Lions results are now available.

CTGA welcomed New Members BUBBA BOYD, IGNACIO CASIQUE and MOSES KIM, and Special Guest PAUL WANG to our Lions Muny tournament.

Congratulations to our Medal Play Flight winners…..

1st Flight:   Josh Johnson (80/73)

2nd Flight:  Dave McGuire (81/71)

3rd Flight:   Bubba Boyd (90/77)

4th Flight:  Bill Bala (88/72)

5th Flight:  Mike Ryther (85/68)

6th Flight:  Jubayer Ahmed (85/63)

Special Kudos to….

• Michael Whitley with Low Gross Rounds of the Day – 76
• Jubayer Ahmed with Low Net Round of the Day – 63 
• Closest Par 3 shots of the day:
  • 1st Trash Flight:  Chris Toombs – 4’ 4” on #7
  • 2nd Trash Flight:  John Lawless – 1’ 0” on #13
• John Lawless for the only Deuce in the 2nd Deuce Flight
• And finally, to Landon Wolf for the first Eagle 3 (#8) of 2016.

Lions pairings are now available.

Make sure your old clubs are cleaned up and ready to fire and/or your new club(s) have been well tested since Christmas.  2016 looks to be a banner year for CTGA.

We have 4 dates yet to be confirmed for our 2016 CTGA Tournament schedule.  I’m working on these now.  I’ve attached the schedule for your review and will send out the completed version soon.

2016 will also be the start of our “no reminder” PACE OF PLAY.  Last year was the year of constant reminders that our expectations are to play CTGA events within a 4:30 pace, from first tee time to last.  Attached is our 2016 Pace of Play Policy. Please review and be ready to do your part to help make this a successful CTGA Pace of Play year.

LIONS MUNY TOURNAMENT SPECIFICS                                                                                                                                                      

Make sure you know your specific ….

1.      Assigned Starting Hole (assigned at course on Thursday)

3.      Assigned Tees to Play

4.      CTGA Rules of Play

All players should be at the course, signed in and ready to play at least 30 minutes prior to your scheduled start time.

Kevin Lowe, Scott Preece and Steve Barnes will be the Directors in charge of this event.  Unfortunately, Sean and Eddie won’t be there….BUMMER!!!.  Please direct tournament day questions or concerns to them.

FORMAT:  Individual Medal Play

1st TEE TIME:  10:16

TRASH FLIGHT CARRYOVER:   No Carryover in either Trash Flight.

TEES TO PLAY:  All Men play BLUE TEES and ladies play RED TEES.

CLOSE TO PIN HOLES:  1st Trash Flight - #7 & #17;    2nd Trash Flight - #4 & #13

KODAK CHALLENGE HOLES:  #3 and #12.

LIONS MUNY DRESS CODE:  Although they have no specific dress code, CTGA requests all players to dress consistent with Country Club dress policy.  They are a Soft Spike facility.

SATURDAY WEATHER FORECAST:   Dress warm as we’ll be in the mid-40’s to start and mid-50’s at finish time….with lots of sunshine and almost no wind.  A perfect weather start to our 2016 tournament year.  If the weather turn bad, call Kevin Lowe (512-809-3430) after 9:00 for status of play.

Colovista results are now available.

• CTGA welcomed Returning Member JUAN MALDONADO and Special Guests DOUG GRANGER, NATHAN SCHWARZ, PAUL WANG and TED WILLIAMS to our ColoVista tournament.
• Our Pace of Play at ColoVista was outstanding by all foursomes.  This is a great way to end 2015 and springboard our Pace of Play excellence into 2016.  Your Directors thank you all for this great effort.

Congratulations to our Medal Play Flight winners…..

1st Flight:   Juan Maldonado (75/69)

2nd Flight:  Kevin Lowe (81/70)

3rd Flight:   Chase Fountain (86/71)

4th Flight:  DeHart McMillan (88/72) wins the Net Back 9 Scorecard Playoff over John Vayo (90/72) with a score of 33 to John’s 37.

5th Flight:  Dominique Carrillo (97/67)

Special Kudos to….

• Juan Maldonado with Low Gross Rounds of the Day – 75
• Dominique Carrillo with Low Net Round of the Day – 67 
• Closest Par 3 shots of the day:

1st Trash Flight:  Curt Mathews – 5’ 4” on #5

2nd Trash Flight:  DeHart McMillan – 5’ 9” on #13

• And finally, to all players who stuck it out despite the mild rain.  We can be thankful it wasn’t a hard downpour.

Colovista pairings are now available.

All players are responsible for knowing your specific ….

1.      Assigned Pairings and Flights

2.      Scheduled Starting Hole (to be assigned at the course on Saturday)

3.      Assigned Tees

4.      CTGA 2016 Rules of Play

All players should be at the course, signed in and ready to play no later than 8:30 as we’ll be going to our starting holes at8:50.

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

FORMAT:  Individual Medal Play

SHOTGUN START:  9:00

TRASH FLIGHT CARRYOVER:   No Carryover in either Trash Flight.

TEES TO PLAY:

See Pairing sheet

CLOSE TO PIN HOLES:  1st Trash Flight - #5 & #15;  2nd Trash Flight - #3 & #13

KODAK CHALLENGE HOLES:  #1 and #16.

COLOVISTA DRESS CODE…Their Dress Code is consistent with Country Club dress requirement, so please dress accordingly.  They are a Soft Spike facility.

SATURDAY WEATHER FORECAST calls for possible showers, breezy and temp in the 70’s, so dress accordingly.  If the weather does turn bad, call the golf course (512-629-4585) or Eddie Nunez (512-797-0566) after 7:30 on tournament day for status of play.

DIRECTIONS TO COLOVISTA:

Best to use Mapquest or your GPS for directions…..

Their address is….  100 Country Club Drive, Bastrop, TX

Make sure you give yourself ample time to get to Colovista.  Plan on about an hour to drive the 45 miles from South Austin.

Vaaler Creek results are now available.

• CTGA welcomed New Members JOSE CASTILLO and APRIL McALISTER to our Vaaler Creek tournament.
• NOTE ABOVE that Colovista will be our last tournament until January 23.
• Our Pace of Play at Vaaler Creek took a step back as we had several foursomes finish well over 5 hours.  Vaaler Creek slipped several general public groups in between our foursomes, so it was difficult to determine if the cause of our delays were self-inflicted or the result of the course being slowed by added foursomes.
• We will discuss this issue with Colovista in the hopes that they won’t allow general public foursomes to start within our event.

VAALER CREEK TOURNAMENT RESULTS

Congratulations to our Vaaler Creek Medal Play Flight winners…..

1st Flight:   Joon Lee (79/72)

2nd Flight:  Brad Kendrick (85/75)

3rd Flight:  Curt Mathews (82/68) wins the Net Back 9 Scorecard Playoff over Jose Castillo (79/68) with a score of 32 to Jose’s 33.

4th Flight:  Tim Davis (79/66)

5th Flight:  Jeff Jones (88/72)

6th Flight:  Joel Ware (99/63)

Special Kudos to….

• Landon Wolf with Low Gross Rounds of the Day – 78
• Joel Ware with Low Net Round of the Day – 63 
• Closest Par 3 shots of the day:

1st Trash Flight:  Kevin Lowe – 2’ 1” on #9

2nd Trash Flight:  Bill Thomas – 7’ 10” on #5

• To Andy Twell (1) and Bill Thomas (2) for the only Deuces in the 2nd Trash Flight – an early Christmas present for both.