Golf League Canceled - April 26

Sorry, folks, but the course is closed today and it doesn't look like they'll be able to re-open. There will be no UW Men's league tonight.

We'll start next Tuesday, and your scores will count for this week, too.

Radar Love

Week 1 Pairings

New Rules for 2011

Well, looking at the radar and hourly forecast, it looks like the rain should end mid-afternoon and it should be a go for golf tonight. I'll keep an eye on it and let you know if anything changes.

Hey - if you think of it, please bring your $25 entry fee tonight. See you there.

Rule Changes for 2011

If you're looking for the Week 1 Pairings, they're below.

Here are the changes for the 2011 season. These were passed at last season's banquet.

Maximum Strokes: In order to help speed up play, the maximum score for any hole on the course will be 5 over par. That means that, for the par 3’s, the highest score you can record is an 8. For the par 4’s, the highest score you can record is a 9.

• The important corollary to this rule is that –once you reach the maximum for a hole – you must pick up your ball and prepare for the next hole. Teammates, Captains, and Opponents must help enforce this rule to speed up play.
• Previous scores (from last year, etc.) will be adjusted, based on this new rule, such that your handicap will be based on the new scoring system.
  

Handicap Calculation: We have slightly modified the calculation of golfer handicaps to encourage a downward trend (i.e. better golfing).

• Previously, the handicap was the difference between your average score and par 32 (i.e. if your average was 41.7, your handicap was 9.7, which is rounded to 10).
• Under the revised calculation, we will multiple that number by 95% to determine your handicap. In practice, this means that your handicap will either (a) stay the same as under the old rule or (b) decrease by one stroke.
• If you’re confused, don’t worry about it, my spreadsheet will handle the calculation!
  

Slow Play: In an attempt to define the “slow play” problem that has plagued the league and driven away some golfers, we are going implement a clubhouse “check-in” for each foursome as they come off the 9th green. I will designate a person in each foursome to check in with the clubhouse attendant when your foursome finishes its round. The attendant will mark the time. For groups 2-10 we will be able to see how much time elapsed between them and the previous group. For now, we’ll do nothing with this information other than capture and analyze it. We hope it will give us empirical evidence of any chronically slow golfers, in the hope of helping them recognize the problem so they can speed up.

Rules Committee: We will institute a “Rules Committee” to help the Commish out with any spontaneous, unprecedented issues. Dave Rieves and Lynn Paulson have volunteered to serve on this committee.

Week 1 Pairings - April 26

Okay, so I've been a bit preoccupied this spring, but here at long last are the pairings for week 1, as the Nelson team tries to defend its championship.

4:37 & 4:45	Moritz vs. Miller
Tom Hidde	12		Ed Meachen	12
Bob Moritz	8		Jeff Pollei (hoslet)	6
Steve Moritz	9		Doug Hoerr	11
Paul Schuettler	11		David Miller	11
4:52 & 5:00	Warren vs. Nelson
Jeff Hilliard	New		A Tomaszewski	19
Mike Warren	8		Steve McDonnell	9
Jeff Dvorak	11		Mike Williams	10
Nick Lumpkin	New		Brad Nelson	16
5:07 & 5:15	Wolfe vs. McEvilly
Mike Sanders	16		Herb Stanford	24
Paul Barnett	14		Pat McEvilly	9
David Wolfe	15		Dave Delveaux	9
Adam Hopkins	15		Ed Corcoran	17
5:22 & 5:30	Kraus vs. Molter
Mike Kraus	13		Rob Zimmerman	24
Lynn Paulson	6		Matt Raymer	9
Andy Taylor	8		Ed Molter	12
R Lampe (smith)	11		Adam Rieves	16
5:37 & 5:46	Rieves vs. Weber
Ron Weiss	18		Tim Coger	New
Dave Rieves	5		Chris Weber	7
Matt Blouin	12		Dave Poznanski	19
Bob Crowe	16		Tom Weber	20

Guess We Might As Well Fire This Thing up Again, Huh?

Greetings golfers!

I have posted the league schedule for 2011 (see Links on the right-hand side of the blog) and the first week match-ups. We begin play on April 26. That's a Tuesday for those of you with short memories.

You'll notice some new team names, due to both attrition and violent overthrows.

• The former Loescher team lost the Johns, Loescher and Lobe. Ed Molter has agreed to be the team captain, and his first move was to trade a mashie niblick and a bag of tees for 2010 rookies Matt Raymer and Adam Rieves.
• The recipient of the niblick is new captain Mike Warren, who ascended to power in a bloody coup of the Dvorak regime. Warren is adding a couple new golfers to his team.
• Shawn McGettigan has jumped ship to the league that plays before us. Chris Weber will take over the team and has added two new golfers to his team.
• By law of adverse possession, the Williams team has become the Dave Rieves team.
  

I still haven't heard from all the captains, so I'll be making some calls this week to make sure the league is completely filled.

I'll be putting more information out as quickly as I can, with the rule changes we enacted being next to come.