March Tournament at Los Lagos Our venue in March is a shorter course (Par 68) that will test your shot-making skills. Los Lagos is one of the newer courses in San Jose. We tee off at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, March 21. The cost is $67, including cart and prize fund. The payment deadline is March 1. You can pay on-line with a credit card or by mail with a check. Please contact Connie Vickroy at vick-royc@juno.com for payment instructions.

First Tournament at Shoreline The opening tournament of the year was held Feb. 20 at Shoreline G. C. in Mountain View. The Winter Olympics were in full swing at the time, inspiring the golfers to “go for the gold” or at least a sleeve of balls. The proximity prizes went to Connie Vick-roy on the front nine and Kathleen Bosell on the back nine. Marksmanship Award: Taking accuracy to a whole new level, Mimi Pauline indicated a Canadian goose resting near a fairway bun-ker as the intended landing area of her tee shot. Emulating the great Babe Ruth point-ing to the spot where his ball would go over the fence, Mimi promptly broadsided the poor creature. The goose lumbered off, with

Bay Area Chapter - American Singles Golf Association — March 2010

CELEBRATING 17 YEARS OF SINGLES GOLF IN AMERICA

Upcoming Events Include: • Memorial Day Weekend in Pinehurst - Thursday, May 27 – Sunday, May 30, 2010 - Details at www.SinglesGolf.com/Pinehurst

• We're Going to Scotland - August, 2010 - Details at SinglesGolf.com/scotland

National Website: www.SinglesGolf.com E-Mail: ASGANational@aol.com Office Hours: 9:00am to 2:00pm, M-F (Eastern) National Office: 704-889-4600 or 1-888-GOLFMATE

Regular Meeting Date: First Tuesday of the Month Next Meeting: Saturday, March 6th, 2010 at 6:00pm Meeting Location: Benihana - 1496 Old Bayshore Hwy. Our Website: www.SinglesGolf.com/bayarea

(See next page for information on volunteering . . .) To join, renew dues, make a change of address, phone, etc., call National Hotline at left or go to www.SinglesGolf.com/join

a resignation suggesting it had been hit more than once by golf shots. Sinkable Molly Brown Award: Playing in her first Chapter event, Colleen Wal-lace was a one-woman putting clinic. She drained innumerable 20-foot putts, leaving her playing partners to marvel at her prowess. Able to Clear Tall Buildings Award: If Lester Ishimaru ever needs to hit over a tall tree, he has the shot to do it. Unfor-tunately, he never needed that shot at Shoreline. He proceeded to demon-strate the shot anyway on most holes. He also made good use of the cart path-only restriction, by sprinting to and from his shots in Olympic style. Honorable Mention: Better Late Than Never – Marty Wiseman; Traveled the Farthest – Steve Foster (visiting from Washington, D.C.). After the tournament a small group of golfers adjourned to the Japanese res-taurant at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Foster City, where Marty was introduced to eating sushi and consuming miso

soup without a spoon. The dinner amounted to a small feast, and there was an ongoing discussion of the merits of hot sake versus cold sake. It is hoped anyone with first-hand knowledge of the subject will participate in our next dining event.

March Dinner at Benihana If you think Benihana is just for tourists, you are missing out on one of the best places to dine with a group. We had so much fun eating Japanese food after the February tournament, the Benihana ex-perience was a unanimous decision. Join us on Saturday, March 6, at the Benihana Restaurant just south of the San Francisco Airport. Our reservation is at 6:00 p.m. to avoid the Saturday night crowd. The ad-dress is 1496 Old Bayshore Hwy., and valet parking is expected on the weekend. In order for us to make a reservation, you must RSVP to Connie Vickroy (see above) by Thursday, March 4. Don’t miss out on being part of this fun dinner. Possi-bilities for after-dinner activities will depend on participation. This dinner will take the place of the regularly monthly dinner meet-ing at Poplar Creek Grill. Poplar Creek will not resume dinner service until after the time change, most likely in April.

BAY AREA CHAPTER of the American Singles

Golf Association

President Connie Vickroy

vickroyc@juno.com

Membership Chairperson Kathleen Bosell

kbosell@yahoo.com 650-743-9493

Treasurer

Marty Wiseman

The Bay Area Chapter of the American Singles Golf Association is now forming. Volunteers are needed for the following positions:

♦ Golf Committee Chairperson

♦ Social Committee Chairperson

♦ Communications Committee Chairperson

♦ Chapter Secretary

♦ Chapter Treasurer

Interested in volunteering? Understand your job first. For details on how to do each of the above jobs, go to the SinglesGolf.com homepage and look under the heading “Chapter Manage-ment.” It always helps to know!

MEMBERSHIP DUES AND HOW TO JOIN ASGA

Dues for the Bay Area Chapter of the American Singles Golf Association are $70.00 for a 12-month year. Payment can be made by check or credit card. Mail with application to: American Singles Golf As-sociation National Headquarters, P. O. Box 848, Pineville, NC 28134.

JOIN BY PHONE, FAX OR THE WEB

You can join the Bay Area Chapter over the telephone by calling toll-free, 1-888-GOLFMATE (465-3628), faxing the application with your credit card information to our national toll-free fax at 1-888-465-3295, or go on-line at www.singlesgolf.com/join and submit your application with credit card information. Office hours are 9-2, ET.

