Complete player packet2

Dear Participant, The 2015 South Florida PGA England Travel Pro-Am is just around the corner and we are looking forward to an excellent week of golf. Enclosed please find a packet of information to distribute to each of your amateur partners. It is important they receive this information prior to traveling to England.

Among the items you will find enclosed:      

Hotel and Golf Course Information Tee time sheets for the entire trip Roster of all contestants Format and party information sheet Daily trip itinerary England travel information

Representing the South Florida PGA is Executive Director, Geoff Lofstead and Director of Operations, Meredith Schuler. Should you need to contact either one of us, our mobile phone numbers are listed below and on the travel information sheet of the packet.

Thank you for traveling with us, and we hope you have a great week! Please do not hesitate to contact us should you have any questions.

Kindly,

Geoff Lofstead Executive Director (954) 684-0208

Meredith Schuler Director of Operations (561) 308-1940

Trip Information The 2015 South Florida PGA Travel Pro-Am to England will include 9 teams 40 travelers. The Pro-Am features an outstanding group of professionals and amateurs which will make for a fabulous time in England!

Southport is a large seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England. It lies on the Irish Sea coast of North West England and is fringed to the north by the Ribble estuary. Southport today is still one of the most popular seaside resorts in the UK.

Golf Itinerary Monday, July 27th - Royal Birkdale 10:00 AM– 10 minute travel time to the golf course Tuesday, July 28th - Hillside - 2:06 PM – 10 minute travel time to the golf course (24 players) / Formby – 9:38 AM – 20 minutes travel time (12 players) Wednesday, July 29th - Royal Liverpool - 9:30 AM – 1 hour travel time to the golf course Thursday, July 30th - Royal Lytham & St. Annes - 10:10 AM - 1 hour travel time to the golf course.

Friday, July 31st - Formby - 9:38 AM – 20 minute travel time to the golf course (24 players) / Hillside 9:38 AM – 10 minute travel time to the golf course (12 players)

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Trip Information The 2015 South Florida PGA Travel Pro-Am to England will include 9 teams 40 travelers. The Pro-Am features an outstanding group of professionals and amateurs which will make for a fabulous time in England!

Southport is a large seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England. It lies on the Irish Sea coast of North West England and is fringed to the north by the Ribble estuary. Southport today is still one of the most popular seaside resorts in the UK.

Golf Itinerary Monday, July 27th - Royal Birkdale 10:00 AM– 10 minute travel time to the golf course Tuesday, July 28th - Hillside - 2:06 PM – 10 minute travel time to the golf course (24 players) / Formby – 9:38 AM – 20 minutes travel time (12 players) Wednesday, July 29th - Royal Liverpool - 9:30 AM – 1 hour travel time to the golf course Thursday, July 30th - Royal Lytham & St. Annes - 10:10 AM - 1 hour travel time to the golf course.

Friday, July 31st - Formby - 9:38 AM – 20 minute travel time to the golf course (24 players) / Hillside 9:38 AM – 10 minute travel time to the golf course (12 players)

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Trip Information The 2015 South Florida PGA Travel Pro-Am to England will include 9 teams 40 travelers. The Pro-Am features an outstanding group of professionals and amateurs which will make for a fabulous time in England!

Southport is a large seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England. It lies on the Irish Sea coast of North West England and is fringed to the north by the Ribble estuary. Southport today is still one of the most popular seaside resorts in the UK.

Golf Itinerary Monday, July 27th - Royal Birkdale 10:00 AM– 10 minute travel time to the golf course Tuesday, July 28th - Hillside - 2:06 PM – 10 minute travel time to the golf course (24 players) / Formby – 9:38 AM – 20 minutes travel time (12 players) Wednesday, July 29th - Royal Liverpool - 9:30 AM – 1 hour travel time to the golf course Thursday, July 30th - Royal Lytham & St. Annes - 10:10 AM - 1 hour travel time to the golf course.

