Golf Limited Re-Opening
As of May 6th. Check the Resident Portal and the Villages for the latest updates: https://resident.thevillagesgcc.com/golf-re-opening-safety-guidelines/
Villages Golf Course Closed until at least April 7th
Great day with the Ironmen and using the Split 3/2 Tees!
On Feb. 18th we played with the Ironmen and used the Split 3/2 tees. And a smaller group attended a briefing by our golf Pro Scott Steele on the latest developments and plans for the Villages Golf Course and got to ask a lot of questions.
Ironmen President David Hathaway and Pinseekers President David Cook
Special Guest Day – Feb. 18, 2020
Tuesday, February 18th will be a special day for the Pinseekers!
1). We have invited the Ironmen (Short 9 Men’s Club) to join us and get a taste of the long course. We have several Pinseekers who started golf on the short course before moving up to the long course (your President included).
We can show them a good time and perhaps get some new members and friends! We’ll be trying to put an Ironman into each foursome, so we Pinseekers can play host and give course knowledge pointers to the newcomers.
2). We are going to try a new format that day – The Combo 3/2 tees! With the combo tees we will play some holes from the 3 Tees, and some from the 2 Tees. The Pro Shop already has score cards and NCGA approved handicaps, so we can regular sweeps and earn sweeps awards as usual (must have at least Pinseekers playing for sweeps to be in effect).
Playing the combo tees will give everyone more chances to get on greens in regulation and speed the game up a bit. The Ladies are already using this format and enjoying it.
3). Bring you own lunch (BYOL) / Brown Bag Seminar – Rules and New Handicap System briefing by Scott Steele, Villages Golf Pro. The Pinseekers will provide beverages, you bring your own lunch or snack.
Time 12:30pm, right after golf. Location = Cribari Conference Room.
There have been a number of new rules changes this year that make golf simpler and more fun, so come and learn. You many have already noticed some unexpected changes to your handicap and Scott will give you insight into why.
The weather has been great lately, and hopefully will continue on the 18th.
Looking forward to seeing you all out there.
Best Regards,
David Cook
President, Pinseekers
Happy Holidays!
Have a great holiday season and we’ll see you next year!
No Pinseekers play dates until January 7th. Then we start at 9:30am – hopefully to avoid more frost delays during the colder months.
The New World Handicapping System in Coming in January
Read up and be ready for the new handicapping system that begins January 1, 2020.
Beautiful Fall Weather Golf
It was a bit breezy, jacket strength cool weather, but another beautiful sunny Fall day.
Thanks to the Swingers for the props, here are a few turkeys on Hole 1:
John Eige, Bob Gregg, David Cook
Martin Hoek, Tim Short, Frank Garcia
New USGA rule on Picking Up during play
The new USGA rules allow each organization, like the Pinseekers Club, to establish their own rules on whether a player is disqualified from tournament play if they pick up the ball without holing out. Prior to the 2019 change, picking up was automatically marked as an “X” for disqualification.
Now, since it is optional, and the existing Pinseekers Rules of Play, Rule 8, addresses what happens when picking up and does not require a disqualification and “X”, the Pinseekers Club rule is that the Player must mark the hole with a stroke count of 10 strokes, but is not disqualified for the sweeps competition.
Our 2019 Pinseekers Sweeps Champion – Richard Petroski
Congratulations Richard!
