2012 Tournaments & Events will be run by your Tournament Committee (for more info see next section) and governed by the Rules Committee (bottom of this page).  Both groups will be working to see that this is the best season ever for Saxony.

Schedule	Event	More Info
April 21st	Opening Day Scramble	Opening Day Page
April 28th to June 2nd	Partners' Best Ball	PBB Page
June 9th to July 21st	President's Cup	President's Cup Page
July 28th to Aug 25th	Club Championship	Club Championship
Sept 15th & Sept 22nd	The Memorial	The Memorial Page
October 20th (tbd)	Fall Classic/Closing Day	Fall Classic

A major change to 2012 play is a new system of tiebreakers - the USGA recommended system.  For all rounds (except the finals) ties will be broken by score on the back nine.  In the finals, it's extra holes & sudden death.  Read the Tournament Committee's announcement here - New Tiebreaker

In case you aren't familiar with these events, here's how they work:

- In the Opening Day Scramble foursomes are organized with roughly equal total handicaps.   Best net score on each hole counts and in addition to lowest score, there are also prizes for closest to the pin and driving distance/accuracy.
- Partners' Best Ball is a team event - pick a partner and using your best net score on each hole go up against another twosome in match play.  Strategic choice of partner is key.  Two Hams just don't work as well as Ham & Eggs.
- President's Cup is one draw for the whole club.  Using handicaps you'll have to get through people of all levels in your quest for the cup.  Again, match play.
- Club Championship is open to everyone - with a catch: no handicaps.  To give the rest of us something to do while Andy wins it (again), higher handicap players can sign up for A, B, C or D flights.  There are no handicaps within a flight; it's match play, straight up.
- The Memorial is our most complicated scoring.  Everyone is assigned a point target based on his handicap - high handicappers have lower targets.  In play you earn 1 point for bogie, 2 for par, 4 for a birdie and 8 for an eagle (all scores gross).  He who exceeds his target by the biggest margin wins.  The points are accumulated over two rounds.
- Closing Day in past was a scramble - similar to Opening Day, but without that wide-eyed, spring enthusiasm.  Last year Andy made it a double ball event: Foursome Best Ball and Yellow Ball.   The weather can be a bit rough, so this event is for the hearty.  Usually combined with the final Saxony Club meeting and officers elections for the following year.

And remember anytime you're in the hunt for some hardware, watch out for Woody - he's hungry and THIS IS THE YEAR.

Tom Gramolini is Chairman of the 2012 Tournament Committee.  Members of this esteemed group will each act as Tournament Director for an event.

Rich Hastings      Partners' Best Ball
Ron Sanossian     President's Cup
Tom Gramolini     The Club Champioship

At all times they will be supported by TomG & Woody.  And they are always looking for volunteers to help out (note: Want to run the Memorial?  Sign up below)  Responsibilites include communicating to members, establish pairings, determine format and awarding prizes.  First to volunteer was Greg Horgan, who will run Opening Day.  

The Committee has been hard at work over the winter creating ground rules for our season.  The links below take you to their new Tiebreaker Procedures, the timing and terms of the Majors, as well as a chance to thank them all at once.

Rules are a function of the Tournament Committee.  Each Tournament Director will be setting the specific terms of his event.  People interested in contributing to the Committee throughout the year should contact them directly.  This group would be charged with defining the local rules for the club overall and, if needed, variants for any event.  They would also be available to club memebers as a panel to answer rule related questions or settle those quirky, off-course discussions.  For The Majors - the determination of the Rules Committee will be final.

Sign up below or just contact them directly.