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

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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

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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_______________

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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

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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.   

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Fourth of July Tournament Results

The Fourth of July Tournament started today on a mostly humid day with some rain. Players talked about the two new holes and felt they were challenging and rewarding. Some players commented about the sand on 13 right around the cup which caused the ball to stop dead. Following is a list of players together with their respective scores for the first day's play. Par on today's course was 64. (It was previously 65). Match players started playing first. Then Super Seniors, Mid-Seniors, Seniors, and then the Championship players. Throughout the day phone service at the club house was disconnected. Late afternoon phone service was restored. Players can call in tomorrow to get their tee times. The Clubhouse number is 501-663-0854. Bob Baker, facilities Manager at War Memorial Golf Course said that players will be paired according to their scores and that they would play between 730 and 12:50 with the lowest scores playing last.

In match play, Nate Mosely beat out Danny Hill with 1 up. Doug Webber beat down Allan Dishongh with 2 up. Cyril Enang beat out James Thomson with 1 up. Mark Griffin beat Kevin Saxton 4 and 3.

The lowest score in the Super Senior Championship Saturday was Larry Patterson's 66 (2 over par). There were 3 sub par rounds played in the Mid-Senior Championship Saturday played by John Siratt who shot a 61, Todd Martin who shot a 62 and Austin Franks who shot a 63. Stan Lee was the prevailing champion in the Senior Championship with their only sub-par round for a 62.

There were three sub-par rounds in the Championship Flight. Lyle Middleton lead the pack with a bistering 59, followed by Joey Nicholss blazing 60 and Neil Phelps and Mike Satterwhite with commendable 63s.

Players who played well and shot a 64 a par today recalled last year when they were rewarded with red for below par rounds, black for over par rounds, and blue for even par. This year, the first day at least, even par just got blackened for all their troubles.

The local TV stations were at the tournament no doubt to check out the two new holes 13 and 14. Some comments from the players throughout the day, "some people thought they were following a PGA tour." " I was so nervous (when the camera's were rolling, I couldn't hold the club. When I missed the shot, I asked the cameraman for instant replay hoping I could get another shot." Play continues tomorrow morning beginning at 7:30am with the Match Play Championship and Consolation Contest. Weather conditions tomorrow are hot, with a 20% chance of rain. Hopefully that chance will have been washed away by tonights rain, and it won't be so humid tomorrow.

2010 FOURTH OF JULY CHAMPIONSHIP - FIRST FLIGHT
WAR MEMORIAL GOLF COURSE UPPER HALF LOWER HALF
Quarterfinal Semifinal Semifinal Quarterfinal
7/3/2010 7/4/2010 7/4/2010 7/3/2010

ALLAN DISHONGH 7:30 am WEBBER ENANG 7:40 am CYRIL ENANG

DOUG WEBBER 2 up 1 up JAMES THOMSON

7:30 am 7:30 am

DANNY HILL 7:30 am MOSLEY GRIFFIN 7:40 am MARK GRIFFIN

NATHANIEL MOSLEY 1 up 4 and 3 KEVIN SEXTON

Final
7/5/2010
7:30 am
Champion

2010 FOURTH OF JULY SUPER-SENIOR
CHAMPIONSHIP
Newspaper Report
PATTERSON, LARRY, 34-32--66
YOUNG, DAN, 34-33--67
MCALLISTER, SAM, 37-33--70
KARP, MIKE, 37-37--74
HENLEY, BRUCE, 36-39--75
BROOKS, RON, 38-40--78
ROOKS, WESLEY, 48-43--91

Failed to Quailfy
GINN, VERNON, WD

2010 FOURTH OF JULY SENIOR
CHAMPIONSHIP
Newspaper Report

LEE, STAN, 32-30--62
GOLDEN, KEN, 34-30--64
CLEMENT, ROGER, 34-30--64
RAMSEY, ALAN, 33-34--67
MAJKOWSKI, MIKE, 33-34--67
TAYLOR, OSCAR, 36-31--67
FLEMING, VIC, 35-33--68
FREELAND, BYRON, 36-32--68
KEITH, BILL, 37-32--69
SULLIVAN, LARRY, 36-33--69
BUFORD, STEVE, 35-35--70
POWELL, CLIFF, 36-34--70
ABLES, GARY, 36-35--71
DREWRY, JOHN, 37-34--71
RICHARDS, SCOTT, 37-37--74
O'MALLEY, KEVIN, 39-35--74
BROWN, FRED, 38-41--79
ABLES, SCOTT, 40-41--81
MCCARTY, JOHN, 44-39--83

