2023 Member Guest Tournament

Table of contents

Welcome letter

event schedule

local rules

General No Play Zones alternative to stroke & distance sprinkler heads close to putting greens ocean winds #15 tee shot

crooked oaks #18 tee shot

crooked oaks #13 tee shot

Dear Members and Guests,

It is my pleasure to welcome you to Seabrook Island Club’s 31st annual Gentlemen’s Member/Guest Invitational. Thank you for choosing to participate in our Club’s premier men’s golf event

Ninety teams will make up 15 flights in one of the Club’s most highly anticipated tournaments. We’ve planned some exciting changes to the popular 9-hole format.

Please note that we are committed to providing an outstanding experience throughout this fun-filled event and hope to exceed your expectations in every way. In this booklet, you will find a schedule of events, rules of play, flight lists, and match schedules for Thursday through Saturday.

At anytime during the Tournament, if you feel there is anything we can do to enhance your time spent with us, please do not hesitate to let me know. Thank you for your participation, good luck in the Tournment, and enjoy your time on the courses at Seabrook Island Club!

Brian Thelan, PGA Head Golf Professional

Event schedule

Wednesday, September 27

Practice rounds throughout the day

(call the Pro Shop to schedule tee time)

5:00 - 7:30 pm: Stag Night

Events Include: Pari-mutuel betting

Skills contest including long drive, closest to the pin, and putting challenges

Team Buy-In

Tee gift: Foot Joy sportswear and shoe package

Retail value $375 (per player)

Thursday, September 28

7:30 am: Registration and breakfast

Pari-mutuel betting (continued from Wed.)

9:00 am: Rounds 1 & 2 begin

11:45 am: Boxed lunches on the course

6:00 pm: *Cocktail party, live music, and heavy hors d'oeuvres in the Atlantic Ballroom

Friday, September 29

7:30 am: Breakfast

9 am: Rounds 3 & 4 begin

11:45 am: Boxed lunches on the course

2 pm: Scoreboard Cocktail Party

Saturday, September 30

8:15 am: Breakfast

10 am: Round 5 begins

1 pm: *Shootout of Flight Winners – hole #18 Ocean Winds

1 - 2:30 pm: Light snacks and bar during the shootout

3:00 pm: Cookout, awards presentation & closing on the Golf Veranda

* Spouses/Significant Others are invited to attend the Thursday and Saturday Events

local rules

Local Rules

General

USGA rules and Seabrook Island Club rules will govern all play.

No play zones

These areas exist on holes 15 and 16 on Ocean Winds. These penalty areas are marked with red or yellow stakes with green tops, but the contours of the hazards do not necessarily conform to a straight line between the stakes. To further define the hazard boundaries, it must be inferred that the line of the hazard should conform to the unmown grass or vegetation that is approximately between the hazard stakes. Play from within the No Play Zone is prohibited. If the ball lies within the No Play Zone, the player must take a penalty stroke and proceed under Rule 17.1. If the ball does not lie within the No Play Zone, but the player must stand in that area to play the next stroke, he must take relief (without penalty) no closer to the hole such that the stroke may be played without standing in the No Play Zone.

Alternate to stroke and distance

When a player’s ball cannot be found or is thought to be out of bounds, the player may proceed as follows and apply two penalty strokes: take relief by dropping their ball in an area between:

(a) the point where the ball is believed to have come to rest (if lost) or crossed the out-of-bounds line (if OB) and

(b) a point established by moving laterally to the edge of the fairway of the hole being played, within 2 club lengths of the edge of the rough but not nearer the hole (see Rule 14.3).

Sprinkler Heads close to putting greens

Relief from interference by an abnormal course condition (immovable obstruction) may be taken under Rule 16.1. In addition, if a ball lies off the putting green but not in a penalty area and an abnormal course condition on or within two club lengths of the putting green and two club lengths of the ball intervenes on the line of play between the ball and the hole, the player may take relief as follows:

The ball must be lifted and dropped at the nearest point to where the ball lay that:

(a) is not nearer the hole

(b) avoids intervention and

(c) is not in a penalty area of on a putting green

The ball may be cleaned when lifted

Ocean winds #15 tee shot

A drop area is available on #15 as an additional option for balls hit into the fronting penalty area.

