Thursday was a wonderful day to play golf and enjoy some very good food and honor our Match Play Winners and our most improved golfer.

This is the link to our portal this week.

lga-twolowestnetscoresoneachhole.golfgenius.com

This week’s course stats

Visit our web site. The address is: laceygolf.sport.blog  Thanks to Jay for all his work on our web site. Pictures from Thursday are on the site.

Congratulations to Troy Nikola for a one under par 70. This was a 33-37 with four birdies. Following this round was:

Ray Dibennedetti 76 “Guest”

Haddie Lee 77

Rich Petrosino 79

Ken Flatt 80

On the net leaderboard was

John Kubilewicz 62 Second time in recent weeks

Gary Lerro 63 A Match Play Winner

Ken Flatt 63

Troy Nikola 63

Richard Petrosino 63

47 of our players had net scores of 71 or less

61 of our players had gross scores of 100 or less

Visit our portal and review your score

There were nine skins. Since we had no contest on the par 3, a skin will win you $10.

In our team event our 27 teams were placed in four flights. The Wing Foot Flight has 6 3-man teams.The other flights are made up of 4-man teams.Par for this event is 142. Three of our teams were 17 under par. A score of 125.

Go to the portal and check on your team.

All money will be paid at our 11-29 breakfast. Mark your calendar now . Time is 9am for breakfast.

Our weekly fee for the 2019 season will be $40 per week. We will collect $110 for the 2019 season. This is the first week.last week and the GHIN System.

The hole in one fund is $650.00

Jay is in charge of our golfing events and Richard and I will look after the finances of our club.

The mailing address for checks is:

Lacey Golf Association

PO Box 1132

Forked River NJ 08731-6132

It has been my pleasure to lead the LGA and to be associated with some wonderful members and some good golfers with a love for this great game. I will continue to be a member and do everything I can do to keep our association moving forward.New members are our life blood.We need new members and I hope you will help us add new members. I am so glad Jay will be leading us in the future and I know he will do a great job.

Rich and I thank you so much for your very generous gift. I wish I knew how to say more but from our hearts thank you so much.

Looking forward to seeing you on November 29 and I hope you and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Hit it Straight

Rural

Missed you last Thursday. I have the flu and felt I needed rest. I plan to be there this Thursday.

I had trouble with my email account last week and did not see all of your emails in a timely manner.I have corrected the problem

The link to our portal this week is:

lga-fiveflightsbyage.golfgenius.com

Lacey VS the course Stat Sheet

Click on the portal and check out your results and stats from last week.

Jay is doing a great job with our web site. The address for our site is laceygolf.sport.blog  Check it out.

Our six best rounds last week were:

Troy Nikola 74

Ed Kelleher 76

Tom Gargiulo 80

Gene Wawer 80

Rich Ritchie 80

Ted Foley 80

61 of our 98 golfers broke 100 last week

Our net leadeboard looks like this.

Rich Ritchie 58

Bob Murphy 62

Tony Giordano 63

Gene Wawer 63

56 of our players had net rounds of 71 or less.

A total of nine skins this week. Are you a skin winner?

This week our event will be a team event. The total of your two best net scores. Winners will be paid at our winter meeting on 11-29-2018.

Our final week of our 2018 season is Thursday. The round will be followed by a Prime Rib dinner and we will honor our 2018 winners. Please plan to stay and do not eat and run. The awards will be presented after the meal.

Our winter meeting will be Thursday,November 29. Mark your calendar.

If for some reason you will not play this week contact me no later than 2pm on Wednesday.

See you Thursday

Rural

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Here is your link to our portal.

lga-blindpartners.golfgenius.com

League Stats fo this week:

Click on it and it will take you to our portal. You can check out the results of our Blind Partners contest and other results from September 20.

This is your link to the Lacey Golf Association web site. laceygolf.sport.blog

We have two weeks remaining on our 2018 schedule. 9-27 & 10-4. Also mark November 29 2018 on your calendar. This will be our meeting to organize for our 2019 season. More information will follow.

CONGRATULATIONS to Tom Scully. Tom was our first winner on the 13th  closest to the hole on the second shot.Tom was 26″ from the hole and made the birdie.

No birdies on the 16th hole this week but Barry Cerino third shot found the bottom of the cup from 100+ yards. Barry was still smiling when I saw him in the parking lot.

The loudest celebration was on the 17th hole when Jim Starkey long putt found the bottom of the cup for a par.

Six of our players had rounds in the 70’s. They are:

Roger Melanson76

Steve Salisbury 77

Sabi Mangat 77

Frank Fresca 78

Larry Sramowicz 79

Frank Digiglio 79

Frank Mele and Ken Flatt shot 9 over 80 to lead the players in the 80’s

Ed Andzeski,Paul Pearsall and Vince Abbuzzesse shot 90 to lead this group.

72 of our players broke 100 this week.

