| Email from Jay: October 28th, 2006
To; ASGA & PGA Nike Cup Teams
(Cimarron & other PGA Pros - please
forward this to all PGA Team Members not listed in the Cc: above
From: Jay Fox, ASGA Executive
Director
Attached please find the pairings
for the Four-Ball Matches and Foursome Matches of the 32nd
Annual Nike Cup Matches October 28 at the Hot Springs Country
Club. Individual Pairings for Sunday, October 29 will be
announced at Saturday night's cocktail party! A blank pairing
sheet is included as well as the press release that went to all
news agencies today!
The ASGA will sponsor a breakfast
buffet both mornings (Saturday and Sunday) beginning at 7:30
a.m., lasting until approximately 9:00 a.m.
The ASGA will also provide box
lunches and drinks between matches Saturday and an "open ticket"
will be at each halfway house for both days!
Following Saturday's play, we will
have a cocktail party at HSCC beginning at 7:00 p.m. with heavy
hors' douvres and an open bar until 7:30 p.m. A sport coat is
recommended, but not required. During the party, captains will
announce individual pairings for Sunday.
Uniforms - I
understand the pros are going to be wearing khaki pants and blue
shirts Saturday and black pants and white shirts Sunday.
Therefore, the amateurs
will wear Black pants with gray shirts on Saturday and Khaki
pants with purple shirts on Sunday. I will also
have one black (Velcro closure, non-fitted) Nike cap for the
amateur team.
I want to thank Barry Howard,
general manager at HSCC and the membership for opening their
arms to us. Please show the course every courtesy by following
the posted cart rules, repairing ball marks, filling divots etc.
I look forward to seeing everyone at
Hot Springs Country Club and for the pros, Cimarron was given a
chance to get a quote in the press release, but got tied up in a
meeting and did not get back to me!
Congratulations again to those who
have made this team umpteen times and to the rookies. It looks
like the weekend is going to be pretty good weather wise and is
always a fun weekend - win or lose! See ya in Hot Springs.
October 23, 2006
The players listed above are
going to represent the ASGA in the 2006 Nike Cup Matches
against the Arkansas PGA Chapter Professionals October 28-29
at the Hot Springs Country Club.
I want to congratulate Kirk
Brown and Ron Mangold, who have earned their way onto this
team for the first time and I also want to thank Bev
Hargraves and Chris Jenkins, not only for serving as ASGA
Board Members and Honorary Playing Captains, but also for
selecting me as a captain's pick after not automatically
qualifying in the top ten. I feel very strongly about these
matches and echo Bubba Klugh's thoughts below!
The purpose of this email is to
provide you with information regarding the weekend. First,
there is a practice round/money game Friday afternoon at
HSCC. Chris Jenkins will be emailing each of you
information about tee times, etc. Typically, each team is a
four-person team, blind drawn out of a hat with two pros and
two ams on each team. Everybody is playing everybody else,
usually two low balls and there is a $3 Skins game as well.
I would imagine Chris will just hit "reply all" when he has
the information. If you commit to play to him, please honor
your commitment.
For example, I will not be
playing as I am still mending from tendonitis in my left
thumb and don't want to push it for four rounds in three
days - saving my strength for the matches (plus there are
hole locations to choose, making sure the course is marked
etc.)
Second, if you need lodging,
please call Tim Zimmerebner at the HSCC Golf Shop -
501-624-2661 and he can give you the code for reduced
lodging at the Arlington Hotel (hotel and HSCC have same
owner). There are numerous other hotels in Hot Springs.
The schedule of play:
Saturday, October 28
- Breakfast buffet for players at HSCC (men's grill)
beginning at 7:30 a.m. (paid by ASGA). Tee times begin at
9:00 a.m. for Four-Ball Matches. Box lunch following play
and Alternate Shot Matches p.m.
Cocktail party - 7:00 p.m. at
HSCC (Sport coat recommended, but not required). HSCC has
lockers and showers so bring clothes if you want. Open bar
7:00 - 7:30 - Cash bar after 7:30. Hor's douvres and
Individual pairings for Sunday announced. Reminder
- set clocks BACK one hour before going to bed!
Sunday, October 29
- Breakfast buffet begins at 7:30 a.m. in the men's
grill at HSCC (paid by ASGA), Tee Times for Individual
Matches begin at 9:00 a.m.
The ams won the Nike Cup last
year so the pros must win this year's matches outright to
earn the cup. The ams lead the overall series 21-10 and
keep the cup in the event of a tie.
All matches are worth 1 point -
there are 8 Four-Ball Matches (six ams and two seniors) and
8 Alternate Shot Matches on Saturday - total points possible
16.
There are 16 Individual Matches
on Sunday - total points possible 16 - 32 for two days. The
ams won 20-12 in 2005, but the pros are "loaded for bear" in
2006.
The pairings will be announced
on Thursday, October 26. The amateur captains have already
made their pairings for four-ball and alternate shot. A
meeting with Cimarron Grubb, PGA Captain, is scheduled for
Thursday morning. I will email pairings to you Thursday
afternoon.
Uniforms -
please plan on bringing Black plants and Khaki pants to wear
as shirts have been ordered to match these colors. Also,
each player will receive a black Nike cap and a solid
black Nike mockturtleneck in case of cold weather. Plan on
bringing the necessary rain gear/cold weather gear etc.
just in case.
I preparing for this year's
event, I want to share portions of an email from Bubba Klugh,
who has played in numerous Nike Cup and Mid-South Cup
Matches:
"Playing in the Cup Matches has
always represented the pinnacle of golf for me. Obviously,
things like any USGA event are huge, but how many really get
the chance to compete in those - especially on a regular
basis? I felt this way in 1981 when I made my first team
and I still feel the same today. This opportunity never
lost its significance for me. For most of us, travelling
all over the country to play at an elite level, week in and
week out, is just not possible.
BUT the Cup Matches, now there's
a chance to show what you've got against the best around.
Slipping that uniform over my head always made me proud to
represent my state alongside a great group of guys who were
also great players. To me, it's my Razorback helmet. If
you don't feel what I'm describing, then maybe this
tournament isn't for you and you just wasted your whole
summer. If you do feel it, then maybe it would be a good
time to show what you got. These guys you are playing
really want a piece of you and it's up to you not to be
their personal trophy.
I really wish I could be there
whether it is as a player, captain or simply a spectator.
Good luck playing and enjoy what you have accomplished."
Thanks Bubba for your words of
wisdom. He was asked to be non-playing captain but must be
in Houston, Texas Sunday afternoon on business.
If you have any questions,
please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to
seeing everyone at Hot Springs Country Club.
Please reply to this email so I
know you have received it - thank you!
Jay Fox
Executive Director
Arkansas State Golf Association
501-455-2742
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