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ABOUT OUR MEMBERS Happy Birthday to these members: Ina Allen - 04/10 These members are up for renewal: (date shown is last day of membership) Juanito Alanes - 03/31/2010 Richard Flory - 03/31/2010 Welcome newest members: Sally Jones - Joined 02/08/2010 Mike Kauffman - Joined 01/14/2010 Lori Lynn - Joined 01/05/2010 Mimi Pauline - Joined 02/03/2010 Colleen Wallace - Joined 01/21/2010 Our chapter currently has 19 mem-bers.

Rules and More Rules Q. Larry's match play opponent conceded a putt and said, "Larry, that's a gimme, it's good." Larry, not being one to simply say thank you, went ahead and putted out. Of course he missed. Does Larry's missed putt count? A. Yes, Larry's missed putt is counted.

When Larry proceeded with his putt, the gimme was nullified and Larry's putt counted.

B. No, Larry's missed putt is not counted. Once the putt was conceded, the hole had ended for Larry.

AND THE ANSWER IS: The answer is B. Larry's missed putt is not counted. Once the putt was conceded, the hole had ended for Larry. Rule 2-4 applies. The rule says that a match play player may concede his oppo-nent's next stroke at any time, as long as his opponent's ball is not moving. At that point, the opponent is considered to have holed out.

Marty, Kathleen, Mimi, Connie, Colleen and Steve enjoy the 19th hole at Shoreline Golf Links.

AMERICAN SINGLES GOLF ASSOCIATION — MARCH, 2010

CELEBRATING 17YEARS OF SINGLESGOLF IN AMERICA

• 6 food functions: cocktail party (heavy hors d’oeurves and 2 free drink tickets if you register by April 18), picnic-style cook-out Friday after golf, Saturday sit-down dinner and 3 lavish buffet breakfasts in the main dining room

• Dancing with our DJ on 1st and 3rd nights (does he dance?) • All resort service fees and taxes. The resort service fee pays

for bicycle rental, practice green, afternoon tea, on-site trans-portation, fitness center, tennis courts, outdoor pools, etc.

In addition, Pinehurst is offering ASGA members a coupon good towards a 20% discount on spa services or one round of golf club rentals. See SinglesGolf.com/Pinehurst for details on this coupon. Room-by-Yourself packages and non-golf packages are avail-able. Non-hotel packages are available only to our Pinehurst chapter members.

U. S. Open Returns to Pinehurst in 2014 For the first time in Open history, one venue is the site of both the men’s U. S. Open Champion-ship and the women’s U. S. Open Championship in the same year. Both championships will be hosted by Pinehurst in 2014. Pinehurst was also the site of the 1951 Ryder Cup as well as the 1999 and 2005 U. S. Opens. “We’re proud to see

the American Singles Golf Association host their event at Pine-hurst again this year,” said Sara Green, sales manager at Pine-hurst. “The showing ASGA had in years’ past is a testament to the match we have with our resort and your members.” Pinehurst has a tradition that goes way back into the last cen-tury. All of the greats have played there. The No. 2 course will not be part of our standard package, but hopefully, you’ll have an opportunity to play it at a reduced rate due to the anticipated aerification schedule. See website for details. Please review the Pinehurst.com website and check out their hotel accommodations. They’re offering the Carolina Inn, the Holly Inn, Manor Inn and their condos again. In addition to these hotels, if your chapter (or group of friends) would like to get eight (8) of your members together and get a villa, which has a com-mon living room and kitchen facility, review the Pinehurst.com website and indicate such on your registration form.

- - Tom Alsop, President/Founder, ASGA Phone 704-889-4600 or 1-888-GOLFMATE

GolfASGA@aol.com

Event Dates: Thursday, May 27 – Sunday, May 30, 2010

With great excitement and anticipation, we’re happy to an-nounce our continued association with the fine folks at Pinehurst Resort in announcing our “Reunion in Pinehurst” again. The Reunion on Memorial Day Weekend has shown to be ASGA’s largest-attended event each year with attendance soaring over 400 in years past. It’s a great time to see old friends and meet

friends you never thought you had. Dates set for this year are May 27-30. Prices have been low-ered $23 on the standard package price and $140 on the “room by myself” package price, as com-pared to 2008 pricing. As such, we anticipate a quick sell-out. Pinehurst was the site of our Me-

morial Day weekend reunion in 2006, 2007 and 2008. Packages start at $489 per person, based on double occu-pancy and $639 per person based on single occupancy. If you priced this event on its own, you’d easily pay $1200-$1300 (dbl. occ.) for all that’s included. Optional rounds on the day-of-arrival (Thursday on No. 3) as well as day-of-departure (Sunday at To-bacco Road Golf Club — Rated #4 Public Course in the U. S. by Golf World magazine and a Top 100 Golf Digest) are being of-fered as well. A registration form is enclosed with this newsletter and you can also obtain one at www.SinglesGolf.com/Pinehurst The standard package is a great deal. If you priced this on your own, you’d easily pay twice as much as what you get as an ASGA member. You can’t fine a value like this at any great golf resort in the country. Of course, outside of everything Pinehurst has to offer, you get to meet hundreds of singles from various ASGA chapters. As with all ASGA multi-chapter events, you must be a member to attend. To join ASGA, simply go to www.SinglesGolf.com/join

Included in the Standard Package: • 4 days / 3 nights, based on double occupancy • 2 rounds of golf, cart, range balls, prizes for winners and wel-

coming gift for all