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Duel in the Desert
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Get ready for the 1st Annual Duel in the Desert Tournament to be held in November! This is a club vs. club event with only pride on the line!
· Date: May 19th, 2012
· Time: 8:00 AM
· Course: Francisco Grande Golf Resort in Casa Grande (link contains course details and directions)
· Price: $50 (includes golf, cart, trophy fund, and lunch)
· Players: 12 players from each club will be allowed to play (24 total), so first to RSVP below AND pay will be chosen.
o Note: if you already see 12 players from your club sign-up below, you should still sign-up below in case backups are needed.
· Format: Team net stroke play (see Format section below)
To register for this event, simply enter your intentions to play in the blog below and include the following:
· Tee box you will be playing from (see Rules section below for tee box selection details)
· Payment choice (see Payment section below)
· If paying by check, I will send you my mailing address
· If paying by credit/debit card, please include your email address as I will be sending you an invoice from my PayPal account. Please note I will be including the service charge which PayPal charges. This will be $1.80.
· Format is individual stroke play incorporating handicaps, course slope and rating.
· Each club’s score will be the sum of all players’ Net Difference.
· We will use the Target Score system to calculate a Net Difference that will be used to compare all results so that everyone is competing on the same playing field. Net Difference will be calculated as follows:
o Course Handicap = Handicap * Course Slope / 113
o Target Score = Course Rating + Course Handicap
o Net Difference = Gross Score – Target Score
· Handicaps will be captured as of the last update (May 15th) as calculated by Stracka.
o Only players with valid handicaps will be allowed to play.
· Gross score will be compared against your Target Score to calculate a Net Difference (see example below)
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Stracka Name
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Handicap |
Tees
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Rating (B)
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Slope |
Course Handicap |
Target Score |
Gross Score (F)
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Net Difference |
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Pete-HEFF-L
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17.0
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Back
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70.4
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129.0
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19.4
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89.8
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90.0
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0.2
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· Please provide your scorecards to Pete or Bruce after your round.
· Each player will need to select a tee box they will play from so we can secure the slope/rating for your Net Diff calculations.
· Handicaps will be captured as of May 15th, 2012.
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Tees
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Yardage
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Rating
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Slope
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Black
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7,545
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75.3
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130
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Copper
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6,941
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73.0
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124
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Blue
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6,476
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70.1
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120
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Green
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5,840
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67.3
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115
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Green (W)
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5,840 |
72.8 |
120 |
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Red (W)
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5,224 |
69.1 |
114 |
· For a score to be valid, the player MUST hole out… no Gimmies!
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Time
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Description
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6:30 - 7:20 AM:
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Golfers Check-in and Warm-up · Please check-in at the pro shop before you warm up. |
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7:20 - 7:45 AM:
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Announcements and pictures |
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7:45 AM:
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Golfers get inside carts |
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8:00 AM:
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Tee-time |
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1 - 3 PM:
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Lunch and awards ceremony |
Sign-ups
Phoenix #008:
11. Pete-HEFF-L (Blue)
SAGC:
8. Breaker-80 (Blue)
Pairings
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Starting Hole - Cart
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Full Name
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Stracka Name
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Tees
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Handicap
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Course Handicap
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Target Score |
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1A – 1
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Bruce Taylor
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ArizonaBlue
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Green
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15.9
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16.2
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83.5
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1A – 1
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Mike Smith
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cabslamer
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Blue
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14.8
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15.7
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85.8
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1A – 2
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Pedro Lopez
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Pete-HEFF-L
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Blue
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15.9
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16.9
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87.0
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1A – 2
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Jo Ann Schlott
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rltr10m
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Red (W)
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19.0
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19.2
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88.3
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1B – 1
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Lee Shainen
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lshainen
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Blue
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8.9
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9.5
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79.6
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1B – 2
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JOSE COLANTRO
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kblacaun
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Blue
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9.0
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9.6
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79.7
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1B - 2
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Andrew Foutz
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Andrew Foutz
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Blue
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12.8
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13.6
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83.7
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18A – 1
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Mike Shira
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mshira
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Blue
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11.3
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12.0
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82.1
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18A – 1
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Matt Bentson
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AirFed
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Blue
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13.0
