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WYCO / Opperators of mowers at Wyco need driving lessons.

« on: May 15, 2013, 09:28:09 AM »

The first mow of the season has begun at Wyco, But they haven't even made it through mowing half of the course without running over yet another pin.  #7 long right was smashed over yesterday by the Wyco gov'ment mowing crew.  Add this to the two pin placements that were run over during the last few mowing sessions of the 2012 season and we have 3 pins currently out of commission thanks to careless mowing.   

Mike Petrin,  can you contact the parks dept and make them aware of the situation.  Also, we need 4 Cashen pins that I'll form a workday to plant.

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WYCO / Wacko Wyco Summer Solstice Doubles - Friday June 21st

« on: April 30, 2013, 03:06:24 PM »

Celebrate the celestial start of Summer on Friday, June 21st at the sumtinth annual Wacko Wyco Summer Solstice Doubles. 

What's the same:
- Most people seem to enjoy the backwards layout, so I'll set that up again this year.
- BYO BBQables and beverages.  I'll get coals going by 5:00.
 
What's different:
Two formats available (no subdivisions will be created)
 - Cali (each player follows Cali rules) - entry $20 per person.
 - Random draw partners doubles - $10 per person

General information:
Signup by 6:00pm. Partners will be drawn and holes assigned immediately after 6:00pm. This is a hard cut-off time.  If you aren't signed up by then and want to play, you'll have to pony up to play in the Cali format.  No exceptions!  We will start play by 6:20.

This is not a KCFDC league and will not have the Wyco ace fund in play.  As such, payout will be 100% of entry and will payout ~40% of each field.

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WYCO / Beware the ides of March.

« on: March 15, 2013, 11:52:49 AM »

Anyone up for a round on this historic day in the middle of March?  I'll be out there at 5ish.

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WYCO / Post tourney round

« on: March 10, 2013, 01:03:19 PM »

Does anyone want to play a cool round in the tourney layout (OB flagged and fenced island) at Wyco this afternoon?  I'm going to be there at 3 today.   After that, I'm pulling flags and disassembling the fence. 

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WYCO / Kan-U-Wyco course prep list

« on: February 01, 2013, 12:49:02 PM »

Listing below what needs to be done on the course before the Kan-U-Wyco on March 9th. 

* [DONE] Walk course with Scott (Friday)
* [DONE] Move pins to first round positions
* [FAIL]Replace bent placement on #2 long  (Mother Nature didn't cooperate)
* [DONE] Bring temp pin for long 2 (Saturday morning)
* [DONE] [anyone on the course] Course cleanup; dead branch and trash removal (Thursday/Friday)
* [DONE] [Tracy] Paint and flag OB for #2, #9, #10 and #13 (Friday afternoon)
* [DONE] Make Mando signs and put them up (Friday/Sat AM.)
* [Tracy] Move #2 basket to #12 long for temp hole 12a (Saturday morning)
* [DONE]Bring temp basket for putting practice near shelter (Saturday morning)
* [Tracy] Put up notes on 12 and 14 tee signs (Saturday morning)
* [DONE] Construct the island barrier for #13  (early Saturday morning)
** [DONE] Get posts (got 10 X 4' uPosts)
** [DONE] Get barrier material (Got 100' of construction safety fence)
* [DONE] Cleanup the whole gig. See you next year!

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General Banter / Hey the PDGA got something right; 888 rule

« on: January 03, 2013, 04:46:53 PM »

Bagging a round to have it be a "no" on the ratings inclusion list is now a reportable rules infraction. The part I like the most is that DNF'ng without notifying the TD is punishable under the rule.   But I think it should be a 10 or 20 points deduction or an escalating scale.

http://www.pdga.com/ratings-manipulation-addressed

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WYCO / Wyco Fall/Winter Glow

« on: October 30, 2012, 09:18:54 AM »

Four golfers came out on the 26th.  The evening became quite nice as the wind died down.  Mike T, Travis D, Nick A and myself decided to play a round+2 holes of wolf.  Nick captured a bunch of skins with a howling wolf call after putting one close on hole 12. I don't recall the exact skin count in the end, but Nick was the big winner with Mike T coming out even, followed by myself and Travis out of pocket a few bucks.

More fun this Friday, come on out.

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Tournaments / 2013 Kansas City Team Challenge - June 1-2, 2013

« on: October 23, 2012, 04:34:35 PM »

Announcing the second Kansas City Team Challenge

Hosting rights will flip flop from East to West each year.  The "Host" team gets 2 rounds (24 points worth of matches) on the course of their captains choice. The other round (8 points worth of matches) is played on the opposing teams turf.  2012 version was slightly different, but allowed a first Host to be determined for this year.  By virtue of their win in 2012, the East side will be the host team for 2013. Host team will alternate each year.  2014 will be West hosted.  2015 will be East hosted etc.  Seems appropriate since east side is odd and all.

Date:
June 1st and 2nd

Format:
Teams of 16 (+2 alternate) players from KS. and MO. each to compete in match play of three formats (alternate shot doubles, best shot doubles and singles). Each match will be worth one point. East Side can retain the Eagle trophy with 16 points or more. The West side has to get 16.5 points or more to win the trophy.

