Volume 3, Issue 4 April 2015 Midwest Section PGA member and/or apprentice: A recent study of PGA Professionals indicated that 80% of Head Golf Professionals and more than 93% of Directors of Golf and General Managers cited financial management as a top job priority. Through the PGA Annual Operations Study, you have access to the industry’s best source for market specific operating and financial data. In order for this resource to continue to be of value, we are asking you to click on the link below and take part in the 2015 PGA Annual Operations Survey. To assist you in this process, you will be directed to a sample worksheet to help you save time. New this year. In an effort to further streamline the survey process, you will only answer questions pertaining to the operational areas you indicate that you manage and/or have access to key operating data. The Demo Memo P1 President’s Letter P2 AAA May Par 3 Social P3 Vice President’s Letter P4 Secretary Letter P4 Drive, Chip, & Putt P6 Notes from the Districts P7 Pete Reyburn Memorial P8 Membership Notes P9 Tournaments P 10 Random Rules P 12 Member Updates & Birthdays P 13 In recognition of your participation, you may earn up to 2 MSR credits by completing this survey on or before June 10, 2015. You will also be provided with detailed results from the survey including the ability to benchmark your facility’s performance against your market and access a variety of customer reports to support you in the budgeting process and discussions with your employer. Click here to start this year's survey and provide your facility's fiscal/ calendar year 2014 results. My best, Bradford C. Demo Midwest Section PGA Goal Rank #1 out of 41 Section Biz Site Midwest Section PGA | 1960 Copper Oaks Circle | Blue Springs, MO 64015 | 816.229.6565 | www.midwest.pga.com | [email protected] 1 PRESIDENT’S LETTER What an incredible Masters week! It was not only a great tournament with multiple story lines but it started off with some of the most enjoyable golf I’ve watched on TV; the National Drive, Chip and Putt Championship. We had three local competitors from the Midwest Section make the finals and I would like to congratulate Julia Misemer of Overland Park, Grant Herrenbruck of Salina and Chance Rinkol of Leawood for their outstanding play. Julia was 4th place overall and winner of the Drive competition with a 227 yard drive in the 10-11 year old group, Grant was 6th overall and 2nd in the Drive competition in the 14-15 year old group and Chance finished 5th overall in the 7-9 year old group. Congratulations to each of you! I was so proud to see the broadcast coverage that was given to these kids by the Golf Channel and couldn’t believe how many of my patrons stopped to watch the event, even on an extremely busy Sunday. It really was exciting to see these kids compete on the ultimate stage and I can’t wait to watch next year! Hopefully, I will make my first trek to Augusta and watch it in person. Locally, we had our first Teaching and Coaching Summit/Merchandise Show/Spring Meeting in early March and I once again would like to thank Brenndan Cooper and Andy Fisher for setting up our guest speakers, I thought the program was outstanding. Thanks to our Section Staff for keeping things organized and thanks to Prairie Band Casino and Randy Towner for their hospitality. The Board of Directors will be reviewing the surveys from the event and will work to make adjustments accordingly. Don’t forget, the end of the MSR cycle is coming to a close, make sure you check your status. Jay Kennedy, PGA President Midwest Section PGA | 1960 Copper Oaks Circle | Blue Springs, MO 64015 | 816.229.6565 | www.midwest.pga.com | [email protected] 2 Midwest Section PGA | 1960 Copper Oaks Circle | Blue Springs, MO 64015 | 816.229.6565 | www.midwest.pga.com | [email protected] 3 VICE PRESIDENT LETTER With the MSR cycle coming to a fast close and many members of our Section struggling to reach the required credits to stay out of Class F, I thought this might be a good time to share this link with you: www.pga.org/ education. At PGA.org you can watch videos and then fill out an assessment to earn MSR credits. If you are not sure what the requirements are or how to catch up on your needed credits, please click here. We hope that if you are behind you will make an effort to get caught up to help keep our Section strong and keep yourself in good standing. Chad Myers Midwest Section PGA Vice President SECRETARY LETTER Finally a nice spring season! With all the great weather