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 SCHULENBURG
FESTIVAL GOLF CLASSIC
The 8th Annual Schulenburg
Festival Golf Classic will be held on Friday, August 1st at the Weimar Golf
Course with a tee time of 8:00 a.m..
The format will once again be
a 4-person scramble, and will follow the new system of forming teams that we
implemented last year. Players will be able to form their own team,
regardless of each players handicap. At the completion of play, teams will
then be “flighted”.
“There were a number of
factors that led to making this change,” says tournament director Mike Olle.
“#1, the Festival tournament
has always been about golfers getting to play with friends, former
classmates, etc.”
“#2, pairing up teams evenly
(A, B, C, D golfers) is extremely difficult” Olle added. “Unfortunately on a
couple of occasions, we’ve had golfers come in that we didn’t know, took
their word on their handicaps, then had them blow away the field.”
“#3, inevitably when you
think you have the teams drawn evenly, one or two don’t show up that
morning, then you’re scrambling, trying to fill in the holes and still keep
it even” Olle said.
“The tournament has never
been about someone having a chance to win a huge cash prize,” said Olle.
“It’s been about having FUN, playing with friends, and raising money for
worthwhile causes. So if you’re in it to win big money, this tournament is
not for you.”
The tournament is limited to
72 players or 18 4-person teams. This way, play moves along at a better
pace.
So for those golfers who
didn’t play last year, here’s how it works. Let’s say we have 18 teams. All
teams will play their 18 holes and bring their scorecards into the clubhouse
to be “flighted”. The very best score of the day (lowest score) will be the
#1 team. The second best score will be the #2 team and so forth, until we
have teams from #1 through #18.
There will be three flights
with six teams in each flight. So the #1 team will win the 1st Flight and
the #2 team will be 2nd in that flight. The #7 team will win the 2nd Flight
with the #8 team placing 2nd. Then the #13 team will win the 3rd Flight and
the #14 team will take 2nd in the last flight. Any ties will be broken by a
scorecard playoff from hole #18 back.
The “luck of the draw”
definitely comes into play. The #12 team will then wish they played a little
worse somewhere along the way.
“This way, friends can team
up and know they’ll play together regardless of what their handicaps are,”
Olle said. “If four “A” golfers want to play together, fine. They’ll be
shooting for the very best score of the day. But an ‘average’ team can just
play the best they can and hope they fall into one of the ‘winning’ slots.”
The “Bohemian Open” held in
Flatonia each year has been very successful using this scramble format.
If you do not have a 4-person
team, we’ll take your name and put you on a team that may also be looking
for players. “I would advise everyone to sign up as soon as possible as the
first 72 golfers who sign up will be entered,” Olle said.
The entry fee will once again
be $50.00 per player which includes one mulligan, which also gets you
another entry for door prize drawings.
Cart rentals are handled
directly through the Weimar Golf Course. Players who have carts are
“strongly encouraged” to bring them to Weimar as rental carts can sometimes
run short.
Cash and prizes will be
awarded to the 1st and 2nd Place teams in each of the three flights. There
will also be prizes for Longest Drive, Most Accurate Drive, Closest to the
Pin and Longest Putt Made. There will also be an optional Skins Game.
There will be pigs, kolaches
and donuts served in the morning and hamburgers, courtesy of Smith Dairy
Queens served for lunch, along with liquid refreshments as long as they
last.
“The Festival Golf Classic
has raised over $28,000 in our first seven tournaments, thanks in large part
to the tremendous support of area businesses who sponsor tee boxes, greens,
and donate some wonderful door prizes,” Olle added. “As with all Festival
monies raised, proceeds go toward scholarships, charitable causes and civic
projects in the community.”
To enter, call Mike Olle at
979-561-6157 and leave a voice message if Mike doesn’t answer, or you can
send an e-mail to
bubbao@cmaaccess.com .
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