2003 Howell Park Thursday Flight

Welcome to the 2003 Howell Park Thursday flight! This package contains most of the information that you'll need to get started, including your release form, schedule, and the first week's pairings. Here are some other important details:

Schedule: The first night of play will be May 1st, at Howell, unless the course is closed. The first match parings are here. You can click on the value in your handicap column to see your handicap sheet. We have an off-week planned for July 3rd. The Hominy Hill-Thursday vs Howell Park-Thursday match is scheduled for early September.
Web-Site: The League's official web-site is http://www.hogolf.net - feel free to drop by and look around. Weekly match results, and statistics, will get posted at the flight's web-site. I've patched up most of the previous years' pages so that results, stats, etc, are accessible, but do report dead links if you encounter them. The webmaster is enforcing some style guidelines, so get used to the new look and feel....

League Fees/Prizes: We're gonna repeat last year's experiment - we're going to play for cash, not Top-Flites. League fees are $10. Distribution will be as follows:

First Half - 1st Place (per player)	$15
First Half - 2nd Place (per player)	$10
First Half - 3rd Place (per player)	$5
Second Half - 1st Place (per player)	$15
Second Half - 2nd Place (per player)	$10
Second Half - 3rd Place (per player)	$5
Flight Champions (per player)	$15
Most Improved (individual)	$10
Total	$160

2002 Flight Championship: The 2002 Flight Championship was won by Russ Brodfuhrer and Dave Ramsden, who won both halves. Les Baxter, again, won the Most Improved award. And, sadly, again, the HH-Thursday flight badly beat an out-classed HP-Thursday flight in the annual post-season grudge match. A small flight history is available. This includes links to previous years' pages.
2003 results:
Release Forms: Release forms are still downloadable, but I just throw them out, so why bother???
League Rules: The rules package will be e-mailed to any flight members who request it. It is also available at the League's web-site. Golf within the flight is governed by the USGA Rules of Golf, except as amended by our local rules. Please Note: The rules regarding attendance and it's impact on flight selection are being strictly enforced this year!!!
Handicaps: The maximum handicap this year is still 19.
Match Results: All I need from you is the score card after your match. You can give me the card at the course, at Woody's (see below), or give me the hole-by-hole scores via e-mail the morning following play. If there's any doubt, make sure you indicate who played against whom!!!
Match Rescheduling: We all lead complicated lives, and occaisionally need to miss a match. Here are your options, roughly in the order you should consider them:
- Get a substitute.
- Reschedule. For all practical purposes, the window for this is 6 days before the original match date to 6 days after. Plan to play early, so you've still got options if the first date doesn't work out.
- Partner doubles.
- Available team plays as scheduled, unavailable team matches cards with next scheduled match.
- Both teams match cards with next scheduled match.
- Available team plays as scheduled, unavailable team plays on a different night.
Soft Spikes: The county courses still have a mandatory soft spikes policy. Please replace your worn out plastic spikes with more useless plastic spikes now!
Tee Times: The county courses are now using an internal park system Tee-Time Reservation System to reserve tee-times. The number is (732) 758-8383. You will need to be in possession of a vaild (unexpired) county golf I.D. card (or equivalent non-resident golf I.D. card) to use the service. It is my understanding that reservation service rules infractions (failure to show up, show up with fewer golfers than reserved, etc) will be strictly enforced this year, and will result in loss of reservation privileges. Use the service responsibly! (see: http://www.app.com/app2001/story/0,21133,585207,00.html for the Asbury Park Press article concerning violations). Fines are $20, payment required in order to play again - been there, done that!
Watering Holes: The unofficial after-golf food and beverage establishment for the flight is Woody's, located in the center of Farmingdale at the site of the former Farmingdale House restaurant. Just say "Yes!" to Deirdre & Louise, and "No!" to Buck Wylde....

Well, that's about it for now. Let me know if there's anything else you need to get started. See you all at Howell.

the nastiest hole at howell....