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CCGA Publication ccgagolfredding.com Volume 01 January 2010
Happy New Year
The Churn
Creek Golf Association Board wishes to extend to all its members a very happy
New Year
CCGA
Christmas Tournament Results
This year’s event was a great success and we thank
all that braved the bad weather to participate in this worthy cause. Special
thanks to Charles Gilbreath who did an outstanding job putting this tournament
together. Last but certainly not least we thank the Churn Creek Lady golf
Association for their contribution in donations of toys and food to help our
charity event even.
Below are the results of our tournament winners.
OPEN LOW GROSS: 40 - Brandon Ketchum-- $ 40.
OPEN LOW NET: 35 (tie-breaker)
Kenneth Gunter -- $
35.
SENIOR LOW GROSS: 38 – Jim Zeigler -- $ 40.
SENIOR OPEN LOW NET: 32 – Ron Rowton -- $ 30.
Closet to Pin # 5: 2 ft. 11 inches – Jim McClure -- $ 10.
Closet to Pin # 7: 24 feet – Paul Zichichi -- $ 10.
Special Thanks for CASH
DONATIONS from Dan Harrison (given back his winnings) $ 30, Mike Denton $ 20,
& Tom Baird $20 = TOTAL- $ 70.00!!
The winner of the membership
renewal drawing was Charles Hall. You can probably find him on the driving range if
you have any thoughts of congratulations.
Happy Birthday wishes for January 2010;
We wish to extend the
happiest of birthday wishes to the following members and spouse;
Mrs.
Sharon Lifka 1/6, Don Carver 1/7, Mrs. Jean Carver 1/6, Leandro
Bortolazzo 1/9, Mrs.
Kathleen Vasilakis 1/9, Jim McClure 1/10, Mrs. Jennifer Phelan 1/12, Ron
Hein 1/15, Loren “Woody” 1/16, Nick
Masellis 1/16, Mrs.
Karen Chatin 1/17, Tom
Galles 1/17, Joe Cook 1/19, Craig Burkett 1/22, Jim
Carter 1/26 Don Northam 1/29 and Mrs. Bernice Northam 1/29,
If you have been left off this list we either
do not have your information or my tired old eyes missed it and I apologize. Now
you can update your info as you pay your dues. If you want to get Birthday
kudos for you and your wife make sure we have your BD’s
From Woody’s Perch,
“The rules of Golf”
1. Players
A and B are partners in a four-ball competition. A was practicing putts on the
4th green after B drove from the 5th tee. Was this a in breach of Rules?
2. When marking the position
of a ball, must the ball-marker be placed behind the ball, or may it also be
placed to the side of or in front of the ball?
You will find the
Answers to Woody’s Perch Quiz on the last page.
Letters to the Editor
Hey Rick
A few of us were wondering or
suggest that we make Number #9 hole a par 5! It seems that not too many people
have much chance to reach that green in three to have a chance for a par.
Birdie is really out of the question. Since they took down the tree in the
middle of the fairway #3 we could make that a Par 4. What do you think?
Tom Devore
Tom,
I have spoken to the powers to be and the
consensus is Number 9 is what it is. The purpose of the game of golf other than
frustrating the hell out of you is to challenge your skill and ability to
adjust your game. Every course has a signature hole that is usually the hardest.
Number 9 is Churn Creeks. On the Number
3 hole it has become a fairly easy par 5 since the trees were removed. So there
you have your stroke you were looking for on number 9. Then there is always the
option of that course up north with the giant Windmill J
Ed
Dear Editor
Could you please pass on to
the membership; Churn Creek Golf course management and staff wish you and your
families a wonderful Holiday Season. We thank you all so much for your
patronage and loyal support you generously gave us throughout the year. You
made all of our jobs here at Churn Creek a pleasure! So here’s to you from all
of us as we wish you all good health, happiness, and prosperity in 2010
Sincerely;
Cece Corbett
For; Bob, Stephen, Cece,
Richelle, Eric, Randy, Caleb, and June
Dear Churn Creek Crew
On behalf of everyone I can say we
appreciate the appreciation. Thank you for all that you all have done in making
this a wonderful place to play.
Ed
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New rules for Senior Golfers for January
2010
Rule 2.d.6 (b)
A ball hitting a tree shall
be deemed not to have hit the tree. This is simply bad luck and luck has no
place in a scientific game. The senior player must estimate the distance the
ball would have traveled if it had not hit the tree and play the ball from
there.
Submitted by Jack Hurlburt
Editor’s monthly golf joke:
After church one Sunday, one of the congregants
walked up to the priest and said, "Father, is it a sin to play golf on
Sunday?” My son," said the priest, putting his hand on the man's shoulder,
"I've seen you play golf. It's a sin any day."