Friday, July 31st - Formby - 9:38 AM – 20 minute travel time to the golf course (24 players) / Hillside 9:38 AM – 10 minute travel time to the golf course (12 players)

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Player/Travel Roster Fort Lauderdale County Club Mark VanDyck, PGA Michael Michon Rich Montalvo Brad Kantor

Miami Beach Golf Club Shane Keenan, PGA Andrew Pastewski Andrew Catapano Anthony Karpawich

Fort Lauderdale Country Club Michael O'Brien, PGA Steve Day Pre Patel Michael Manion

Breakers Rees Jones Course Danny St. Louis, PGA Geoff Lofstead Harry Sargeant Len Martling

The Club at Renaissance David Kent, PGA Mike Dwyer Gord Waites Tom O'Hara

Lost Tree Club Brian Peaper, PGA Jeff Harper Teresa Pickens Meredith Schuler

The Club at Renaissance Jay Westerlund, PGA John Gnagey Murray Simmonds Ken MacMaster

Grey Oaks Country Club Gary Baker, PGA Leslie Sponder Steve Sponder Frank Paulson

Stonebridge Golf & Country Club Club Tom Cleaver, PGA Ron Bosco Craig Doering

Guest Roster     

Vicki Baker Carolina Doering Lourdes Ferris Jackie Paulson Vicki Peaper

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Tournament Information 36-hole & 54-hole Team Competitions

Challenge 1  1 best ball of 4 – Royal Birkdale  2 best ball of 4 – Hillside Golf Club Challenge 2  2 best ball of 4 – Royal Liverpool  1 best ball of 4 – Royal Lytham & St. Annes  1 best net /1 best gross – Formby o During the 1 best ball competitions all amateurs will receive 90% of their handicap (any amateur whose age and course adjusted handicap are greater than 75 will have the opportunity to play forward tees) o During the 2 best ball competitions all amateurs will receive 80% of their handicap o Overall low team competition o Overall low professional competition o Deluxe tee package

Skins Game    

Daily skins games are available $20 per player per day Players split into skins competition based on handicap index with three divisions: Professionals only, amateurs with a handicap of zero through 9.0, and amateurs with a handicap of 9.1 and higher. (Please note this is tentative based on amateur handicaps.)

Skins are based upon gross score and must be birdie or better

Daily Results

Daily tournament results can be picked up nightly at the front desk.

Amateur Handicaps

All amateur handicaps will be secured through on-line verification two weeks prior to the event. As with all PGA events we ask that all Professionals review the handicap roster upon distribution, confirming that they fairly represent the ability of each player. If an error is found in handicapping we ask that you please contact Meredith prior to departing for England to insure the accuracy of all paperwork.

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Handicap Roster Fort Lauderdale County Club Mark VanDyck, PGA Michael Michon Rich Montalvo Brad Kantor Fort Lauderdale Country Club Michael O'Brien, PGA Steve Day Pre Patel Michael Manion The Club at Renaissance David Kent, PGA Mike Dwyer Gord Waites Tom O'Hara The Club at Renaissance Jay Westerlund, PGA John Gnagey Murray Simmonds Ken MacMaster

Miami Beach Golf Club Shane Keenan, PGA Andrew Pastewski Andrew Catapano Anthony Karpawich

7.6 8.5 10.9

9.7

Breakers Rees Jones Course Danny St. Louis, PGA Geoff Lofstead Harry Sargeant Len Martling

7.0 9.5 9.2

10.5 11.9 10.1

Lost Tree Club Brian Peaper, PGA Jeff Harper Teresa Pickens Meredith Schuler

1.0 11.2 7.0

12.1 16.1 13.9

Grey Oaks Country Club Gary Baker, PGA Leslie Sponder Steve Sponder Frank Paulson

15.6 0.1 22.0

11.2 7.4 11.4

9.9

Stonebridge Golf & Country Club Tom Cleaver, PGA Ron Bosco 8.9 Craig Doering 3.3 *Blue notes the females participating in the event.*

Important Facility Notes:

Golf carts will only be available at one facility. Pull carts will be available along with caddies. Please see below the additional caddie fees.

Caddies Fees: Royal Liverpool – 45 pounds All other facilities – 50 pounds  Plus gratuities, suggested gratuities are 10-20 pounds 4

Tee Times July 27th - Royal Birkdale 10:00 AM 10:10 AM 10:20 AM 10:30 AM 10:40 AM 10:50 AM 11:00 AM 11:10 AM 11:20 AM

Tom Cleaver, PGA Mark VanDyck, PGA Michael O'Brien, PGA Shane Keenan, PGA Danny St. Louis, PGA David Kent, PGA Jay Westerlund, PGA Gary Baker, PGA Brian Peaper, PGA

Ron Bosco Michael Michon Steve Day Andrew Pastewski Geoff Lofstead Mike Dwyer John Gnagey Frank Paulson Jeff Harper

Craig Doering Rich Montalvo Pre Patel Andrew Catapano Harry Sargeant Gord Waites Murray Simmonds Steve Sponder Teresa Pickens

Brad Kantor Michael Manion Anthony Karpawich Len Martling Tom O'Hara Ken MacMaster Leslie Sponder Meredith Schuler

July 28th - Formby 9:38 AM 9:44 AM 9:50 AM

Gary Baker, PGA Tom Cleaver, PGA Danny St. Louis, PGA

Frank Paulson Ron Bosco Geoff Lofstead

2:06 PM 2:12 PM 2:18 PM 2:24 PM 2:30 PM 2:36 PM

Mark VanDyck, PGA Shane Keenan, PGA David Kent, PGA Jay Westerlund, PGA Michael O'Brien, PGA Brian Peaper, PGA

Michael Michon Andrew Pastewski Mike Dwyer John Gnagey Steve Day Jeff Harper

Steve Sponder Craig Doering Harry Sargeant

Leslie Sponder Len Martling

July 28th - Hillside

Rich Montalvo Andrew Catapano Gord Waites Murray Simmonds Pre Patel Teresa Pickens

Brad Kantor Anthony Karpawich Tom O'Hara Ken MacMaster Michael Manion Meredith Schuler

July 29th - Royal Liverpool

Jay Westerlund, PGA David Kent, PGA Brian Peaper, PGA Gary Baker, PGA Mark VanDyck, PGA Michael O'Brien, PGA 10:30 AM Shane Keenan, PGA 10:40 AM Tom Cleaver, PGA 10:50 AM Danny St. Louis, PGA 9:30 AM 9:40 AM 9:50 AM 10:00 AM 10:10 AM 10:20 AM

John Gnagey Mike Dwyer Jeff Harper Frank Paulson Michael Michon Steve Day Andrew Pastewski Ron Bosco Geoff Lofstead

Murray Simmonds Gord Waites Teresa Pickens Steve Sponder Rich Montalvo Pre Patel Andrew Catapano Craig Doering Harry Sargeant

Ken MacMaster Tom O'Hara Meredith Schuler Leslie Sponder Brad Kantor Michael Manion Anthony Karpawich Len Martling

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Tee Times continued July 30th - Royal Lytham & St. Annes 10:10 AM 10:20 AM 10:30 AM 10:40 AM 10:50 AM 11:00 AM 11:10 AM 11:20 AM 11:30 AM

Tom Cleaver, PGA Shane Keenan, PGA Gary Baker, PGA Danny St. Louis, PGA Michael O'Brien, PGA Mark VanDyck, PGA Brian Peaper, PGA Jay Westerlund, PGA David Kent, PGA

Ron Bosco Andrew Pastewski Frank Paulson Geoff Lofstead Steve Day Michael Michon Jeff Harper John Gnagey Mike Dwyer

Craig Doering Andrew Catapano Steve Sponder Harry Sargeant Pre Patel Rich Montalvo Teresa Pickens Murray Simmonds Gord Waites

Anthony Karpawich Leslie Sponder Len Martling Michael Manion Brad Kantor Meredith Schuler Ken MacMaster Tom O'Hara

