Portable Course Handicap Calculator

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Metro Seniors (through OurGolfStats) does all the work to generate your Course Handicap for each week of competition for Divisions 1 – 5. Simply login to OurGolfStats through your Division and Click on Reports #2 Course Handicaps and Net Score Worksheet. Each Division, all courses, all players.

How to use OurGolfStats? CLICK HERE

However, we know some of you play more than Metro Seniors. Want to know your course handicap anywhere, any time? There’s an APP for that. (Actually a web page.)

This is a simple online calculator. Enter the current Handicap Index (or Guide). Enter the course information for the specific tees (rating, slope and par). and “CALCULATE”. Output is the course handicap.

Click on image to get to page. Bookmark the page in your browser on your Smartphone to take it with you anywhere.

Metro Senior Apparel

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Metro Senior now has Golf Apparel merchandise available to all Metro Senior members to purchase.  Presently our online “Store” features 9 different styles of polo style shirts in 76 different colors, some long sleeved, 4 different hats styles in 20 colors, and golf towels.  Metro Seniors has aligned with St Louis Sportswear a local company who can offer us our logo on items at reasonable pricing.  We feature Callaway, Pacific Horizon, Pro Celebrity, North End, Nike, Foot Joy, Adidas, and Under Armour brands. 

Shirt logos will appear on the left sleeve or on the front left side, hats in front or the side and towels are in the middle or bottom right.  It’s your choice.

The “Store” is open from now until March 3rd.  All items will not be made until the “Store” closes.  At that time the link will disappear.  Payment is made by debit/credit card online only.  Items may be picked up on March 16th or later from 9 am to 4 pm, at St Louis Sportswear, 3615 Ridgewood, Saint Louis, MO, 63116 or for a small service fee delivered to your home directly. 

The “Store” with the same items will be open from March 23rd thru March 31st and items can be picked at the same location on April 16th or later or again for a small delivery fee, sent directly to your home. 

St. Louis Sportswear will be at the March 24th Metro Seniors general meeting, displaying out MS items, so you may order that day if you wish.  Items ordered and paid for that day with debit/credit card can be picked up after April 16th or delivered.   No items on March 24th will be available for immediate purchase. Everything must be ordered. 

The “Store will be open for Championship Tournament apparel in at August with orders picked up/delivered before the Championship event and open again in November with all the “New” 2021 items available before Christmas.

Be the first one in your group to have them.  Remember, payment is only by debit or credit card. 

Here is the link: https://metrostlouissrgolfassoc.itemorder.com/sale

Special Events Update – 10 Jan 2020

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The Entry Lists for the Founders’ Day and Last Chance events have been posted to the Metro Seniors web site. The first postings for the 6 events have been completed.

The Founders’ Day event is 100.0% full. A Wait list has been started and has been posted to the Metro Seniors web site. There is a max of 144 players for this event.

The Last Chance event is 80.0% full. There is a max of 128 players for this event.

You can find the lists by going to the top tool bar and clicking on Schedules and Results and click on the Special Events in the drop down window and then click on Confirm-Wait-Pairings-Instructions. Pick the event to see the lists. Or go to the side bar and click on Special Events.

I would suggest that you double check the lists if you signed up for any of the events. There were 754 players that paid over the 6 events. Generating the Event Lists and Wait Lists is pretty much a manual process and the possibility of errors do exist. Do it now so we can make any corrections early.

Updates will be posted as new signups come in.

Special Events Update – 9 Jan 2020

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The Entry Lists for the Best Ball and Pick Your Partner events have been posted to the Metro Seniors web site.

The Best Ball event is 87.5% full with 112 players signed up and paid. There is a max of 128 players for this event.

The Pick Your Partner event is 100% full. A Wait List has been started and has been posted to the Metro Seniors web site. There is a max of 128 players for this event.

You can find the lists by going to the top tool bar and clicking on Schedules and Results and click on the Special Events in the drop down window and then click on Confirm-Wait-Pairings-Instructions. Pick the event to see the lists. Or go to the side bar and click on Special Events.

The Entry Lists and Wait Lists for the remaining 2 Special Events are in work and will be posted as soon as possible.

Special Events Update

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The Entry Lists for the Find Your Swing and Ryder Cup events have been posted to the Metro Seniors web site.

The Find Your Swing event is 92.2% full with 118 players signed up and paid. There is a max of 128 players for this event.

The Ryder Cup event is 100% full. A Wait List has been started and has been posted to the Metro Seniors web site. There is a max of 128 players for this event.

