Saturdays of each month. John

Kuyper will adjust the schedule

and you can plan on these as our

targets for the outings until further

notice. So here is a summary of

when the outings will be held:

Executive Course outings

will be on all Tuesdays plus two

Sundays each month.

18 Hole Outings will be on the 2nd

and 4th Saturdays of each month.

Nine and Dine will be held

each Wednesday through the

month of September unless other-

wise notified (like the course

having to do maintenance as is the

case on June 13 and 27).

PC Golf will remain on each

Monday. NOTE: this outing can

use a few more players so please

contact Bill Breadon if you wish

to play.

Twi-light golf will be on

dates published at least a month in

advance.

I think that covers everything on

golf. Please give us your feed-

back on where and what you pre-

fer in these outings, so we can do

our best to match your wishes.

Appreciate your help!

If you would like to have an out-

ing, not necessarily golf, please

contact me and I will work with

the Communications Committee

to offer it to all the members.

These may be trips for sightsee-

ing, theater, casino, or whatever

else you might like to plan and

then act as event coordinator. So,

if anyone has any ideas, please

bring them forward for all to en-

joy!

We look forward to seeing all of

you in the near future at one of

our many outings. May your golf

game be great, but more impor-

tantly, may it also be fun! See

you on the course.

I hope every-

one had a safe

and happy

Memorial Day

and you’re

ready for sum-

mer here in

The Villages. When you par-

ticipate in any outings, please

be aware that proper hydrating

is essential to avoid heat stroke.

And, it is best not to drink alco-

holic beverages, since they tend

to speed up dehydration. No

more comments from Doctor

Bob, but please be aware and

drink plenty of water while

avoiding too much sun.

At the end of May we held our

second club meeting at our new

Sea Breeze home. Our speaker,

Tom Talbott from the Palmer

Golf Academy, presented on

golf course rules and courtesy.

Tom’s style made the presenta-

tion informative and humorous.

I would like to note some basic

things that should be in every-

one’s mind when they play golf.

First, be aware of where your

foursome is in relation to the

group ahead of you. Do not fall

more than half a hole behind.

Speed of play is essential to

give other Village residents the

opportunity to complete their

round of golf in a reasonable

amount of time. Second, be

courteous to others in your four-

some so that noise is held to a

minimum when someone is

about to hit their shot. Also, do

not walk in anyone’s line to the

cup when all of the group has

reached the green. These few

things will make golf more

pleasant for your foursome as

well as those playing behind

you.

I talked of sending a voting

ballot to all members of the club

on two topics. Those were

whether we should hold

monthly or bi-monthly meet-

ings, and whether we should

alter our policy on allowing

couples to be paired together at

all outings. Since there was

mixed feedback, it was decided

by the Steering Committee to do

the following and avoid a vote:

1) I will approach the Recrea-

tion Department and attempt to

get our Sea Breeze room

monthly. I will advise all mem-

bers when I receive the depart-

ment’s response if we will

switch to a monthly meeting.

These meetings will remain non

-food meetings. Except, of

course, if you bring drinks and

snacks for yourself.

2) The policy will remain in

effect that limits couples from

playing together except for

Executive Course cart scram-

bles, all Nine and Dine outings,

and the Twi-Light golf events

especially since the latter two

events are of a social nature and

not competitive.

Since we hope to move to

monthly meetings, we have

appointed three members of the

Steering Committee to head up

the Social Committee. They are

Linda Hunter, Chair; Cris Stel-

ling; and John Green who ask

that each of you contribute ideas

and/or time so that future meet-

ings will have both business and

fun for everyone. They can be

reached by going to the

www.sgvclub.com web site

where their email addresses are

available. Please assist them as

much as possible. Remember,

this is your club and our objec-

tive is to make it enjoyable for

all members.

There was much discussion

regarding golfing activities of

the club. It was decided to

leave everything as is except

that 18 hole championship golf

will be switched, starting in

July, to the second and fourth

Founder Bob Miotke

Secretary Report - Marti Dincolo Secretary

Single Golfers of

The Villages Group

Founders Group

Permit Holder and

Communication

Bob Miotke

352-396-0654

rmiotke04@comcast.net

Secretary

Marti Dincolo

757-450-6902

martidin-

colo@gmail.com

Treasurer and Social

Committee

Linda Hunter

linda-

hunter44@gmail.com

Website Administrator

John Green

johngreen1@gmail.com

Social and Member

Relations Committee

Cris Stelling

352-446-0160

crisstelling@msn.com

Golf Chairmen

Priority Competition

Bill Breadon

352-263-3309

wbreadon@gmail.com

Golf Committee

Executive & Champion-

ship

John Kuyper

352-561-4307

jdkuyper@gmail.com

Championship Coordi-

nator and Communica-

tion Committee

Dan Jacobs

203-258-5155

dan820@gmail.com

June 2012 Volume 1, Issue 1

Golf in and outside The Villages in Central Florida

Single Golfers of The Villages

May 31, 2012

Minutes

The bi-monthly

meeting of the Sin-

gles Golfers of The

Villages was opened

at 6:30pm with the

Pledge of Allegiance.

