Time to Plan for the Takahashi
The Takahashi 2Man is the PHGA’s premier event. It will be held on September 6th and 7th this year. Will you have the required number of rounds(10) by August 29th? You can check your number of rounds on the Golf Genius under Player League Standings. The column Times Played is the number used to determine if you have 10 PHGA rounds. You can sort any of the columns high/low, low/high by clicking on the column heading.
There are 28 PHGA eligible rounds remaining in this season’s calendar, plenty of opportunity to get the rounds in and improve your game to maybe win the Takahashi.
The complete details on the Takahashi can be found by clicking here.
Hole-in-One Pool Closed at $450
The PHGA Board announces the creation of a hole-in-one competition. The first member to get a hole-in-one that has entered the competition will receive the entire amount in the hole-in-one pool. Each member can join the competition by paying the entry fee by visiting the Hole-in-One Competition page by clicking here
Competition Rules
The competition begins with the first PTT tee time of the season.
The hole-in-one needs to occur during a an official PHGA event (Thursday Pot game, Saturday PTT, Sunday PTT, PHGA Travel event, PHGA holiday tournament, PHGA Match play round),
All entries would need to be paid before the end of day July 9th !!
If a Member achieves a hole-in-one then the contest would restart two weeks later after the win to provide everyone the opportunity to put in money for the new run,
If no one wins before the closing of Palatine Hills in the current year then the pot will roll over until the first tee time at the start of the next year’s PTT season
This competition compliments the existing $150 PHGA award
Thank You from Nancy Stones
The tribute to past members of the Palatine Mens Golf League on Memorial Day was greatly appreciated.
Although many members did not know Dick Stones, he was an enthusiastic and devoted early morning tee off person.
Your continued recognition of honoring past members with the walk of bricks is timeless.
Thank you for your kindness
Nancy Stones
Hole in One - Haffey
Jim Haffey gets a hole-in-one on number 13 - wins hole-in-one pool !!
Larry Niemczyk’s 90th Birthday Celebration
The man, the golfer, the father, the grandfather, the great grandfather, the legend, the man that has shot his age more than anyone you know.
Thanks to Greg and Larry Niemczyk for including all of us in congratulating Larry on his birthday.
Palatine Hills Re-Rated
Palatine Hills Golf Course has been re-rated by the CDGA. As a result most tees saw an increase in slope of two, with the Gold tees increasing three. As a result your playing handicap will most likely increase by 1 or 2. Your playing handicap can be found on the GHIN or My Caddie app.
Black Tee was 130 is now 132
Blue Tee was 127 is now 129
Blue/White Tee was 124 is now 126
White Tee was 120 is now 122
White/Gold Tee was 116 is now 118
Gold Tee was 112 is now 115
PHGA Helps at Special Olympics Outing at Palatine Hills
Stockwell, Haffey, Emerich
A few of the PHGA volunteers cooking hot dogs on hole #13 during the SLSF Special Olympics scramble hosted by Palatine Hills. The event was Thursday June 5. The PHGA had a total of nine volunteers at the event.
Ask the Scorekeeper June Edition
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If he is playing under the PHGA guest policy (Section VII of the PHGA Bylaws) and he put $10 in the pot, write a few words in the scorecard email communicating his name, his GHIN number, tee used and that he put $10 in the Pot.
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Please write a few words in the email when you send the scorecard. Something like Joe Smith is a non-PHGA player, do not use his score. Or cross his name and scores out on the scorecard.
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The scorekeeper looks in the PHGASCORES@GMAIL.COM account for the day’s scorecards.
Based upon the scorecards the pairings are created in Golf Genius
Once all the day’s scorecards are delivered in gMail and the pairings are created. The players are flighted based on index
Tournaments (skins, Nassau, team or individual event) are added and the purse determined based upon the number of players
Scores are entered from scorecards
Results are posted
After a few hour waiting period to allow for the inevitable call about score corrections the scores are posted to GHIN
On a typical Saturday or Sunday this process is usually completed in the late afternoon. Sometimes the scorekeeper is busy with life and the scoring is completed in the evening or night.
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Palatine Hills reserves four or five tee times for the PHGA on Thursdays. If the tee times are not all used by the PHGA, Palatine Hills would like to return the tee times to the general public. By using the signup system the we are able to tell the course how many tee times the PHGA will use on Wednesday morning.
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The reason we send the scorecards to each player is to have the player validate the scores. Mistakes can be made on the scorecards or during the recording the scores in Golf Genius. If you notice a mistake please contact the scorekeeper via Contact the Scorekeeper on the PHGA website.
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Team games are not flighted. A complete explanation of Games can be found under Membership - Games on the PHGA website.
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Scores and handicap information are all kept on the GHIN system that is accessible via the GHIN app or My Caddie app provided by the CDGA.
The PHGA nor Golf Genius determine handicaps. The GHIN system calculates your handicap based upon your submitted scores (PHGA scores or outside of the PHGA rounds). The GHIN is the definitive source for handicaps. The PHGA through Golf Genius retrieves handicaps from the GHIN system prior to PHGA rounds. The only exception is multi-day tournament periods where the handicap is not updated in Golf Genius during the multi-round period.
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You can contact the scorekeeper 24×7 by using the Contact the Scorekeeper from the website
Memorial Day Results and Pictures
Results can be seen on Golf Genius by clicking here
FYI, The player purse summary on the results pages does NOT include the prize money from the 36 hole tournament. Don’t worry it is included in the season long leaderboard by clicking on the name of anyone that won money (Joe Fuesel for example) then under Completed Multi-Round Tournaments.
Blinds
When the PHGA is playing a four man team game during any of the competitions what happens if a foursome only has three (or two) players?
If there is a limited number (at the discretion of the scorekeeper) of foursomes that are missing a player(s) then blinds will be used to complete the foursome. If there is a situation where there are a significant number of foursomes that are missing players then the PHGA reserves the right to change the competition format to an individual competition.
Blinds are chosen randomly and assigned to the open spots. A random number generator is used to find a number. The player that matches that number on the tee sheet is chosen. No player is used more than once. The blind placement within the foursome is chosen via a random number generator.
The Blinds are eligible for prize payment.
eMail Phishing - Don’t Believe It !!
If you receive an email claiming something concerning PHGA gift cards or PHGA donations to ANYTHING ignore it !!!! We have observed a couple of emails coming from PHGA member’s spoofed email addresses.
You know what our emails look like and the typical subject matter. If it doesn’t match prior emails you’ve received from the PHGA ignore it, delete it, do NOT respond or act on the request in the email.
You can always cross check anything you receive with the PHGA website.
Match Play Brackets and Results
The Match Play tournament is officially started. All the information concerning play, rules, brackets and results can be found on the Match Play section of the Current Season menu.
To see the brackets and results click the big black button titled Display Bracket and Results on the Match Play page. Or once on the Golf Genius page, click Results, then Tournament Results, then Match Play Round 1 from the Select Date dropdown.
