Monthly Club Meetings are held on the 1st Thursday of the month.
Our Next Club Meeting: Thursday, June 7 - 6:30pm - WP Bar Annex
- Wednesday, May 16
Tournament Tee Times Available and Tee Box Information coming
- Tuesday, May 1
Club President Article available
- Tuesday, May 1
Tournament Results available
- Sunday, April 20
Club Tournament Played
Our Next Club Meeting: Thursday, June 7 - 6:30pm - WP Bar Annex
- Wednesday, May 16
Tournament Tee Times Available and Tee Box Information coming
- Tuesday, May 1
Club President Article available
- Tuesday, May 1
Tournament Results available
- Sunday, April 20
Club Tournament Played
Monthly News and Highlights
We had a big turnout for the April “Pink” Ball tournament. 6 of the 18 groups turned in the pink ball. Unfortunately my team was not one of the six (I was not the one who lost the pink ball this time). The winners were the team of Steve Zaballos, Joe Massone, Mark Stowell and Mike Mendonca with a Net team score of 62. Congratulations!
Current Membership is 126. We are sneaking up on last year’s membership total of 130.
Rule of the Month: While playing the 12th hole, Player A has hit his approach shot onto the 13th tee box. He notices the group in front of them is in the 14th fairway. After hitting his shot onto the 12th green and noticing the other members of his group are still looking for a lost ball he decides to try and speed things up a bit and hit his tee shot on the 13th hole before going go to the 12th green and finishing. In the interest of pace of play and trying to speed up to catch up is he allowed to do this? See below for the answer.
50-50 raffle: Congratulations to Kevin Tibbetts the April winner.
Slow play consequences: We set the goal at 4 hours, 40 min. for our tournament rounds. At the last tournament, sadly, there were quite a few groups that exceeded that time and some by quite a bit. I know this because our starter logged the time each group started and I kept track of when groups come off the 18th green. I’ve now mentioned the consequences of slow play several times here in the newsletter so don’t be surprised if when you come off the 18th green your group is informed that you will all be accessed 2 stoke penalties for slow play. There will be no warnings. Don’t be the first group to be penalized. I noticed that some of you are taking way more than the allowed 5 minutes to look for a ball so I will be changing that down to 3 minutes. Play ready golf and keep it moving.
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Starting with the May tournament we will be playing the ball down. You may want to start getting used to playing the ball as it lies with no relief unless allowed under the local or USGA rules.
Speaking of the May tournament, it will be our first qualifier for the October Skins competition. The second round will be in July. Remember it’s a two round event so you have to play in both to win a qualifying spot. There will be 4 gross and 4 net winners. Please also keep in mind that you must also have played the qualifying number of rounds by the end of September to keep the spot should you earn one. As of right now the magic number is 4. If you win a spot in the skins competition and do not play and finish at least 4 tournaments by the end of September, your spot will go to the alternate player.
I thought I’d also give you a heads up about our June tournament. The format will be the 2 person team 6-6-6 format (Best Ball, Scramble & Alternate Shot). You will be allowed to choose your partner and of course must play in the same group with them. If you do not have one I will pair you up with one. You will need to indicate your partner when you submit your entry. Please make sure the person you indicate knows you will be partners. If there is a conflict I will make the decision on who will play with whom.
Rules Answer: The answer is no. While he is applauded for trying to speed up and catch the group in front of them, he is also disqualified from the competition. Rule 3-2 says that if a competitor fails to hole out at any hole and does not correct this error before making a stroke on the next hole the competitor is disqualified.
Are you posting your scores?
You can post scores from the link above....Under Handicap, Post a Score.
NCGA as a smartphone website where you can post scores directly - click here
They also have a NEW Mobile App to post scores - click here.
9th Hole Blue NCGA disk update.
The Blue NCGA disk on the 9th hole has been located on the upper tee box. (Upper Tee Box Location: The Blue tee box area hasn't been used for many years. If you are on the 8th green, looking left (east) you can see the railroad ties and steps for the tee box.) A group of us have been teeing off from up there for a few weeks now. At 566 yards (making it the longest hole on the course by 85 yards), it really changes the hole dramatically.
Plans still appear to be moving forward on making it available for play. If I can get assurances that they will, you can expect to see a grand reopening of the upper tee box for tournament play sometime soon.
Our Next Tournament
Date: Sunday May 20, 2012
Deadline: Wednesday May 9
Tournament Entry Fee: $50
Format: Regular stroke play with Net flights
Special Event: 1st round of October Skins qualifying
We had a big turnout for the April “Pink” Ball tournament. 6 of the 18 groups turned in the pink ball. Unfortunately my team was not one of the six (I was not the one who lost the pink ball this time). The winners were the team of Steve Zaballos, Joe Massone, Mark Stowell and Mike Mendonca with a Net team score of 62. Congratulations!
