Sterling Farms Men’s Club

The Club Championship Sign Ups end Wednesday night (May 20^th) at 8:00 PM. Follow this link and sign up immediately if you have not already done so: http://www.sfmensclub.com/club_championship_signup.html

In this letter I will be discussing the following:

• Club Championship Sign Ups End Wednesday Night at 8:00 PM
• President / VP Cup Weekend B this weekend
• Member / Member Sign Up later this month
• MGA Metlife Net Team Club Champions

We are hoping to get a final wave of sign ups for the Club Championship, especially in the D Flight (20 and over course handicap)! This is our only match play tournament. The tournament committee will be meeting later this week to seed the brackets (by handicap index).
For more information: http://www.sfmensclub.com/club_championship.html

The President / Vice President’s Cup is well under way. Last weekend we had a good number of qualifiers out on the course. This coming weekend we have 40 members qualifying. Good luck and don’t forget to keep the proper pace of play.

We had a number of issues this year with members trying to move qualifying groups. The following information is listed on our website, but I wanted to highlight it here as well. We make pairings for tournament qualifiers by:

• Requested dates of play
• Handicap
• Perceived familiarity with playing partners. The Men’s Club Board discourages regular playing partners qualifying together even though it may be necessitated if the number of people trying to qualify is limited.

What the above means is that we purposely put you with members you may have never played with before, or at least not your regular foursome. The intent is to make an atmosphere of tournament play (and possibly increase the stress level). So once you are paired in a group, any changes must be approved by the tournament committee.

Save the date: The Member / Member Tournament is on Saturday, June 27^th.
The cost is $75 per member. Sign ups will begin next week and will be available both on the website and in the pro shop.

Congratulations to Brian Farrell and John McGroarty who won the qualifier at Sterling Farms for the MGA Metlife Net Team Championship. Next up for this dynamic duo is the sectional qualifier in June. So wish them luck the next time you see them.
http://www.mgagolf.org/intraclub/query/catquery.html?doc_number=1677

All The Best,

Carl Gregorio
President

The Ike is next week:
http://www.mgagolf.org/intraclub/query/catquery.html?doc_number=1674

Save the Date: Thursday August 20^th
Vincent J. Sheridan Memorial Golf Tournament
More information to follow…

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Dear Fellow Golfers,

A few of our members recently asked us to put together a club qualifier for the MGA / MetLife Net Team Championship. Due to our member’s demand, we will be having the club qualifier over the next two weekends.  I will talk about this further at the bottom of this email.  I will also be covering the following:

• Summer Rules
• Club Championship Sign Ups
• President’s / Vice President’s Cup Update
• Latest Results
• Outstanding Members

The Rules and Tournament Committees have agreed to move to Summer Rules (from Winter Rules) effective immediately.  Summer Rules will govern all play until further notice (i.e. probably through the rest of 2009).  There is no more improving your lies without taking an unplayable penalty.  The USGA Rules of Golf still govern play as well as our local rules for Sterling Farms Golf Course.
USGA Rules of Golf: http://www.usga.org/playing/rules/rules.html
Local Rules: http://www.sfmensclub.com/local_rules.html 

The Club Championship sign ups begin this Friday (May 8^th).  The sign ups will be available both on the homepage of our website as well as on the bulletin board outside the pro shop.  This is our only match play tournament event.  So make sure you don’t miss it!
Club Championship Information: http://www.sfmensclub.com/club_championship.html 

Sign ups for the President’s / Vice President’s Cup Weekend B qualifier are still open through this Sunday!  Weekend A qualifier parings are currently posted on our website and on the bulletin board.
Weekend B Sign Up: http://www.sfmensclub.com/president_vp_cup_signup_b.html
Weekend A pairings: http://www.sfmensclub.com/President%20VP%20Cup%20Qualifier%20A.PDF
Tournament Flyer: http://www.sfmensclub.com/President%20VP%20Cup%20Flyer%202009.PDF 

The latest Weekend / White Tee results have been posted on the website and on the bulletin board.
Latest Results: http://www.sfmensclub.com/Results_2009_05_03.html 

