Club Championship Closest to the Pin

After the first round of the Club Championship we have the following closest to the pin winners:

8th Hole Length 1. M. Blas 5' 8.5" 2. D. Bardellini 8' 9.5" 3. P. Trounstine 9' 5" 4. R. Wameling 10' 2"

12th Hole Length 1. Dan Roton 9' 1" 2. Marc Darrow 10' 2" 3. G. Bruckner 10' 3" 4. Klugar 10' 9"

Cha Cha Cha!

The 2018 Cha Cha Cha tournament was fun for  most of us! The results are:

Team Score 1. Coyl, Elia, Miller, Baker 114 2. Driggs, Pappas, Butcher, Daitchman 121 3. Ryno, Stanga, Williams, Gagne 122 4. Gysin, Rushing, Guttadauro, Schenone 123 5. Harken, Houge, Bragga, O'Gorman 125

And our closest to the pin winners:

8th Hole Length 1. Brad Ryno 1' 11" 2. Mike Cloward 4' 9" 3. Ron Lindsay 4' 11" 4. Bruce Driggs 6' 8"

12th Hole Length 1. M. Coyle 2' 11" 2. G. Catalano 5' 4" 3. Breese White 6' 10" 4. David Harken 10' 6"

2018 60th Anniversary Social

The 60th Anniversary Social event was a blazing success with a 9 hole tournament followed by a fabulous dinner spread! The format of the tournament was a 4-person team shamble 2 net best balls.

We would like to congratulate Bill and Kim Miller, and Greg and Jane Patrico for winning the Mixed Division (and the low score of the entire tournament!) with a 48. Coming in second was Joe and Claudia Gatto, Sean Jiggins, and Karen Estrella with a 53.

The Mens Division was won by Grant Butcher, Mark Manley, and Andy Forget with a 52. The second place team consisted of Mark Hogue, Jeff Stanga, Bill Daitchman, and Gary Bruckner with a 54. Great job!

These are the Seascape men and women who got closest to the pin on hole on the 8th hole:

Women 8th Hole Length 1. Kim Miller 30' 1"

Men 8th Hole Length 1. Gary Lovell 4' 10" 2. Steve Perez 6' 3" 3. Joe Gatto 14' 3"

New Rules

Amongst the many rules of golf, some rules are familiar to all. For example, we all know you have five minutes to find your ball before it is deemed lost. We also know that it is a penalty to putt from the green and hit the flag pin. And definitely, don't ground your club in a red staked area.

Yes. Well, that's all changing soon. The USGA has been busy rethinking many of the rules of golf. In many cases, the changes they've come up with are designed to make the game more fun and speed up play. In 2019 we will all be playing by these updated rules, so get the jump on the competition and find out what's going to change. You can find 36 new rules at the USGA website.

ACMC 2019 Tournament Schedule

ABCD Tournament

This years ABCD tournament was a huge success! The following random pairings were winners!

First Place

Claridge, Kluger, Butcher, and Moore with a 109

Second Place

Rossman, Boulware, Wallman, and Carl with a 110

Third Place

Webb, Rettig, Collins, and O'Gorman with a 111

Fourth Place

Trounstine,  Patricio, Blas, and Taylor with a 112

Fifth Place

Hogue, Lindsay, Guttadauro, Daitchman with a 112

These are the Seascape Sharp-shooters who got closest to the pin on holes 8 and 12:

8th Hole Length 1. Matt Kluger 1' 8" 2. Mike Coyle 3' 10" 3. Grand Butcher 4' 7" 4. Bruce Driggs 5' 4"

12th Hole Length 1. Jeff Collins 2' 6" 2. Gary Rossman 2' 7" 3. Bill Miller 5' 10" 4. Gary Lovell 9' 5"

NCGA Rules!

On Saturday morning, ASMC Men's Club hosted an on-course rules seminar attended by our members as well as women from The Sea Gals. The 3-hour event was led by NCGA Rules specialists, Ray Coates of Redwood City and Lynne Gangi of San Jose.

Lynne Gangi discussing options for red stake and yellow stake areas

The customized course covered several topics including play on and around greens, relief from temporary and permanant obstructions, playing options in and around the bunker, water hazards, rules affecting the teeing ground, starting times and scoring.

The format was casual and upbeat, The co-leaders invited questions throughout the seminar and the members didn't dissapoint. The Q&A was lively and the NCGA representatives were kept on their toes.

Ray Coates demonstrating rules of sand trap play

Attendees were given copies of the USGA 2018 Rules book and a convenient bag tag summarizing the most common rules and resulting penalties if broken.

Thanks to Bill Miller, ASMC Rules Director for organizing the event and to Ray Coates & Lynne Gangi for leading a superb event.