Tampa Bay ASGA - Newsletter

GREETING FROM THE GOLF CHAIR

Well, it’s summertime in Florida and mother nature keeps interrupting our game plan. The June 22 outing at Plantation Palms was a rain out and more recently the third day of our Heatwave at Skyview C.C. was also a partial rainout. For the most part our July 4^th holiday/weekend “Heatwave” was a very successful event. Several of us enjoyed the El Diablo course in Citrus Springs on Friday the 4^th followed by dinner and fireworks over in Crystal River. Saturday July 5 forty golfers enjoyed the Twisted Oaks G. C. in Beverly Hills. For most of us it was a first and the reviews were unanimously good. Saturday golf was followed by dinner and dancing at Citrus Hills Country Club thanks to our member there, Ray Marcos.

We were able to complete our scramble event at Twisted Oaks with prize money going to the 1^st place team of Ray Marcos, Anne Phillips, Richard Higginbotham, and Merrilee Tooker: 2^nd place honors went to team of Paul Trotta, Pat Stead, Al Richards, and Beth McGucken and cleaning up was team of Dick Patton(moi), Edie Senensky, Ron Hazellief, and Darlene Sonneveldt. Closet-to-pin winners were Beth McGucken and Dick Howard.

Sunday’s event at the Skyview C.C. was a bit of a disaster with very heavy rains early in the round sending most players home. Thirty Five golfers began the event and after hour rain delay fourteen of us were able to complete our round. However, the 3-best ball contest had to be aborted so there are no prize winners to report.

Join me in a big “thank-you” to Edie Senensky for her effort in putting this year’s “Heatwave” together. I picked the courses and she did the rest. It’s easy to pick a course, get tee times, and send out an e-mail. It’s quite something else to put together a 3-day event at 3 different courses with group dinner, entertainment, lodging, pre-event sign-ups, $$$collection, maps &directions, pairings and e-mail reminders. THANK YOU EDIE!!! She’ll be in the middle of things at the “fall fling” at Mission Inn also, so be nice to Edie.

By the time you get this newsletter we will have played our regular monthly event July 20 at the Fox Hollow golf club in Trinity.

For August, we have “penciled in” the River Club in Bradenton on Sat. August 30 followed by cookout at home of ASGA member, Germaine Burgett. This will be tee times and pay-at-the-door event so stay tuned for e-mail updates.

~ Dick Patton, Golf Chair

We are in the hazy, lazy days of summer so haven’t scheduled a lot of social events.

Our August social event is the First Annual Bowling Battle of the Sexes (FABBOTS). There is more about this event in another part of the newsletter. It should be a fun time so we urge everyone to attend. We will pick a place to get together for happy hour and dancing on August 22 so mark your calendar. We will let you know at the meeting and via email the time and location.

On July 19 there were 11 brave if not somewhat trepidacious ASGA members who showed up at the Pin Chasers bowling alley on Hillsborough Avenue to fine tune their bowling forms in anticipation of the First Annual Bowling Battle of the Sexes (FABBOTS) to be held August 2 at the same place. Some of them had not bowled in decades but they were fearless. The high rollers of the evening were Manus (169) and Sandy and Vince, both of whom rolled a 166 in the same game and were on the same team. (Guess which team won?) Others who gave it their best included Francis, Dick H, Midge, Anne, Edie, Deb, Pat and Carole. Cynthia and her guest Michael were on the injured reserve, sidelined with a bad knee and bad hip, respectively. Rumor has it that the following morning a couple more people may have had similar aches and pains. You would have been proud of your 11 fellow ASGAers. They were troupers!

WHERE: Pin Chasers (@ Veterans) Bowling Lanes, 5555 W. Hillsborough Ave., Tampa 33634, 813-884-1475

PRICE: $15 includes 3 games, shoe rental, soda or draft beer. (Full bar and cafe on premises.)

DIRECTIONS: www.pinchasers.net, click on "Go Bowling" and enter 33634 zip code. It is on the north side of Hillsborough Ave. off the Veteran's Expressway east.

SKILL LEVEL: Indicate Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced OR Average bowling score:____________

ASGA members are welcome to register guests of the opposite sex. At this time female registrants outnumber male registrants by 3:1. You guys aren't going to let the girls beat you are you?

Send $15 per person by 7-25-08 to Edie Senensky @ 351 Steeplechase Lane, Palm Harbor, FL 34684. Make check payable to "ASGA Tampa Bay."

It is not too late to join our GHIN handicap system for the club. The cost is only $15.00 a year.

To those who have email, FSGA emails a copy of their card online. This is done after the revision dates on the 15th and 30th of the month.

Please make sure that I have your correct email address. If you do not get an email from F.S.G.A with your GHIN information, that means I do not have your correct email. The members who do not have email I can always print you a copy and give it to you.

The winners for the most improved GHIN handicap for July was Ron Hazellief for the men and Elizabeth Neal for the women. Both won a sleeve of balls.

If you have any questions or need help with your posting scores email or call thanks

The lucky winner of the 50/50 at the July meeting was Barbara Painter who won $28. Congratulations Barbara.

The next ASGA Board meeting is Tuesday, August 5 at 6:00 PM at the Green Iguana on N. Westshore Blvd (a few blocks north of the Steak & Ale on the same side of the street). All ASGA members are welcome to attend. The next ASGA membership meeting is Tuesday, August 12 at Westchase Golf Club. Happy hour begins at 5:30 PM, dinner at 6:15 PM and the meeting convenes at 7:00 PM. ASGA members are welcome to play 9 holes at a reduced rate at Westchase prior to monthly membership meetings provided you show up by or before 3:30 PM.

In an ongoing effort to address the needs of our ASGA Tampa Bay membership, we would appreciate your participation in a brief survey regarding meeting locations and meeting format. We all know it is impossible to please everyone, especially considering the geographical dispersion of members spanning multiple Tampa Bay counties. We will attempt to please the majority based on the responses from this survey.

____monthly happy hour; send business announcements via email and the monthly newsletter

Suggestions for meeting/happy hour locations: (Castaway, Rusty Pelican are current locations being researched)

Cynthia Martell, 10140 Vista Pointe Dr., Tampa, FL 33635-6328 or cynmart325@yahoo.com. Call Cynthia directly if you have questions or want to share additional comments: 813-412-1838.