Fox Hollow Mens Golf Club

Fox Hollow Men's Golf Club's 45th Anniversary Year

Upcoming Tournaments for August 2020

Match Play Championship Weekend - August 8

Please click on Match Play Championship Weekend for detailed information.

Questions – Contact Tony Olsen via email at aolsen@wrallp.com

FHMGC 2020 Club Championship

Tournament Dates: August 22 and 23, 2020, first tee time 9:00 A.M.

Description of Tournament:

Club Championship Saturday and Sunday - 18 holes each day. Individual stroke play (100% Handicap). Low 2 day Gross towin Club Championship.

To be eligible to play in the FHMGC Club Championship, member must have played in at least 3 FHMGC tournaments during the 2020 season with at least 3 scores recorded in the handicap system during the 2020 season.

Determination of Flights for 2020 FHMGC Club Championship

1. A Flight – To be eligible to play in the A Flight, a member must register to play from the Blue tees for both Saturday and Sunday. This will be independent of handicap index and is only dependent on if you select to play from the Blue Tees for both days of the event.

2. The remaining participants in the 2020 FHMGC Club Championship will be ordered via handicap index in ascending order and divided in half. The first 50 percent will be assigned to the B Flight and the second 50 percent will be assigned to the C Flight. The players in the B and C Flights will be playing from the white tees or gold tees for both days depending on your eligibility for the Gold Tees. Eligible Gold Tee members are posted on FHMGC website.

Determination of Prize Eligibility for 2020 FHMGC Club Championship

1. A Flight – Only players assigned to A flight will be eligible for the following prizes

a. 2020 FHMGC Club Championship - Low Gross for the 36 holes

b. Net prizes for A Flight

2. B and C Flights - Only Players assigned to the B and C flights

a. Net prizes for your flight (i.e., B flight players are eligible for B flight net prizes and C flight player are eligible for C flight net prizes)

3. All competitors independent of flight are eligible for the low net for this 36 hole 2020 Club Championship

Please Sign-Up Early. Deadline 8/17/2020!

Registration:

Please register via the FHMGC website and indicate whether you want to play from the Blue tees. If you cannot signup via the website, please Email John Wood or Mike Curtis.

Prizes:

The Club Champion is the player who scores the lowest two day gross score from the Blue tees for Sat and Sun. He receives name engraved on Championship Plaque, a $50 Gift Certificate valid at BCRA golf facilities and free membership next year in the club. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in each flight. $25 EXTRA TO THE LOW 2- DAY NET SCORE!! CLUB CHAMPION NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THIS PRIZE.

Tournament Director: John Wood – email: JohnWoodGolf@gmail.com

Assistant Tournament Director – Mike Curtis - email: MikeCurtis71@hotmail.com

Most Recent Event Summary

Recap of the Fox Hollow Open / Member-Member / Member-Guest

On Saturday, July 25^th, 31 teams teed it up in hot and humid conditions, with temps reaching the mid 90’s. Each 2-person team was competing in either the Member-Member category (15 teams), Member-Guest category (13 teams), or the Guest-Guest category (3 teams). In addition, important Fox Hollow points and G-Man’s Net skins event were also on the line.

In the Member-Member category, the team of Chad Eskildsen and Chris “All I do is win” Matthai combined for an outstanding Net 61, highlighted by individual gross rounds of 74 and 75. With their win, Chad and Chris will receive $40.00 ($20.00 each). Paul Christensen and Jeremy Liu fired a Net 64 and survived a 3-team playoff to capture 2^nd place and earn $30.00 ($15.00 each).

In the Member-Guest category, Greg “G-Man” Lawson and Seth Foreman carded an impressive Net 62 and survived a playoff to capture 1^st place honors and earn the $40.00 first prize. In 2^nd place was the team of John Blanar and Peter Lawson, posting another Net 62 and collecting the $30.00 ($15.00 each) prize.

In the Guest-Guest category, Ed and Debra Bustard (guests of Kurt Boren) fired an outstanding Net 61 to capture 1^st place honors and earn the $40.00 top prize.

Congrats to Mike McDonald for winning the “longest putt” contest on Hole 18. Mike’s putt was 28.5 feet, earning him $40.00 (1/2 the pot), with the other half being donated to Toys for Tots on behalf of the club.

A big thank you to Rick and Cathy Shuey, Mike McDonald, and Greg Lawson for their superb efforts in organizing Saturday’s event.

Our next event is on August 8^th, please visit our website for more details.

