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| Gabe (courtesy of V. Padilla) |
The usual playoff did not occur directly after the second day, so it was played the following Tuesday, with Gabe securing the win and a $100 credit at GolfATX. This was not the first time Gabe took the prize. He also won in 2023, 2015, and 2013, thus becoming the first four-time winner of this prestigious event!
View all the ASGA champions at this link.
Well done Gabe!
Sadly we announce that longtime Austin Senior Golf Association member William Miller, age 70, passed on September 16, 2024 just after finishing a round with the (in)famous “Hudgens Group” at Mo Willie. It happened as he was beginning his shift with Golf ATX, with whom he had a long association.
As an ASGA member since 2017, Will played in over 100 events, many with Shawn Higgins.
“Will was a former partner of mine and one of the really good guys. I always enjoyed his company and will miss him dearly.”--Shawn
The memorial service for William will be held Wednesday 09/25/2024 at the Corinth Missionary Baptist Church at 1:30 PM. It is currently planned to gather at Mo' Willie after the funeral for food, music and to hit a few range balls. Your challenge will be to beat Will’s longest drive.
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Hats off to all our participants—the prizes for Closest To the Pin and Longest Drive will be handed out to the various winners at our Annual Match Play/Annual Meeting and Banquet coming up next month. Stay tuned--lots of info coming soon!
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| ASGA CTP/LD Finishes |
You only sign up one time for both days. On day one at the Clay golf course, members will play with the groups they sign up with. Tee times are distributed and assigned as we normally do. The second day grouping process at Kizer will be a little different. Participants will be placed into flights based on your handicaps and grouped with competitors that shot similar scores as you on day one.
If you have a bad day one, you may be asking why bother to play on day two. One answer is the $450 of additional prize money you can win. Each day of this annual event we will have closest to the pin and longest drive competitions. Participants will be divided into three groups so you will compete against members with similar handicaps. On day one at Clay, winners of the competitions will receive $25 each. On day two, that amount doubles to $50 each. Winnings will be distributed at our Annual Banquet Meeting on October 22nd after the President’s Cup Competition at Morris Williams.
In addition to the winnings above, you also can win via the flight competitions. Our Low Gross ASGA Champion receives $100. We also pay $100 to the member who achieves the lowest NET score for the two-day competition. All flight payouts are doubled. Since this is a two-day event, you will pay two event fees. Let’s say you win your flight which would normally pay $20. Being a two-day event, that amount would grow to $40. For the ASGA championship, that amount doubles to $80.
There is plenty to play for. The event is a lot of fun and we hope to see everyone there. In years past, we played the Championship on Tuesday and Thursday of the same week on the same course. Since we will be playing on different courses in 2 separate weeks, you may be paying for both days on day one of the event.
We hope to see you there!
Before we complain too much about the heat, we will remind you last year we had about 60 consecutive days of 100+ degree temperatures with many of those being close to 105. With that being said, pay attention to your bodies and listen to your cautious inner voice...heat related illnesses come at us in a hurry and early detection is the best way to turn it around. According to the 10-day, this is our last day over 100!!
Jimmy Clay is back and we are very happy to have the full layout back into our inventory. Over a 10 week period, the crew has grown in 38 greens and still have 5 growing on the short course. That is not exactly a record we wanted to set but this was a really impressive feat of agronomic excellence. We are very proud of the crew for pulling this off and getting the courses back to you as soon as possible. We have also noticed significant improvements on the Roy Kizer "roll" 10 days after opening and expect Jimmy Clay to be really good very soon.
The sod work at Morris Williams is going well and we should have it finished by the end of next week. You will see continued improvements over there as we hand-dress and roll the new sod.
The Save Muny Conservancy along with the Save Muny Historical District have funded a re-grassing project of the old putting green area at Lions. The entire surround (north of the asphalt road) has been resurfaced with a Stadium Zoysia and the putting green has increased in size by 1500ft. We are always grateful for their ideas and contributions.
Registration has begun for the 2024 Senior Men's City Championship and will be capped at 144 and is filling up fast. The tournament contested at Roy Kizer, information can be found at: Austin Senior Championship - Tournament Information Page | Golf ATX (bluegolf.com)
The 2024 Austin City Junior Championship will be played at Jimmy Clay--Registration begins on August 28th. More information can be found at: Austin City Junior Championship - Tournament Information Page | Golf ATX (bluegolf.com)
Tournaments of note:
Aug 27--MW--Seniors
Sept 3--Lions--Seniors
Sept 10--Clay--Seniors
Sept 10--Lions--High School Event (Open by 1:00)
Sept 11--Clay--High School Event (Open by 1:00)
Sept 14-15--Kizer--Senior City Champ
Sept 19--Roy Kizer--Shotgun
Sept 20--Lions--Charity Shotgun
Sept 21-22--Clay--Junior City
Maint Closures:
Aug 26--Kizer--Solid Tine Aerification
Sept 4--Clay--General Maint
Sept 9--MW--General Clousre
Spet 11--Kizer--General Closure
Sept 16--Lions--General Closure
Have great weekend and we look forward to having you out.
Stay Cool!
GOLFATX