1. Welcome to the 2013 MSGA Annual Meeting!

2. Our Mission
The mission of the Maine
State Golf Association is to
represent, promote and serve
the best interest of amateur golf
in Maine.
The MSGA, an association
of member clubs and their
players, accomplishes this
mission through services
including:
• Scholarships
• GHIN
Handicapping
• Golf Education
• Junior Golf
• Tournaments
• Course Ratings

3. •Jane Gildart, Administrative Assistant
•Nancy Storey, Executive Director
•Don Doyon, Director of Member Services
•Randy Hodsdon, Director of Rules &
Competition
•Michael Doran, Director of Player
Development & Tournament Administration
•Emily Bouchard, Junior/Senior Golf Director
•Zach Golojuch, Connor Burfiend & Ned
Gribbin, USGA PJ Boatwright Interns

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63rd Anniversary of Scholarship Fund
Awarded 12 scholarships for 2013-2014
school year for $1,500 each – a total
commitment of $72,000!
Thanks to all who have given to the
Scholarship Fund either through
memorial, cash or prize voucher
donations!
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6. This year’s recipients…

7. Sam Grindle
Spencer LaPierre
Kyle Bickford
Thomas Murray
Peter Carley
Colton Davis
Todd Hillier
Joshua Bailey
Edward Socker
Tyler McDevitt
Brad Myers

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Have instituted minimum performance
criteria for students on scholarship, who
intend to renew their scholarships. They
must:
 Maintain a 1.8 or better average their first
year,
 a 2.0 or better average their sophomore
year
 and a 2.5 or better average for their final
two years.

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Club licensing has become an integral
part of the handicap system
All clubs in Maine need recertification
for the 2012-2016 cycle
On-line seminars are available for
anyone interested in becoming licensed
and we will be hosting at least one
seminar this fall – watch the web site
for more information!
Everyone at the MSGA can answer
most GHIN questions – and if they
don’t have the answer, they’ll forward
you to someone who does!
From the USGA’s web site
at www.usga.org

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In accordance with the Rules of
Handicapping, the MSGA has
developed its own review process
for all players competing in MSGA
events. We have developed a system
whereby players who meet the
following criteria will be
automatically reviewed :

12. Review Criteria:
 Score a net differential of three shots or
more under the Course Rating for any
given MSGA tournament;
 Play to their handicap or better (equal or
less than the course rating) in 25 percent or
more of MSGA events; and/or
 Play well enough to consistently place in
the gross or net prize money in any
individual flight, with “consistently” being
defined as 25 percent or more of the time.

14. •Special
thanks to Jim O’Mara of Charles
River Country Club who came up in April to
conduct a one-day advanced rules class for
MSGA volunteers and Maine PGA
professionals.
•The class was the first joint event ever
offered by the MSGA and the Maine Chapter
of the PGA. We look forward to doing more
in the future!

15. •Special
thanks to Jim O’Mara of Charles
River Country Club who came up in April to
conduct a one-day advanced rules class for
MSGA volunteers and Maine PGA
professionals.
•The class was the first joint event ever
offered by the MSGA and the Maine Chapter
of the PGA. We look forward to doing more
in the future!

17. •This
Year’s Maine Junior Golf Tour
featured:
–17
Days of Tournament Golf, six of which were
joint Junior/Senior tournaments
–The Kit Bartlett Memorial at Belgrade Lakes
–The TK Memorial Maine PGA Pro-Junior
–The Maine Junior Championship
–Maine finishing third in the New England
Junior Invitational Championship

18. The MSGA was very
fortunate this year to
welcome Emily
Bouchard, the threetime defending Maine
Women’s Amateur
Champion (shown here
with MWA Junior
Champ Monica Austin),
as our Director of
Junior/Senior Golf.
Way to go Emily!!!

19. cPort FCU tournament at Riverside to
benefit The First Tee of Maine

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TK Memorial Maine PGA Pro
Junior Championship at Val Halla
We were very fortunate to be able to work
with the Maine Chapter of the NEPGA to host
the Maine Pro-Junior Championship in
conjunction with the Scholarship Banquet
immediately prior to the start of the Maine
Junior Championship. Thanks to Brian Bickford
and Tony Decker for making this happen!

