Inside the FSGA - May 2022

FSGA

AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE FLORIDA STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION ~MAY 2022~

MIKE MCCOY

2022 SENIOR AMATEUR CHAMPION 1

93RD WOMEN’S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP FLORIDA OPEN

STREAMSONG RESORT

JUNE 15-19

TABLE OF CONTENTS FLORIDA STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION 12630 Telecom Drive - Tampa, FL 33637

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2022 SCHEDULE

FSGA Men’s Competitions..................................................... 4 FSGA Women’s Competitions............................................... 4 USGA Qualifiers..................................................................................5

CHAMPIONSHIP RECAPS

Next 100 Junior Invitational................................................... 7 Women’s International Four-Ball.......................................... 7 Senior/Mid-Amateur Four-Ball.............................................. 7 Women’s Senior Four-Ball...................................................... 7 Senior Amateur......................................................................... 8 Women’s Interclub................................................................... 8 Men’s Interclub.......................................................................... 8 Women’s Senior Amateur...................................................... 8 Senior Open.............................................................................. 9 Mid-Amateur.............................................................................. 9 Women’s Mid-Amateur........................................................... 9 Women’s Shoot-Out.............................................................. 10 Florida Hickory........................................................................ 10

STATE AMATEUR OVERVIEW

Bear’s Club.......................................................................... 12-13

FLORIDA JUNIOR TOUR

Upcoming FJT Events............................................................15 Junior Florida Cup...................................................................16 College Scholarships.............................................................17

RULES

Overhead Shot....................................................................... 20

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2022 UPCOMING MEN’S COMPETITIONS

CHAMPIONSHIP

DATE

ENTRIES CLOSE

LOCATION

Forty & Over Four-Ball (North) Forty & Over Four-Ball (South) Futures Championship Super-Senior Match Play Amateur Public Links Senior Match Play 105th Amateur Summer Mixed 68th Boys’ Junior Two-Man Scramble 76th Florida Open Junior Match Play (16-18) Junior Match Play (13-15) Parent-Child 30th Amateur Match Play Junior Florida Cup Junior Team Championship 73rd Four-Ball Forty & Over Mid-Amateur Four-Ball (North) Mid-Amateur Four-Ball (South) Senior Four-Ball Men’s Net Mixed Shoot-Out Super-Senior Four-Ball Florida Cup Mid-Amateur Stroke Play Senior Two-Man Shoot-Out Men’s Net Shoot-Out Men’s Net Four-Ball Foursomes

June 4-5 June 4-5 June 4-5 June 6-9 June 10-12 June 12-15 June 23-26 June 25-26 July 6-8 July 9-10 July 15-17 July 18-21 July 18-21 July 23-24 July 28-31 August 1-2 August 6-7 August 13-14 August 26-28 September 10-11 September 10-11 September 20-21 September 24-25 October 1-2 October 3-4 October 16-18 October 7-9 October 27-28 November 12-13 December 3-4 December 9-10

May 25 May 25 May 18 May 25 May 25 May 18 May 11 June 8 June 1 June 22 June 1 June 29 June 29 July 6 June 29 Invitational July 13 July 13 August 10 August 31 August 31 September 7 September 7 September 14 September 21 Invitational September 21 October 12 October 12 November 16 November 16

Deer Island CC, Tavares The Fox Club, Palm City Vero Beach CC, Vero Beach Crown Colony G & CC, Fort Myers The Florida Club, Stuart LPGA International, Daytona Beach The Bear’s Club, Jupiter Mission Inn Resort, Howey-in-the-Hills Seminole Legacy GC, Tallahassee PGA Golf Club , Port Saint Lucie Bradenton CC, Bradenton River Hills CC, Valrico Buckhorn Springs G & CC, Valrico ChampionsGate & Orange Co. Natl., Orlando Hobe Sound GC, Hobe Sound Sara Bay CC, Sarasota Indian Spring CC, Boynton Beach The Club at Quail Ridge, Boynton Beach Verandah Club, Fort Myers Conservatory at Hammock Beach, Palm Coast Kensington G & CC, Naples Innisbrook, Palm Harbor Lakewood Ranch G & CC, Lakewood Ranch Black Diamond Ranch, Lecanto Fox Hollow GC, Trinity Kensington G & CC, Naples Pensacola CC, Pensacola CC of Ocala, Ocala CC of Winter Haven, Winter Haven River Hall CC, Alva ChampionsGate Resort, ChampionsGate

2022 UPCOMING WOMEN’S COMPETITIONS CHAMPIONSHIP

DATE

ENTRIES CLOSE

LOCATION

93rd Women’s Amateur Summer Mixed 63rd Girls’ Junior Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Junior Match Play Parent-Child Southeastern Challenge Florida Open & Senior Open Women’s Four-Ball Women’s Net Mixed Shoot-Out Women’s Senior Match Play

