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October2012

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THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LEFT-HANDED GOLFERS

NatioNal ChampioNship ComiNg to New Jersey iN 2013!

The NALG Board of Directors has selected Atlantic City, New Jersey as the site for the2013 National Championship.

The dates for the golf tournament are Monday, June 17 through Thursday, June 20, 2013.The host course is Ballamor Golf Club, just outside of Atlantic City. Ballamor hasconsistently been rated as one of the finest public courses in New Jersey.

The host hotel is The Tropicana Casino & Hotel. The “Trop” has offered a group rate of$65 a night from Sunday, June 16 to Wednesday June 19. Lefties wishing to stay at the hotelon Thursday night, June 20, will receive the $65 rate (these rates exclude local taxes).

The host organization for this tournament isThe Jersey Lefties.Key website links are as follows:

www.ballamor.com

www.tropicana.net

http://jersevlefties.webstarts.com/index.html

For the Trop, Please call (800) 247-8767 and askfor code HNALG for a reservation, or ifyou have any questions.

A Welcome Reception at the Trop is planned for the evening of Sunday June 16, 2013,with a Deli-Style Lunch Buffet planned for the Awards Luncheon at Ballamor onThursday, June 20, 2013.

In addition, a variety of spouse functions are planned: a Monday morning Spouse Breakfastat The Trop, visits to the historic villages of Cape May, NJ and Smithville, NJ, a day on theboardwalk and beautiful beach of Atlantic City, shopping at a multitude oflocal outlets, a visit to the new billion dollar casino called Revel, with other items still in theplanning stage.

According to The Jersey Lefties, late June in Atlantic City, NJ is sun, fun, thebeach, great golf, casinos, and a lot of other activities. Join us!

More details will be made available, including cost, in the very near future. The JerseyLefties aim to keep the price as reasonable as possible, and in line with previouschampionships.

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2013 James CUp ChalleNge

NALG Members are invited to join us Presidents’ Day Weekend February 16-18 (Saturday through Monday) for the Annual Battle in the Desert. This is the ideal time for a high season trip to the desert to enjoy great weather, golf and the many activities available in the Coachella Valley.

We have selected a new venue for the matches, the picturesque Escena Golf Club in Palm Springs. The Escena Golf Club is an outstanding Jack Nicklaus Design course with vistas of the Coachella Valley and San Jacinto Mountains. The course was redesigned in 2009. In 2010 it was rated number 6 of the top 10 public courses in California. Escena has a good mix of water hazards, bunkers and wide manicured fairways with no houses or roads on or through the golf course. Five sets of tees ranging from 7173 to 5541 yards makes it an enjoyable challenge for golfers at all levels of the game. The 18th hole finishes over water and can be viewed from the shaded Club House patio. We invite you to visit the Escena Golf Club Website www.escenagolf.com where you’ll find a gallery of pictures of the golf course.

The format will be 3 days of Match Play: Best Shot (a combination scramble and alternate shot developed for the JCC), Four Ball and Singles. Teams will be made up geographically of players from the North and South.

The players package entry fee of $385.00 includes: 3 rounds of golf with cart, range balls, closest to pin at all par 3’s each day, welcome reception, player’s dinner and awards luncheon, Golf Shop merchandise credit and a special rate for practice rounds. Guests are invited to attend all social functions.

By popular demand we are planning on another special evening of entertainment for the players and their guest at The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies. In addition to the Follies there will be plenty to do off the course for players and guests alike: Guest Golf, Downtown Palm Springs Village Fest Thursday evenings 6-10pm, Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, Palm Springs Desert and Air Museums, Shopping, Great Restaurants, Casinos and the famous Palm Desert Flea Market.

With plenty of warm sunshine and blue skies as lefties battle it out for three days of team match play, it just doesn’t get any better. What a great way to start the annual Lefty quest for Fairways and Greens. We hope to see you in February.

Lefties who are interested in participating are invited to contact Wally Coffman by phone or email: 925-699-6942 or [email protected].

Submitted by,

James Cup Committee

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2013 James CUp iNterNatioNal

A 2013 JCI may be possible thanks to our friend and JCI colleague Jan Johansson. Jan and Anette Ternstedt have provided us with two proposals to stage the event in Belek, Turkey. The Matches are scheduled for the week prior to the WALG Championship which is set for September 7-14. To move ahead with the Matches a minimum of 12 players per team is required.

The JCI will either be hosted by the Five Star Cornelia Diamond Golf Resort and Spa or the Five Star Sirene Belek Golf Hotel. The course for the Matches at the Cornelia Resort will be the Faldo Course and for the Sirene Hotel the PGA Sultan Course.

There has been a changing of the guard at the JCI. Once dominated by the U.S. the International Team has taken charge with two straight victories 2010 and 2012. The U.S. Players will have their work cut out for them in their quest to reclaim the cup following the disheartening 59½ to 60½ loss in Scotland.

We are pleased with the parity of the Matches. Both the 2010 and 2012 the Championships were decided by the final Singles Match. We look forward to more exciting finishes in the future.

If you are interested in participating in the James Cup Events and would like to be added to the email list please contact us by emailing at: [email protected]. We are blessed as lefty golfers. When it comes to competitions and camaraderie we have it all: State, Regional, National and World. Take advantage and support Lefty Golf to preserve its unique spirit and tradition for future generations.