Current Membership is 126. We are sneaking up on last year’s membership total of 130.
Rule of the Month: While playing the 12th hole, Player A has hit his approach shot onto the 13th tee box. He notices the group in front of them is in the 14th fairway. After hitting his shot onto the 12th green and noticing the other members of his group are still looking for a lost ball he decides to try and speed things up a bit and hit his tee shot on the 13th hole before going go to the 12th green and finishing. In the interest of pace of play and trying to speed up to catch up is he allowed to do this? See below for the answer.
50-50 raffle: Congratulations to Kevin Tibbetts the April winner.
Slow play consequences: We set the goal at 4 hours, 40 min. for our tournament rounds. At the last tournament, sadly, there were quite a few groups that exceeded that time and some by quite a bit. I know this because our starter logged the time each group started and I kept track of when groups come off the 18th green. I’ve now mentioned the consequences of slow play several times here in the newsletter so don’t be surprised if when you come off the 18th green your group is informed that you will all be accessed 2 stoke penalties for slow play. There will be no warnings. Don’t be the first group to be penalized. I noticed that some of you are taking way more than the allowed 5 minutes to look for a ball so I will be changing that down to 3 minutes. Play ready golf and keep it moving.
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Starting with the May tournament we will be playing the ball down. You may want to start getting used to playing the ball as it lies with no relief unless allowed under the local or USGA rules.
Speaking of the May tournament, it will be our first qualifier for the October Skins competition. The second round will be in July. Remember it’s a two round event so you have to play in both to win a qualifying spot. There will be 4 gross and 4 net winners. Please also keep in mind that you must also have played the qualifying number of rounds by the end of September to keep the spot should you earn one. As of right now the magic number is 4. If you win a spot in the skins competition and do not play and finish at least 4 tournaments by the end of September, your spot will go to the alternate player.
I thought I’d also give you a heads up about our June tournament. The format will be the 2 person team 6-6-6 format (Best Ball, Scramble & Alternate Shot). You will be allowed to choose your partner and of course must play in the same group with them. If you do not have one I will pair you up with one. You will need to indicate your partner when you submit your entry. Please make sure the person you indicate knows you will be partners. If there is a conflict I will make the decision on who will play with whom.
Rules Answer: The answer is no. While he is applauded for trying to speed up and catch the group in front of them, he is also disqualified from the competition. Rule 3-2 says that if a competitor fails to hole out at any hole and does not correct this error before making a stroke on the next hole the competitor is disqualified.
Are you posting your scores?
You can post scores from the link above....Under Handicap, Post a Score.
NCGA as a smartphone website where you can post scores directly - click here
They also have a NEW Mobile App to post scores - click here.
9th Hole Blue NCGA disk update.
The Blue NCGA disk on the 9th hole has been located on the upper tee box. (Upper Tee Box Location: The Blue tee box area hasn't been used for many years. If you are on the 8th green, looking left (east) you can see the railroad ties and steps for the tee box.) A group of us have been teeing off from up there for a few weeks now. At 566 yards (making it the longest hole on the course by 85 yards), it really changes the hole dramatically.
Plans still appear to be moving forward on making it available for play. If I can get assurances that they will, you can expect to see a grand reopening of the upper tee box for tournament play sometime soon.
Our Next Tournament
Date: Sunday May 20, 2012
