2022 is winding down and we thought we would give you a snapshot of some of the things the Austin Senior Golf Association (ASGA) accomplished last year. These numbers were calculated using our Grand Prix calendar year (Nov. 2021 – Oct. 2022).
- Our average membership participation for the 53 events throughout the year was 94 — 10 of these were played when the daily high was over 100°.
- Highest attended event was 118 players. It was a February Two-Best-Balls tournament. 20 events had 100+ attendees.
- Total rounds played by our members for score and posted -- 5,286 !
- The 10 four person events had the highest average participation (100 players)
- We played at Morris Williams the most – 18 times
- We had over 100 members attend our annual end of the year banquet
- We increased the number of members participating in our annual ASGA championship by over 50%
We hope you enjoyed your 2022 with ASGA. Take care and see you on the course next year!
Respectively,
ASGA Board
Lewis Howell, President
Greg Marshall, VP
Sam Mihalik, Past President
David Brader, Secretary/Treasurer
Shawn Higgins, Event Chair
Bill Burke, Handicap Chair
PARD City Board Rep, Jack Scruggs
General Membership, Allan Myers
Website/Admin Chair, Bruce Jones
Couldn't pass up a few year-end jokes:
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Golf balls are like eggs. They’re white, sold by the dozen, and a week later you have to buy some more.
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An avid golfer goes to see a fortune teller to inquire if there are any golf courses in heaven. “I have good news and bad news,” she tells the golfer. “What’s the good news?” asks the golfer. “The good news sir is that the courses in heaven are spectacular, without doubt better than anything you have seen on earth.” “What’s the bad news then?” he asks. “You have a tee time at 8:30 tomorrow morning.”
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Three golfing partners died in a car wreck and went to heaven. Upon arrival, they discover the most beautiful golf course they have ever seen.
St. Peter tells them that they are all welcome to play the course, but he cautions them that there is only one rule: "Don't hit the ducks during your first three months here.”
The men all have blank expressions, and finally one of them asks, "The ducks?
"Yes", St. Peter replies, "There are thousands of ducks walking around the course, and if one gets hit, he quacks, then the one next to him quacks and soon they're all quacking to beat the band. It really breaks the tranquility, and if you hit one of the ducks, you'll be punished. Otherwise everything is yours to enjoy.”
Upon entering the course, the men noted that there were indeed large numbers of ducks everywhere. Within fifteen minutes, one of the guys hit a duck. The duck quacks, the one next to it quacked and soon here was a deafening roar of duck quacks.
St. Peter walked up with an extremely homely woman in tow and asks, "Who hit the duck?" The guy who had done it admitted, "I did." St. Peter immediately pulled out a pair of handcuffs and cuffed the man's right hand to the homely woman's left hand. "I told you not to hit the ducks,", he said. Now you'll be handcuffed together for eternity.”
The other two men were very cautious not to hit any ducks, but a couple of weeks later, one of them accidentally did. The quacks were as deafening as before, and within minutes St. Peter walked up with an even uglier woman. He cuffed the man's right hand to the homely woman's left hand. "I told you not to hit the ducks," he said; "Now you'll be handcuffed together for eternity.”
The third man was extremely careful. Some days he wouldn't even play for fear of even nudging a duck. After three months, he still hadn't hit a duck.
St. Peter walked up to the man at the end of the three months, and had with him a knock-out, gorgeous woman - the most beautiful woman the man had ever seen. St. Peter smiled at the man and then, without a word, handcuffed him to the beautiful woman and walked off.
The man, knowing that he would be handcuffed to this woman for eternity, let out a contented sigh and said aloud, "I wonder what I did to deserve this?
The woman responded, "I don't know about you, but I hit a duck.”