Where:
Wyco - afternoon of Saturday the June 1st, for 8 alternate shot doubles matches.
Cliff Drive, on Sunday, June 2nd for the 8 best shot doubles matches in the morning and 16 singles matches after lunch.

Who:
Captains:
MO - East Side - Ryan Keck
KS - West Side - Tracy Walker
Players:
To be determined!  Possibly a combination of spots obtained via qualifying or captains picks.  I'm leaving it up to the Captain of each side to determine how to build their team. I think we should stick with the 2 Women, 3 Masters (min.) and 11 Open players as required composition of each team.

Cost:
$25. Unless you already have an official team jersey for your side, in which case it is just $10. $10 to support tree planting at KC area courses.

I'll provide more details as Ryan and I determine how we're going to form our teams.  June will get here sooner than you think.

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General Banter / Forum setting for Show most resent posts first not obeyed.

« on: October 16, 2012, 01:39:30 PM »

Anyone else seeing this?  Every forum section is showing oldest first.  I have the proper config set to show most recent first.

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WYCO / Wyco work day this Fall

« on: September 11, 2012, 12:43:12 PM »

It's been a couple years since the last real work day out at Wyco.  I've got a few items on the to-do list. Just need to find a good time to do it.

1) Cut down dead low hanging branches.  Notably, right off the tee on 2 and 18,  One or two on 1, and a bunch on 7.  Nick Winkelbauer's prowess in the trees with a chainsaw would be much appreciated and I'll probably schedule this workday around his availability/willingness to come out.

2) Replace mowing accident ruined pin placements on 2 and 4.

3) Replace busted sign faces.

That's it. Lunch and drink provided. Let's get it done and shoot a round of skins or such.

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Tournaments / East vs West Team Championship

« on: December 27, 2011, 12:49:41 PM »

move discussion here to stop thread drift on KCFDC board topic

Some basic thoughts on the event:

It will be a fund raiser.  All proceeds, less awards, will go to a beneficiary to be determined.

This is a club member only event.  However, in addition to being a club member, participants will have to compete in a certain number of summer leagues prior to a predetermined date (probably something like 2 weeks before the Team Championship event). This is to deter "ringers." 

Each team will have 16 players. The teams will be comprised of 10 players from qualifying event(s), 4 Captains picks and 2 lottery winners.  Each team will carry 10 Open, 4 Masters(minimum) and 2 Women.

The team Captains will be the club VP of each state. Currently John Theiss for MO. and Jim Sherwood for KS.  If they can't or don't want to be a Captain, they should be responsible to find someone to take their place.

The competition will be a two day, 3 round event, with 2 rounds of doubles matches on Saturday and 1 round of singles matches on Sunday.  Each match is worth 1 point (1 for a Win, 0 for a loss or .5 for a halve) for a total of 32 points. 16.5 needed to claim the Championship.

I'll present this with more detail to the BoD.  Basically, I'll be looking for their event support, some funding to secure a perpetual trophy and advice on a good charity to support.

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General Banter / Hemmeline Art

« on: April 26, 2010, 01:41:48 PM »

We have a big wall in our home here that had nothing on it.  I commissioned David to do some paintings for me to fill that space.  He documented some of his work on those paintings at his website.  http://hemmeline.com/Live-Art.html. Watch the video "Live Jazz".   

Thanks David   

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WYCO / New Wyco Course Record

« on: September 04, 2009, 10:25:31 PM »

Who else? David Hemmeline improved the course record by one shot. Previous record also by David Hemmeline.
Here's how it broke down:

Hole	Placement	Distance	Score
1	Long Right	528'	3
2	Short Right	389'	3
3	Right	519'	3
4	Right	480'	3
5	Middle	304'	2
6	Long Left	402'	2
7	Long Right	549'	3
8	Short	286'	2
9	Straight	462'	2
10	Short	351'	2
11	Short	410'	2
12	Straight	291'	3
13	Short - no OB lines	666'	3
14	Short	327'	2
15	Only	330'	3
16	Left	465'	2
17	Short	453'	3
18	Straight	381'	2

Note: The card of Josh Warner, D. Loomis, Justin Atwater-Taylor and David Hemmeline star birdied holes #8 and #18.

Now for all the rest.

Ace Pot: $615

Open:

Place	Player	Score
1	David Hemmeline	45
2	Leo Daprato	53
3	Tracy Walker	54
4	Justin Atwater-Taylor	56
5	Dick Parker	57
6	Josh Warner	58
7	Nick Winkelbauer	59
8	D. Loomis	60
9	Andy Lewis	67
10	Andy Jewett	dnf

Masters:

Place	Player	Score
1	Tom Butler	54
2	Dean Uhlman	60
3	Mark Hogins	62
4	Doc Norby	63
5	Tony Todd	70

Reminder:  Start time next week will be no later than 5:45. Please be signed in and ready to go by 5:30.

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WYCO / The Shiznit

« on: July 30, 2009, 07:09:04 PM »

Wyco, see subject, period.

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Club Archives / Hemmi ACE!

« on: July 28, 2009, 08:31:43 PM »

#10 Rosedale. 

Cooper Arnold, please tell us your account.