Spring 2019 - Week 1 Preview

We're headed up to Hernando Oaks on Sunday, 9am tee time. The rate is one of the best we'll see all season, so hopefully the course is in good shape (GolfAdvisor says it is).

We've played there twice, and the median net score is +5, so I expect some pitchers to be bought. Faz won in 2016 at -3, while Katie stomped the field in 2017 at -6.

Everyone is on the WHITE tees unless I'm told otherwise. You can view a fairly accurate scorecard here.

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But now is the time that everyone has been waiting for dreading. I'm going to open up Excel and randomize the pairings (we do this the first two weeks). I know many of you are into conspiracy theories... but these are always truly random. I just make a lot of threats to keep you on your toes:

Darren
Gorecki
Ben

Danny
Faz
Ho
Katie

Gary
Adam
Reid
Robbie

JW
Geoff
Tall Mike
Dave

John
Casey
Buchert
Chandler


See you on Sunday!

Club Re-Branding, An Update

It's been a couple of weeks since we've received new suggestions for our Club's name. All submissions were anonymous, so hopefully most of these were sent in by the random bots that frequent our page and inflate our interaction statistics.

Keep in mind that when a change is made, we'll probably need to use "Golf Club" or "Golfer's Club" at the end of it.

Here are the suggestions, grouped by various levels of terrible:

Comments, not actual suggestions:

This post should have comments - Maybe. But by not turning them on I forced you to use the submission form instead of putting your drivel directly in the comment section.

DPT acronyms, which was not the assignment:

Dedicated Player's Tour

Devoted Player's Tour

Duffing Pitches Tour


Inappropriate names which are not a step in the right direction:

The Swingers Club

Putt Stuff

Hole in Juan

WTF names:

Havercamp Mini Tour - From what I can tell, this is an obscure reference to Mr. and Mrs. Havercamp in Caddyshack. They're the two old people who play an extremely slow round, unable to advance the ball more than a few feet (while also not being able to see it).

Blockchain Golf Club - I mean... a lot of you have probably been blocked-in by a chain link fence before...

Fairway to Heaven

Drives, Divots and Duffs


Actual suggestions, perhaps:

Three Putt Golf Club - A reference to an LLC and naming rights owned by some of our group. Someone also submitted "3 Putt Zone," so we'll just assume those are the same suggestion.

Gulf Golf - A name that sounds like someone talking with balls in their mouth.

Grassy Key Golf Club - Seems to be a reference to the original two islands (Big Grassy Key and Little Grassy Key) that were eventually "filled in" to create what is now Davis Islands.

Fort Brooke Golfer's Club - Fort Brooke was the original military outpost that became downtown Tampa. Used as a hub to kill a lot of Indians, when that was still an American pastime.

Old Testament Golf Club - Shout out to The Moses

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The suggestion link is still open if anyone thinks of other ideas in the near future.

Spring 2019 - Week 1

We have 5 tee times booked at Hernando Oaks on Sunday, January 6th. They were able to shove us between two member's leagues... so it'll be busy out there... but we're teeing off at 9am.

Cost will be $26 plus tax.

Ben, Casey and Dave all owe league dues ($130)... so hopefully they show up with some cash or they'll be DQ'd after the tournament. Rules is rules.

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Stay on top of your RSVP schedule. At our size we need to be booking these things further out. You can look at the schedule and see where we are tentatively attempting to play.

See you in just over a week.

Three Weeks Until Golf Season

Only one more handicap revision until we start back up on January 6th. I'll start calling places next week, but I'm shooting for Hernando Oaks, whenever they can get us out after member tee times (probably around 11am).

We have 4 people who owe league dues (Ben, Casey, Dave, Katie).

But we have 8 people who haven't filled out the registration form. So get on it. If you're not a "Yes", you will not have a guaranteed spot!

Golf in Orlando 12/15 and 12/16

Hey guys,

I'll be in Orlando on the 15th and 16th for a wedding and I'll be golfing in the morning both days.
Let me know if anybody wants to join!

Scramble Pairings

Due to the storm hitting at 9am... we're cancelling the event. Enjoy your newfound free Sunday!

Scramble Outing - Sunday, December 9th

THIS Sunday... Crescent Oaks... 9am start.

Buy in is $20 per person. Winning team will get $120 each, and 2nd place gets $40 each.

Format is a "roaming scramble," same thing we did last year at Scepter. You start in the middle tees, if your team makes a NET birdie or better, you move back ONE tee box. If you make a NET bogey or worse, move forward one tee box. There are only three tee boxes in play for each gender.

Men:
Black
Blue - start here (128 slope)
White

Katie:
White
Red - start here (121 slope, -1 for rating difference)
Orange

The calculation will be based off the starting tees, with the LOWEST handicapped golfer (A) getting a 35% allowance, and the HIGHER handicapped golfer (B) getting 15% allowance (per USGA recommendation).

To make this easy on everyone, below is a list of everyone's FULL, A and B handicaps.

Dave - 10 / 3.5 / NA
Faz - 11 / 3.85 / 1.65
Chandler - 12 / 4.2 / 1.8
Gary - 13 / 4.55 / 1.95
Robbie - 13 / 4.55 / 1.95
Buchert - 13 / 4.55 / 1.95
MikeHo - 14 / 4.9 / 2.1
Reid - 15 / 5.25 / 2.25
John - 16 / 5.6 / 2.4
Darren - 17 / 5.95 / 2.55
Tall Mike - 18 / 6.3 / 2.7
Adam - 21 / 7.35 / 3.15
Kaite - 21 / 7.35 / 3.15
Ben - 23 / 8.05 / 3.45
Geoff - 25 / 8.75 / 3.75
Gorecki - 31 / NA / 4.65


When you get your partner, figure out who's A, who's B, add the scores and then round. So if Robbie is pared with Darren... Robbie is A (4.55), Darren is B (2.55)... 4.55 + 2.55 = 7.1 rounded to 7. They get one stroke on the 7 hardest rated holes.

See you on Friday, 7pm at Red Dog. Wear your letter jacket if you have one. Also... keep watching the forecast. Sunday is currently like 70% chance of thunderstorms all day.

DPT Golf Club - Rebranding Initiative

I've felt for awhile we were long overdue to re-brand / re-name the Club, but I've been working on too many other things related to keeping us running smoothly to really push for a change. Not that "Dudes Playing Together," "Double Pitcher Tour," "Dues Paid un-Timely," etc etc hasn't served us well. Truth is, we only exist because of the poorly-aged joke that started in a 2009 kickball blog.

Almost a decade later, it's just a footnote of how we formed, and no longer relatable to new members or the outside world. We need something more generic, that Tall Mike can drunkenly discuss with every random old man he meets at the bar.

The DPT Cup isn't going anywhere. Old obscure trophies shrouded in mystery are always going to be in-style.

But for the foreseeable future, you can use this link to submit Club name suggestions. It'll also be located on the right side of the blog under the Club Dues accounting sheet. It's completely anonymous, and you can submit as many suggestions as you'd like (one at a time).

Eventually I'll check out the list... remove all the bullshit (veto power!)... and we can do a league-wide vote to see if anything stands out as decent and widely accepted.

Spring 2019 Registration

Registration for the new season, which starts January 6th, is now open. Use the link on the right side of the blog and fill out the form.

It might take some time for it to show up on the registration grid the first time you fill it out. Be sure to keep your RSVPs up to date. Anyone who is a "maybe" is counted as OUT the when I book courses.

If your name is in RED in the registration grid, it's because you are not up-to-date with league dues ($130), and aren't currently eligible for competition.