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Phil Trounstine shot 61 to
win the First Flight in the
two-day Eclectic in August,
followed by Graham
Moreland, John Peterson, Ron
Lindsay and Neil Hendricks.
The Eclectic, one of the
most popular ASMC
tournaments allows players to
card their best score on each
hole over two days.
Allen Stobaugh carded a 60
to win the Second Flight,
followed by Doc Henry, Rodd
Doerr, Bob Gadsby and Tom
Kirker.
Louis Brennan shot an
unheard-of 52 to win the
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Third Flight, flowed by Jack
Marshall, Don Eddlemon,
Bud Ralston and Charlie
May.
Closest-to-the-pin honors
went to Garth Watrous,
Russ Nicholson and Graham
Morland on No. 8 on the
first day, and to Jim
Geesman, Jeff Scaletti and
Ferd Larocca.
One the second day,
closest-to-the-pin honors
were won by Neil
Hendricks, David Webb and
Bob Gadsby on No. 8 and
by Gadsby, Watrous and
Stobaugh on No. 12
Printing Courtesy of Epic Wines
Fall 2008
It’s Watrous over Alves in the 2008 Seascape Club Championship
McNary, Mike Tomasi, Paz, Paul, Twaddle and Brennan win other flights
In a tough match, Garth
Watrous defeated Jason Alves
to claim the title of club
champion in September’s
2008 contest.
Watrous had been the
runner-up last year to Travis
Stephens. But this year he
took his A game all the way.
Tom McNary beat Bob
McCormick to win the title in
the First Flight.
Mike Tomasi defeated John
Hadley to capture the Second
Flight.
In the Third Flight, Frank
Paz was the winner over Will
Carrillo. And Gary Paul
Garth Watrous
defeated Peter Porfido to
win the the Fourth Flight.
Trounstine, Stobaugh and Brennan
win their flights in August Eclectic
Winner of the Fifth Flight
was Bob Twaddle over Don
Schwartz. And Louis
Brennan won the Sixth
Flight over Frank Cavalerro.
Save the date for the 2008 Holiday Party
— Friday, December 5 —
Cocktails, Dinner, Dancing, Raffle Prizes and Big Fun!
The reason for the unusual
number of flights was that so
many members signed up this
year to compete — the
biggest field in years.
Cavallero is Golfer of the Year
Frank Cavallero racked up 215 points in
ASMC tournaments to become the 2008
Golfer of the Year.
With his first place in the Spring Medal,
his second place in the Club
Championship and placements in the
“39” tournament and the Net Amateur,
“Frankie” aced out Rodd Doerr and John
Peterson, both of whom racked up 180
points.
Frank Cavallero
If it’s November, it must
be time for the Aptos
Seascape Men’s Club
TURKEY SHOOT
Wednesday, Nov. 19
This is a two-man, net best ball event. In addition to
the usual prizes for low team scores and closest-tothe-pin,
each twosome competes against the other
twosome in their pairing for the lowest best-ball net
score. Both winners in that match win a gift card
for a turkey. Just $15 per player with lots of prizes
to be won. Sign up today on the bulletin board at
Seascape or online at http://www.golffusion.com/
asmcgolf/index.php

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GOLF RULES! Sandbaggers beware: ASMC is getting serious about handicaps
Your Aptos Seascape
Men’s Club uses the
standard handicapping
procedures as outlined
by the USGA and the
NCGA.
Within that context,
the ASMC Handicap
Committee wants to
remind all members of
what they must do to
ensure an accurate index
for each player.
The handicap index
system is designed to
ensure that no player has
an advantage or
disadvantage, whether in
a tournament or in casual
play.
This depends on the
punctual, accurate and
continual posting of all
scores.
We bring this to
everyone’s attention
because there have been
scattered reports about
players who do not post
their scores from casual
play, skins games and
even tournaments.
The effect of playing
with a false handicap is
quite simply cheating.
And the Handicap
Committee is
empowered by the
USGA and NCGA to
manually alter players’
handicaps where
inadequate posting has
been found.
The following are
some of the most
important posting rules
from the NCGA
Handicap Manual,
effective 2008-2011:
1. Posting scores in
person immediately
following the round at
the course where the
round is played is the
preferred way to
expose scores to peer
review.
2. If 13 or more
holes are played, the
player MUST post an
18-hole score. If 7 to
12 holes are played, the
player MUST post a 9-
hole score. In either
case, scores for
unplayed holes must be
recorded as par plus
any handicap strokes
that the player is
entitled to receive on
the unplayed holes.
These scores, when
recorded, should be
preceded by an “x.”
(NOTE: This is not the
same as equitable
stroke — the maximum
strokes a player may
use on any hole when
posting a score.)
3. All scores for
handicap purposes,
including tournament
Rules refresher:
How to take a proper drop from a cart path
You’ve hit a nice long shot
which makes you happy –
even if it was left of your
target. When you reach your
ball you find it is on the left
side of a cart path. You know
you are entitled to relief
without penalty from
immovable obstructions, so
no problem. Right?
Rule 24 — Obstructions —
tells us that we are entitled to
relief from something that is
man-made and that is either
movable or immovable. In
our situation the cart path is
obviously immovable and if
we have interference with
either the lie of our ball, our
stance or the area of our
intended swing, we are
entitled to relief.
It is important to remember
that we are getting relief
from the immovable
obstruction. Relief does not
guarantee the ball will end
up in a perfect lie, a good lie
or even in a place where we
can make a stroke at the
ball.
KEY CONCEPT: Do not
lift the ball from the cart
path until you determine
where you are going to be
dropping it. Playing from
the cart path may be your
best option. If you have
lifted the ball, it will cost
you a one-stroke penalty to
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scores, are subject to the
application of equitable
stroke control (ESC).
This mandatory
procedure reduces high
hole scores for handicap
purposes in order to
make handicaps more
representative of a
player’s potential ability.
ESC is used when a
player’s actual or most
likely score exceeds a
maximum number, based
on the figures below, for
the player’s course
handicap from the tees
played.
Course Max #
Handicap on Hole
9 or less Dbl bogey
10-19 7
20-29 8
30-39 9
40 or more 10
4. If a player fails to post
an acceptable score as
soon as practical after
completion of the round,
the Handicap Committee
should post the score
and/or a penalty score
and ratings equal to the
lowest handicap
differential in the
player’s scoring record.
There are many more
rules and procedures in
the handicap manual. If
you are interested in
reading it, please contact
me.
Leon Johnson
Chairman of the
Handicap Committee.

