Golf

The New RMGA Season Begins!

Mark your calendars and begin to make your plans now! The 2022 RMGA schedule has been finalized and is included below for your information. The traditional Opening Scramble and Breakfast Meeting will open the season on March 19 followed by the Red Tee Tournament and then the year’s first “Major”; the Member-Member Match Play in April. Get your game in shape – the season will be here before you know it!

2022 RMGA Schedule

March 19th Opening Scramble 10:00 Shotgun North April 9th Red Tee Tournament 9:30 Shotgun South April 30th Member/Member Match Play 9:30 Shotgun South May 1st Member/Member Match Play 9:30 Shotgun North June 4th 3-Man 3-Club Scramble 9:00 Shotgun South June 25th The Derby 8:00 Tee Times South June 26th The Derby 9:00 Shotgun North July 16th Red, White & Blue 8:00 Tee Times South July 17th Red, White & Blue 8:00 Tee Times South August 6th The Draft 9:00 Shotgun South August 7th The Draft 9:00 Shotgun North September 3rd Intra-Association Event (Tentative) 9:00 Shotgun South September 24th 2-Man 3-in-1 (18 holes) 8:00 Tee Times South October 29th 4-Man Scramble (Tough Day) 9:00 Shotgun North November 12th Turkey Tournament 10:00 Shotgun South

Gross & Net Individual and Team Match Play Events

February 19th Deadline to sign up February 26th Matches begin April 3rd Deadline to Complete 1st Round Gross, Net & Team Match Play May 8th Deadline to Complete 2nd Round Gross, Net & Team Match Play June 12th Deadline to Complete 3rd Round Gross, Net & Team Match Play July 17th Deadline to Complete 4th Round Gross, Net & Team Match Play August 14th Deadline to Complete 5th Round Gross, Net & Team Match Play September 18th Deadline to Complete 6th Round Gross, Net & Team Match Play October 23rd Deadline for Finals of Gross, Net & Team Matches Deadline

Match Play Note: All match play deadlines are final and will not change. If you have any issues regarding the completion of a match by the deadline date, your match will be decided by a coin flip. Coin flips and any other year-long Match Play decisions will be made by one or more of the following RMGA Committee Members: Peter Fowler; Olof Bengtsson; Antoine Le Saux

Survey Says…

When RWGA members were asked to share their favorite games played during the season, the top three choices included Flag Day, My Favorite Nine and Criss Cross. During Flag Day each player is given a flag with a score on it (par plus handicap). At the point when the score on their flag is reached the flag is planted in the ground. When a player has completed 18 holes and still has her flag, she returns to #1 and plays until she plants her flag. At the end of the round during My Favorite Nine each player simply circles her best nine holes (net). Criss Cross involves each player choosing the best score from #1 or #10, #2 or #11 etc. at the end of her round. If you would like more information about the other fun yet challenging games played throughout the RWGA season, please feel free to contact Lisa Miller, Play Day Chairperson, at 401.439.7250.

Please CLICK HERE if you would like to find out more about the RWGA or would like to join us for a playday before the season starts.

The Raintree Women’s Bowling League still has vacancies. We would love to have you join us! This is a full handicap league, with bowlers at all levels. We meet at Park 10 Lanes on Montford Avenue on Fridays at 1:00 with a 15-minute practice starting at 12:45. Our season runs through March 28.

For more information feel free to contact Susan Fritsch at 704.996.7812 or Karen Covington at 704.641.7818.

The weekly Raintree Senior Men’s Golf Association (RSMGA) season resumes on Wednesday, February 16 with flighted red tee competition on the North Course. The season will run through the end of December with no events during the two weeks in June and September when the golf courses are closed for aeration.

The Interclub Omega season will begin in early April. Although the final schedule has yet to be finalized Raintree will play the following clubs: Rock Hill, River Run, River Hills, Rolling Hills and Piper Glen. Our record last season was 6-4, one win short of qualifying for the playoffs.

The RSMGA is open to all male members who are over 50 years old. We play on Wednesday mornings with shotguns starts at either from 8:30 - 10:00AM depending on the time of year. If you are over 50 and interested in joining the RSMGA please contact Tim Burson at bursont@queens.edu

Congratulations to the winners of the final events of the 2021 season:

December 22 – Two Mulligans

Pete Marco

December 29 – Red Tees Net

Flight 1 -- Art McCulloch Flight 2 – Bob Edwards