CELEBRATING 23 YEARS OF SINGLES GOLF IN AMERICA Hartford, CT Chapter - American Singles Golf Association April 2015 OPEN HOUSE & OPENING DAY OPEN HOUSE APRIL 18 TH We will be having our annual open house at Tunxis starting at 6 pm. We will be having appetizers and desserts and the cost to HASGA members is only $5.00. We will also be having a raffle. Please come out and show our new and prospective members what a great group we are. For those wishing to play 9 holes, we have tee times starting at 3 pm. Sign-up information to follow. OPENING DAY GOLF OUTING APRIL 25 TH After our awful winter, we are so happy to be announcing our first golf outing for the year. We will be playing at Westwoods in Farmington, CT. This will be followed by dinner at George s Restaurant in Unionville. Sign-up and details will be coming shortly. 2015 GOLF SCHEDULE The Golf committee continues to work on the event schedule. Below is what they have done already. Saturday April 25th Opening Day 18 hole event at Westwoods - Farmington Saturday May 16th 9 hole event at Stonybrook GC, Litchfield Monday May 25th Memorial Day 18 hole event at Hawks Landing, Southington Saturday June 6th 9 hole event at Minnechaug - Glastonbury Saturday June 20th 18 hole event at Whitney Farms GC, Monroe Saturday July 4th 18 hole event at Willow Brook GC South Windsor Saturday July 18th 9 hole event Vineyard Valley GC - Pomfret Saturday August 8th 18 hole event Tunxis Plantation - Farmington Practice round for Ryder Cup Match against Central MA. Saturday August 15th 18 hole event Tunxis Plantation - Farmington Ryder Cup Match against Central MA. Friday-Sunday August 21st-23rd Weekend event hosted by Central MA. Lake Morey VT. Saturday August 29th 9 hole event - Farmingbury Hills GC, Wolcott Monday September 7th Labor Day 18 hole event Saturday September 19th 18 hole event at Farmington Woods GC, Avon Saturday October 3rd 9 hole event Saturday October 17th 18 hole event at Simsbury GC, Simsbury CHRIS COTE S OPEN HOUSE March 14th On Saturday March 14, Dave Irwin, Carolyn Garthwait, Sal Scurto, Krys Johnson, Mary Lebel, Dymtri Kolaczenko, Terry Mason, Bill Reilly, Carol Deberry, Rick Avery, Cheryl Woodin, Diana Swenhall, Sue Roarty, Marco Testa and Rose Zolnik attended our second annual HASGA NIGHT AT CHRIS COTE'S Golf shop in Portland. Chris kindly provided some contests and prizes and the winners were: Men s Long Drive Sal Scurto, Women s Long Drive Diana Swenhall, Putting contest Krys Johnson. He also provided a 15 minute lessons where everyone got tips on something they wanted to work on. Afterwards we all went to Farrell's Restaurant for dinner. Some folks were gearing up for St. Patirck s Day and enjoyed corned beef and cabbage. Krys and Sal ordered an appetizer of Corned Beef Nachos which we all tried. They were surprisingly good. Upcoming Events Include (see SinglesGolf.com/events) Memorial Day Weekend Reunion in Pinehurst - May 21-24, 2015. Info at SinglesGolf.com/Pinehurst Sacramento's Gold Country Weekend - June 5-7, 2015. Play in this beautiful setting in Northern California. Details at SinglesGolf.com/ GoldCountryWeekend Denver's Rocky Mountain High Weekend - August 13-17, 2015. Info at SinglesGolf.com/RockyMountainHigh Battle at the Boardwalk - Atlantic City, New Jersey - Fall, 2015. Details this Spring. ASGA in Spain - Sometime in 2016. Stay tuned and talk it up! Office Hours: 9:00am to 2:00pm, M-F (Eastern) National Office: 704-889-4600 or 1-888-GOLFMATE Regular Meeting Date: The Board Meetings will normally be held the FIRST Tuesday every-other-month. General Meetings will normally be on the THIRD Tuesday of each month. Please check our Website calendar to see if a meeting is scheduled for a specific month. Our Website: www.hartford.singlesgolf.com Our (National) Hotline: 1-888-465-3628 (See next page for list of officers and board members.) To join, renew dues, make a change of address, phone, etc., call National Hotline above or go to www.singlesgolf.com/join
