2010 Clear Mountain Spring Water Arkansas Hickory Open

In the Mornin at the First Tee of War Memorial Golf Course

Ralph Williams on his Waiting His Turn

Bobby Baker at 18

2009 Mountain Valley Spring Water Arkansas Hickory Open at Stonelinks

The Driving Range At Stonelinks at the 2009 Arkansas Hickory Open

Mark Ross Prepping With His Hickory Club In the Wee Hours of the Mornin

Left to Right: Mark Ross, Ralph Williams, Bob Baker, and Breck Speed Whose Company Mountain Valley Spring Water Sponsors the Tournament

 Two Arkansas Hall of Famers Left to Right Bob Baker and Ralph Williams


Added September 27, 2009

From the album:

2009 Arkansas Mountain Valley Hickory Open by The Society of Hickory Golfers

They Were Happy At The Beginning Of The Tournament-And Stayed Happy 'Til The End

..In this photo: Mark Ross, Ralph Williams, Bob Baker, and Breck Speed Who Ran the Whole Show!

Added September 27, 2009

From the album:

2009 Arkansas Mountain Valley Hickory Open by The Society of Hickory GolfersShare

Club Championship 9-19-10 Video

Dan Hill on left   James Thomson on Right with Closest to the Hole Prize on the new 14th Hole
Double click to to start video

Arkansas Hickory Open

War Memorial Championship 1st Day 9-18-2010

Colin OsmentRalph Williams and Bob Baker

The Tournament attracted only seven players, but only 6 showed up to play on a beautiful summer day in Little Rock with temperatures in the 90s. After play, golfers were treated to a barbecue from Whole Hog Cafe with baked beens, cole slaw, and potato salad and soft drinks and water. The tournament started around 8:30. Golfers actually received a goody bag with 3 logo golf balls, a package of long tees, a tee shirt, and a few other gifts.

Ralph Williams Talking with Bob Baker

The Rules of The Game

From Recently Updated

Click above to see video



Nathaniel Mosley preparing to hit his shot with James Thomson and Colin Osment looking on-

Kevin O'Malley putting-Dan Hill behind him.

The Senior Scores

Nate Mosley wins The Championship Division

The Senior Division Threesome Pointing to the Winner Dan Hill with Kevin O'Malley on left and Ralph Williams on the right

James Thomson presenting the Award to Dan Hill Champion Sr. Division

Champions and Runners Up each received a $25 gift card from War Memorial Golf Course

War Memorial Golf Association Club Championship 9/18 and 9/19

Image via WikipediaTurn in form to the Club House

WMGA CHAMPIONSHIP

Members Only Must Have An Established Handicapped and be a Member of the War Memorial Golf Association

September 18, 2010 Tee Times Begin At 8:00A.M.

September 19, 2010 Tee Times Begin At 8:00A.M.

Try your luck to win the Cup

Men’s Open and Sr (55+) Divisions

Women’s Open and Sr (55+) Divisions

ENTRIES CLOSE AT NOON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 17TH 2010

Revised Entry Fee $25.00 includes greens fees and cart fees for Saturday and Sunday

WINNERS WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO REPRESENT WMGA IN ASGA TOURNMAENT OF CHAMPIONS IN HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE 10/17 AND 10/18 AT GRANADA GOLF CLUB



APPLICATION TO PLAY IN CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

NAME:__________________________________________________

BUSINESS NAME OR EMPLOYER:_____________________________________________

PHONE:_____________________Cell: ______________Work Ph:________________

HANDICAP:_______________________________________________

ADDRESS: _________________________________________________

EMAIL ADDRESS:___________________________________________

AGE:___________

IF JOINING OR RENEWING MAKE CHECK OUT TO: WAR MEMORIAL GOLF ASSOCIATION $35.00 REGULAR $25.00 JUNIOR MEMBERSHIP $20.00 ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP

FOR QUESTIONS CALL: JAMES THOMSON,PRESIDENT 501-225-2891 OR

War Memorial Golf Course CLUB HOUSE: 663-0854 5511 W. Markham Little Rock, AR 72205

I will walk ◘ I will need a cart ◘

I am a Member of War Memorial Golf Association and have paid my dues of

$35.00 regular membership for 2010 or $20.00 Associate Membership or $25 Junior Membership and I have an established handicap through the ASGA_______________

                                                                                Signature

Arkansas Hickory Open

The 2010 Mountain Valley Hickory Open


The Official Arkansas State Hickory Championship

of the rkansas State Golf Association

Friday, October 1 - Sunday, October 3

An optional practice round will be held Friday morning with times to be scheduled

by individual participants by calling 501.663.0854. The Tournament really begins

Friday afternoon with a par three championship on the unique nine hole par three

“Honors Course” at The First Tee of Central Arkansas. First Tee kids will serve as

caddies for the event. A reception with food and beverages will follow.

