2003 RTJ Golf Trail Trip Guidelines
ITINERARY
Friday, October 10:Hotel:Hampton Inn
129 River Road
Gadsden, AL 35901
(256) 546-2337
NOTE: The hotel is about 15 minutes from the course. Please allow adequate driving time in the morning.
Saturday, October 11:Golf:SilverLakes, 27 holes
1 Sunbelt Parkway
Glencoe, AL 35905
(256) 892-3268
First am tee time: 9:08 am
First pm tee time: 2:28 pm
Hotel:Hampton Inn
Sunday, October 12:Golf:SilverLakes, 27 holes
First am tee time: 9:00 am
First pm tee time: 2:28 pm
Drive:To Opelika (about 1.5 – 2 hours)
Hotel:The Lodge at Grand National
3000 Sunbelt Parkway
Opelika, AL 36801
(334) 741-9292
NOTE: The hotel is about 2 minutes from the course. Please allow adequate driving time in the morning.
Monday, October 13:Golf:Grand National, 36 holes
3000 Sunbelt Parkway
Opelika, AL 36801
(334) 749-9042
First am tee time: 7:24 am(note the early start!)
First pm tee time: 1:00 pm
Hotel: The Lodge at Grand National
Tuesday, October 14:Golf:Grand National, 18 holes
First am tee time: 9:32 am
Drive:Home/airport
LOGISTICAL NOTES
- My cell phone number is (678) 234-1959, should you encounter problems with hotel reservations if you beat me to the hotel.
- Your hotels are all pre-paid. Please make sure you are asked for a credit card for incidentals at check-in.
- You have pre-paid for 27 holes Saturday and Sunday, 36 on Monday, and 18 on Tuesday. Our 'official' competition will end after Monday’s play. So do as you please in terms of foursomes and competition on Tuesday. If you desire to play more golf on a given day, check in with the pro shop. They can usually get you out at a discounted replay rate.
- Your carts are also pre-paid.
- I will make every effort to be the first one to the course each morning to provide our payment vouchers and check you in. Most likely you will only need to pay for any range ball tokens and potentially GPS (see below)
- Some Trail facilities have GPS units in the carts for distances. Sometimes this is included in the cart fee and other times we’ve had to pay at the course. Last year I think it was all pre-paid …
- Please keep the pace of play moving. Trail courses are hard and play slow normally. While we have 5 hours between most morning/afternoon tee times, this may be pushing it. This is especially important on Monday, when we play 36 holes. The afternoon 4-man scramble is the most enjoyable event of the trip, and if we don’t keep play moving in under 5 hours we may not finish before dark (as happened in the past).
- Special note: On Monday, we request that the earlier members of your 4-man scramble team buy lunch at the turn for the later members. That way, should we be running behind schedule, your team can move right to the first tee of the scramble without lunch delays.
RULES
In order to expedite play, to minimize frustration and profanity, and to provide an enjoyable Trail experience, we do not play golf on the trip, but a modified version of it. To that end, we will enact the following rules. As always, golf is a gentlemanly game of honor, so please respect these guidelines and ask for your foursome's consensus if in doubt.
- All of your handicaps have been adjusted according to USGA specifications based on the slope and rating of the set of tees you are assigned to play each day. This means everyone is playing on a level playing field regardless of tees. Net scores are directly comparable. You need to stick to your tee assignments to make this work.
- We will play lost balls and out-of-bounds as lateral hazards rather than stroke-and-distance. Pick a reasonable drop area where you think your ball was lost, or crossed OB, drop, and take a penalty stroke.
- Bumping the ball to improve your lie will be allowed in the fairway. Much to my chagrin, it will also be allowed in the rough. Please keep it within 6" of the original ball location, and bump so that you do not improve your stance or the flight line of the shot (e.g., taking a tree out of play). Bumping is not allowed in any hazards (bunkers or water hazards).
- There will be a maximum score of triple-bogey per hole. Favor will be shown for natural triples vs. picked-up triples, so please note pick-ups on the scorecard with a plus sign.
- One breakfast ball will be permitted on the first tee of the morning round each day.
- Please make sure your scorecards are turned in to Mowchan or myself after your rounds. We need hole-by-hole scores to properly keep score, so telling us you shot 92 won’t cut it. If you would like a copy of your card make one before turning it in to us.
9th Annual Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Outing
Team Competition
We will be split into two 8-man teams. Handicaps, in parenthesis, will be taken into account when applicable. These are your normalized handicap indices; course handicaps will be adjusted based upon the course slope and rating for the set of tees you play so everyone is on a level playing field.
Flight / Founding Fathers / BoozersA1 / Mark Lanoue (6.8) / John Johnson (1.4)
A2 / Brian Shipp (8.1) / Ken Mullen (8.9)
B1 / Steve Mowchan (8.7) / Court Walpe (11.4)
B2 / Paul Rumely (10.7) / Kevin Paul (14.6)
C1 / George Droll (18.5) / Kris Paul (15.2)
C2 / Armin Diller (19.7) / Steve Franklin (18.3)
D1 / Mike Thielen (21.7) / Mark Boessler (24.6)
D2 / David Pumpelly (25.6) / Michael Minniear (25.8)
Saturday Morning
18 holes – SilverLakes4-Man 2-Best Ball w/Handicap – ORANGE TEES –
Backbreaker / HeartbreakerEach golfer plays his own round. The 2 lowest net scores for a team on each hole count towards the team score. Each team of 8 will have two 4-man entries in this event. The Fathers will have Lanoue, Mowchan, Thielen, and Pumpelly on one team, the remainder on the other. The Boozers will have Mullen, Kevin Paul, Franklin, and Boessler on one team, the remainder on the other. Points are awarded as follows: 14/10/5/1.
