Birdie Bugler Volume 41 Issue 09 Should you be using Belly or Long Putter? 2012 Elections Time. Become Bord Member! The Club Chmpi ionship Strts September 10, 2011
Septmeber 09/10 - Generl Meeting 1:00 PM Lunch Tournments 09/10 - Club Chmpionship 09/17 - Club Chmpionship President Wht gret time of the yer. The Msters, nd Plyers tournments, 09/18 - Club Chmpionship Steve White the NBA plyoffs, Hockey chmpionship, AND OUR MEMBER-MEMBER- 10/07 - Luglin Trip GUEST TOURNAMENT in July. 10/22-4 Mn Scrmble Members, it is tht time of yer when we hve lot 11/05 - Yellow Bll Your Bord hs put together going dy on. We of golf hve tht hs mjor nswered tournment lot in September, the Club 11/19 - Turkey Shoot of your concerns of the pst Member-Guest Chmpionship, tournment. tht will We be went plyed to over one two week period. This 12/03 - Lst Chnce/Booze dy tournment on Sturdy with is 7:30 gret shotgun tournment strt to bet for the you het. to The test your skills nd nerves. 12/17 - Tour of Chmp tournment entry fee is $75.00 for Lughlin golf, crt, will rffle be the ticket, lst lunch, weekend nd entry in September, sign up nd in the tournment, nd chnce invite to show few off friends, your membership everyone nd is Golf welcome for fun weekend. Course to guest. The formt is 3- person step side scrmble. This type of scrmble is esier then it sounds nd hs some strtegy to mke the tem think. I feel this could be fun dy of golf, but the membership needs to prticipte 2012 Election Time nd even help. If you know of someone who could sponsor tee box for $50.00 or resturnt tht would give couple dinners, or I ny would other sk ll of you to think prize tht we could rffle off plese e-mil me (shhoops bout @yhoo.com). running for position on the ROYAL VISTA GOLF ASSOCIATION A specil thnk you to ROYAL VISTA GOLF COURSE mngement Wednesdy nd Fridy BOARD. If you hve ny question for working with us to mke this tournment wht you sk for... Prtner Best Bll nd bout ny bord position plese sk me. See you on the greens. Individul Net Skin Gme 8:00 m RVGA Bord Members 2012 Tem Ply President...Steve White Vice President...Tim Devney Secretry...Ken Wheeler Tresurer...Vince Mitchell Hndicp Chirmn...Tim Citizen Tournments...Dennis Wlker Pst President...Doug Peterson Editor...Mrk Gllnt Published monthly for the members of The Royl Vist Men s Club 20055 E. Colim Rod Wlnut, CA Clubhouse (909) 595-7441 Web Site - www.lrvg.com We will hve only one Tem Ply tem this yer, Sturdy tem. The Bord hs hd lot of discussions, both pro nd con, on wht is best for the Assocition. It is finncilly better, we cn enter stronger tem with out the problem of no-shows, we will hve try-outs to promote more tem influence. Try-outs will be held Oct. 29, Nov. 12, nd in Dec. we will hve mtch ply to form the tem for 2012. See you on the greens... 2
Tournment Chirmn Dennis Wlker Emil: dennisroylvist@yhoo.com Guys s most of you know we hve been doing our best to go Green here t the club. No more tournment entry forms, no extr pges for tournment rules. We re doing s much s we cn electroniclly. All tournment entries now come to me thru dwlker@lrvg.com nd hopefully you ve noticed tht the rules re lwys printed on the bck side of the scorecrds! Doing our prt to prevent wste. It s tht time gin! Time to see who will be our next Club Chmpion! This tournment is plyed out over two weekends strting Sturdy September 10 nd completing Sturdy September 17 nd Sundy the 18th. The entry fee is $20 per person, formt is medl ply nd winners will be s follows: Three Dy, 54 hole Event Individul medl ply. Low Index will be used for your Hndicp. Gross, Net, Senior Gross, Net nd Super Senior Net. All plyers will ply September 10 & 17. The Low 15 Gross