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Golf Society Newsletter |
Volume 2 - Issue 3 |
May 2003 |
Major Scott Padget Conquers
Penderbrook in the 2003 Spring Challenge
The Pen Pusher’s
of America hosted their Spring Challenge at Penderbrook Golf Club on April
23rd. The turnout was spectacular
with 31 contestants – Our biggest competition ever!
Seven of the contestants were guests – Rob Duck (son of Ron),
Mike Eiselt, Mike Macesich, Chris Cowman, Dean Devlin,
and Fraser Hudgins. We were also honored
to host our first ever competitor from The Original Pen Pusher’s Golf Society
in the UK – Brian Mortimer. We hope he
enjoyed his stay in “The Colonies” and will return to Mother England
with glorious tales of Golf - American Style. We
hope that his report will prompt other Original Pen Pusher’s to visit us.
It was a cool
and breezy day, somewhere between short sleeves and sweater weather, for
our 2003 Spring Challenge. Scott Padget,
overcoming a mediocre front nine score of 13, had a torrid back nine score
of 22 to get a total of 35 and win the honors for the day. Close on his heels, were Guest Mike Eiselt
(33) and Steve Hardesty (31). Paul Tierney had a miraculous
tee shot to win the prize for closest to the pin. John Denale had
a monster drive to win the long drive competition. Mike
Rubin battled all day but finally succumbed to the goat. New member Mike Saunders, carded three natural
birdies but failed to capitalize on them to win the day.
Penderbrook has a great host and we hope to have another event there in 2004.
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Spring Challenge 2003 Results |
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Champion Scott Padget |
Goat-Boy Award Mike Rubin |
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Long Drive John Denale |
Closest to the Pin Paul Tierney |
Next Event: British Cup May 21st at Stoneleigh
The next outing, The British Cup, scheduled for May 21st will be held at Stoneleigh Golf Club in Round Hill Virginia (west of Leesburg). This marks the return of the Pen Pushers to this venue, where we had our inaugural event last year. The first tee time is 12:00; please arrive a half an hour early. Information on Stoneleigh is available at http://www.stoneleighgolf.com/.
British Cup 2003 Registration:
The
Captain, Dave Beauchamp, needs to know whether or not you are going to play
in the British Cup on May 21st 2003 by the 10th of May. Please
contact Paul, Dave, Rick or John to reserve your spot. Dave can be reached
at:
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Captain Dave Beauchamp |
Email: db3par@aol.com |
Phone: (703) 669-0866 |
Fee: $65 due the day of the event
Important - Other Schedule Changes
Some dates have changed.
We apologize for any inconvenience this might cause:
From: Stoneleigh June 11th
To: Reston National June 18th
Please check the online schedule
for the latest information at http://penpushers.us/.
Handicaps Heading into Stoneleigh May 21st 2003
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Current Playing |
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Last Name |
First Name |
Handicap |
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Aroesty |
Norm |
24 |
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Beauchamp |
Dave |
14 |
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Benedict |
Claude |
30 |
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Buckley |
Marcus |
20 |
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Castner |
Wayne |
28 |
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Clark |
Brian |
12 |
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Conroy |
Mark |
14 |
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Damvakaris |
Chris |
28 |
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Denale |
John |
30 |
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Duck |
Ron |
9 |
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Dunham |
Rich |
36 |
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Fotchman |
Jed |
28 |
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Frazee |
Brain |
16 |
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Gallisa |
Rick |
30 |
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Hall |
Ron |
30 |
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Hardesty |
Steve |
26 |
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Hardy |
Vernon |
36 |
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Hughes |
Chris |
17 |
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Joshi |
Rajeev |
30 |
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Krauser |
Glen |
22 |
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Leavy |
Steve |
12 |
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Mallard |
Bob |
16 |
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Odom |
Russ |
31 |
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Oretega |
Mario |
32 |
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Padget |
Scott |
26 |
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Patchett |
Ed |
5 |
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Penmetsa |
Subash |
20 |
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Pera |
Steve |
18 |
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Power |
Mike |
15 |
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Pyska |
Michael |
30 |
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Rubin |
Mike |
36 |
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Satyshur |
John |
14 |
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Swartz |
Chip |
22 |
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Sincavage |
Steve |
28 |
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Sterrett |
Rick |
24 |
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Sullivan |
John |
20 |
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Tierney |
Paul |
30 |
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Zarobila |
Clarence |
24 |
2003 Pen Pusher Schedule
Please see the most up
to date schedule on-line at http://penpushers.us/
Today’s Captain’s
Corner is about golf cart etiquette.
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Rule # 1 – Golf Carts do not
float! Ask John Sullivan, he tested this theory
on the 8th hole at Penderbrook and had to be pulled out by the
rest of his foursome. Lucky for John the water
wasn’t that deep and Chris Hughes, Mike Macesich, and Brian Mortimer were
strong enough to rescue his cart. According to Brian Mortimer it certainly
seemed reasonable that Sullivan's cart would float, as his golf up to that
point had been miraculous -- "he actually hit several fairways off his tee
shots, and by God we'd never seen him do that in the UK! I thought
anything was possible." Being prudent, however, "I decided less weight
in the cart would assist in the experiment, and I exited before the dip."
FOUNDERS NOTE:
Some of our founders are inveterate explorers, scientists and brave pioneers
of new, improved golf techniques. These etiquette rules apply to most
people, but sometimes in the interests of science it is necessary to test
the laws of nature. The founders are always looking for ways to speed
play (other than hitting well), and a cart that could drive across water
a la Jesus would certainly get us to the beer faster! Stay tuned for
next months experiment: "Can golf carts fly?" where John will be looking
for an adventursome partner, with large flapping arms. According to
Sullivan "Stoneleigh is a very mountainous course, and flying across the
valleys could certainly save us a lot of beer-drinking time. For all
the members, practicing both our swing and flapping motions will be helpful
for next month's outing".
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Rule # 2 – Don’t move your
cart during someone’s swing. You should stop
all cart motion during your partner’s address and swing regardless of where
you are. The motion or noise could distract him. It is hard enough to hit that little ball straight
don’t make it any harder for your playing partner.
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Rule # 3 – Cart Path only;
When the golf course displays the Cart Path only sign, it means your cart
must stay on the path at all times. This is usually
done when the course is wet or would be damaged if the carts were allowed
on the fairways (like frost, snow, or glaciers).
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Rule # 4 – 90 degree rule;
When the course is sufficiently dry to allow carts to travel on the fairways
and rough areas, you should minimize the amount of fairway and rough driven
over by driving on the cart path until you are 90degrees away from your
ball. You then should make a 90 degree turn
and proceed to your ball thereby driving the shortest distance on the rough/fairway. You should minimize the distance your cart travels
on the fairway.
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Rule #5 – When to proceed
to the next tee box; You should not proceed to the next tee box in your
cart until the group in front of you has teed off and is getting in their
carts to proceed with their next shot. This is
only common courtesy so you don’t interrupt their back swing or shot or
make them feel as if you are crowding them.
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Rule #6 – Sand Traps; It will
take more than your sand wedge to extricate your cart from a sand trap. Avoid them or hope that you have three former NCAA
Division 1 Offensive Lineman in your foursome to push you out.
If you can’t follow
these simple 6 rules, try walking….John
Web Site Update
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