“Post A Score” will now be accomplished through GHIN.com and the USGA GHIN Mobile App where you will also have access to your stats, complete score history, Handicap Calculator, Golfer Lookup, and Handicap Card.
Keep in mind, that a GHIN Digital Profile is required to post scores on GHIN.com and through the USGA GHIN Mobile App. If you have not used GHIN.com or the GHIN Mobile App to post scores, you will need to use the “Create Profile” button to create your digital profile. It is easy to do and just takes a few minutes.
A Big Congratulations to our Winners as some great golf was on display today. Here are the results.
Flight “A” Low Gross Co -Winners: Ted Clinite (73) / Alan Hoekstra (73)
Flight “B” Low Gross Winner : John Casey (88)
Flight ” C” Low Gross Winner: Geoff Baynes (81)
Flight ” D” Low Gross Co -Winners: Bill Miller (95)
Overall “Low Net” -Winner: Geoff Baynes (63)
Best Nine/ Net Skins / Pin Competition Holes
Group Photos
Today’s “Semi Finals “ playoff event includes “Match Play” – Our Top 4 Players in the “Championship Cup Bracket” would be paired up in “match play” and compete in seeded order of 1 vs. 4 / 2 vs. 3 . A Win is worth 400 points. The Top 4 players will remain in the Championship Bracket for the remainder of the playoffs.
The remainder of the field “Player’s Cup Bracket” would be paired up against the player who in line with them on the leaderboard. Players who are not paired up in their tee time groups but are having “Match Play” matchups will have their match compared and determined by the committee in a “Card Off ” match play. Winning matches will be awarded 200 points. TIE Matches will earn 100 points.
Here are the matchups and results:
Pre Match Analysis:
Match 1 – Smith vs. Miller (+22) – Ebin Smith is a low index “A” Flight player (6.2 index). Ebin has been in this position before as he had to play senior player Bill Miller (82 years young) last year under these same circumstances. This past year Ebin focused on tuning up his stroke and overall playing abilities and he has even taken his index down over this past year. He knows he has to give up a stoke per hole plus 2 stokes on the more difficult handicap holes (#1-4). Bill Miller reports that he can’t believe he’s made it this far “again” this year. He has very steady “short game” skills, but lacks length off the tee. But for an 82 year old player, getting the ball to go 200 yards off the tee is still in his wheel house. Bill tries to play 2 to 3 times a week on his “executive par 3” course at his community and this tends to keep him in shape. Lately, he reports he’s had some medical health setbacks that kept him off the course for a few weeks. But he now he’s on the rebound and happy he’s able to participate and play in the playoffs.
Match 2 – Clinite vs. Chan (+11) – Ted Clinite is also an “A” flight low index player who is no stranger to the Seacoast Cup Playoffs. This year he has dedicated his play to making everything count. He pretty much held the #1 Seed position the last several months of our Seacoast Golf Events. Playing against Curtis Chan has been nothing new to him . There are reports that the two of them have gone of several golf trips together this past year…logging in together over 30 rounds of golf. Curtis professes that he plays with Ted several times a month and knows his game. “Ted is an extraordinary golfer…his game continues to sharpen and it’s going to be hard for me to take him down today. But “match play” gives me a chance to see how well I can stay up with a great player and perhaps find a way to take him out today. I feel that my swing has gotten better these past weeks and I’m in playoff shape to do battle with Ted.” Curtis is definitely the underdog, but this will be a true test for Ted today.
Match 1 Recap: Both players started off tentative and “out of sink” as blunder shots were made before getting to the green. But Bill Miller took a 1 UP lead as he sank his “double bogey” putt to beat Ebin on this first hole. Ebin could only grumbled at his eractic play on the 1st hole and vowed that that was the last of “giving up an easy hole”. Then Bill returned the favor by hitting shots to both the left and right sides of the fairway of the long par 5 #2. Finally on his 5th shot, he pulled his approach shot into the greenside bunker and finally after it was all said and done, Bill wrote down a “8” snowman on his card and even with a +2 stroke differential, he still lost the hole. Ebin felt more at easy realizing that he got the match all TIED up going in the 3rd par 3 hole. Ebin missed the green but was in striking distance to get an easy up and down to save par. Miller missed his approach to the green but made a spectacular shot to get onto the green in 2. Unfortually he ended up 3 putting to take a double bogey (net bogey). Ebin returned the favor and 3 putted also, to miss an opportunity to go up in the match. Then on the difficult hole #4 (par 4), Ebin lost his ball to the right, but was able to recover and hit a lengthy 180 yard shot onto the green. Bill missed his 2nd shot to the green but left him 30 yards to the cup. His third shot found a direct shot to the hole leaving bill only 8 feet for par. He almost saved par but tapped out for bogey (net birdie) leaving Ebin only to shake his head as his great “par” wasn’t good enough to take the hole. Ebin whispered to himself “here we go again!” The next few holes seemed like Bill got possessed by a another player as it seem all his shots just went great. Ebin was making pars, but Bill was also making pars and with his stroke Bill would win hole after hole. By the time the players got to the turn, Bill had a 4 UP lead. Then by hole #12, Ebin just couldn’t get up and down and missed his putt on the #12 par 3 to score bogey. Bill, also had some issues but having 2 stokes for this hole only helped his cause as his “triple bogey” net bogey still got him a win to take the match at 7 and 6 to end the bleeding for Ebin.
