After attempting to hear how many might join the Annual Dinner Celebration of the Mens Club and getting Affirmatives from 57, Not Attending from 81 and no response whatsoever from 301, I have the following additional information:
Here is a limited time invitation to join your fellow Bal Mens’ Club members at our Annual Dinner on Tuesday January 10. The door will close by December 20th at the latest..and earlier as we hit the attending limit.
This is our 10th Dinner!
Place: Antica Trattoria in a strip mall at
Location: 5654 LAKE MURRAY BLVD LA MESA, CA 91942
Maximum attendance: 75
Price: $60 includes choice of 3 Appetizers, choice of 3 main courses (for which an invitation will be sent to those in the event to select ahead of time), dessert, and a dinner soft drink.
PAYMENT IS NON-REFUNDABLE.
FIRST PAID, FIRST IN.
You can
Open Bar at 5:00.
Dinner at 6:00.
Menu main course choices:
Soft drink with dinner (beer or hard liquor extra)
Gluton-free will be available, with advance notice.
There is ample parking in the strip center.
There will be raffles with $$ dollar rewards and probably Gift Certificates for some of the restaurants at which we have enjoyed Happy Hours and maybe even a golf course or 2.
Check in now! Hope to see (75 of you) there!
What are you waiting for????
WINNERS ONLY!
Low Net and Low Gross will be recognized and paid per flight, with the lowest being our overall Champion of Wednesdays!
Side Action (Venmo: daryx)
$20 - Big Game Hunter (Winner Take All Low Gross)
$20 - Net Game Hunter (Winner Take All Low Net)
$20 - Gross Skins
$20 - Net Skins with Par Validation
** Make sure to put skins, net skins or big game hunt in your message on venmo *
ELIGIBILITY
The following players are eligible for the tournament. If there are enough players who want to play but haven't qualified, there will be a "Wanna Be" Flight for them.
Name - Wins
WINNERS ONLY!
DO NOT ENTER YOURSELF !
I WILL ENTER ALL THE YEAR'S WINNERS SHORTLY
Team Event
League Site on GG: bpm.golfgenius.com
Primary Games:
2 MAN TEAM - BEST BALL Stroke Play
1 Low Gross - 4 Low Net @ 4 flights
CTP / CTP Sr
Side Action (Venmo: daryx)
$20 - Big Game Hunter (Winner Take All Low Gross)
$20 - Net Game Hunter (Winner Take All Low Net)
$20 - Gross Skins
$20 - Net Skins with Par Validation
** Make sure to put skins, net skins or big game hunt in your message on venmo *
Individual
League Site on GG: bpm.golfgenius.com
Primary Games:
INDIVIDUAL - Stroke Play
2 Low Gross - 6 Low Net @ 5 flights
CTP / CTP Sr
Side Action (Venmo: daryx)
$20 - Big Game Hunter (Winner Take All Low Gross)
$20 - Net Game Hunter (Winner Take All Low Net)
$20 - Gross Skins
$20 - Net Skins with Par Validation
** Make sure to put skins, net skins or big game hunt in your message on venmo *
Individual
League Site on GG bpm.golfgenius.com
Primary Games:
INDIVIDUAL - Stroke Play
2 Low Gross - 6 Low Net @ 5 flights
CTP / CTP Sr
2 Round Tournament:
2 Winners from each flight Net and Gross
Side Action (Venmo: daryx)
$20 - Big Game Hunter (Winner Take All Low Gross)
$20 - Net Game Hunter (Winner Take All Low Net)
$20 - Gross Skins
$20 - Net Skins with Par Validation
** Make sure to put skins, net skins or big game hunt in your message on venmo *
League Site on GG bpm.golfgenius.com
Primary Games:
INDIVIDUAL - Stroke Play
2 Low Gross - 6 Low Net @ 5 flights
CTP / CTP Sr
2 Round Tournament:
2 Winners from each flight Net and Gross
Side Action (Venmo: daryx)
$20 - Big Game Hunter (Winner Take All Low Gross)
$20 - Net Game Hunter (Winner Take All Low Net)
$20 - Gross Skins
$20 - Net Skins with Par Validation
** Make sure to put skins, net skins or big game hunt in your message on venmo *
3 rounds. Low Gross total is our Club Champ
Low combined Sat & Sun rounds Net is our Net Club Champ
League Site on GG bpm.golfgenius.com
Primary Games (Club Credits)
INDIVIDUAL - Stroke Play
2 Low Gross - 6 Low Net @ 5 flights
CTP / CTP Sr
Side Action (Venmo: daryx)
$20 - Big Game Hunter (Winner Take All Low Gross)
$20 - Net Game Hunter (Winner Take All Low Net)
$20 - Gross Skins
$20 - Net Skins with Par Validation
** Make sure to put skins, net skins, or big game hunt in your message on venmo *
3-2-1 Cha Cha Format Explained – Handicap strokes where they fall. Select 3 best balls on the 1st hole, 2 best balls on the 2nd hole, and 1 best ball on the 3rd hole. Repeat sequence throughout the round.
