Volume 7, Issue 18, May 9, 2014 Section Events & Results National Spotlight Section Spotlight Chapter Events Membership News Birthdays The North Florida PGA Member Update (your newsletter sent by email and posted on the web every Friday) is one-stop shopping for everything North Florida PGA. We encourage all Members and Apprentices to review the Member Update each week for news regarding your Association and its activities. Mom, we would not be where we are today without you! Thank you and we love you! May 8 - 11 www.pgatour.com PGA Complimentary Access to the Players… Click HERE for Policy PGA Family Fun Zone May 6 through 11 Thank You to all who volunteered to give the fans FREE PGA Instruction! Thank you to The Professional Golfers Career College students for being involved. We can always count on PGCC to make us look good! Quite a week! Of course, Ben was on hand to supervise and help coordinate the 12 hour days! It’s a long day but worth it when you see the smiling faces and appreciative responses! Click on Facebook logo below for some fun “fotos” NFPGA Global Golf Sales Match Play Championship! May 19 – 22, 2014 Click HERE For Flyer With Details… Click HERE To Register ONLINE Now… 2014 NFPGA SENIOR-JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP Tues. & Wed., June 3 & 4 Presented By Tampa Palms Golf & CC Our PGA Host Professional; Kevin Kenny FORMAT: 9:00 SHOTGUN BOTH DAYS 36 Holes: 1st Round, 18-Hole Two-Person Team Scramble. 2nd Round, 18-Hole Four-Ball Stroke Play (1 best of two). Female participants are encouraged and will play from approximately 85% of men’s yardage. ELIGIBILITY: All NFPGA Members and Apprentices Classifications in good standing except A-3, IN, and F. Team consists of one senior player (50 years old or older, as of June 3, 2014), and one junior player, (49 years old or younger). ENTRY FEE: $360.00 per team/$180.00 per person. Optional Skins game, $40 per person total ($40 per team per day in skins purse) ONLINE Registration Only, Please. ENTRIES CLOSE: Registration Deadline is Thursday May 29 at 5:00 p.m. LODGING: Tampa Palms has limited lodging available at a great price! Don’t wait to call 813-972-1991 and talk to Lorraine to reserve your room. Lorraine can also recommend lodging close by. Click HERE To Register Online Remind your juniors to sign up now for 2014 qualifiers! Sites are filling fast! Visit www.drivechipandputt.com to register… Back to the Top START SAVING TODAY Through our partnership with KitchenAid, as the Presenting Sponsor of the Senior PGA Championship and the Official Home Appliance Brand of The PGA of America, you have access to an exciting, costsaving program for home appliances. Purchase up to 12 products every year through the program for yourself, family members or your facility, as well as unique prizes for your tournaments and outings. 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It’s important to participate in these programs, all of which you can access on www.PGALinks.com. Click HERE for more information... Did you know that the National Office also puts out an informative monthly newsletter? It’s called “Membership Matters”. It is very well written and interesting. Click HERE to read the latest version. Back to the Top Let’s show our Support for North Florida PGA’s Russ Libby, as he makes his run for Secretary of the PGA of America! Please visit his Facebook page and “LIKE” him to help with his campaign presence! Please be kind enough to share Russ Libby, PGA with your friends and ask them to “LIKE” his page. Click on Facebook logo above to link to his page! Florida Golf Central Would Like To Know… We are currently seeking submissions for the Father's Day issue! Send in your best golf-related story about your Dad and you could find it featured in the next issue of Florida Golf Central! Send a picture and your story of 400 words or less to info@floridagolfcentral.com. Please send them your favorite story today. Check out the new issue of Florida Golf Central! Our good friend Dr. Bob Winters has a new book out! Check it out. As always, it will enlighten and entertain. Click HERE To Order and Get More Info… Click HERE For Description and Praise… The North Florida Section of the PGA of America and the Country Club Digital Network are pleased to jointly announce a Sponsorship of the North Florida PGA. This new Sponsorship will benefit many facets of the North Florida PGA, and the North Florida PGA Member and their respective facilities. Click HERE For Special Announcement and More Information… Click HERE To See How This Partnership will benefit the Members, Facilities & Section. You will also find out how you can get involved in this unique opportunity. There is also a video that will show you how the program will work. 