CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF SINGLES GOLF IN AMERICA
Seattle Chapter - American Singles Golf Association — February 2013
President’s Corner
Spring is just around the corner so I'm
into yoga and strength training to get ready
for the golf season and hope you are preparing too. Have to avoid injuries so we
aren't side lined when the sun does come
out. We have golf events already planned
for February 24th at Legion and Dungeness March 23rd and Pt. Ludlow March 24th
so sure hope you can participate. Those
are always fun courses to play no matter
what the weather. The annual audit is
completed. Kudos to Karen Kohler for
doing such a great job with the financial
records. All the committee chairs are working diligently to ensure we have a successful year. A big thank you for all their efforts.
Our next meeting is Tuesday, February
12th. We will have a dessert auction fund
raiser to help assist with the annual Christmas party, so bring your appetites and
checkbook. Hope to see you there.
~Carletta Barnes
1st Golf Event of 2013
American Legion February 24th
The 1st official Seattle ASGA golf event
of the 2013 season is scheduled for Sunday, February 24th at the American Legion
Golf Course in Everett. The cost will be
$38.00 and the tee times will start at
11:00. The deadline to get your green
fee to our treasurer (Karen Kohler) is
Friday, February 15th.
Karen's address is:
4111 133rd Ave. SE
Bellevue, Wa. 98006
Please make checks payable to Seattle ASGA. Power carts are extra and
paid at the pro shop the day of golf. I will
make reservations for dinner after golf at
a restaurant near by.
Because it is a full moon weekend
(and prayers, crossing fingers and toes
and anything else I can think of) it should
be a beautiful sunny day.
Plan to join us!
~Mary Jo Eland, [email protected]
206-697-5093
Sequim Trip Announcement
March 23rd and 24th
Ah, spring in Provence. Blue skies,
sunshine, ocean breezes, the scent of
lavender in the air. Please plan to join
your fellow ASGA members as we welcome spring back to the Pacific Northwest in our own version of Provence.
That‟s right, it is time for the Seattle
Upcoming Events Include (see SinglesGolf.com/events)
 ASGA in Hawaii. March 16-23, 2013. Ritz-Carlton Kapalua. Seven
Days in Heaven. See attached Flyer.
 Orlando's Sunshine Fling - March 8-10, 2013 at Mission Inn Resort
and Club, Howie-In-The-Hills, FL. Two nights, two rounds of golf, all
food and famous hospitality at this lush private resort. Details & Registration form at SinglesGolf.com/events
 ASGA's Memorial Day Weekend - May 24-27 or May 23-26, 2013.
Dates and location to be confirmed early in 2013.
Office Hours: 9:00am to 2:00pm, M-F (Eastern)
National Office: 704-889-4600 or 1-888-GOLFMATE
Chapter‟s annual visit to sunny Sequim,
Washington.
Spring officially arrives on March 20 and
the Sequim golf weekend starts on Saturday, March 23, 2013 with a round of golf
on the Cedars at Dungeness course in
Sequim. The cost for this event is just
$44. Daylight savings time will have begun, so we will have plenty of daylight to
complete the round. The early afternoon
start time of 12:15 p.m. allows for a leisurely drive from the I-5 corridor on Saturday morning.
This event is planned as a weekend
event with a round at Port Ludlow on Sunday, March 24, 2013, which is just off the
Hood Canal bridge as you are driving toward the Seattle-Everett area from
Sequim. George Weller is the host for the
Port Ludlow portion of the weekend. Four
tee times have been reserved at Port Ludlow, with the first tee time at 11:03 a.m..
The cost of the Port Ludlow event will be
$35 to walk or $45 with a power cart
(prices to be confirmed- please see newsletter schedule for official sign-up costs).
A block of 10 double queen rooms has
been reserved at the Quality Inn & Suites
in Sequim for the night of March 23. When
calling to claim one of the rooms, ask for
Regular Meeting Date: SECOND TUESDAY of each month
Next Meeting: February 12th, 2013
Meeting Location: The Big Fish Grill 10426 Northup Way,
Kirkland, 98033
Our Website: seattle.singlesgolf.com
(See next page for list of officers and board members.)
