Making Fun of Saturdays
Weekly Winners
2012 Money List
Did you realize that 20% of your club dues went to funding the Weekly
prize pool? And did you know that our Treasurer Joe Valenti
took home 11% of the pot? The last time an executive pocketed
that big a share of membership dues he ended up under Giants' Stadium.
Or so they say.
Mr. Valenti was our big winner this year earning money on six different Saturdays. His nearest competitors only made the winners' circle three times. Joe did this courtesy of a phenomenal spring spurt - he cashed in on three of the first four Weeklies. Fortunately he slowed a bit in the summer heat and gave the rest of us a shot at recouping our dues.
Half the club ended up winning something. 30 different people received Pro Shop chits. About half of them won on multiple weeks - the rest fluked in once and were never heard from again. Others, like myself, shot some new personal bests, but chose the wrong weeks to score well and were basically blanked on the season.
If you split the club into three roughly equal handicap groups the money didn't flow equally to each, but I like the way it worked out - more financial reward for those who got fewer on-course rewards:
Low (under 15) $345 Medium (15 - 20) $315 High (20+) $380
Here is The Saxony Golf Club Money List. If you want to see the weeks and games the guys won, even links to the scores they shot, click on Weekly Winners below, or the game to the right. Congratulations to our 2012 Weekly Winners.
Mr. Valenti was our big winner this year earning money on six different Saturdays. His nearest competitors only made the winners' circle three times. Joe did this courtesy of a phenomenal spring spurt - he cashed in on three of the first four Weeklies. Fortunately he slowed a bit in the summer heat and gave the rest of us a shot at recouping our dues.
Half the club ended up winning something. 30 different people received Pro Shop chits. About half of them won on multiple weeks - the rest fluked in once and were never heard from again. Others, like myself, shot some new personal bests, but chose the wrong weeks to score well and were basically blanked on the season.
If you split the club into three roughly equal handicap groups the money didn't flow equally to each, but I like the way it worked out - more financial reward for those who got fewer on-course rewards:
Low (under 15) $345 Medium (15 - 20) $315 High (20+) $380
Here is The Saxony Golf Club Money List. If you want to see the weeks and games the guys won, even links to the scores they shot, click on Weekly Winners below, or the game to the right. Congratulations to our 2012 Weekly Winners.
| Winner | Money List | Wins |
| Valenti | $ 115 | 6 |
| Sigona | 75 | 3 |
| Hammer | 65 | 3 |
| Ryan | 60 | 3 |
| Greg | 60 | 3 |
| McEvoy | 50 | 2 |
| Sanossian | 50 | 3 |
| DiFiore | 50 | 3 |
| Condon | 50 | 3 |
| Hastings | 45 | 2 |
| Herschenfeld | 40 | 3 |
| Shearman, J | 35 | 3 |
| Walsh | 30 | 2 |
| Bair, J | 25 | 1 |
| Appel | 25 | 1 |
| Greenberg | 25 | 1 |
| Woody | 25 | 1 |
| Wolfe | 25 | 2 |
| Gramolini | 25 | 2 |
| Price | 20 | 2 |
| $15 each to | Smith, Wooley, Ennis, Eisenberg, Zappulla |
| $10 each to | Charlie, Cook, Goldberg, Higgins, Levy, Leopold |
Schedule of Events
Here are the games we played.
Like them? Loathe them? Don't Remember -
typical...
| July 14 | Best Net Par 3's & 5's | |||
| July 21 | Best Ball c Random Partner | by popular vote | ||
| July 28 | Club Championship | no weekly | ||
| Aug 4 | Best 9 Odd Holes | |||
| Aug 11 | Match Play vs Par | by popular vote | ||
| Aug 18 | Six Tee Nine | best 6 on each side | ||
| Aug 25 | 4 Man Best Ball | |||
| Sept 1 | Less Labored Day | play white tees | ||
| Sept 8 | Doherty | no weekly | ||
| Sept 15 | Memorial | no weekly | ||
| Sept 22 | Stableford (net) | last minute switch | ||
| Sept 29 | Ryder Cup | Sanossian's Surprise | ||
| Oct 6 | Oktoberfest | A Saxony Celebration | ||
| Oct 13 | Fall Classic | moved up a wk | ||
| Oct 20 | Goodbye To Bogies | 4 Net Bogies or less | ||
Behind The Weeklies
A Quick Summary
Reasons and rationale behind the
changes are here: A Weeklies Manifesto
But if you're the Executive Summary type - this is it in a nutshell:
To those ends there are a couple of changes this year:
But if you're the Executive Summary type - this is it in a nutshell:
The
Weeklies are meant to add to the fun of this great game. They
are
not always a test of skill, but should reward good golf; from
individual shots to complete rounds – including flukes, lucky breaks
and putts over 6 feet (which I consider pure luck if they go in).
They should not get in the way of playing a postable round of
golf nor require an MBA to compute. Nor should victory be a
total
surprise to the winner.
It’s best if they help you see the game in a slightly different way
- play just a little bit better
- laugh just a little bit harder.
To those ends there are a couple of changes this year:
- Weeklies will end on Saturday when the last Saxony golfer comes in.
- Rounds played Sundays and during the week count in the following Saturday's game.
- If you tee it up on Saturday - that's your round for the Weekly.
- If we don't get 20 scores, because of weather or sleepiness - no Weekly.
- Those of us 65 and over have earned the right to play from the White Tees - if we want - with the right handicap, of course. Those 70+ can move up to the Reds.