2016 RLMGA ANNUAL MEETING
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January 27, 2016
AGENDA
• 2015
• 2016
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Year in Review
Some Stats
AWARDS
Road Trips
Election Results
2015 Board Members
Treasurers Report
Budget / Dues
Tournaments / Play Days
By-Laws Discussion
Special Notes
Scoring, Hdcpt & Posting
Guest Speaker
YEAR IN REVIEW
• 7 Tournaments with Food and Prizes
• Increased Tournament participation
– Average of 79 players per tourney
– Total Payout $5,157.50
• Prize Money increased from 2014 levels
• Play Days
– 44% of participants won $$$
– Over 2560 rounds played
• Multiple 50/50 winners
– Special Thanks to Sam Meale for moving to Charlotte so others were
able to win the 50/50 this year !
YEAR IN REVIEW
RLMGA : Fun, Food, and Friendship
Some Stats
Number of
Rounds played
Avg # of Players per
round
Total Winnings
TUESDAYS
1751
56
$7,523.00
THURSDAYS
817
29
$2,904.00
SATURDAYS
554
79
$5,157.50
POT OF GOLD
134
67
$1,647
YEAR IN REVIEW
RLMGA members were victorious at the BATTLE OF THE SEXES
And we will be the 2016 HOST for this event !!
YEAR IN REVIEW
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Bulletin Board – Jim Frater
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Winnings
Eagles
Hole in One Winners
Tourney info
News Articles
RLMGA Board Meeting Minutes
GOLFING ACHIEVEMENT
AWARDS*
Most Improved
Handicap 0-12
Handicap 13-25
Handicap 26- up
BOB MCDOWELL
JIM FRATER
DENNIS GASPARINI
6.2 to 3.2
21.6 to 15.9
26.1 to 19.7
• Each Player will get a $25.00 pro shop credit.
• Based on % change in INDEX from 3-15-2015 thru 11-14-2015
• Calculated by CGA system used by the Pro Shop
FLYING WITH THE EAGLES
2015 EAGLES
Hole
Club
Dist
Date
Vince the prince
R-2
6i
Nemeth, John
L-7
SW
Castellino, Tom
L-13
6i
Bodine, Jim (1st)
R-8
4H
Morton, Clyde
L-14
PW
Zupko, Ed
Bear Trail-13 Putter
Flower, Rob (1st)
L-4
8i
Jaco, John
R-9
6i
Flower, Rob (2nd)
L-6
7i
Davis, Gordon
L-1
8i
Green, Tom (1st)
L-6
GW
Nemeth, John (2nd)
L-2
LW
Bodine, Jim (2nd)
L-2
GW
Houff, Tom
L-7
8i
West, Dice (1st)
R-18
7i
Wilders, Tom (1st)
R-8
8i
Wilders, Tom (2nd) Tobacco Rd-18
8i
Green, Tom (2nd)
L-2
LW
West, Dice (2nd)
L-6
9i
Friedman, Tim
13
PW
Flowers, Rob (3rd)
2
LW
Green, Tom (3rd)
R-13
Putter
128
89
158
153
117
13 ft
120
135
135
137
115
70
77
120
135
130
133
35
115
40
52
30 FT
27-Feb
27-Feb
12-Apr
7-May
28-May
28-May
11-Jun
12-Jun
7-Jul
21-Jul
9-Jul
1-Aug
2-Aug
11-Apr
4-Sep
5-Sep
11-Aug
16-Sep
14-Oct
23-Oct
7-Oct
5-Nov
RLMGA “ACES”
2015 ACES
Zalar, Denny
Batchelor, Rick
Briley, Henry
Jaco, John
Davis, Gordon
Levitsky, Vince
Maggio, George
Farina, Bob
Hole Club Yardage Date
R-6
6i
138
12-Feb
L-8 5W
190 16-May
L-5
8i
126
11-Jun
R-6
6i
135
12-Jun
R-10 PW
112
24-Oct
R-6
7i
139
1-Oct
L-11 5i
156
25-Nov
R-10 PW
114
21-Nov
WOW These guys REALLY ARE GOOD!!!!
