Message From The President - American Singles Golf Association

CELEBRATING 21 YEARS OF SINGLES GOLF IN AMERICAThe Villages Chapter - American Singles Golf Association - June 2013Message FromThe PresidentMay again was a greatmonth for golf. The reductionof golf fees madegolf even more enjoyable.We continue to getnew members each month. Our Maymeeting consisting of a cookout and bocceand shuffleboard was a huge success.Thanks to Carole Mosbaugh and hercommittee and the many individuals whocontributed to its success. Jack Parker,Roger Johnson and Bart Henkle did agreat job handling the grill.The National ASGA offered an incentiveto ASGA individuals who did not renewtheir membership prior to February 28,2013. We had seven members renew as aresult of this monetary incentive. Thetheme of why these members came backwas not only because of the incentive butbecause of what we as a club accomplished-increasedcommunication, newactivities and greater participation by clubmembers.The Board Members are working veryhard to make this a club that members willenjoy and will want to participate in all theAlways keep your wrist solid and avoid flexing them for putts or chip shots.This is imperative to achieve consistency.activities. We want your input about howwe are doing and new ideas from each ofyou. Hope you enjoy a little golf historyand if not let me know.In a 1998 publication They Changed theWorld, 200 Icons Who Have Made a Differencethe only golfer to be named wasBabe Didrikson Zaharias. Other athleteswho were named in this publication includedthe following: Billie Jean King, JoeNamath, Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson,George Herman “Babe” Ruth, and JimThorpe. She was considered the greatestwoman athlete the world had everknown and in 1950 an Associated PressPoll named Babe Zaharias as the womanathlete of the first half of the century. Herstaggering performances in track, field andgolf assured her place in history. It washer human side, however, that guaranteedBabe’s place in memory.She got her nickname “Babe” (afterBabe Ruth) when she hit five homeruns ina baseball game. She could run, jump,throw the javelin and the discus, play tennis,polo, basketball, marbles, soccer, lacrosse,billiards, she could dive, shoot,pitch, bat homeruns, kick, fence, pass,bowl, and skate. She was an exquisiteballroom and adagio dancer, played theharmonica well enough to be a professionalat it, excelled at gin rummy, was agreat cook and a great seamstress, andcould type 100 words per minute.She could have been a one-woman trackteam in 1932 Olympics but women werelimited to three events. She won the 80-meter hurdles and the javelin throw. Shewas disqualified of winning the high jumpfor an offense that is legal today. She wasasked at the event if there was anythingshe did not play. “Yeah dolls” she said.She played her first round of golf at ageof sixteen. In golf she had a difficult timeUpcoming Events Include (see SinglesGolf.com/events) Palm Beach County's Gulf Coast Shootout 2013 - June 14-16, 2013.Two nights, two rounds of golf at the beautiful Lely Golf Resort inNaples, FL. For details and registration form, go here Denver's Colorado Rocky Mountain Golf Adventure -August 9-12, 2013. Golf at Grand Lake and Pole Creek Golf Courses.Head west! Full details at www.ASGADenver.com Sacramento's Feather River Invitational - September 6-8, 2013. Thisis in the Feather River region in the high sierras northwest of Reno. Fordetails, contact Dwight Pattison at Dwight@pattisonappraisals.comOffice Hours: 9:00am to 2:00pm, M-F (Eastern)National Office: 704-889-4600 or 1-888-GOLFMATERegular Meeting Date: Fourth Tuesday of the MonthNext Meeting: June 25th, 2013Meeting Location: Hibiscus Rec Center at Cane GardenOur Website: asgavillagesflorida.net(See next page for list of officers and board members.)To join, renew dues, make a change of address, phone, etc.,call National Hotline at left or go to www.SinglesGolf.com/join

