New Flags and what they mean.

Hi everyone,
I forgot to explain the flag colors of the new ones you see on the course now:
Red – Pin is in front section of the Green
White – Pin is in middle section of the Green
Blue – Pin is in back section of the Green
I’d also like to throw out another thanks to the businesses who sponsored the flags:
1) GMJ Contracting
2) Hometown Furniture
3) Fillmore’s Entertainment Lounge
4) Fillmore’s Fine Dining
5) Fred Stagg Law Office
6) Western College
7) Indian Head Co-op
8) College of the North Atlantic
9) Arlim Company
Justin House
HSL Golf Captain

HSL Final Men's Night - Saturday, October 2nd

Alright,

John has a bunch of different games up his sleeve. Basically, the “buy in” will be $20 per person, but the $20 will cover all the following games:

- 4 man/2 low net, minimum total combined handicap of 34 per team

- 2 man blind draw/1 low net

- Divisional skins ( BASED ON TWO DIVISIONS WHICH WILL BE DETERMINED ON THE DAY OF)

- Deuce Pot

So, lots of kicks at the hardup cup left yet! We’ll be making Hulan do some last minute number crunching that evening.

I’ll place a sheet down at the pro-shop for signing up (Club is closed I think). If you don’t have a 4 man team, write down your name(s) of what you do have, and again, we’ll try to complete your team for you with other singles/doubles, etc.

Should be a fun one guys

Justin House

HSL Golf Captain

HSL Club Championship Wrap Up!

Hi all, we had yet another great tournament. We ended up with 5 ladies and 35 men (two divisions) which was good considering the forecast!

Gary Dunville and Wayne Dove did a great job with the organization of the event, and as always, the staff at the club helped things run smoothly. Betty cooked some wonderful chili for Saturday evening, and Roy Bungay had some awesome deserts for us to enjoy, thanks!

We managed to avoid the wrath of Hurricane Earle and got two rain free rounds in. Mind you, both rounds were rather breezy, but not cold, so it worked out well.

Here were the results:


Our 2010 Club Champion is JOHN HOGAN

Our 2010 Senior Club Champion is ROY BUNGAY

Breakdown of placings for A Division:

1st Gross - John Hogan 0 (75/73)
1st Net - Roy Bungay 7 (76/81)
2nd Gross - Glen Burke 0 (76/73)
2nd Net - Fred Stagg 9 (78/84)
3rd Gross - Gary Dunville 1 (72/79)
3rd Net - Justin House 9 (72/90)
4th Gross - Jon Organ 5 (77/80)
4th Net - Gerry Boland 6 (76/81)

Breakdown of placings for B Division:

1st Gross - Brian Kerfont 15 (88/82)
1st Net - Sam Organ 22 (96/95)
2nd Gross - Richard Rotchford 14 (91/85)
2nd Net - Kevin Beanland 16 (91/93)
3rd Gross - Tony White 13 (87/92)
3rd Net - Roger Huxter 23 (97/112)
4th Gross - Bob Ford 13 (88/92)
4th Net - Aaron White 14 (90/93)

Breakdown for Ladies Division:

1st Gross - Alayne Hiscock 23 (100/102)
1st Net - Liz Cormier 37 (123/106)
2nd Gross - Brenda Rodriguez 28 (106/111)
2nd Net - Donna White 29 (122/109)

This tournament wraps up or series of stroke play events for the year. However, there are still some more events to keep all us die hards in the game:

Men's Night finale - Saturday, October 2nd
Also, check your e-mails on Thursday nights, I may try to organize various different team games for Saturday/Sunday mornings when weather permits.

Thanks again to everyone who participated in our events, it was a great summer, and our course was buzzing with activity every weekend.

Don't forget the fall meeting/election of officers (TBA, usually in October). I'm sure there'll be a notice sent out, but remember, this meeting is the most important of all meetings, and it historically yields the least attendance. I hope this year that this history of absence will change, and our club will get a true representation of the membership at the meeting. That's where you get to voice any concerns you have to the executive, current and new!

Here's to a great fall of Golf...

Justin House
HSL Golf Captain

Men's night results - Sept. 1

It was another great show, we had 38 players for last evening.

Results were....

1st - total 4 man aggregate net score of +2:
Rob Belliveau
Roger Marsden
David Janes
Randy Alexander

Tie for second + 9 :
John Hogan
Justin House
Mike Perry
Ron Cormier

Danny Soucy
Terry Sandford
Richard Rotchford
Ian Stokes

Remember, the 2010 HSL Men's Night finale is Saturday, Sept. 25. We will be teeing off in the afternoon with a social to follow. We are soliciting prizes for this event, and the format will most likely be 4 man teams, but we will make them by mixing everyone up. I'll follow up soon with more details.

Thanks to everyone who came out last night.

Justin House
HSL Golf Captain

Hat Sale .....Just 10 bucks.

Hey guys,

We had some left overs of the Harmon Invitational 2010 hats so they are on sale in the Pro Shop for $10.00 plus tax. They are beautiful hats with the new logo, I’m sure you’ve seen a lot of them floating around.

Thanks,

Justin House
HSL Golf Captain

Men's Night results.