RLMGA
MONEY WINNERS 2015
COMBINED WINNINGS
Jim Candido
Robert Mudd
Jim Frater
$334.00
$331.00
$298.00
IRON MEN ( Total Number of Rounds Played)
Jim Frater
65 total (58 playdays)
Ed Zupco
63 total (56 playdays)
Jim Candido
62 total (55 playdays)
JUST LIKE THE LOTTERY
“YOU GOTTA PLAY TO WIN !!
ELECTION RESULTS
Treasurer: Ed Braks
Tournament Director: Bob Miller
Asst Tourney Director : Tom Wilders
Member-at-Large: Hank Yurow
Strong Turnout -- 79 votes cast
Special thanks to the Election Commish – Joel Peterson
RLMGA 2016 Board Members
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Pres- Paul Izzo
VP - Dave Gray
Secty – Gary Wintrode
Treas – Ed Braks
Tourney Dir – Bob Miller
Asst Tourney Dir – Tom Wilders
Memb at large – Jim Frater
Memb at large – Hank Yurow
2015 ROAD TRIPS
Date
# of Players
Charge
31-Mar MUNI
52
$208.00
20-May White
Lake
24
$96.00
28-May Bear
Trail
21
$84.00
23-Jul
Timberlake
28
$112.00
20-Oct Cutter
Creek
36
$144.00
161
$644.00
Total
Winnings
$208.00
$88.00
$84.00
$112.00
$144.00
$636.00
THANKS FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK
HUCK and DENNY
YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS ARE APPRECIATED
RLMGA
Financial Report – 12/31/2015
Actual
Receipts:
Dues
50/50 drawings
Merchandise sales
Other
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Budget
Variance
11,415 $
1,785
848
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14,073
10,875 $
1,500
8,608
5,414
180
1,589
389
16,180
10,100
5,250
500
Receipts vs. disbursements
(2,107)
(4,275) $
Balance - January 1, 2015
6,763
6,763
Balance - December 31, 2015 $
4,656 $
2,488
Disbursements:
Food & Beverage
Prizes
Webhosting
Merchandise purchases
Other
12,375
800
16,650
Note - available RLMGA logo merchandise at 12/31/15:
Hats - 16
Visors - 17
Ball markers - 85
540
285
848
25
1,698
(1,492)
164
(320)
1,589
(412)
(470)
2,168
RLMGA
Budget - 2016
Receipts:
Dues, less dues credit of $2,175
50/50 drawings
Merchandise sales
Disbursements:
Food & Beverage
Prizes
Webhosting
Other
Receipts vs. disbursements
Balance - January 1, 2016
Balance – December 31, 2016
$ 8,700
1,750
500
10,950
9,224
3,500
200
450
13,374
(2,424)
4,656
$ 2,232
2016 Tournament Schedule
*All Tourneys include food and prizes, USGA Rules & Guidelines, modified
by local rules Apply
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March 5
April 16
May 14
July 16
Aug 20
Sept 17
Oct 15
Nov 5
Breakfast Shamble
Spring Classic
Old Goats vs Young Bucks
Summer Classic
Rain Date
Fall Classic
Village Cup
MGA Challenge
First Playday March 8
Playdays TUES and THURS Local Rules
Tentative--POT OF GOLD July 9 and November 1
2016 Saturday Tourney
Food Selections
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Breakfast Buffet
Hot Hogs and Burgers
Deli Sandwiches
Steak Sandwich Buffet
Closing Day Brunch Buffet
2015 Board Recommended Changes to RLMGA Bylaws
Minor Changes
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Article III, Section 3. – Change “Annual dues are payable on or before February 1.”
to “Annual dues are payable at the Annual Meeting or not later than the first
tournament or play day, whichever comes first.” Reason: More reasonable
timeframe for paying dues.