Crooked oaks #18 tee shot

A drop zone is available across the bridge on the right for all balls deemed to be lost in the penalty area right of the fairway. For balls lost in the frontal pond off the tee, players must re-tee.

Crooked oaks #13 tee shot

A drop area is located just left of the cart path as an additional option for ball hit in the penalty area

Tournament Format

tournament format

Rounds 1 - 5, Four Ball Match Play (better ball of partners) with five 9-hole matches.

Teamsflightedbyhandicap

Handicapsassignedbythecommitteeusing90%asthebasis

Scoring - one point per hole plus one point for winning the match. Ten points areavailablepermatch-7pointsmaximum.

Handicaps for the tournament have been calculated using the USGA handicap system.

AllquestionsregardinghandicapsshallbereferredtotheHandicapCommittee. In each match, the handicaps of all four players shall be reduced by the handicap of the low-handicap player, who shall then play at scratch. Half strokes will be allocated. Note: A half-stroke can break, but not make, a tie. Strokes will be marked on the card and allocated according to the difficulty of thenineholesbeingplayed.

ClosesttothepincontestswillbeheldoneachPar3duringmatches1-4.

Ties - In the event of a tie for first or second place in a flight, the winning team will be determined by the outcome of said team’s head-to-head match. If the head-to-head match is halved, then sudden death hole-by-hole scores will determine the winner beginning with the first hole of the match. If either team wins no hole outright, a chip-off among the four players will decide the winner. Theteamwiththeballclosesttotheholeshallbedeclaredthewinner.

Tardiness - If one player on a team is not ready to start his match on time, his partner must proceed without him playing against the better ball of the opponents. The tardy player may join the match at the start of any unplayed hole after it has begun. Rejoining the match applies to a player leaving the courseduringtheplayofamatch.

WeatherDelay

In case of lightning or “unplayable” course conditions, play will be suspended with one loud, 15-second blast from the on-course horns. Players must return to the clubhouse or take safe shelter - they may completetheholethey’replayingormarkthepositionoftheirballandthen come in. Play will resume with three 5-second blasts from the on-course horns.

In the event of a complete rain-out of a match or matches on Thursday or Friday,anyholesplayedwillbescratched,andthetournamentwillcontinue asscheduled.

tournament championship

All Flight Winners plus the top Flight Runner-up Team(s) (based on total points) will compete in a modified one-hole elimination shootout from the 18th fairway of Ocean Winds. This format allows all participants and spouses to watch the entire playoff. Handicaps will be converted to yardage: 0 – 9 green tees @ 160 yards; 10 – 19 black tees @ 150 yards; 20 and above white tees @ 140 yards.

The format will be an alternate shot, and one team will be eliminated in each round. The final round will be a 2 player shamble.

Ties will be broken with a blind chip-off.

Pari-mutual betting

$20 minimum bet online with Homestretch Golf

Flight Winner paid per flight

Overall Champion and Runner-Up teams paid

Team Buy-In

$100 per team charged to Member account (unless opt out)

Shootout winner gets an additional $5 per team entered

Flight Winner - 60%

Flight Runner-up - 40%

Flight pool - $95 X the number of teams entered

HOMESTRETCH GOLF GUIDE

Step 1: Click here for the “Find Your Tournament’ page. You can also scan the QR code below to get to the webpage.

Step 2: Search by golf course or tournament name. Select the Seabrook Island Club Member Guest Tournament from the displayed results, then hit the green ‘Go’ button.

Step 3: Enter your name, agree to the Homestretch Golf terms and conditions checkbox, and click the green ‘Continue’ button.

Step 4: Enter your phone number or email so we can alert you when you have a winning wager and send you wager receipts.

