MAGA

March
2006

The time has come to start to think about playing golf. We will be adding one new course and dropping two from last year. The new course will be our first tournament of the year at Stonelick Hills. This course is only about two years old and may have a few bugs to work out. Hopefully the course will be healed from the problems it had in losing two greens. They are supposed to be open on April 1st, the day we play. If they are not ready we will make the adjustments and play on. Don’t say you were not warned in advance. Below is a list of the 2006 schedule and formats. Most tournaments will run between $45 to $59. Some courses will supply driving range balls. Again this year prizes will be awarded for the accumulated totals for Money Winners, Net Points and Gross Points. All tournaments will count in tabulating the year end totals. There are some course changes for this season.  We will add Stonelick Hills and Beavercreek but will be losing Legendary Run and Majestic Springs. Information for this year and past can be obtained by going to MAGA website of WWW.TJCOPE.NET/MAGA 

The 1^st tournament for the 2006 season will be a 2 Man Both Balls with full handicap. There will be individual closest to the pins on all par 3’s. Also there will be an optional gross, net and skins jackpots for whoever is interested. Those side jackpots will be $5 per man. Tee times will start around 10:00 AM and range balls are included in this tournament. The price of this tournament will be $58. The entry deadline is something that needs to be met for all tournaments this year. Most of the courses require 7 to 10 days in advance notice on how many players are participating. This tournament deadline is March 22nd. Entry fees and monies must be received by this day. Note that all tournament deadlines are Wednesday Night 10 days in advance of the tournament. When arriving at the course for the tournament please come and check in so we know everyone is present. USGA handicaps must be paid for 2006 before the May tournament. Also when entering your first tournament you must pay your membership fee. This fee can be paid anytime before the first tournament if you want too. When sending in your membership application, fill in all of the blanks so the board can update any changes from last years information. Also remember if you sign up for internet access, which includes tee times, newsletters and entries your membership fee is $20. If not your membership fee will be $25 and all paperwork will be mailed to you. We are trying to encourage internet mailing to eliminate some of the time factor in getting results and to encourage earlier entries. Also try to persuade others into joining MAGA to boost the number of players. For every new member a $5 rebate will be given to the current member who persuaded the person to join and play. The number of rebates are unlimited.