The Villages Chapterof theAmerican SinglesGolf AssociationTMPresidentHelen Chun352-259-6307chunhelen78@gmail.comChairman of the BoardSteve Westerlund352-552-0504swesterlund@comcast.netCommunication ChairMarianne Rogers352-753-5944mcrogers54@gmail.comMembership ChairBarbara Beyer352-561-4061nevaflor@comcast.netSecretaryLydia Merriweather352-391-5763dancer1942@hotmail.comSocial ChairCarole Mosbaugh352-633-2991mosbaughcd@aol.comTreasurersMyra Crosby352-751-3504AuntieM129@aol.comKent McClean352-430-3249kmcclean00@aol.comfitting in. She was considered not ladylikebecause she was muscular and shewas snubbed by many people. She marriedthe love of her life, George Zaharias,in 1938. In 1946, after eight years awayfrom competitive golf she won the U.S.Women’s Amateur and continued to winmany golf events. In 1947 she won theBritish Women’s Amateur Championshipbecoming the first woman to win theevent. In 1949 Babe, George, Patty Bergwho was a close golfing friend, WilsonSporting Goods and Fred Corcoran createdthe LPGA Tour.Babe developed colon cancer in 1953.Even though very ill her goal was to winthe U.S. Women’s Open, which she hadcaptured twice before. Despite her illnessshe won again in 1954 by 12 strokes andcontinued to play until she died in 1956.She was 42 years old.~Helen Chun, PresidentGeneral MembershipMeeting MinutesMay 28, 2013The meeting was called toorder by Helen Chun followedby The Pledge of Allegiance. Members enjoyeda cookout with Jack Parker, RogerJohnson, and Bart Henkle at the grills. Theygrilled up hamburgers, brats and hot dogs.Ray Marcos volunteered to drive and get thebest corn in the state so we can have corn-on-the-cob. Ron Fleenor and Kathy McManusbrought baked beans. We also had potatosalad, iced tea and lemonade and womenbrought a dessert. Carole Mosbaugh andher committee continue to wow us eachmonth.New members and guests were introducedand welcomed by our members.Carole Mosbaugh shared plans for a golfevent on June 29 with an 8 am shot-gun atBaseline golf course with lunch at GatorJoe’s. She reminded members of our HappyTreasurer's Summary Report - May 2013~Kent McCleanThe Villages, FL Chapter of ASGAIncome/ExpensesCitizens BankIncomeChapter Dinner Meeting $ 560.0050/50 85.00Wild Bill’s Airboat 667.80Daytona May hotel refund 1800.00Daytona June 3033.00Total Income $ 6145.80ExpensesDaytona May refunds to members $ 4563.00Daytona June 165.00Nametags 74.80Chapter Operating expense 34.30Total Expenses $ 4837.10Net Gain/(Loss) for 05/2013 $ 1578.70Beginning Balance 04/30/2013 $ 6692.79+ Income 6145.80- Expenses 4837.10Ending Balance 05/31/2013 8001.49Ending Bank Balance as of 04/30/2013 8001.49

Hour at Bonifay Country Club on FridayJune 14 at 5pm.Barbara Bonney shared plans for purchasinga brick to be placed in the VeteransMemorial Cemetery in the Villages inhonor of Bill Breadon’s service to hiscountry and his dedicated service to ourclub.John Ressler shared the plans for thescalloping trip out of Homosassa Springson Friday July 12. In addition he remindedmembers that everyone is invited to play inthe Monday Priority Golf event during thesummer months.Jack Parker and Marianne Rogers invitedmembers to join them for the verysuccessful nine and dine golf events onTuesdays and Fridays.Barbara Richardson reminded membersthe Thursday Priority Golf event isopen to everyone during the summermonths.Mona Rubenstein encouraged moremembers to participate in Executive Golfevents. She reminded members of theplanned outing at the World Golf VillageAugust 16-18 with golf on two premiumcourses Slammer and Squire.Barbara Beyer encouraged members tosign-up for the Victory Casino cruise onJune 26 with a deadline for sign-up andpayment on June 15.The meeting was followed by shuffleboard and bocce until dark. It was obviousmany members were prepared for somestiff competition. If you did not stay for thegames you missed a lot of fun.~Submitted by Lydia MerriweatherMeet & GreetMembership Activities:We are thrilled that ournewest members and currentmembers are enjoyingall the varied activitiesthat are offered through our club this year.Making everyone feel comfortable and welcomedis our goal. If you have a friendthat is single, do them a favor and invitethem to join us for an evening or a round ofgolf. They will thank you for it. Keep thedate of June 26th open for the Victory CasinoCruise.