GROSS SCORE WITH A TWIST - May 10, 2017

Greetings Sun Hills Ladies!

I hope you noticed the name of Wednesday's POD has been changed from "Crystal Ball" to "Gross Score".  The reason for this is 2-fold.  One is that the "Guess" sheet was messed up and everyone wasn't listed.  Second, the instructions for 9/18 hole guessing weren't clear.  Those 2 things would have resulted in 5 DQs which was not acceptable.  By using your Gross Score and giving it the "Twist" made the play fair for all.  The "TWIST" was pars on holes 5 and/or 14.  I apologize for the mess, and hope to think these things through better in the future.

We had 37 ladies play on Wednesday.  Thanks for coming out and enjoying the day!  Congrats to the winners!

SUN HILLS 2 WOMEN BEST BALL TOURNEY

Sun Hills Ladies!  The 4th Annual Sun Hills Ladies 2 Women Best Ball tournament is just around the corner.  This year it will be held on Thursday, June 1st.

We would like to invite you all to come out and support this tourney if you can.  We have a great sponsor with Coates Electrical and support a wonderful charity...Coats for Kids!  There are great tee prizes, lunch and an auction that the proceeds go to Coates for Kids!  We have participant from all over the state who play in the tourney and would love to see Sun Hills have great participation!

You can pick up an entry form at the Pro Shop.  If you have any questions, please give Dodie or Mike a call.  We would love to see you there!

CHICAGO PUTTS - May 3, 2017

Greetings Sun Hills Ladies!

What a great week we had for the first POD of May!  Our participation is increasing...36 ladies!  Keep encouraging your friends to come out and enjoy this great time of year!  We were able to get 3 flights in each group this week!  There were a few less in the 9 hole group so we could only pay 2 places in the B and C flights.  But hey!  it's getting better!

From looking at your scorecards, there was some awesome putting going on!  Congrats to the winners!

This coming Wednesday is the ever popular Crystal Ball with a Twist!  So get your psychic on and come on out!

3 BLIND MICE - April 26, 2017

Greetings Sun Hills Ladies,

This week we did have league play!  However there were just 11 ladies braving the cold and wind.  And, to make my job easier, they were all 18 hole players!!  Thanks!  We had Mike and Daniel draw the Blind Mice for the competition.  They were holes 3, 6, 7, 12, 13, & 17.  You ladies who placed this week may want to thank them!

Congrats to you brave souls!

GUTTS - April 19, 2017

Hello Sun Hills Ladies!

Here it is the 3rd week of the 2017 season.  We are happy to see ladies come out and play and enjoy the fair weather.  We only had 27 ladies who had the GUTTS to  play this week. LOL!  The weather was cool but nice.  There were 12 who played 9 holes and 15 who played 18.  We had 2 flights and paid 3 places in the 9 hole group.  There were 2 flights and 4 places paid in the 18 hole group.

This coming week has a foreboding forecast, so if it's raining, please call to check if we are having league play.  And grab your friends who have signed up but not played yet!  We miss them!!

Here are our GUTTSY winners!  Congrats!

PRO's TIP OF THE MONTH

New Rule Changes:

The USGA recently changed a rule which has caused a lot of controversy on the putting green over the past year. The old rule stated that if your ball or ball marker was moved during the act of marking your ball or during the stroke or set up the player was deemed to have caused it to move and was penalized one stroke and the ball was to be replaced before the next stroke.  Now the rule states that there is no penalty if the player’s ball or ball marker is accidentally moved by the player. The ball is simply replaced and you play on without penalty. (In the case where the ball on a putting green moves due to natural causes; wind, water or gravity, you must play the ball from where it has moved to, without penalty.) 

This new rule will be a “Local Rule” until it can be changed in the official USGA/R&A meeting in 2020.

So don’t worry if you accidentally move your ball or ball marker while placing or replacing your ball on the green.  Nor if you drop a glove or hat on your ball while marking it, or bumping it inadvertently while addressing it before the stroke!!

TOSS 1 PAR 3 & 1 PAR 4/SIDE - April 12, 2017

Greetings Ladies!

Week 2 is in the books!  Imagine that!  Still going with a slow start - only 32 ladies played.  But, hey, this is just the beginning.  We did get 2 new members!  Welcome Jacquie and Jolene!  We love having you!

This week we had 20 ladies play 9 and only 12 play 18.  This gave us pause when we were dividing up the purse.  We knew we were going to run into small things along the way and this is the first.  After some discussion we determined the best was to divide the purse was by person.

We knew we would be paying more 9 hole places because there were more ladies playing there.  So as you can see, with dividing the money by number of players in each group, we were able to pay 4 places in 2 flights for that group.  Alternately, we only paid 2 places in 2 flights for the 18 hole group.  PHEW!  If anyone has any questions about how we did this, please contact Dodie for help.

Now then...here are the winners for this week.  Congrats to you all!  And, thanks for supporting Sun Hills Ladies!!