Harmon Invitational Schedule - Let the games begin!

Here is the way the weekend will work for the "side games" and other events, these side games are obviously voluntary and aside from the tournament registration. All games are based on lowest TEAM SCORE, not individual. Skins will be divisional (two divisions, say A and half of B, and the other half of B with C).

Friday
So, the pratice round is this coming Friday, and with the practice round comes some friendly competition :)
$20 entry fee per team of which the breakdown for games will be:
- $2 for deuce pot
- $5 for skins
- $13 for two team low net on blind draw, 1st, 2nd and 3rd
Make sure you pay before you play your Practice round on Friday!

We will be having a meet and great on Friday evening after the Practice Round as well as pushing the sales of the Calcutta teams (if there are any left!).

Also, Registration will start on Friday whereby you will receive a "loot bag" of sorts with lots of goodies. 6 of the loot bags will have a voucher for West Side Charlies for an hour of free pool and a bucket of Labatt Products, again, at random!

Saturday
Complementary Breakfast - There will be a ticket in your Registration bag for this. You must have your breakfast on Saturday.

Blind Calcutta:
This is also a two team low net competition. We will make 4 person teams (two teams playing in Tournament) and the two team combinations will have very close average handicaps to make it as fair as possible. The two team combinations will then be put into envelopes and numbered. Nobody will know what team corresponds with what number, that's were the "blind" comes in. The envelopes will be at the bar, and the cost will be $40.00 per envelope. You can buy one by yourself, or get together with others, it's up to you. YOU NEED TO BUY YOUR ENVELOPE (S) BEFORE START OF PLAY ON SATURDAY MORNING. We sould have them ready for Friday morning for purcase. This two team low net competition is based on Saturday's play only, and prize will be awarded Saturday evening.

Skins:
$10.00 per team with an additional $2.00 per person for deuce pot

Putting Competition:
Following Saturday's round, there will be a 6 hole circuit setup on the practice green whereby you can try your luck at the lowest score. Lowest score wins half the pot with the other half going to Jr. Golf. Play as many times as you want, just pay te $2.00 each time!

Club Toss:
We will have an area (good distance from club) wereby you can pay a loonie for a toss. Again, play as many times as you want, and long toss wins half the pot with the other half going to Jr. Golf.

Steak Supper:
Our cooks will be at it so the steaks will be ready around 5:00 onward. Again, you will have a ticket in your loot bag for your Steak Supper.

Entertainment:
We have Francis Hynes playing in the Clubhouse from 9:00pm until we are ready to go home, so bring your vocal chords and a spare pair of shoes, it's gonna be a time!

Draw Prizes:
We have numerous draw prizes throughout Saturday night, but the PAL return flight will be drawn around 10:00pm, and the Large Screen TV ($1,400 value) at 11:00pm. You MUST be there to win these. If your name is drawn and you are not there, we re-draw until we hit somebody who is there.

Sunday
Skins:
$10.00 per team with an additional $2.00 per person for deuce pot

Presentations of placement prizes following the final group's arrival into the Clubhouse

It's going to be a fun event, I hope most of you can make it!

One more thing, we encourage you to invite your spouse/significant other to the enjoy the entertainment following the supper. We'll be clearing out the tables to create a dance floor!

Justin House
HSL Golf Captain

Men's Night - REVISED - Wednesday, July 28

Due to the impending weather, we have decided to change the men's night to Wednesday, July 28th (instead of Tuesday). Since the women are only playing 9 holes, they are not starting until 5:30pm, so that allows us to get out in lots of times for 18 holes.

So, book your own tee time for Wednesday as soon as you can.

Thanks,

Justin House
HSL Golf Captain

Need a Partner for the Harmon Invitational???

I figured with less than a week left for registering, there are probably some people scrambling to find a partner for the Harmon. So, feel free to e-mail me if you are one of those people. Also, here are three singles looking for a partner as of now:

Harry Hiscock - 15 Handicap
Pat Williams - 19 Handicap
Ron Cormier - 6 Handicap


As I mentioned, for this format, most people want to find a partner close to their own handicap, however, I doubt they'll be picky over a few strokes in the difference! So, if any of you want to pair up with either of these guys, or, you want to get your name to me for future singles looking, plesae e-mail me asap.

Thanks to everyone,

Justin House
HSL Golf Captain

Final Results from the Provincial Amatuer

Congrats to Gary (Gigs) Dunville and Glen Burke who made the Provincial Team, as well as John Hogan who is the first alternate. I think it is also great to see that we had 12 members play this tournament, almost half the field!

