Star Ranch pairings are now available.

All players should be at the course, signed in and ready to play no later than 12:00 as we will be going to our starting holes at 12:20.

Star Ranch has a great practice facility, so get there early and take advantage of it.

Steve Barnes, Scott Preece and John Vayo will be the Directors in charge of this event.  Please direct tournament day questions or concerns to them.  Again, Eddie and Sean won’t be playing this event.

FORMAT:  Medal Play

SHOTGUN START:  12:32

TRASH FLIGHT CARRYOVER:  There is no Carryover in either Trash Flight this event. 

TEES TO PLAY:  See Pairing Sheet

CLOSE TO PIN HOLES:  1st Trash Flight - #7 & #12;    2nd Trash Flight - #4 & #15

CTGA  CHALLENGE HOLES:  #2 and #11.

STAR RANCH DRESS CODE is consistent with upscale country club code.  Please dress consistent with Country Club attire.  They are a Soft Spike facility.

THURSDAY WEATHER FORECAST:   I’LL LET YOU KNOW ON THURSDAY MORNING!!!!!!  If the weather turn bad, call Scott Preece after 11:00 Thursday morning (512-388-7336) as he’ll be in touch with the course by then.

Lions results are now available.

Fall Classic results are now available.

2018 FedEx Cup results are now available.

The unpredictable weather these past 3 weekends were great for CTGA tournament play.  With forecast every weekend calling for rain, it’s hard to believe we got nothing more than a slight shower at Jimmy Clay on September 29.  The Golf Gods were with us again.

As we mentioned at our Annual Meeting, there are several issues that your Directors will be working on over the next few weeks as we prepare for the start of our 2019 CTGA Tournament Year.  Once complete, we will send the information out to all members.

DIRECTOR MESSAGE

Our annual meeting on Saturday, I feel, confirmed that CTGA not only has the best tournament schedule year in and year out over all other leagues, but also has the best members.  As I mentioned at the meeting, both our membership and average participation were down this year, but that is expected from time to time.  I would like to challenge all members to start looking for and inviting prospective new member that you feel would complement CTGA in 2019.  Along with our website and posters at the City courses, the recruiting by our members is the most dynamic way to get new members.

2018 FALL CLASSIC RESULTS

Our Fall Classic this weekend was a great success, we thank all who played and look forward to seeing you at our next one in 2019.

Attached are the results of our Medal Play competition and FedEx Playoff Finals.  Results of our 2-Player Team competition and our Kodak Challenge Final Results will be sent out later this week.

Congratulations to all our Fall Classic competition winners.  I won’t even try to list all our weekend winners here, so enjoy the attachments.

As I do every year, I have to single out several important members who are the backbone of our league and who helped make our Fall Classic another great success…….

• Steve Barnes, Scott Preece and John Vayo, our At Large Directors, who were the ones who made all our tournaments run like a Rolls Royce machine.  We’re glad they’ll be back again in 2019.
• Sean Nunez, who has the responsibility for managing all the aspects of our finances every tournament.  It’s his commitment that ensures the success of our annual Fall Classic.
• To Stacey and Cooper Nunez and Barbara Rivera for making sure our food was ready when we finished our round.
• Cooper Nunez for his help posting Medal Play Scores and his uncanny ability to draw the right tickets for all you lucky guys.
• To our members who took it upon themselves to chip in with assistance on Saturday and Sunday;
• To the 51 CTGA members who joined us on this picture perfect weekend.

As with every year after our Fall Classic, there’s no rest for the weary…..our first official 2019 tournament will be on October 21 at Delaware Springs.  A great venue and course to showcase CTGA to prospective new members.

Fall Classic round 1 pairings are now available.

Fall Classic Fedex Cup finalists.

Starting Holes for both days will be assigned at the course each day.

