Winter is coming

You can start to feel the cold in the air and that can only mean one thing, it’s almost time for the Winter Classic Championship.

The Winter Classic Championship is our oldest, and for those that have not won it, our most prestigious.

Yes, we have made some changes over the years but hopefully, we continue to move in the right direction. Every year we talk about adding an asterisk to the winner’s name.

2012 – Dave

2013 – Dave (Actually Dave won with an 8 handicap)

2014 – Joe (Dave did not play due to injury)

2015 – Matt (Chris and Matt tied and had to play a week later. Matt had a 42 handicap)

2016 – Dan (Dan and Leon tie and had to play 3 playoff holes)

2017 – Rock (All of 2017 has an asterisk)

2018 - ?

Chris, the Deputy Commissioner, came up with a new idea for handicaps based on our Motto “If you want to win, play better golf. Looking at the number of different winners in 2018, I think it was a great call.

The Misters (Major) – Bryan

The Pretenders (Tournament) – Chris

The Cross Roads – Joe T (Yellows)

The Joe Pesci Open – Dan

The Fathers and Uncles Invitational (Major) – Joe

The 3 Club Challenge (Tournament) – Dan (Yellow)

Championship of the WORLD - Jake

The American Freedom Open (Major) – Joe

Match Play (Tournament) – Adam & Rock (tie)

BJG Championship (Major) – Jake

Fed Up Cup – Rock

Rider Cup – Adam, Bryan, and Rock

At the beginning of the season, the plan was to play the Winter Classic at St Anne's but they are having an event on the 21st. I then looked at Cedar Knob since it was such a good course for the Fed Up Cup but they are closed for a tournament too.

We are playing the Winter Classic Championship at Ledges Golf Course in South Hadley. Since the comraderie was so overwhelming after the Rider Cup we will only play one round, we will use our current handicap system and then we can all move on with our winter. If there is a tie we will do a 3 hole playoff but we will need to wait until we see how busy the course is before we figure which holes.

The Tee Times & Cart Assignments are set by the Final FED UP Cup standings.

Group One – 8:00

Cart 1: Rock

Cart 2: Jake and Joe

Group Two – 8:10

Cart 3: Chris

Cart 4: Dan & Adam

Group Three – 8:20

Cart 5: Jon

Cart 6: Byran & Dave

Congratulations to Joe T and Lauren on becoming Husband & Wife. Have fun on your honeymoon. Now that Joe T is married maybe he can get back to the golfer he used to be.

Respectfully,

Broken Joe

Commissioner