NL Provincial Team:
1st Nikashantess Penashue
2nd Gary Dunville
3rd Michael Tibbo
4th Glen Burke
1st Alternate John Hogan
2nd Alternate Mike Mullens


Results:

Penashue Nikashantess AM 75 70 70 78 1
Dunville Gary HSL 74 74 76 77 2
Tibbo Michael Blo 80 73 77 74 3
Burke Glen HSL 77 74 78 77 4
Hogan John HSL 80 79 76 74 5
Mullins Mike Blo 79 77 82 72 6
Tibbo Matthew Blo 80 74 74 83 7
Conley Chuck BH 79 76 77 82 8
Soucy Terry HSL 80 79 76 81 9
King Jordan Bro 81 78 80 79 10
Boland Ryan Gle 80 75 81 83 11
Boyd Josh HSL 76 75 84 85 T12
Bursey Blair Gan 80 83 75 82 T12
Goodwin Andrew Gle 81 78 79 85 14
Organ Jon HSL 82 89 80 77 15
Pilcz Danny Blo 86 82 83 79 16
Chipp Darrell HSL 83 82 84 87 17
Andrew Atshapi AM 81 86 76 76 18
Cabot George AM 83 80 81 87 T19
Ford Wayne Blo 85 86 79 81 T19
Murphy Allan Gle 86 77 83 87 20
Barry Jacob Blo 88 87 83 78 T21
Campbell Eric AM 85 84 82 85 T21
Margeson Andrew Blo 83 88 85 80 T21
Hulan Roger HSL 85 80 83 89 22
Morris Dylon AM 95 75 85 88 23
Froude Josh HSL 86 86 86 90 24
Keats Jarrod Blo 85 86 91 87 25
Green Jeremy HSL 92 89 86 87 26
Bennett Don HSL 94 86 91 90 27
Pilcz John Blo 104 106 96 94 28
Winsor Matthew Gle 108 111 96 92 29

Rule of the Week - Starting Times & Groups

Ask the Captain - Ground Conitions

Update on Amateur from Day 3

Hey all, we still have some members in the hunt! Final day today, top 4 make the team. Here are the standings following yesterday’s round:

Name Club Total Total Total Rank

PenashueNikashantess AM 75 70 70 1
Dunville Gary HSL 74 74 76 2
Tibbo Matthew Blo 80 74 74 3
Burke Glen HSL 77 74 78 4
TibboMichael Blo 80 73 77 5
Conley Chuck BH 79 76 77 6
Boyd Josh HSL 76 75 84 T7
Hogan John HSL 80 79 76 T7
Soucy Terry HSL 80 79 76 T7
Boland Ryan Gle 80 75 81 10
Bursey Blair Gan 80 83 75 T11
GoodwinAndrewGle817879T11
MullinsMikeBlo797782T11
KingJordanBro81788014
AndrewAtshapiAM81867615
CabotGeorgeAM83808116
MurphyAllanGle86778317
HulanPaulHSL818780T18
HulanRogerHSL858083T18
ChippDarrellHSL83828420
FordWayneBlo85867921
OrganJonHSL828980T22
PilczDannyBlo868283T22
CampbellEricAM858482T22
MorrisDylonAM95758525
MargesonAndrewBlo83888526
BarryJacobBlo888783T27
FroudeJoshHSL868686T27
HurrleyRoyBlo90868529
KeatsJarrodBlo85869130
GreenJeremyHSL92898631
BennettDonHSL948691T32
LubyBrianBlo919486T32
PilczJohnBlo1041069634
WinsorMatthewGle1081119635

Provincial Amatuers @ HSL - Day 2 Standings

Well, we still have 3 of our guys in the top four after the second day of the tournament. Here are the standings after day 2, all the HSL members are in red:

Name Club 2 Day Score Over Par
Nikashantess Penashue AM 145 1
Gary Dunville HSL 148 4
Josh Boyd HSL 151 7
Glen Burke HSL 151 7
Michael Tibbo Blo 153 9
Matthew Tibbo Blo 154 10
Ryan Boland Gle 155 11
Chuck Conley BH 155 11
Mike Mullins Blo 156 12
Andrew Goodwin Gle 159 15
John Hogan HSL 159 15
Jordan King Bro 159 15
Terry Soucy HSL 159 15
Blair Bursey Gan 163 19
Stephen Shepherd Blo 163 19
George Cabot AM 163 19
Allan Murphy Gle 163 19
Darrell Chipp HSL 165 21
Roger Hulan HSL 165 21
Atshapi Andrew AM 167 23
Paul Hulan HSL 168 24
Danny Pilcz Blo 168 24
Eric Campbell AM 169 25
Dylon Morris AM 170 26
Jon Organ HSL 171 27
Wayne Ford Blo 171 27
Jarrod Keats Blo 171 27
Andrew Margeson Blo 171 27
Josh Froude HSL 172 28
Jacob Barry Blo 175 31
Roy Hurley Blo 176 32
Don Bennett HSL 180 36
Jeremy Green HSL 181 37
Brian Luby Blo 185 41
Nick Tsibidis AM 196 52
John Pilcz Blo 210 66
Matthew Winsor Gle 219 75

Keep it up guys, we are all pulling for you!

Justin House
HSL Golf Captain

Harmon Invitational - Early Bird Winners!

We did the draw today for the early bird registrations for the Harmon Invitational next weekend, and the winners were as follows:

In Town Early Bird - Sponsored by Iceberg, Canadian Tire and Bluebird
AARON WHITE (Team partner Dave Hynes)

Out of Town Early Bird - Sponsored by Labatt, Keyano Motel and Bluebird
KEVIN GOVERDE of Nova Scotia (Team Partner John Stapleton)

Congrats to these winners, and a big thanks to the sponsors.

