Lots of tee options at Club Renaissance. Everyone is on BLUE (Katie GREEN) unless you tell me otherwise. While Match Play can earn you an extra 100 points (50 for a tie), money and regular points are still paid out to the Stroke Play event.
Click here to see the scorecard.
Based on the difference in tee ratings, moving gives you at least the following strokes (possibly more):
Gold: 3
Burgundy: 1
White: -2
Red (Katie): -2
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For Match Play, you'll receive 80% of your course handicap. Below are the current match-ups, updated as people bail and/or move tee boxes. Check back often, Match Play handicaps in parenthesis.
Darren vs. Big John (2)
Faz vs. Robbie
Dave vs. MikeHo (6)
Reid vs. Moostie
Gary vs. Katie (7)
Greg (2) vs. Chandler
Gorecki (6) vs. Geoff
JW (4) vs. Casey
Buchert vs. Brendan (8)
Danny
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Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Monday, February 26, 2018
Spring 2018 - Hangover Invitational Recap
Another successful Hangover Casual Night Out Invitational, fulfilling part of our USGA requirement for club activity. While the debate continues as to what the event represents, the truth is over half the league showed up, and we had a good time. Mission accomplished, and we're all better off for it as a club.
In the tournament, Robbie and Ho played excellent golf, and BOTH made tricky downhill putts to save par on the final hole and tie for the victory (-4 net). Mike was also aided by an eagle on the 11th, only the 7th eagle recorded in league history. Always good to get a win under your belt in your first season.
There was a complete train-wreck behind them, with six people tying for third place at -1 (net). The course is quite difficult with a potential blow-up on every hole, so it's very impressive for most of the field to finish under par net.
Speaking of train-wrecks, this week's Group of Shame consisted of Dave, Gary, Moostie and Reid... who played in about 4.5 hours despite having a 3+ hole gap between them and our first group. They also couldn't agree on what Moostie got on the 3rd hole, probably because so much time had passed between then and the end of their round. Be sure to keep up with the group in front of you!
Faz and I might need to make some very passive-aggressive videos on "How to Play Ready Golf." One way or another, we'll get you people to stop playing with your cell phones, scorecards and range finders when you should be out of the cart ready to hit. Stay tuned...
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This might be the tightest standings ever 4 weeks into a season, with Darren leading despite having zero victories. All 18 members have a legit chance to win the Cup, especially with 600 possible points in Match Play.
As of now, everyone is scheduled to be in this weekend, and we have a lot of intriguing match-ups. However, Faz and JW are threatening to bail... so the entire field might be reshuffled and there will be a couple of 3-ball matches. If both bail... then we'll probably roll with 16 league members and need to boot everyone else. Hopefully that doesn't happen, but Match Play obviously has weird grouping restrictions.
In any case, we're at Club Renaissance in Sun City Center, 9:30am, $40. I'll post more info and scorecard later this week, along with official match-ups and handicaps once I hear from the maybes.
In the tournament, Robbie and Ho played excellent golf, and BOTH made tricky downhill putts to save par on the final hole and tie for the victory (-4 net). Mike was also aided by an eagle on the 11th, only the 7th eagle recorded in league history. Always good to get a win under your belt in your first season.
There was a complete train-wreck behind them, with six people tying for third place at -1 (net). The course is quite difficult with a potential blow-up on every hole, so it's very impressive for most of the field to finish under par net.
Speaking of train-wrecks, this week's Group of Shame consisted of Dave, Gary, Moostie and Reid... who played in about 4.5 hours despite having a 3+ hole gap between them and our first group. They also couldn't agree on what Moostie got on the 3rd hole, probably because so much time had passed between then and the end of their round. Be sure to keep up with the group in front of you!
Faz and I might need to make some very passive-aggressive videos on "How to Play Ready Golf." One way or another, we'll get you people to stop playing with your cell phones, scorecards and range finders when you should be out of the cart ready to hit. Stay tuned...
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This might be the tightest standings ever 4 weeks into a season, with Darren leading despite having zero victories. All 18 members have a legit chance to win the Cup, especially with 600 possible points in Match Play.
As of now, everyone is scheduled to be in this weekend, and we have a lot of intriguing match-ups. However, Faz and JW are threatening to bail... so the entire field might be reshuffled and there will be a couple of 3-ball matches. If both bail... then we'll probably roll with 16 league members and need to boot everyone else. Hopefully that doesn't happen, but Match Play obviously has weird grouping restrictions.
In any case, we're at Club Renaissance in Sun City Center, 9:30am, $40. I'll post more info and scorecard later this week, along with official match-ups and handicaps once I hear from the maybes.
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
New Handicap System
The USGA and R&A released info on their new "World Handicap System," set for 2020 implementation. Here are some of the known changes:
- Every country in the world allegedly will be using it.