Scores will ply September 18 for the Gross Club Chmpion. Senior Club Chmpionship is for ge 55 nd bove, Super Senior is ge 70 nd bove. this mens I will need your ge with your sign ups. Everyone plys from the Blue Monument s in the ground! Summer Rules!! Lst cll notice will go out over emil on September 4th. If I do not hve your emil ddress get it to me quickly. send to dwlker@lrvg.com or cll me t 484 797 3373 PINEHURST - AUGUST 20, 2011 A Flight Plyer Hdcp Plyer Hdcp Totl Hdcp Tem Hdcp Gross Net Ozols C. 8 Bowers 17 25 11.60 77 65.40 1ST PLACE - $57.00 PER MAN + TOC Lykins P. 6 Lykins L. 12 18 8.40 75 66.60 2ND PLACE - $38.00 PER MAN Gllnt 4 Devney 10 14 6.40 74 67.60 Ozols K. 6 Jckson 7 13 6.40 74 67.60 Prskin 14 Burtch 16 30 14.80 84 69.20 Lir 8 Heffington 18 26 12.00 82 70.00 Lopez 5 Cwdrey 17 22 9.80 80 70.20 Binner -1 Thoms 15 14 5.40 76 70.60 Wlker 9 Mitchell 9 18 9.00 80 71.00 Gither 12 Zntos 18 30 14.40 89 74.60 Morles 5 Rini 10 15 7.00 84 77.00 B Flight Plyer Hdcp Plyer Hdcp Totl Hdcp Tem Hdcp Gross Net White 10 Gross 25 35 16.00 75 59.00 1ST PLACE - $57.00 PER MAN + TOC Brnchick 25 Brown 26 51 25.40 90 64.60 2ND PLACE - $38.00 PER MAN Constntino 17 Buer 31 48 22.60 88 65.40 Slmon 13 Hll 24 37 17.40 83 65.60 Merrill 17 Lovett 20 37 18.20 85 66.80 Reed 23 Giles 24 47 23.40 91 67.60 Crose 20 Bennett 24 44 21.60 91 69.40 Vuckovich 12 Kikud 23 35 16.40 86 69.60 Nzroff 17 Lv 18 35 17.40 87 69.60 Hmilton 17 Ssseen 32 49 23.00 93 70.00 3
Vice President - Tim Devney Our President Cup winner Don Bles, who is bit under the wether nd hs not hd chnce to ply since winning tht tournment, sent this story to me. As lwys when he sends me story there is deep-rooted messge to decipher. Lrry wtched, fscinted, s his mother smoothed cold crem on her fce. Why do you do tht, mommy? he sked. To mke myself beutiful, sid his mother, who then begn removing the crem with tissue. Wht s the mtter, sked Lrry Giving up? Well, no mtter how ugly your gme is don t give up becuse tht hndicp buster lwys shows up when you lest expect it nd you still hve plenty of time to get redy for the club chmpionship. Remember, there re club, senior nd super senior divisions with both gross nd net ctegories to ply for. Along with the club chmpionship nd the Lughlin trip we re plnning to hold tem ply tryouts on the off Sturdys in October nd November. We will only hve one tem this yer, which will ply on Sturdys, nd we need plyers from 0 to 18.4 indexes to throw their hts in the ring. You will be getting more info next month on this. Most of us hve never been in the zone for more thn 2 or 3 holes, but working towrds it is hlf the fun so keep plugging wy. Should you be using belly or long putter? I ws n verge putter nd would hve both good nd bd dys like everyone else. I compre my stroke to Ben Crenshw or Phil Mickelson holding the putter fce squre through impct, but most of my putts would strt out bouncing towrd the hole. I hve been using the belly putter for the pst four to five yers nd it hs helped me relese the putter hed correctly. My putts do not strt off bouncing nd I get much truer roll. With the belly putter, it is hrd for me to mke bd putt. If you re experiencing problems with your putter, I would recommend the belly putter. It teches you the proper wy to relese the putter. I hve definitely become better nd more consistent putter using it. I do feel though tht the belly nd long putters should not be llowed becuse they re n id. It feels like cheting to me, but until they chnge the rule I will continue to use it. 4