Hi all,

a little late with this one, but better late than never:

1st - -14
Josh Boyd
Chris Gaudon
Roger Hulan
Dean Oake


Tie 2nd - -9 :
Kevin Beanland
Glen Burke
Dwayne Fillmore
Jeremy Green
&
Rod Roberts
Wayne Ford
Matt Tibbo
Mike Tibbo

We'll be having one more men's night before the summer's out, so let's make it a big one, mark it on your calender, Sept. 1st. John and I then discussed a closing men's night on a Saturday sometime in September.

Stay tuned!

Justin House
HSL Golf Captain

Ask the Captain - Testing condition of hazard

Rule of the week - The putting Green

Tommy Hynes Tournament - August 7/8

I was asked by the organizers to pass this reminder along....

The Tommy Hynes Skins Tournament will be held this weekend, Saturday & Sunday, at the Harmon Seaside Links:
- four men team
- maximum handicap allowed is 14 per person (if you are higher than 14, you have to play off a 14)
- $35 per person for entry
- each hole is worth $30 but skins are not divided over number of winning holes in a day, they can be carried over, and the first outright skin wins the holes to that point. Skins are determined on lowest 4 person total net score on a hole.

There is a signup sheet at the clubhouse.

Thanks,

Justin House
HSL Golf Captain

Harmon Invitational 2010 - Wrap up!

What an event! We were working on some pretty low numbers right up until the last week, then we ended up with 80 men and 4 women for the tournament!

Our committee worked hard to put off a great tournament, but the volunteers and staff did just as much. There were too many people involved to name them all, but you all know who you are! It was an awesome event to be a part of.

There were no hole in ones, but the closest to the holes ($250.00) were won by:
Saturday:
#5 – Bob Ford/Justin House
#8 – Matthew Tibbo/Gary Dunville
#11 – Matthew Tibbo/Gary Dunville
Sunday:
#5 – Kirt Beanland/Brian Boyd
#8 – Paul Hulan/John Hogan
#11 – Sheldon Buckle/Brian Kerfont

John Hogan thought up an awesome chipping contest into a 30” diameter bucket filled with sand that provided hours and hours (until dark) of great entertainment. Steve Harris was the winner as dusk set in, from approximately 80 yards!

The putting contest also went off well with a 4 way tie:
Glen Burke
Kirt Beanland
Kevin Beanland
Don Alexander

The major draw prize of the Large Screen TV went to Alex Parr.

What can we say? The weather was unbelievable for all 3 days of the tournament, and the club sales prove it!
There was some skepticism about the two man format, but I think after the weekend was over, everyone agreed that it was a great format to get people

Onto the divisional results:

Women:
1st gross - Kate Cashin
1st net - Deborah Auger
2nd gross - Glenda White
2nd net - Liz Cormier

C Division:
1st gross – Andrew Dominee/Rick Solo
1st net – Kirt Beanland/Brian Boyd
2nd gross – Charlie Earle/Alan McCompsky
2nd net – Kevin Goverde/Jon Stapleton
3rd gross – Rod Roberts/Gerry Day
3rd net – Dave Mills/Mike Perry

B Division:
There were a few issues with the placings that I realized when I got the scores home and reviewed them. So, if you see your name here, but didn't get a prize, we will get it to you. Sorry for the mixup, but we were pretty rushed and there were a few different people at it and B Division placements got determined with a different method than A & C. Regardless, here are the results:
1st gross – Josh Froude/Jeremy Green
1st net – Sheldon Buckle/Brian Kerfont
2nd gross – Butch Barron/Harold Porter
2nd net – Justin House/Bob Ford
3rd gross – Kevin Hann/Dean Oake
3rd net – Tyler Lucas/Harry Hiscock

The A Division provided some awesome drama! We ended up with two teams tied for first which lead us to a sudden death playoff between the teams of Tibbo/Dunville & Burke/Hann. Numerous people crowded #1 fairway and followed the two teams up, it was great! The playoff ended with Dunville two putting for par and Burke missing his up and down putt. Very exciting.
A Division:
1st gross – Gary Dunville/Matthew Tibbo
1st net – Fred Stagg/Sonny Wood
2nd gross – Glen Burke/Brad Hann
2nd net – Roger Hulan/Blair Noftal
3rd gross – Steve Harris/Josh White
3rd net - Brian Buckle/Tom Daniels

And the overall Champion based on individual play was Steve Harris.

Thanks again to everyone who participated and helped out. As far as we are concerned, it was a HUGE sucess!

Justin House
HSL Golf Captain

Men's Night - Wedneday - August 4

Hi all,

We are going to do a “bring a non-golfer/non-member” night this Wednesday. Same price applies, $15 for members, $25 for non-members. We’ll have some grub for when everyone gets in.

Format:
- 9 hole event
- 2 man scramble team consisting of a member and a non-golfer/non-member. Both players tee off, you go to the best shot, and both players hit from there. This continues until ball is in the hole.
- you have to use at least 3 tee shots from your non-golfer/non-member
- Prizes will not be based on low score, we will be doing draw prizes. This event is about trying to expose the sport to potential golfers and show them the gem of a course we have right here in Town. Of course, you can still have bragging rights with low score!

Make your own tee times for Wednesday evening. Since it is only 9 holes, try to keep your tee times between 5 and 6 so we can all finish as closely as possible.

Justin House
HSL Golf Captain

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