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Rules Refresher: How to take a proper drop from a cartpath
(Continued from page 2)
replace it on the path.
Decision 18-2a/12.
Step 1: When you find your
ball on a cart path, select the
club you would use to make
your next stroke if the cart
path were not there. Many
times this is based on yardage
alone (5 wood), but
sometimes you have a more
challenging lie where you
would have to play a punch
shot (6 iron) or a high shot
over a bush (lob wedge).
Knowing what the shot
dictates determines which
club you use to find the
nearest point of relief.
Step 2: With the club in hand
(in this case the 5 wood) take
your stance and address an
imaginary ball on the right
side and then on the left side
of the path. Put a tee at the
spot where the club head
touches the ground on each
side. This spot must not be
nearer the hole than where the
ball lies on the path, and if the
ball were placed on that spot
there would no longer be
interference with the cart
path for the lie of the ball,
your stance or the area of
your intended swing. In
other words, you would
have complete relief from
the cart path.
KEY CONCEPT: When
taking relief without penalty
the Rules of Golf require
that you take complete
relief and the ball cannot be
dropped in a hazard or on a
putting green. Relief with
penalty does not have these
restrictions.
Step 3: Look at the distance
from the ball to each tee.
You may even have to
measure if it is close. Which
is the point nearer the ball?
With a right handed golfer
and the ball on the left of
the cart path, as pictured,
the player’s nearest point of
relief would be just off the
left side of the path.
Step 4: Now you can select
any club in your bag and
measure one club-length
from the tee that indicates
nearest point of relief. This
area has some restrictions. It
cannot be nearer the hole
than the nearest point of
relief; it cannot be in a
bunker or water hazard.
Normally this area is like a
slice of pie in shape with the
size determined by the
angles to the hole and the
restriction of not getting
nearer to the hole than
where the ball originally lay
on the path.
Step 5a: Look over the area
and the ground within two
club-lengths (as far as the ball
may roll.). If you like this
area, you can now lift the ball
from the path, clean it, and
drop it within one club-length.
Remember the ball must first
strike the course within this
area, but it does not have to
stay within one club-length. It
may roll up to two clublengths
from where it first
struck the course, but if it
rolls more than that, it would
have to be re-dropped. Please
review the other situations
under Rule 20-2c which
would require that the ball be
re-dropped.
Step 5b: If you determine the
area where the ball is to be
dropped is not going to give
you a good place from which
to play your next stroke as it
is a steep slope or an area of
rocks and shrubs, taking relief
from the cart path may not be
your best option. Play your
ball from the path – even if
using a putter is your best
option. From the NCGA
An engineer, doctor, and pastor golfing
A pastor, a doctor and an
engineer were waiting one
morning for a particularly
slow group of golfers.
Engineer: What's with
these guys? We must have
been waiting for 15
minutes!
Doctor: I don't know, but
I've never seen such slow
play in my life!
Pastor: Here comes the
marshal. Let’s have a word
with him...Hey George,
what's with that group
ahead of us? Why are they
so darn slow?
George: Oh, yes, that's a
group of blind fire
fighters. They lost their
sight saving our
clubhouse from a fire last
year, so we always let
them play for free
anytime.
The group was silent.
Pastor: That's so sad. I
think I’ll say a special
prayer for them tonight.
Doctor: Good idea. And
I'm going to contact my
ophthalmologist buddy
and see if there's anything
he can do for them.
Engineer: Why can't
these guys play at night?
We have a
limited
supply of
ASMC
Annual
Invitational
drizzle-stick
umbrellas
available.
The are the
good ones,
with a
flexible
shaft.
Just $25 — Contact Bob Tomasi at
rtomasi@comcast.net or 831-688-1167

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2008-2009
Paul Sanders…....President
Scott Humphreys……...Vice
President
Mike Savage……..Treasurer
Mike Oliver.……...Secretary
Bob Tomasi …. Tournament
Chairman
Leon Johnson…….Handicap
and Membership Chairman
Phil Trounstine…Newsletter
Editor
Jorgen Hagglof
Sean Jiggins
Paul McGillicuddy
John Peterson
Don Schwartz
David Webb
Send any comments for the
newsletter to:
phil@trounstine.com.
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