Complete Results:

Flight	Category	Place	Player	Score/Hole	Prize
A	Net	1	CHAD ESKILDSEN	61	$20.00
A	Net	1	CHRIS MATTHAI	61	$20.00
A	Net	2	PAUL CHRISTENSEN	64	$15.00
A	Net	2	JEREMY LIU	64	$15.00
A	Net	3	MIKE CURTIS	64	$10.00
A	Net	3	TOM HORNBECK	64	$10.00
A	Net	4	MICHAEL MCDONALD	64	$10.00
A	Net	4	DAVID PIRAINO	64	$10.00
B	Net	1	GREGORY LAWSON	62	$20.00
B	Net	1	SETH FOREMAN	62	$20.00
B	Net	2	JOHN D. BLANAR	62	$15.00
B	Net	2	PETER LAWSON	62	$15.00
B	Net	3	ROB PARENT	63	$10.00
B	Net	3	PHIL DRIGGS	63	$10.00
B	Net	4	JIM SIMANSKI	66	$10.00
B	Net	4	GARRETT SIMANSKI	66	$10.00
C	Net	1	ED BUSTARD	61	$20.00
C	Net	1	DEBRA BUSTARD	61	$20.00
C	Net	2	JASON MIZZER	68	$15.00
C	Net	2	ZACH HOWARD	68	$15.00
C	Net	3	PATRICK BOGGS	72	$10.00
C	Net	3	RYAN EVANS	72	$10.00
N	Longest Putt	1	MIKE MCDONALD	18	$40.00

FHMGC Match Play Tournament (Round 5)

Match play began 2 months ago with 45 players. There have been a few surprises, and some very close matches along the way, but we are now down to the final four players. Congratulations to Rob Parent, Alejandro Britos-Bray, Kurt Boren and Joe Allulis! Rob will pair off against Alejandro, and Kurt and Joe will duel it out to see who is playing for the championship on August 8^th.

I want to thank everyone who participated for making this year a particularly interesting year. There were a few hiccups along the way as we dealt with an expanded bracket and an extra round so I want to thank everyone for your patience and understanding as we tried to accommodate as many requests as possible.

The updated bracket is posted as the flyer for the Round 5 event on the website.

Match Play Bracket

FOX HOLLOW CUP

THROUGH FH OPEN

JIM SIMANSKI STAYS IN FRONT-BARELY

Mike Curtis is 2nd (only 19 points behind) and Dean Fox is 3rd. Tom Hornbeck, Kreg Keeney, Torsten Boeker, Chris Matthai and Chad Eskildsen round out the top 8. To see full standings click here.

The Fox Hollow Cup is a season long competition where you are awarded points for each tournament you play in based upon your finish. Standings will be posted here after each tournament.

Regular season will end after the away tournament. The top 16 earn the right to receive points during the Fall Handicap. The top 8 after the Fall Handicap may compete in the finals concurrent with the turkey shoot. (Tournament is still open to all whether in the top 16/8 or not. This is a separate competition).

New for 2020- EVERYONE in the top 8 could win regardless of points. Stroke adjustments will be made to give an advantage to the higher finishers but it will still all come down to the last tournament.

Contact Joe Allulis jallulis@northernpharmacy.com with any questions.

BayVanguard Bank 2020 Season Skins Game

This skins game applies to the seven applicable events listed below. It is to your advantage to enter this game prior to the first event (June 13) by sending your $40 to Gregory Lawson either to his home address or to his Paypal account as shown below. The Skins Game has no deadline. Therefore, you can enter the game at the price of $40 anytime during the 2020 season. An added incentive has been added - A raffle of $20 has been added after each event for skin game players who did NOT win a skin for that event. Therefore, this increases your probability of winning for that event. Please address any questions to Gregory Lawson at GLawson@bayvanguard.com. Please click on BayVanguard Bank 2020 Season Skins Game to see who has signed up for the Skins Game.

Click on Skins Winners through the Open/Member_Member/Member_Guest event to see who has won skins in each of the events.

G-Man has set a goal of 40 players to register for this season long event - please support him and sign up.

APPLICABLE EVENTS	RULES	ENTRY DETAILS
Summer Hdcp	2 Flights per event
		Send entry fee ($40)
Presidents Cup	Flight 1 - Low 50% of field	payable to:
	Flight 2- High 50% of field	Gregory Lawson
Fox Hollow Open
	Low net wins skin	Address:
		3 Briar Hollow Ct
Club Championship (for each day)	Total skins won per flight are	Balt, MD 21236
	split among winners
Fall Handicap		Paypal Account:
	If no winners for an event,	glawson@kopernickbank.com
Turkey Shoot	pot carries over

Interested in Joining Our Club?

If you are visiting our site with the intention of joining our club as a new member, or if you have any questions, please contact us at FoxHollowMensGolfClub@gmail.com . We will respond to your email.

2020 Membership Application

All 2019 members and new members need to complete the application for the 2020 season. Click on 2020 Membership Application. Please complete the application, enclose a check for the appropriate amount (as shown in application), and send your application to Gregory Lawson. Please add $5 if you want to join the hole-in-one club.

