The day at Jacksonville Golf & Country started out cold and pretty much stayed that way all day. The high winds didn't help the scores either. What ever the cause, the home team advantage was nowhere to be found and the defending champions gave us all a breath of hope for the coming season.
The course
was in great shape and the greens were extremely fast. The
food was good and the scorecards and scoreboards were perfect.
SCORING
Thanks for the after-match scoring help. Those who helped were Roy Gulick (MP), Larry Von Dolteren (SN), Mark Good (DC), John Pujol (QH), Skip Lunsford (JG), Rod Fullerton (JG), Rick Cottey (JG) and Bob Curry (JG)
MATCH WINNERS:
San Jose took first place with a score of 241 and became the first team in our
history to win 1st place spot with only seven players. Yes, they were a man short so they couldn't throw out their lowest number. Great job! SN
was led by 39
points from Bill Basney and 38 points from Tom Donovan.
Sawgrass was second place with a score of 240.
SGwas
led by Mark Sur's 41 point
performance and another 38 points from Tom Craft.
Third place was taken by Magnolia Point with a score of 235. They were led by 40 points from Van Johnson and 36 points from both Gary Hoagland and Ed McLanahan.
Eagle Harbor, with a score of 233 was fourth.
EH
was led by 39 points from Jim Wood and 36 from Maury Kuban.
Closest to
the pin winners:
#3 Tom Donovan (SN) 4' 6" Rd for 4 at MP #6Wib Finch (JG)
5' 1" Rd for 4 at OC
#12 Gary
Holland (PV) 0' .8" Golf lesson at
SJ
#15Rick Cottey (JG) 1' 10" Rd for 4 at JG
BESTS:
Lowest gross score: 76
Tom Donovan (SN)
Highest point total: 43 Don Roderique (ML)
Everyone turned in a scorecard after the match. Most of the scorecards were filled in perfectly and were very legible.
There were a few 'X's and dashes on a couple of cards. We need to watch that and remember to NEVER stroke control a score. If a player holes out give him what he took, even if it is ridiculously high. If a player does not hole out, give him a zero (0)! Our computers do all the stroke controlling. If you do it, a player may get points where he doesn't deserve any.
SCORING:
We
made absolutely no errors at the scoring table this month!
One thing YOU can do to help us is to check your score as we post it on the scoreboard. If you suspect something is wrong, please report it to us. We are always more than happy to 're-input' cards
through our system. If you notice an error and don't report it, it is just as dishonest as cheating on the course. Remember, what goes around, comes around.
Another thing you can do is to make sure that your card is clear and legible. Make sure it is signed by yourself and the scorekeeper. Also, help us by being quiet around the scoring table.
NEXT MONTH
Country Club of Orange Park, Monday, February 9,
2009,9:00
am shotgun start.
PRIZES NEEDED
We need proximity prizes for the 2009 season. If anyone has anything to donate, let me or Roy Gulick know about them.
ANNUAL MEETING
The minutes from the annual Team Reps meeting are on this web site. You may view them by clicking here.
FINANCIAL NEWS
Our
Google AdSense account has earned $50.58 since the last check was issued to us
by Google. We
were paid $102.99 through Nov 1,
2007 and $101.46 thru September 2008. Keep
up the good work
clicking on those ads
and doing
Google searches
from our web site.
Both actions
bring in the
CA$H.
We are paid for clicks
on any of the Google
ads on our web pages. When you are on
our web
site, look the ads over.
If you see anything of interest,
by all means check it out.
Also, when you need to do a
search of the Internet, please
go to our
home page and search
from there. See the ads at the top of the column to the right. ------------------>
Our
savings account balance at
Citi Bank is:
Last Month's Bal $ 301.72 Interest (12-19 -08) .74 Deposit from JG&CC 1/13/09 119.00
Balance (1/16/09)
$ 421.46
WEB SITE
We have added a New Player information page. Look it over, even experience players may learn something.
A page has been added which shows a typical scheduling agreement that serves as a contract between us and hosts clubs.
Speed-of-play ideas have been added.
Those may be viewed here and here.
All players
should sign up for MSIS
emails. There is a sign-up form
near the bottom of the home page
at
www.jaxsi.org with electronic
submittal....... very
easy.
There is lots of
information on
this web site. Many
of your questions are answered on the site. Please look it over.
We have
two local sponsors of these web pages.
The ad for First City Companies on the
home page.
Also have a look at Jock Ochiltree's ad on the January results page. Jock is one of our continuing web page sponsors. He has added a new feature to his ad. Each month he is going to
provide statistics and feature a house on the market in the community located near our tournament site. Check it out. Just click on his ad where it says "Click here”.
Remember, keeping our sponsors happy adds money to our prize fund. Keep Jock happy by looking at his featured home. This month's home is a dandy!
Also
click on the Google
ads every
chance you get!
SUBMIT AN ARTICLE
Articles of interest to MSIS
members are accepted and will be
published here. Just
email your article to me. You
must sign it.
I am sure that you all see
or hear things at our matches
that would be of interest to us
all. Funny stories about things
that happen on the course. They
don't have to be the absolute
truth! Brag about a great hole
you played or a great shot you
hit. Here again, you may
stretch the truth. Write them
up and send them to me. It
would make this a much more
interesting publication.
Please help out. Surely someone out there has an opinion or suggestion for the Interclub.