MGA/LGA Updates

A Letter from the Men's Golf Association

The MGA board has established a Tee Box Amendment to the MGA Tournament Tee Rule. The original rule was, “If your age and handicap index was 59 or less, you play the blue tees If between 59-65 you play the white tees Age 65 and older play the gold tees ” The amendment still follows this rule, with the exception that you can now move forward no more than one set of tees, with your course adjusted handicap, plus one additional stroke If you are 60 years old or over, you can move from the white tees to the gold tees, with your course adjusted handicap plus one additional stroke There will be a minimum of 3 strokes, and a maximum of 4 strokes applied to this.

The Hole-in-One Program is still a valid program, and will pay any MGA member $600 for a hole-in-one made on the SSCC course If you were to make one, the stipulations are that: (1) you must have a regulated round (9-hole round does qualify), and (2) you must have two witnesses, one of which has to be another MGA member A score card must be turned into the Pro Shop, and the round entered into the GHIN system. Each time a hole-in-one is made, the membership of the MGA is charged another $5 on their dues in order to help fund this program There were seven hole-in-ones paid in 2023 Congratulations to Jon Landers, Alex Motes, Josh Morrison, Nathan Mathews, David Robinson, Kris Childress (2) Congratulations to Bobby Brown and Billy Escobar for being the first two recipients so far in 2024.

MGA tournaments left for this year are the MGA Championship on July 27th and 28th, and Member/Guest on September 28th and 29th.

As always, if you are not a member of the MGA and would like to be, stop by the Pro Shop and fill out a card.

A Letter from the Ladies' Golf Association

There’s no moss growing under this group’s golf bags! We’ve been a busy bunch!

On April 17th, we hosted 40+ ladies from the Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas areas for the opening playday of the ArkLaTex group. The day is always a treat. The next ArkLaTex playday on Tuesday, May 7th will be played in Clarksville, TX June’s playday is on Monday, June 10th in Paris, TX.

Thank you to all LGA’ers who volunteered for The Dinner Bell on May 1st. We are also excited about our plans for the 16th Annual LGA LEGACY Tournament on June 22nd This supports our Wildcat girls’ golf scholarships and our annual donations to community groups. Sponsors can contact Twila Gill for opportunities to help us!

Our rousing game nights have been lots of fun. The April 11th night was Farkel where we all sparkled! The May game night is Thursday May 9th at 6 p m Then, we’ll take a break until Thursday, September 12th.

The Birdie Tree’s limbs are filling up! Birdies have been made this year by Jamie Birdsong, Cecelia Glud, Debbie Miller, Rhonda Underwood, Whitney Spigener, and Linda Jaroszewski Congratulations! We look forward to having more birds land on our tree.

Our monthly meetings are normally on the 4th Wednesday of the month, at 12PM The May meeting is on May 22nd The June meeting is earlier in the month, on June 19th due to the LGA LEGACY tournament.

We have weekly playdays on Wednesday & Saturday mornings You can contact Karen Foxworthy if you want to be added to either of the text groups for playday notifications.