OFWW Newsletter August 2022
Message from President
We are just passed the halfway point of the 2022 season. It has been a good season so far. I am pleased to see the big turnouts we have been having for the play days and the bashes.
We have successfully completed the transition to Golf Genius for our signups and scoring and after some growing pains the system is working well and has greatly improved the signup process and provided real time scoring and results. Many thanks to Brent and Tim for all their hard work with Golf Genius.
We raised the dues for this season to $30 dollars and the extra money has enabled us to provide beer and soft drinks for many of the bashes as well as lunches at several of the bashes. The refreshments have been well received and we will look for ways to be able to provide refreshments at most or all the bashes going forward.
The club has announced the first annual superintendent’s golf tournament August 13th at 9 am with the proceeds going towards their continuing education costs so they can maintain a class A status with the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA). I think this is a great cause and encourage your participation. You should have received a note from Golf Genius with the sign-up information.
The club has implemented combo tees and marked the scorecards, but we have not adopted it yet for our playdays and events. To implement it we will have to obtain everyone’s default tee box elections and manually enter that information into Golf Genius for each course. This is a big task and will require communication and planning. We don’t have a date for its implementation yet. We will keep you posted on this.
Please feel free to send me a note with any of your comments or suggestions.
Hit them straight and enjoy the rest of the golf season.
Edwin Goldman.
August Bash
If you need to cancel during the signup period you can go into Golf Genius during the signup period and cancel. If you need to cancel after the signup period please send an e mail to both Tim and Stan letting them know as soon as possible including the night before. Timothy Lovell <Timothy.Lovell@clubcorp.com>; Stan Coburn stancoburn20@gmail.com. If you don’t cancel you will still be charged the registration fee.
Sign up will be using Golf Genius. Please look for the mail with the sign-up link or you can go to KCC-OFWW.GolfGenius.com
2022 Bash Schedule
The monthly bashes are a team event and a great way to meet new people and compete for slightly higher cash prizes.
The bashes are generally held the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 9am except for January (3rd Tuesday) and December (1st Tuesday).
August 9 - LAKE
September 13 - ISLAND
October 11 - MARSH
November 8 - FOREST
December 6 - LAKE (1st Tuesday at 9:30 for Holiday Bash)
*Subject to change by golf shop with notice!
July Bash Results
Please feel free to send Stan a note with any comments or suggestions. Stancoburn@embarqmail.com.
Play Days
The play days are a great way to have a tournament type competition and win some money. Stroke play in one of 3 flighted fields for a very small entry fee. You sign up for any available tee time and you can meet other golfers by signing up to play with different golfers each time.
You can also find the results for each play day under the results tab on the OFWW website.
Couple of things to note:
You do not need to check in at the pro shop before the play day. The starter notes the information for billing.
You must enter your score in the Golf Genius app. You do not need to turn in a paper scorecard.
You do not need to enter your score into the GHIN system. The pro shop transfers it over.
Payouts for winning are now credited to your golf shop credit book account once a month. Players should check the amounts to verify they are correct. Questions about the amounts should go to Tim.
The play day schedule for August is:
August 2 – Island - Playday
August 4 – Island – 1 Interclub Team @ 9 – LP ahead
August 9 – Lake - BASH
August 11 – Island – 2 Interclub Team @ 9 – NP
August 16 – Forest - Playday
August 18 – Lake - Playday
August 23 – Island - Playday
August 25 – Marsh - 2 Interclub Team @ 9 – NP
August 30 – Marsh - Playday
Golf Genius OFWW Member Portal
All of the content on the old OFWW Web Site has been moved to the Golf Genius Member Portal. Please visit the GG OFWW Member Portal in a browser WWW.KCC-OFWW.Golfgenius.com or using the GG App every once in a while. Lots of good information, play day and bash results, event sign up and other information. Updates and Training materials, including FAQs to help with the complete transition to Golf Genius (GG) can be found under the “News” tab.
OFWW Interclub
The Kingwood OFWW has two teams that participate in the "North Houston Retired Senior Men's Golf Association". Each team plays home and away matches at other participating clubs, usually on Thursdays. It is a great way to meet people, participate in exciting competitions and play different clubs for just a cart fee. You do not have to play every week.
From March to October, the teams play weekly matches with 11 other country clubs in the North Houston and Montgomery County area. The clubs include April Sound, Atasocicta, Bentwater, Elkins Lake, Hearthstone, Lake Windcrest, Northgate, Panorama, River Plantation, Walden Lake Conroe and Walden Lake Houston. It is a great way to play these other courses for just a cart fee.
Joe Blankenship - Captain Marsh Team (joeblankenship54@gmail.com)
or
David Bradley - Captain Lake Team (dandbbradley@outlook.com)
Or reply to OFWWkingwood2022@Gmail.com and one of the captains will contact you.
The summer break is coming to an end and the 2nd half of the season is scheduled to start in early August. It is not too late to join a team. As of 6/23/2022 the Marsh team was in 6th place with a record of 8/8/0 and the Lake team was in 7th place with a record 7/9/0.
OFWW Member Hole-In-One
If you get a hole in one during a playday or Bash to please notify Tim Lovell at Timothy.Lovell@Clubcorp.com and Jack Alexander at Jalexand76@Aol.com about that. The Golf Genius system doesn’t necessarily flag your hole in one, for example if your score on that hole is tied with somebody else. Please tell Tim the hole and course, witnesses, club used, enclose a picture if you took one etc.. If you are in the hole in one pot Tim can get the payout process started.
Please do participate in the HIO pot. Currently we have 56 participants out of over 150 active golfers in the OFWW so clearly room for more.
2022 OFWW Officers
Please feel free to reach out to any of the officers with your questions, comments, and suggestions. The board works hard with the club pros, primarily Tim, to run the play days, bashes, and other events.
2022 OFWW Officers
President Edwin Goldman
VP Greg Jensen
Secretary David Wenner
Treasurer Frank Zampello
Tournaments Stan Coburn
IT Support Brent Johnston
Lake Team Captain David Bradley
Marsh Team Captain Joe Blankenship
Communications Jack Alexander
In Memoriam, OFWW members current or prior.
ID Neel passed away 7/3/2022.
Rodney Williamson passed away 7/20/2022. Rodney was President of the OFWW in 2013 and 2014.
Rules Question on Balls Hit into the Woods
We have gotten some questions recently on the rules about what happens when a ball is hit into the woods and some questions about why some of the woods are marked with a red line and can play as a lateral hazard and some woods do not have any markings and should be played using the lost ball rule.
The KCC local club rule is that unless the wooded area is marked as a hazard (red line or red stakes) it is not a hazard. If the ball goes in there the usual rules apply. Ie. If the ball is lost or hit out of bounds (white line or white stakes or clearly in someone’s lawn) then the local rule is you drop it in the fairway (not rough) closest to where it went into woods for 2 stroke penalty. If the ball is found then you have option to drop within 2 club lengths not closer to the hole for 1 stroke or go back on the line between ball and flagstick as far as needed and drop for 1 stroke or go back to tee and hit another shot for 1 stroke (stroke & distance).
Whenever in doubt after your shot play a provisional and make sure to announce it is a provisional.