June 15-19 June 25-26 June 29 - July 1 July 8-10 July 18-21 July 23-24 July 25-26 August 5-7 August 13-14 September 10-11 October 1-2 December 12-14

May 25 June 8 June 8 June 8 June 29 July 6 Invitational July 13 July 27 August 24 September 14 November 16

Streamsong Resort, Streamsong Mission Inn Resort, Howey-in-the-Hills The CC of Winter Haven, Winter Haven Coral Creek Club, Placida Buckhorn Springs G&CC, Valrico ChampionsGate Golf Resort, Orlando Lakewood GC - Point Clear, AL Heritage Oaks G&CC, Sarasota Estero CC, Estero World Golf Village, St. Augustine TBD The Legacy Club at Alaqua Lakes

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SCHEDULE

2022 UPCOMING USGA QUALIFIERS MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS

WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS

U.S. OPEN FINAL QUALIFIER

U.S. WOMEN’S AMATEUR QUALIFIER

June 6.................................................................The Club at Admiral’s Cove

U.S. JUNIOR QUALIFIERS

ENTRIES CLOSE MAY 25 June 1......................................................................................Mark Bostick GC June 13................................................................... The Club at Eaglebrooke June 30.............................................................................Boca Grove G & TC

U.S. AMATEUR QUALIFIERS

ENTRIES CLOSE JUNE 22 June 27-28............................................................................ Cypress Run GC July 11-12........................................................................................Lago Mar CC July 11-12................................................................................Cypress Lake GC July 13-14................................................................................ Hobe Sound GC July 18-19................................................................................. St Johns G&CC July 20-21...........................................................................Mission Inn Resort July 25-26.....................................................................Seminole Legacy GC

ENTRIES CLOSE JUNE 15 June 28........................................................................................ Bent Pine GC July 18.......................................................................................Mission Inn R&C

U.S. SENIOR WOMEN’S AMATEUR QUALIFIER

ENTRIES CLOSE JUNE 8 June 27...............................................................The Falls Club, Lake Worth

U.S. WOMEN’S MID-AMATEUR QUALIFIER

ENTRIES CLOSE JULY 27 August 18...............................................Buckhorn Springs G & CC, Valrico

U.S. FOUR-BALL QUALIFIER (2023)

ENTRIES CLOSE AUGUST 10 September 26....................................................... Laurel Oak CC, Sarasota

U.S. SENIOR AMATEUR QUALIFIERS

ENTRIES CLOSE JULY 6 July 14.............................................................................. Eagle Creek G & CC July 28.................................................................................. Turtle Creek Club August 4............................................................................ Palma Ceia G & CC

U.S. MID-AMATEUR QUALIFIERS

ENTRIES CLOSE JULY 20 August 1......................................................................................... San Jose CC August 8.......................................................................Delray Dunes G & CC August 8................................................................................... Interlachen CC

U.S. FOUR-BALL QUALIFIERS (2023)

ENTRIES CLOSE AUGUST 10 September 12..............................................................................Lago Mar CC November 7.................................................................Golden Ocala G & EC December 12.............................................................................Bradenton CC

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2022

CHAMPIONSHIP R E C A P S

THE BEAR’S CLUB

SITE OF 105TH AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

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CHAMPIONSHIP RECAPS

NEXT 100 JUNIOR INVITATIONAL

75TH WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL FOUR-BALL

Ian Lentz and Honorine Nobuta Ferry battled through 54 holes of stroke play at Mission Inn’s El Campeon course to win the Next 100 Junior Invitational

For the third time in four years, Meghan Stasi and Ina Kim-Schaad raised the trophy at the Women’s International Four-Ball Championship. Kim-Schaad and Stasi survived a playoff to capture the victory at The Wanderers Club.

SENIOR/MID-AMATEUR FOUR-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP

WOMEN’S SENIOR FOUR-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP

Daniel Debra and Don Whittemore captured their second-consecutive Senior/Mid-Amateur Four-Ball Championship at Skyview at Terra Vista. The duo survived an eight-hole playoff, eventually making a birdie on the eighth hole to win.

Diane Lang and Therese Quinn captured the Women’s Senior Four-Ball Championship at the Country Club of Ocala.

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61ST SENIOR AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

WOMEN’S INTERCLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

Mike McCoy came out on top at the 61st Senior Amateur Championship at Avila Golf & Country Club. He was the lone player to finish under par.

TPC Treviso Bay raised the trophy at the 2022 Women’s Interclub Championship at their home club.

