NIMAGA NOTES MAY 2003

SPRING THAW EVENT-THE APRIL 5TH EVENT WAS PLAYED IN THE COLDEST AIR TEMPERATURES OF THE PAST 30 YEARS AND IN SPITE OF THE CHALLENGING CONDITIONS 140 PLAYERS PARTISIPATED. A FEW PLAYERS COMPLAINED ABOUT HAVING TO PLAY IN SUCH COLD CONDITIONS HOWEVER THE GOLF COURSE WAS OPEN AND NIMAGA RULES STATE THAT IF THE GOLF COURSE IS OPEN OUR EVENT WILL BE PLAYED. WE DO RELY UPON THE GOOD JUDGEMENTOF THE GOLF PROFESSIONAL AND THEIR GROUNDS SUPERINTENT.ALTHOUGH THIS EVENT HAD “COLD” AS IT’S CHALLENGE,WE CAN EXPECT RAIN OR WIND TO PROVIDE FUTURE CHALLENGES.IF IT IS SEVERLY RAINING AND YOU CALL THE GOLF COURSE AND THEY INDICATE THAT THEY ARE CLOSED FOR THE DAY,THE NIMAGA EVENT WILL NOT BE HELD AND IT WILL BE RESCHEDULED. IF A COURSE IS TEMPORALLY CLOSED WE WILL TY TO “GET THE TOUNAMENT IN” AFTER THE COURSE REOPENS FOR PLAY.

THE NIMAGA BOARD ALWAYS MEETS ON MON.OR TUE.PRIOR TO EACH REGULAR EVENT TO PREPARE FOR THAT EVENT AND DISCUSS THE PRIOR EVENT. THE BOARD CONCLUDED THAT AN ATTEMPT SHOULD BE MADE TO MOVE BACK THE EVENT A WEEK IN HOPES OF BETTER WEATHER.

MISC. INFO.-A NUMBER OF AREA GOLF DOMES,DRIVING RANGES,GOLF COURSES AND PRO SHOPS WERE HELPFUL TO NIMAGA AS THEY PERMITTED OUR GROUP TO DISPLAY NIMAGA LITERATURE AT THEIR SITES. WE WISH TO THANK

MIKE MUNRO OF WHITE PINES,THE WHITE PINES GOLF DOME,THE HOFFMAN ESTATES GOLF DOME,THE DESPLAINES GOLF CENTER,ZIEGFIELD TROY DRIVING RANGE,SALT CREEK GOLF DOME,MARENGO RIDGE G..,BUFFALO GROVE G.C,GOLF MART IN ARLINGTON HEIGHS AND ST.CHARLES GOLF.

SCOTT SOMOGYI MANED A TABLE AT THE WHITE PINES GOLF DOME AND HE HALED BRING IN SOME NEW MEMBERS-THANKS SCOTT!!!

ROGER SCOTT,DAVE SIEGER AND SCOTT SOMOGYI ATTENDED THE RULES DISCUSSION GIVEN BY THE CDGA AT WHITE PINES. I’M SURE THEY CAN HELP YOU WITH THEIR NEW KNOWLEDGE OF THE RULES.

NIMAGA CUP-THE 12 MAN TEAMS ARE BEING FINALIZED NOW FOR THE MAY 18TH EVENT AT MARENGO RIDGE. THE TOP NINE MONEY WINNERS IN EACH DIVISION FROM LAST YEAR ARE INVITED TO PLAY IN THE EVENT. IF THEY ARE UNABLE TO PLAY THE #10,#11 ETC. PLAYERS ARE INVITED. THE CAPTAIN OF EACH DIVISION THEN GETS 3 CAPTAINS CHOICES. THIS IS A MATCH PLAY EVENT AND THE WINNERIS USUALLY NOT DECIDED UNTIL THE LAST MATCH IS CONCLUDED.

EACH WINNING TEAM MEMBER WINS A GIFT CERTIFICATR HOWEVER THE MAIN PRIZE IS THE BRAGGING RIGHTS OF THE DIVISION WINNER. THE 3 TIE DEFENDING CHAMPION IS THE CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION. THE NIMAGA CUP WAS FIRST HELD IN 1990 AND PAST WINS WAS CHAMPIONSHIP 5 WINS, A DIVISION 4 WINS, B DIVISION 2 WINS AND C DIVISION 2 WINS. THE TOP 9 QUALIFERS ARE:

CH-MIKE SUTTON,JIM BIEGON,GUILLERMO VASQUEZ,CRAIG YOUNGQUIST,DIEGO RENDON,DON SZMANIA,KEITH SANSONE,RON ANDERSON AND PETE ANGELAKOS.

A DIV-DAN DORR,FRED MLLER,CARL MOVRICH,GREG DOYLE,CHRIS REEVES,BILL CHANDLER,I CAVAZOS,STEPHEN BROWN AND RICH MCGUIRE

B DIV-GLYN STANDEN,ERNESTO MANONGDO,RICK IVANOVITCH,CHARLIE KUHN,BRAD KUNAS,RICHARD SMITH,STEVE RAEBOR,TOM GEARHART AND

MARK MASCIOLA.

C DIV-BRIAN ALBERTS,PAUL SCHREINER,GEORGE PROCHNO,SAL LOMBARDI JR.,

WILLIAM WOJNAROWSKI,BILL MCGHEE,NORM DENZINGER,MARK HEINSOHN,

AND TERRY MCGHEE.

THE A,B AND C DIVISIONS ARE FIRED UP FOR THIS YEARS EVENT!!!

HOLE IN ONE-THE ONE HOT PLAYER AT THE SPRING THAW WAS

AL LEITSCHUH. AT THE 17TH HOLE ON THE EAST COURSE AL PLAYING IN THE

B DIVISION USED A 7 IRON INTO THE COLD STIFF WIND. THE BALL STARTED LEFT THE CURLED RIGHT BOUNCING TWICE AND STOPPED WHAT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE FLAG. FROM 140 YARDS OUT YOU COULD STILL SEE THE BALL YET IT WAS STILL IN VIEW IN FRONT OF THE PIN. AS THE GROUP TALKED ON THE TEE HOW CLOSE IT COULD BE-A FEW SECONDS LATER THE BALL DISAPPEARED!!! HIGH FIVES WERE EXCHANGED WITH RICH WILLIAMS AND

JOHN BRDECKA THE WITNESSES. A NIMAGA PLAQUE WILL BE PRESENTED TO NOTE THE ACCEIVEMENT.

REPORTER-JOHN BRDEKA-TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR

YEARLY REMINDERS-THE REGULAR TOURNAMENT ENTRY BLANKS

HAVE A DEADLINE DATE OF RECEIPT “NOT” POSTMARKEDSO SEND YOUR ENTRY IN EARLY. IF YOU ARE A PACKAGE MEMBER YOU MUST SEND IN AN ENTRY AND MUST DO SO ON TIME.

NOTE: ROGER SCOTT HAS RETIRED FROM WORK SO IF YOU HAD THE WORK PHONE OR EMAIL ADDRESS AT LITTELL PLEASE RE-DIRECT YOUR INQUIRES TO PHONE 630-483-4320 OR

NEW MEMBERS-PLEASE GET TO KNOW YOUR TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS

AS THEY CAN HELP YOU THRU THE PROCESS OF LEARNING ABOUT NIMAGA.

IT’S NOT TO LATE TO JOIN SO IF YOU NEED NIMAGA INFO SENT TO A FRIEND PLEASE LET ANY BOARD MEMBER KNOW SO WE CAN GET THE INFO SENT. WE STILL WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A FEW MORE MEMBERS!

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