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Winterwood Waggle
May 2024

 The Winterwood Waggle is published quarterly.

Charity Classic

This is a reminder that the deadline to sign up for this event is April 29!

The 38th Annual Charity Classic will be held May 5, 2024 at the Boulder City Golf Course. This event is open to non-Winterwood members as well. Anyone over the age of 18 with a verifiable handicap is eligible – all others will play as a scratch. There will be a separate Women’s Division, a Senior Men’s Division, and a Solid Gold Men’s Division.

The entry fee for this event is $70 for Winterwood members and $90 for non-members. The entry fee includes greens fees, golf cart rental, tee prizes, and lunch after the round. There will be a raffle after the round featuring a flat screen TV and many other prizes. Entry Form and Sponsor Letter can be found on the Charity Classic page of this website.

All members are encouraged to play as this is Winterwood’s signature event!

Tournament Check-In

With our current membership topping out at 115 members, we are getting the maximum number of sign-ups for each tournament and it is becoming more difficult to get everyone checked in 30 minutes prior to tee off the day of the tournament. That said, the Tournament Committee is now requiring that all players check in 1 hour ahead of tee off. Therefore, for upcoming events that begin at 7 am, the check in time will be no later than 6 am. This will give the Committee plenty of time to check everyone in, settle all tournament business with the pro shop, and allow the guys time to warm up and prepare for play. If you fail to check in on time before the tournament table closes, you will still be able to play, but you will be considered a NO SHOW as far as the tournament goes. You’ll be assessed a $20 no-show fine and you will not be eligible for any tournament prizes. The guys at the tournament table put in a lot of time and effort to set the tournaments up for us, so your cooperation is greatly appreciated!

Reminder: The sign up deadline for Winterwood everts is the Wednesday before the day of play.

Slow Play

As stated above, we are getting the maximum number of sign-ups these days. With a full field (many of whom are new members) the pace of play has slowed down considerably. The most recent tournament took well over 5 hours to complete. This is unacceptable. Every round is required to be completed in no more than 4 ½ hours. It is imperative that each group keeps up with the group in front of it. By keeping pace this will allow the pro shop to honor the tee times they have scheduled behind our tournament. They cannot honor these tee times until our last group has cleared the first tee. Even if you’re having a tough round, there are many things you can do to speed up play:

• If you’re unsure where your shot went, hit a provisional, take the allotted 3 minutes to search for the original, and if not found play the provisional.

• If you’re driving the cart, drop your partner at his ball and then head to yours and be ready to play when it’s your turn.

• Park on the cart path near the back of the green. This shortens the amount of time it takes you to exit the green. 

• If you have extra clubs with you on the green, place them in the path you’ll be taking when you leave the green. This will also speed your exit, and prevent you from forgetting those clubs.

• Once off the green, drive immediately to the next tee box so the group behind you can hit up. Once at the tee box, you can clean the clubs you used on the last hole and write everyone’s score down.

• Play ready golf and keep up with the group in front of you!!


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