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Next year, we will be adding York’s
Bracy tournament to our schedule
Are there other junior playing
opportunities on which we can
work collaboratively?

22. •Mike
Doran has been working to promote the Player
Representative Program to help encourage more
participation at the club level.
•Benefits to having a player rep:
• MSGA has direct contact to promote events
• Players receive a $5 discount on MSGA
membership dues when joining through the
player rep
• More players are encouraged to play
• The players have a greater influence on MSGA
policy (i.e. playing from different tees)

23. •Ask
a friend to join the MSGA
• For the remainder of 2013,
when a new member joins the
MSGA, the membership will
also be good for the entire 2014
season, start to finish
• Now is a great time to ask a
friend to join!

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More than 140 days of MSGA tournament play
including Weekend, Mid-Week, Juniors & Seniors
3 New England Events, 1 USGA Qualifier
Helped with the Maine Women’s Amateur
Conducted the Maine Collegiate Championship
Officiated at College League Championships
Thanks to David Colt for photography at the Open, Am and Junior championships.

26. Special thanks go out to Augusta Country Club for not only
hosting the Maine Amateur and Charlie’s Maine Open
tournaments but also for Mid-Week, Senior and Weekend events

27. Winning his second Open tournament of the summer below is our
2013 Champion Evan Harmeling, who donated all of his winning
from his first championship, the Mass Open to the victims of
the Boston Marathon bombings. Class act!

28. • New events this year:
• Pop Erswell Memorial in May
• MSGA County Tour in June
• Dave Richardson Memorial in July
• Downeast Tour in October
• Expanded Mid-Week Specials
• Next year we will have some
combined Junior/Senior/Weekend
events in the Central Division

29. And we also tried:
• Two-Tee tournaments
• Tested first at Fox Ridge
• Also tested at Sunday River
• Feedback was great – and the
continuation of the process will
be discussed by the
Tournament Committee this fall

30. • More than $200,000 will go back
to our Member Clubs in User fees
• Another $150,000 will be given in
prize money, which also is
redeemable at our Member Clubs
• These numbers represent more
than 40% of revenue raised by
the MSGA this year.

31. Rules officials :
INTERESTED IN
Dr. Leon Buck
BECOMING A RULES
Dave Child
OFFICIAL FOR THE MSGA?
Marty Crowe
We are always looking for qualified
Moe Gallant
Rocko Graziano
rules officials. If interested,
Peter Greenwood
please contact Randy Hodsdon
Bob Lowden
for more information!
Michael Pearce
The USGA will be hosting a
Mike Ryan
seminar in March in Boston
Mike Singleton
Rick Swanson
with two GREAT teachers
Charlie Swett

32. These individuals give up
their free time to help us in
our mission of promoting
amateur golf. We truly
couldn’t conduct our
tournaments without you!
 Teddy Doyon
If you’re interested in
becoming a volunteer,
we welcome you at
whatever level you feel
comfortable!
 Eric Clemons
 John Johnstone
 Charlotte Cole
 Charlie Sparrow
 Pete Johnson

34. All golf courses are NOT created
equal
 Course ratings allow a handicap
INDEX to be converted to a
COURSE handicap
 Rating all the different tees
allows for such initiatives as TEE
IT FORWARD
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35. Course must be rerated every 10
years or every five years for first
10 years
 Rating teams are made of
volunteers who must attend
USGA course rating seminar
 Ratings are objective process set
forth by USGA guidelines, but
still primarily based upon length
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Every golf course has both a COURSE and a
SLOPE rating
 Course rating
is the difficulty of the golf course for
the scratch golfer
 Slope
rating is the difficulty of the golf course for
the BOGEY golfer as compared to the SCRATCH
golfer
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Every set of tees at every golf course has a
TARGET score, which is the COURSE
RATING plus your COURSE HANDICAP
Target scores are used in determining
handicap adjustments for different tees

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John Johnston
James Johnston
Tom Kus
Jim Semple
Jim Macklin
Wayne Newbegin
Bob Farthing
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Romeo Laberge
Charlie Laflamme
Allen Patterson
Paul Descoteaux
Harvey Peterson
Larry Quinn
Interested in becoming a
course rater? Email don@mesga.org!