~Barbara Beyer, Membership ChairpersonSunshine PersonBarbara Bonney is our“Sunshine Person”. Pleasecontact her to advise herwhen you know of a memberwith serious health problems,entering the hospital or of a personpassing, barbarabonney32@gmail.com or352-750-9448.Upcoming Golf EventsPRIORITY GOLF THURSDAYThe Thursday 18 hole Prioritygroup plays on ourhome ChampionshipCourses in The Villages.We are now on our summerschedule. Our tee time is8:30 every Thursday. Weusually have between 5 and 7 foursomesof golfers each week. This month we wererained out at Glenview, and played EvansPrairie, Mallory, Cane Garden and Bonifay.We have lunch at the Country Clubafter golf.A few of the gals that play with us havegone to the friendly tees and are enjoyingtheir game so much more.If you would like to play 18 holes with theThursday Priority group go to the web siteat www.asgavillagesflorida.net . Bring upthe calendar and click on the Thursday Prioritygroup. Sign up, either as a prioritymember of as non-priority (NP) member.Each week we may have 1 or 2 (NP) membersthat get to play.If you have any questions about thisgroup, email Barbara Richardsonat www.barbaranellon5@gmail.com.~Barbara Richardson, Golf Priority chairPRIORITY GOLF MONDAYSMonday golf was goodthe past month. Theweather did play along.It has been going wellputting non-priority membersin for tee-times, sonon- priority members don'thesitate to sign up.We play on a points system, 8 points foran Eagle, 4 points for a Birdie, 2 points fora par, 1 point for a Bogey. We average thefirst three times you play and that averagebecomes your target, the amount of pointsover your target determines your positionin the final tally and whether you are a winner.We also play for closest to the pin.And it only cost 3 bucks.Some of the past months winners are:Bobby Allan, Barb Sobel, Scott Johnston,Marianne Rogers, Malcolm Miles,Dan Hewins, Linda Seibel, Sharon Ostgarrd,Jerry Walker.Play a great round,~John Ressler, johnrtff@aol.comNINE & DINENine and Dine will be everyTuesday except the fourthwhich is our meeting night.We will start May 7 th at Haceindaon TuesdaysGo to our web site atwww.asgavillsgesflorida.net on the calendar,click on Tuesday and or Friday Nine &Dine and sign up.~Jack Parker, jacpar4105@aol.comOn May 3 rd we playedDestin and Pensacolacourse at Bonifey. I wouldlike to thank Carol Sextonfor standing in for me. Shesaid everyone stayed fordinner and had a great time.I would like to remind everyone to be atthe course a half hour before your Teetime. It seems that the starters have a tendencyto send groups out early if there isan opening. If you cannot make it pleasecall the pro shop and cancel so your foursomeis not standing around and waitingfor you. I will try to mix up the play betweenNorth, south and center courses.We play the 1 st and 3 rd Friday of eachmonth during the summer. I will post thecourse that I have chosen on the spreadsheetand I will remind everyone a week orso before the next Friday. Please comeand join us.Go to our web site atwww.asgavillsgesflorida.net on the calendar,click on Friday Nine & Dine and signup.~Marianne Rogers, mcrogers54@gmail.comEXECUTIVE GOLFTRIP TO DAYTONASHORESHello Everyone! I want totell you all... we had a BALL!!There was a smaller groupthan usual and I think that’s partially whywe had so much fun! The fact that we

were rained out on Saturday... the mosteveryone played was 16 holes... somemade it all the way... didn’t dampen ourspirits a bit. We had lunch at a fantasticrestaurant then headed to the hotel. Afterall... free cocktail hour started at 5:30! Dinnerboth nights was really delicious andthe service was great, as usual.We never got to play on Sunday...the rainwas all around us...and we still had a greattime. The golf pro at Venetian Bay arrangedfor everyone to get a full refundand we will try to go back on a day tripvery soon. The Venetian Bay courselooked fantastic... and we all decided wewanted to play it when we could really enjoyit....not in the rain.Everyone then went to a great restaurantin Leesburg... can’t remember the namebut it used to be Dead River Vic’s and thefood was terrific! Watching the baby alligatorsin the inlet was fun....they are almostcute!Winners on Saturday were:Steve Burgfectal for low gross and LindaSeibel for low score in a Shamble format.The winners of the blind draw were SteveBurgfectal, Liz Taylor, Carol Ann Sextonand Jack Parker. Carl Wallin (Steve’s oldcollege buddy who was a guest), PhyllisGramke and Carole Mosbaugh won theputting contests... and... the big winner onthe night at the hotel for 2 and a round ofgolf for 2 at Venetian Bay was Carole Mosbaugh.Carole had a bunch of offers to joinher on the adventure. Based on what agood time we had... I look forward to most ofus being together again at the World GolfVillage in St. Augustine in August. Get yourforms in early... I have a limit as to howmany can go!9 HOLE EXECUTIVE GOLFNot a lot to report except... if we don’t startgetting a better turn out for the 2nd and 4thFriday’s