Rule changes for 2008

The following rule changes will take effect in 2008.

• We will use the RCGA handicap system provided by Island Springs. Thanks John Gibbs. With stroke control, this should bring everyone's handicap down slightly and have the same effect as raising the maximum handicap.

• The League fee will be based on a team next year, as it has been.

• The playoff format adopted this year will be used from now on. First half champion plays second half champion. If one team wins both halves, it will play the second place overall team.

• If a team defaults totally three weeks in a row without providing notification to the league President, that team will be expelled from the league. individual players may join another team.

• You must mark your ball so that you can identify it. A unique mark should be placed on the ball with an indelible marker.

• Stones in bunkers only are declared as movable obstructions. Rule 24-1 applies.
  

24-1 Movable Obstruction

A player may take relief without penalty from a movable obstruction as follows:

(a) If the ball does not lie in or on the obstruction, the obstruction may be removed. If the ball moves, it must be replaced, and there is no penalty provided that the movement of the ball is directly attributable to the removal of the obstruction. Otherwise, Rule 18-2a applies.

(b) If the ball lies in or on the obstruction, the ball may be lifted and the obstruction removed. The ball must through the green or in a hazard be dropped, or on the putting green be placed, as near as possible to the spot directly under the place where the ball lay in or on the obstruction, but not nearer the hole. The ball may be cleaned when lifted under this Rule.

When a ball is in motion, an obstruction that might influence the movement of the ball, other than an attended flagstick or equipment of the players, must not be removed.

(Exerting influence on ball — see Rule 1-2.)

Note: If a ball to be dropped or placed under this Rule is not immediately recoverable, another ball may be substituted.

• Gimmes are still not allowed. All players must hole out on every hole.
  

League Championship

In a tight match finished in near total darkness Longshots defeated MS Computers 28-26 on strokes.

Congratulations to Longshots team members.

In the scramble Mitch Gajda sunk a 15 footer on #7 to win the longest putt for Soo Mill and D'Arcy Keating for Get A Grip chipped a drive to within 4 feet for closest to the hole in three on #2.

The skins went to ANCU (birdie on #1), Get A Grip (birdie on #4), NAPA (birdie on #6) and Team Ward (eagle on #8).

Thanks for a great year. See you on the first Thursday in May next year.

We have a serious problem.

Here is the situation....

I finished and posted the statistics rather quickly on the weekend and then made a trip to Toronto and hadn't taken time to properly review and check the statistics.

I received a phone call last night from a league member asking me to review the Week 18 Results, as there appeared to be an inconsistency in the team score of the match between Team Ward and Garden River Truss Co.. Upon cursory examination, there was a potential problem with the team score in that the wrong team had been assigned the 10 points for team net strokes.

When I reviewed the Week 18 Results, the Team Scorecard - as submitted last week, and the actual scorecards, I found that Team Ward had incorrectly been rewarded the 10 points for low team net when Garden River Truss Co. actually had the lower net score. I can't explain how this got by Duncan and I last week, but it does have a significant impact.

Based on the updated results - and I did update and post all the revised statistics - the overall second place team is now Longshots.

We will have to have a brief team captain meeting at 5:00 PM to make sure everyone understands with what has happened.

I want to express my deepest apologies for making this most grievous mistake.

FedEx Cup Points and THE TOUR Championship

Someone asked me about the Cup system last Thursday. Here is what you need to know before Thursday's first round begins.

• The top 30 players in play-off FedEx Cup points qualify for THE TOUR Championship.
• Only the top 5 have a mathematical chance to win the cup. They are:

1. Tiger Woods 112,733 pts
2. Steve Stricker -3133
3. Phil Mickelson -4120
4. Rory Sabbatini -9145
5. K.J. Choi -9633

• If Tiger decides to stay home, he finishes at worst 6th.
• If Tiger plays, he finishes at worst 5th.
• Stricker must finish in the top 3 to have a chance to win if Tiger finishes out of the top 10.
• Mickelson must finish in the top 2 and Tiger must finish worse than 5th.
• Sabbatini and Choi must both win and hope Tiger finishes worse than 10th.
  

Team Numbers for 2008

1. MS Computers
2. Longshots
3. Team Ward
4. ANCU
5. Get A Grip
6. Soo Mill
7. Team Nadjiwon
8. Riddell's Raiders
9. NAPA
10. Brookfield Power
11. Garden River Truss Co.
12. Traders Metal
13. St. Joe's Hackers

Hole Assignments for League Championship & Scramble

Hole	Team
#1	Team Ward and Traders Metal
#2	ANCU and Garden River Truss Co.
#4	Get A Grip and Brookfield Power
#5	Soo Mill and NAPA
#6	Team Nadjiwon and Riddell’s Raiders
#8	CHAMPIONSHIP: MS Computers vs. Team Ward

Handicaps for League Championship

MS Computers

		HANDICAPS	First Half	Second Half
31	3	Stortini, Mark	15	14
32	3	Pritchard, Eric	9	5
33	3	Sigfrid, Dwayne	14	11
34	3	Hendershott, Joe	16	13
35	3	Aelick, Lloyd	14	16
36	3	Pritchard, Steve	--	--