Pst President & Rules Doug Peterson From the Pst Prez---Let me get this stright, you re plying in your very first PGA mjor, you re chsing the leder by few strokes on the lst dy, nd you re stnding on the pr 3, 15 th tee needing string of birdies to mke up ground nd you proceed to mke triple. Three holes to go nd you re down five with probbly ll hope of winning gone. Thus ws the sitution of Keegn Brdley s he pproched the 16 th tee t the Atlntic Athletic Club in the PGA Chmpionship. Lter, the leder, Json Dufner, is 4 under for the dy, four up on the field, with nothing but prs nd birdies nd he s cruising, mking it look esy s he steps to tht sme 15 th tee. Now the golf gods intervene. Dufner proceeds to bogey three in row, Brdley birdies his next two holes nd they both pr the very nerve rcking 507 yrd pr 4, 18 th to go to three hole plyoff, which Brdley wins. Both plyers were going in one direction nd then suddenly were going in nother. Both plyers hit gret shots nd bsolutely horrible shots in unique situtions. Both plyers were mjor rookies who plyed like sesoned vets nd then mjor rookies. This is the stuff of which golf lore is mde one winner, one well remembered. No one ws tlking bout Open winner Drren Clrk s 14 over to miss the cut, or Rory McIlroy the next you know who being19 strokes behind the leder t dys end it ws ll bout two rookies tempting the ftes in never give up fshion. It shows the mentl spect of the gme is eqully s importnt s swing plne, hip rottion, nd follow through nd tht the guys on TV cn mke bd decisions nd execution just like we do it just costs them more. Two other young guns to mke the hit it, find it, nd hit it gin news were Adm Scott who won the World Golf Chmpionship t Firestone C.C. with new cddy of some renown, nd Webb Simpson, two time runner up, who won the Wyndm Chmpionship in Greensboro. You might remember he ssessed himself penlty stroke on the 18 th hole in previous tournment when his tp in moved fter he hd grounded his putter. This infrction cost him chnce for his first tour victory nd tught us ll little bit more bout the rules nd integrity of the gme. Mny new nmes nd mny new winners re dominting the golf scene tody nd demonstrting the helth of the sport even without T or M being mentioned. It s nice to be prt of it even t our limited skill level wnn be s one nd ll. Speking of wnn be s, do you wnt to be prt of the decision mking body tht is the bord of the Royl Vist Golf Assocition??? New nmes nd fces re being sought for bord positions in 2012. Be one of the those who will determine the direction our men s club tkes in the future. Let your voice be herd nd ides be implemented s we continue to grow nd improve s club. You ll be gld you did. 5
27th Annul Lughlin Invittionl SEPTEMBER 30 nd OCTOBER 1, 2011 CERBAT CLIFFS GOLF COURSE Thursdy, Optionl Skin Gme (Gross nd Net) t 1:00 p.m Fridy nd Sturdy blind drw tems (Different Tem ech dy) (So if your tem sucks one dy, you my get better tem the next) Lst yer most plyers wnted golf only nd rrnged for their own hotel. Since I ve hd difficulty the lst couple of yers meeting 30 plyer minimum to get reduced rtes plese mke your own hotel reservtions $180.00 includes Golf, Crt, Pot, nd Lunch on Sturdy There will lso be optionl skin gmes ech dy gross nd net. (bsed on number of entries net skins will be bsed on your flight only, minimum of 80 plyers) nd $100 Tem CP s I MUST HAVE 40 PAID ENTRIES BY AUGUST 31, 2011. IF YOU PLAN TO PLAY PLEASE SEND A CHECK BY THAT DATE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SINCE I M DOING THIS FROM NEVADA PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: Lrry Lykins 488 Melrose Hts Henderson, NV 89052 We hd 60 plus plyers lst yer, however, mny of those entries were t the very lst minute becuse I ws in Cliforni to bug people, this yer I m not, so plese get entries in erly Nme: Address: SCGA NO.