2020 Schedule

The Fox Hollow Men's Golf Club BOD approved the 2020 schedule at the Annual BOD meeting on January 15, 2020. Please click on the following link to see what has been planned for the 2020 season. (2020 Schedule).

2020 Senior Tee Players

Gary Burgan

Ken Conwell

James Riley

Jay Weinstein

Gerald Zimlin

Bob Gaines

John Gilpin

Matt Gruntowicz

Pine Ridge Golf Club Reciprocal Membership

Welcome to the 2020 golf season. This year the FHMGC Board of Directors (BOD) and the Pine Ridge Golf Club (PRGC) BOD decided, the continuation to allow Fox Hollow Golf Club members to play in Pine Ridge tournaments and to allow Pine Ridge Golf Club members to play in Fox Hollow tournaments for a nominal fee of $50 for the entire 2020 season. For the Fox Hollow members to participate in this reciprocal arrangement, a Fox Hollow member only needs to complete the PRGC application available at PRGC Application and send a $50 check to the recipient noted on the application. The PRGC 2020 schedule is included in the application. For additional information about the Pine Ridge Golf Club please email Bill Gosnell at bjgosnell@gmail.com or call him at 443-250-0343.

2020 FHMGC BOD Meeting Minutes

The FHMGC Board of Directors (BOD) meeting was held at the Fox Hollow Club House on Wednesday, January 15 at 6:30 PM. Please click on the link to view the FHMGC 2020 BOD Meeting Minutes. Please thank Mike Curtis for recording and preparing the minutes for the membership.

Rules for 2019 and 2020

The rules for 2020 are the same as the 2019 rules. A summary of the new R&A and USGA rules for 2019 are posted. Please click on 2019 Rules for a summary of the new rules.

See what the USGA website has for the explanations and videos of the 2019 rules. Click on the USGA link to the 2019 USGA and R&A 2019 Rules of Golf.

World Handicapping System Effective January 2020

World Handicapping System (WHS) was effective January 1, 2020. A summary of the changes that were implemented with the WHS are provided at 2020 WHS Summary..

A complete set of the WHS 2020 handicapping rules may be found at WHS 2020 Rules.

You will notice that all of the FHMGC course handicaps at Fox Hollow are 2 to 3 strokes less than the 2019 course handicaps. it is recommended that all members review the summary and be aware of the full set of rules (120 pages).

Welcome New Members for 2020 Season

Mark Landefeld	Gerald Zimlin	Steve Fisher
Anthony DeBraccio	James Riley	Jim Russell*
John Gilpin	Matthew Standeven*	Edward Lochte
Rob Parent	Christopher Dikes	Bart Boland*
Owen Tucker*	Chad Eskildsen*	Rick Isphording*
James Lund	Sriram Balu	Mike Dudok*
Chad Tipton	Bob Gaines	Jeremy Liu

	* PR dual member with Pine Ridge as primary club

FHMGC Financial Strategy

Hello Members - Here's everything you wanted to know about the FHMGC finances:

1. Your $ membership

· $ paid to Baltimore County Revenue Authority (BCRA) for handicap fees (you saved $5 by joining us).

· $deposited to the general account for prize money, website, engraving, etc.

2. Your $5 tournament fee, each tournament

· $1.25 paid to BCRA for admin fee.

· $2.00 deposited to general account to replenish prize money.

· $1.75 deposited to general account for food expense whenever we cater (Pine Ridge, T4T, etc.).

Items of Interest

Tournament Stories

· Spring Handicap Tournament Summary

· Summer Handicap Tournament Summary

· Pine Ridge/Fox Hollow Match Tournament Summary

· President’s Cup Tournament Summary

· Fox Hollow Open / Member-Member / Member-Guest Tournament Summary

New Member Information

· FHMGC Website Introduction

· Establishing Handicap Index for New Members

Handicap Information

· 2020 World Handicap Information (Effective January 2020)

· Establishing Handicap Index for New Members

· Posting of Scores for Handicap Computation

· Handicap Calculation from Multiple Tees

· Link to MSGA Website to Enter Scores

· Current FHMGC Handicap Report

· Current PRGC Handicap Report

· 2020 Rules of Handicapping_USGA_Final

Rules Information

· Summary of 2019 USGA New Rules

· 2020 FHMGC Local Rules

Club Information

· FHMGC Bylaws – Revised as Adopted July 15, 2010

· Pace of Play Tips

· Minutes of 2019 BOD Meeting

· Minutes of 2020 BOD Meeting

· List of Members Playing from Senior Tees

Tournament Director’s Information

· Tournament Director’s Handbook

· Tournament Planning Timeline

· 2020 BCRA Contract with Event Tee Times

· Toys for Tots Packet for Hole#16 with Numbers Sheet

· Links to 2019 Tournament Flyers in PDF and MS Word

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