FEX EX CUP WINDING DOWN & MORE TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

FED EX CUP LAST CHANCE!

2023 Fed Ex Cup winner (Richard)

The final round of this season's Fed Ex Cup wraps up Thursday — remember everyone plays from the WHITE TEES for this one.

Your best two Retirees rounds for August count.

DICE ROLL SCRAMBLE DEADLINE FRIDAY AUGUST 18

2023 Dice Roll Winners (Wayne, John, Ray)

This month's scramble will test the skill of all the teams — rolling the HAPPY FACE can make all the difference on each hole.

Entry Fee: $30.00 deadline Friday at noon. Includes golf, prizes and pasta w/meatballs lunch. 50/50 draw 

Sign up online CLICK HERE

OR Sign up on the bulletin board at the course

Pay by eTransfer 

Pay by cheque in the Pro Shop

CHRISTINA LAKE INVITATIONAL - SIGN UP NOW

Thursday, Sept 5  9AM shotgun start

Walker: $55.00. / Rider: $75.00

Deadline to sign up and pay is August 28

PAPER COPY OF THE LIST GOES UP TUESDAY.

You must include your Handicap Factor (decimal number), if you don't have a Golf Canada factor, you can use the Handicap Calculator found on our website to accurately calculate yours.

Attached is the list of players who have already signed up online

SIGN UP ONLINE FOR CHRISTINA LAKE CLICK HERE

RETIREES CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP - SEPT 19

(more details to come later)

2023 Club Champions: Low Gross and Low Net (Ray & Al)

Our final 'official' event of the year is set to go Sept 19 and John is busy crunching the numbers to determine the entry fee. Once his grandson's hockey camp is done, he will have time to dust off his Casio calculator and start crunching.

Our total number of members this year rose to 79 with 10 new players joining us. 

As always, we try to use all the money raised through the season to subsidize the meals, purchase golf balls for the weekly events, cash payouts for monthly events and purchase prizes for our Club Championship.

WATCH YOUR EMAILS FOR MORE DETAILS SOON.

JULY WRAPS UP WITH RED-WHITE-BLUE SCRAMBLE ...and more

 PHOTOS TAKEN AND MISSED

If you missed seeing the photos of our major winners, I finally managed to get them all:

John Newton & Paul Troseth and some other guy
British Open (tied)

Al Pasin (L) and some other guy
Canadian Open 

Richard Dewdney
PGA Championship

Gary Schmitz (R) 
Masters Champion

Unfortunately, we don't have a full set of photos of our monthly scramble events — I will try to fix that.

RED-WHITE-BLUE SCRAMBLE FINALLY GETS PLAYED

It only took an extra month, but we finally played the RWB! Fifty one players enjoyed a perfect day for golf — manicured fairways and greens, hot lunch, and cold refreshments. 

RESULTS:

1st: Keith Wallis, Gary Schmitz, Serge Pasquali, Rob Valentine (61)

2nd: Brian Austin, Rick Brown, Dave Wray, Jamie Pipes (62)

3rd: Norman Moll, Kevin Oliver, Sergio Peloso, Don Szilagyi (65) tiebreak

Other scores:

Cherenko, Piccolo, Park, Lamont (65)

Shubert, Campbell, Ross, Panton (65)

Drezdoff, Rilkoff, St Jean, Zinio (67)

Weaver, Corazza, Keen, Mailey (68)

Frederich, Menin, Boonngoum, M. Brown (68)

Trozzo, Shippet, Veltri, Masleck (69)

Molloy, Brennen, Burke, DeWitt (69)

McLellan, Beard, Gawryletz, Schickler (70)

Delorie, Muskeyn, Troseth, Noakes (71)

Larmour, Lattanzio, Newton (72)

Forgot to take photo of the winners, but did get some other shots!

FEDEX CUP MONTH STARTS AUG 1

This year, no points, no head start for previous event winners, BUT EVERYONE PLAYS FROM THE WHITE TEES for all 3 rounds.

Last year's winner Rich Dewdney

DICE ROLL SCRAMBLE - AUG 22, 9AM SHOTGUN

Online sign up is open deadline is August 15 - no late entries. Entry fee is $30 and includes golf, prizes and Pasta lunch.

NOTE: I will be out of town for this event so John and Al will need some help with running the event. Please step up is you can help in any way and talk to John. I will have the draw and scorecards done before I leave so help is needed on the day of the event. Scorekeeping, KP/LP pins, 50/50 tickets, etc.

TROSETH & NEWTON TIE FOR THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

 RETIREES BRITISH OPEN END IN A TIE

John Newton shot a sparkling net 67 on the final day to tie Paul Troseth for the 'Champion Golfer of the Year' title, both with 139 totals. Paul had lead every round with 69-70 as his two best net scores while John had scores of 72-67.