we have had it’s been a whirlwind month. It seems like there are more people out at the course so let’s hope the trend continues. Kids will be out of school before we know it, so at Minor Park we are working on getting a Junior League Golf team together. Our first task is recruiting and we are reaching out to the local community to boost the effort. For now our marketing/communication strategies are very LOCAL: Neighborhood schools (especially those with SNAG in place) Neighborhood Churches Neighborhood YMCA Local Community Centers In addition we will go through area youth organizations and social media: Boys & Girls Club Big Brothers Big Sisters Facebook posts Please contact me if you are interested in knowing more about PGA JLG as we work to grow from the SNAG–in– School programs. I do know a few of you have already reached out and I will get you updated by the end of April. I look forward to updating you with our progress for the May newsletter! Thanks all, Julie [email protected] P.S. Thank you to Mr. Towner for his post last month, I have been out for 9 holes three times this week! It makes a big difference when the 13-hour days are broken up with a few holes of golf. Midwest Section PGA | 1960 Copper Oaks Circle | Blue Springs, MO 64015 | 816.229.6565 | www.midwest.pga.com | [email protected] 4 Midwest Section PGA | 1960 Copper Oaks Circle | Blue Springs, MO 64015 | 816.229.6565 | www.midwest.pga.com | [email protected] 5 Midwest Section PGA | 1960 Copper Oaks Circle | Blue Springs, MO 64015 | 816.229.6565 | www.midwest.pga.com | [email protected] 6 NOTES FROM THE DISTRICTS KCMO District Members, I hope everyone's season is off to a great start! What an incredible run of weather with the perfect amount of precipitation worked in. I've enjoyed the opportunity to speak with most of you personally over the last few months; for those of you I missed, please do not be afraid to reach out if there is anything you need. Please place the KCMO District Cup on your radar, it's August 24th at Oakwood and we are really looking for a nice turnout for the District. I would also like to extend a personal invitation to all our Section members to join in the fun on May 11th here at Cardinal Hill for our Pro-Pro Event. We shotgun at noon with Chicken Gumbo following the round! May 18th also marks the Footprints-iNFairways Pro Am, pairing PGA Professionals, GCSAA member and two others in a fun day of golf benefitting the Midwest Section PGA Foundation. I have had several District Members reach out to me regarding localized PGA Junior League competitions. If you plan on having a team please consider getting in touch, it looks like we will have some teams available for interclub style PGA Junior League Golf competitions in June and July! Have a great month! Brian Flax, PGA KCMO District Director KCK District Members: How about this great spring weather. I’m sure all of your facilities are really ramping up for a great year. We are certainly seeing a lot of enthusiasm from our membership, which makes me feel we are in for a great golf season. Hope everyone is experiencing the same enthusiasm at your facilities! As I mentioned in the previous newsletter, I am in the planning stages of our next meeting of which I think everyone will enjoy this new exciting venue. Once I am able to get the date locked down, I will send all of our KCK District members an email. As many of you know the Tournament season is in full swing and Tyler Dunn and the Tournament Committee have worked very hard to arrange a long list of great golf events for all of our professionals this season. Please get out and support our MPGA Section Events. Come out and enjoy the camaraderie with our fellow professionals. Also, Chris Happ and his AAA (Assistant-Apprentice Association) committee have planned a great event for all you. On Thursday, May 14th at 2:00 p.m. the committee will be hosting the May Golf Social at the Fred Arbanas Golf Club – Par 3 Course. This will be a blind draw event with a skins game and some post-game food and beverages. For all you Assistants and Apprentices, I urge you to join the AAA and get involved. This event is open to all members and apprentices. For those of you who still may need MSR points, there are still a lot of opportunities for you prior to the end of our MSR cycle on June 15, 2015. Please check out the education opportunities on the MPGA website and PGA.org. Lastly, please let me know if there is anything I can do for you in regard to any MPGA business. You can reach me by email