To join, renew dues, make a change of address, phone, etc.,
call National Hotline at left or go to www.SinglesGolf.com/join
Seattle Chapter
of the
American Singles Golf Association
President
Carletta Barnes
425-330-7380
[email protected]
Chairman of the Board
Timothy Witthauer
206-242-2083 [email protected]
Communication Chair
Theresa Bronson
425-898-7486 [email protected]
Golf Chairs
Sorell Fischer
425-485-6151
[email protected]
Cheryl Faires
425-823-5245 [email protected]
Handicap Chair
Stuart Boyd
360-658-8641 [email protected]
Membership Chairpersons
Greg Brace
425-417-9098 [email protected]
Carolyn Hanley
425-483-6057 [email protected]
Newsletter Editor
John Sweeney
206-283-3079 [email protected]
Secretary
Barbara McDowell
425-644-5907
[email protected]
Social Chair
Nancy Carmen
425-337-3101 [email protected]
Treasurer
Karen Kohler
206-390-7330
[email protected]
VP
Lynn Johnson
253-332-4408
Webmaster
Patricia Bonner
206-789-0804
[email protected]
the ASGA rooms. The block is reserved
until February 23, 2013 and the cost is
$90, not including taxes, per night. Other
hotel options in Sequim are: Dungeness
Bay Motel, Econo Lodge, Red Ranch Inn,
Sequim Bay Lodge and Sundowner Motel.
There will be a dinner Saturday evening,
but the venue hasn‟t been selected.
The golf sign-up deadline is March 13,
2013, conveniently the day after the March
dinner meeting. This event has space for
only 24 players, so don‟t delay in getting
your checks to Karen Kohler. When sending your checks to Karen, please indicate
whether you plan to attend the Saturday
evening dinner.
Questions may be directed to Tim Witthauer, telephone number (206) 242-2083
or via electronic mail to:
[email protected]
Sequim accomodations list
Quality Inn & Suites, (360) 683-2800,
134 River Road
Dungeness Bay Motel (360) 683-3013,
140 Marine Drive
Econo Lodge, (360) 683-7113,
801 E. Washington St
Red Ranch Inn, (360) 683-4195,
830 W. Washington St
Sequim Bay Lodge, (360) 683-0691,
268522 Highway 101
Sundowner Motel, (360) 683-5532, 364 W.
Washington St
NOTE: This accommodations list is not
comprehensive. There are other accommodations in Sequim.
SASGA CUP
(Seattle Amercian Singles Golf
Association)
We have our own Ryder Cup, Apple
Cup and Orange Ball events. Now we also
have the SASGA Cup. The SASGA Cup is
patterned after the PGA's FedEx Cup except points for participation as well as
competition are earned. It is limited to
members only of the Seattle ASGA. The
prize is a nice trophy with your name engraved on it which will rotate to the next
winner each year, bragging rights and paid
green fees for a SASGA golf event of your
choice in the golf season following the
year you win.
This is a competition whereby points are
primarily given for participation but also for
being a member of a team that wins or
places and for winning individual contests
such as closest to the pin. You get SASGA
points for your participation in any ASGA
golf event whether it is ours, another chapter's or a national event as well as attendance at monthly member meetings and
other social events.
Points are awarded as follows:
 Attendance at member meetings and
other social events
5 points
 Attend scheduled SASGA golf tournaments (regular 18 hole weekend events
or Nine and Dines)
5 points
 Host and cohost a scheduled SASGA
golf tournament or social event
10 points
 Attend Ryder Cup, Apple Cup or Orange
Ball golf events
3 points
 1st Place in competitions
4 points
 2nd Place in competitons
2 points
 Hole-in-one
15 points
We will keep a running tab of the point
count and will publish it in the newsletter
periodically. The contest will start February 1st and conclude November 30th. The
SASGA Cup will be awarded in December
at our annual Holiday Party.
~Carletta Barnes, President
THE 2013 SEASON IS OFF TO
A GOOD START
With a tournament in February and a golf
weekend in March, we are off and running.
Thanks to those of you who took the time
to list the courses you would like our group
to play this season.