Hartford, CT Chapter of the American Singles Golf Association TM President Rick Avery rickavr@aol.com (203) 528-5016 Chairman of the Board Les McCoy golffester_54@yahoo.com (423) 748-5361 Golf Chairperson Dave Walstrom Freelife2@cox.net (860) 919-6829 Treasurer Linda Carillo asgatreasurer2014@yahoo.com (860) 508-3004 Social Chairperson OPEN Membership Chairperson Cheryl Woodin cwoodin6613@sbcglobal.net (860) 305-1760 Communications Chairperson Rick Avery rickavr@aol.com (203) 528-5016 Secretary Barbara Mahoney bguzmahone@sbcglobal.net (860) 721-0609 Handicap / HASGA Cup Dee DiMauro Dolphin1354@hotmail.com (203) 683-8201 MeetUp Ken Maher maherk@klmplan.com (860) 280-4428 Newsletter Editor Diana Swenhall dswenhall@yahoo.com (860) 471-3324 Important Links: www.meetup.com/asgahartford http://www.asgafairfield.org/ http://www.centralmass-asga.com/ http://www.albanyasga.com/
CONNECTICUT GOLF SHOW March 20-22 Connecticut Convention Center HASGA once again hosted a booth at the annual Connecticut Golf Show held March 20 22 at the Connecticut Convention center in Hartford. We enrolled 6 new members at the show. In the coming weeks and months we hope these new members become active participants in our chapter. When you see them at a future event, please welcome Angela Colaluce, Paul Coughlin, Herbert Ludwig, Cindy Abrams, Nancy Elliott, and Lucinda Beatty. In addition numerous interested single golfers expressed interest in joining as a result of the show, and we hope they too will join in the near future. Please join me in thanking membership Chair, Cheryl Woodin, for her tireless efforts in putting together all the pieces for the show. A very special thank you also goes out to our great member/team of volunteers who also helped make it possible: Sue Roarty, Dave Irwin, Fred Jackson, Terry Mason, Pat Dewolfe, Barbara Mahoney, Martha Sienkiewicz, Pat Sullivan, Barbara Wysocki, Kathy Amenta, Pat Rogers, Rick Avery, Claudia Skarvinko, Sarah Lindsay, Nancy Hammond, John Radomski, Jean Gowdey, and Chris Malse. ~Rick Avery Rules & More Rules Immovable Marker Interferes with Stance, what to do? Larry and David were playing golf. David s ball came to rest about 2 feet right of the 150 yard distance marker on # 5. David walked over to remove the marker, only to discover that it was fixed and immovable. He then declared that he would take relief as the marker interfered with his stance. Larry said that was not permissible, reasoning that you don t get relief from a tree that interferes with your stance; neither should you get relief from a distance marker. What is the correct ruling? A. David was correct. The distance marker was a non movable obstruction. He was entitled to relief because the non movable obstruction interfered with his stance. B. Larry was correct. Just because something makes your stance difficult, doesn't mean you get relief. Answer The answer is A. David gets relief. Rule 24-2a and the definition of obstruction and immovable obstruction apply. An obstruction is anything that is artificial. A marker is artificial, a tree is not. Had the marker been movable, David could have moved it out of the way. Since it was not movable it was in fact an immovable obstruction. Rule 24-2a allows that a golfer is entitled to relief from an immovable obstruction when it interferes with stance or area of intended swing. ABOUT OUR MEMBERS Happy Birthday to these members: Kathryn Dimlow - 05/12 Paul Figura - 04/24 Sarah Lindsay - 04/03 Richard Lopresti - 04/05 Dorothy Maiwald - 05/01 Les McCoy - 04/13 Lena Rodriguez - 05/09 Claire Rossetto - 04/01 Cheryl Woodin - 04/11 Karen Young - 04/01 Linda Yurkunas - 05/11 These members are up for renewal: (date shown is last day of membership) Linda Carillo - 04/30/2015 Jean Cooper - 04/30/2015 Joe Fasi - 04/30/2015 Carolyn Garthwait - 04/30/2015 David Gregorski - 04/30/2015 Nancy Hammond - 04/30/2015 Frederick Jackson - 04/30/2015 Bernadette