Coordinator Frank Richter - Captain, Lake team Cliff Hensley - Captain, Marsh team Divot Day Our first 2014 Divot Day is schedule for February 19th on the Island course. We need a coordinator for the event. Please Rodney (randrwmson@aol.com) Williamson is you would like to help and serve as the coordinator. OFWW Website Our 2014 Playday schedule, latest OFWW member roster, including our newest members, and 2014 InterClub schedule is in the process of being updated. Senior Interclub Sign-Up It is time to sign-up for the 2014 Senior Interclub season. The regular season begins Thursday, February 20 and ends October 2 with each team playing 24 matches (12 home and 12 away). Format of play will be 10 two-man teams from each club playing best ball, match play, using current course handicaps. Each individual team match will

3 compete for three points; one point for the front nine, one point for the back nine and one point for the total 18 holes. During the year, each team will have two byes and there will be a summer break from June 27 until August 21. The Clubs of Kingwood will once again field two teams; the Marsh team captained by Cliff Hensley and the Lake team captained by Frank Richter. To be eligible to play in this interclub league you must be at least 50 years old, a golfing member of the Clubs of Kingwood (any level of golf membership) with an established handicap, and have retired, at least once from a full time occupation. Part time consulting activity will not bar you from eligibility. To sign up for one of the teams, please send an to one of the addresses shown below along with your GHIN number, address and telephone contact number. Marsh team Lake team marshteam929@yahoo.com kcclaketeam@gmail.com Playday Handicap Groupings The current groupings are: Low = <16; Middle = 17-23; High = >24 The Board continues to review the Playday handicap grouping participation numbers and will maintain the current handicap groupings based on participation results for the past several weeks. High Handicap Group red tees Players in the High Handicap Group (>24) have the option of playing from the red tees, regardless of age, and must play

4 with their red tee handicap. Further, any reduction in handicap (i.e., 24 reduced to a 23 due to red tee adjustment) will NOT move the player to the Middle group. Playday Scores On regular Playdays, a Score Sheet will be on the scoring table. Please write down your name and your ESC-adjusted score on the Score Sheet. It is your responsibility to list your score on the Score Sheet. These Playday scores will then be given to the Pro Shop for GHIN entry. ESC (Equitable Stroke Control) is an adjustment of individual hole scores in order to make handicaps more representative of a player's potential ability. ESC is applied after the round and is only used when the actual score or the most likely score exceeds a player s maximum number. ESC sets a limit to the number of strokes a player can take on a hole depending on Course Handicap. Apply ESC to all scores, including tournament scores. Below is the maximum number a player can take: Course Handicap Maximum Number 9 or less Double Bogey and above 10

5 Starter Duty All OFWW members are assigned Starter duties for Tuesday or Thursday regular Playdays during the year. Tom Lyda assigns the Starters and you will receive your Starter assignment notice via asking for your confirmation. If you are unable to serve on your assigned Playday, please contact another Starter for that month and switch assignments. As a member of OFWW, you are required to serve as a Starter (which means once approximately every 1.5 years. When a Starter does not show, it is disruptive to our play. Thanks for stepping up to the plate when it is your turn to be the Starter. Playday Sign-Up Some time slot changes were made during the Annual Meeting effective November 19. For the open tee time slots between 7:30 and 7:48 AM (reserved for the day of play after 5:00 AM) a member may only sign-up HIMSELF during that time period. A member may sign-up himself and up to three other members for any tee time on or after 7:54 AM. All other tee times that follow will be at six minute intervals. Your board asks that members please adhere to our By-Laws governing Playday tee time sign-up. Hole-in-One Pot Join our H-i-O Pot for $5. Sign up with the Scorer on Playday at the end of play. Pot is currently $190. Welcome New Members We currently have 155 total members, 30 of whom joined in New members welcomed in December are: John Boudreaux, Gus Noojin, Tim Van Dinter and Harry Burris. Remember to invite your retired friends to join OFWW and play with us.

6 Swing Thoughts Cheers, Tom