We are looking forward to the tournament next weekend, remember, if you missed the early bird, you have to have your registration/money paid by close of business next Thursday, July 29.


Justin House
HSL Golf Captain

Provincial Amatuer Tournament - Day 1 results

There is a field of 36 for this year's Provincial Amatuer Tournament, and most of you know, the Harmon Seaside Links is host.

Of the 37, 12 of the players are from our club (Highlighted in red below), and after the first day, 3 of our members are in the top 4, with many others only shots off the team (top 4). Here are the standings, and I'll keep everyone updated after each of the four days of this tournament.

Good luck to all 12 of you!

Round 1 Tourn
F9 B9 Total Total Rank
Dunville Gary HSL 36 38 74 74 1
Penashue Nikashantess AM 37 38 75 75 2
Boyd Josh HSL 39 37 76 76 3
Burke Glen HSL 39 38 77 77 4
Conley Chuck BH 42 37 79 79 T5
Mullins Mike Blo 37 42 79 79 T5
Boland Ryan Gle 39 41 80 80 T7
Bursey Blair Gan 41 39 80 80 T7
Hogan John HSL 40 40 80 80 T7
Soucy Terry HSL 41 39 80 80 T7
Tibbo Matthew Blo 39 41 80 80 T7
Tibbo Michael Blo 40 40 80 80 T7
Goodwin Andrew Gle 40 41 81 81 T13
Hulan Paul HSL 42 39 81 81 T13
King Jordan Bro 41 40 81 81 T13
Andrew Atshapi AM 41 40 81 81 T13
Organ Jon HSL 42 40 82 82 17
Chipp Darrell HSL 43 40 83 83 T18
Shepherd Stephen Blo 43 40 83 83 T18
Cabot George AM 43 40 83 83 T18
Margeson Andrew Blo 43 40 83 83 T18
Campbell Eric AM 43 42 85 85 T22
Ford Wayne Blo 41 44 85 85 T22
Hulan Roger HSL 45 40 85 85 T22
Keats Jarrod Blo 43 42 85 85 T22
Pilcz Danny Blo 42 44 86 86 T26
Froude Josh HSL 43 43 86 86 T26
Murphy Allan Gle 43 43 86 86 T26
Barry Jacob Blo 43 45 88 88 29
Hurrley Roy Blo 46 44 90 90 30
Luby Brian Blo 46 45 91 91 31
Green Jeremy HSL 46 46 92 92 32
Bennett Don HSL 50 44 94 94 33
Morris Dylon AM 51 44 95 95 34
Tsibidis Nick AM 55 47 102 102 35
Pilcz John Blo 54 50 104 104 36
Winsor Matthew Gle 52 56 108 108 37




Justin House

HSL Golf Captain

Next Mens Night - July 27th

Hi all,

John Hogan and I had a chat today, and since HSL has 12 people playing the Amatuer this week (of which all normally play men's night), we are going to postpone men's night until Next Tuesday, July 27th. It's not that these guys wouldn't play both, but, if you remember the ATC about "practicing", these guys can't play Men's night, then play the next day.

Since the Harmon Invitational is next weekend (July31/August 1), we are going to do men's night with the same format as the Harmon to get all you into the swing of how it works, possibly work out a strategy, or, maybe decide to get rid of your partner, haha. Seriously, next week's men's night will be 2 man better ball, based on lower handicap of your two man team. There will be some people who might not be able to play with their partner, so you can play with whoever you want! Also, you should try to play in 4somes for the sake of attesting. We'll have a sheet at the clubhouse sometime this week into next, so feel free to sign up your two man team when you get a chance.

Fee for the night will be the same as normal, $15 for members, $25 for non-members.

Hope to see you all there!

Justin House
HSL Golf Captain

July 16 ATC & ROTW - Harmon Format!

I'm getting a few questions on how the "Better ball" format works, so I thought I would explain it in this week's "ATC" since the early bird deadline is this Friday for registration, and people are probably trying to make up their minds. This is an awesome format to releive the pressure of playing with somebody new (if that bothers you). You will be playing with your partner each day!

I was also asked about a Ladies Division and once I get the particulars from the organizer (Gigs I think), I'll e-mail them along.

Justin House
HSL Golf Captain

Harmon Invitational Early Bird Deadline Reminder

This is to remind to all golfers that the early bird deadline for the Harmon Invitational is this Friday, July 16th. There are 2 early bird draws:

1. Members (local) – one 60 ouncer from Iceberg, cab fares from Bluebird Taxi, and two $60 gift certificates from Canadian Tire.

2. Out-of-towners – two nights at the Keyano Motel, cab fares from Bluebird Taxi and 2 dozen beer.

In order to qualify for these draws your completed entry form and registration fee must be passed in at the club house by closing on Friday, July 16th. There will be no exceptions.

Thanks!
Justin

Rule Of The Week - Practice - July 9 2010

Ask the Captain - July 9 2010 - Handicap Ratings

Rule Of The Week - Wrong Ball - July 2 2010

Ask the Captain - July 2 2010 - Gross & Net Score Difference