Linda Hunt introduced guest speaker, Tom

Talbott, a PGA Golf Instructor at The Vil-

lages Golf Academy. Tom addressed the

group for the next hour entertaining us with

anecdotes about the game of golf, its rules,

and etiquette. In taking questions from the

floor he stressed the need to be courteous,

with civility as the key to good play. Keep-

ing up with play is necessary but you

should play in your own game. You should

respect the game but overall have fun and

be recreational. In closing Tom invited the

group to attend the Summer Sizzler event –

three 30-minutes lessons for $130. Hand-

outs on the Villages Golf Academy, the

Good Golf Guide and Golfing in the Vil-

lages were provided for members.

Linda briefly addressed the group regarding

“Easter Seals,” a charity formed to support

the Adult Day Health Care Center. Cur-

rently there is no place in The Villages serv-

ing this group. She asked members to com-

plete a questionnaire designed to assess

Villagers needs.

Bob Miotke continued the meeting and

stressed the need to keep the pace up when

playing. He solicited questions about out-

ings and golf trips outside the Villages.

John Kuyper also spoke on the speed of

play suggesting that foursomes watch each

other’s balls.

The first twi-light golf will be this Saturday

at 5pm for $6 on Championship courses.

Like handicap players will be teamed to-

gether. No “gaming” or “designed” eating

is planned. You may play as many holes as

possible beginning at 5pm.

Championship offsite is planned with

three outings coming up. It will be “play

your own ball” with no scrambles at this

time.

A survey was sent to 120 members

asking about golf preferences but to date no

adequate response has been seen with only

30 responders.

There are only 16-20 golfers for 18-

hole Championship play

32-26 golfers have expressed interest in

Executive golf with play on Sunday and

Tuesday. Again, play own ball and no

scrambles are planned.

There have been many hole-in-ones

among the membership!!

This summer, as the weather becomes hotter,

Executive golf may begin earlier in the

morning

Bob questioned members on the twi-light

games being scheduled on different days. By

a show of hands members preferred to pick

one day and stay with it. This will help their

scheduling while providing exposure to dif-

ferent Championship courses.

The recently sent survey has shown no

marked trends in 18-hole play. We may go

to Saturday play.

Priority golf is scheduled on Monday

(currently you need not be a priority mem-

ber)

Tuesday and Sunday play is on Executive

courses

Wednesday is 9 & dine at Cane Gardens

Twi-light golf - specific evening has yet to

be determined

The golf committee is striving to find a

pattern so everyone can play what they want,

when they want. If many want to play they

may need to go off site to get good tee times.

Check the club website: sgvclub.com to

sign up for play and see new events

Since club emails have been frequently

designated as spam, the website is the best

way to keep informed.

If you need to make changes, cancella-

tions, additions to golf schedules see the

website. If tee time has already been con-

firmed, contact John for these changes so

someone else may be able to get in.

Ballots will be sent regarding frequency

of club meetings

Couples pairings- by-law was put in

place by Steering Committee for the near

term. Does it need to be addressed again?

The rule was made because it was difficult to

make pairings equal if couples played to-

gether. This will be discussed in next

Steeering Committee meeting and, if recom-

mended, the question will be put out to

membership 9 & dine this week was on time

and service at dinner was very good. Walk-

ons can be accepted but sign up is preferred.

Currently there is play on two nines.

Many thanks to Linda and John for

creating and maintaining the club website.

Three 50-50 drawings were held for $20,

$22 and $25 respectively.

The meeting was closed at 8:30pm.

Executive Golf re-

sults for May:

Tuesday May 1, SGV played

Belmont executive golf course with the

game being Inverse Poker.

Women's winners were:

1st Jackie Combs - 5- 3s

2nd Tie with 5 - 4s was Joyce LaGore,

Molly Sielatycki, Kay Stonitsch,

Men's winners were:

1st place Tie with 5 - 4s were Rich

Fruin, Carl Lefler, Bob Miotke & John

Kuyper

Sunday May 6, we competed

at Tarpon Boil and Redfish Run in the

game "Two Best Balls". The winning

results are:

1st Place team with score of 60 - Ei-

leen Shaffery (amazingly shooting

32), Val Hirsch (shot 33), Anne Bloete,

& Marilyn Wright, 2nd Place team

with score of 62 - John Shepard (shot

32), Gene Sexton, Linda Hunter, &

Glen Rosazza, 3rd Place team with

score of 64 - Barb Morin (shot 33),

Joyce LaGore, & Stephen Carillo. Spe-

cial scoring was: John Shepard birdie 3

on # 9 TB, Barb Morin birdie 2 on #8

TB, Ron Fleanor birdie 2 on #6 RR

(shot 32),

Tuesday May 8, SGV Execu-

tive golf played at Sandhill and Turtle

Mound courses. We played "Bingo"

with the following winners:

First number drawn for 60% of prize

money was 39 and split amongst

Marilyn Wright, Eleanor Nyman, Ellen Welsh, and JoAnn Oaks.