Deadline: Wednesday May 9
Tournament Entry Fee: $50
Format: Regular stroke play with Net flights
Special Event: 1st round of October Skins qualifying
| 2012 Schedule | |
| January 22 | Regular |
| February 26 | Regular |
| March 25 | Regular - Cancelled |
| April 22 | (+) TC Surprise (Color Ball) |
| May 20 | (+) Presidents - Skins Qlfr |
| June 24 | (+) TC Surprise (6-6-6) |
| July 22 | (+) Directors - Skins Qlfr |
| August 25/26 | (+) Club Championship |
| August 26 | (+) 2013 NCGA Qual (Sunday Only) |
| Sept 16 | (+) 2013 NCGA Qual |
| October 21 | (+) Skins Competition |
| November 11 | (+) TC Surprise (RWB) |
| December 9 | Regular |
| + = Additional Event | |
| Tee Times for May 20 Tournament | ||||
| Grp | Time | Player | Box | HCP |
| 1 | 7:30 | Paniagua, Tony | A | 9.4 |
| Keene, Jill | D | 19.9 | ||
| Falzone, Steve | A | 10.1 | ||
| Derdevanis, Jim | A | 17.1 | ||
| 2 | 7:38 | Pekkari, George | B | 14.8 |
| Vance, George | A | 12.3 | ||
| Davis, Steve | A | 9.2 | ||
| Tuailuuluu, Al | A | 9.0 | ||
| 3 | 7:45 | Pritchard, George | A | 7.2 |
| Bierman, Rick | A | 4.7 | ||
| Bierman, Shirley | D | 23.3 | ||
| Bierman, Steve | B | 26.7 | ||
| 4 | 7:53 | Williams, Hugh | C | 32.3 |
| Pike, Bob | C | 26.3 | ||
| Rivas, Gerry | B | 17.8 | ||
| Joseph, Tom | A | 15.0 | ||
| 5 | 8:00 | Lozano, Lou | B | 22.0 |
| Gant, Jeff | A | 5.5 | ||
| Gant, Chris | B | 24.2 | ||
| Milichichi, Paul | C | 23.0 | ||
| 6 | 8:08 | Love, Pat | B | 23.7 |
| Silva Dave | B | 17.8 | ||
| Henneuse, Robert | B | 18.6 | ||
| Mendelsohn, Ken | B | 27.5 | ||
| 7 | 8:15 | Becker, Larry | A | 12.9 |
| Stainken, Tim | B | 36.4 | ||
| Tibbetts, Kevin | A | 9.0 | ||
| Gil, Dan | B | 16.2 | ||
| 8 | 8:23 | Eltrich, Dennis | A | 11.2 |
| Eltrich, Geoff | A | 14.3 | ||
| Owen, Jacquie | D | 33.6 | ||
| Tung, Wen | B | 16.5 | ||
| 9 | 8:30 | Harding, Dave | B | 16.7 |
| Thomas, Gary | A | 13.8 | ||
| Hemenez, Mark | A | 5.0 | ||
| Klein, Dennis | A | 3.8 | ||
| 10 | 8:38 | Zwirek, Walter | A | 15.1 |
| Hamilton, Al | B | 22.3 | ||
| Freais, Dave | A | 8.4 | ||
| Grywczynski, Chet | C | 23.5 | ||
| 11 | 8:45 | Desanto, Mike | A | 10.5 |
| Jones, Mike | B | 22.4 | ||
| Sevieri, Rene | B | 19.0 | ||
| Sevieri, Janet | D | 30.9 | ||
| 12 | 8:53 | Goodman, Mike | B | 30.7 |
| Stevens, Dan | B | 18.9 | ||
| Chmielewski, Bob | B | 17.4 | ||
| Chmielewski, Sue | D | 28.2 | ||
| 13 | 9:00 | Vittoria, Paul | B | 16.1 |
| Petersen, Neil | B | 14.8 | ||
| Cortopassi, Fred | A | 14.4 | ||
| Lee, Jin | B | NH | ||
| 14 | 9:08 | Fraters, Glenn | B | 29.2 |
| Turner, Daniel | A | 11.0 | ||
| Hendrickson, Gary | B | 17.9 | ||
| Joseph, Joe | A | 16.5 | ||
| 15 | 9:15 | Zaballos, Steve | A | 15.3 |
| Mendonca, Mike | B | 24.1 | ||
| Stowell, Mark | B | 23.9 | ||
| Canterberry, Tom | B | 19.5 | ||
| 16 | 9:23 | Perry, Joe | B | 27.7 |
| Attinello, Joe | B | 25.6 | ||
| Nohr, Neil | B | 21.8 | ||
| Haslam, Ron | B | 20.7 | ||
| 17 | 9:30 | Pelicas, Armand | B | 23.9 |
| Deitrick, Brady | A | 9.8 | ||
| Goodman. Ken | A | 11.1 | ||
| Johnson, Joe | A | 13.0 | ||
| 18 | 9:38 | |||
| 19 | 9:45 | |||
| 20 | 9:45 | |||
Willow Park Golf Club
17007 Redwood Road, Castro Valley, 94546
Mail to: PO Box 2600, Castro Valley, 94546
For our expanded website
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Officers, Directors & Chairs
President • Tony Paniagua
Vice President • Mike Jones
Secretary • Doug Goodale
Treasurer • Robin Paniagua
Directors:
Jim Derdevanis • Mike DeSanto
Al Hamilton • Joe Johnson
Tom Joseph • George Pekkari
Chairpersons:
Membership • Larry Cobleigh
Tournament • Tony Paniagua
Handicap • Mark Hemenez
Webmaster • Steve Falzone
17007 Redwood Road, Castro Valley, 94546
Mail to: PO Box 2600, Castro Valley, 94546
For our expanded website
Click Here
Officers, Directors & Chairs
President • Tony Paniagua
Vice President • Mike Jones
Secretary • Doug Goodale
Treasurer • Robin Paniagua
Directors:
Jim Derdevanis • Mike DeSanto
Al Hamilton • Joe Johnson
Tom Joseph • George Pekkari
Chairpersons:
Membership • Larry Cobleigh
Tournament • Tony Paniagua
Handicap • Mark Hemenez
Webmaster • Steve Falzone
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