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January's Newsletter
We sincerely wish you and your families had a Merry Christmas and that whatever your New Year's resolutions turn to fruition. Warning they usually don't! Mine is that our Association has a better turn out for it's 2025 tournaments. December's tournament had 21 players, the worst in memory and less than 1/4 of our membership.
From the feedback of last month's survey the January tournament will be on Friday January 17th at 10AM in place of the Blitz, a two man scramble open to any Blitz player and friends as part of your team, all cash payouts and an entry fee of $20 per player. See or contact our Tournament Director Louis Greak louisgreak@gmail.com to sign-up and pay before Wednesday 15 January.
The 12/23 meeting of the City Golf Course Advisory Board focused on the repair of the driving range. The first step is to obtain approval from the city commissioners at their Jan 21 meeting to replace the existing poles. The existing 75' wood poles will be replaced by new 75' wood poles by FPU. FPU has agreed to expedite the installation after approval from the city commissioners. Step 2 ( that is actively being worked ) is to have the insurer evaluate the three bids to replace and install the netting. The restoration of the range will be funded from three sources: hazard insurance, loss of business insurance and the golf course budget. Currently, there isn't a scheduled reopening date
In addition to news from your Association Officers, I encourage any member to submit a short paragraph of information they believe would be of interest to other members. This month Allen Sage, a more than 25-year member and past Officer has submitted the following.
"Slow play is a problem that affects all levels of golf from the professional ranks All the way down to our esteemed men’s association. The common misconception is that slow play in golf is the act of playing slow, which is incorrect, slow play is usually a symptom of bad golf habits. That’s right, it’s bad habits, but fortunately, like all bad habits they can be fixed with a little discipline and common sense. The first step is to identify any bad habits, so here are a few of the most obvious, if you take a lot of practice swings on every shot, you may be playing slow, if it takes you two or more times to align your ball for a putt, you may be playing slow, if you are over 1 hole behind, you may be playing slow, if you hit your drive less than 200 yards on a par 5 and your second shot is longer but you still wait for the green to clear because a long time ago you actually hit a shot that long at a driving range, off a tee, with the wind to your back, you are definitely playing slow. I think you get the idea.so here is the commonsense part, play ready golf, "
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