• Mayfair Country Club
• Saturday, September 8
• 8:00 AM Shotgun start
• $35 each paid to Mayfair covers breakfast, lunch, greens fees, and cart

Format is 18 holes of 2-man Modified Stableford Better Ball (play your own ball and count the better score of the 2).   This is a handicapped event where you get strokes according to your handicap.

Scores for stableford:

Here are the pairings and USGA Indexes of everyone in the outing.  Pairings were set based on requests and the few groups where someone didn't submit a request were just randomly thrown together.  Please try and load up in a cart labeled with your starting hole so we can get out there without a hitch.

Example Scorecard:

Outing Payouts:

And of course, year-end stat sheets for all! lol  ... in color BOOYEAH!

Outing details are below (no one raised any issues with the dates and there weren't really any viable alternatives anyway so we're rolling with it):

• Saturday, September 8
• Mayfair Country Club in Green
• 8 AM Shotgun start
• Price: $35 includes 18 riding, breakfast and lunch buffet

The Outing format is still open for discussion.  We did a 2-man shamble last time (scramble 9 and better ball 9) that seemed cool, but was complicated.  I'm open to suggestions.  My current estimate is that we will have $348 for payouts at the Outing.

Well, the first half is over and the results are in. Congrats to Mike Howren and Cory Childers for winning the first half.  What an unbelievable last week move!  

Notes from the week:

• The inline picture uploader crapped the bed, so you'll find Holly Sonders pictures below. Enjoy.
• The greens seemed to roll nicely today.
  
• The foursome of Andy, Jason, Jay, and Justin all birdied #6 this week. That's crazy.
• Mike and Cory used the second widest margin of victory (35-7) in four years to leapfrog from 5th to 1st. It all came down to the bye weeks to determine the winner. Will Mike and Nelson be receiving a kickback? ;)
  
• Savy swept the pin shots on the front 9. That pre-round range work payed off!
• Next week begins the second half. All points are reset to 0.
• Outing date options will be posted before next Wednesday.
• The first half Individual Player Stat Sheets will be handed out Wednesday.

See you Wednesday,

Jay

Say hello to Blair O'Neal, our random golf blog hottie to kick off the season.  She was on Big Break on the Golf Channel.  Hopefully all of you saw the Natalie Gulbis paint bikini in SI!  Those pictures would require a serious work warning so I won't post them here.

The year kicks off with matches on 4/18 and Virgil and Ron have the first bye.  However, they may show up so if you have a threesome, please offer to fit one in.  As for byes, if there is room you may play and collect points against a random draw instead of just getting your season average points (which changes weekly).

On to league news... I am currently in the process of updating my software for 17 teams and doing all the other league set up stuff...

The items updated with 2012 information include:

• The Roster link - including contact info
• The Overview link - details the league rules, payouts, etc
• The Schedule link - 2012 schedule (changes with rainouts)
• The first week's matchups (Next Week Matchups link)

 Not yet updated:

• Standings and Payouts (will still show 2011 season end until after week 1)
  

We're ready to go.  Please remember the $100 league dues.

See you Wednesday,

Jay

• Mayfair Country Club
• Sunday, September 25
• 8:00 AM Shotgun start
• $35 each paid to Mayfair covers breakfast, lunch, greens fees, and cart

Format will be 9 holes of 2-man scramble on the front 9 and 9 holes of better ball (play your own ball and count the lower score of the 2) on the back 9.   This will be handicapped based on USGA index estimates from this season's scores.  Because this is an event that requires a partner, it's very important that I know who is not coming. 

UPDATE: Looks like the list is complete and we are good to go.

Here are the pairings and USGA Indexes of everyone in the outing.  Pairings were set based on requests and the few groups where someone didn't submit a request were just randomly thrown together.  Please try and load up in a cart labeled with your starting hole so we can get out there without a hitch.

RULES: Front 9 Scramble, Back 9 Best Ball

The Outing date needs finalized.  It seems at least someone has a problem with every possible date... so please take this poll and indicate if a date does NOT work for you.  If they are all fine, indicate that.

The most likely format at this point is a combination of a 2-man scramble and 2-man better ball.  There is a way to handicap these type of events so I will do that based on the estimated USGA handicaps from all the rounds of the season.

Hi guys,

Yet another picture of Natalie Gulbis stretching... ahh it just never gets old...

If the results show as last week for you, just hit refresh and it should load the newer image.

A few notes from the week:

• Weather this week was full of win
• Tomci had the first eagle of the year on #7 with a brilliant approach shot
• Steve Luc is handling the money this year - please look for him to get your payouts
• 2 teams are out to a pretty big lead, but it's early
• After next week all handicaps will be from all this year (no more carry over from 2010)
• Play on the front 9 was painfully slow.  Let's all hope it picks up next week.
• Sandy, aerated greens make baby Jesus cry... but the reduction of greens fees is nice...
• For the new guys, any money not paid out each week (like no one hitting #12 green) goes toward the outing pot
• Suggestions for the outing being taken (last 2 years has been flighted handicapped individual stroke play)

Here are the guys that still owe the $100 league dues (updated 5/25/11):

• John Konich
  

See you next week,

Jay

UPDATE: The "Standings & Payouts" page was updated 5/17/11 at 1:15 PM with an A/B flight correction, which changed the payouts slightly.

Hi guys.  To the veterans, welcome back.  To the new guys, welcome to the league!

Here is the 2011 roster with contact information (also linked in menu on left): https://www.angelfire.com/netbirdie/rostercontacts.png

Reminders/news:

• Regarding RAIN, it is league policy to not cancel a round until our first tee time.  So even if you've looked at the radar and it looks like it's going to be bad, we still play it by ear at the course.  The only exception is if Fox Den actually closes due to heavy rains and being under water.
• If we have to come in because of heavy rain or lightning, we will try to wait it out a little while before calling it.
• If we are rained out, I will email out a schedule adjustment.
• Steve Luc is going to be the new league money man, a.k.a. league treasurer, so look for him or the payout box each week for payouts from the previous week.
• The league handicap system has changed and is similar to the USGA method (see the Overview link on the left for details).
• Payment of $100 is expected on 4/27 to me, Jay Brown, in cash or check.  Once payment is received, I will cross your name off the list.
• On 4/27, I will hand out league information and the schedule.

Outing Updates:

• Sunday 8:30 AM Shotgun - Be early to eat breakfast, pay, get cart, and drive out to hole.  I'd say 7:30 is a good time.
• Free breakfast buffet before and free lunch buffet after (doesn't include beverages)
• Meet in the side room by the buffet afterwards with scorecards for results/payouts
• USGA handicap to the right
  • Calculated using all your scores during the league and the official USGA method
• I will have updated personal summary statistics of the whole year to hand out to everyone.  Same as what I handed out after the first half.
  
• Payouts ($515 Total + Gifts) see below
  
• Pairings (in order, but not sure on shotgun holes):

Proximity Markers needed!  Please grab if you are going to be first on the hole (or last):

• #1 - 2 markers needed
• #3
• #9
• #11
• #13 - 3 markers needed

Payouts: