2-24-10  Gentlemen,

The most consistent thing I will remember about the winter of  2009-10 is I cancelled more tournaments than we played.  The tournament for Wednesday February 24th has been cancelled.  Forecasted light dusting of snow Tuesday with an overnight low of 28 degrees will give us an extended freeze delay before the course opens up some time later in the day.  Please check with the Golf Shop if you want to play later in the day.  The high is expected to be 48 and sunny and it is really hard to predict this one if the snow has not melted before the overnight freeze. 

Next week's format is a 2 Man Team Tournament called No Scotch.  Each man will play the other's tee shot(switching balls) and choose the best second shot.  From there, you will play a scramble.  There will be an AA/BB/CC/DD pairing if we have enough players.  If not, I will choose a different pairing next Monday.  The partial team handicap will be based on the pairings, but is used primarily to break ties like any scramble.  Since we have winter rules, you can avoid losing your partner's golf ball by marking the ball from the tee shot and using your own ball. It could get interesting when we play the balls down later in the year. Please take the time to sign up for the March 3rd tournament in the Golf Shop in the SMGA Binder. We only had 22 signed up for this week probably due to all the amateur weather forecasters in our club.  Keep those smiles on your faces and let's see them next week.

Denny Wiseman