You can find the lists by going to the top tool bar and clicking on Schedules and Results and click on the Special Events in the drop down window and then click on Confirm-Wait-Pairings-Instructions. Pick the event to see the lists. Or go to the side bar and click on Special Events.

The Entry Lists and Wait Lists for the other 4 Special Events are in work and will be posted as soon as possible.

Passing of a Member

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 I received sad news Friday my old friend and Metro 3 member John Gerfen passing. On 1/2/2020 John passed away, he was having trouble again with new liver from what I was told. His visitation is this Wednesday, January 8th, at Schrader Funeral Home on Manchester Rd. in Baldwin. Schrader Funeral Home web site has more info.

I’ve known John for 30 yrs., from work at National Archives Amid: (NARA) and have played a lot of golf and golf trips. With John and 2 others we join the League back in 2007. He will be missed, John was a good friend.

Terry Janitch

Special Events “Update”

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REMINDER – If you selected the team you want to play with on your Special Events sign-up form, please make sure every member of your team has paid.  Enrollment for an event is not confirmed until a player has paid the designated fee or someone has paid for them.  The time stamp for payment is how we determine if a player is on the confirmed roster or on the wait list.  Each year we have individuals selected as team members, but they delay payment and end up of the wait list.

The rosters for 2020 Special events are filling up, through 9:30 pm, Friday, Jan 3, we have the following: 126 Signup Forms with 662 Paid Players


Find Your Swing  108
Ryder Cup  113
Best Ball  96
Pick Your Partner  115
Founders’ Day  136
Last Chance  94

Frank McLaughlin, Special Events Chairman

World Handicap System Update

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Some of you might have noticed your handicap for 2020 is NOT the handicap that you finished 2019 with and wondered why.  The reasons are twofold:

In the past we have calculated your handicap by using the best 8 of your last 16 rounds.  For some of you, that may encompass a number of years’ scores.  As of January first of every year we drop off the oldest year considered.  So on January 1, 2020, we dropped off all scores from 2017 and kept only 2018 and 2019 scores.  Those two years will be utilized throughout 2020 to amass your 16 latest scores.  For most of you this should have no impact.

The second reason is the has to do with the new Handicap system from the USGA.  There are a number of items that will be discussed at the March meeting, but the one that affects your handicap as of 1/1/2020 is that we now consider the top 7 scores of the 16, no longer the top 8 scores of 16.   

So please come to the Annual meeting on March 24 at 1:00 and I will briefly go over the new handicap rules.  After the meeting, myself and the entire Handicap committee will be available for more questions.  That committee is:

– Division 1 – Dave Wicks

– Division 2 – Chris Schuster

– Division 3 – Bob Roussin

– Division 4 – Joe Lerch

– Division 5 – Ron Platt

Thank you and I look forward to seeing you at the March Meeting

Bob Zaruba

Handicap Chairman

Special Events Signup

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HAPPY NEW YEAR

Special Events signup will be available on 1 January 2020

For information on the 2020 Special Events and how to sign up, go to the Metro Seniors Home Page and click the link at the bottom of the page or the side bar under Schedules / Signup – Special Events Signup

There are two ways to sign up for Special Event participation:

  • On-Line with Credit Card
    • A PayPal account is not required to sign up on-line
    • METRO SENIORS WILL AT NO TIME HANDLE, STORE, LOOK AT, POSSESS, OR IN ANY OTHER WAY BE INVOLVED WITH ANYONE’S CREDIT CARD INFORMATION!
  • Mail in sign up and pay with check
    • For those who do not have a credit card, or computer, or who just prefer paper checks and forms, we are offering the paper option using the 2020 Special Events Signup Form. Go to the Special Events Signup link on the Home Page and click on the Mail In Form link.

Special Events are very popular and fill up fast. There is a maximum of 128 players, except the Founders’ Day event which will stay at a max of 144 players. You can sign up and list your partners. And you can sign up and pay for your partners. Be aware that signups are time stamped and the first 128 or 144 players that PAY will be placed on the Confirmed List. Players that pay after the max number has been reached will be placed on a Wait List in time stamp order. Players on the Wait List will be moved up to the Confirmed List as cancellations are received. Every effort will be made to match players with the team they want to play with.

You can complete the form for any or all Special Events at anytime during the season.

Note: If you plan on playing at Cardinal Creek, Scott AFB, Missouri players will need a Real ID driver’s license, a current Passport, or retired Military ID for base access. Illinois players can use their current driver’s license. Players will be contacted in late May to obtain document numbers, name as listed on document, and date of birth to be submitted to the Scott AFB sponsor to get base passes. Instructions can be found on the Special Events section of the Metro Seniors web site.