The first tournament of the year was a lucky weather day and we avoided the rain. Other than a little wind and some bumpy greens it turned out okay. It was brought to my attention that not all golfers are finishing the holes and there are gimme putts happening. In MAGA we are to putt all strokes until the ball reaches the bottom of hole. Also no one is to pick up and take a number because you are hacking on the hole. Because we are given net points you must finish the hole or take an X and not a score for just handicap purposes.

The deadline for entry into tournaments is 10 days prior to the date of play. That means if mailing entries it sometimes takes 7 to 10 days to get to the post office. So get them in early. If you don’t want to mail they can be dropped off at my home address.

Russ Yenser

503 Cranewood Drive

Trenton, Ohio  45067

 The next tournaments are Saturday and Sunday on May 17^th & 18^th. This is the most expensive weekend in our schedule. If anyone knows of other golfers who would like to play in MAGA have them get in touch with me.

 Saturdays winners were:

 1st Place  $90 @  – 63

Don Hartness – Mark Willenbrink

2nd Place $18 @ - 66

Russ Yenser – Roger Campbell

Herb Holmes – Steve Goertemiller

Steve Conway – David Simpson

Nick Edwards – Dave Lainhart

Skins @ $13

#2 Red     Herb Holmes

#8 Red     Nick Edwards

#1 White  Dave Saniga

#3 White  Steve Goertemiller

#4 White  Nick Edwards

#8 White  Roger Campbell

#9 White  Nick Edwards

Low Net

1st Place - $48

Mark Willenbrink – 70

2nd Place - $24

Nick Edwards

3rd  Place - $8

Roger Campbell

Closest To The Pins @ $20

#3 Red     Dave Lainhart

#5 Red     Steve Goertemiller

#3 White  Steve Goertemiller

#5 White  Rich Mealey

The next tournaments will be held at Shaker Run on Saturday & Yankee Trace on Sunday. The entry fee is $77 for Saturday and $68 for Sunday. Side games are not included.

The format is a 3 man single best ball on par 5’s, double best ball on par 4’s and triple best ball on par 3’s. A blind draw will be held after golf to determine teams. You can pick your own foursome to play with on Saturday. Sunday will be a 2 man stapleford scoring on both balls. Sign up as a twosome.and a 4 man double best ball on Sunday.The date is May 17^th and May 18^th . The entries are due by May 7^th .Tee times start around 9:00 on Saturday and 12;00 on Sunday.

After May the following tournaments are scheduled:

June 14^th                Hueston woods

July 19^th                Kings Island

August 16^th           Heatherwoode

September 13^th     Armco Park

September 14^th     TBD

October 18th        Wildwood

Make sure you post your MAGA scores in your ghin handicap after our tournaments. I will randomly check to see if scores were entered.

For the people who have trouble getting their entry in on time, you need to make sure it gets in the mail ahead of time to be received by Wednesday so I can get the entries before Thursday. Because of slow mail now remember to mail your entries in early. Allow at least 7 to 10 days before due date.

Here is the list in order of the team finishes for last tournament.

63

Don Hartness - Mark Willenbrink

66

Russ Yenser – Roger Campbell

Steve Conway – David Simpson

Herb Holmes – Steve Goertemiller

Nick Edwards – Dave Lainhart

67

Rich Mealey – Brad Mattingly

69

Dick Freeman – Blind Score

70

Mark Mattingly – Dennis Daley

Dave Saniga – Jamie Harrison

77

David Simpson – Steve Conway

74

Rich Mealey – Dave Saniga

77

Jason Harrison – Steve Harrison