A-B-C- Championship Summary
The A-B-C Championship was played this past weekend. In the 36 hole net event, the field is divided into 3 flights by handicap. The runaway “A” Flight winner was Paul Caruso firing a 133 (66-67) over the weekend. That was good for a 7 stroke victory over runner-up Steve Potter (69-71=140). Two players tied for 3rd. Tom Harvey (72-72=144) matched scores with Mark Murphy (72-72=144) to round out the winners.

In the “B” Flight Jack Finlayson set the winning pace with 137 (71-66). In 2nd place 3 strokes back, we had first round leader Dave Kenney (66-74=140). Bernie McSweeney (71-72=143) finished in 3rd place and another stroke back in 4th, making the biggest move up the leader board in round 2, was Bill McAlduff (75-69=144).

Flight “C” was also a runaway as Bob “Buzz-Saw” Bicknell (62-67=129) finished a full 10 shots ahead of runner up Rich Picceri (72-67=139). Joe McMenimen Sr. (63-77=140), could not find the magic that led to a great first round and settled for 3rd place. Allen Gallant (71-74=145) rounded out the top finishers capturing 4th place.

Congratulations to all the winners.

Ladies Handicap Championship Summary
Dianne Glennon-Champagne captured the 2013 Ladies Handicap Championship 2 & 1 over defending Champion Trish Garner. No stranger to winning this event, Dianne has won the Handicap Championship on 4 previous occasions, most recently in 2008. Kudos to Dianne!

Remember: You can find ALL tournament results posted on the club website: lexingtongc.com.

Hole-In-One
On Saturday, August 3rd, Kenny Collina recorded his first ace. His wedge shot on the 17th hole found the bottom of the cup for the magical shot. Rob Lynch was playing with Kenny at the time and got to see it first hand. Congratulations to Kenny.

Pro Shop Staff Pond Boy Match
As promised in last week’s newsletter, here is a video of the losing team of the pro shop staff “Pond Boy” match, a match in which the losers have to dunk there heads in the pond on the 9th hole. You will see Steve Geldart, Matt Crowley, and Ben Scott as they pay-off the bet they lost to Steve Hopley, Brian DelGreco, and Tim Keegan along with plenty of cheering and jeering!

WARNING: VIEWER DISCRECTION IS ADVISED!!!

Golf Course Maintenance Schedule
Monday, August 12th: Greens aerification
(Please note that the course will be closed for the aerification.)

Early September: Tee Aerification.
End of October: Topdressing of fairways.
Stay tuned for exact dates.

August 18: Charity Golf Tournament - Shotgun start at 1 pm
It's the dreaded “Baseball” (formerly pink-ball) Tournament. Make your own foursome! The “baseball” score is added to the 1 best-ball of the other 3 players, which means immense pressure when you are required to play the baseball! A portion of your entry fee is a donation to the Dana Farber Cancer Foundation and the Jimmy Fund. Sign up on the bulletin board.

August 23: 1 - Day Member-Guest
Open to any LGC Member. Bring 1, 2 or 3 guests for a fun day of golf and competition at LGC.

September 2 (Labor Day): Peter Manning Bowl
Format: 18 hole net tournament. 2 Man Best-Ball with blind drawn partners. This event is named in honor of former longtime LGC golf professional Peter Manning.

Join my team to play in South Africa

The PGA of South Africa has invited me to play in the inaugural PGA World Club ProAm. Best part, I will bring a ProAm team made up of three members from Lexington. The all-inclusive package is $6,600 and includes the following and much more:

•Round-trip airfare (incl. taxes) to South Africa
• 7 nights, 4 star accommodations
• Network with 200 ProAm teams
• Play at 5 Championship courses, PLUS 1 practice round
• Prizes to the value of US $ 50,000
• PLUS hole-in-one luxury car prizes

Click here to find out more about this once if a life- time opportunity or come talk to me in the shop.

August is National Golf Month
We are here to celebrate you and the great game of golf. I will be sending you 3 facts a week that you may not have known:

1. 125,000 golf balls a year are hit into the water at the famous 17th hole of the Stadium Course at Sawgrass.
2. The longest drive ever is 515 yards. The longest putt ever is a monstrous 375 feet
3. Phil Mickelson, who plays left-handed, is actually right handed. He learned to play golf by mirroring his father’s golf swing, and he has used left handed golf clubs ever since.

Regards,
Kevin