In our Blind Partners event 48 of the 50 teams were under par.

Joe the ranger is still improving and I hope he will join us on 10-4.

This week we are going to flight you by your age.

See you Thursday. If you can not play please contact me by 2pm on Wednesday.

Rural

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League Stats fo this week:

WOW! What a beautiful Saturday morning along the Jersey Shore. The long range forecast for this Thursday looks this good. Make your plans to play.My thoughts are with the people on the Carolina coast .

Your link to the portal this week is:

lga-fourmanteamsflightedstablefordscorin.golfgenius.com

Check out the portal to see your results and your team’s results.

64 of our 98 golfers last Thursday scored 100 or less.We had 3 rounds in the 70’s.

Troy Nikola 73

Ted Foley 79

Larry Sramowicz 79

82 was the lowest round in the 80’s. 3 of our players scored 82

Steve Salisbury 82

Gary Sher 82

Haddie Lee 82

Earl Etzel shot 90 to be on top of the 38 players scoring in the 90’s.

Again this week new names on our net leaderboard. The leader is:

Joe Radice with a 10 under par 61.Tony Giordano was in second place with a 9 under par 62.

In our team event two teams had 142 Stableford Points and a third team had 140 points. Check out the portal to see your results.

My plans for this Thursday is an old favorite Blind Partners. Plus Gross and Net Skins.

A new way to win cash on the 13th hole this week is closest to the hole on your SECOND shot. Who will be our first winner?

Our season will end on October 4th. We will have a team event and our annual banquet and awards lunch. How does prime rib sound?

Looking forward to seeing you on Thursday. If you can not play please contact me no later than 2pm on Wednesday. If you have not played recently it would be a good idea to confirm you plan to play.

Rural

98 members of the LGA played golf on an  extremely hot day at GRGC.My thanks to you for your support of the LGA.To my knowledge only three players dnf the round due to the heat.  Hope you are okay.

The heat,doctor visit,back problems and a variety of other reasons are impacting our attendance.We have four weeks left on our 2018 calendar. I am hoping our attendance will improve

This Thursday is hamburgers,hot dogs and french fries with Jay. This will be held in the banquet room immediately after the round. Please plan to stay and talk with Jay.

Thursday,October 4th is our final round of the season and our annual awards banquet. We will honor our match play winners and runner ups. Prime Rib will be on our menu.

This is your link to the portal this week. Check it out.

lga-5flightsbyagestablefordscoring.golfgenius.com

Four rounds in the 70’s this week.Troy Nikola 75,Ray Dibenedetti 78 “Guest”, Ed Kelleher 78 and Ted Foley79.

John Kubilewicz and Rusty Arnold  share low net of the week. A season low 58. WOW

Heat did not bother scoring some good golf was played.21 of our players shot in the 80’s and 33 players had scores in the 90’s and 60 players broke the 100 mark.

On the net side. How are you doing with your target score? This is your gross score minus your course handicap. Your course handicap is shown on your scorecard. From the white tees the target is 67 and 65 from the gold tees.We had 18 players with net scores of 67 or less. This is not easy.

Our event this week will be a team event . Your team will be your ” normal” pairing. We will use stableford scoring. All members of the team will contribute to the scoring.No skins.

Please if you are not playing this week contact me no later than 2pm on Wednesday

Rural

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WOW! What a final round for our match play championship. Here are  the final results for our 2018 Championship.

Championship Flight

Gary Lerro 1 up winner over Roger Melanson

First Flight

Paul Pearsall 20 hole winner over Steve Carnes

Second Flight

Frank Gingerelli 1 up winner over Frank Blozen

Super Seniors Flight

Bill Boehm 1 up winner over Dan Starkey.

Congratulations to our four champions. My thanks to all the players who participated in the 2018 championships. Our lunch for champions will be on 10-4.

Four rounds  in the 70’s this week. Troy Nikola 73, Ted Foley 76, Haddie Lee 79, and Ed Kelleher 79. Great playing. That would be some team  18 of our players shot in the 80′ s on Thursday.  Good news is 59 players out of 94 broke 100 this week

Low net of the week in a tie breaker belongs to Pete Roache with a 7 under 64.44 of our players had net score of 71 or less. We are improving as we reach the end of our season.

A total of nine skins last week.Did your birdie win a skin?

Click on the following link to see the results of our five flights by age.

lga-nonmatchplayplayersweek4.golfgenius.com

For more results on our match play go to the following link.

lga-matchplaychampionship.golfgenius.com

Again this week we will be in flights by age and will use stableford scoring to determined a winner.

Looking forward to good attendance this week. If you can not play please contact me no later than 2pm on Wednesday.

See you Thursday

Rural

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609-290-8146

On a great morning to play golf. The following players reached the final round for our 2018 LGA Championship.

