pro golf [Updated April 2006]

	PGF         23   24               Hopewell
Nate Hoam, OH 2005 Champion 2nd: John Coussis, IL 3rd: Ken Gutermuth, TX 4th: Charles Squibb, PA 5th: Dan Dolan Jr, NJ 6th: Lisa Gutermuth, TX	Event History 1994    Dave Walrath      29 1995    Bruce Reiff      45 1996    Tom Pavy      43 1997    Dave Metzger      65 1998    Kevin Wojtaszczyk      61 1999    John Coussis     71 2000    Adam Gugliemini     74 2001    Dennis Nicholson     72 2002    Terry Coleman     86 2003    Ken Gutermuth     80 2004    Devin Flawd     75 2005    Nate Hoam     54	AREA Ratings: GM: Bruce Monnin
Lancaster makes PGA Tour That's Poor Golfer's Association ... Come to either get all those bad dice rolls out of your system before the rest of the week, or hope to ride your current wave of die roll luck to become the Tiger Woods of the WBC.    The Thursday late night die rolling tradition lives on. This year's event will follow last year's format which shortened the tournament but hopefully increased the drama and intensity. All players will play the first 18 holes on the newly lengthened 2002 Augusta National course, using the long MI tee on hole #12.    All golfers used this year will be from 2003, 2004 and 2005 golfer cards.  That means there will be three Tiger Woods cards in play this year, plus many other golfers fans of the sport may recognize over the the old time legends of the original game.   The four lowest scores will be matched for a skins game final on the first 12 holes of the Lancaster Host Golf Resort (the course found on the grounds of the Lancaster Host, site of the World Boardgaming Championships).     Any ties for determining the four Skins game players will be resolved using a sudden death playoff beginning on the back nine of Pebble Beach.    If the Skins Game is tied after 12 holes, sudden death will be played between the tied players only starting on hole #13 at the Lancaster Host Golf Resort.   ALL players will be required to use courses provided by the GM.   First edition rules will be used, which means we are not using the Trouble or Gambling rules, nor will the roll of doubles allow players to ignore parenthesized negative modifiers to shots as in the second edition.   Even if you don't compete in the tournament or advance past the preliminary round, you might want to hang around to observe the Skins game final. It's played with big foam dice that can be viewed by all in the theater setting of the Hopewell room. A commentator will even be providing a shot by shot account over the PA system. Spectators have more fun than the participants since they don't have the pressure of halving the hole to keep their plaque hopes alive. And last year we had birthday cake!   See http://www.bright.net/~monninb/Pro_Golf_2006.html for more details on this event.
GM      Bruce Monnin  [4th Year]   177 South Lincoln St, Minster, OH 45865-1240      monninb@bright.net   NA