Morris Williams' Driving Range Closed for Two Weeks

    Notice has come to the ASGA from the staff at Morris Williams that they will be doing re-sodding of their driving range for the next two weeks and it (driving range) will be closed for that extended period. This means that it will be closed for this Tuesday's ASGA tournament at the MoWillie course. Members should plan to make other accommodations for warm-up activities before participating in Tuesday's tournament.

Boyd Leads Individual While French and Johnson Top the Team Grand Prix Standing

     As the Grand Prix championship reaches the halfway point, the races, both the Individual and the Team, are still up for grabs. And the grabs are significant since the champions of both divisions will pull down $50 while places second thru four will be allotted $25, $15, and $10, respectfully. Here is a run-down of the top ten contenders of both divisions in the most recent posting.
    William Boyd tops the Individual Grand Prix standings with 771.4 points and a 77.1 per tournament average but is being closely followed by Tom Walters (726.1) and Tom Schneider (690.7). Schneider seems to pose the most danger to Boyd's lead as he is averaging 76.7 points per tournament having played fewer events.
      In fourth place, is Sam Jenkins (675.7) and a 67.6 average followed closely by Carlos Ortiz with a 66.9 average and 668.7 points. Curtis Higgs (663.1) has a solid hold on sixth place with a 82.9 average. Bobby Johnson (657.9) has a four point lead over Jack Scruggs (653.7) for seventh place. Sam Amsler is sitting in ninth place with only a twelve point lead over Jerry Newton who rounds out the top ten in the individual race.
     Dale French and Bobby Johnson's partnership has proved to be a powerful combination in the race for the Team Grand Prix. The power-hitting partners have one of the highest averages at 87.4 points per tournament to go along with their league-leading 786.7 points. Chasing this pair is the team of David Brader and Richard Spigarelli with 771.0 points at the same time savoring an almost 60-point lead over Floyd Chambers and Roy January in third place.
      Long-time ASGA members LD Washington and Troy Collins sit in fourth place with 696 points while Tom Walters and Steve Abrams rest at the fifth spot with 652 points. Barkley Edwards and Alton Stewart are holding off Cliff Rierson and Bob Rankin for sixth place, 639.1 to 635.1. But the real fight, apparently, is with the eighth and ninth place holders, Joe Noon and Grady Morris (602.1) and Michael Bruker and Mike Bieck (600.0). Rounding out the top ten teams is the duo of Mario Gamboa and Rodolfo Garcia with 586.7 points.
     If you would like to see where you or your team are in the Grand Prix Standings, click here.

Proposed ASGA Constitution/Bylaws Changes APPROVED

The proposed changes endorsed by the ASGA Board of Directors were approved by a unanimous  "YES" vote.   Seventy four members voted on the proposed changes at the General Meeting held in conjunction with the Individual Net tournament at the Lions Municipal golf course on August 6, 2019.

The approved document will be posted to the ASGA website in the near future.  Until the approved level replaces the previous level of documentation the approved version can be accessed HERE where the updated content is show in red.

Curtis Higgs

The long-time Austin Senior Golf Association member passed away Thursday, July 25.  Curtis competed often and well over the years in ASGA  events and will be sorely missed by his fellow members.  The Organization expresses its sincere condolences to his family and friends.

His obituary is linked HERE 

New Constitutional Changes to be Voted On

     Significant changes to the ASGA Constitution and Bylaws are going on the ballot at the same time as the golf tournament to be held at Lions on August 6, 2019. The vote will essentially be to update the ASGA Constitution and Bylaws and the meeting to vote will run in conjunction with the August 6th tournament. 
     Only the General Membership can approve changes to the constitution and two-thirds (67%) of those present must affirmatively vote for the changes. The appropriate number of officers of The Board will be present approximately 25 minutes before the first tee time to call the meeting to order.The meeting will last until approximately 25 minutes after the last group tees off in the tournament. 
     Members will vote in the lobby of Lions as they arrive to sign in for the tournament competition. Members who not participating in the tournament are also encouraged to come to the Lions site to vote as well. It will be an up(Yes) or down(No) vote for all the changes to the constitution. At the conclusion of the meeting the results will be tallied and then announced as well as posted on the website.
       Members who wish to do so should review the current document as it is available on the website under "The Organization" and then on that page click "Constitution and Bylaws".  The changes can be viewed HERE where the updates will appear in red.
     Two of the most important changes are 1) that the annual election of the Board and Officers will be held at the annual banquet on October 15th at the "President's Cup" tournament where a large number of members will be assembled. This allows for more participation by the members whereas in the past the board has been elected by as few as twenty people, and; 2) the new titles of members of the board which will reflect a more modern board and will be more in line with the current duties assigned by the President and the Board.
     This project was assigned by President Paul Redden to Vice-President Travis McWhorter, who presented the changes to the board and were approved unanimously at the June 24th meeting. McWhorter, having sought and obtained suggestions and advise from the general membership during the course of this project, can answer members questions about the changes. He will not be seeking suggestions or changes.
     For those who do not use the website, the city courses will have documents posted on their bulletin boards indicating the changes and the procedures for voting on these changes.  Web users should encourage non-web users to look for these documents at the courses.