2010 FOURTH OF JULY MID-SENIOR
CHAMPIONSHIP
Newspaper Report
SIRATT, JOHN, 32-29--61
MARTIN, TODD, 32-30--62
FRANKS, AUSTIN, 29-34--63
LEWIS, BART, 33-31--64
EARLS, GEORGE, 32-32--64
BENTON, JEFF, 35-32--67
MOODY, RICK, 35-35--70
ANDERSON, TIMO, 38-33--71
QUICK, PATRICK, 37-34--71
PINNEY, SCOTT, 35-36--71
SPEED, BRECK, 36-40--76
UCHENDU, OGUGUA, 40-36--76
KING, JEFF, 40-39--79
WOOD, RONNIE, 39-41--80
RENAUD, RANDY, 42-39--81

Newspaper Report 2010 FOURTH OF JULY CHAMPIONSHIP
MIDDLETON, LYLE, 29-30--59
NICHOLS, JOEY, 29-31--60
PHELPS, NEIL, 30-33--63
SATTERWHITE, MIKE, 32-31--63
NEIGHBORS, ROBERT, 35-29--64
HULSE, LANE, 30-34--64
ANTHONY, WILSON, 33-31--64
CARPENTER, ALEX, 31-33--64
THOMPSON, KYLE, 33-31--64
WILSON, NICK, 33-31--64
JENKINS, CHRIS, 31-34--65
HARRIS, TRACY, 32-34--66
SCHAAP, TREY, 35-31--66
BEAN, RICHARD, 32-34--66
WATSON, TYLER, 35-32--67
SIZEMORE, WINSTON, 35-32--67
CARPENTER, ADAM, 32-35--67
FITTS, CLARK, 36-31--67
BUSH, DAVID, 34-34--68
MARKS, DONNIE, 33-35--68
ALLEN, JOSH, 34-34--68
POPE, BRIAN, 35-33--68
TURNER, RYAN, 37-32--69
CAVINESS, CHRIS, 36-33--69
FOX, JAY, 35-34--69
CHAIDEZ, JEFF, 34-35--69
BARBEE, BUCK, 34-36--70
SELAKOVICH, PATRICK, 38-33--71
WONG, JACK, 36-35--71
SAMPLE, JASON, 38-34--72
BOLAND, BRENT, 38-34--72
CARR, TERRY, 39-33--72
HOGAN, JOHN, 36-38--74
LANDRUM, DEREK, 39-36--75
WEST, KYNDALL, 42-37--79
TIPTON, BYRON, 41-39--80
MEADOWS, JOHN SCOTT, 42-39--81
TALBURT, EDDIE, 39-45--84
WOODS, JIM, 43-41--84
Failed to Quailfy
LESTER, JAY, WD
WEBB, KIRBY, NC
CHRIS, GINN, WD

A Day At The Course Minus 6 holes

From the new teeing area on 13Looking at 14 from 13Looking at the 18th Looking at 18Another shot of 13 with the creek dividing will be 190 yardsIts a straight shot down 13th from tee to greenThe new tee area down the 13th fairwayThe new 14th from the teeAnother view of the 14th hole to the green

some of the 14th A view accross the 14 and 13th and 18thA view of the old picnic area-will it stay?Guess this tree lost the right to liveA view from the tee of the new 14

THE PLAYGROUND WILL IT REMAIN?
THEY COULDN'T CARE LESS
ITS NICE TO BE ABLE TO RELAX AND ENJOY LIFE

Bastille Day July 14, 2009 Tournament

Wayne Waggoner as promised serenaded the contestants with his rendition of La Marseillaise to start the Bastille Day Tournament. Four golfers marched through the War Memorial Golf Course catapulting their shots upto the embankments and onto the greens. In the spirit of the day, tournament chair Ralph Williams lead the players through the rules requiring contestants to tee off on alternating tees of blue, white and red throughout the tournament. It wasn't easy-and no, noone won the penultmate prize of a trip for 2 to Paris (Arkansas that is by bus) with a hole in one on the 17th. Excitement and thrills from the crowds came on the 8th hole when James Thomson holed out with a pitch shot above the hole about 30 feet that hit the flag stick and then dropped into the hole. Colin Osment, a rising star finally got his game on the back nine-must of waked up by then, with a 36. Tournament players were treated to application of their handicaps to obtain blistering net scores for Thomson a 57 and Waggoner a 67.