The Ryder Cup Pairings List has been posted to the Metro Seniors web site. Or you can click here.
Special Events Confirmed and Wait Lists Updates
The Confirmed and Wait Lists for the remaining Special Events have been updated as of 8 May 2021.
Financial Audits for 2019 and 2020
The detailed financial Audits for 2019 and 2020 have been posted.
The Board and Officers all have a fiduciary responsibility to manage your money while bringing you opportunities to enjoy golf with your Metro Seniors friends. We must account for your money completely, fairly and accurately. Proper financial controls and documents are critical.
The Audits or 2019 and 2020 identified significant problems and made recommendations to resolve these. These included inadequate control, approval and documentation for course contracts, prize distribution, and budget control.
Most of the current problems have centered on Metro Plus management. However, similar issues are included in a variety budgeted items in administration for all of Metro Seniors.
The Board and Treasurer have not been provided with proper documentation, review, approval, and use of course contracts for comparison to invoices or receipts. Further, terms and conditions – minimum guarantees, cancellation terms, deposit terms and details ae unknown. As a result, all of Metro Seniors may be exposed to significant liabilities.
We had similar issues several years ago with Special Events. With changes in leadership and financial controls the issues were resolved quickly. Now Special Events operations are a model of good governance, excellent financial control, and transparency and efficiency for prize payments and refunds.
The same management and financial control must be implemented for Metro Plus.
NEVER DO THIS ONE THING when Gripping Your Golf Club
Here is a good video on how to grip your club. The real meat of the instruction starts at 4:16 minutes. The video before this is good, but he really gets into the method at the 4:16 minute mark. Here is a link to the video. Click Here. Skip the ad.
Find Your Swing 4-Person Scramble Results
The Find Your Swing 4-Person Scramble was held on Monday, 19 April 2021 at Sunset Hills CC in Edwardsville, IL. The weather was perfect, the course was great, and we had a good lunch after. A good start to the Special Events season.
The results have been posted to the Metro Seniors web site. Or you can click here.
Winnings will be paid by check at the end of the season with the regular Metro Seniors winnings check.
Find Your Swing Pairing List
The Pairing List for the Find Your Swing event has been posted to the Metro Seniors web site.
Reminder – This event will be held at Sunset Hills CC in Edwardsville, IL. Registration is from 6:30 – 7:30 AM. Shotgun start at 8:00 AM. Lunch will be provided.
Benefits of Playing the Forward Tees
Here is another interesting article on the benefits of playing from the forward tees. Click Here
Golf Lesson at The Legends Country Club
Teaching professional Chris Scott, PGA teaching professional at the Legends Country Club along with his staff are offering clinics, group lessons, seminars, and even private lessons for those interested. Enclosed is the link to sign up:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D49AAAE2AA0FFCE9-stlouis
Find Your Swing Special Event
We are 3 weeks away from the first Special Event of the season. Find Your Swing at Sunset Hills CC (Edwardsville, IL) on Monday, 19 April 2021. We currently have 120 players signed up. We have started the process of loading the roster information into our Tournament Manager software.
The Confirmed List has been updated to build the teams and loaded in the Metro Seniors web site. Or you can click here. The roster, team numbers, players, etc., may change depending on any cancellations or additions we have over the next 3 weeks. The goal is to publish the Pairings List on 13 April 2021 and post to the Metro Seniors web site.
Send any questions to myself (Joe Lerch) or Frank McLaughlin.
Interesting Article on Slow Play
Here is a link to an interesting article on Slow Play.