Grinnell College Golf Coure’s John Shawver was named PGA Pro of the Year by the Iowa Golf Association. You can see all recipients of the IGA’s annual awards here. John’s nomination letter can be found here:
PGA Professional of the Year
Grinnell College Golf Course 12.5, Stone Creek Golf Club 11.5
Our Men’s Ryder Cup team visited Stone Creek Golf Club (Williamsburg, IA) yesterday to participate in the event’s 13th competition. GCGC participants were treated to 27 holes of golf, breakfast, lunch, and dinner in Stone Creek’s recently remodeled clubhouse.
Grinnell retained the cup by winning 12.5 to 11.5 in the 24 matches. This brings the team’s record to 6-7 vs Stone Creek, but this also marks the team’s 5th consecutive win!
Grinnell was represented by John LaCasse, Jeff Millet, Shane Hart, Peter Marsho, Zeb Rutledge, Chris Zug, Nick Peiffer, Brett McGriff, John German, Dave Smith, Alex Olsen, and Dave Miller.
Williamsburg was represented by Tate DeMeulnare, Terry Jack, Chad Driscoll, Ryan Burns, Mike McCallister, Danny Maas, Colby Jacoby, Jay Gruenwald, Holden Blythe, Brad Shaeffer, Jay Slings, Ryan Doehrmann, and Todd Subbert
We welcome you to come and participate in the Light the Night Challenge. The closest thing resembling this event would be those of you that have tried Topgolf. We will light up our 9th hole teeing area and green for this one… Event Rules will be as follows:
- Begins at 9 pm on Tue, July 3rd.
- 1 Hole Player vs Player Match Play
- No ties; tiebreaker is decided by whomever was closer to the pin in regulation
- Single Elimination
- Entry Fee: $25
- Field: The first 32 paid entrants
- Prizes: A purse based on the final field will be communicated.
We will have a DJ playing music, an Emcee announcing, and all the fun you can handle!
We’ll have a Burger and Wings buffet available from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm Friday, April 20th. The Lounge will be open from 4:30 pm to Close. Come as you are, and all are welcome!
Birds Eye View of Fall at GCGC
Click on the photo to see the aerial views of our trees changing colors
You haven’t done this before…
Monday, July 3rd
We welcome you to come and participate in the Light the Night Challenge. The closest thing resembling this event would be those of you that have tried Topgolf. We will light up our 9th hole teeing area and green for this one… Event Rules will be as follows:
- Begins at 9 pm.
- 1 Hole Player vs Player Match Play
- No ties; tiebreaker is decided by whomever was closer to the pin in regulation
- Single Elimination
- Entry Fee: $50
- Field: The first 36 paid entrants
- Prizes: A purse based on the final field will be communicated.
We will have a DJ playing music, an Emcee announcing, and all the fun you can handle!
Golf Rules Responding to the Times…
What if you didn’t have to hit out of a bunker? If you didn’t find the ball in 3 minutes, you’re not finding it 5… Just leave the flag in, no big deal… You accidentally move a ball on the green, its ok!
These are some of the changes that are being discussed. Full article here
Source: usatoday.com
The Larry Crawford State Pee Wee is a well known and remembered event by many in the golf community throughout Iowa. When talking junior golf, Grinnell becomes synonymous with the State Pee Wee. In the event’s prime the event was run by Larry himself with a team of volunteers. Since his departure the event has been ran by either staff, volunteer committees, and most recently by the Iowa Junior PGA Section. We’d like to have a meeting discussing the event on Monday, Feb 20th @ 6 pm in the Lounge. Please attend or email with any thoughts you have on the event.
Discussion agenda will be:
- Event Date
- Direction of Ownership of the Event
- Budget
One of the primary differences between stroke play and match play is that a player must hole out on every hole in stroke play to record an overall score for his or her round. Match play allows for concessions, meaning that a player does not necessarily need to hole out on every hole.
During the 1962 U.S. Open at Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club, hometown hero Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus were tied after 72 holes. They squared off in an 18-hole, stroke-play playoff the following day (Historical note: The playoff took place on Sunday, as until 1965, the championship’s final 36 holes were played on Saturday). After Palmer missed his first putt on the final green of the playoff, he knew that victory was out of reach and picked up Nicklaus’ ball marker to concede defeat and congratulate him, as can be seen in the video clip above.
Even though the outcome was a foregone conclusion, this was a stroke-play competition, and therefore Nicklaus was required to hole out. The Rules official on hand intervened, asked Nicklaus to replace his ball marker and finish out the hole. Palmer did not incur any penalty for this action because the Rules did not prescribe a penalty for a ball at rest moved by a fellow competitor in stroke play. The same outcome would occur today under Rule 18-4.
A stroke-play competition between only two players is rare, and Palmer’s action of picking up Nicklaus’ ball marker likely came from the tendency to think of a one-on-one situation more as match play than as stroke play. His near-miss at Oakmont was one of four second-place finishes in the U.S. Open for Palmer. Nicklaus’ victory was his first of four U.S. Open triumphs.
http://www.usga.org/articles/2017/01/rules-throwback–not-so-fast–jack.html
Source: USGA.org
Local Rule for Accidental Movement of a Ball on the Putting Green
You will no longer incur a penalty for accidental movement of the golf ball while on the green at Grinnell College Golf Course. We’ll be adopting this local rule for the 2017 season. More on the story can be found here
Source: USGA.org