at [email protected] or phone at 913.362.6204. Flint Hills District The Prairie Cup at Firekeeper GC was a great success, with 26 Hope to see everyone on the Links very soon! Mike Ricket teams from 5 different sections it provided a great opportunity to meet peers from other clubs and exchange ideas. It was fun to start the season off with a scramble and then move to the best ball after a little of the rust was off. Mark your calendars for this event next year!! It will grow as word spreads. Looking to play more golf this year and have your members happy about it? Do what our Hall of Fame member Stan Thirsk did and post a sign-up sheet with 20 dates on it and let any threesome sign up as a team / charge them a fee that will be redeemable in gift certificates for the winners of the season long event. Use handicaps, give yourself some shots if you need them and play two best balls of the group. Members and guest want to play with you and you will sell more clubs and re-grip more clubs that you thought possible. Make more friends, make more money and play more golf. Welcome to spring my nose is dripping. Randy Towner, PGA Flint Hills District Director Midwest Section PGA | 1960 Copper Oaks Circle | Blue Springs, MO 64015 | 816.229.6565 | www.midwest.pga.com | [email protected] 7 Midwest Section PGA | 1960 Copper Oaks Circle | Blue Springs, MO 64015 | 816.229.6565 | www.midwest.pga.com | [email protected] 8 MEMBERSHIP NOTES Seasonal Assistant Golf Professional Manhattan Country Club Contact: Blake Graham Assistant Golf Professional Trails West Golf Course at Fort Leavenworth Contact: Keith Stilwell [email protected] [email protected] Seasonal Assistant Professional Assistant Golf Professional Deer Creek Golf Club Contact: Adam Trainor Cypress Ridge Golf Course [email protected] [email protected] Assistant Golf Professional Outside Services Manager Falcon Ridge Golf Club Sycamore Ridge Golf Course Contact: Steve Specht Contact: Ben Perry [email protected] [email protected] Golf Professional The National Golf Club of KC Contact: Nicholas Ingram [email protected] Contact: Penny Hickman ONLINE EDUCATION If you are in need of “required” MSRs, you can complete the online education via PGA.org. 1. Go to www.pga.org 2. Login 3. Go to Education 4. Search course library 5. Watch the video at your convenience 6. Take the assessment Seasonal Events Coordinator/ Golf Shop Assistant Hidden Pines Country Club Contact: Richard Myers 660-747-5515 [email protected] Midwest Section PGA | 1960 Copper Oaks Circle | Blue Springs, MO 64015 | 816.229.6565 | www.midwest.pga.com | [email protected] 9 Tournament Committee Notes Upcoming Tournaments April 20 Pro Pro @ Eagles Landing GC Sponsored by: Bruce Hollowell with Antigua April 27 Stableford @ Oakwood CC (individual stroke play) Sponsored by: Nate Wright with Callaway Golf & PGA Tour May 4 1st Two Rounds of the Match Play Championship @ Shawnee Golf & CC Sponsored by: OMEGA May 11 Pro Pro @ Cardinal Hills GC Sponsored by: PGA Tour May 18 Footprints iN Fairways Pro Am @ Ironhorse GC (1 Pro, 1 GCSAA & 2 Others or Form a Team of 4)Sponsored by: John Deere, National Car Rental, TaylorMade, adidas, McCarthy Auto Group REMINDER FOR APPRENTICES All apprentice professionals who wish to play in section golf tournaments must be registered members of the AAA. The opportunity to play in section tournaments is a privilege, not a right! Register through www.midwest.pga.com. Tournament Registration Tournament Results Ozarks District Cup The Tournament Committee has implemented a $20 late fee to all entries for Section tournaments that are made after the deadline. Please make sure to register prior to the deadline to save yourself the late fee. Congratulations to Chris Mabry of Lake Quivira Country Club on winning the Ozarks District Cup with a 72. This event was hosted by LedgeStone Country Club on April 13th. Midwest Section PGA | 1960 Copper Oaks Circle | Blue Springs, MO 64015 | 816.229.6565 | www.midwest.pga.com | [email protected] 10 Midwest Section PGA | 1960 Copper Oaks Circle | Blue Springs, MO 64015 | 816.229.6565 | www.midwest.pga.com | [email protected] 11 RANDOM RULES It’s the Rainy Season! That you may touch any grass, bush, tree or other growing thing during a practice swing, or on the backGolf is an “outdoor” game, so the Rules must deal swing of your club when making a stroke at a ball in a with the elements of Mother Nature. Golf played durhazard. Note to Rule 13-4. ing or after a spell of rain can be a challenge (and fun with the right