2013 Season News

Greetings, Golfers!  There’s a lot of change in store for 2013, so please read this entire message.

CHANGE 1: Contraction for 2013

There are two teams who had issues fielding teams this year, and so we are going to temporarily contract to 8 teams for this season, with an eye toward expanding back to 10 teams in 2014.  An 8-team league will result in a shorter season, too, which is outlined below.

CHANGE 2: Schedule for 2013

Given that a double-round-robin schedule for 8 teams takes only 14 weeks (as opposed to 18 weeks), we can shorten the season a bit at the front and back ends.  Here, then, is our new schedule for 2013:

• April 30: League Exhibition Scramble  This is one week later than the previously-advertised start tot he season.  (This will allow everyone to golf with their teammates the first time out, and shake off the winter’s rust in a mostly non-competitive manner.)
• May 7 – June 18: First Half
• June 25: League Scramble and Drink-a-Thon, Extremely Ultra-Competitive!
• July 2: Bye Week.  Happy 4^th of July.  U!S!A!
• July 9 – August 20: Second Half
• As scheduled by Pennant Winners: League Championship Round
• August 27 OR September 3: League Banquet

CHANGE 3: Tee Time Intervals

The city is changing tee time intervals to 9 minutes (as opposed to 7.5 minutes previously).  That means that our first tee time will now be 4:48 and our last tee time 5:51.  Early and late, we’ll move that up one tee time to 4:39 – 5:42, if possible.

CHANGE 4: Awesome Golfers Available

Due to the contraction of two teams, there are at least two displaced golfers who would like to join teams full-time – Dave Rieves and (returning Champion) Dave Downing.  If any of you have room for them, please let me and them know ASAP.  I’m not trying to play favorites, here, but Dave Rieves did dedicate 22 summers to being your League Commissioner, so I sure hope we can find him a full-time spot.

 If we cannot find permanent spots for them, please consider them to be super-subs, along with Michael Brania, who was also hoping to join a team this year after subbing much of last year.  I’ll get you all their contact info.