Fresh Meadow Outing, October 9, 2018 -- Information Sheet

Metropolitan Golf Writers Association

49 Knollwood Road    Elmsford, NY 10523    (914) 347-4653

To:                          All Metropolitan Golf Writers Association Members

From:                    MGWA Activities Committee (D. Berger, D. Donelson, C. Stogel, H. Munck, J. Olson)

Re:                         MGWA Meeting, MGWA Team Shootout, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2018 

                    Fresh Meadow Country Club, 255 Lakeville Road, Lake Success, NY 11020.

                    Phone: 516-482-730. www.freshmeadow.org

                               Matt Dobyns, PGA Pro, 516-482-2678 (shop), matthewdobyns@hotmail.com

                               Jonah Cabrera, Special Events Manager, jonah@freshmeadow.org

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8:30 am- 9:00 am             Bag drop, locker room, coffee service

9:00 am- 10:30 am           Practice on range & putting green

10:45 am- 11:45 am         Indoor Presentations: Alan Finkelstein, Fresh Meadow Golf Chairman; plus Chuck Stogel, MGWA Activities Committee

11:45 am - 12:30 pm        Luncheon

12:30pm ­- 12:45 pm         Assemble at carts, instructions, proceed to starting holes

1:00 pm                           Shotgun golf

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm           Awards, Refreshments

About Fresh Meadow: Honored this past June as the MGWA’s Club of the Year at our National Awards Dinner (a one-time designation). The club originally was located near Flushing, Queens, with a course designed by A.W. Tillinghast that debuted in 1923. The first Club Pro was Gene Sarazen. Fresh Meadow hosted the 1930 PGA Championship won by Tommy Armour and the 1932 U.S. Open, won by Sarazen, who had previously left as Club Pro. Fresh Meadow moved in 1946 when it purchased the nearby Lakeville Club, which had a parkland course designed by Charles Alison. The par-70 layout has multiple tee boxes ranging from 5,693 to 6,749 yards; slope from the back tee is 138.

Competition: The annual MGWA Team Shootout, a selected drive four-person event (two best balls, 50% handicap) will take place. For those planning teams in advance, select and verify your partners' attendance before mailing your entry. Players must have verifiable handicaps, or may play at scratch. We encourage everyone to form teams in advance. For company or organization entries (such as NY Post, NY Times, Golf Digest, NBC, ESPN, USGA, MGA), teams may include some employees or representatives of the organization who are not MGWA members, or MGWA members not necessarily from a designated company or organization (for the purpose of the Shootout competition). If you wish assistance in putting together a team, please contact Chuck Stogel (914-428-6111; chstogel@aol.com). Any questions, just ask.

Caddies:   Forecaddies will accompany each group. Fee is $50 per golfer, which includes the tip.

Dress code: Golf attire. No jeans or cargo shorts. Collared or mock-net shirts. Please remove hats in main clubhouse; they are OK in locker rooms.

Entries:   Enter either online via www.metgolfwriters.org or return the attached form with a check, payable to Metropolitan Golf Writers Association, for $85 per player to Robin Sauerhaft, MGWA Client Administrator, 49 Knollwood Rd, Elmsford, NY 10523, by 5:00 pm Thursday, Oct. 4. Because this is a four-person team event, non-team pairing preferences cannot be guaranteed.

Cancellation Policy:   Please read the “MGWA Meeting/Outing Cancellation Policy” found under “Meeting and Outing Announcements” on our website (www.metgolfwriters.org).

Directions:  Link to directions on club web site is www.freshmeadow.org/node/740

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MGWA Team Shootout at Fresh Meadow Country Club, October 9, 2018

Name ______________________________ Index ___.__  GHIN # _____________

If you have a team…

Partner 1 _____________________________ Index ___.__ GHIN # ______________

Partner 2 _____________________________ Index____.__ GHIN # ______________

Partner 3 _____________________________ Index ____.__ GHIN #______________

Team Name _____________________________________

_____ Option.  I do not have a team, but wish to be assigned to a team by the Activities Committee (you must have a verifiable GHIN handicap index, or play at scratch).

_____ Option.  I wish to play golf but not play in the team competition.

Enter either online via www.metgolfwriters.org or return this form with a check, payable to Met Golf Writers, for $85 per player to Robin Sauerhaft, MGWA Client Administrator, 49 Knollwood Rd, Elmsford, NY 10523 (rsauerhaft@mgagolf.org). Entry deadline: 5 pm, Thursday, Oct. 4. No refunds after deadline.

All members are encouraged to form teams, with a unique team name (Holy Rollers, Flat Lies, Choking Dogs, etc). Media entities (newspapers, magazines, radio, TV, etc.), golf associations (MGA, USGA, etc.) and other groups are encouraged to form a team (or even two teams), representative of your organization.