ParBreakers News and Updates

The first Major tournament of the season was held on Saturday at the Northview Golf Club on the Ridge course. With less than ideal weather conditions 48 players took part in the tournament. Rene Cusi shot a round of 87, net 68, and took the “A” division title in a tiebreaker over Doug Hume. For Rene this was his second win in a row putting him on top of the standings for Player of the Year. The “B” division winner was Marissa Fragante taking a 1 shot victory over runner-up Celso Manubay.

Doug Hume led all players for low gross score on the day with his round of 75, including 10 pars and 2 birdies. The winners of the KP’s were Willie Ducay, Robin Perrin, Rudy Alcantara and Kevin Jewell.

Here are the point leaders for this week:

For the complete results of the tournament check out the Weekly Results and Tournament Scorecard, and all the stats through the members stats page.

The Redwoods Golf Club hosted week 2 with 40 players participating in this weeks tournament. The playing conditions were much improved from week 1 and the scores improved as well with 13 players coming in at par or better. In his 2nd tournament since joining the “A” Division, Rene Cusi took the top spot. Rene recorded 10 pars on his round of 87, net 68, to win the division in a tiebreaker over Willie Ducay. In the “B” Division Joni C continued his fine play for the second week in a row and won the title by 1 stroke over Oscar Apacible and Wilson Canupin. Jon shot a round of 87, net 64, with 6 pars for the day.

The KP winners this week were Robin Perrin, Roger Schumann, Rudy Alcantara and Claude.

Next weeks tournament will be our first Major of the year at the Northview Ridge Course, all points are doubled.

Here are the point leaders for this week:

A glove and a 9 iron cover was turned in after the round, if this belongs to anyone let us know.

For the complete results of the tournament check out the Weekly Results and Tournament Scorecard, and all the stats through the members stats page.

The 2009 season began on Saturday at the Northview Golf And Country Club under less than ideal conditions. The cold temperatures along with rain and wind made for a tough day of golf for the 40 member field.

The “A” Division had 16 players entered with GV Fragante coming out on top with a tie-breaker win over Marc Thomas. GV fired off 11 pars on his way to round of 80, net 71, to earn the title and tie for the low round of the day with Robin Perrin.

In the “B” Division 24 players battled it out with Wilson Canupin scoring a 2 shot victory over Joni C. Wilson recorded 4 pars and 1 birdie on his round of 90, net 64.

Here are the point leaders for this week:

This weeks KP winners were Wilson Canupin, Jess Supnet, Joni C and Rene Cusi.

The "Shot of The Day" goes to Marc Thomas for his remarkable tee shot on the par 4 11th hole. Marc smashed his drive a total of 6 inches and was able to put “backspin” on the shot to draw it back another 2 feet behind the tee, a shot that few could (or want) to pull off. This was truly unfortunate for Marc since he ended up in a tie with GV and lost in the tiebreaker.

A glove and a 9 iron cover was turned in after the round, if this belongs to anyone let us know.

For the complete results of the tournament check out the Weekly Results and Tournament Scorecard, and all the stats through the members stats page.

The blog posts for the 2008 season have been moved to Old News.

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To signup for this event use the PAL Tournament signup form. Please indicate which team you would like to qualify for, either the Seniors ( 55 and over ) or the Masters.

Deadline to signup is the end of April

For the 2009 season the weekly flight Schedule/tee times are going to posted and made available to the membership on the Tuesday prior to every tournament. Because of this all members should make sure they have made their confirmations with any requests as soon as possible. Any confirmations made after the flight schedule has been posted will be added to the end of the tee time list.

Keep this is mind when planning your 2009 playing schedule.

We will continue to hold the Match Play event as in the past years. This years event will begin play on April 18th, the 6th week of the 2009 Schedule.

For all new members, you must have a handicap to compete in this event, the first 5 weeks of the season are set aside for you to play and receive a handicap.

To signup for this event go to the Match Play signup form.

During the course of the 2009 season a special “Team Event” will take place. The team events will be played in conjunction with the regular tournament play and will not affect the weekly tournament formats in any way. We will be holding 2 team play events during the season, one on June 6th and the other on July 25th. Each foursome on those particular days will be designated as a team, the first week will be “Lone Ranger”, with the second week “Sucker in the Bucket”.

This year will also see a year long Team Event which will be played from April 4th to Sept. 26th. The teams will be made up of all active members for 2009, with 9 teams selected by the Par Breaker Directors who will be desiginated as the team “captains”. This event will be based on the Stableford System of scoring with each team receiving points each week based on their order of finish. All points will accumulate each week until the end of the season with the top team being declared the Team Winner.

Keep in mind that neither of these Team Events will affect the weekly tournament play, all you have to do is show up and play!

For a complete explanation of the team formats check out Team Events.

The point system used to determine the “Player of the Year” has been revised for the 2009 season to reflect the concerns of the membership. As in previous years the players will be split into 2 divisions, “A” and “B”, with the winner of each division receiving the top points, this has not changed from the other system. However, in the new system the next 8 positions will receive points based on the final net scores regardless of which division they are in. The “Player of the Year” will be determined by the player who has the most points at the conclusion of the season. The points will be awarded as follows:

A tie-breaker will only be used to determine the top spot in each division, all other scores will split the points equally.

All points will be doubled for each Major Tournament.

Membership dues for 2009 are $85.00 for returning members and $90.00 for new members. To apply for a membership print out the Membership application form, fill it in and submit it with your payment. Please submit all cheques to Par Breakers Golf Association c/o Tony Marasigan at 14631 73A Avenue, Surrey B.C. V3S 9G4.