ing, dinner on Saturday night, cocktails provided on Friday and Saturday nights, two rounds of golf, free range balls, and prize money. Judy's four-some won 2nd place - individual format- on Saturday for $35 earnings each and 5th place in a couple's round robin for another $20 each on Sunday.

Local Tournaments Brushy Mountain The last Sunday afternoon date on which Brushy Mountain Golf Course in Taylorsville will host a Couples Tournament will be September 19,2004 . The cost is $25/couple and the tournament will be a 1:30 pm shotgun. Members who are interested in participat-ing should call the club-house with handi-caps. (828) 632-4804. PLEASE NOTE: The date coin-cides with our regularly scheduled Sun-day golf date in August. It is possible

August Meeting Nine members (Bill W., Judy, Richard, Peggy, Lib, Brenda, Bill L., Charlene, and Dana) of the Hickory Chapter of ASGA and two guests were in attendance at the club's regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, August 12, 2004, at the Oyster Bar/Ramada Inn on Fairgrove Church Road/Hickory at 6:30 pm, with Dana Biehler presiding.

Welcome! Members of the Hickory ASGA extend a hearty WELCOME to Craig Habeck and Charlie Hamby, who were guests at our meeting. Craig and Charlie - you are encouraged to join our Hickory Chapter and may also participate in several local and multi-chapter events as guests be-fore joining. When attending a multi-chapter event, your "guest fee" will later be applied to your "membership fee" if you decide to join ASGA.

Member Handicaps ASGA members are reminded to save your scores (when you play indi-vidual rounds) and give them to Doug, who will update your handicap on the Hickory roster on a regular basis. He can be be reached by phone/email at (828) 241 2798 or dwhi69@aol.com .

Santee, SC Golf Outing Judy attended the NC/SC Challenge in Santee, SC, on July 30-August 1, 2004 and enjoyed two nights lodging at the Ramada Hotel, a welcome reception on Friday night, full breakfasts each morn-

that members will elect to play in this tournament in lieu of scheduling a golf outing at another course. This decision will be made at the September meeting.

Rivercrest Golf Club Bill L . talked to David Fulp, the golf pro at Rivercrest and there are two opportuni-ties available to the Hickory ASGA: • 1st -They have a monthly couples

tournament on Sunday, normally towards the end of the month. The cost is $35 for each player and in-cludes green fees, cart, small awards

and a meal. If there are less than 30 players, they skip the meal and refund part of the entry fee. This month, the tournament is on August 29 at 3pm. These are 18 hole events. If you wish to play, you and your partner need to inform Dana (459-0007) and River Crest (495-0017) Let

them know you are with ASGA and be sure to confirm the starting time with Rivercrest.

Hickory Chapter - American Singles Golf Association — September 2004

CELEBRATING 12 EARS OF SINGLES GOLF IN AMERICA

Next Meeting Thursday, September 9th, 6:30 pm

Oyster Bar Ramada Inn Invite a Friend or Co-Worker to Come With You!

The location of each monthly meeting will be determined by the ASGA member, who is scheduling golf for that particular month. This month it is at Oyster Bar . All meetings will be held at 6:30 pm on the second Thursday of each month, unless otherwise notified. Members are encouraged to come early (at 6 pm) to order food/drinks and socialize prior to the meeting.

Hickory Chapter of the

American Singles Golf Association,

President/Treasurer

Dana Biehler

Golf Chairperson Bill Suttie

Handicap Chairperson

Doug White

Newsletter Chairperson Judy Elmore

Volunteers Are Needed for the

Following Positions:

CommunicationsChairperson

Social Chairperson

HOW TO JOIN Dues for the Hickory chapter of the American Singles Golf Association are $70.00 for a 12 month year. Payment can be made by check or credit card (MC or VISA – 4% svc. chg.). Mail with application to: ASGA National Headquarters, P. O. Box 848, Pineville, NC 28134.

JOIN BY PHONE, FAX OR WEB You can join your local chapter over the phone by calling toll-free 1-888-GOLFMATE (465-3628), faxing the application with your credit card information to our toll- free fax at 1-888-465-3295, or go on- line at www.singlesgolf.com and submit your application with your credit card information. Our office hours are 9-5 (M-F). Your membership package will be mailed within 10 days.

