10/17 -- FBMGA Members:
In no special order here are updates:
1. Richard Dixon is looking for a partner for this Saturday's FBMGA Ryder Cup Format Tournament. He can be reached at
(904)759-2851or deedixon@bellsouth.net
2. Thanks to Roger Oliver for spending $260 to rent a tractor and bush hog attachment and spending four hours cutting shrub from around the FBGC ponds.
3. We have TEN teams signed up next Saturday's FBMGA Ryder Cup Format Tournament. Deadline is Wednesday, October 20 at 3:00 PM. We are going to have a Closest to the Pin immediately after you finish your round. You will go to the TOP TRACER and have one swing for a closest to the pin. It will be a 88 yard shot with 25 feet of downhill - it will be a replica of the #7 hole at Pebble Beach Golf Links. $100 to CLOSEST, $60 to 2nd and $40 to third.
4. Last Tuesday morning John Rudd, Bruce Smyk, Barry Innes, Joe Parrish, Ron Ferrell, Bill Allen and myself
checked all the course yardages with our range finders. We found some significant differences from what the scorecards record. Ama Corbett and I are working on a spreadsheet showing the differences and we will present that to Mike Cooney and Mike Benjamin when it is in proper order. I will send this to our members at the same time. This information will be helpful when the next ratings team from the FSGA come to our three courses.
5. After 10 months, our FBMGA KNOCKOUT Tournament is completed: Roger Oliver and Jeff Humphrey agreed to split first and second place money, each getting $125. Semi-Finalists Barry Innes and Kent Johnson each received $65. I like the Tournament format, but it is very difficult to get everybody to schedule the matches in a timely fashion. Work, illness, injuries and other factors affect the failure to finish this Match Play tournament format. I am open to ideas regarding this Tournament. Not do it. Do it, but with certain rules and regulations about scheduling matches.
Thanks for being a FBMGA Member. See you around the FBGC
Lee Murray
FBMGA Tournament Director
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10/11 FBMGA MEMBERS:
The sign up sheet for the next FBMGA Tournament is at the handicap computer in the Pro Shop. This Tournament is a Two Man Tourney with six holes of Scramble (two drives minimum for each player), six holes of Best Ball and six holes of Alternate Shot.
The entry fee is $40 per player and put your cash or check in the FBMGA Lock Box and make sure I know who it is from.
I will have more information about this Tournament in the days ahead, but I wanted to get this on your calendar.
Get a partner and sign up!
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10/1 -- FBMGA Members:
I am inviting you to join me and 11 other FBMGA members to participate in an upcoming fundraising effort for the Fernandina Beach High School Golf Teams. This will be our fourth year and we will raise $1,920 for the two golf teams. I think 14 golf bags were purchased last year.
It is a fun event with 12 members from each of Amelia River Golf Club, The Golf Club of Amelia Island (Ritz), The Amelia Island Golf Club (Long Point) and our own FBMGA. (48 players). What's fun is, there is a competition, but among your foursome you end up pulling for them as you want them to play good even though they are the competition in some way, But it is a Fundraiser, so all is GOOD!
It is a 12 team (Best 10 Net scores competition) and we play with members from the other clubs. This year we will be at the Golf Club of Amelia Island (Ritz). The attached flyer gives you all the information you need to know.
NEW...NEW...I told the committee that there needed to be tee adjustments for ages and the committee agreed, so:
70 and older will play the White Tees at 5,341 yards
60 and older will play the Black Tees at 5,767 yards
Less than 60 will play the Blue Tees at 6,156 yards
The goal is to raise $1,920 for the FB Golf Teams. Your entry fee is $125. I hope we can get the 12 Team Members we need. Please consider joining in.
If you would like to join me on Monday, October 18 for the 12 Noon Shotgun with hor's d'ouevres afterward, please get me a check for $125 made payable to Lee Murray ASAP. The first 11 golfers to join in will be in on the team, and anyone else will be alternates.
You can always put your entry fee in the FBMGA Lock Box, BUT please make sure you identify what the cash/check is for and communicate with me.
The attached flyer gives all the details about the event which is coordinated by Buddy Boyd of Amelia River, Rich Myslinski of The GCAI, Dennis Schroeder of the AIC and myself. They are good guys to work with!
If you have any questions, please contact me. Many thanks.
Lee Murray
FBMGA Tournament Director
443-871-5333
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10/13 -
FBMGA Members:
I happy to report that the following six FBMGA members have agreed to play in the upcoming AIC golf outing on Monday, October 18 with a 12 Noon Shotgun Start:
Lee Murray, Dale Spencer, Ed Burakowski, Fenton Markevich, Allen Sage and Simon Carter.
We need six more players for this fundraiser that is being held at the Golf Club of Amelia Island (The Ritz course). The entry fee is $125. Make your check payable to Lee Murray and I will get it to our AIC Chairman, Buddy Boyd. I think next year we are going to add women to this event.
If you have any questions, please contact me. THANKS!!!!
Lee Murray
FBMGA Tournament Director
443-871-5333
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