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Article IV, Section 1 – Change “The Executive Board will be elected by the members
and will include a President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Tournament
Director, and two ad hoc' positions.” to “The Executive Board will be elected by the
members and will include a President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer,
Tournament Director, Vice Tournament Director, ‘ex officio’ past president, and two
members-at-large.” Reason: Correct omission.
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Article IV, Section 4 - Terms of Office – Change “The President shall serve a term
of two years (elected) and then become an 'ex officio' member of the Executive Board
until succeeded by the next retiring president.” to “The President shall serve a term of
two years (non-elected) and then becomes an 'ex officio' member of the Executive
Board until succeeded by the next retiring president.” Reason: Correctly reflect that
the position of President is not elected but filled by the succession of Vice President
to President after two year term.
2015 Board Recommended Changes to RLMGA Bylaws
Minor Changes
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Article IV, Section 4 - Terms of Office – Change “The Vice President (elected) shall
serve a term of two years and then succeed the President for a term (non-elected) of
one year replacing the outgoing President as 'ex officio' member of the Executive
Board.” to “The Vice President (elected) shall serve a term of two years and then
succeed the President for a term (non-elected) of two years replacing the outgoing
President.” Reason: Correctly reflect the succession of Vice President to President is
for a two year term.
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Article IV, Section 4 - Terms of Office – Delete “and succeed the Tournament Director
upon his retirement” Reason: Replacement of an officer is defined in Article IV,
Sections 5 and 6.
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Article IV, Section 4 - Terms of Office – Change “The Ad Hoc One shall serve a term
of two years and may be re-elected for an additional one-year term. The Ad Hoc Two
shall serve a term of two years and may be re-elected for an additional one year term.”
to “Two Members-at-large shall serve a term of two years and may be re-elected for an
additional two year term. For continuity, these terms should overlap and not run for the
same two year period of time.” Reason: Correctly reflect the titles for members-atlarge and re-election for a two year term.
2015 Board Recommended Changes to RLMGA Bylaws
Minor Changes
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Article IV, Section 8 – Responsibilities and Duties – Add responsibilities and duties
for Members-at-Large. Reason: Completeness of position responsibilities.
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Article V, Section 1– Annual Meeting – Replace “nomination of new officers” with
“installation of new officers”. Reason: Reflect current practices.
Cleanup (Grammar and wording) Changes
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General Changes – Grammatical changes and reduce redundancy Reason: Increase
readability.
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General Changes - Removed or modified “year specific” information. Reason: Reduce
the need for annual modification.
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Article II, Section 1. – Change “non-profit” to “a not for profit”. Reason: Technically the
RLMGA is not operating as an IRS sanctioned non-profit organization but the objective
of the RLMGA is not to make a profit, but rather cover annual operating costs.
2015 Board Recommended Changes to RLMGA Bylaws
Cleanup (Grammar and wording) Changes
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Article IV, Sections 3 & 4. – Restructured Section 3 – Nominating Committee and
Section 4 – Election of Officers into one section. Section 3 Election of Officers
containing subsections: Nominating Committee and Election Committee. Reason:
Present the election processes in a more logical and understandable manner.
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Article V, Section 2 – Changed “Quarterly Meetings” to “Executive Board Meetings”.
Reason: Title needs to reflect Section content.
Additional Topics
Special Notes –
Sign in at the Pro Shop before play
Tournaments
Sign up by 1PM the day before
USGA Rules and Guidelines
ALL SCORES THAT COUNT- “IN THE CUP”
Play Day games
Sign up by 4PM the day before
Local Rules Apply
ALL SCORES THAT COUNT- “IN THE CUP”
Establish your Tee
Yes COOKIES !!
RLMGA
LOGO CONTEST
The RLMGA logo contest had over a dozen entries.
Once all entries were in, we drafted a judging panel to review the submissions
After several iterations and combinations of a few entries, the panel presented
The board with a few options.
The Board then made a few additional comments and the LOGO was born!
Many thanks to all who contributed.
RLMGA
LOGO MERCHANDISE
Using the LOGO and some ideas from RLMGA members,
We offered some RLMGA Logo Merchandise this past year.