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13.8
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83.9
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18A – 2
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Joseph Mattrey
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josephmattrey
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Blue
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15.3
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16.2
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86.3
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18B – 1
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Sam McClung
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drsam
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Green
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27.3
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27.8
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95.1
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18B – 2
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Jerry Goulart
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tothetop777
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Blue
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1.8
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1.9
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72.0
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18B – 2
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Jorge Mendivil
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Webo
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Blue
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23.1
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24.5
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94.6
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17A – 1
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Todd Becker
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Break-80
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Blue
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8.2
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8.7
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78.8
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17A – 1
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Sandra Becker *
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N/A
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Red (W)
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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17A – 2
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John Limberg
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AZballer
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Blue
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20.7
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22.0
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92.1
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17A – 2
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Billy Corwin
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bcwin1
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Blue
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13.2
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14.0
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84.1
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17B – 1
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Erick Jakel
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Erik Jakel
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Blue
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18.5
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19.6
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89.7
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17B – 2
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AARON KRASNOW
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akrasnow
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Blue
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4.5
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4.8
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74.9
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17B – 2
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Arky Muscato
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arky
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Blue
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21.6
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22.9
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93.0
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| Comments (183) | |
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Pete-L
5/22/2012 8:12:45 AM Congrats to the SAGC for winning the Duel in the Desert. We'll get you guys and gals next year! |
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ArizonaBlue
5/21/2012 10:41:24 AM Here is a link to the final results of the 2012 Duel in the Desert: http://www.ushandicap.com/my/m.. |
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Webo
5/21/2012 10:02:59 AM I think my score was 114, but everyone needs to know that I killed 1689 mosquitoes out of the 1893 that bite me. |
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ArizonaBlue
5/19/2012 9:52:53 PM Congratulations to my fellow SAGC members as we beat the Phoenix #008 members in a close competition. Final results will be posted on Monday. I will post a link once I have uploaded the file. |
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ArizonaBlue
5/18/2012 2:32:37 PM Weather forecast: 65* starting out in the morning going up to 89* by noon. Winds at about 4 MPH. Couldn't ask for better conditions for the Duel. |
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ArizonaBlue
5/18/2012 10:34:57 AM Jerry G has a good suggestion: Instead of one CTTP contest and one longest putt contest with each player putting in $5, we will have four CTTP contest ... one each of the par 3s ... and one longest putt contest. Cost is still $5 per person ... participation is optional ... if you don't want to play, you don't have to do so. This gives more opportunities to share the fun. |
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Pete-L
5/18/2012 10:16:08 AM Table updated above with correct tee box selections for bcwin1 and akrasnow. They both initially selected Copper and changed to Blue. Course Handicaps and Target Scores updated appropriately. |
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ArizonaBlue
5/17/2012 11:50:52 PM The trophy and medals have arrived ... just in time! |
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BUCKNUT
5/16/2012 10:36:33 AM Damn! I'm jealous....yall have fun. |
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tothetop777
5/15/2012 6:43:34 PM Nice pairings. Random? Man why couldn't you at least make my group 18A Bruce? I wanted to see how accurate my driver is to put the ball in your back pocket. FOUR! $1 on closest to pin? $50 Bruce! I will let you press in the Bar after the round! LMAO. Hey, I heard the green tee boxes have been removed. Call them and verify before we get there. |
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ArizonaBlue
5/15/2012 2:36:33 PM CLOSEST TO THE PIN CONTEST: There will be a closest to the pin contest on the FG Signature Hole which is Hole #3. We would ask that everyone contribute $1 to this contest which will be collected on Saturday. |
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Pete-L
5/15/2012 1:17:00 PM Greetings everyone! A few announcements for this weekend's Duel in the Desert event: 1) The pairings are released and are available in the blog above. 2) Directions (12684 West Gila Bend Highway, Casa Grande Arizona 85193) - From downtown Phoenix: - Take I-10 East towards Tucson. - Stay on I-10 East for 32 miles and exit AZ-387 South (make right at top of ramp) for 9 miles - Turn Right (West) onto AZ-84 (Gila Bend Highway). Head West for 5 miles until Resort on right - From Tucson: - Take I-10 West to Casa Grande - Take Exit 194 Florence Blvd and make a left onto Florence Blvd. - Take Florence approx. 10 miles and we are on the right hand side 3) When you arrive, check-in at the pro shop as they will have your information. 4) Come look for us somewhere on the range or the practice greens. We will have announcements and pictures around 7:20. Not sure exactly where until Saturday, but come look for either Bruce or myself afte |
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Pete-L
5/9/2012 10:33:34 AM Allright... we are all set for next week! We have a total of 19 official players and one guest... total of 20 players. Wanted to remind everyone of the schedule for Saturday. 6:30 - 7:20 AM: Golfers Check-in and Warm-up. - Please check-in at the pro shop before you warm up. 7:20 - 7:45 AM: Announcements and pictures 7:45 AM: Golfers get inside carts 8:00 AM: Tee-time 1 - 3 PM: Lunch and awards ceremony Let the trash talking begin! |
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Break-80
5/7/2012 9:26:11 PM I plan to play for the tucson squad and my wife is willing to play if allowed. she has a USGA handicap and would be playing from the red tees and I will be playing from the Blue tees. I will pay by Pay Pale or check. teambecker@comcast.net |
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Pete-L
5/2/2012 11:49:08 AM We are a little over two weeks away and things are heating up! As some of you already knew, I backed out a few weeks ago due to my daughter's Pre-K graduation being re-scheduled for this day. I found out a few days ago it was re-scheduled yet again... same day just later in the afternoon, so I will now be attending. Jo Ann from SAGC is already talking some serious trash, but we'll see who's laughing at the end. Let's get that trash-talking started!!! LOL |