Championship Flight

Roger Melanson plays Gary Lerro

First Flight

Steve Carnes plays Paul Pearsall

Second Flight

Frank Gingerelli plays Frank Blozen

Super Seniors

Bill Boehm plays Dan Starkey

Congratulations to these 8 players and also to all of our players who participated in the 2018 championship.Our awards banquet will be on Thursday,October 4.

We had 2 rounds in the 70’s last week.Troy Nikola shot 73. This is only 2 over par. Nice round Troy. Steven Salisbury had a 8 over par 79. Very good round Steve.

11 of our players had rounds in the 80’s. And a total of 52 players broke the magic 100 score.

On the net side  Ted Kurdes had a 9 under par 62 to be on top of the net leaderboard. Ted will be 90 early next month and is a long time member of the LGA.Ted was one of the 52 players to break 100. Nice day Ted!

We were playing skins and the 89 players were divided into four flights based on their course handicap. We were using stableford scoring. Go to our portal for the results.

Here is your link

lga-nonmatchplayplayers3.golfgenius.com

Also to view match play results go to our portal. Here is your link.

lga-matchplaychampionship.golfgenius.com

Our event this week will be skins and 5 flights based on age.

Food after the round. Our menu will be Caesar Salad,Roast Beef and Gravy,Lemon Chicken.Pasta with Vodka Sauce and a potato dish.Sounds good to me.

Also mark your calendar to stay after the round on September 13 to have Hamburgers and Hot Dogs with Jay.

Our final round will be October 4 and we will have our 2018 awards and some good food for our winners and runner ups.

If you can not play this week please contact me no later than 2pm on Wednesday.

See you Thursday

Rural

Congratulations to our quarter final winners in our match play championship. These players are:

Championship Flight:

Richard Petrosino, Gary Lerro, Roger Melanson, John Dazzo, First Flight, Steve Carnes, Ed Andzeski, Paul Pearsall, Manny Tumino, Second Flight, Tom Smith, Frank Blozen, Jim Kelly, Frank Gingerelli, Super Seniors, Bob Egelhoff, Bill Boehm, Sabi Mangat, Dan Starkey

The match of the day was Wawer and Lerro.Gary Lerro was the winner after 23 holes.My hat is off to both of you for an outstanding match.

Jim Obrien and Dan Starkey played 19 holes. Dan was the winner after 19 holes.

Roger Melanson continues to play outstanding golf. Roger has broken 80 in both of his matches. Congratulations!

Semi Final matches are this Thursady and our finals on August 30. Our lunch for champions will be on Thursday October 4.

The link to the portal is :

lga-matchplaychampionship.golfgenius.com

The balance of our players were in four flights based on course handicap Your winners are:

Woods Flight-Ken Bjornson

Koepka Flight-Don Fay

Scott Flight-Mike Lagorga

Fowler Flight-Gene Sampieri  Gene had the low net of the day. 12 under par 59.

The Lee boys (Don & Haddie) shared low gross with a 10 under par 81.

A total of 8 skins this week.

Go to the portal to view all the results. This is your link.

lga-nonmatchplayer2.golfgenius.com

You can also view pictures my wife took earlier this year on the portal.

On 8-30 I will plan to give out some old money I have for winners who were absent the Thursday after winning.This is a long list and may come bar money after that if you are not there to collect your money.

After last Thursday’s match one of our players, Ken Bjornson went to his truck, only to discover that someone had scraped and damaged the right side of his vehicle. It may be that whoever did the damage has not notified him as yet or did not know to whom the truck belongs…..or one of you may have seen who did the damage. We are a close friendly group of golfers and it’s important that we be concerned about each other and protect our small community of Lacey Golf. If anyone has information, please consider coming forward and let me or Ken know.

As always if you are not playing this Thursday please contact me no later than 2pm on Wednesday.

See you Thursday

Rural

The golf continued to improve this week. In time for our Match Play Championship.Our championship will start on August 2.

Ted Foley’s round of 76 was the low gross score of the week.Haddie Lee shot 77 and Roger Melanson carded 78. Excellent playing guys.

21 players had rounds under 90 and 52 players had rounds in the 90’s. 76 out of 114 players had scores under 100. Go to our portal to review your score.

On the net side we have new names at the top of the leaderboard. Erik Hall and Tom Smith share that spot with net 60 scores. This is 11 under par and 7 shots below their target score of 67.

26 of our players scored 67 or less. A good week on the net side.

Our main event was five flights by age using Stableford scoring. Did you keep up with your points? You will need at least 42 points to collect money on Thursday. Visit the portal to see our results.

This week we will use the 5 flights by age with regular scoring and gross skins.

Coming up on July 26 will be our only inner club tournament of the year and our monthly luncheon.

The link to the portal this week is:

lga-laceygolfassociation4.golfgenius.com

As always if you are not playing this week please contact me asap or no later than 2pm on Wednesday.

See you Thursday

Rural