In the media room Ebin relayed: “Today was a repeat from last year…If Bill plays “bogey” golf, then no matter how well I play, I really don’t have much of a chance. Today, I had some blunder holes, but Bill was right there to win the hole. He closed me out pretty fast and took the wind out of my sails today. It’s hard to play at the level in realizing that I had to birdie almost every hole today to have a chance… but that was my mindset today. Bill played solid today and was able to keep me contained. My hat goes off to him. Bill Miller explained: “I can’t believe I played so well today. I had a rough start on the first two holes, but once I got that out of me , I settled in and started making shots. I knew I had it in me, because last year I was successful against Ebin…and my mindset was to repeat what I did last year. I knew if I could at least have a chance at “bogey” on all the holes, I’d be successful.”
Match 2 Recap: Chan had his game face on, realizing that he was up against the “A” player in Ted. Ted posted “par” on the first 2 holes, but Curtis hung tight and used his stroke allotment and was able to keep it TIE going into hole #3. There Curtis tapped out for “par” but was able to get the “net birdie” to take a 1 UP lead. Then on the difficult #4 hole, Curtis found himself 195 yards out from the green after his tee shot. Taking out his 3W, he solidly got his ball to sail to pin high position for a birdie attempt. Ted solidly played the hole with easy and tapped out for his par. Curtis realizing that he had another golden opportunity sank his short putt for par (net birdie) to take the hole and a 2 UP lead. Then by hole #8 Curtis pulled his 8 Iron into the greenside Par 3 hole…leaving a difficult shot to the green. Curtis explained, “The difficult lie in this bunker did not leave me too many choices and I ended up miss hitting and not getting out of the bunker”...this led to a bad “triple bogey” and loss of hole. Then Ted took advantage of the momentum shift in this match and he took the 9th hole with an easy par. Curtis struggled and could only take a deep breath and hoped to somehow change the flow of this match. Going into hole #10, Curtis pulled off a nice par to tie Ted. But hole #11 Par 3 turned against Curtis when he “shanked” two balls in succession to the right, and he had to tee it up for the third time before he got a ball up to the green. Ted even had some difficulties on this hole with a an uncharacteristic “double bogey”…but Curtis had already dug his grave on this hole by scoring the dreaded “8” snowman, Ted had only a smile on his face.. This seemed to rattle Curtis and on the next hole he ended up taking another double bogey which allowed Ted to take the match to 4 UP. Curtis realized that his chances at turning this match around was dimming fast… and the harder he tried to win a hole the more golf blunders came out of his golf bag. Finally on hole #14, Ted accentuated his day by making a solid “birdie” putt to end Curtis’ day and punched his way to grab the ticket for the Championship Finals.
In the media interview tent Ted said: “Curtis had me worried for the first several holes, as he kept matching my solid play. Even on that tough #4 hole (par 4) , I believe the number 2 handicap hole, Curtis shot an incredible wood shot to the green that gave him a birdie look. I was concerned because if he kept playing like that, I’d have some tough work to handle. Fortunately, Curtis couldn’t maintain those high level shots, and thus I was able to navigate my way to the win. Curtis gave it a try, and to me the harder he tried, the tougher it got for him….but I’m so happy to overcome and make it to the Championship Finals. Curtis Chan explained, “Ted is a great golfer…I know his game as I’ve played with him more times than what I truly would admit…he is very steady and doesn’t make too many golf mistakes. Today I was able to hang with him for a bit, but he went to another level, and left me in the dust. I couldn’t elevate my game to match his “golf greatness.” I think by the end of the day he posted a 73 for the day…that’s great golf, especially here at Arrowood… and I only wish him the best as he moves on into the Finals.”