Longshots

		HANDICAPS	First Half	Second Half
11	1	Stevens, Ed	8	7
12	1	Stevens,Cal	12	18
13	1	Elliott, Dennis	16	18
14	1	Haischrek, Boris	15	14
15	1	Palandra, Nick	12	17
16	1	Elliott, Lynn	14	13

Team Ward

		HANDICAPS	First Half	Second Half
41	4	Ward, Ken	17	18
42	4	Tasse, Larry	11	14
43	4	Crosby, Jim	18	18
44	4	Partridge, Rick	17	17
45	4	Discher, Don	11	11
46	4	May, Buddy	17	15

Individual Points Final Standings

Rank	#	Team	Player	PTS	AVG
1	32	3	Pritchard, Eric	120.0	7.1
2	12	1	Stevens, Calvin	112.0	6.2
3	126	12	Haner, Al	111.5	6.2
4	22	2	Nadjiwon, Bernie	106.5	6.3
5	23	2	Eddy, Paul	106.0	6.2
5	25	2	Stevens, Wes	106.0	5.9
7	34	3	Hendershott, Joe	105.5	6.2
8	31	3	Stortini, Mark	103.5	6.1
9	101	10	Barton, Ross	102.0	6.4
9	51	5	Gibbs, John	102.0	5.7
9	11	1	Stevens, Ed	102.0	6.0

Second Half Final Standings

Second			Second
Rank	Name	BEHIND	PTS
1	MS Computers	--	303
2	Get A Grip	28.5	274.5
3	NAPA	42	261
4	Team Nadjiwon	51	252
5	ANCU	62.5	240.5
6	Longshots	65	238
7	Soo Mill	65.5	237.5
8	Team Ward	68.0	235
9	Riddell's Raiders	77.5	225.5
10	Brookfield Power	80.5	222.5
11	Garden River Truss Co.	110	193
12	Traders Metal	169	134
13	St. Joe's Hackers	303	0

2007 League Final Standings

Overall		Total	BEHIND
Rank	Team	PTS	NEXT
1	MS Computers	602.5	--
2	Longshots	523.5	79
3	Team Ward	520.0	3.5
4	ANCU	491.5	28.5
5	Get A Grip	488	3.5
6	Soo Mill	485	3
7	Team Nadjiwon	481.5	3.5
8	Riddell's Raiders	468.5	13
9	NAPA	466.5	2
10	Brookfield Power	454.5	12
11	Garden River Truss Co.	389.5	65
12	Traders Metal	357	22.5
13	St. Joe's Hackers	196.5	160.5

Week 18 Scores

Week 18 Individual Points

Week 18 Team Standings

Week 18 Results

Week 18 Summary

League Championship

It was brought to my attention that there are conflicting versions of what was decided last September in reference to the following question:

"What happens when the same team wins both the first half and the second half?"

Answer 1 -- They win - no playoff.
Answer 2 -- The second place team in total overall points for the year plays the first place team.
Answer 3 -- Either the second place team from the first half or the second place team from the second half, whoever has more total points, plays the first place team.
Answer 4 -- ????

It seems to me that Answer #1 was what was decided because of all the possible combinations of teams that could legitimately make a claim to play in the final.

Comments please....

PROPOSED Rules for Final Scramble

In an ongoing effort to make the final scramble both fun and competitive I am proposing the following rules.

Please note rules #3, 8, 12, 13 and 14.

The spirit of the scramble is to have all team members playing at once. These rules are intended to lessen, but not nullify, the advantage of teams with more players and to speed up play.

In summary, the rules make it so all teams have four putts from each position on the green regardless of the number of players. Between tee and green teams with more than four players will lose one of their shots - that of the player whose ball position is being played.

Please provide feedback.

SCRAMBLE RULES

1. Teams consist of members of a single team.

2. A team may consist of any number of players.

3. There will be two team specials: Longest putt from on the green on #7 and Closest in Three on #2 and a team skins. Entry is $10 per team for each (total $20).

4. Players may hit in any order from the tee, fairway, or green.

5. All players play from the white tees.

6. The team captain determines which ball will be used for the next stroke.

7. All players on a team play off the tee.

8. When playing from any position not on the tee or green, if a team has five or more players, the player whose ball is being played cannot hit the next shot.

9. The position of play must be marked with a tee or other object.

10. Balls played from the fairway may be placed within one club-length of the position of play and no closer to the hole. Balls played from the rough may be placed within one club-length and no closer to the hole, but must remain in the rough.

11. Balls played from the green must be played from the same position.

12. When a ball is played from a hazard the player whose ball is played must hit the ball as it lies first. Other players may then place their ball as close a possible to the original position, no closer to the hole. Traps may be raked before each ball is placed.

13. If a team has three or fewer players, it will receive extra putts on the green so that each team has a total of four putts from each position. Any player may take an extra putt, but no player shall take more than two putts from any position. For example, if a team has only two players then each player takes two putts from each position on the green until the ball is holed.

14. If a team has more than four players, only four players will be allowed to putt from each position on the green.

15. DO NOT HOLE OUT MISSED PUTTS. The score of the first ball holed, even if by mistake, will count and that ends the stroke play for that hole.

16. All other rules of golf must be observed.

17. If in doubt about a rule, please ask for help. If you or your opponents cannot make a ruling, play two balls and determine the ruling later.

Scores and Week 18 Handicaps

Week 17 Team Standings

Week 17 Individual Points

Week 17 Results

Week 17 Summary