March
11, 2007
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 Jack
Tabor
Secretary John Stanbrook (Stanny)
Treasurer John Stanbrook (Stanny)
Fun / Outing Patrick Keaton, Gerry Rapp,
Frank Bago, Mickey Lima, and Dale Sandvick,
Rules Dave
Gedeon, Mickey Lima, Pete White and alternate Denny Scheelk
Skins Frank Bago, Patrick Keaton, Todd Cramer, Mickey Lima, and Gerry Rapp.
Fun Nights and Knock-Downs will be scheduled shortly.
Final Outing…
In an effort to eliminate the annual discussions and negotiations about
when the Outing should be scheduled and in an effort to make that scheduling fair
for everyone, a permanent revolving outing schedule has been
established.
This years Final Outing Date is…
Saturday Sept. 15th
@ 9:00,
Place: Creekwood Golf Course
Other issues discussed and agreed upon and past rules and procedures that will
remain in effect are…
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 17th. 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 most-timely manner, the following
policy will remain in effect…
Any member whose dues are not PAID-IN-FULL by the first official play date,
April 17th will receive NO POINTS and be EXCLUDED from the SKIN game
until their dues have been paid.
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