07/11 Meeting at Currie Park

NEXT MEETING scheduled August 8th @ Currie Park 6:30 pm

PLEASE NOTE!!!!  All meetings will be held at the Currie Park Club House, at 6:30pm.  In the past, Currie used to have meetings to share information and allow for some discussion.  We are attempting to restart those meetings which will be conducted the second Wednesday of each month.

Past Event Summary (Mike Kessler)

Currie Irish 4 ball

Hawthorne Hills Net Partners

Whispering Springs 2 ball of 4 man

Results are posted on the Website click to see Results

Upcoming Events Explored

New Berlin Hills – sign up

Brown Deer – sign up

Club Championship (Mike Kessler) - Discussion about the event options to change from Flights to Gross & Net or a combination of all of the above.   Watch for a Survey questionnaire to be sent to the membership.  Questions like are you playing for the money, plaque, find out who is the best player in the club or flight.   At the August 8^th meeting, there will be an open discussion to allow members to voice their concerns with the different options.  Concluding the August 8^th meeting a decision will determine what the Club Champion setup.

1^st Team Report (Jim Fossett) – Where are low handicap players?  Events are falling on unfavorable dates for Currie players, format is not liked by some, and pace of play is ridiculous.  With Dretzka waffling that they would have a team; allowed for the format to be tweaked back to the old format minus stroke play.  Informally, there are number of first team players across the county which prefers the head-to-head matches.

2^nd Team Report (Jack Bruss) – 62 point lead; Captain Jack says get busy to win more points!  Next two matches are at Whitnall (lineup set) and Currie (We need some volunteers to do some spotting).

Tour of the County (Bill Zolandz) – Handicap rating and slopes different from Blue Golf and scorecards; Bill is going to use slope and rating on Blue Golf

Currie Match Play (Michael O’Neil) – matches are on schedule 2^nd round is underway

MCPLA (Bob Freuck) – Arnold Walker @Brown Deer, the applications are available – 12 players have signed up already.

WPLA (Steve Jaeger) – 90 players signed up for the State @Glen Erin there are about 12 Currie players – Good Luck!  see who is playing?

Membership Report (Rich Saks) – no report

Treasury Report (Tom Condella) – no report

Handicap Report (Mark Cuthbert) – no report (Player of the Year Points continue to be tallied)

New Business

No shows at events after tee times have been published – there have been some folks missing tee times after the tee times and pairings have been finalized.   If you are unable to play, please notify somebody that you are not going to be there.   For NO SHOW; NO CALL players you’ll need to pay Green Fees, payable to Currie Park Men’s Club (see ByLaws  Article X – Club Events Section 2. “…must find a substitute or pay the associated event fees.”)

Events allowing selection of tee markers discussion – Tournament Director Kessler will determine the tees based your handicap and the event format.  This is in attempt to simplify the handicap calculations for events similar to those events played throughout the State and County. Survey Results regarding desired tee to play. 17% A Must; 36% No Matter; 19% Tell People; 28% Two Divisions.

Currie Cup (Director Kessler) – there is not a number of players that we will cut-off at; the target is to get as many as possible to participate. August 4th is the sign up cut-off date. On August 5th, there will be a draft following the TOC Event at Currie. Mark your calendar to play and stay for the draft. Get signed up – we are currently at 23 players.

You are all invited to play in 37th Annual Challenge Match MCPLA vs. NIMAGA.   print application