SCHEDULING NOTES. This is a “bye week” for the Arkansas Razorbacks football

team. Tee times are in mornings and accommodations will be made for travel

schedules of participants.

FORMAT. Open Stroke Play, Senior Stroke Play (55+), and 4-Ball Championships

will be contested. Anyone playing in the stroke play divisions may also participate

in the 4-Ball division with a partner. If there are enough participants entered, a

Super Senior (65+) stroke play division may be added.

TOURNAMENT COURSE. The historic War Memorial Golf Course in Little Rock,

Arkansas will be the site of the 2010 Mountain Valley Hickory Open. For more

information about this golf course, visit the Little Rock Parks and Recreation golf

course page at www.littlerock.org/parksrecreation/golfcourses/#warmemorial.

Caddies from The First Tee of Arkansas are available at $40 per round plus tip, or

golf cars may be reserved as well. Please let Breck Speed know if you want to have

a caddie at least 2 weeks prior to the tourney so arrangements can be made.

COST. $165.00, includes greens fees, opening reception and two lunches. There

will also be an informal get together Saturday evening at the home of Breck

Speed where food, beverages and amateur guitar playing will be provided. Rental

clubs will be available for $100.00.

CLUBS AND CLOTHING. Clubs, whether original or replica, must be approved for

hickory play by The Society of Hickory Golfers. For more information, visit their

website at www.hickorygolfers.com. Period clothing is encouraged but not

required. No baseball caps are allowed.

As title sponsor of the championship, Mountain Valley will donate $100.00 for

each participant in the Arkansas Hickory Open to The First Tee of Central

Arkansas.

For more information, contact:

Breck Speed, Benevolent Tournament Director

501.993.3344 ♦ bspeed@mountainvalleyspring.com

Please reserve a spot for me to play in the

2010 Mountain Valley Hickory Open

Entries will prioritized in the order they are received.

Credit Card (Visa, Mastercard, Discover, American Express)

$165.00 Entry Fee $100.00 Club Rental (Optional)

Check (made payable to Mountain Valley Spring Company)

Card No: Expires:

Payment Information

Name:

Billing Address:

Phone Number:

E-Mail:

Division Entering: Open Senior 4-Ball Mail payment w ith this form to:

Breck Speed

Mountain Valley Spring Company

P.

The Long Hot Days Of Summer

Its been hot this summer. Temperatures soaring past 100 degrees. Day after day. Each round of players comes back to the Club House at War Memorial Golf Course saying. "Its hot out there". Time after time golfers have been complimentary of the condition of the course. Some of you may have noticed some earth dropped along the third hole. Guess that is part of the improvement. We could use more earth on the fourth hole and the fifth under the trees and maybe to fill in the mud holes along the first hole. The cart path to the new 13th hole goes on the left side of the 1st hole, where hopefully no one hits the ball. The back nine is all messed up as far as skycaddy and other distance markers are concerned. Give it time. We haven't tried it, and don't know much about golf Global Positioning Devices, but maybe you can trick them as far as hole numbers and refer to the holes as what they used to be for 14, 15, and 16 instead of the new hole numbers. Or perhaps, we can get Bob Baker to contact the distance measurement companies to renew their efforts and redefine the measurements on the course. We have noticed that on Saturdays and maybe other days as well the holes on the other side of the road-13 and 14 tend to back up. Maybe its because players tend to hit to the right on the 13th hole and players tend to hit to the left on the 14th hole. Golf carts in case you haven't noticed are newer this year. Just recently they have an added convenience in that there are numbers hanging down in the front window on each cart in addition to the decal on the side of the carts. Our club house has fewer items to sell. There are clubs, hats, golf gloves, golf balls including Bridgestone, Callaway, Nike, Srixon, Top Flight, except Titlelist, and Maxfli. There are cleats for golf shoes, but no golf shoes. Small tubes of sun tan lotion, ball markers, and tees. This year the Club House also sells hot dogs, albeit they are a whopping $3.00 which includes the bun and fixings. There is beer also.

Upcoming events in the area are the Hickory Club Tournament which will be at the First Tee this year in early October. We'll have the Club Championship which will also be scheduled later in October.   

Image by WebWideJosh via Flickr