Laws of Golf
LAW 1: for January 2010
No matter how bad your last shot was, you should
have Inner peace knowing that a shittier one is yet to come. This law
does not expire on the 18th hole, since it has the supernatural tendency to
extend over the course of a tournament, a summer and, eventually, a lifetime.
Submitted by Ron Hein
Tournament events schedule update:
Here are the
tentative dates for 2010. CCGA reserves the right to change dates in accordance
to our CCGA by laws for the betterment of the tournament and or its members in
general.
CCGA 2010 ACTIVITIES SCHEDULE
CCGA Saint Valentine Day Massacre
NCGA 4 Ball Net – 2 man/1 best
ball--- Saturday, Feb.13, 2010
NCGA Zone Qualifier -- 4 man/2 best
ball --- Sat & Sun., Mar., 6&7, 2010
CCGA String and Throw Tournament Saturday, March 20
CCGA Devil Ball Tournament
NCGA Senior 4 Ball --- 2 man/1 best
ball--- Saturday,
NCGA Net Amateur Full Handicap—Saturday,
CCGA Club Championship – Saturday & Sunday, Sept.,
25&26, 2010
CCGA, Toys for Kids Charity
CCGA Travel Events Schedule
Wednesday, May 19, ---------- Sevillano Links (Tentative
Date)
Saturday, August 14, ----------
Wednesday, September 8, ----
Saturday, October 16, -------
December Golf one liners;
Golf is a game that needlessly prolongs the lives of
some of our most useless citizens.'
If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's
recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.
“Bob Hope”
Picture of the Month
Paul Zichichi takes a break from his job at
Gorton’s Fish
Sticks to play in the CCGA Christmas Charity
The Lighter Side;
Unlucky Sam
Dame Fortune was seldom kind to Sam. Although
Sam had a real zest for life he was constantly beset by bad luck. He loved
poker but poker did not love Sam; he played the stock market with great
anticipation but always seemed to be the one who bought high and sold low. His
life seemed to be full of more downs than ups.
His greatest delight was his golf game. Not
that Sam was a great golfer; in fact, he never managed to break 100, but the
odd shot that somehow ended up in the general area he had in mind was enough to
keep his hopes alive. Finally Sam became ill and passed away. But just before
he died, he asked that his remains be cremated and his ashes be scattered just
off the fairway on the ninth hole of his home course.
Accordingly, a gathering assembled to carry
out Sam's wishes. It was a bright sunny day and was going well. Then, as the
ashes were being strewn.... a gust of wind came up and ... blew Sam out of
bounds.
Website update
Hopefully by the New Year we
will have our “New Look” website up and running smoothly. Our web designer
Barbara Kapsenberg has spent countless hours in recreating a new fresh look for
the site. New features for the membership use include a message board for all
to use. Here you will be able to post news of events, parties, and items for
sale. For the CCGA Board we will have other data base access to make their jobs
much easier. All of which sounds boring
I’m sure. For me as we put many hours in this to see it coming to a visual
conclusion is exciting. I will keep you all informed in coming days on this.
The Morris Code;
Thursday morning
Boys
Answer to Woody’s
Perch Quiz;
1. Yes.
In match play, A is disqualified for the 5th hole. B incurred no penalty since
A's breach did not assist him (Rule 30-3f).
In
stroke play, A incurred a penalty of two strokes at the 5th hole. B incurred no
penalty since A's breach did not assist him (Rule 31-8).
2. There
is no restriction. However,
if a player positions his ball-marker in front of the ball on the putting green
and in the process does something to the green which might influence the
movement of the ball when played, e.g., presses down a raised tuft of grass, he
is in breach of Rule 1-2.
Placing
a ball-marker in front of the ball is not recommended but it is not a breach of
Rule 16-1a because this Rule permits touching the line of putt in lifting a
ball, and marking the position of the ball is part of the lifting process. Bet
you didn’t know that..
CCGA Editor and Publisher, Rick Faller
Thank you to all that have
contributed to the success of this newsletter. We encourage all members to be
part of this newsletter by sending in jokes, questions, viewpoints, and even
complaints to our Letters to the Editor
at twophy@hotmail.com
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CCGA Elected Board of Directors 2010
President ---------------------Brandon
Ketchum
Vice President---------------Craig Burkett
Secretary---------------------Kenneth
Gunter
Treasure----------------------Ron Hein
Tournament Chairman----Lee Lamp
Handicap Chairman-------Tom Baird
Rules Chairman-------------Loren Woodmansee
Activities/Promotion-------Charles
Gilbreath
Website Administrator
Newsletter editorial--------Rick Faller