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Want to Play Rounds in Less than 4 Hours?

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Here are some resources that will help you speed up your golf.  All are easy, and common sense (that is never really so common). Pace of Play is a continuous improvement program.  Everyone can get better. Practice make perfect.

CLICK HERE TO SEE HOW TO PLAY IN 4

As much as 75% of time on the golf course is not golf at all, it is moving to the shot!  If you reduce the “moving” time you will play faster.

Think about you game and how you can improve!  Think about your groups’ game and how you can help them improve!  Recommend these to a “slower” friend and show them how it is done.

If we all individually strive to improve our own game, we will improve AND we will help others improve,

Here are more ideas on Pace of Play.  Read them. Print them out. Share them with your foursome or perhaps other slow players.  It will help them focus on the major time wasters. They can’t get better if they don’t know how!

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Membership General Meeting Reminder – Tues, Nov 15, 2016 1 PM

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Members are encouraged to attend the General Membership Meeting this Tuesday, November 15, 2016.  The meeting will start at 1:00 PM at the Kirkwood Community Center on Geyer Road.

Come to meet, thank and confirm your leadership (officers and committee members).  In addition:

  • Visit with Golf Buddies
  • Renew your membership (in person or use online registration)
  • Bring a new member for sign up
  • Find out about the 2017 Schedule
    • Weekly Tournaments
    • Special Events.
  • Rule Changes – All Flights can Chose Forward or Back Tees
  • Sign up for Starter / Scorers for 2017
  • Volunteer for Committee or possible Board / Officer Positions

 

 

2017 Weekly Tournament Schedule Set

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The 18 Hole 2017 Season is set with courses and schedules for Divisions 1 – 5.

The Tournament Committee selected 20 of the courses to repeat from last year (2016).  Four (4) “new” courses were selected to swap in based on comments from members, surveys, participation, and discussion within the Tournament Committee.

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Note revised 11-14-16 – two date changes for Div 2 only – to Landings – 4-14-17 and Falls – 8-18-17

COURSES

We have 24 separate courses on the schedule. Links @ Dardenne is scheduled to be played twice making up our 25 weeks.

We added 4 courses

  • The Legacy – Granite City, IL
  • Incline Village – Foristell MO
  • The Acorns – Waterloo, IL
  • Florissant – Florissant, MO

To make room for the “new” courses, we dropped 4 courses for 2017.

  • Hills @ McKendree
  • Normandie
  • Mystic Oaks
  • Quail Creek

The final details for each course (Tee Selections, Ratings, Slope) are in review between the Tournament and Handicap Committees now.

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2016 Association Championship Lists Announced

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CONGRATS TO ALL OUR CHAMPIONSHIP GOLFERS!

The official list of 2016 Championship Qualifiers has been released.  Please look over the list and congratulate your buddies who are 2016 Qualifiers.

If you are on the list, please make sure to contact Frank Mantia, the leader of the Championship Tournament to confirm your attendance.  If you cannot attend, we will add the next alternate qualifiers to the Tournament.

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More information at this link – CLICK HERE

 

Division 1 at Belk Park – Friday, August 19

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Playing @ Belk Park @ 7:00 using the Gold and Red tees.  It is a 1 & 10 start.
See you there
Tx Vince Italiano
Division 1 VP
vwopperi@aol.com
Still need people for Innsbrook.  Contact Vince Italiano to volunteer as starter/scorers for Innsbrook.
Belk Park:
880 Belk Park Rd.
Wood River IL 62095
(618) 251-3115 		 From Mo – I-270 to IL over Chain of Rocks bridge to I 255 North (exit 7) toward Wood River. Take exit 6 and turn left onto Edwardsville Rd. Turn right onto Lakin Blvd., then right onto Rock Hill Rd. Turn left onto Belk Park
Rd to golf course. 

2017 Season Planning Started

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The planning for the 2017 Golf Season has now started.  Specifically the Tournament Committee will be meeting to review the courses played this year and select the courses we will schedule for 2017.

Our objective will be to select weekly courses that offer quality and value for all our members throughout the Greater St. Louis area.  Key elements will be:

  1. Overall quality of the course and facilities
    1. Course Layout, Challenge, Distance
      1. Forward Tees – average about 5300 yds (4900 to 5700 yds), Slope Average 110
      2. Regular Tees – average about 5800 yds  (5500 to 6200 yds), Slope Average 117
    2. Course Conditions – Greens, Fairways, Hazards
    3. Facilities – Carts, Food, Parking
  2. Cost – $20 to $30 Range for Greens/Cart
  3. Location – Distance and Highway Access
    1. West to East – Wright City MO to Fairview Heights IL
    2. North to South – Alton IL to Waterloo IL.
  4. Course Management and Relationship with Association
  5. Member Feedback

We receive suggestions to drop or add courses every year.  Please tell your Division VP your thoughts about dropping or adding courses ASAP.  Now is the time.

Map of our 2016 Weekly Courses – Innsbrook in the West to Hills at McKendree in East.  Spencer T Olin in North to Mystic Oak in the South

Weekly Course Map 2016

 

 

Hole-In-1’s during 2016

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During League Play

Name ID Course Date
Richard Hanna 2359 The Falls April 15,2016
Dave Hampton 3704 Orchards April 21,2016
Gary Klemme 4005 Normandie April 28,2016
John Bono 4846 Links at dardenne May 5,2016

 

During Special Events

Name ID Course Date

 

Outside Metro Seniors

Contact anyone on the Communications Committee to let us know about your hole-in-1
Name ID Course Date
Craig Carothers 3727 Far Oaks Feb. 22, 2016
Chuck Davies 3758 Glen Eagle, in Tennessee April 5, 2016

New Discount Card – Get Yours at Meeting – March 22

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Membership Discount Card

 

Starting this year, Metro Seniors will issue a Membership Discount Card instead of the Super Saver Coupon Book. This will be a numbered (the number will NOT be your ID#) plastic card the same size as a credit card that you can easily carry in your wallet.  The card will be good for the current year from a period of April 1st to March 31st of the following year.  If everything goes as expected, the card will be offered in succeeding years.  Of course, there will be a different color scheme on the card each year.  The card will have to be signed on the back in order to be valid.

The cards will be handed out at the March Meeting at your Division tables.  If you cannot attend the meeting, then see your  Division VP for your card at one of your normal weekly Division tournaments.

We have contracted with over 30 courses and golf stores to give you discounts equivalent to or better than the Super Saver Coupon Book.

You will only get one card, so don’t lose it!  Use the cards as much as you can (they are not valid for the weekly tournaments),  The more the cards are used, the more likely the courses and stores will be to want to participate in the future.

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