OFWW Newsletter June 2023
Message from the President
As you are aware unfortunately Greg Jensen has resigned from his role as Vice President of OFWW.
I sincerely want to thank him for his input and efforts this past period. His contribution to your OFWW Board was much appreciated and valued.
In the meantime, Alex Mentakis has volunteered and been appointed by the Board to temporarily fill the position until the next election coming November. Thank you, Alex for doing so and welcome onboard.
The Nominating Committee will be proposing new candidates to fill all Board positions for next year and will actively be looking for members that are willing to serve the Association. Elections will be held during our November annual meeting breakfast.
Lastly, it is starting to look like the April and May rainy season may be finally over with summer on the way. No more cart path only, muddy fairways, soaked shoes, slow greens and no more 5-hour rounds please!
Having said that please make sure to play ready golf as much as possible and finish all preparations for your next shot while you wait to play so you are ready to go when it’s your turn. Stay hydrated and stay in the shade as it gets hotter and hotter in the coming months.
Edwin Goldman.
June 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@invitedclubs.com Stancoburn@embarqmail.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-OFWW2023.GolfGenius.com.
Please feel free to send Stan a note with any comments or suggestions. Stancoburn@embarqmail.com.
2023 Preliminary 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).
July 11
August 8
September 12
October 10
November 7
December 5
A social with beer and soft drinks is planned after the bash in the scoring area for all bashes except for November and December.
Please remember that this is a preliminary schedule and subject to change.
May 2023 Bash Results
The May Bash was a two best ball shamble. The weather was great and a great day was had by all.
Divot Days
None currently scheduled.
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 participants are sorted into 3 nearly equal groups based on a handicap ranking for skins game and for performance payouts.
The play day schedule for June is:
June 1 - Thursday - NP - 2x Sr Interclub - Lake
June 6 - Tuesday - Playday - Lake
June 8 - Thursday - Playday - Island
June 13 - Tuesday - Bash - Marsh
June 15 - Thursday - LP - 1x Senior Interclub - Marsh
June 20 - Tuesday - Playday - Forest
June 22 - Thursday - Playday - Lake
June 27 - Tuesday - Playday - Island
June 29 - Thursday - Playday - Marsh
We are continuing the OFWW policy of allowing any member to play the forward tees on the Island course without any restrictions. Please make sure you indicate that on the tee sheet when you sign up.
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 site at WWW.KCC-OFWW2023.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 the end of February to mid 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.
To join a team contact:
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.
OFWW Member News
OFWW Member Hole-In-One
If you get a hole in one during a playday or Bash to please notify Tim Lovell at Tim.Lovell@Invitedclubs.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 and win some money to buy your playing partners drinks.
2023 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.
2023 OFWW Officers
President Edwin Goldman
VP Alex Mentakis
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
Treasurers Report April 2023
The OFWW is currently tracking closely to budget.