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• 2nd – for group discussion. They will commit to giving us a special price if we want to play there once a month. Their normal fee is $39 but we can get a rate of $25 if we let them know ahead of time. We do not have to guarantee a mini-mum number of players and we can opt out of any month we choose. We can play either Satur-day or Sunday. This time of the year, our earliest tee time will be around 2pm. Later on, it will be earlier to assure we complete the rounds before dark.

Greater Hickory Classic Volunteers for the Senior PGA event at Rock Born Golf & Spa, August 16-22, were Charlene (Marshal), Dana (Marshal), Bill S. (Marshal), Bill L . (Carts, Shuttles, Marshal), and Judy (Scorer's Tent). For $55, volunteers received shirts, hats/caps, and pouches; on-site parking, free admis-sion all week, free meal(s) and bever-ages on the day(s) volunteering, a pre-tournament dinner/raffle at the Hickory Metro Con-vention Center, and a free round of golf at Rock Barn (if volunteering for 3 or more days). With weather ranging any-where from the high 90's to the low 80's, the tournament proved, once again, to be nothing less than spectacular. The suspense hung in the balance right down to the final putt, with Doug Tewell "nailing" a twelve-foot putt for birdie to maintain his one-point mar-gin over Bruce Fleisher. The volunteers were in agreement that good food, good fun, and GOOD GOLF prevailed and are looking forward to participating in the event for at least the

next two years, during which time Rock Barn is under contract with the Senior PGA. Next year's tournament will be held in early October.

Future Monthly Meeting Sites The location of each monthly meeting will be determined by the ASGA member, who is scheduling golf for that particular month. (Please see the Hickory ASGA Schedule in the newsletter.) All meetings will be held at 6:30 pm on the second Thursday of each month, unless other-wise notified. At this time, these locations have been selected: September........Lib (Oyster Bar/Ramada Inn)

August Saturday Golf Outing Thanks to Peggy, who scheduled twelve members/guests to play at Silver Creek near Morganton on Saturday, Au-gust 14, 2004; however, due to heavy

rains, which were predicted as the aftermath of Hurricane Charley, the golf outing was cancelled on Friday of that week. In lieu of the regularly sched-uled Saturday golf, Bill L . scheduled golf on Saturday,

August 28, 2004, at Rivercrest for $25 per person at 3:00 pm. Results of this event were not available at the time of this writing. Coming soon! Members and guests would like to thank Bill L. for re-scheduling the Saturday golf.

August Sunday Golf Outing Members were urged to get a partner and play in the Couples Tournament at Brushy Mountain Golf Club at 1:30 pm for $25 per couple. However, this event was cancelled by Brushy Mountain due to the lack of participation. (Many golfers were involved with volunteering/attending the volunteer dinner for the Greater Hickory Classic at the Hickory Metro Convention Center. Instead, as a different option, members

have been notified of the Couples Tour-nament/Dinner on Sunday, August 29, 2004, at Rivercrest Golf Club for $35 per person. ASGA members, who are inter-ested in participating, should contact the club and sign up with an opposite-sex partner (828) 495-0017.

ASGA Events Members are encouraged to check their newsletters regularly for information on ASGA events. More informa-tion can be obtained by con-tacting the Regional Develop-ment Managers, which are listed in your newslet-ter. Our South Regional Development Manager is Bob Blaylock, who has been a long-time Nashville ASGA member and singles golf advocate. He can be reached at 1-866-442-ASGA. Multi-Chapter Events September 4-6 - Kingsport, TN October 1-3 - Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX October 8-10 - Reno, NV October 15-17, Crystal River, FL November 19-21 - Myrtle Beach, SC National Events December 29-January 1 - Orlando, FL