Your 10 top choices are:
 Wenatchee/Leavenworth weekend
 Apple Tree
 Harbour Pointe
 Druids Glen
 Gold Mountain
 McCormick Woods
 West Seattle
 Mount Si
 Willows
 Home Course
Several of you have offered to coordinate or assist with an event. Please call
me to get your selections scheduled on the
calendar. For anyone who has not coordi-
nated a tournament, easy step-by-step
written guideline are available by email.
We encourage a coordinator and an assistant for each event. If you‟ve sponsored a
tournament in the past, ask someone to
help you who has not had the experience.
Get involved, make new friends, have
more fun. Golf weather is just around the
corner (maybe).
On July 5, 1995, in Tampa Bay, Florida, while answering questions following
a speech, a reporter brought up the 26
year old question about Mr. Gorsky to
Armstrong. This time he finally responded, because Mr. Gorsky had died,
so Neil Armstrong felt he could now answer the question.
Here is the answer to “Who was Mr.
Gorsky?” In 1938 when he was a kid in a
small mid-western town, Neil was playing
baseball with a friend in the backyard.
His friend hit the ball, which landed in
Neil‟s neighbor‟s yard by their bedroom
window. His neighbors were Mr. and
Mrs. Gorsky. As he leaned down to pick
up the ball, young Armstrong heard Mrs.
Gorsky shouting at Mr. Gorsky. “Sex!
You want sex?! You‟ll get sex when the
kid next door walks on the moon!”
Sorell Fischer, Golf Chair
Out Of This World Humor
On July 20, 1969, as Commander of the
Apollo 11 Lunar Module, Neil Armstrong
was the first person to step on the moon.
His first words after stepping on the moon,
“That‟s one small step for man. One giant
leap for mankind.” Were televised to earth
and heard by millions. But just before he
reentered the Lander, he made the enigmatic remark, “Good luck, Mr. Gorsky.”
Many people at NASA thought it was a
casual remark concerning some rival Soviet cosmonaut. However, upon checking,
there was no Gorsky in either the Russian
or American space programs. Over the
years, many people questioned Armstrong
as to what the „Good luck, Mr. Gorsky‟
statement meant, but Armstrong always
just smiled.
~Contributed by George Weller
Editor‟s note: This story has been shown
to be false, although some believe it is
true, but it is a humorous tribute to Neil
Armstrong, who passed away on August
25, 2012, and was the first person to
walk on the moon.
About Our Members
Happy Birthday to these members:
Gayle Anderson - 03/04
Arlene Davin - 02/05
Mark Dickerson - 02/25
Janine Friesen - 02/25
Rick Frodsham - 02/05
John Tatsuda - 02/28
Martin Thielemann - 03/08
These members are up for renewal:
(date shown is last day of membership)
David Bishkin - 02/28/2013
Jackie Buroker - 02/28/2013
Ann Hinken - 02/28/2013
Tara Kinghorn - 02/28/2013
Terry Mead - 02/28/2013
Sherry Rye - 02/28/2013
Beverly Tharp - 02/28/2013
These members recently renewed:
Kent Christenson
Brian Lucarelli
These members did not renew their
dues:
(date shown is date membership expired)
Jennifer Alter - 01/31/2013
Sheila Dwyer - 01/31/2013
Carolyn Hanley - 01/31/2013
Karoline Kniffin - 12/31/2012
Steve Mills - 01/31/2013
Donald Vadset - 01/31/2013
Our chapter currently has 78 members.
SEATTLE ASGA 2013 GOLF CALENDAR
Fees payable to Seattle ASGA, mail to:
Karen Kohler
4111 133rd Ave SE
Bellevue, WA 98006
Day/Date
Course
Time
Fees
Deadline
Location
Coordinator
Sun. Feb. 24
Sat. March 23
Legion Memorial
Cedars at Dungeness
Port Ludlow
11:00
12:30
$38
$44
Feb. 15
Mar. 13
Everett
Sequim
Mary Jo Eland
Tim Witthauer
11:00
$35
Mar. 13
Port Ludlow
George Weller
Snoqualmie
Falls
11:30
$40
March 28
Fall City
Sorell Fischer
Sue Haley
Sun. March 24
Sat. April 7
* Includes cart
** Includes Range Balls
*** Includes Cart and Range Balls S Shotgun