- It takes 54 holes to establish instead of the current 90.
- Max handicaps will be 54.0 for both genders, instead of the current 36.4 and 40.4 for men and women respectively. No idea if the scale is even the same... meaning is the new 54 really the old 40? That depends on if and how the use of slope and ratings per tee change.
- Course and weather conditions will be taken into account. It appears this will happen based on average reported scores for that day on that course (crowdsourcing, in a way). If scores for that day are abnormally high, the algorithm will assume conditions were bad.
- Maximum hole score allowed will be a NET double bogey.
- Your handicap will update daily instead of twice a month.
- We will no longer be able to calculate official indexes ourselves. Instead we will either need to electronically submit scores to the USGA through an API (which costs money to develop), or pay to join a local association (ie: FSGA) and have them do it for us. Golf is going to be more expensive if you want to be "official."
- We probably won't know what the new algorithm is. It'll be a guarded secret, since the only way to get an index is to submit scores to the USGA.
The USGA told me months ago we're good to continue our process through 2019. After that we'll all need to be on the same system, which might require us to charge yearly dues for the first time ever.
- Every country in the world allegedly will be using it.
- It takes 54 holes to establish instead of the current 90.
- Max handicaps will be 54.0 for both genders, instead of the current 36.4 and 40.4 for men and women respectively. No idea if the scale is even the same... meaning is the new 54 really the old 40? That depends on if and how the use of slope and ratings per tee change.
- Course and weather conditions will be taken into account. It appears this will happen based on average reported scores for that day on that course (crowdsourcing, in a way). If scores for that day are abnormally high, the algorithm will assume conditions were bad.
- Maximum hole score allowed will be a NET double bogey.
- Your handicap will update daily instead of twice a month.
- We will no longer be able to calculate official indexes ourselves. Instead we will either need to electronically submit scores to the USGA through an API (which costs money to develop), or pay to join a local association (ie: FSGA) and have them do it for us. Golf is going to be more expensive if you want to be "official."
- We probably won't know what the new algorithm is. It'll be a guarded secret, since the only way to get an index is to submit scores to the USGA.
The USGA told me months ago we're good to continue our process through 2019. After that we'll all need to be on the same system, which might require us to charge yearly dues for the first time ever.
Monday, February 19, 2018
Hangover Invitational - This Weekend!
This week is our once-per-season night out on the town. Bring your WAGs, and let's have a few beers and discuss asinine shit. This season we're heading back up north to a new bar: The Local in Northdale (3841 Northdale Boulevard).
It's owned by the Paddwagon people, so it should get the job done. If it sucks we can move to O'briens or something. Saturday at 8pm is the plan, so eat beforehand. I'm sure there will be some Uber sharing so make it known if you want to split a ride.
Sunday we're at Countyside Country Club (Lake/Pine). 9:20am tee time and they have free range balls. Be sure to check the tournament page to see the pairings list.
Scorecard is below, and everyone is on the WHITE tees unless you tell me otherwise. Moving back to the blues will get you at least 2 strokes... possibly 3 depending on your index.
Gold - 73.3 / 135
Blue - 71.9 / 132
White - 70.0 / 128
Green - 68.0 / 123
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You all have about one more week to tell me which Rapture dates work for you. Next week I'll be gathering quotes and will pull the trigger as soon as I find something acceptable. Comment on the post below!
It's owned by the Paddwagon people, so it should get the job done. If it sucks we can move to O'briens or something. Saturday at 8pm is the plan, so eat beforehand. I'm sure there will be some Uber sharing so make it known if you want to split a ride.
Sunday we're at Countyside Country Club (Lake/Pine). 9:20am tee time and they have free range balls. Be sure to check the tournament page to see the pairings list.
Scorecard is below, and everyone is on the WHITE tees unless you tell me otherwise. Moving back to the blues will get you at least 2 strokes... possibly 3 depending on your index.
Gold - 73.3 / 135
Blue - 71.9 / 132
White - 70.0 / 128
Green - 68.0 / 123
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You all have about one more week to tell me which Rapture dates work for you. Next week I'll be gathering quotes and will pull the trigger as soon as I find something acceptable. Comment on the post below!
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
2018 Rapture Dates
We're going to have a pretty tight Summer schedule, due to various holidays and such. I'll post that soon. But first, tell me which weekends you're OUT for the Rapture.
I'm giving you three weekend options, so we're done before college football starts back up. With new coaches at UF and FSU... a lot of you people are going to be buying into the hype until about week 6 when you realize they both still suck.
Ultimately, the best weekend for the top 12 ranked players will be selected. I imagine we'll take 16, but some of us will fail to qualify. Just like last year, we'll be playing FRIDAY, SATURDAY and SUNDAY:
Aug 10th-12th
Aug 17th-19th
Aug 24th-26th
Comment which of those you're OUT! Check those calendars!
