1 Volume 5, Issue 10 November 2013 Growth of the Game P 2 2013 Gateway PGA Award Winners P 3 Bridgestone Golf Flyer P 4 Assistant’s Corner P 5 Rules Corner P 5 Gateway PGA Golf Flyer P 6 PGA HQ News P 7-10 Employment Chips P 11 Fitness Tips P 12 Tournament News P 15 Player of the Year Point Standings P 16 Upcoming Events P 17 Member Updates & Birthdays P 18 Wow, Halloween is over and National PGA Professional Season is upon us (Day Light Savings). For you married Gateway PGA members it is time to re-introduce yourselves to your spouse and/ or kids. I love this time of year because I really enjoy looking back. I understand the notion of looking forward and not dwelling on what’s in the past, however, I feel that our experiences shape who we are and help us to be better today and in the future. Whether you are talking about personal change or business change – I like to think of this as the season of planning. Good plans are made by past experiences whether they are positive or negative. Sometimes a little personal change can positively affect business change. I do not want to get up on a soap box or play the role of a psychologist but I do want to encourage our Gateway PGA Members to consider putting time and effort into planning for 2014. Great ideas are fun to work up but they mean nothing unless there is a plan that includes the details for execution. The Gateway PGA sincerely invites you to come to us for help should you need it in planning your growth of the game programs in 2014. Whether you take us up on that offer or not – please take the extra time this off-season to create a great plan for player retention and new player development. We have a very busy calendar upon us with a few Gateway PGA staples with new dates. Below you will see the promotions with dates and locations for the Annual Gateway PGA Golf Sale, Awards Dinner, and Fall Meeting. I would like to encourage our members to attend as many of these events as possible. I would personally like to congratulate all of our award winners in the 2013 Gateway PGA Season as well as those who took part in the process! I always enjoy the awards process because it allows fellow PGA members to know more about one another. Lastly, I would like to congratulate Jeff Schmid, Perchie Creek, and Adam Betz, Meadowbrook Country Club, for their incredible play at the National Car Rental PGA Assistants Championship presented by Cobra/Puma Golf. Both Jeff and Adam finished in the Top 10 of 126 of the very best playing PGA Assistant Professionals across the country. The Gateway PGA continues to show that while our Section may be small, we have some of the best playing PGA Professionals in the country! All the best, Section Officers Joe Schwent, PGA President Nathan Charnes, PGA Vice-President Benjiman Kent, PGA Secretary Gateway PGA Staff Josh Riley, PGA Executive Director Steve Finn, PGA Assistant Executive Director Alex Anderson Director or Junior Golf Ali Wells, PGA Growth of the Game and Program Director Lindsay Riley Foundation Admin Assistant Susan Bender Membership
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Volume 5, Issue 10 November 2013
Growth of the Game P 2
2013 Gateway PGA Award Winners P 3
Bridgestone Golf Flyer P 4
Assistant’s Corner P 5
Rules Corner P 5
Gateway PGA Golf Flyer P 6
PGA HQ News P 7-10
Employment Chips P 11
Fitness Tips P 12
Tournament News P 15
Player of the Year Point Standings P 16
Upcoming Events P 17
Member Updates & Birthdays P 18
Wow, Halloween is over and National PGA Professional Season is
upon us (Day Light Savings). For you married Gateway PGA
members it is time to re-introduce yourselves to your spouse and/
or kids. I love this time of year because I really enjoy looking
back. I understand the notion of looking forward and not
dwelling on what’s in the past, however, I feel that our
experiences shape who we are and help us to be better today and in the future.
Whether you are talking about personal change or business change – I like to think
of this as the season of planning. Good plans are made by past experiences whether
they are positive or negative. Sometimes a little personal change can positively
affect business change. I do not want to get up on a soap box or play the role of a
psychologist but I do want to encourage our Gateway PGA Members to consider
putting time and effort into planning for 2014. Great ideas are fun to work up but
they mean nothing unless there is a plan that includes the details for execution. The
Gateway PGA sincerely invites you to come to us for help should you need it in
planning your growth of the game programs in 2014. Whether you take us up on
that offer or not – please take the extra time this off-season to create a great plan for
player retention and new player development.
We have a very busy calendar upon us with a few Gateway PGA staples with new
dates. Below you will see the promotions with dates and locations for the Annual
Gateway PGA Golf Sale, Awards Dinner, and Fall Meeting. I would like to
encourage our members to attend as many of these events as possible. I would
personally like to congratulate all of our award winners in the 2013 Gateway PGA
Season as well as those who took part in the process! I always enjoy the awards
process because it allows fellow PGA members to know more about one another.
Lastly, I would like to congratulate Jeff Schmid, Perchie Creek, and Adam Betz,
Meadowbrook Country Club, for their incredible play at the National Car Rental
PGA Assistants Championship presented by Cobra/Puma Golf. Both Jeff and Adam
finished in the Top 10 of 126 of the very best playing PGA Assistant Professionals
across the country. The Gateway PGA continues to show that while our Section
may be small, we have some of the best playing PGA Professionals in the country!