MEN’S INTERCLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

WOMEN’S SENIOR AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

Plantation Bay Country Club raised the trophy at the 2022 Men’s Interclub Championship. The Ormond Beach club picked up the win by just three points.

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Terrill Samuel and Taffy Brower raised the trophy at the Women’s Senior Amateur Championship at Eagle Creek Golf & Country Club.

CHAMPIONSHIP RECAPS

45TH FLORIDA SENIOR OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

41ST MID-AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

Gene Fieger survived a playoff to capture the 45th Florida Senior Open Championship at Miromar Lakes Golf & Beach Club.

For the second time in three years, Joey Latowski captured the Mid-Amateur Championship.

This is Fieger’s third-career Florida Senior Open victory and his first since 2018. He becomes the third person in Senior Open history to win three titles and the first since Mike San Filippo in 2008.

Latowski defeated Jake Sherwin, in 20 holes, to take home the victory at the 41st Mid-Amateur Championship at The Oaks Club. The Port Saint Lucie native becomes just the eighth player to win two Mid-Amateur titles in FSGA history.

WOMEN’S MID-AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP Ashley Zagers birdied two holes late to take home the victory at the Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship. The Oldsmar native took home the one-shot victory, finishing the weekend at 3-under 213.

This is the first FSGA championship win for Zagers who just finished up her senior season at the University of South Florida.

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WOMEN’S SHOOT-OUT Sherry Herman and Marianne Springer captured the Women’s Shoot-Out victory at Indian Spring Country Club. Herman and Springer posted scores of 65 during the round one team scramble and a 69 for the round two team four-ball.

FLORIDA HICKORY OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP Will Peterson captured the trophy for the secondstraight year in Men’s Open Division, while Bailey Wiegandt won the Women’s Open Division. In the Stableford Division, Jeff Shafer took the victory in the Men’s Division, while Marci Likens was victorious in the Women’s Division. All four players won in wire-to-wire fashion.

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76TH FLORIDA OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

BRADENTON COUNTRY CLUB JULY 15-17

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AMATEUR AGAIN TAKES CENTER STAGE AT BEAR’S CLUB

Weaving through native palmetto, old pines and natural vegetation, The Bear’s Club stands as one of the premier tests in the state of Florida. This summer, it will once again play host to the top amateurs in the state.

The Amateur Championship will be contested on June 23-26 at The Bear’s Club and Lost Tree Club, where the 105th Amateur champion will be crowned.

Already one of the most decorated athletes in sports history, Jack Nicklaus threw himself into the golf course design business. Projects in the 1970s and early 1980s, such as Muirfield Village, Shoal Creek, Castle Pines and more locally, former State Amateur hosts, Bear Lakes and The Loxahatchee Club helped make Nicklaus one of the most sought after names in golf course design.

According to a piece on The Bear’s Club by Dave Shedloski, longtime resident at Lost Tree Club in Jupiter, Nicklaus had long harbored a desire to bring a first-rate golf club to South Florida. Having already contributed Muirfield Village to his hometown Columbus, Ohio, the intention was to create a tremendous golf club rather than another mainstay on the PGA Tour schedule.

To much acclaim, the golf course opened in 2000 and has been a mainstay on the FSGA schedule ever since.

The course played host to the 95th Amateur Championship in 2012, the 100th Amateur in 2017 and will host the Amateur for the third time this coming June.

The Bear’s Club has long been a safe haven for many of the game’s biggest stars. The club is currently home to stars such as Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Justin Thomas and Jessica Korda, among many others.

The practice facility is awe-inspiring. It boasts a double sided driving range with chipping and putting areas on both sides, an indoor hitting bay on the back side, a par-three course with holes ranging from 90 to roughly

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170 yards, and a shed on the range houses bags of each Tour member’s preferred ball.

As if contestants in the 105th Amateur won’t be nervous enough, the golf course’s opening tee shot ratchets up the nerves an extra notch using a tactic from a number of older clubs in the north. The back tee doubles as a piece of the practice putting green.

Once players get on the course, they will encounter fairways with generous landing areas, but treachery awaits any tee shot struck offline. Highly contoured greens surrounded by large swaths of short grass, a player who misses a green will have a wonderful opportunity to open their mind and will need to use their imagination in order to earn an up and down.

Rounds will finish on the gettable par-5 18th. Balls in the fairway will look at an infinity green and the iconic Mediterranean-style clubhouse with any balls missing long or left finding the water.

In addition to the Amateur Championships, The Bear’s Club has played host to three U.S. Open Final Qualifiers, the Southeastern Challenge Matches and the Junior Florida Cup. The 104th Amateur was contested at Streamsong Resort in Bowling Green, FL and was won by current University of Florida Gator, Fred Biondi. Christian DiMarco (100th) and Chase Seiffert (95th) won the previous two Amateurs hosted by The Bear’s Club.