Labor Day Event The beautiful rolling hills of Kingsport, TN, at the Marriott Meadowview Resort Hotel, will be the location of a multi-chapter golf-

ing event, sponsored by the Nashville ASGA on September 3-5, 2004. For $219 (Double occupancy), participants will enjoy two nights lodging, two rounds

of golf at the Marriott Cattails Golf Course, Friday night welcome reception/dance, Saturday night dinner banquet/dance, and team/individual prizes. Op-tional lodging and golf (Graysburg Hill Golf Club) are offered, as well. Interested ASGA members should contact Bob Blaylock, 155 Jefferson Square, Nash-ville, TN, 37215, eagle42@comcast.net for applications. At this writing, these Hickory ASGA members will be attending the tournament: Charlene, Bill W., Brenda, Lib, Richard, Judy, and Bill L. if he can alter his schedule.

September Saturday Golf Outing The Saturday, September 11, 2004, local golf outing is tentatively planned for Silver Creek Golf Plantation in Mor-ganton, in lieu of the August cancella-tion, which was going to cost $42 per person at that time. Lib will schedule the event and contact members by phone/email with details.

September Sunday Golf Outing Sunday golfing on August 22, 2004, for our local chapter has not been sched-uled at this time. It is possible that we will schedule all of the remaining Sun-day outings for 2004 at Rivercrest Golf Club at a set rate of $25 per per-son. Also, the September 19, 2004, Couples Golf Tournament will be held at Brushy Mountain, which is the last of the season. These options will be dis-cussed at the September meeting.

Myrtle Beach Shootout The Holiday Inn at Coquina Harbor (Little River, SC) will be the setting for the November 19-21, 2004, Myrtle Beach Golf Shootout. For $159 Base Package (double occu-pancy), members may enjoy 2 nights lodging, 2 breakfasts, two rounds of golf (Meadowlands and River Hills), Friday night reception, Saturday night banquet at Umberto's, nightly dancing at 2001 Night Club, and team & individual prizes each day. Additional options include: Friday golf at Possum Trot ($40), Thursday night lodging ($25), Non-ASGA members ($20), and Single occupancy ($25 per night). The event is sponsored by the Nashville Chapter of ASGA and interested members/guest should contact Bob Blaylock, 6004 Hillsboro Rd., Nashville, TN, 37215, eagle42@comcst.net, (866) 442-2742, or visit www.singlesgolf.com for appli-cations.

Website Members and friends are encouraged to visit ASGA's website frequently for up-to-date news, especially regarding multi-chapter events. A lot of work has re-cently been done with the website, www.singlesgolf.com , and it is quite inter-esting! It includes a list of all the chapters in the United States, with their websites and newsletters. It also features out-standing play - such as holes-in-one; and, gives ideas for increasing member-ship. Check it out!

Next Meeting The next meeting of the Hickory ASGA will be held on Thursday, September 9, 2004, at the Oyster Bar/Ramada Inn on Fairgrove Church Road, at 6:30 pm. Fol-lowing a brief meeting, dinner, and drinks - music/dancing will begin at 8:00 pm, for anyone who is interested. Several non-members have become interested in the Hickory ASGA recently. Please give sup-port to our chapter by attending the meet-ing and warmly welcoming our guests. Have a great Labor Day holiday week-end!

Ben Hogan Ben Hogan always had a laser-like approach to problem solving. He believed in breaking the problem down to its sim-plest form. Late in 1992 he sat down for lunch with one of his greatest admirers, Nick Faldo, who had recently won his third British Open. Both men realized they had similar attitudes to hard work, prac-tice and determination. For his part, Faldo was fascinated by Hogan. He found him-self in total agreement with everything the Hawk said. At one point during lunch, Faldo asked Hogan for any advice he might have on how to win the US Open. Hogan re-mained silent. As their meeting was about to end, Faldo again asked if there was one secret that could help him win that elusive US Open. “Shoot lower scores,” responded the great champion.

Hickory ASGA Calendar 2004

Meeting Date Golf Saturday Golf Sunday

Sept 9th 11th Lib

19th

Oct 14th 16th Richard

24th

Nov 11th 13th Nick

21st

Dec 9th 11th Doug

19th

Couples Tournament At

Brushy Mountain

August Meeting At Oyster Bar

Amelia Island, FL