Jones - 04/30/2015 William Reilly - 04/30/2015 Patricia Rogers - 04/30/2015 Paul Silverio - 04/30/2015 Christopher Spence - 04/30/2015 Norma Spring - 04/30/2015 Judy Unsworth - 04/30/2015 Welcome newest members: Cynthia Abrams - Joined 03/31/2015 Lucinda Beaty - Joined 03/31/2015 Angela Colaluce - Joined 03/31/2015 Paul Coughlin - Joined 03/31/2015 Nancy Elliott - Joined 03/31/2015 Herbert Ludwig - Joined 03/31/2015 These members recently renewed: Dmytri Kolaczenko Sarah Lindsay Sheldon Lubin Martey Rhine Claire Rossetto Lynn Sheppard Rose Zolnik These members did not renew their dues: (date shown is date membership expired) Helen Bessoni - 03/31/2015 Laura Borg - 02/28/2015 Sue Christolini - 03/31/2015 Gisele Dube - 03/31/2015 Mary Ann Flowers - 03/31/2015 Sandra Hackett - 02/28/2015 Dave Irwin - 03/31/2015 Ken Maher - 03/31/2015 Karen McLaughlin - 03/31/2015 Denise Mora - 03/31/2015 Brian Stere - 03/31/2015 David Stochmal - 03/31/2015 Michael Volpe - 03/31/2015 Eleonora Walsh - 03/31/2015 Barbara Wysocki - 03/31/2015 Our chapter currently has 88 members. Feeling Left Out? Are You Not Receiving the Chapter Emails That Other Chapter Members Are Receiving? (There s a way to fix that.) You have to let your in-box know that an email is coming from any and all of these: MyChapter@SinglesGolf.com Newsletter@SinglesGolf.com Info@SinglesGolf.com GolfASGA@aol.com You do that by adding ALL FOUR (4) email addresses into your email account s address book. ASGA does not control what s allowed in your in-box. You do!
SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN SINGLES GOLF ASSOCIATION Phone 704-889-4600 (M-F, 9-2pm Eastern) Event Website: SinglesGolf.com/Pinehurst Resort Website: Pinehurst.com Resort Phone: 910-295-6811 See SinglesGolf.com/Pinehurst for complete details, updates, etc. Standard Package Includes (see Check Appropriate Pkg below for prices) 2 rounds of golf (incl. cart, green fees, range balls, prizes) Pinehurst No s. 1 & 6 3 nights lodging at Pinehurst Resort (see details below) 6 food functions: 1 cocktail party (hors d oeuvres; 2 drink tickets if you register by April 1), 3 lavish breakfasts at the Carolina, 1 cookout and 1 awards banquet DJ dancing on 1st and 3rd nights, welcoming gift and golf competition prizes. Includes all resort service fees & taxes. Resort services include on-site transportation, bicycles, afternoon tea, practice putting, driving range and more. Add l. Nights: If you come early or stay late, add l. nights, which includes the buffet breakfast, are $194 for a single room and $116 /person if dbl. occ., regardless of hotel or inn. Tax & resort service fees are included in these rates. (Roommate must stay or your must pay single occ. rate of $194/night.) See Pinehurst.com for details on room types. GOLF: You ll play Pinehurst No. 1 & No. 6. Package play dates are Fri. & Sat., May, 22-23. You choose to play your own ball both days or play Scramble* on Fri. and Shamble* on Sat. Opt. Day-of-Arrival Golf at Pinehurst No. 2 (1:00-1:40pm) and No. 5 (1:36-2:24pm) and Day-of-Departure Golf at Tobacco Road GC (9:30am shotgun). Plus opt. round at No. 8 on Memorial Day (Mon. Morning). NOTE: This is a REUNION EVENT, allowing former members, married or not, to attend at a 5% cost over TOTAL COST shown below. Must be a member to attend. To join ASGA, call 704-889-4600 or go online at SinglesGolf.com/join. CANCELLATION: There is a 25% cancellation fee on or prior to 04/21/15. Absolutely NO refunds after 4/21/15. If your plans change, you can sell your position to another member. See event website for cancellation policy, terms & conditions. CONFIRMATION: A letter or e-mail confirmation will be sent to you upon receipt of payment. If you do not receive confirmation within 10 days after registering, you must call us. NAME SHOWN BELOW IS HOW NAMETAG WILL APPEAR. ONE FORM PER PERSON, PLEASE PRINT. NAME ( ) MALE ( ) FEMALE CHAPTER NAME (Indicate city if no chapter name.) ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP Handicap/Avg.Score HOME PH ( ) WORK/CELL PH ( ) E-MAIL ADDRESS CHECK APPROPRIATE PACKAGE: (Resort has shuttles to transport you between hotels, courses, etc. Details at SinglesGolf.com/Pinehurst ( ) $569.00 STANDARD PACKAGE staying at the HOLLY INN, MANOR INN OR PINEHURST CONDO (YOU LL HAVE A ROOMMATE) ( ) $619.00 STANDARD PACKAGE staying at the CAROLINA HOTEL (YOU LL HAVE A ROOMMATE) ( ) $739.00 ROOM-BY-MYSELF PACKAGE staying at the HOLLY INN, MANOR INN OR PINEHURST CONDO (incl. everything in St d. Pkg.) ( ) $819.00 ROOM-BY-MYSELF PACKAGE staying at the CAROLINA HOTEL (incl. everything in St d. Pkg.) ( ) $79.00 OPT. DAY-OF-ARRIVAL GOLF THUR. AT PINEHURST NO. 5 (tee times from 1:36-2:24pm) ( ) $339.00 OPT. DAY-OF-ARRIVAL GOLF ON THE U.S. OPEN COURSE, PINEHURST NO. 2 ( ) $99.00 OPT. DAY-OF-DEPARTURE GOLF SUN. AT TOBACCO ROAD (9:30am shotgun) - Includes Sack Lunch INDICATE YOUR PLAY FORMAT HERE: ( ) PLAY MY OWN BALL BOTH DAYS ( ) SCRAMBLE DAY ONE + SHAMBLE* DAY TWO My roommate will be (We ll assign a same-sex roommate if you prefer. Please do not list yourself as someone else s roommate without their permission. IMPORTANT: If you choose a roommate, we can t hold your room until both parties have paid.) I am requesting a room with ( ) One King Bed ( ) Two Double Beds Note: Room preferences and hotels are first come, first served. Only the hotel controls the availability of room types. We register you regardless of availability. Pairings request for one golf event:. (Golf partner must play same format as you re playing. Confirm with them.) I AM REMITTING: $ for the package indicated above + $ for add l. nights ($194 single / $116. dbl. occ). Incl. B fast. Indicate dates (before/after) of add l. nights: + $ for Optional golf on Pinehurst No. 2 (2014 U.S. Open Course) on Thursday. Tee times 1-1:40pm. $339. + $ Optional Day-of-Arrival golf on Thursday (Pinehurst Resort No. 5) $79 + $ Optional Day-of-Departure golf on Sun. (Tobacco Road GC) (Includes sack lunch) $99 + $ Optional Real Men Play With Shotguns - Clay Disc Shooting (45 min. from Pinehurst on Friday morning.) $25 + $ Mulligans (put $10 in this space if you want 3 mulligans for each of your 2 days of golf. Mullies not avail. on opt. rounds.) + $ 50/50 Raffle Tickets (put $20 in this space if you want twenty-five (25) 50/50 raffle tickets. (20 for $20 @ event) + $ I m a former mbr. and I am adding 5% to all of the above. ( )I m still single ( )I m married and my spouse is also registering = $ TOTAL AMOUNT (Check No. - Make Check** Payable to ASGA, Inc. See Mailing Address Below.) PAY BY CREDIT CARD: All major cards accepted. I hereby authorize ASGA or the Pinehurst Resort to charge / debit my account number below for the TOTAL AMOUNT indicated above on this form. There is no credit card processing fee for this event. Acc t. No: Exp. Signature OTHERWISE, MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO ASGA, INC. AND MAIL TO: ASGA, P. O. BOX 848, PINEVILLE, NC 28134 QUESTIONS? E-MAIL TOM ALSOP at GolfASGA@aol.com OR CALL 704-889-4600 or 1-888-GOLFMATE * A shamble format calls for all team members to drive their own ball, then select best ball placement and play your own ball until holed out on each hole. A scramble is also known as a captain s choice. ** There is a 4% svc. chg. for any check returned unpaid by the bank. Cancellation policy applies. See www.singlesgolf.com/events for complete details of policy and events. 2015 ASGA, Inc.
The Hartford Chapter of the American Singles Golf Association WANTS YOU! We re 3,000 members in 75 cities and we re ALL ABOUT HAVING FUN! So if you re single (i.e. divorced, widowed, legally separated or never married) and enjoy meeting others through the game of golf, you re invited to inquire about membership by calling the American Singles Golf Association directly at 1-888-465-3628 (1-TRIPLE-EIGHT-GOLFMATE) or visit our website at SinglesGolf.com