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They carry a full range of Golf Accessories that include: Personalized Items, Grips, Range Equipment, Spikes, Tees, Training Aids, Club Repair Products, and much more. Please call them if they can assist you with any of your golf needs! They support us. Let’s support them! Reunion Resort is Proud to Offer the Following Member Benefits For Your Entertainment and Enjoyment! Click HERE For Member Benefits Summary Click HERE For Member Benefits Terms Enjoy Your Visit! You’re Going To Disney! See how you can get exclusive discounts at Walt Disney World for you and your family! It's a magical deal! The North Florida Section of the PGA of America is extremely pleased about our agreement with our neighbor, the Walt Disney World Resort through our friends at the Wide World of Sports, to provide our Members and their immediate families an excellent Member Benefit. This NFPGA Member Benefit will allow our PGA Members and their immediate family to enjoy the four theme parks of the Walt Disney World Resort (Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Hollywood Studios, Animal Kingdom - - and more, water parks, etc.) at pricing specially created for you. The savings are tremendous and the memories you will create with your family will be timeless. We hope that you will enjoy this new North Florida PGA Member Benefit, and we shall see you at the parks!!!! Click HERE For All the Details! Q. In a match, A's ball was a few inches from the hole. B asked A, "How many will that be in the hole?" A answered "6," whereupon B, lying 5, conceded A's next stroke. Before B putted, A informs B that he (A) had actually scored 5. What is the ruling? Answer is on our home page at www.nfpga.com in the bottom of left sidebar... ARE YOU WEARING YOUR RED SHIRT TODAY? It’s Freedom Friday. Let’s never forget! Visit us on Twitter! Click on the birdie to link to our twitter page. Tweet, tweet! Back to the Top NORTHERN May 12 - Pro Am; Amelia National May 15 - Northern Chapter Meeting June 5 - Pro Lady; Windy Harbor June 25 - Pro Junior; Golf Club at South Hampton June 30 - Pro Am; Marsh Creek July 14 & 15 - NC Chapter Championship; San Jose CC EAST CENTRAL May 12 - Chapter Championship Pro Am; Championsgate June 16 & 17 - ECC Chapter Championhip; Ritz Carlton Golf Club June 21 - ECC Junior Championship; Hawks Landing June 21 - ECC Pee Wee Junior; LPGA International WEST CENTRAL May 12 - WCC Stableford Championship; Fox Hollow May 27 - Pro Am; Countryside June 9,10 - Chapter Championship; Old Memorial June 16 - Pro Pro & Meeting;TPC Tampa Bay June 19 - WCC Junior Championship; TBD June 24 & 25 - WCC Senior Championship; Dunedin CC June 30 - WCC Two Person Team; World Woods (PB) SOUTHWEST June 16,17 - Chapter Championship; Plantation Golf & CC June 27 - Pro Assistant Championship; Palm Aire Back to the Top Employment Changes between 4/01/2014 and 4/30/2014 for Section Employee Class Current Facility Start Date Thomas J. Aycock, PGA A-1 St. Johns Golf Club 4/28/2014 Matthew E. Barnes, PGA A-24 Golf Genius Software 4/21/2014 Jeff Biggs, PGA A-1 Waldorf Astoria Golf Club 4/4/2014 Ian M. Brown, PGA A-6 Orange County National Golf 4/14/2014 Matthew T. Davis, PGA A-6 GolfTEC - Carrollwood 4/1/2014 Curtis J. Garrison Jr., PGA A-4 Rocky Point Golf Course 4/1/2014 Stephen J. Harris, PGA A-1 Eagle Ridge Golf Club 4/4/2014 David C. Hronek, PGA A-14 Countryside Country Club 4/28/2014 Steve A Jones B-8 Ritz-Carlton GC/Grande Lakes 4/8/2014 Kristopher M. Mahoney, PGA A-6 Silverthorn Country Club 4/25/2014 Joseph R. Melchiorre B-8 Venetian Golf & River Club 4/2/2014 Legacy Club at Alaqua Lakes 4/2/2014 Tom Murphy, PGA Vincent Puglia, PGA A-1 Juliette Falls 4/5/2014 Eric E. Sargent, PGA A-8 Reunion Resort/Club of Orlando 4/25/2014 Jonathan L. Williams, PGA A-8 TPC Sawgrass 4/12/2014 Arthur J. Wilson, PGA A-15 Dick's Sporting Goods 4/27/2014 Ryan R. Womack, PGA A-8 Plantation Golf & Country Club 4/25/2014 Class and Section Changes Current Section# Old Section# Name From Date Expire Date Class Init Code 135 180 Jonathan L. Williams, PGA 4/12/2014 6/30/2015 A-8 SC 135 135 John W. Kindred, PGA 4/15/2014 6/30/2015 A-4 CL 135 135 Vincent Puglia, PGA 4/5/2014 6/30/2015 A-1 CL 135 135 Curtis J. Garrison Jr., PGA 4/1/2014 6/30/2015 A-4 CL 135 135 David C. Hronek, PGA 4/28/2014 6/30/2015 A-14 CL 135 135 Ian M. Brown, PGA 4/14/2014 6/30/2015 A-6 CL 135 135 Stephen J. Harris, PGA 4/4/2014 6/30/2015 A-1 CL 135 135 Jeff Biggs, PGA 4/4/2014 6/30/2015 A-1 CL New Apprentices Name Facility Jason A Bodey Lake Nona Golf and CC Efrim C Moore Jr. Eagle Harbor Golf Club Briana L Vega-Fitzgibbbons Country Club of Orlando Todd W. Zunker Streamsong Resort Back to the Top 5/09 Brett Sherman Jasper Walch Jim Dent Nancy Maunder Scott Wyckoff 5/10 Ed Crowell Justin Blazer Rich Truehart 5/11 Joseph Giomariso Nicholas Ramsey 5/12 Brett Donnelly Gary Nicoll Hank Whitfield James Furyk Jeffrey Domonkos John Price Kenneth Roshaven Michael Girard 5/13 Agnieszka Pielaszek-Hunter President Vice President Secretary Honorary President Mike Touhey, PGA Mike Lynch, PGA John Hughes, PGA Tony Johnson, PGA Tournament Chairman Director, District 13 Career Services Consultant, District 13 Dave Hronek, PGA Jack Binswanger, PGA Mike McCollum, PGA Northern Chapter East Central Chapter West Central Chapter Jack Aschenbach, PGA, President Brendon Elliott, PGA,President Tom McKone, PGA, President Glen Murray, PGA, President Greg Lecker, PGA, Vice President Mike Glenn, PGA, Vice President Kevin Paschall, PGA, Vice President Southwester Chapter Rick Sopka, PGA, Vice President Executive Director/CEO Office Manager & Member Services Coordinator Operations & Events Manager Tournament Director Administrative Assistant Rich Smith Jan Olier Steve Morris, PGA Ben Herring Brandi Williams North Florida Section PGA of America 7593 Gathering Drive Kissimmee, FL 34747 PHONE / FAX (386) 256-1221 / (386) 675-1478 WEB SITE www.nfpga.com 5/14 Charlie Tatz Steven Cole Steven Lippincott 5/15 Jubal Jerik Rob Turner