Star Ranch pairings are now available.

• It looks like a great day for CTGA golf….lots of sun, a mild breeze and temp in the mid to high 60’s.
• Another reminder that we will be teeing off on #1 and #10.  Our last group off #1 will be at 12:56 and at 12:48 off #10, which will allow our last foursomes to finish well before sunset (5:37).  Any foursome causing excessive delays behind them will be penalized… no excuses accepted.
• Reminder #2:  Format for our November 21 event at Roy Kizer has been changed to a Team format.  See details above.

STAR RANCH TOURNAMENT SPECIFICS

Make sure you know your specific ….

1.      Scheduled Tee Time and starting hole

3.      Assigned Tees to Play

4.      CTGA Rules of Play

All players should be at the course, signed in and ready to play at least 30 minutes prior to your scheduled start time.

Kevin Lowe, Scott Preece and Steve Barnes will be the Directors in charge of this event, assisted by Sean Nunez.  Please direct tournament day questions or concerns to them.

FORMAT:  Individual Medal Play

TEE TIME START:  12:00 on both #1 and #10

TRASH FLIGHT CARRYOVER:   There is a Deuces Carryover in the 2nd Trash Flight with a projected $340.00 pot.  Those in the 2nd Trash Flight who did not play at Delaware Springs are required to “buy in” to the Carryover pot unless you opt out.  Please review the attached Carryover sheet for details

TEES TO PLAY:  See Pairing Sheet

CLOSE TO PIN HOLES:  1st Trash Flight - #7 & #15;    2nd Trash Flight - #4 & #12

KODAK CHALLENGE HOLES:  #5 and #11.

STAR RANCH DRESS CODE  is consistent with the normal Country Club dress code, so please dress accordingly.  They are a Soft Spike facility.

THURSDAY WEATHER FORECAST:   As of today it should be a perfect day for golf.

Delaware Springs results are now available.

Delaware Springs pairings are now available.

• With the possibility of rain through early morning (6:00) Saturday, Delaware Springs is offering to let us delay our Shotgun start time to 10:00.  My suggestion is for us to be at the course and ready to play at 8:00 and, if necessary, we can delay until 10:00.
• We have room for more players at Delaware Springs on Saturday on a first come basis.  If your plans have changed and you would like to play, please let us know ASAP.

DELAWARE SPRINGS TOURNAMENT SPECIFICS

Make sure you know your specific ….

1.      Assigned Starting Hole (assigned at course on Saturday)

3.      Assigned Tees to Play

4.      CTGA Rules of Play

All players should be at the course, signed in and ready to play no later than 7:30 as we’ll be going to our starting holes at 7:50.

Kevin Lowe, Scott Preece and Steve Barnes will be the Directors in charge of this event, assisted by Eddie Nunez.  Please direct tournament day questions or concerns to them.

FORMAT:  Individual Medal Play

SHOTGUN START:  8:00

TRASH FLIGHT CARRYOVER:   No Carryover in either Trash Flight.

TEES TO PLAY:  See Pairing Sheet

CLOSE TO PIN HOLES:  1st Trash Flight - #7 & #16;    2nd Trash Flight - #5 & #13

KODAK CHALLENGE HOLES:  #4 and #10.

DELAWARE SPRINGS DRESS CODE:  No specific dress code, but CTGA requests all players to dress consistent with Country Club dress policy.  They are a Soft Spike facility.

SATURDAY WEATHER FORECAST:   Possibility of rain through early morning Saturday but it’s projected to be cleared out by 8:00 to 9:00.  If lingering rain looks possible, call Eddie Nunez (512-797-0566) after 7:00 for status of play.

Morris Williams pairings are now available.

• CTGA welcomes 2015 returning Members, New Members and Special Guest to our first official tournament of 2016.  2015 was an absolute banner year and we are confident 2016 will be even better.
• We will be implementing our 2016 Pace of Play initiative beginning with Morris Williams this weekend.  We’re confident all players will do what’s needed to ensure a sub-4:30 round.
• Rain is in the forecast for most of the latter part of this week.  We’re asking all players to PLEASE don’t just decide not to show up without calling if it looks like we won’t play.  We’ve had threats in the past where the clouds parted and we were able to play.  We have committed 36 players to Morris Williams for Saturday and, if the weather does allow us to play, we should all be there to play.

MORRIS WILLIAMS TOURNAMENT SPECIFICS

All players are responsible for knowing your specific ….

1.      Assigned Pairings and Flights

2.      Scheduled Start Time

3.      Assigned Tees

4.      CTGA 2016 Rules of Play

This information will be posted at the Morris Williams Pavilion prior to start of play.

