THE HOLIDAY GOLF NEWSLETTER

THE 2007 ELECTION RESULTS ARE IN!!!

A Note from the Tournament Chairman...

Club Championship Eligibility Clarification:  In the special news bulletin earlier this year,  it was announced that to compete for the Club Championship, you must play in at least 6 tournaments throughout the calendar year.  This means that when the tournament is played in May, 2005 you must have played at least 6 tournaments in 2004.  

The July4th Cajun Feast Tournament has been changed to JUNE 30TH!!!

The first tee time will be at 7:30 a.m.  The wonderful feast will follow as usual at the Kimble's

Abby Hunter

Hey Everybody Something New Has Been Added to the Website:

You can now see your handicap for the month and the rounds you have posted for the year to date. Just go to the Tee Time link and take a look.

Welcome New Members

Welcome to our new members!  We hope to see you at many of the 2007 events.   Welcome back to those of you who have already renewed your membership for 2007.  

Board & Officers Meetings

Regular Board meetings will be held on the second Saturday in March, June, Sept. and December.   Please mark you calendars now and plan to attend.

General Membership Meetings

General meetings will be held immediately after playing golf at the June and November tournaments. 

A Note from the Handicap Chairman...

NCGA Handicap Report�Electronic Notification

The NCGA has notified the Handicap Chairperson of the intent to move to electronic notification of  your monthly handicap.  If you have not already done so, please notify NCGA of your email address.  You may inform the NCGA through the Holiday Golf Group website.  Contact the Handicap Chairperson to enter your email address.  Your handicap report will arrive via email near the end of each month announcing your upcoming Handicap Index.  The report will detail your scoring record (including two lowest tournament scores of the past 12 months). Beginning in 2005, the HGG will no longer send out the handicap stickers. 

The most direct means of registering your email address is via the NCGA web site (www.ncga.org).  Just click on Register Your Email Address under Latest NCGA News on the website�s home page.  You will be required to enter your NCGA/GHIN number, your last name exactly as it is presently recorded with GHIN and your email address.  The NCGA will forward your address to GHIN.

NO NEED TO POST HOLIDAY GOLF GROUP TOURNAMENT SCORES

Just a reminder to the members, when playing HGG tournaments, there's no need to post, we post for you, but in regular play, golfers are required to post according to the following schedule:

Before posting, a golfer must apply Equitable  Stroke Control (ESC).  ESC is the downward adjustment of individual hole scores for handicap purposes in order to make handicaps more representative of a player's potential ability.

For example:

Ron Bolden Sr. is playing James Foster.  Ron's hdc is a 19 and James is a 8. After completing 18 holes, Ron has 10 strokes on 3 of the holes.  His net score is 102 but because he could only have no more than 7 strokes per hole, he has to drop 9 of the strokes, which makes his (posting score a 93).
(Not his net playing score).

Equitable Stroke Control

Course Handicap	Maximum # on any hole
9 or less	Double Bogey
10 through 19	7
20 through 29	8
30 through 39	9
40 or more	10
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS This year we would like to have all scholarship applications submitted no later than May 1, 2007.  This will give the scholarship committee time to review the applications and make decisions by May 30th.  Our goal is to announce and acknowledge the recipients at their graduation. Applications are available online

  In the past we have experienced members calling at the last minute to be added to the roster for an upcoming tournament and then fail to show up for the tournament.  Please note that when you call you will be added to the roster and expected to pay upon arrival at the course.  If you call and are a �no show�, you will be assessed  a penalty  of $10.00.  If you are found to be a chronic abuser, your last minute request to be added to the roster for future tournaments will not be honored.

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TOURNAMENT FORMS

  In an effort to reduce expenses and be more efficient, we are enclosing entry forms for all of the tournaments through the end of November (excluding the Club Invitational which will be mailed under separate cover).  The tournament schedule is included in this news bulletin and is also available on our website. Please review these forms monthly to ensure that you get your entry fees in before the deadline date. The deadline date and fee for each tournament is indicated on the enclosed entry forms.  If you find that you�ve missed the deadline and would like to play in the tournament please contact Ed Kimble at (707) 428-6628.
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It was announced at the President�s Day    Tournament that 1^st place winners would        have an option of receiving a $10.00 gift        certificate or a trophy.  If you elect to receive  a trophy, it will be available at the following    tournament
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Turning in your Official score cards

Please, upon completing the18th hole, total your groups scores, sign the cards and turn them in (BEFORE YOU GO TO THE PARKING LOT )!

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