There’s No Stopping Austin!!
Actually, Austin will be stopping Austin in the near future, due to lacrosse season coming up. I bet you would like to try and make the March monthly to see if you can make it four wins in a row!!! Congrats to Austin for his February win making it 3 in a row. Jack, Doug, Steve and John rounded out the top 5 of the 13 players. Weather is going to get nicer before the next monthly, so we all better get in some practice!!!!===Keep ‘em flyin’
The First Winner of 2010 is???????
Change to Handicapping Calculations
For 2010 there will be one simple change to the handicapping system that we use for the monthly tournaments. In the past we have considered every round that you have played when calculating your handicap (see note below). Beginning with the January 2010 tournament, your handicap will be based on only the last 12 qualifying rounds you have played. This means that for everyone that has 12 rounds or more, your oldest rounds will not be considered; only the most recent 12 rounds that you have played. The formula will otherwise remain unchanged. This means that, since the worse half of your scores are dropped from the calculation, no more than six rounds will be used to determine your tournament handicap.
The reason for the change is to ensure that handicaps reflect how a player is playing recently (past year or so) and not how they have played over several years. This will help even out situations such as a player who has greatly improved while playing with the club or a player who has significantly declined in their skills (hey, some of us are getting older).
As we are gathering quite a lengthy history of tournament scores for several players, the need to cap the total scores used has become more of an issue. Most of you will see no change to your handicap for the January tournament based on this change. Those who do see a change will only be affected by one stroke, maybe two. If you have any questions about this change, please speak with me on Saturday.
NOTE: This does not mean that every round is used in the formula, since the worse half of your scores are not used to calculate the handicap.
Happy New Year!!
Who’s going to win in 2010??? I know it won’t be me this month. Won’t be there. I did mention last month for all to meet over by the Pavillion for future monthlys. Good luck to all and Happy New Year.
Club Sweatshirts and Hoodies
I have priced the cost of ordering sweatshirts and hoodies for the club. These would be gray with the same screen printing as the club t-shirts. The cost to you would be $13 for a sweatshirt with $2-3 more for XX and XXX Large. The hoodies are $5 more for the same sizes. This cost is only if we order 36. If we order less, the cost increases by more than $3 per garment. Although the club does not yet have the funds to cover the full order, I would be willing to purchase the shirts and get reimbursed by the club after enough were sold.
So, should I order these sweatshirts? And, do any of you want the hoodies? Please reply soon so I can get the order in before our next monthly. Post your comments now.
Austin’s 77 Takes the Finale of “09
Congrats to Austin for his first win as a Chainracker!! I do not believe it will be his last. It was a mildly breezy, somewhat chilly and occasionally drizzly day on which Austin threw a personal best to defeat the wintery weather and fellow Rackers. A congrats and “thanks for coming out” go to Hal. He showed up to throw his victory round as the unchallengeable Chainracker Champion for 2009!! Everyone have a safe and enjoyable holiday season and let’s meet on the course again next year. Reminder::::January monthly we will meet in the Pavillion parking lot behind tee #4
Trophy Delays
I just got news that our 2010 trophies will not be ready for our tournament on Saturday. Therefore, the awards for 2010 will take place at our January monthly tournament. So sorry for the change in plans.
Mr. Horn Does It Again
The 2009 dominance by Hal continued with a convincing win in our November monthly. Since June, Hal has had 3 firsts, two seconds and that lowly fifth in Oct. I’m sure he would be the first to tell you that he has done nothing spectacular, being the modest one that he is. I can certainly tell you he has been spectacularly consistent. 84, 79, 79, 78, 81, 79 have been his scores over that span. It has been a pleasure to watch your smoothness Mr. Horn.
Doug Wins!!! Doug Wins!!!
Really?? All Right!!, were the first words out of Doug’s mouth after he was announced as winner of the October monthly. Whoops, yee-haws and applause were given to Doug on his first victory as a Chainracker. It took 6 monthlies for Doug to finally break the 100 barrier. With a raw score of 97 and handicap at -18, Doug’s score of 79 won by 2 strokes over 4 players. After the CTP playoff Steve took 2nd, Bryan 3rd, John 4th, and Hal 5th. Well done Doug….Congratulations.
It was most excellent to see Maya out on the course again. Believe this was your first experience on our 27 hole layout?? It was Ernie’s second & I heard you were hitting some long putts……again. Austin will be getting his handicap for Nov. monthly. Will we have another first time winner next month????? Until next time–”Keep ‘em flyin”
Monthly reminder & WARNING!!!!
This Saturday, the 17th, will be the monthly. The gates have been closed this week due to storm damage. Have not seen any clean-up crews. If gates are closed, there is a street just north of the Elk-Grove Florin entrance for parking.
