FBMGA Members:
We had a fun day on the links at FBGC today. We had a nice send off from our new General Manager, Mike Cooney. Many thanks to Mike and Mike Benjamin for their help with today's Tournament. Also, thanks to Jim Raffone for help with the scoring - it made the awards ceremony go much quicker.
We played a Two Man Scramble.
Winning the $70 ( $35 each player) Closest to the Pins were:
#3 North - Ronnie Boatright/Jerry Dean
#8 North - New FBMGA Member Patrick McQueen/Dave Mason
#6 West - Allen Sage/Fenton Markevich
#9 West - Robert (Doc) Johnson/Thomas (Ama) Corbett
We had two flights: Championship Flight with ten teams and First Flight with nine teams.
Results for the Championship Flight were very close. Listed is the gross score (the decimal strokes the team received). The A player received 35% of their course handicap and the B player received 15%. Some players changed tee boxes giving up strokes for the less yardage. For example Roger Oliver went from the Gold tees to the Red Tees going from a 1 handicap to a +1 handicap. If he had played from the Blue Tees he would have been a 5 and the White Tees a 3. Other players changing tee boxes were Simon Carter, Jim Hurley, Fenton Markevich, Allen Sage Carl Galpin, Ron Ferrell from Gold to Red giving up two handicap strokes - i.e. Sage went from 9 to 7 strokes. If we had played West/South he would have gone from 9 to 6. North/West is par 72 while West/South par is 73. Thad Johnson moved from usual White Tees 9 to Gold at 7. There was an eight stroke differential, so Doug Wolfe had to go from a 16 to a 7, but when you only get 15% it really isn't that significant.
You ask? Why is Lee going into this:
For the last few years I have been looking at our FBGC scorecard and have found yardage inaccuracies. I do not believe the course rating and slope are entirely accurate. We use varying tee boxes, we have put in many more red stakes making the course easier in terms of changing from stroke and distance to one stroke penalty where ball entered the hazard - 4 WEST and 5 WEST, and today we played 3 WEST as a hazard after the large Oak Tree.
We need the course to be re-rated and perhaps have a yardage from a blended Gold/Red Box to give us another option. I will discuss this with Mike Cooney and Mike Benjamin to ascertain their opinion. I had some email exchanges with the FSGA head of course ratings a few years back and was told the FBGC is d ue for a new rating in 2023 or 2024. I hope Mike/Mike can use their experience to look into this and maybe expedite a new course/slope rating from the FSGA. I will keep everyone posted if I hear of any progress in this project.
One last thing - I am not sure we should have Red stakes in places where we do. I know it does speed up play, but I am not sure it was how the course was designed to be played. If anyone would like to look further into all this regarding new scorecards, new ratings, please contact me.
Sorry to take up so much time, but I think it is important.
CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT
First Place Ronnie Cudd/Thad Johnson 63 less .09 = 62.10 $110 per player
2nd Roger Oliver/Doug Wolfe 64 less .07 = 63.30 $85 "
3rd Carl Galpin/Ron Ferrell 67 less 3.20 = 63.80 $65 "
4th Simon Carter/Jim Hurley 68 less 3.90 = 64.10 $55 "
5th Doc Johnson/Ama Corbett 70 less 4.90 = 65.10 $45 "
FIRST FLIGHT
First Place Dan Christiansen/Richard Dixon 71 less 6.50 = 64.50 $110 per player
2nd Tom Burnett/Jim Raffone 73 less 5.80 = 67.20 $85 "
3rd Dan Rainwater/Ed Hoff 78 less 9.45 = 68.55 $65 "
4th Philip Jones/Bill Anderson 79 less 8.90 = 70.10 $55 "
5th John Bray/Gerry Hudgins 79 less 8.15 = 70.85 $45 "
The other FBMGA Members who played, but didn't win anything were:
Charlie Kicklighter/Barry Innes
Larry Brauda/Ernie Barry
Harry Dodd/John Rudd
Lee Murray/Terry Bohlander
Jim Robertson/Ken Houston
I am off to Maryland and will be back for another full season of Tournament Golf - See you in September.
Lee Murray
FBMGA Tournament Director
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FBMGA Members:
I am soliciting ideas for a FBGC Beautification Committee. If you have any interest in helping start such a committee that would raise funds to beautify the FBGC, contact me. I think with a concerted effort, we could raise substantial funds to help beautify the golf course with the following:
Re-painting the 18 granite monuments on the West & South Courses
Touching up with paint the nine tee signs on the North Course
New Benches
New/Better railings
Improved bath rooms
Remove debris
Clear area of large grass
New paint for ball washers, trash cans and other
OTHER THINGS?????
This is totally in the exploratory stage and I am willing to listen to any one who has an opinion about pursuing this project.
Thanks for reading.
Lee Murray
FBMGA Tournament Director