attitude!). With an assist from Rules of __________ Golf blogger Barry Rhodes, have some fun with the Answer: following: After a heavy downpour Rex is having trouble finding anywhere to tee his ball on the teeing ground. He finds a rake in a nearby bunker and uses the back of it to push water away from that part of the teeing ground where he wants to take his stance. When he does make his tee shot he drives his ball down the middle of the fairway but it stops quickly in a large puddle. On reaching his ball, he picks it up and drops it at the nearest point where the lie of the ball and his stance are clear of the puddle, not nearer the hole. However, as he takes his stance he sees that water is still visible around the soles of his shoes. He picks-up his ball again and repeatedly steps sideways until he finds the nearest point to where his ball originally lay in the puddle where the water is not visible around his shoes. He correctly drops his ball about two feet away from this point and then plays a long iron shot just short of the putting green. It is still raining and Rex has his umbrella open. He hands it to his fellow competitor to hold while he takes his first putt, which stops short of the hole. He removes the flagstick, takes back his umbrella from his fellow competitor and holds it open over his head with one hand, as he grips his putter with the other to easily putt out. What is Rex's score for the hole? 1 - Drive down the middle of the fairway. Note: There is no penalty for removing water from the teeing ground, (Rule 13-2). 2 - Long iron onto the putting green. Note: Rex followed the correct procedure in taking complete relief from the casual water. Had he played his ball after dropping it for the first time, when there was water visible around the soles of his shoes, he would have incurred a penalty of two strokes in stroke play or loss of hole in match play, for not taking complete relief. 3 - First putt. 4 - Putt into the hole. Note: There is no penalty for Rex protecting himself from the elements with an umbrella whilst making a stroke (Decision 14-2/2). Rex scores 4 for the hole. If you have found this content interesting then why not follow Barry’s blog on the Rules of Golf at www.barryrhodes.com. (The answer is below) __________ 19th Hole Titbit - Do You Know? Midwest Section PGA | 1960 Copper Oaks Circle | Blue Springs, MO 64015 | 816.229.6565 | www.midwest.pga.com | [email protected] 12 MEMBER UPDATES Transfers INTO Name Employer Class Christopher R Bussell Kansas City Country Club B-8 Kenneth C Evans Lake Shawnee Golf Course B-8 Benjamin T. Felts, PGA Milburn Country Club A-8 Kyle J. Golos, PGA The Deuce at the National A-8 Tim Mervosh, PGA Milburn Country Club A-13 Joel T. Monahan, PGA Impact Golf Group A-6 Alex W. Pisano, PGA Drumm Farm Golf Club A-6 Anthony J. Trace, PGA Canyon Farms Golf Club A-6 Quarter Century Name Class David Sprowell, PGA IN Employment Changes Name Employer Class Ryan T. Burchett, PGA Tiffany Greens Golf Club A-1 Christopher R Bussell Kansas City Country Club B-8 Kenneth C Evans Lake Shawnee Golf Course B-8 Benjamin T. Felts, PGA Milburn Country Club A-8 Kyle J. Golos, PGA The Deuce at the National A-8 Morgan W Hough Staley Farms Golf Club B-8 Tim Mervosh, PGA Milburn Country Club A-13 Alex W. Pisano, PGA Drumm Farm Golf Club A-6 Anthony D. Roberts, PGA St Andrews Golf Course A-1 Jason L. Rudolph, PGA Shoal Creek Golf Course A-14 Patrick R. Shaw Lake Shawnee Golf Course B-8 Anthony J. Trace, PGA Canyon Farms Golf Club A-6 Drew L. Van Scyoc, PGA Shadow Glen Golf Club A-8 Sean C VanHoutan The Atchison Golf Club at Bellevue B-1 Sharnae E. Winters, PGA Canyon Farms Golf Club A-1 May Birthdays Sean W Edwards Adam S. Trainor, PGA James Fournier, PGA Rickie R Scott, PGA Michael R. Letzig, PGA Christopher J. Gomez Mark J. Ophoven, PGA Wendi S Brandt Kyle A Easter Travis D Marsh Jay H. Kennedy, PGA Blake J. Graham, PGA Julie M. Roberts, PGA Joseph Taylor, PGA 5/2 5/4 5/6 5/6 5/7 5/8 5/8 5/12 5/12 5/12 5/13 5/14 5/14 5/17 Robert Usher, PGA Greg Dillon, PGA Conan E. Dougherty, PGA Gary A. McClure, PGA Scott M. Mellen, PGA Brad A Volker, PGA Christopher A Medrow David L. Shanks, PGA Garrett R. Holt, PGA R. Drue Johnson, PGA Dustin J. Newman, PGA Parker R. Janssen, PGA Mark T. Cowee, PGA 5/17 5/19 5/20 5/22 5/23 5/23 5/24 5/25 5/26 5/27 5/27 5/28 5/29 Midwest Section PGA | 1960 Copper Oaks Circle | Blue Springs, MO 64015 | 816.229.6565 | www.midwest.pga.com | [email protected] 13
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