CTLG 2013 Season Opening @ Hiddenfalls

Today is the CTLG May tournament at the Stonetree Golf Club.  Yeah! At my home course.  

The tee time was 8:30 shot gun start.  I should be on third hole by now.

Today’s tournament was canceled because we are expecting the strong north wind, up to 35-40 miles, combine with low temperature. 

Instate I am at home posting this blog.  What a bum.

On the March 7^th 2013, the Central Texas Ladies Golf (CTLG) season opening tournament was held at the Hidden Falls golf course.

The CTLG is a group of ladies from nine different golf courses in Central Texas meet every first Thursday of the month for the tournament at the different course each time.  Although some participants are very serious with tournament, the prize is very humble amount.  So some of us, like myself, it is all about having fun and sharing a good friendship.

At the first season open tournament eighty-two players were there.

And from the Killeen Ladies Golf Assoc. (KLGA) nineteen ladies played at the Hidden Falls.  The KLGA had the largest group (25%) representation and also had a good number of players won that day. 

The three ladies I play with in my group were very nice and my lunch was especially testing.

Good food, good company and round of golf on fabulous golf course. What can be better than that?

Looks like a good scramble team

Carpool buddies

Paying attention to the local rules

We are gonna have some great time!

We are ready...

Let's win some $$$

Hummm...

Local rules...

Let's get it start... We are ready to go...

Big sister and little sisters

Listening and texting... Multi tasking...

I think Deb has donated all of her long pants to the Goodwill.

Or she just wants to show off her nice tan legs.

She has been showing up in shorts since February.

Happy days are here again...

Rose and Bev's first CTLG tournament
Always looking COOL Marrie

Again....

The Winners from CTLG Hidden Falls are:

1^st Flight:

Janet Gaddy-1st place Low gross

Jee Yong Shim-3^rd place Low gross

2^nd Flight:

Irene Patterson-3^rd place Low gross

Meoh Mcnally-1^st low net

4^th Flight:

Sylvia Van Doren-1^st Low net/Closest to pin

Member snap shot (Eagle... Eagle... Double Eagle!!!)

Eagle…Eagle… Double Eagle!!!

You did it!!!

The tournament season has just begun and I have a feeling 2013 is going to be a great season.  The KLGA ladies are shooting birdies, eagles and double eagle…  What?

Let me repeat, The DOUBLE EAGLE!!!

What is the double eagle???

Connie Wood made a double eagle on hole #9 (par 5) at the Stonetree Golf Club on Monday, March 4th. The drive shot left her with 72 yards to the hole and she hole out with a sand wedge. The lucky friends who got to witness the memorable moment were Jo, Irene, and Laurie.

I have played many rounds of golf with Connie and witnessed her countless birdies, eagles and even a hole in one.  So I was not terribly surprised by her double eagle, I thought, until I read the following article about the odds on a double eagle.

It is impressive, it is cool, and it is definitely deserves to shout it out to the world. WOW!!!

We all know Connie is a fabulous golfer.  The combination of her distance and the accuracy is the envy of high handicap amateur golfer like myself. I like to play golf with her and I wish I could play like her.  More importantly, Connie has great respect for the rules and the integrity of golf.

She, as a retired educator, continues to share her knowledge with those who ask her for advice whether it is about golf or anything else in life.  It is joyful to watch Connie’s fabulous shots and I have learned many useful golf tips from her. 

I had the privilege of getting to know Connie in the last few years on and off the course and I know I can count on her if I am in need.  

Irene, Connie, and Laurie

Connie & Jo

Following is an article by golf writer Eric Cornelison

You can go to the address below to read more on his writings.

http://www.easypars.com/odds-on-a-double-eagle/

If you think the odds of hitting a hole-in-one are high, the most difficult and rarest of shots is a double eagle, or albatross. A double eagle is a hole-in-one on a Par 4 or a two on a Par 5. Compared to a hole-in-one, the odds of a double eagle are like throwing a marble into a water hose at 50 feet. So what are the odds of making a double eagle?

No specific statistically company will give the odds of a double eagle for amateur or professional golfers. The most common number given on the Internet is 1 in 6 million, but Dean Knuth, the person that came up with the slope rating for a golf course that the United States Golf Association (USGA) uses, stated in an interview in a 2004 Golf World article, says this figure is a little too high.

Knuth estimates that the odds are more like 1 in 1 million. Since Knuth is a lot smarter than most people when it comes to golf, you can probably place more importance on his estimate than anyone else. However, Knuth’s estimate is still a guess.

Since no statistical organization will give odds for an albatross, you have to look at the facts of what professional golfers have done. Which means the odds of an amateur golfer of doing the same thing are dramatically different and even more rare.

For example, according to Golf World, over the course of 20 years there was 631 aces, or hole-in-ones, made on the PGA Tour. During that same time, only 56 double eagles were made. There were never more than six double eagles made in one season.

On the LPGA, the woman’s PGA, only 24 double eagles were recorded during that same time.

For amateur golfers this would mean that a double eagle is even more rare. According to the article in Golf World, each year about 40,000 hole-in-ones are made in the United States , while only a couple of hundred double eagles are made.

That means that if the odds of a hole-in-one for an amateur golfer is 1 in 12,500, which is the agreed upon odds for a hole-in-one, then the odds of an amateur golfer making a double eagle would be 1 in 2.5 million.

If you ever happen to make a double eagle in your golfing lifetime, then you should cherish this more than you ever would a hole-in-one. This is the rarest of accomplishments in golf and if you happen to be lucky enough, and luck plays a very big role in hitting a double eagle, then buy the group of golfers you played with a round of drinks, take your spouse out for dinner and celebrate the day and, more importantly, buy yourself a lottery ticket on the way home.

 

Bulletin Board Make Over

Did we have a visit from a fairy godmother this morning?

No, it was our resident interior expert Brigid.

With newly decorated bulletin board and the pink box, it is very noticeable to everybody who walks in to the door.

It looks like a blockbuster movie poster.

Before

After

Thanks to Richie, Laurie and Brigid for the improvement project!

New members

February was an exciting and busy month for me.

I traveled to Long Beach, California to celebrate my granddaughter’s 1^st birthday and stayed for two weeks.

I loved every minute I spent with my girls but I equally missed my friends and golf.

2013 tournament season is about to begin.

Let’s play more golf!!!

In February, KLGA had three new members join.

We are very much like the LPGA, we are represented by multi national players. Yay!!!

They are:

In Suk Behymer

 In Suk is a retired business owner and active grandmother.  She is very quiet but very serious about her golf game.  She has Wednesday and Thursday set aside as her golf days.

Jee Yong Shim

Jee Yong is not so new to many of us.  She has been playing with some of our ladies on Saturdays and some tournaments.   She and her husband, Sam, own Ace Tires and Rims on Rancier.  Anybody need new tires?

Don’t let her height fool you.  She can hit a country mile with her driver.

Kyong Shim

Kyong is also a familiar face to many of us.   Like Jee Yong, she has been playing with many of our ladies.  I hear she is an excellent cook.  I have never tested her food but I am sure we’ll have a chance to get to taste in the future.

These ladies are just like the rest of us, they are passionate about the game of golf.

In fact, in my opinion, the only strongest qualification to being a member of the KLGA is to have a HOT passion for golf. 

Welcome ladies, we would like to get to know you more so come out every Wednesday and have fun together.