Step 5: You’ll be taken to your wagering session, where you can browse the field of teams and save as many wagers as desired.

Once you’re done saving your wagers on Homestretch Golf, proceed as instructed by your tournament administrator to submit funds. Then, you can monitor the live ‘odds to win’ until betting closes to determine if you want to place additional wagers.

Flight List

Blue Heron

Sandpiper

spoonbill

surf scoter

sand thrush

black duck

mallard

wood stork

snowy egret

oyster catcher

pelican

ibis

opsrey

whimbrel

piping plover

Blue heron

Sandpiper

spoonbill

surf scoter

sand thrush

black duck

mallard

wood stork

snowy egret

oyster catcher

pelican

ibis

whimbrel

piping plover

2022 member-guest flight winners

OVERALL CHAMPIONS

Tim Croal & Mike Bungo

OVERALL RUNNER-UP

Joe Foti & Robert Foti

BLUE HERON

Jeff & Andrew Ward

Runner-up: Tim & Jeff Ely

SANDPIPER

Andy Sauls & Jeff Turner

Runner-up: Lane Baker & Joey Huckaby

SPOONBILL

Matthew Pletcher & Eric Kronemeyer

Runner-up: Michael Roe & Tim Gilbert

SURF SCOTER

Gary Otten & Gary Dinka

Runner-up: Al & Sean Eads

SANDTHRUSH

Chris Zegers & Steve Shafer

Runner-up: Kenneth Abele & Steve Scott

BLACK DUCK

Walter Leventhal & Don Eubanks

Runner-up: Todd Lieb & Michael Staiti

MALLARD

Timothy Croal & Mike Bungo

Runner-up: Gary Walton & Jeff Holloway

WOOD STORK

Brandon Percival & Robert Welsh

Runner-up: Gary Walton & Jeff Holloway

SNOWY EGRET

Jim & Jerry Dwyer

Runner-up: Michael Riddle & Ed McDonald

OYSTER CATCHER

Joe Foti & Robert Foti

Runner-up: J.T. Carpenter & Mark Thompson

PELICAN

Lee Hessberg & Jason Hessberg

Runner-up: Tony Ruzowicz & Mike Coleman

IBIS

Rich Goheen & Brad Lamb

Runner-up: Aldrich Boss & Michael Boss

OSPREY

Devin Tombs & Andrew Tombs

Runner-up: Arthur Dougherty & Tim Poeton

WHIMBREL

Smith Coleman & Michael Bigelow

Runner-up: Stephen Shapiro & David Michaels

PIPING PLOVER

Michael E. Jones & Jack Koach

Runner-up: Jon Strittmater & Scott Briggs

member-guest past champions

2021

John Gialamas

Jamie Ross

2019

Jim Dwyer

Jerry Dwyer

2018

Jeff Ward

Andrew Ward

2017

Mark Dennis

Matthew Dennis

2016

Mac McDonald

John Knothe

2015

Dennis Schwab

Trey Werner

2014

Smith Coleman

Mike Bigelow

2013

Bruce Wallingford

Greg Kaminstein

2012

Ed Gillen

Steve Gillen

2011

David Fennell

Fel Newman

2010

Chip Carpenter

Brooks Carpenter

2009

Bob Fisk

Steven Fisk

2008

Bill Crater

Keith Futrell

2007

Ken Kavanaugh

Farrell Mashburn

2006

Colin Barker

Jay Betts

2005

Bill Crater

Keith Futrell

2004

Ken Fry

Jom Batot

2003

Walter Mahla

Mark Komenecky

2002

Jim Altemus

Brian Altemus

2001

Art Clayton

Teddy Wellborn

2000

John Caldwell

Gary Henby

1999

Mac Stanton

Jeff Stanton

1998

Jim Allen

Check Murphy

1997

Bob McLoud

Lee McLoud

1996

Harold Bright

Tom Bright

1995

Robert Kistler

Joe Burns

1994

Dan Simon

George Heller

1993

Charlie Drayton

Andrew Drury