I want to thank the 36 players who came out to Willowdale to play in the St.
John tournament Sunday. That is the largest turnout we have had in some time, 
and I hope that we can continue to increase participation.

Tournament Winners ($20 Winn Dixie gift certificates)
             1    67 Mike Willem
            T2    68 Norman Regouffre (You can forget moving up a set of tees. I
                  don't care how old you are.)
            T2    68 A.J. Valenti
             4    70 John Wyatt
            T5    71 Nick Glorioso (Carl Labit has your gift card.)
            T5    71 Mickey Lassere (I have your gift card.)
            T7    72 Joe Madden (Carl Labit has your gift card.)
            T7    72 George North (I have your gift card.)
            T7    72 Terry McCahill
           T10    73 Kevin Schellhaas
           T10    73 Rob Forshee
           T10    73 John O'Donnell
           T10    73 Wally Veron (I have your gift card.)
           T10    73 Jim Schilleci
           T10    73 Mike Piazza
 
Fred Walker and Mike Flanagan also netted 73, but lost in the eight way tie 
breaker.
 
Closest-to-the-hole winner ($25)  Ron Kreubbe (aka TAFKA: The Artist Formerly 
Known As {the par 3 specialist})
 
50/50 Winners: 1st($60) Gary Morris (who found a way to win money despite his 
handicap being cut from 323 to 32) 2nd( ($30)  Terry McCahill (aka The Slippery 
Electric Eel).
 
My apologies to Johnny Wyatt, who was listed as not having paid his dues, but 
who actually had paid his dues. Sorry!
 
Our next outing is scheduled for Saturday, January 10, at Belle Terre with a 
noon shotgun start. The format will be a 2-man combined score, low net. There 
will be a blind draw for partners. Hope to see you there.
 
Upcoming changes to the 50/50 drawing. In the distant past, St. John used to 
sell 50/50 tickets as $1 a piece or 6 tickets for $5. This was changed some 
time ago, so that we only sell tickets as 6 tickets for $5. In order to 
simplify the pre-tournament madness that goes on, 50/50 tickets will stay 
at the same $5 price, but you will only get 1 ticket. Please realize that 
your odds of winning will remain exactly the same, since everyone will get 
only 1 ticket instead of 5, but we wont have to tear off 5 tickets at a 
time. It will also allow the ticket rolls to last 5 times longer. Also, 
due to low turnouts we have only been paying two spots in the 50/50 
drawings to increase the payout to our winners. If we get larger tournament 
participation, then we will return to paying out 3 places instead of 2. 
In advance, thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
 
I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. May Santa bring 
us all improved golf swings and short games along with our wishes for the 
latest and greatest new equipment.
 
Kevin Schellhaas