I'm giving you three weekend options, so we're done before college football starts back up. With new coaches at UF and FSU... a lot of you people are going to be buying into the hype until about week 6 when you realize they both still suck.
Ultimately, the best weekend for the top 12 ranked players will be selected. I imagine we'll take 16, but some of us will fail to qualify. Just like last year, we'll be playing FRIDAY, SATURDAY and SUNDAY:
Aug 10th-12th
Aug 17th-19th
Aug 24th-26th
Comment which of those you're OUT! Check those calendars!
Monday, February 12, 2018
DPT Open - Spring 2018 Recap
John has been on tilt for a few months now, after completely losing his swing and playing some really shit golf. On Friday he literally wanted to play the Red tees with Katie, because he had no confidence with any club off the tee. Two days later, he wins the first Major of the season with a really solid 86 (gross). Golf is a fickle game.
Darren did his best to hang on, but ultimately came up one stroke short. Reid ejected on the par-3 17th, failing to remember the #1 Rule of Bogey Golfers. Both tied for 2nd.
Gary's 3 double bogeys dropped him to 4th, Greg had his best finish in his rookie season, and Geoff imploded on the final hole because he hates points and money.
On the other side of the spectrum, MikeHo owes a pitcher and Katie recorded the season's first "Gorecki."
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We're off this week to avoid playing 5 in a row. The Hangover is our next event, with the bar probably in the Carrollwood area. More on that next week. Update your availability if anything changes.
Darren did his best to hang on, but ultimately came up one stroke short. Reid ejected on the par-3 17th, failing to remember the #1 Rule of Bogey Golfers. Both tied for 2nd.
Gary's 3 double bogeys dropped him to 4th, Greg had his best finish in his rookie season, and Geoff imploded on the final hole because he hates points and money.
On the other side of the spectrum, MikeHo owes a pitcher and Katie recorded the season's first "Gorecki."
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We're off this week to avoid playing 5 in a row. The Hangover is our next event, with the bar probably in the Carrollwood area. More on that next week. Update your availability if anything changes.
Tuesday, February 6, 2018
DPT Open Scorecard
Recently Southern Hills took the blended "Platinum" tees off their scorecard and re-rated the course. So most are on the Magnolia (White) tees unless you tell me otherwise.
Katie is on Palm (Red) and I'm gonna roll the dice and assume Greg wants the Pine (Blue).
Moving back to Blue gets you a minimum of 3 strokes, and more than likely 4 (as is the case with Greg).
Let me know by end of day Friday if you want to move tees. Pairings are also up on the tournament page. Go check them out.
Katie is on Palm (Red) and I'm gonna roll the dice and assume Greg wants the Pine (Blue).
Moving back to Blue gets you a minimum of 3 strokes, and more than likely 4 (as is the case with Greg).
Let me know by end of day Friday if you want to move tees. Pairings are also up on the tournament page. Go check them out.
Monday, February 5, 2018
Spring 2018 Skins Game - Recap
Tough conditions yesterday. Winter fairways with some chilly rain on the back nine led to some big numbers. Only two guys were under par, and many of you imploded on the final holes.
Dave with his "too low" handicap destroyed the course shooting a 75 (gross). Tall Mike hung in there but ultimately lost by one thanks to a triple on the 10th hole. Darren was in the mix most of the day until he ejected hard on the final five holes.
Despite the carnage, only one pitcher was owed.
As for skins, there were 6 in both tiers, worth $12 each:
Tier 1 - Dave x3, Robbie, Buchert, Moostie
Tier 2 - Darren x2, JW x2, Faz, John
I'll pay you all out next week and/or take it out of your entry fee.
You can look at the skins board on our normal scorecard page: Click on the date link on the schedule ("Feb 4"), Click on the link that says "Tournament Scorecard," scroll down.
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First Major of the year this Sunday. Southern Hills, 11:40am, $50 plus tax.
Get there early to warm up!
Dave with his "too low" handicap destroyed the course shooting a 75 (gross). Tall Mike hung in there but ultimately lost by one thanks to a triple on the 10th hole. Darren was in the mix most of the day until he ejected hard on the final five holes.
Despite the carnage, only one pitcher was owed.
As for skins, there were 6 in both tiers, worth $12 each:
Tier 1 - Dave x3, Robbie, Buchert, Moostie
Tier 2 - Darren x2, JW x2, Faz, John
I'll pay you all out next week and/or take it out of your entry fee.
You can look at the skins board on our normal scorecard page: Click on the date link on the schedule ("Feb 4"), Click on the link that says "Tournament Scorecard," scroll down.
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First Major of the year this Sunday. Southern Hills, 11:40am, $50 plus tax.
Get there early to warm up!
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