A couple of our members deserve to be highlighted for their recent outstanding play.  The first is Rob Colucci who got a ‘hole in one’ during our Opening Event on hole number 15! 
The second member is Jim Romaniello.  Jim and his partner Pete Perimenis won our Opening Event (gross).  Yesterday Jim qualified in the Westchester Golf Association’s 90^th Amateur Tournament at Ardsley Country Club.  By qualifying Jim will now participate in match play June 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th at Fairview Country Club. Good luck Jim!
Congratulations to Jim and Rob!
90^th Amateur Tournament: http://wcga.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/wcga9/event/wcga93/index.htm

Sign ups for the MGA / MetLife Net Team Championship is at the pro shop only.  This is a two man (net) team event.  The cost to sign up is $20 per team.  Members are allowed to qualify either this weekend (May 8 - 10) or next weekend (May 15 - 17).  Please specify your preferred day to qualify.  We will contact each of the teams to discuss tee times and foursomes.  As with all qualifiers we try NOT to pair regular foursomes together.  Our club is allowed to send one team to the Sectional Qualifier.
MGA / MetLife Net Team Championship:  http://www.mgagolf.org/intraclub/query/catquery.html?doc_number=1677

All The Best,

Carl Gregorio

President
Sterling Farms Men’s Club
http://www.sfmensclub.com/

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Dear Members (and prospective members),

Last weekend we had a fantastic Opening Event.  There were 110 members playing in high 70 degree weather and we were the first to play hole #11 from the new blue tees (awesome)! We also played in just over 4.5 hours. The day was a complete success and the Board of Governors thanks everyone who participated or supported us.

Congratulations to our winners:
Jim Romaniello and Pete Perimenis (gross)
Mark Burns and Larry Holzman (net)

In this email I am going to cover:

• Tomorrow’s Demo Day
• President’s / Vice President’s Cup Sign Up
• Membership Fee Increase
• Results

Demo Day: Saturday May 2nd

Tomorrow is the Pro Shop’s Annual Demo Day. This event is a no holds barred way of swinging all the latest and greatest equipment out there.  Each manufacturer has knowledgeable representatives to answer all of your equipment questions.  This event always has a fantastic turnout. So come and check out what a square 3 wood or driver might do for your game, or maybe it’s checking out a new set of irons, or maybe just shredding some range balls with the aggressive grooves on the new wedges.

• Demo Day
• Saturday, May 2^nd
• 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
  * Callaway, Taylormade, Ping, Cobra, Titleist, Mizuno & more

President’s / Vice President’s Cup: Sign Up

Sign up for the President’s / Vice President’s Cup is currently under way!  You can sign up on the bulletin board outside the pro shop or on our website.  If you want to play on Weekend A, you must sign up by Sunday night.  You have an additional week to sign up if you are playing on Weekend B.  The qualifier is a great way to see what state your golf game is in this year.  It is the first time the pressure is on and scores are posted with the “T” (Tournament) designation.  So go sign up now!

President/VP Cup Flyer: http://www.sfmensclub.com/President%20VP%20Cup%20Flyer%202009.PDF
Sign Up Weekend A: http://www.sfmensclub.com/president_vp_cup_signup_a.html
Sign Up Weekend B: http://www.sfmensclub.com/president_vp_cup_signup_b.html
Tournament Description: http://www.sfmensclub.com/president_vp_cup.html

Membership Fee Increase

Our membership fees for Standard membership are going up $5 as of today.  This increase does not affect our Senior or Junior membership fees.  This means the standard fee goes from $60 to $65.
* I will not be changing the web sign up rate until sometime over the weekend (i.e. when I am done with the honey-do list).  So save yourself some money and go sign up online right now: http://www.sfmensclub.com/membership_signup_2009.html

Results

We are working out the kinks in getting results posted in a timely fashion.  The first week’s winners are now posted: http://www.sfmensclub.com/Results_2009_04_19.html
Feel free to let us know how you like the new results format: http://www.sfmensclub.com/feedback.html

Best Regards,

Carl Gregorio
President

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Tip of the Day:
Did you know that you can subscribe to the “Find a Partner” forum.  Once you register and then subscribe to this forum you will be notified by email when a new post is made.  This is a great way to find out if someone has an open spot for the coming weekend!

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