• Pace of Play will be enforced this tournament.  If your foursome gets more than a hole behind the group in front, makes no effort to close the gap in reasonable time, and it’s obvious that you are causing excessive delays to the foursomes behind you, all players in your foursome will be penalized for Excessive Slow Play.
• Cowan Creek requires that all players MUST KEEP THEIR GOLF BAGS ON A CART.  A player can walk, but cannot use a pull cart or carry his/her bag.  CTGA is obligated to comply with this policy….so any player who might decide to pull his/her bag off the cart once on the course will be disqualified.  Please comply!!!!
• Our post-play refreshments will not include beer this year, so if you want beer, you can BRING YOUR OWN COOLER.
• We will be sending out our PAY ONLINE information on Thursday and are encouraging all players to pre-pay before Saturday to avoid a long line after play.  This is optional, but we encourage it.
• Last call for Classic Teams will be during Saturday’s Pre-Start Announcements before start of play.  If you want in this competition and haven’t identified a partner, we’ll try to make it happen at this time.
• Post play activities will be at the Cowan Creek Pavilion.  Please leave your cart at the course and drive to the Pavilion.  Make sure you bring your official scorecards.

FALL CLASSIC TOURNAMENT SPECIFICS

Make sure you know your…..

1.   Assigned Starting Hole

2.     Assigned Tees to Play

3.     CTGA Fall Classic Conditions of Competition

All players should be at the course, signed in and ready to play by 7:30 as we’ll be going to our starting holes at 7:55.

Steve Barnes, Scott Preece and John Vayo will be the Directors in charge of this event, assisted by Eddie Nunez.  Please direct tournament day questions or concerns to them.

FORMAT:  Medal Play (and FedEx Cup Finals)

SHOTGUN START:  8:00 …… both days

TRASH FLIGHT CARRYOVER:   No Carryover in either Trash Flight this event.

TEES TO PLAY:  Refer to the attached Pairing Sheet

CLOSE TO PIN HOLES:  1st Trash Flight - #2 & #10;    2nd Trash Flight - #5 & #16

KODAK CHALLENGE HOLES:  #6 and #12.

COWAN CREEK DRESS CODE:  They do have a dress code consistent with Country Club attire.  They are a Soft Spike facility.

WEEKEND WEATHER FORECAST:  COOL, in the low 70’s at tee time.  It looks like a possibility of rain, showing 40% both days.  Let’s hope for the best.  If the weather does turn bad, call Eddie Nunez (512-797-0566) after 7:00 for status of play.

Jimmy Clay results are now available.

Fedex Cup Round 2 results are now available.

CTGA welcomed New Member KEVIN MISCHNICK and Special Guest CHRIS McCANN to our Jimmy Clay event.

• In addition to the Jimmy Clay Medal Play Results, also attached are the results of Round 2 of our FedEx Cup Elimination Playoff and Finalists moving on to the Finals.
• REMINDER #1:  Signup Deadline for our Fall Classic is TODAY, MONDAY, OCTOBER 1.
• REMINDER #2:  Our FedEx Finals will continue as part of our Fall Classic competitions.
• Reminder #3:  If you haven’t already done so, please send a quick reply to show who your Team Player(s) will be at the Fall Classic.
• REMINDER #4:  Start Time for our Fall Classic will be 8:00 Shotgun both days.

JIMMY CLAY TOURNAMENT RESULTS

In addition to our Medal Play Flight winners, Special KUDOS to the following…..

• McCann with Low Gross Rounds of the Day – 73
• Arnold Castro with Low Net Rounds of the Day – 61
• Closest Par 3 shots of the day:

1st Trash Flight:  Brad Bevil – 6’ 10” on # 2

2nd Trash Flight:  Kark Wacker – 10’ 8” on # 5

• Sean Nunez, Erik Rudi and Bill Thomas with the only Deuces in the 1st Trash Flight.
• Scott Preece and Karl Wacker with the only Deuce in the 2nd Trash Flight
• Jim Petitt for his Eagle 3 on hole #7.
• Another SPECIAL THANKS to all players who realized that Saturday would turn out to be a good day for CTGA golf.