July 31st - Formby 9:38 AM 9:44 AM 9:50 AM 9:56 AM 10:02 AM 10:08 AM

Shane Keenan, PGA Brian Peaper, PGA Michael O'Brien, PGA Mark VanDyck, PGA Jay Westerlund, PGA David Kent, PGA

Andrew Pastewski Jeff Harper Steve Day Michael Michon John Gnagey Mike Dwyer

Andrew Catapano Teresa Pickens Pre Patel Rich Montalvo Murray Simmonds Gord Waites

Anthony Karpawich Meredith Schuler Michael Manion Brad Kantor Ken MacMaster Tom O'Hara

July 31st - Hillside 9:38 AM 9:44 AM 9:50 AM

Tom Cleaver, PGA Danny St. Louis, PGA Gary Baker, PGA

Ron Bosco Geoff Lofstead Frank Paulson

Craig Doering Harry Sargeant Steve Sponder

Len Martling Leslie Sponder

Please note if you have any questions in regards to the tee times please contact Meredith Schuler at mschuler@pgahq.com / 561-308-1940 prior to the event.

Golf Course Information Royal Birkdale Royal Birkdale, one of Britain’s finest golf clubs, has been voted the No 1 course in Britain and is among the best in the world. The stunning coastal resort of Southport is the home of Royal Birkdale, for many golfers, the best of all the great golf courses to have staged The Open Championship. In 2015 Royal Birkdale will host the Boys Championship and The Open will return in 2017. www.royalbirkdale.com 6

Hillside

Hillside Golf Club is located in Southport, England. It lies almost side by side with the Royal Birkdale course, amid a stretch of sandhills, and the quality of the individual holes is such that golfers may find it difficult to separate the two. Typical of the links courses on the Northwest coastline, Hillside is open to the wind coming in from the Irish Sea and laid out in a truly stunning setting, the course is a true test for golfers of all handicaps. Since 1967, Hillside has hosted several prestigious championships. In the late 1970s, the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship and The Amateur Championship were held; in the 1980s the Sun Alliance PGA Championship and The Amateur Championship; in the 1990s the English Open Amateur and the International European Amateur. The course is a highly regarded Qualifying venue for The Open, in fact some would say it is one of the best links courses never to have hosted The Open! http://www.hillside-golfclub.co.uk

Royal Liverpool

Founded in 1869, Royal Liverpool is on what was then the racecourse of the Liverpool Hunt Club and received the "Royal" designation in 1871 due to the patronage of the Duke of Connaught of the day, one of Queen Victoria's younger sons. Robert Chambers and George Morris (younger brother of Old Tom Morris) were commissioned to lay out the original course, which was extended to 18 holes in 1871. Royal Liverpool has a long and distinguished history of golfing firsts.

It was originator and host to the inaugural men’s amateur championship in 1885, which became The Amateur Championship. It was host to the first ever international match between Scotland and England in 1902. It hosted the first Home International matches, and the first transatlantic contest between Great Britain & Ireland and the USA in 1921, an event which became the Walker Cup the following year. In fact, it is Royal Liverpool Golf Club's contribution to the amateur game that has set it apart from all other clubs in England. Although, at the end of the nineteenth century, it was the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews that took on the role of the governing body in golf as the game developed, it was at Royal Liverpool that the rules of amateur status were laid down.

The Open at Royal Liverpool was also the scene of the second leg of Bobby Jones' historic Grand Slam in 1930. http://www.royal-liverpool-golf.com/

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Royal Lytham & St. Annes

Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club was founded in 1886 and the present Course constructed in 1897.

The Clubhouse celebrated its Centenary in 1998. It is one of the premier links courses in the world, host to ten Open Championships, two Ryder Cups and numerous other major tournaments including the Women's and Seniors Open Championships. is one of the courses in the Open Championshiprotation. The Women's British Open has also been played on the course four times: once prior to being designated a major championship by the LPGA Tour, and three times since. Northern hospitality has always been famous and Royal Lytham leads the way. http://www.royallytham.org/

Formby

Founded in 1884, the course was redesigned by Willie Park in 1912. Over the years the course has undergone some changes, including some in 1922 by James Braid. The course has been the venue for a number of tournaments and competitions over the years, including the Curtis Cup in 2004 and The Amateur Championship in 1957, 1967, 1984, and 2009. It has also been used as a qualifying course for The Open Championship in 1924, 1971 and 1996. http://www.formbygolfclub.co.uk/

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Guest / Social Itinerary Sunday, July 26th – Everyone arrives in England Welcome reception at The Vincent – Canapes Galleria Bar - 6:30 PM (business casual attire) Monday, July 27th - Travel to famous Liverpool City and enjoy a guided Beatles Tour.