All players should be at the course, signed in and ready to play at least 30 minutes prior to your scheduled start time.

Kevin Lowe, Scott Preece and Steve Barnes will be the Directors in charge of this event, assisted by Eddie Nunez.  Please direct tournament day questions or concerns to them.

FORMAT:  4 Player Team 6+6+6

            See Format Scoring instruction in the attached Pairing Sheet

1st TEE TIME:  10:30

TRASH FLIGHT CARRYOVER:   No Trash Carryover this event

TEES TO PLAY:

All Men play BLUE Tees

All Ladies play Green Tees

CLOSE TO PIN HOLES:  1st Trash Flight - #3 & #12;  2nd Trash Flight - #8 & #14

KODAK CHALLENGE HOLES:  #4 and #14.

MORRIS WILLIAMS DRESS CODE…No specific Dress Code, however, CTGA requests all players to dress consistent with Country Club expectations.  They are a Soft Spike facility.

SATURDAY WEATHER FORECAST:   Projected forecast shows high chance of rain through early Saturday morning and beginning to slack off between 9:00 and 10:00.  Our hopes are that the clouds will part by CTGA 1st Tee Time.  If the weather does stay bad, call the golf course (512-974-8333) or Eddie Nunez (512-797-0566) after 9:30 on tournament day for status of play.

Classic results are now available.

If CTGA could fingerprint a perfect day for every Fall Classic, it would have to mirror this weekend.  Unlike past events where rain was either the norm or threat, this year was just shy of perfect.  The only thing that could have made it better for me was my golf game.  Ah….but there’s always next year to look forward to.

• Your Directors thank all our Members for your 2015 support, great sportsmanship, uncompromising dedication, and commitment to help make CTGA the best golf organization in the greater Austin area.
• Several CTGA milestones were realized this year…several of which we mentioned at our Annual Meeting on Saturday.  A full 2015 recap will be sent out soon.

2015 FALL CLASSIC RESULTS

As you’ll all see by the attached Results, no other golf league offers the diverse competitions we have throughout the year, culminated by our great Fall Classic.  To those who played this final event, we hope you had a great time and we look forward to seeing you there again next October.  To those who, unfortunately had to miss this event, we hope you’ll be able to add it to your “priorities” next year.

Above are the 4 major results of our 2-Day event, including:

            Medal Play and Trash Results

            2-Player Team Results

            Year-long FedEx Cup Finals Results

            Year-long Kodak Challenge Final Results

Congratulations to all our Fall Classic competition winners.  I won’t even try to list all our weekend winners here, so enjoy the attachments.

I will, however, single out several important people who helped make our 2015 Fall Classic one to remember…….

• Kevin Lowe, Scott Preece and Steve Barnes, our At Large Directors, who, as with all our 2015 events, were the ones who helped make our pre-start and post-play activities flow smoothly.  These guys are the cornerstone of our tournament day activities every event;
• To Sean Nunez who has the responsibility for managing all the aspects of our finances every tournament.  It’s his commitment that ensures the success of our annual Fall Classic.
• To Mike Cearley and John Vayo for their volunteer help to ease the burden of all that needed to be done during these 2 days;
• To our members who took it upon themselves to chip in with assistance on Saturday and Sunday;
• And lastly, to our Catering Crew….

1     Cathy Lowe for the timely arrival and set-up of our Saturday food

2     Leigh Nunez and Kristi Rosselot for the timely arrival and set-up of our Sunday food

3     Sean Nunez and his “Green Egg” for the great brisket on Sunday

4     Leigh Nunez again for Salsa and our Sunday chocolate chip cookies

5     To our Suds & Soda crew of Kevin, Scott and Mike Cearley for having our brew, sodas and water on ice and ready to quench our thirst

6     To Josh Lockhart, Legacy Hills Tournament Director, for his great help to make our day at Sun City one to remember

7     And finally, to the 70 CTGA members who joined us on this picture perfect weekend.

And finally, there’s no rest for the weary…..Our first official 2016 tournament is on Saturday, October 24 at Morris Williams.  Format will be our 4-Player Team 6+6+6 event.  To those not familiar with this format, the 1st 6 holes will count the two Low Net Scores of the Team, the 2nd 6 holes the 3 Low Net Scores and the last 6 holes will count all 4 player Net Scores.  A fun format that gets all Team players involved.  Sign up deadline for this event is Monday, October 19.

SEE YOU ON THE FIRST TEE….