------Visors $14.00
------Hats $15.00
Ball Markers $5.00----
Handicaps and
Adjustments
Special Guest
MIKE TAYLOR
Definitions
• Handicap Index
– A number calculated from the 10 best of last 20 scores
• Course Rating
– Score a “scratch golfer” shoots from each tee
– Established by USGA by rating the course difficulty
• Slope
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The difficulty of the course for the “bogey golfer”
Used with handicap index to establish your handicap
The higher the slope, the higher your handicap
Longer courses have higher slopes
What does this mean?
• Handicap
– The number of strokes you are given to play
to the level of a scratch golfer
• Example
– Landing Course White tees = 69.7 rating/123
slope
– A scratch golfer would shoot 70 (69.7 rounded
up)
– A bogey golfer with a 13.6 index = 15
handicap would shoot an 85 (69.7 + 15 =
84.7)
Handicap Adjustments
• Each tee has it’s own course rating
– On the Landing:
• Red (64.2) < Yellow (68.0) < White (69.7)
• Scratch golfers would shoot:
– Red (64) < Yellow (68) < White (70)
• Example:
– Larry and Jeff are scratch golfers (0.0 index = 0
handicap)
– If Larry plays Yellow he would shoot …...
– If Jeff plays White he would shoot .....
Why Make Adjustments?
• Competition
– If Larry and Jeff are competing for money is
the competition fair?
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– Who would win every time if they shoot their
handicap?
• LARRY
– Why?
• BECAUSE LARRY IS PLAYING AN EASIER
COURSE
Adjustments for Competition
• To make the competition fair we have to
make adjustments based on the course
rating
– Larry would need to give Jeff 2 strokes
• White rating (69.7) minus Yellow rating (68.0) = 1.7
rounded to 2
• This is why the MGA makes adjustments
for players playing from different sets of
tees when they compete against each
other
How to make adjustments
• First
– Determine your course handicap using your
index and slope rating
• Second
– Adjust each person’s handicap based on the
course rating of the tees they are playing
– By:
• Subtracting strokes from players from forward tees
Example
• Clyde & Rob are playing a match on the
Landing
– Clyde plays White tees with a Slope of 123
• His handicap is 9 ( based on an index of 8.6)
– Rob plays Yellow tees with a Slope of 118
• His handicap is 10 ( based on an index of 9.8)
– To make the competition fair,
• Rob plays at 8 (10-2) and Clyde plays at 9
– Rating difference between White and Yellow (69.7-68.0=1.7)
More Adjustments for
Competition
• Individual Competition is at full handicap
– 100% of a players score on each hole counts
• Team Competition requires handicap adjustments
– Since not every player’s score on each hole counts
– Based on scientific and mathematical analysis:
• Higher handicappers have greater chances of getting net
birdies or eagles because of their variability of scores
• Lower handicappers get mainly pars and bogies and only
occasionally will get net birdies or eagles because of their
consistency
• Teams with large handicap differentials have a distinct
advantage over teams with near identical handicaps
– A 10 and a 13 is at a disadvantage to a 5 and a 18
• Handicaps must be reduced by a % depending on the type of
competition
Team Handicap Adjustments
• PER USGA GUIDELINES
– 100% Full Handicap
• Individual stroke play competition
– 90% of Handicap (Most RLMGA events fall in
this category)
• 2 man best ball competition
• 2 best balls of 4 competition
• 1 (or two) best balls of 3 competition
– 80% of Handicap
• 1 best ball of 4 competition
Summary
• For MGA play days and tournaments
1. Use index and tee’s played to determine handicap
2. Reduce handicap based on type team of competition
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80 or 90%
3. Reduce handicap for forward tee players based on
the course rating differential for the tees played by the
furthest back player
• This insures a fair and level playing field
OH YEA
12 OZ DOMESTIC BEERS
Hand in a Survey and get a Beer Ticket
In the lobby…Have a GREAT 2016