League Site on GG bpm.golfgenius.com
Primary Games:
TEAM PLAY - 4 Man
1 Gross - 5 Low Net @ 5 flights
CTP / CTP Sr
Side Action INDIVIDUAL ONLY (Venmo: daryx)
$20 - Big Game Hunter (Winner Take All Low Gross)
$20 - Net Game Hunter (Winner Take All Low Net)
$20 - Gross Skins
$20 - Net Skins with Par Validation
** Make sure to put skins, net skins or big game hunt in your message on venmo *
Individual event. Low Gross and Net winners in each flight.
League Site on GG bpm.golfgenius.com
Primary Games:
INDIVIDUAL - Stroke Play
2 Low Gross - 6 Low Net @ 5 flights
CTP / CTP Sr
Side Action (Venmo: daryx)
$20 - Big Game Hunter (Winner Take All Low Gross)
$20 - Net Game Hunter (Winner Take All Low Net)
$20 - Gross Skins
$20 - Net Skins with Par Validation
** Make sure to put skins, net skins or big game hunt in your message on venmo *
For those of you unfamiliar with The Firecracker event, here are the elements:
In rotating order, Player A tees from the Red tees on Hole 1 (and 5 and 9 and 13 and 17), the other 3 from the Whites.
Player A’s score + 1 the best score of the 3 from the whites is the total for that hole.
On the 2nd hole, the 2nd man on the scorecard hits from the Red tees and his score with the best of the then remaining 3 is the score for that hole.
3rd man plays Red tees on hole 3 (and 7 and 11 and 15) and
The 4th man then tees off on the 4th (8th. 12th and 16th) hole(s)
The round is Non-postable.
We would use 20% of each player's h/c.
League Site on GG bpm.golfgenius.com
Primary Games:
INDIVIDUAL - Firecracker
2 Low Gross - 6 Low Net @ 5 flights
CTP / CTP Sr
Side Action (Venmo: daryx)
$20 - Big Game Hunter (Winner Take All Low Gross)
$20 - Net Game Hunter (Winner Take All Low Net)
$20 - Gross Skins
$20 - Net Skins with Par Validation
** Make sure to put skins, net skins or big game hunt in your message on venmo *
Happy 45th Birthday to me! :)
I would love to have a team event with men and women and guests honoring the memory of the lady who gave me my love of the game, my mom Nancy. Bring your daughter, wife, or mother to play with you!
This round is posted to your GHIN.
League Site on GG bpm.golfgenius.com
Tournament Details:
The tournament will be an individual event (members only) with the fun of an optional FREE ENTRY Mixed Team Best Ball. My mom and I used to win the Father/Son so many times they had to change the name! There will be normal club credits for the individual event, and mixed will have special prizes for 1st 2nd and 3rd.
INDIVIDUAL GAMES (Members only)
1 Low Gross - 5 Net @ 3 flights
CTP / CTP Sr
MIXED GAMES (Man/Woman or Family Team)
INDIVIDUAL ONLY - Side Action (Venmo: daryx)
$25 - Big Game Hunter (Winner Take All Low Gross)
$25 - Net Game Hunter (Winner Take All Low Net)
$25 - Gross Skins
$25 - Net Skins with Par Validation
** Make sure to put skins, net skins or big game hunt in your message on venmo and a $5 donation to the American Diabetes Foundation in the name of Balboa Park Men's Golf Club Honoring Nancy Lovrenich.**
League Site on GG bpm.golfgenius.com
Primary Games:
Side Action (Venmo: daryx)
** Make sure to put skins, net skins or big game hunt in your message on venmo *
Always a fun event, the annual weekday combined score is flighted based on combined handicaps.
All Primary Games will be based on TEAM SCORE.
NET DOUBLE MAX WILL BE ENFORCED
This round is posted to your GHIN.
League Site on GG bpm.golfgenius.com
Primary Games:
INDIVIDUAL ONLY - Side Action (Venmo: daryx)
** Make sure to put skins, net skins or big game hunt in your message on venmo *
Chaps: Virtually all the Mondays immediately after a month with 5 Wednesdays - when we've typically played an Away event - have HOLIDAYS those Mondays.
So the best date/private club opportunity I can arrange for 2022 is the 5/23 set for this event. I recognize that there is a 2-man Combined score event at Bal2 days later but , heck, how often can we get to play a course as nice as Lomas Santa Fe??
BUT I NEED TO HAVE AN IDEA AS TO WHO WILL BE PLAYING THERE, so please sign up soon.
No drop-outs accepted afer 4/30 and the possibility of drop-ins after that date would be only the 1 or 2 openings I may have from incomplete pairings.
Our Annual Men’s Club 64 to 32 to 16 to 8 to 4 to 2 to 1 Match Play
Exemptions include but are not limited to past Match Play Champions, last year's Semifinalists, all 2022 Saturday Team Play participants, and current Board Members. The field of 64 will be filled by the next eligible entrants in the order of entry into the event. All others will be placed on a wait list, based on order of entry.
Click Here to See Results on the League Portal
Click Here for League Standings (WEDNESDAYS ONLY)
Click Here to see Player Stats for the League
Primary Games:
Side Action (Venmo: daryx)
** Make sure to put skins, net skins or big game hunt in your message on venmo *
League Site on GG bpm.golfgenius.com
Primary Games:
Always a fun event, the annual weekday shamble!
