Rules and regulations aka Dister’s laws

Several Oldtimers have asked why we don't start with fresh quotas every year. Starting fresh would be a bookkeeping nightmare, but using your most recent scores as a base is something your Acting Commish is willing to do. The quotas below represent your last five competitive rounds in the Krakow Oldtimers Quota Game. As your participation increases, your rounds that will be averaged for quota will increase to ten. This will allow more volatility at the beginning of the season. We will still use -3 as the lowest score to be entered. Yes, even if you're -10 on the day, your score will be recorded as -3. We have to protect the field. The committee has also decided to have one Greenie in every round. Charlie Johnson will inform us at the beginning of the round which Par 3 will be the Greenie Hole of the Day. As a result, the daily entry fee will increase to $3.50 per day. The additional $.50 will be awarded to the Greenie winner. Charlie has also volunteered to officiate optional events ... like Skins ... for those who wish to participate. He must be informed of your intent to participate before the beginning of the round. All monies for those optional events must be given to Charlie Johnson. He will disburse them to the daily winners. As always, we ask that you bring the proper change, give $3.50 to one representative per group ... and turn your money and scorecard in before you unload your clubs and change shoes. Charlie Johnson has also agreed to be our official blogger, now that Charlie Curtis has left the fold. I want to personally thank CJ for taking on this task as I am absolutely clueless as to how to publish a blog. So, if there are anecdotes you'd like to share with the group, make sure CJ knows about it. And, we'd also like to recognize Charlie Curtis for getting the blog started in the first place. He will be enjoying Michigan in the summer, but we hope to see him when he's in town. He will be missed. Once again, we're proud to have the fairest game at FCCC. The rules are simple and few: 1. Some part of the ball has to be inside the 24" piece of tape ... marked from the butt of the handle touching the hole ... for a putt to be considered a 'gimme.' This must be enforced by each group. 2. Guidelines for the tees you play from will be as follows: 49 years old and younger ... blue tees. 50 to 69 years old ... white tees. 70 to 79 years old ... yellow tees. 80 through 85 years old ... red tees. 86 and up ... family tees. These are guidelines. You don't have to move tees if you don't want to. But!!! Once you move, you have to stay there. It's too confusing to move back and forth. The Acting Commish will tell you how much your quota increases as you move forward. 3. Play the ball as you see fit and be consistent about it. If you wish to play it down, do so. But play it down every time you play. That will give you the most accurate quota for your style of play. If you wish to bump it, do so. Our rough has a habit of becoming ... shall we say ... unruly ... in the growing season. We've already had torn shoulders and torn wrists from the "hackage" that ensued trying to extricate balls. Our game is fun ... and I repeat ... fair. Also, you are allowed to rake and place in all bunkers. You don't have to hit from footprints or plugged lies. Again, we're the Oldtimers ... for the most part. If you want to play in our club championships, you will have the opportunity to follow the rules to the letter. The game will officially start when the weather permits ... probably Thursday, March 10. But, quota game or not, the stalwarts will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays at noon, Saturdays at 11. Be there at least 15 minutes early for the draw. Now, for the starting quotas. Aholt 30 * List of all who have a quota but are not regulars: Blackwell 30 * Alferman, D. 30 Clark 34 * Alferman, T. 33 Coleman 33 * Butler 29 Cozzo 26 * Ecklekamp 38 Crow 35 * Edmonston 23 Curtis 30 * Fortner 29 Dister 28 * Homeyer 28 Dunlavy 25 * Isgriggs 19 Eggert 29 * Lakebrink 20 Eichelberger 27 * Lamke 20 Gildehaus 29 * Lucy 22 Hall 33 * Marquardt, B. 30 Harrison 23 * Marquart, M. 26 Homeyer, Dale 14 * Parke 30 Johnson 31 * Parmentier 33 Kavanaugh 26 * Sciuto 26 Kossmann 26 * Smith, M 22 Lee 36 * Triplett 28 Loyd 24 * Zastrow 34 Miller 24 * Moosmann 30 * Morris 26 * Nealis 25 * Purschke 21 * Sharma 32 * Thater 27 * Stoehner 25 * Voss, C. 30 * Voss, D. 34 *