Second number drawn for 40% of

prize money was 37 and split amonst

Rosemary Luytjes, Trudy Barton, Ei-

leen Shaffery, and John Kuyper

Special scoring for the day - Audrey

Fletcher birdie 2 on #6, Bernie Brobst

birdie 2 on #1 (shot 29), Dick Wilson

birdie 2 on #1 (shot 30), Sharon Grala

shot 33.

Tuesday May 15, SGV Ex-

ecutive golf was played at Oakleigh

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John Kuyper

Course by 28 participants. The winners

of the game “1-2-3 competition were:

1st Place team 1 with score of 60 - Rich

Ludwig, Barbara McHenry, Linda

Hunter, and Mike Conley

2nd Place team 7 with score of 61 - Ei-

leen Batchelor, Judith Wilsher, Sharon

Grala, and John Kuyper

3rd Place Tie with score of 66 - team 3 -

Carl Lefler, Jackie Combs, John Godin,

and Diana Carter; and team 6 - Bernie

Brobst, Marianne Rogers, Joyce LaGore,

and Leilani Devries.

Special scoring for the day was:

Women low gross - Judith Wilsher 31,

Eileen Batchelor 32, & Barbara

McHenry 32

Men's low gross - Bob Miotke 30, Bernie

Brobst 31, & Carl Lefler 33

Birdies made today were: Judith Wilsher

birdie 2 on #1, Carl Lefler birdie 2 on #1,

Eileen Batchelor birdie 3 on #6, and John

Godin birdie 2 on # 7.

SGV summer TWILIGHT plans

The Villages Championship 18 hole golf

courses offer a summer special program

of TWILIGHT golf from June 1 to Sept

1. This is unlimited holes of golf for $6

starting at 5 PM every day. Singles Golf-

ers of the Villages will try to set-up a

sign-up for specific days during the

TWILIGHT period. We will try to group

foursomes by listed handicaps for speed

of play. Note, that your foursome can

play as many holes as you desire; some

play just 9 holes, some play 15 holes,

some play 18 holes, and some play up to

27 holes depending on daylight and

weather. This is all subject to the GMS

tee time system unless we get more than

32 golfers for a specific date. Deadline

will need to be 5 days in advance of play

date for sign-up. There will be no prize

money or games for this outing; just play

your own ball on a Championship 18

hole course.

We will play on Saturdays - 6/2,

6/30, & 8/4; Wednesdays - 6/13, 7/11,

8/8 and Mondays 7/23 & 8/27. This

gives various day of the week options to

all SGV members.

CHAMPIONSHIP 18 golf

As you may know, SGV suspended Off

-site Championship 18 hole play on

Fridays with morning tee times when

our number of players diminished to 6

per event from our membership of 200.

We are now restarting Off-site

Championship 18 hole play on various

morning dates to try to increase our

participation level to at least 16 players

per event. A lot of work is needed to

coordinate with the off site courses and

we really need 16 or more players for

the event to be justified. If we get to 32

players, we can have morning shotgun

starts; otherwise it is straight line tee

times.

Our NEW dates are:

Friday June 1 8:30 AM at Huntington

golf club http://

huntingtongolfclub.com/ playing "1-2-

3" price of $26 for golf, cart, prize

money;

Wednesday June 13 Kings Ridge

Playing Shamble random teams;

Tuesday June 26 Probably Ocala mu-

nicipal Playing Double Skins.

Volume 1, Issue 1 Page 3

Toni Millor (our Super Senior

scored a HOLE-IN-ONE on

March 27 at Hawkes Bay hole 4

using a 13 wood to cover the 86

yards.

ATTA GIRL

We are all anxious to hear the

story, will Arne embellish this

accomplishment? Please tell us

how it happened when we see you

next.

Special Achievement

Congratulations

To SGV member Eileen Shaffery

(who is 89 years young) who had her

First HOLE-IN-ONE on # 3 and

then finished her round with a Birdie

2 on # 9 while shooting a gross score

of 35 on this #4 rated difficult Bel-

mont course on Tues June 19.

Treasurer’s Report

Linda Hunter - Treasurer

SGVC Treasurer's Report by Linda Hunter

Income Expense Income

Membership Dues (March, April, May) 2,745.00 2745.00

March 50/50 98.00 2843.00

Name Badges 503.30 2339.70

March Meeting Pizza Room charge & Supplies 567.34 1772.36

Website setup 125.45 1646.91

Bank account setup (checks & dep. stamp) 49.86 1597.05

Postage stamps 16.41 1580.64

Bank Bal as of 5-31-12 1580.64

Some of the participants at the first Single Golfers of

The Villages meeting