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FLORIDA JUNIOR T O U R

SARA BAY COUNTRY CLUB SITE OF JUNIOR FLORIDA CUP

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FLORIDA JUNIOR TOUR

UPCOMING FLORIDA JUNIOR TOUR EVENTS

TOURNAMENT Vineyards Open (16-18) Sandridge Open (13-15) PGA Golf Club (16-18) *54-Hole Major* TBD (13-15) Pam McCloskey-Brosnihan Open (16-18) TBD (9-12) Stone Creek Open (16-18) Eagle Creek Open (16-18) Ocala Open (13-15) Fairwinds Open (9-12) 11th Tour Championship Indian Spring (13-18) *Exempt Only* Santa Lucia (13-18) *Non-Exempt* Heritage Oaks Open (9-12) TBD (13-15) Amelia Island Open (16-18)

DATE August 20 - 21 August 20 - 21 August 3 - 5 September 24 - 25 September 24 - 25 September 24 - 25 October 1 - 2 October 8 - 9 October 8 - 9 October 15 - 16 October 15 - 16 December 3 - 4 December 3 - 4 December 3 - 4 December 10 - 11 December 10 - 11

ENTRIES CLOSE July 13 July 13 August 3 August 17 August 17 August 17 August 24 August 31 August 31 September 7 September 7 October 26 October 26 November 16 November 2 November 2

LAKEWOOD NATIONAL GOLF CLUB SITE OF FJT TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP

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15TH JUNIOR FLORIDA CUP Sara Bay Country Club Sarasota, Fla. August 1 - 2

Held annually, the Junior Florida Cup is one of the most fun and exciting golf events in Florida. Each year the state’s top junior players are invited to participate in a North Florida versus South Florida team competition similar to the Ryder Cup.

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FLORIDA JUNIOR TOUR

COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS

FSGA Foundation Scholars

FSGA Scholars is a scholarship program made possible by the FSGA Foundation. In the Spring each year, the FSGA Foundation selects a minimum of five golfers from the FJT’s graduating class to be awarded a renewable four-year scholarship. A total of $10,000 in college scholarships will be awarded each year, resulting in $40,000 granted to each graduating class.

James E. Demick Scholarship One annual scholarship of $10,000 per year, renewable and available for a student’s graduate and undergraduate studies. The scholarship is named in honor of Jim Demick, who has spent the last 24 years of his life dedicated to the FSGA and the game of golf. Demick retired from the FSGA in December 2020 after 24 years as the Executive Director.

A native Floridian, Demick joined the FSGA as the Executive Director in 1997. During his tenure, the organization grew into the largest and most active golf association in the country. He remains a part of the FSGA family, serving as an adviser to the Association and as President of the FSGA Foundation.

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RULES OF GOLF - OVERHEAD SHOT Darin Green, Senior Director of Rules & Competitions

A few weeks ago at the PGA Tour’s RBC Heritage played at Harbour Town Golf Links, Dylan Frittelli played one of the most unusual shots you will ever see on a golf course. He pulled off the unique shot and made par on the hole; until later when a Rules Official told him he must add a two-stroke penalty.

On the sixth hole, Fritelli’s tee shot went into a tree and never made it to the ground. He found his ball suspended about seven feet above the ground in a clump of spanish moss that was hanging from the tree.

He took out his driver, gripped the shaft of the club, stood under and behind the ball, held the driver above his head and knocked the ball into the fairway. Fritelli then holed out in two more strokes for a miracle par.

Later, a Rules Official informed Fritelli that must add a two-stroke penalty on the sixth hole standing on or across your line of play, or an extension of that line behind the ball (imagine a croquet style stroke). Rule 10.1c prohibits that type of the stroke.

Click here to view a video of the shot 10.1c. Making Stroke While Standing Across or on Line of Play The player must not make a stroke from a stance with a foot deliberately placed on each side of, or with either foot deliberately touching, the line of play or an extension of that line behind the ball.

For this Rule only, the line of play does not include a reasonable distance on either side.

Exception – There Is No Penalty If Stance Is Taken Accidentally or to Avoid Another Player’s Line of Play.

A note about spanish moss: When spanish moss is in a tree it is considered to be part of the tree and growing; hence, you must not move it, or remove it, to improve the conditions affecting your stroke.

When spanish moss is on the ground it is consider to be a loose impediment (natural object that is unattached or growing, similar to a twig or leave). You may move spanish moss laying on the ground as long as your ball does not move.

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PRESERVING & PROTECTING THE GAME OF GOLF SINCE 1913