Message from your President - Feb 14, 2024
--- News for the 18 Hole League ---
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!
Next KWGA Playday: Tues February 20
February 20, 2024: “S & T’s” on Marsh* (Front shared with 9-hole League).
Check-in time, tent outside Pro Shop: 8:00-8:40
Please be on time! There is a 2-stroke penalty to a player that arrives after check-in, even one minute is considered late. Apply the two strokes to the hole you start on and indicate on your scorecard that the penalty was applied.
We are still collecting for HIO and Horse Race so bring $5.00 for the Hole-In-One Pot and $5.00 for the Horse Race if you want to participate in these games.
NEW! -POTS- NEW!
Bring your quarters if you wish to join in the various 50 cent pots.
18-hole league has 3 (CTP, Chip-ins, Low putts)
NEW: There will now be pens, instead of pencils to sign up (pencil can be too light to read).
NEW: PRINT YOUR FULL NAME (first and last). Signatures and initials are difficult to distinguish and decipher. So please just take a few more seconds to assure your name is LEGIBLE!!
NOT NEW, but still true: The Closest to the Pin markers are for those that put money in the POT. If you didn’t put money in the pot, please don’t sign your name.
Results of “Throw Out Three Holes” on Lake held Feb 13.
38 Players
Winners: Net to Par Score
Liz Curtis -8
Jenny Micheletti -6
Kakie Palmer -3
Lori Robertson -3
Jane Erwin -2
MaryRose Lebus -1
Brenda Simmons E*
Sarah Sharpe E*
Kristin Shelton E*
Susan Sowyrda E*
* Scorecard Playoff
Above winners will receive $4 credit
POTS
CTP: Hdcp 0-24 Jenny Micheletti Hdcp 25&up Susan Sowyrda
Low Putts: Hdcp 0-24 Jenny Micheletti 28 Hdcp 25&up Liz Curtis 30
Chip ins: Ginny Nash #1 & #7 Debbie Bradley #5 Lisa Stults #7
FUN DAY & Rules Clinic – held Wed, Feb 14
It was a FUN DAY! 23 ladies played in a 9 hole scramble on the Marsh course. The winning team of Brenda Simmons, Cathy Barrett and Joan Rendl each won a sleeve of golf balls provided by the Pro Shop. Play was followed by a delicious salad and soup lunch in the Cypress room. The Rules clinic was presented by Mr John Pederson (a rules official) along with Jim Kurtzeborn (Director of Golf), Stewart Pilgrim (Head Pro) and Chris Reiner (Tournament Operations Mgr) providing clarifications to questions posed by the group. We will request the handout is sent out to everyone.
And thank you to Mary Brenner for making the arrangements!
Yearbook Directory -verify your Info by Feb 16
KWGA is preparing the 2024 Yearbook directory and we need your help to verify our Master Roster. Thank you to all of you that have already responded!
IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO
Please click on the link below:
Fill in your information, then Submit.
https://www.mycontactform.com/hosted/form.php?formid=463696
Sign up to play or cancel your sign-up – by Sunday noon
Before the Sunday Noon deadline, you can add or cancel via the Golf Genius app or by replying to Tim’s/Chris’s sign-up email.
After the Sunday Noon deadline, follow your cancellation procedure:
This year for 18 Hole League: to cancel or add after the Sunday noon deadline.
TEXT BOTH Mary Brenner 713-206-0149 & Chris Reiner 713-647-1779
BE AWARE: Expect a transition period that some emails may still come from Timothy Lovell, while others will come from Chris Reiner.
Committee Member Volunteer needed - Photo Historian Someone willing to take pictures at various KWGA18 events, playdays, and tournaments throughout the year. Reply to this email if interested!
Calendar Look-Ahead for the 18-Hole League
February 27, 2024: President’s Cup Tournament and Luncheon
18 hole ringered (If you want your score to be ringered you need to hole out all the holes) tournament!
We will be playing a Pick your own 4 some 2 Best Ball event.
Our winners will be paid out from low team gross and low team net.
The Individual Net Presidents Cup Champion will be announced at the End of Year Banquet. The winner will stay hidden until the end of the year!
If you don’t have a team, sign up and we will make a team.
Optional lunch following play is included for prior Presidents and $24 member charged for members.
Sign up will be in golf genius for all members (lunch and play separate sign up).
March 5, 2024: “Ace of Aces” on Forest
March 12, 2024: “Blind Criss Cross on the Marsh”
Handicapping Rules – new 2024
World Handicap System- Three key changes in 2024
1) A lower minimum length for a golf course to obtain a Course Rating™ and Slope Rating™
Before 2024, an 18-hole course had to be at least 3,000 yards to receive a Course Rating and Slope Rating (or 1,500 yards for 9 holes).
With the 2024 WHS Revision, the yardage requirements have been cut in half, to 1,500 and 750 yards, respectively. This is good news for golfers who regularly play par-3 and shorter-length courses and have wanted those scores to count toward their Handicap Index®.
2) A new treatment of 9-hole scores
In 2023 and previous years, 9-hole scores were combined in the order posted to create an 18-hole Score Differential™. This meant that a 9-hole score could have been combined with another 9-hole score from days, weeks, or even months before – which at times lead to volatile results.
Today, when a player posts a 9-hole score, it is combined with their expected Score Differential over 9 holes to create an 18-hole Score Differential for immediate use – with expected score based on the player’s Handicap Index at the time the round is played as well as a course of standard difficulty.
3) An updated approach for holes not played
Prior to 2024, when a hole was not played (due to darkness, for example), the score recorded was a net par.
With the 2024 revision, when 10-17 holes are played, an 18-hole Score Differential is determined by adding the player’s Score Differential from the holes played to an expected Score Differential for the number of holes not played. Since a player’s expected score is not specific to a course or reliant upon the course’s stroke index allocation (as net par was previously), this will lead to more consistency.
IMPORTANT TO NOTE: You cannot play less than 9 holes to be able to post your score for handicap purposes. And if 10 to 17 holes are played, post your score using the HOLE-BY-HOLE score posting option.