Don Szilagyi was alone in 2nd (142) and six players were tied for 3rd  David Panton, Ray St.Jean, Robin Valentine, Keith Wallis, Tom Gawryletz, and Al Holm (143).

NEXT UP - FED EX CUP MONTH

August is Fed Ex Cup month and the last of our month long competitions. Three rounds with your two best net scores counting toward the final score. No season long point this time — too much work!

AUGUST IS DICE SCRAMBLE MONTH

Skill rolling the custom made dice to determine which tee shot must be used, can make or break a team's chances in the Dice Scramble. The dreaded 'Frowny Face' needs to be avoided in order to score well.

August 22 - Dice Scramble 9:00 AM shotgun start

Entry fee: $30 includes golf, prizes, and lunch

Sign up online is open now! CLICK HERE TO ENTER

Pay with eTransfer using birchbankretirees@gmail.com

 

TROSETH LEADS AFTER ROUND ONE

Paul Troseth has taken the lead in this year’s ’Open Championship’ after shooting a NET 69 on a day with perfect playing conditions. This is not something we have had to often this season, but maybe this is the start.

Paul doesn’t like to get his photo taken, so here is a younger version of Paul beside Ian Woosman, world famous golfer….or maybe it’s Ian Glover. Ask Paul 

THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP MONTH STARTS THURSDAY

RETIREES BRITISH OPEN 

Thursday is Round 1 of our month long British Open competition for the Retirees Club. Three rounds are scheduled with your lowest 2 net scores counting toward your total score.

Last year's winner, Phil Molloy has been secretly working on his game in a hangar at the airport and should be ready by Thursday's first round. It looks like it will be a scorcher for the first round, so remember to keep hydrated as you play.

July is also the start of our 8:00 tee times, so don't forget to check your email for your time slot confirmation from the Pro Shop.

2023 Champion Golfer,  Phil Molloy

NELSON INVITATIONAL DEADLINE IS JULY 3

If you are planning on attending, remember to get signed up and pay your entry fee before noon on Wednesday, July 3.

Check the poster on the bulletin board for full details.

RED-WHITE-BLUE SCRAMBLE RESCHEDULED TO JULY 25

 HEAVY RAINS WASHOUT RWB SCRAMBLE

OK even golf can't be played when it rains this hard. We had to reschedule the RWB Scramble as the heavy rains soaked the course making it unplayable at our scheduled start time.

The Birchbank grounds crew heading to work this morning

All that extra practice in the sand trap yesterday was negated by the water filling the bunkers, puddles on the greens, and fairways too soggy for power carts.

GRANITE POINT TOURNAMENT (NELSON) DEADLINE APPROACHING

10AM Shotgun start - Wed, July 10 - Granite Point GC (Nelson)
Entry fee: $75.00 - everyone rides for this one; includes cart, golf, prizes, and lunch

Entry & Entry Fee deadline is Wed., July 3rd at noon.

Sign up online - CLICK HERE

Paper copy of sign up posted at the course: eTransfer or cheque in the  ProShop. 

JULY IS BRITISH OPEN MONTH

Our tee times start at 8:00 beginning July 1 — Thursday, July 4 is round 1 of 'The Open Championship' month. Remember to put your own score on the results sheet AND turn in your scorecard so I can verify all the scores.

In addition, you need to enter you daily scores into your handicap — using Golf Canada or Chronogolf. We depend upon everyone to keep an up to date, accurate handicap in order for our competitions to be fair.

If you need help with this, please ask!

 CANADIAN OPEN MONTH RESULTS

Al Pasin used a second round NET 64 to cruise to this year's Retirees Canadian Open with a 134 total from his 2 best scores. 

Second and third places went to two new Retirees Club members, Gary Schmitz (137) and Keith Wallis (139)

CANADIAN OPEN MONTH - ROUND 2 RESULTS….plus

SIGN UP NOW FOR RED-WHITE-BLUE SCRAMBLE

The paper signup for the June 27 event and lunch is now in the ProShop. Entry fee is $25 and the deadline to enter is June 22….. AND don’t forget you can sign up online. Use the link found on the Registrations Page.

NELSON TEAM SCRAMBLE

July 10 - details in previous post and on the poster on the bulletin board at the Club. Deadline July 3rd. Sign up online — use the link found on the Registrations Page.

PASIN IN THE LEAD AFTER 2 ROUND

Al Pasin leads after 2 rounds with at total score of 134 after shooting a net 64 this week. Keith Wallis in second at 139 and Bob Elliot at 140 is 3rd.

It still seems that some folks have forgotten to write their NET score on the results sheet and into their Golf Canada account.

The final round is next week, last chance for that really low round!

PROVISIONAL BALL - HOW TO...

Have you ever hit one in the bush on #2 and then can't find it when you get there? Dropping a ball and playing it is NOT the correct way to proceed!