All the best,
Section Officers
Joe Schwent, PGA President
Nathan Charnes, PGA Vice-President
Benjiman Kent, PGA Secretary
Gateway PGA Staff
Josh Riley, PGA Executive Director
Steve Finn, PGA Assistant Executive Director
Alex Anderson Director or Junior Golf
Ali Wells, PGA Growth of the Game and
Program Director
Lindsay Riley Foundation Admin Assistant
Susan Bender Membership
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GROWTH OF THE GAME
Congratulations to Jeff Schmid & Adam Betz for representing the Gateway PGA so well at the
Assistant Championship in Port St. Lucie, Florida! It‘s been fun following you two and your
successes.
I don’t know of many people who would volunteer to organize an event that would feature over
120 women of all walks of life trying to learn one sport…that sounds downright challenging!
I don’t know of many, but I do know of three: Barbara Blanchar, Jill Bertram, and Missy
Brennan. These three ladies did a phenomenal job of organizing the largest and most
successful Women’s Golf Day in Gateway PGA history! On September 21, over 120 ladies
visited the Quarry at Crystal Springs for an afternoon of golf instruction, fitness tips,
cash-n-carry vendor shopping, and happy hour drinks – all for free! Featuring Get Golf Ready as a focal point,
ladies received tips and practice time from area PGA and LPGA Professionals in putting, chipping, pitching, and
full swing. Many of the attendees were already asking about next year! In addition to the three leading ladies, a
huge thank you goes to David Kohlberg and Callaway Golf for their help and participation. Also, thank you to
Michelob Ultra and those who volunteered their Saturday afternoon to share their passion of golf with those eager
ladies: Dennis Biedenstein, Michael Brown, Tom DeGrand, Nash Haxel, Bev Miller, and Maria Palozola. Check
out the pictures!
The first annual “Ozzie and Friends” benefit concert was held at the Chesterfield Amphitheater on Saturday,
September 28th. We welcomed American Idol finalist Nikko Smith, Theo Peoples of the Four Tops and the
Temptations, national jazz saxophonist Tim Cunningham, and nationwide comedian Henry Cho for an evening of
entertainment, Foundation awareness, and fun. Unfortunately, the weather did not cooperate but those who
stayed only saw a sprinkle or two. Already in full-blown planning for next year’s concert, Ozzie has big plans for
2014 and hopes to see many more PGA Golf Professionals out to support their Foundation and its initiatives.
As I wrap up my thoughts for this month, I want to take a special moment to congratulate all of the Section
Award Winners for 2013. Golf and the Gateway PGA are honored to have so many dedicated and deserving
professionals who serve this game and their community. As an example, I had the privilege of visiting
Washington Elementary School in Quincy, IL last week as Gideon Smith and his team introduced golf to
elementary students. Most of the kids, at or below the poverty line, would never have otherwise been exposed to
this sport. Watching them hit Golfzilla in the stomach, coming close to clocking the professional helper to their
side, completely missing the tee and hitting the gym floor, or receiving a high-five is about all it takes to put a
smile on my face and motive me to keep working until every kid gets the opportunity to play golf. I know you’d
feel the same way, too, if you were there.
Check out page 18 to view photos from all the events I’ve mentioned.
Now I’m REALLY wrapping this thing up. The annual Golf Sale is coming up November 15-17 and I hope to
ASSISTANTS CORNER It is hard to believe but November is already here. While the off-season is right around the
corner there still is plenty going on with the assistants of our Section. The National PGA
Assistants Championship took place in Port St. Lucie, Florida at the Wanamaker course at the
PGA Golf Club. Jeffrey Schmid and Adam Betz were on top of the leaderboard all
week! Their unbelievable play represented our Gateway PGA Assistant Professionals in a
classy way. Sending only two PGA Assistants and having them both finish in the Top 7 is
quite the feat. Congratulations gentlemen on a great week and thank you for representing the Gateway PGA!
As we get into the off-season your committee will be meeting and planning ahead for 2014. We are always
looking for new faces and ideas so if you are interested please let us know. As always feel free to contact any one
of your committee members with any questions or ideas you might have.
Illini Country Club Forest Hills Country Club Quincy Country Club Quincy Country Club Westwood Country Club Winghaven Country Club Meadowbrook Country Club The Club at Old Hawthrone The Club at Old Hawthrone
Michael Leotta, PGA Chairman Brandon Coffey, PGA Vice-Chairman George Schrage, Secretary Gideon Smith, PGA Board Liaison Ty Zimmerman, PGA Past-Chairman Andrew Jury RJ Villafuerte, PGA Richard Niedergerke, PGA Austin Waibel
RULES CORNER I recently received an email regarding an incident at the Illinois Girls State Championship.