Group dinner at The Vincent – Galleria I - 7 PM (business casual attire) Tuesday, July 28th – Travel to Historic Chester City for a guided walking tour with free time to explore the city on your own. www.visitchester.com Wednesday, July 29st – Travel to the Estate of Tatton Park to wonder around its beautiful gardens and tour the magnificent country house. www.tattonpark.com.uk Thursday, July 30th – Free day to enjoy the spa or discover Southport. Just outside The Vincent Hotel on Lord Street is a Victorian canopied boulevard edged in scenic gardens and lined with specialty shops, boutiques, and the famous Wafares Shopping Arcade which opened in 1898.

Friday, July 31st – Travel to the Cheshire to visit Adlington Hall located on 2000 acres of beautiful grounds and gardens. www.adlingtonhall.com Closing dinner at The Vincent – Galleria II - 7:45 PM (business casual attire – no coat required)

Hotel Information The Vincent Hotel Southport is a unique lifestyle hotel for the North West of England.

Situated on Lord Street, Southport’s Parisienne Boulevard, the Vincent takes comfort and personal service to new heights – all within a fresh, stylish and contemporary interior. www.thevincenthotel.com 98 Lord Street / Southport PR8 1JR / United Kingdom +44 1704 883800

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Additional Travel Information Passport Update

Please remember to check your passports now to confirm that they are up to date. It is also important that both your first name and last name appear on the passport exactly as it does on your airline ticket.

Airport Transfer/Transportation

Airport transfer from Manchester to Southport – The Vincent. When you arrive at baggage claim please look for the CELTIC GOLF sign. All transportation to and from the golf course will be provided as well.

If you have additional travel arrangements that need to be made please contact Celtic Golf directly at 1800-535-6148.

Currency

Currency is the British Pound. British Pound can be purchased at foreign exchange departments, US Banks or any bank in England including those located in airports, which are open for all flight arrivals.

We recommend everyone exchange their monies prior to departure in the US. Current Exchange Rate: 1 British Pound = $1.56 US Dollars = $.66 (as of July 5, 2015)

Weather

Lows in the upper 50’s, high in the low 70’s with a chance of rain daily.

Time

England is 5 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time (for instance, if it is 12 noon in Miami and New York, it will be 5 PM in Southport).

Noteworthy Numbers / Information South Florida PGA Staff Geoff Lofstead Meredith Schuler

Executive Director Director of Operations

Celtic Golf – Travel Coordinators Jerry & Josephine Quinlan

954-684-0208 561-308-1940 1-800-535-6148

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Local Restaurants *Breakfast is included daily at the hotel.

Additional Restaurants for free night Bistrot Verite 7 Liverpool Road Birkdale Village, Southport Phone: 01 704 564199 www.bistroverite.co.uk French Bistro Forge Brasserie Queen Anne Street Southport Phone: 01 704 500522 www.forgebrasserie.co.uk Seafood & Steak Restaurant Auberge Brasserie 1b-3 Seabank Road Southport Phone: 01 704 530671 www.auberge-brasserie.com French Cuisine

Villaggio Cucina 31 Liverpool Road Birkdale Village, Southport Phone: 01 704 563538 www.villaggiocucina.co.uk Italian Cuisine V CafĂŠ & Sushi Bar The Vincent Hotel 98 Lord Street Southport Phone: 01 704 883800 www.thevincenthotel.com Casa Italia 517 Lord Street Southport Phone: 01 704 533402 www.casaitalia.co.uk

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