March
27, 2006 (edited 4/24)
Greetings
Fellow Duffer,
This info is only being posted on the Duffer web site. If you have friends in the league with no
Internet access, or other friends who wish to join the league, please pass this
on to them.
Here are the results of the Spring Kick Off Meeting, held Sunday, at Creekwood
Country Club. As
usual, all topics were open to discussion and this was your only opportunity to
determine this year League Policies.
League Officers
President Rick
Kayfes
Secretary John Stanbrook (Stanny)
Treasurer John Stanbrook (Stanny)
Outing Pat Anderson II,
Dale Sandvick, (and at least two additional volunteers to replace the departed 'Pfeils')
Rules Dave Gedeon, Mickey Lima, and (one volunteer needed to replace Denny Scheelk)
Skins Patrick Keaton, Gerry Rapp, Pat Anderson III, Randy Dudinsky, Frank Bago, & Todd Cramer
Weather permitting, are tentatively scheduled for May
23rd, June 27th, and August 8th
Only ‘token participation points’ will be awarded at these events.
KnockDowns…
Four KnockDowns have been scheduled and will be held (weather permitting) on
the following dates…
May 30th (front 9), July 11th (front
9), August 15th (back 9), and Sept. 5th
(front 9).
Final Outing…
Date: Saturday Sept. 9th @ 9:30, MARK YOUR
CALENDARS
Place: Creekwood Golf Course
Menu: BBQ Ribs and chicken with all the trimmings
Other issues discussed and agreed upon were...
Once again, The
Visitor policy has been altered…
Guests have always been welcome to come out and enjoy a Duffer Tuesday evening
at Creekwood Country Club. Expanding
the Duffer experience has been good for both the league and the golf course.
During regular Weekly Tournament play…
The open-door guest policy will continue.
Any guest wishing to participate in the Skins Game will be allowed entry
for the usual cost of $5. The only
amendment is that guests will NOT be eligible for PIN SHOTS or LOW NET. Only league members whose dues have been
paid-in-full will be permitted entry into The Skin Game. This revised Skin Game policy will take
effect the first official week of play, Tuesday April 25th, until
then everyone is welcome to participate with no restrictions
Final Outing play…
Guests will continue to be welcomed at the final outing. They are allowed entry into the skin / blind
bogey game but will continue to be excluded from league skill games such as pin
shots, long drive, and net skins. Also,
members who are unable to attend the Final Outing are permitted to send a ‘proxy
player’ in his place. This ‘proxy
player’ will be charged the cost of golf and cart ($37.50) and be eligible to
enter the Skin / Blind Bogey game as any visitor will be for the cost of $10.
No Gimmies…
This year NO GIMMIES will be permitted during any Duffer League events. ALL PUTTS MUST BE HOLED OUT!
Nagle Rule
suspended because it never came into effect.
It read as follows… In order to win the weekly
low net skin and entry into the Winners bracket, the player(s) who record the ‘low
net’ must card at least one par during his winning round. If no par was carded, prizes will be awarded
to the next eligible player.
Established
League Members
will again begin this season with a handicap that will be computed using league
scores from last years 2nd half, (final outing included) and this
years practice rounds. The league
standard adjustment factor of 87% will be used to calculate these
handicaps.
New
Member handicaps will be computed
using an adjustment factor of 80% applied to their practice rounds. Until they have established a handicap, new
members must play with a scratch (zero) handicap, so getting their practice
rounds played should be very important to them. Once a new members handicap has been established, (3 rounds of
league play) the league standard adjustment factor of 87% will be used in the
computations.
The
Winners Bracket Tournament remains modified so that anyone winning money in the
League Championship Tournament will be removed from contention in the Winners
Bracket Tournament. This change should
spread prize money around to more members.
To
be eligible to receive any Duffer Cash Prize, the individual must have played
the round with at least one fellow member who will confirm and attest to the
accuracy of the score.
Maintaining
ones Final Tournament Eligibility has always been very important to The Duffers
Golf League. To help maintain that
eligibility, missed regular weekly play dates can be made up at any time prior
to the league teeing it up the next week.
Make up rounds must be played on the same nine holes that the
league was originally scheduled to play the week that you missed. In an attempt to place a premium on Tuesday
attendance, make-up rounds will continue to be capped at a minimum of NET
PAR.
Dues
will remain $100 to cover normal league expenses and maintain our substantial
PRIZE POOL. These dues are considered
past due after the first official week of play, Tuesday April 25th. If you have some special circumstances that
prevent you from being able to pay your dues, please speak directly with
Stanny, he will be glad to work with you to come up with a special personal
payment arrangement.
In the continuing effort to collect dues in a more-timely manner, the league
has decided to cancel the ‘points-for-pay’ policy. Any member whose dues
are not PAID-IN-FULL by the first official play date, April 25th
will receive NO POINTS and be EXCLUDED from the SKIN game until their dues have
been paid.
FYI, as a reminder, last years
Points Leader, Dan (Radar) Stanik, was awarded $130 and for the second year in
a row, just one ‘half point’ kept a member ‘out of the money’.
Stanny
wishes to express that CASH is still the preferred form of payment. If you must pay by check, please make it
payable to either CASH or John Stanbrook. The
Duffers do not have an open bank account, so any checks incorrectly made
payable to ‘The Duffers’ will have to be returned and reissued. If you wish to pay your dues by mail, send a
properly endorsed check to:
John
Stanbrook
26714
Henry Rd.
Bay
Village, OH. 44140
If you know of anyone who wishes to join the Duffers please pass this
information on to them and e-mail me their name, address, zip, phone, and
e-mail.
As stated earlier, this info is only being posted here. If you have friends in the league without
net access or other friends who wish to join the league, please pass this on to
them. If I have not heard from you but
you wish to play in the league this year, please return this e-mail or call me at
440-871-7821. If I don’t hear from you, I will assume that you’re NOT playing
this year.
Sincerely,
John
Stanbrook (Stanny)
440-871-7821