Two girls putted at the same time. The balls, while in motion struck each other and were
deflected. One ball went into the hole. The other ball came to rest on the green.
Two rules need to be considered, Rules 16-1f and 19-5b. Rule 16-1f says, "The player must
not make a stroke while another ball is in motion after a stroke from the putting green, ex-
cept that if a player does so, there is no penalty if it was his turn to play".
Notice the inquiry said the girls putted at the same time. If they
did indeed putt at exactly the same time Rule 16-1f does not ap-
ply. Neither girl would have made a strike when another ball was
in motion. If they putted nearly at the same time the committee has to determine which
player was away. If it was the player that putted second was away there is no penalty. If it
was not her turn then she incurs a two stroke penalty.
Now what do the players do. The second paragraph in Rule 19-5b tells us both strokes are
cancelled and the balls must be replayed. On another note, don’t forget to sign up for a
PGA/USGA Workshop, click on the image to the left to view.
PGA Financial Assistance Scholarship Fund Information
PGA Financial Assistance Fund Scholarship
Program Fact Sheet
Graduating high school seniors and college students who are the children or grandchildren of PGA members are invited to apply online at the home page (before you log in) of PGALinks.com to be considered for financial support for college through the PGA Financial Assistance Fund Scholarship Program.
The scholarship program is an academic based scholarship program that takes into account the following depending on the class level of the student:
High School Graduating Senior - High School Cumulative Grade Point Average – must be at least 3.4 (60% of the scholarship weighting scale). This number is to be an unweighted GPA based on a 4.0 scale.
ACT and/or SAT test scores (30% of the scholarship weighting scale)
Extracurricular activities in high school such as sports, clubs, student government, community service, part time employment, etc. (10% of the scholarship weighting scale).
Current College Student (has not reached their senior year in college) - College Cumulative Grade Point Aver-age – must be at least 3.4 (60% of the scholarship weighting scale)
Most recently completed college semester or quarter GPA (30% of the scholarship weighting scale)
Extracurricular activities in college such as sports, clubs, student government, community service, part time em-ployment, etc. (10% of the scholarship weighting scale)
2 New Changes for 2014!!! 20% of funding will take in to account financial need, please see details in Financial Need Section of application AND beginning with 2014 graduating high school seniors (incoming Freshman in Fall of 2014) the total number of scholarships a student can receive will be lim-ited to 2 total scholarships over the 4 years of undergraduate college attendance. Click here for the full Fact Sheet. Click here for additional tips to search for scholarships
Click here for College Preparation Assistance
PGA TOUR, PGA of America
Announce New Joint Initiatives
SEA ISLAND, GA (November 6, 2013) – PGA TOUR
Commissioner Tim Finchem and PGA of America Presi-
dent Ted Bishop today announced a significant expan-
sion in cooperative initiatives that benefit the member-
ship of both organizations and help grow the game of
golf.
Among them, Bishop said, is The PGA of America's in-
tention to increase the PGA Championship's purse to $10
million, which will equal that of THE PLAYERS Cham-
pionship as the highest in professional golf. This repre-
sents a $2 million increase over last season's PGA
Championship, while Finchem said THE PLAYERS'
purse will increase by $500,000 over 2013.
Click here to read the full press release
Online Registration Opens for the
2014 PGA Merchandise Show
PGA Professionals are now able to register to attend the 2014
PGA Merchandise Show, January 21-24, in Orlando, Fla.,
online at www.PGAShow.com. Housing reservations also
are now available online for PGA Show official hotels at
www.PGAShow.com/hotel-travel.
The PGA Merchandise Show, the international golf indus-
try’s annual business gathering for 60 years, has a new day
schedule for 2014. the PGA Show Outdoor Demo Day at
Orange County National Golf Center begins PGA Show
Week on Tuesday, Jan. 21, with PGA Show exhibits, demon-
strations, education seminars, special events and industry
presentations at the Orange County Convention Center being
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answer to playing better golf could be as simple as taking a few golf lessons, becoming more fit, or
just enjoying the great outdoors.
Let’s focus on fitness – that’s an important one. We know that a person in good physical condition is
better able to enjoy whatever they do. As we enter the “Eating Season”, let’s try to balance our overall
fitness with exercise so we can stay in shape for our golf game.
Following are some of the top Worldwide Fitness Trends for 2014:
Yoga
group personal training
strength training
body weight training
core training
personal training
Other popular trends include outdoor activities, high-intensity interval training, circuit training,
wellness coaching, boot camp, sport-specific training and fitness, programs for older adults, and
exercise and weight loss. The survey was conducted by the American College of Sports Medicine’s
Health & Fitness Journal.
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Whatever area of fitness you decide to pursue in 2014, remember that anything you try is better than
nothing and every little bit helps. It’s time to get off the couch, push away from the table and try
something—anything—that will make you feel better and that will improve your golf fitness.