All side actions will be based on TEAM SCORE.
League Site on GG bpm.golfgenius.com
Primary Games:
INDIVIDUAL - Side Action (Venmo: daryx)
*** SEND TEAM MONEY IN ONE TRANSACTION **
** Make sure to put skins, net skins or big game hunt in your message on venmo *
What is a SHAMBLE?
When it's said that a shamble tournament "feels more like a regular game of golf," it means that on every shot (except the second one) the golfers are, in fact, just playing regular golf. That is, they are hitting their own golf ball from its own position. That second shot exception is the scramble element that gives the twist to the shamble format.
Off the Tee
Like in a scramble, all members of a team tee off and the best drive of the tee shots is selected. All players move their balls to the location of that best drive. That is the location from which each golfer plays his or her second stroke. Therefore, if Golfer B hits the best drive, Golfer A picks up their drive, walks over to the location of B's ball, and all play their next strokes from that location.
Into the Hole
Once each golfer in a shamble plays his second stroke, he continues playing his own golf ball into the hole, in each case from wherever it lies. No more choosing the best of the second shots, best of the third shots, etc., as you'd do in a scramble tournament. That scramble element is only used after the tee balls. After that, each golfer on a team plays his or her own ball into the hole. They play "real golf," in other words.
Individual event. Low Gross and Net winners in each flight.
League Site on GG bpmwed.golfgenius.com
Primary Games:
Side Action (Venmo: daryx)
** Make sure to put skins, net skins or big game hunt in your message on venmo *
Best Ball 2 Man Team
Format: Play your own ball for the hole, and you will use the best gross and net score between you and your partner for the team score.
League Site on GG bpmwed.golfgenius.com
Primary Games:
Side Action (Venmo: daryx)
** Make sure to put Skins or Net Skins in your message on venmo **
Individual event. Low Gross and Net winners in each flight.
League Site on GG bpmwed.golfgenius.com
Primary Games:
Side Action (Venmo: daryx)
** Make sure to put skins or big game hunt in your message on venmo **
2-Day Individual, with overall Low Net being our Champion
Individual event. Low Gross and Net winners in each flight.
League Site on GG bpmwed.golfgenius.com
Primary Games:
Side Action (Venmo: daryx)
** Make sure to put skins or big game hunt in your message on venmo **
Our 1st event of the year was adversely affected by the weather (and probably the level of Covid concern). We had the smallest number of attendees EVER.
Let's try again!
Outdoor seating, amply spaced. Good eats!
What say you
a) indicate you intend to come or
b) tell me to wait setting these up until 2024 or something like that...
SORRENTO, on India near Date....4;30-ish
LOW HANDICAPPERS READ THIS
We have so many players under a 3 handicap that I am going to give a try to a Big Game Hunter Match --> GROSS ONLY and WINNER TAKE ALL. The entry fee will be $20 Venmo to $daryx by Tuesday at 5:00 pm.
WHAT WE ARE PLAYING FOR
1. Normal Entry - 5 Flights 2 Gross 6 Net - $15 (Included)
2. Closest To Pin - $5 (Included/opted out)
3. Gross Skins - $20 (Optional via Venmo daryx)
4. Big Game Hunter - $20 (Optional via Venmo daryx)
2 Man Team Event - Pinehurst Format
Estimated Payouts: 4 Flights 6 Net (55, 40, 30, 25, 20, 15)
(Payouts subject to changes based on entry.)
Here's how Pinehurst works.
It's a two-person team format, and every hole begins with both players playing drives. The two partners walk forward to the golf balls, then they switch golf balls. Golfer A hits Golfer B's ball, from where B's drive came to rest. And Golfer B plays Golfer A's ball, from A's drive came to rest. (MAKE SURE TO KEEP A BALL IN YOUR POCKET TO PLAY SECOND SHOT ---- SO WE AREN'T RUNNING AROUND)
After their second shots, the partners compare the results. Which golf ball is in the best position? They select that ball and pick up the other.
From the third stroke on, they play alternate shot until the ball is holed.
And that's Pinehurst: Hit drives, switch balls for the second strokes, pick up the worse of the balls after the second stroke, play alternate shot into the hole from there.
Handicaps In Pinehurst System
Handicap allowances for Pinehurst competitions can be found in the USGA Handicap Manual, Section 9-4 (www.usga.com). But to summarize, on a team where Golfer A is the lower-handicapped partner and Golfer B the higher-handicapped:
Stroke play: Take 60-percent of Golfer A's course handicap and add it to 40-percent of Golfer B's course handicap for the team's Pinehurst handicap.
Meze, one of premier contributors to the Annual DInner Raffle (Restaurant section), will be hosting our 1st of the year Happy Hour. 4:30-6:00 (or 6:30).
Please enter ATTENDING and who, if anyone, you're bringing, so I might be. able to advise the restaurant of our probable number.
Nice place; hope to see a flock (or 2) of you there.
Individual event. Low Gross and Net winners in each flight.
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UPDATE: ---> LIVE TEE TIMES