The day at CC of Orange Park started out cool but it warmed up quickly and turned out to be a great day. The home team advantage was missing for the second month in a row. That 'Team up North', Osprey Cove, showed that they are still a force to be reckoned with.
The course
was in good shape for this time of year. The
food was good and the scorecards and scoreboards were as we like them.
We had two last minute roster changes, the worst kind, and that gave us a few problems with the post-match scoring. Other than that, a good day.
SCORING
Thanks for all the help at CC of Orange Park. Those who helped were Roy Gulick (MP), Larry Von Dolteren (SN), Mark Good (DC), John Pujol (QH), Glenn Dobrick (SG), Gary Hill (OP), Bob Hubbard (OP), Frank
Knafelc (OP) and Gregg Wagner (OP).
MATCH WINNERS:
Osprey Cove took first place with a score of 272. Great job!
OC
was led by 47 points from Team Rep, Tony DeMarco and 41 points from Ed Arroyo.
Here is how Tony DeMarco describes his 47 point performance: "
I had a charmed round Monday. Hit 3 drives into the woods. They all bounced back out into play. A tree saved me from the water on one par 3. I skipped one across the water to edge of green on another par 3. Practically chipped in about 6 times.
A magical round.
Eagle Harbor was second place with a score of 262.
EHwas
led by Mike Lamphier's 43 point
performance and another 39 points from Jim Wood.
Third place was taken by Deercreek with a score of 259. They were led by 42 points from both Mark Good and Paul Rothstein.
Mark Good's round was helped along by a wild 15th hole, a par 5. Mark hit his tee shot so far right it landed on a roof top. So after the stroke and distance penalty, Mark was hitting 3 from the tee. Following a good tee shot he hit a 5 metal from the fairway to ten feet from the hole. Mark rolled in putt for a routine par. That par on 15 helped Mark get eight straight pars after a double bogey on #10.
Sawgrass, with a score of 256 was fourth. SG
was led by 40 points from Team Rep Glenn Dobrick and 39 points from Bill Swerbenski. SG took 4th place by beating out Jacksonville G&CC and Hidden Hills in a scorecard tie-breaker.
Closest to
the pin winners:
#3 Terry Mohr (ML) 6' 3" Rd for 4 at HH #5Bob Hubbard (OP)
1' 11" Rd for 4 at MP
#12 Ron
Schafer (MC) 1' 4" Rd for 8 at OP
#15Greg Howard (EH) 10" Rd for 4 at OC
BESTS:
Lowest gross score: 75
Bill Gesdorf (JG) and Joe Wolke (PV)
Highest point total: 47 Larry Gonzales (PV) and Tony DeMarco (OC)
Everyone turned in a scorecard after the match. Most of the scorecards were filled in perfectly and were very legible.
Several of the scorecards had other numbers in the score box.
That can cause confusion at the scoring table. Please put nothing in that box except one number. That number must be the gross score for the hole or a zero!
We need to 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 a few errors at the scoring table this month! None of them caused any problems with the outcome. We are working on correcting the root causes of the errors. All scores have been adjusted and the results shown on this web site are official and final.
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
Queen's Harbour Yacht & Country Club, Monday, March 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.
FINANCIAL NEWS
Our
Google AdSense account has earned $60.13 since the last check was issued to us
by Google. We
were paid $102.99 through Nov 1,
2007 and $101.46 thru September 2008. Keep
up the good work
by
clicking on those ads
and doing
Google searches
from our web site.
Both actions
bring in the
CA$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 $ 421.46 Interest (1-23-09) .80 Deposit from OP 1/10/09 120.00
Balance (2/12/09)
$ 542.26
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 and also have a look at Jock Ochiltree's ad on the February 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 homes are great buys!
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.
The contributions this month from Tony DeMarco and Mark Good are greatly appreciated.