9:08 / 9:16 / 9:24 / 9:32Shipp / Mowchan / Lanoue / Minniear
Droll / Diller / Thielen / Walpe
Kris Paul / Kevin Paul / Johnson / Rumely
Boessler / Franklin / Mullen / Pumpelly
Saturday Afternoon
9-holes – SilverLakes MindbreakerSingles Match Play – ORANGE TEES - 2 players compete against each other. Low net score wins the hole. Strokes are given (in parenthesis) to the player indicated. Strokes are given on the most difficult holes based on the hole handicaps on the scorecard. Each match won is worth 2 points, a halved match (tie) worth 1 point. Justin Leonard-sized putts: priceless.
2:28 / 2:36 / 2:44 / 2:52Franklin / Mullen / Johnson / Mowchan
Droll (0.5) / Thielen (8) / Rumely (5.5) / Minniear (10.5)
Shipp / Diller / Lanoue / Walpe
Kris Paul (4.5) / Boessler (3) / Kevin Paul (5) / Pumpelly (8.5)
Sunday Morning
18 holes – SilverLakesLong Drive – Holes TBD – 1 point each.
Heartbreaker / Mindbreaker
Closest to the Pin – #8 (Heartbreaker) and #2 (Mindbreaker) – 1 point each.
Doubles Match Play– ORANGE TEES. 2 players from The Fathers compete against 2 players from The Boozers. Low net best ball score wins the hole for the 2-man team. Your scorecard will indicate handicap strokes. Strokes are given on the most difficult holes based on the hole handicaps on the scorecard. Each match won is worth 6 points, a halved match (tie) worth 3 points.
9:00 / 9:08 / 9:16 / 9:24Mullen / Shipp / Lanoue / Johnson
Kr. Paul (8) / Diller (14) / Thielen (19) / Minniear (30)
P. Rumely (2) / Franklin (12) / Walpe (6) / Mowchan (9)
Droll (12) / Boessler (20) / Ke. Paul (10) / Pumpelly (29)
Sunday Afternoon
9-holes – SilverLakes BackbreakerSingles Match Play – ORANGE TEES - 2 players compete against each other. Low net score wins the hole. Your scorecard will indicate handicap strokes. Strokes are given on the most difficult holes based on the hole handicaps on the scorecard. Each match won is worth 2 points, a halved match (tie) worth 1 point.
2:28 / 2:36 / 2:44 / 2:52Kr. Paul / Lanoue / Mowchan / Shipp
Droll (2) / Mullen (1.5) / Walpe (1.5) / Ke. Paul (4)
Franklin / P. Rumely / Thielen / Johnson
Diller (0.5) / Boessler (8.5) / Minniear (2.5) / Pumpelly (15)
Monday Morning
18 holes – Grand National LinksSkins – ORANGE TEES – A1, A2 vs. A1, A2. B1, B2 vs. B1, B2; etc.- Low net score on the hole wins the skin. You will receive the number of strokes off of the low handicap in your flight, as shown after your name in the tee-time table below. You get the strokes on the hardest holes as indicated on the scorecard. If two tie from the same team, skin goes to that team. If two or more tie from different teams, no skin is awarded. There are no carryovers. Each skin is worth 1 point. If the skin is won with a natural birdie or better, add an additional 0.5 points.
7:24 / 7:32 / 7:40 / 7:48Mullen / Kevin Paul / Johnson / Diller
Boessler / Kris Paul / Thielen / Minniear
Franklin / Lanoue / Rumely / Walpe
Pumps / Mowchan / Droll / Shipp
Monday Afternoon
18 holes – Grand National Links4-Man Scramble – Points awarded as follows: 16/11/6/1 WHITE TEES.
1:00 / 1:08 / 1:16 / 1:24Mullen / Lanoue / Johnson / Shipp
Kevin Paul / Mowchan / Walpe / Rumely
Franklin / Thielen / Kr. Paul / Droll
Boessler / Pumpelly / Minniear / Diller
Tuesday Morning
18 holes – Grand National LakeNo Team Competition - Side bets if you have money left.
9:24 / 9:32 / 9:40 / 9:48Mowchan
Diller
Thielen
Lanoue
Make up your own foursomes!
Additional Scoring:
Hole-in-one = 2 points.
The team with the most points after Monday will be declared the winner. The winning team receives fabulous prizes.
“In one physical model of the universe, the shortest distance between two points is a straight line… in the opposite direction Danny.” – Ty Webb
“I guess we're playing for keeps now-- I guess the kidding around is pretty much over, huh?”
– Carl Spackler
Past Team Competition Results
1997 Champion – Georgia (Lanoue, Mullen, Paul, Wagner); Runner-up – Ohio
1998 Champion – Georgia New Guys (Sterrenberg, Grimes, Meese, Hand); Runner-up – Ohio
1999 Champion – Boozers (Ducat, Paul, Franklin, Sprague); Runner-up – Indiana Collegians
2000 Champion – *Tie – Boozers (Ducat, Droll, Paul, Franklin); Founding Fathers (Lanoue, Mowchan, Thielen, Diller)
2001 Champion – Trail Hook Scandal (B. Rumely, Droll, Diller, Fielder); Runner-up – Boozers
2002 Champion – Founding Fathers (M. Lanoue, S. Mowchan, M. Thielen, D. Pumpelly); Runner-up – Boozers