DISCLAIMER these “media reports” are purely for information and entertainment value…there is no intent to “demean or put down” anyone’s golf game or character.
Recap Event 12 – Players arrived early to Arrowood GC as our first tee time group went off at 7:30a. The course was in fantastic shape as the greens were true, smooth, and plush. A command of “course management skills” and short game skills is of utmost importance for today’s challenge. Hitting into the rough and lateral hazard areas can add stokes quickly to one’s score. Several players came out with their “A” games and displayed golf skills which allowed them to post low scores and gain “Semi Finals Points” and to continue their playoff post season run.
In our “Flight C” – Geoff Baynes took 1st place honors as well as overall LOW NET “63” honors to add 410 points to his post season playoff totals. Geoff jumped FIVE spots upwards and now is in 2nd position in the “Player’s Cup” division with only 1 event left. In Flight “A”- Alan Hoekstra earned 400 points by earning 1st place honors in Gross play as well as wining a skin and low front 9 honors. Alan now sits in the 1st Place seeded position of the “Player’s Cup” bracket. In “Flight B”, John Casey proved he’s got an “A” game and posted a low gross 88, to add points to his season totals. Several players are still within striking distance and so it’s going to be a shootout to the end.
But the heated battles today turned up within the “Match Play” Player’s Cup battles. Some of the matches ended up going to the last 18th hole to determine a winner. In the end, players added more points to their totals. Remember, your total points of “Seacoast Event Points” will be converted at the end to “Seacoast Event Raffle” tickets which are good for drawings for : golf equipment, golf attire, golf outings, etc. So don’t forget to look at the remainder of events calendar and be ready to cash in your points.
2024 Seacoast Cup Championship Finalists
Congratulations to you both !…You’ve both made it to the finals !
Best Dressed for Golf / Go Padres !!!
John Estill
Our “Post Season” playoffs are in full order. Event 13 is going to be our TOP 2 “Finalist” of our Championship playoffs, and with our “Playoff Season” format, anyone who didn’t make it into the TOP 4 will still compete in the “Players Cup Division“. We will be at The Crossings at Carlsbad GC in less than 2 weeks, Friday, October 18, 2024. Our playoff season has 2 events each month so study the schedule and points distribution carefully as it is posted below. If you have any questions, please call or email Curtis Chan.
Our golf season has transitioned into our ” Seacoast Cup – Playoff Season” and this is the time when players must activate their best golf game skills to make it deep into the playoffs. The competition is fierce and every point counts. If you are not familiar with how our playoff season works, please study the calendar below so you can understand how you can make it into the playoffs and perhaps be a candidate to hoist the trophy this year.
Scott Crockett
Our current 2023 Champion
How to earn “Playoff Points” – our same format will be played with Low Gross / Low Net with all remaining events. The added feature to the playoffs is that each player will be matched up in “MATCH PLAY” to earn extra playoff points. For Rounds 1 and Round 2, ALL players are able to participate to earn “Championship Points” that will be added to player’s season totals. It is only when we get to the 3rd round of our playoffs, will the CUT line be established. Those players who have sufficient points will to to the next round in the “Championship Bracket.” All other players will continue to compete, but will compete in the “Player’s Brackets.”
Here’s the calendar of events for this year so you can plan accordingly.
USGA / GHIN – Membership Responsibilities “POSTING GOLF SCORES” – It is very important for all of us to have a good understanding of “golf handicap” and your “golf index” profile. One of the elements of golf is the “integrity” of each player taking personal responsibility to post all qualified golf scores within 24 hours of date of play. Your golf index is calculated daily and it is important to keep your golf profile as current as possible. Failure to keep it current and NOT POSTING on a timely basis may be grounds for “penalty rounds” to be assessed. If you have any difficulty or don’t completely understand the process, please visit the USGA learning center that explains via video all the info you need to know about “golf handicapping”
Player’s profiles and golf rounds are all subject be audited by the golf committee. All players are required to “POST” their golf grounds ASAP as index ratings are calculated daily. Please use Ghin.Com / or phone app to post your scores.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact
Curtis at email: CurtisChanDDS@gmail.com or Ted Clinite (handicap chairperson) email: tclinite@gmail.com
Next Event – Friday, October 18, 2024 – The Crossings at Carlsbad GC, Carlsbad, CA 7:30a start $115 per player includes shared / cart
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