Club News
ML9—Par 31
Get those big guns ready!!! Hal and I tested out the preliminary set up for the ML9. We figure par to be 31. Hal shot a 32 and I a 33!! What does the ML stand for?!?!? MILE LONG!!! Rough estimate is 5,256′!!! Would need one of those rolling measurers to get accurate distance. Here [...]
Wed. Night Play – Tee Time 6 pm
6:00 pm is the new tee time for Wed night play. What a time we had tonight. Played doubles with all 5 groups together. The highlight was Dan’s tee shots on hole 2. With the wind coming from the west, he snaked both drives around the left of the trees and had them fall back [...]
Wed. Night Ace Pot Back to Zero!!–POD next week
Geoff, Austin, and Jason had the pleasure of watching John’s left handed skipper float softly into #5 basket. The best birdie of the evening goes to Geoff, for his second shot on long 8!! Drilled his forehand right of the basket and nailed a goose on hits hind quarters!! Best par save goes to Jason. [...]
John Kimball Crushes Own Course Record
John left the competition in the dust at today’s monthly tournament with an amazing round of 68 for 27 holes. That’s an AVERAGE of 2.5 per hole! And would you be surprised to know that John actually had two bogeys on his record setting round? Yep, that means he needed a whooping 15 birdies to [...]
Last Night’s POD
Nine players showed up for our first Play One Disc night. We started out playing doubles with 8 players. Our 9th showed up on 2nd hole and became the wing man for various groups throughout play. The coordinator, (me, tee-hee) was making rules up on the fly (another tee-hee), regarding our 9th player. We know [...]
6/24 Play–Single Disc
Next Wednesday, if you come to play, just bring that one special disc you think will get you around the course. Just think, you won’t have to decide which of those 20+ discs to use!! Don’t forget to bring a mini to mark your lie. Original course layout will be played. No alternates. Keep ‘em [...]
Handicap Formula Has Changed
That’s right. We’ve made some changes to how handicaps are earn, and calculated for monthly tournament. The goal was two-fold: 1) to ensure that new players have a fully established handicap that accurately reflects their playing ability, and 2) to bring all handicaps closer together to allow the establish, high-handicappers to be more competitive. We [...]
How Long is Loooooooong??
We know from the teepads the distance for 9 holes is 2,489′. Rough numbers for the medium and long 9′s are 2,900′ & 3,870′. The long distance includes the new tee positions in previous post plus another I just looked at. #5–Just in front of the cable at the southeast corner of waste bin enclosure. [...]
Some new Looooooong tees!!!
#4–From the long in parking lot, walk towards pavillion until you see the concrete cut in for wheelchair ramp. Tee will probably be on grass. Have to shoot through trees, miss #4 tee sign, then your golden!!! #8–From #8 pad shoot for hole #1 #9–Follow cable line towards pond. Concrete walkway comes from pond to [...]
Club T-Shirts Available on Saturday
Yes, the long awaited arrival of the Chainrackers t-shirts is very soon. This Saturday I will have the t-shirts at our Monthly Tournament. Just another reason to arrive early. I ordered extras in various sizes, so don’t worry if you didn’t get an order in. There will probably be a shirt you can buy. The [...]