Hello everyone, Just a little Captain’s Bulletin since things are picking up around the course and most are probably planning their vacations and want to know what’s upcoming at the Harmon Seaside Links….
The first tournament of the year, the Lewis Hillbillies Scramble, was a success. I thank all the sponsors who helped out with prizes and donations (you should have seen a poster with the sponsors around the club or course), as well as the volunteers who witnessed the Par 3’s on that cold windy day! Fred Stagg Law Office came on side with a major contribution on the day of the tournament, truly appreciated. Overall, we raised approximately $280 for Junior Golf through the raffles we ran, and according to the staff, the NET income from the tournament was over $3,000.00!!! (Accurate number will be available at a later date, but that is conservative). All of these proceeds are to be directed towards the purchase of the new machine for the greenskeepers.
Tournament Committee
I wanted to let everyone know who is helping me out with the organizing of tournaments this year (besides the exec. and staff obviously). This tournament committee is focusing on the 4 club tournaments (Spring open, Captain’s Cup, Harmon Invitational, Club Championship):
John Hogan
Paul Hulan
Bob Ford
Roger Hulan
Sheldon Buckle
Danny Soucy
Gary Dunville
Glenn Burke
John Hogan will also lead the way in organizing men’s night, and Melinda Anderson will be running women’s night. They will work together to have two mixed events as well, the one we had at the end of the year last year was awesome!
Tournaments & Formats
To start, I wanted to encourage members to enter their scores into the computer system. It is very straight forward, and allows the ability to play any tournament at our club, and also wherever you go. People think that if they only play 9 holes, they can’t enter their score, but that is not the case. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ENTERING YOUR SCORES, LET ME KNOW! Sheldon Buckle has been setting up the members online, so if you have not been setup, let me know and I’ll get you online.
To add to this point, our Tournament committee is making a point of having gross and net prizes for every division for all club tournaments to encourage more people to participate. I remember when I first played in the Harmon in 2002, I was a 30 handicap (used to shoot between 100 and 110), but I still had a blast, and met many new people and actually one a net prize! I then continued to play tournaments, and through being grouped with all calibers of players, of all ages, I am now comfortable to play with anybody. In short, don’t stay away from tournaments because of what you shoot on the course, play tournaments to meet your fellow members and have fun, you’ll be playing to your own capability!
Melinda recently sent out the poster for the Spring Open that will occur next weekend, May 29/30. I hope many of you will come and play.
The Captain’s Cup will be June 26/27th.
We are putting a lot of focus on the Harmon Invitational this year which will be July 30/31/August 1st. It was a success last year considering the short period of time that the committee had to organize. This year we have huge jump on it, and will be getting our registration forms and posters our across the province next week. I wanted to give our members a heads up about it because IT WILL BE A DIFFERENT FORMAT – 2 MAN BEST BALL (based on lower handicap of team). Again, this will hopefully attract more members of all calibers, especially since you know you’ll be playing with your buddy each day no matter what! We’ll have 3 divisions, but have gross and net prizes in each division. The prizes are going to be amazing with at least two major draw prizes, and 6 closest to the hole prizes of $250! There will also be a live band playing Saturday night (Sonny Woods, Tommy Hynes, etc.), with many fun games to take part in. There will be a major early bird draw prize for “members only”. Keep your eyes open for the registration sheets at the club, as well as the posters that will be displaying some of the major sponsors. This is going to be a big one!
The Club Championship will be Sept. 4/5th.
Ask the Captain/Rule of the Week
Some of you may have noticed some sheets that I left around for “Ask the Captain” and “Rule of the Week”. I encourage people to use the “Ask the Captain” folder that’s on the wall near the bar if you have a question about anything pertaining to Golf. I don’t know all the answers, but I know how to find them, and through the questions being asked, it will make us all more knowledgeable about the game! The Rule of the Week will be based on common rules that should be known by anyone who plays golf, I’ll basically reference them from my rulebook and give an explanation. I will leave the handouts around the clubhouse, but also e-mail them to all to read at your leisure.
If anyone has any questions, stop me if you see me at the course, or drop me an e-mail.
Thanks, and have a good long weekend!
Justin House
HSL Golf Captain
