The ASGA Championship Is (almost) Complete and a Well-known Member Passes

 Member Passing

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.

ASGA Championship

After two weeks on the new, impressive greens at Jimmy Clay and Roy Kizer, we have ended up with a very tight finish for Champion. Barkley Edwards and Mark Dungey tied with 128 for Net Champion. In accordance with our rules, starting at #18, looking for the lower score—Mark Dungey took the prize with a net “three”.

For the Gross Championship, Jeff Brown (71-72) and Gabe Padilla(70-73) ended up tied at 143. Their playoff has been delayed, but will be played soon.  

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!

ASGA CTP/LD Finishes

Hole-In-One Last Tuesday at Lions!

 

Congratulations to Turner Lewis who aced the 15th hole at Lions!  This was the 2nd ace at that hole this year!  Turner pulled out his trusty gap wedge and landed his shot a few inches from the cup.  The ball hopped up slightly and landed in the jar!  And in more good news (to everyone but Turner), the HIO Jackpot is safe because Turner wasn't in the pool.   This was Turner's second hole-in-one.  

The jackpot currently stands at $410.  And as Turner would say later that day....."Ya gotta pay if ya wanna win!"

ASGA Championship Next Two Weeks!

Our 2024 ASGA Championship event happens next week. Over two weeks we will determine the ASGA Champions, one based on gross scores, and one on net scores. Here's your chance to join the list of past winners--a tradition since 1976! On September 10th  we will play the first day at Jimmy Clay golf course. The second day of competition will happen the following Tuesday on September 17th at Roy Kizer.

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!