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National School Program introduces golf to elementary
school children statewide
The First Tee offers programs across the state where
programs are most needed
The MSGA Junior Tour offers an introduction to
competitive golf at reasonable rates
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE!
The First
Tee Maine
Program at
Val Halla

43. CONGRATULATIONS
TO TFT EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR RON
BIBEAU (shown here
with wife Julie) FOR
BEING SELECTED AS
THE 2013 PGA JUNIOR
GOLF LEADER OF THE
YEAR FOR THE NEW
ENGLAND PGA!

44. MSGA has taken over the MGF as a
standing committee of the MSGA

45. 
The Maine Golf Foundation
Committee :
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Brings together golf organizations
throughout the state physically, in the
Maine Golf House and houses the MSGA,
the SMWGA, the First Tee of Maine and
the Maine Golf Course Superintendents
as well as providing meeting space for
other golf organizations

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The Maine Golf Foundation
Committee :
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Promotes golf and its life-enhancing
values throughout the state by:
 Honoring the game,
 Sustaining the game,
 Growing the game.

48. A
Strategic Planning
Committee of the MSGA
has been formed to look
into long range planning,
develop a new mission
statement and look at our
future direction

49.  We
have put together a
diverse and talented
committee to get as many
individuals and groups
involved in golf in Maine
involved to see how to
best work together for golf

50.  We
want to make sure
our mission is
pertinent, vital and
sustainable in growing
golf in Maine.

51. How can YOU help with our
future plans?
 BUY A BRICK!
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See Nancy for more information

52. SPECIAL THANKS to those who
have given to start us on our way

53. MSGA 2013 Sponsors
The title sponsor of the Maine Open was once
again Charlie Shuman of Charlie’s Motor Mall
Steve Shuman, son
of Charlie Shuman,
presents this
year’s Charlie’s
Maine Open
Amateur Division
trophy to winner
and fellow Augusta
member Tom Bean

54. MSGA Club Car Senior Tour
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Country Club Enterprises of Maine, who provide
Club Car golf carts to many of our golf courses,
once again this year sponsored our Senior Tour
Many thanks to Darin Eddy and Robby Brown for
their continued support of the MSGA.

55. MSGA Wendy’s Junior Tour
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Wendy’s, which has long supported the MSGA,
continues to sponsor our Junior Tour
This sponsorship helps us to defray the cost of running
the Junior Tour, the only program the MSGA offers that
does not pay for itself.
Prizes for the Maine Junior Championship, were
provided by Golf & Ski Warehouse – thanks to G&SW for
your continued support!

56. MSGA Harris Cup
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Harris Golf, a huge proponent of the MSGA and
Amateur Golf, started the Harris Cup last year,
to encourage more players to compete in the
weekend events.
Harris Cup winners will be determined at the
end of the posting season on October 31.
Nearly $20,000 in prizes will be awarded for
Harris Cup points in the coming month!
There’s still time to win Harris Cup points – are
YOU on the tee sheet?

57. MSGA Prize Give-Away Program

66. Champion
Tom Bean
with
Tournament
Sponsor
Steve
Shuman

68. Congratulations
to all who
participated!

74. From left to right: Brian Bilodeau, Andrew Slattery, Craig
Chapman, Mike O’Brien, Joe Alvarez, Curt Jordan, Mike Doran, Matt
Creenleaf, Jim Van Fleet, Gary Manoogian, Mark Plummer, Jack
Wyman, Ricky Jones and Lowell Watson.

77. For attending the 2013 Meeting of the MSGA!
We look forward to working with you in the future for the
betterment of the Game of Golf!