and 1st and 3rd Sunday’s they willbe cancelled. Thursdays are terrific... whata great bunch we have and we always go tolunch. I want to remind everyone to sign upif there is any chance you can play....it’seasier to take you out than get more teetimes.WORLD GOLF VILLAGEHere is all the information....get your formsand checks in early....don’t take a chance ofnot getting in this event...it will be superb!WORLD GOLF VILLAGERENASSAINCE HOTEL RESORTHere is an updated copy of the informationabout our pending trip to the World Golf Villagein August! Please note... there is aminor change in the dates... to avoid aerationof the course. This promises to be afantastic trip... let me know if you are goingand I will send you the proper forms...which will be published for everyone soon.WORLD GOLF VILLAGERENASSAINCE HOTEL RESORTHALL OF FAMESLAMMER & SQUIRE GOLF COURSEAUGUST 16 - 18, 20132 Nights2 Rounds of Golf2 Dinners and 2 BreakfastsHall of Fame Tickets(Good for 2 days incl. putting course & 1shot at Challenge hole)Goodie Bags and Much More$400.00/p.p./double$530.00/p.p./singleBOOK EARLY….DON’T MISS OUTContact Mona@ monaasga@comcast.net or 553-8532Watch emails for more information andsign up forms and all single golfers willbe welcome on this trip!~Mona Rubenstein352-553-8532 monaasga@comcast.netTrip to Daytona Beach June 2013

Social & Upcoming MeetingsWe have had a fun Maywith several gatherings outsideof golf.We had a great group thatexperienced Wild Bill's AirBoat Ride on Sunday, May26 and it was a great way tospend a Memorial Day Sunday... Our dinnerat Fisherman's Restaurant was aunique place with excellent food.The cook out at our May meeting was ahuge success. Thanks to Jack Parker,Roger Johnson and Bart Henkle for doingan excellent job at the grills. It wasgreat to see everyone stay and play bocceand shuffleboard. Rematches will certainlybe in the future planning.Let's get ready to Dance at our regularmeeting on Tuesday, June 25th. "JustMike” will entertain and his music will getus all up and on the dance floor. Themenu will be submarine sandwiches andchips. The cost is $12.00 per person anda check made out to ASGA should bemailed to Carole Mosbaugh, 2452 TamarindGrove Run, The Villages, 32162. Sign-up on our spreadsheet and mail thechecks to arrive no later than June 21.Happy Hour has been moved to Bonifayon Friday, June 14. Their Happy Hourprices are from 11AM to 5PM, but theyhave drink specials all day. They will reservetables for us at 4:30 (so we can getin on the Happy Hour prices), but comewhen you can. Music starts at 6PM.Mark your calendar for a golf outing atBaseline Golf Course, east of Ocala onSaturday, June 29th and lunch to follow atGator's on the water in Weirsdale. It will bea shotgun start at 8AM and price is $22 for18 holes. A sign-up sheet is also on-line.Hope to see everyone on the course orat one of our events.~Carole Mosbaugh, Social Committee ChairAbout Our MembersHappy Birthday to these members:Jean Armani - 07/14Kathryn Boyd - 06/30Karen Chewning - 06/24Stephen Ewry - 06/12Virginia Funk - 06/16Guillermo Garcia-Godoy - 07/06Dorothy Kilmer - 07/09Ron Krogh - 07/11Ray Marcos - 07/10Virginia Mauldin - 06/04Kathy McManus - 06/12Anthony Mickiewicz - 06/05Chris Miller - 06/26Carole Mosbaugh - 07/05Sharon Ostgaard - 06/26Christine Sargent - 07/13Charles Simon - 07/03These members are up for renewal:(date shown is last day of membership)Richard Deangelis - 06/30/2013Maralyn Gable - 06/30/2013Vicki Huggins - 06/30/2013Ron Kelly - 06/30/2013Sara Mills - 06/30/2013Joseph Montagnino Jr - 06/30/2013Wild Bill's Air Boat Ride on Sunday, May 26Barbara Page - 06/30/2013Patricia Pitt - 06/30/2013Carol Ann Sexton - 06/30/2013Molly Sielatycki - 06/30/2013Welcome newest members:Kathryn Boyd - Joined 05/28/2013Eileen Caulfield - Joined 04/30/2013Michael Conley - Joined 04/05/2013Patricia Haas - Joined 05/28/2013Jane Lippincott - Joined 05/31/2013Benjamin Oakes - Joined 04/11/2013Mary Ann Ross - Joined 05/13/2013These members recently renewed:Lucy KellyJoyce LaGoreEugene LangloisRichard LortonKathy MaloneyMichael MastersVirginia MauldinJohn ParkerLee RobinsonArne RotnePamela SchauRichard SkinnerThese members did not renew theirdues:(date shown is date membership expired)Robb Axton - 05/31/2013Elizabeth Bell - 04/30/2013Robert Ellis - 05/31/2013Alfred Gipson - 04/30/2013Gay Marie Odden - 05/31/2013Bill Parsons - 05/31/2013Clay Warren - 05/31/2013Our chapter currently has 146 members.