Submitted by,

James Cup Committee

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2012 oregon left-handed state tournamentJuly 14-15, 2012

We have a new Champion this year, Ethan Glaser, who shot 78 and 75 for a 153 to win by 6 strokes. Congratulations Ethan! For the most part the weather was much better this year with only a little mist on Sunday morning. The course was in great shape as always. Next year’s tournament will be run by John Hodecker in Redmond, Oregon at the Juniper Golf Course the weekend of July 20 & 21. This will be John’s last year running the tournament, so come on out and send him off with a great turnout. Here are the results: Open DivisionEthan Glaser 78-75--153 First Place Low Gross and overall ChampionPat Regan 82-76--158Lane Hawkinson 76-83--159 Senior Division.Will Curley 82-77--159 First Place low GrossMarv Seelye 83-87--170 Second Place low GrossThomas Anderson 87-84--171Ron Griffin 87-86--173 First Place Low Net with a 129Jay Mackie 86-92--178Steve Melnichuk 94-87--181John Herring 91-91--182Bob McAlinden 96-91--187Chet Harrington 98-96--194Steve Strable 100-94--194John Hodecker 99-97--196 Second Place Low Net with a 146Dale Travis 91-withdrew ( hope you’re feeling better, Dale )

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Latimore, Tim

Gerde, Bob

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Follick, John


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Minnesota Left Handed Golfers TournamentRiver Oaks Golf Course, Cottage Grove, MN

July 21-22, 2012

Championship 1st Travis Peterson 1462nd Chris Larson 1473rd Ross Kvittem 1533rd Ralph Johnson 1535th Gunnar Goodmanson 157

1st Flight

1st Ken Metcalf 1592nd Jan Karlstrand 1623rd Mike Hoppe 1644th Mike Bloberger 1665th Neil McGill 171

2nd Flight

1st Dave Johnson 1742nd Jim Nelson 1752nd Mike Bjerke 1754th Dean Koosman 1835th Todd Hanson 184

Senior

1st Bob Veilleux 1672nd Bob Hobson 168


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Frank Hunter with5-time championBrodie Baker


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Open Division Super Senior DivisionMcConnell, Mark 78 80 158 1st Carter, John 77 80 157 1stYurasovich, Robert 78 81 159 2nd Gnagy, Max 81 84 165 2ndCaulfield, Mike 83 78 161 3rd Heasley, Bill 88 98 186 3rdAnderson, Randy 79 82 161 4th Hammond, Jack 99 88 187 4thHazen, Blake 81 81 162 Hinchman, Hank 89 98 187Brecht, Ed 81 87 168 Wall, Ed 94 93 187Bowles, Chad 84 88 172 Deters, John 97 101 198Clinkenbeard, Joe 84 88 172 Joyce, Robert 109 113 222Wolf, Bob 89 87 176 8/18 CTP Jack HammondStill, Jim 96 81 177 8/19 CTP John DetersMellendorf, Dave 107 113 220Serra, Joe 100 WD8/19 CTP Bob Wolf

Seniors Champion Flight Seniors First FlightRuhs, Jack 81 79 160 1st Witkowski, Gary 93 86 179 1stHomovec, Dick 85 81 166 2nd Yakey, Milt 93 86 179 2ndJongleux, Dave 82 85 167 3rd Swanson, Ralph 93 90 183 3rdNewman, Mark 86 83 169 4th Mesenbrink, Messy 93 94 187 4thWelch, Al 84 87 171 Clark, Jerry 93 96 189Brinker, Dennis 86 88 174 Hanselman, Jay 96 93 189Wood, Ron 86 89 175 Kennedy, John 97 92 189Martinez, Mike 90 88 178 Klinger, Lou 93 99 192Hill, Cindy 92 92 184 Moore, Scott 96 101 197Zielinski, Dave 89 97 186 Bowles, Thom 102 97 199Zuzga, Cornell 91 96 187 Wood, John 107 103 210Schipansky, Ron 91 103 194 8/18 CTP Thom Bowles

8/19 CTP Cornell Zuzga



8/19 CTP Cornell Zuzga



8/19 CTP Cornell ZuzgaOpen - Mark McConnell (1st), Bob Wolf, Mike Caulfield (3rd)

Super Seniors - Jack Hammond (4th), Bill Heasley (3rd), John Carter (1st), Max Gnagy (2nd) with Bob Wolf, MALG President

Open Division Champions - Robert Yurasovich (2nd), Mark McConnell (1st) and Randy Anderson (4th)

Senior Champions -Mark Newman (4th),Dave Jongleux (3rd),with BobWolf, MALG President

Senior - Bob presents Senior Champion Trophy toJack Ruhs of Florida


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2012 Lefty-Righty - Champions Scott Lipka (L) and Tony Hall (R)

2012 Lefty-Righty - First Flight runners-up Terry Martin (L) and

Christopher Martin (R)

2012 Lefty-RightyChampionship Flight runners-up - Brad Pryce (L) and Robbie Venable (R)

2012 Lefty-RightyFirst Flight winners

Hugh Kinsey (L) andPhil Meadows (R)


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55th Western States Team Championship Hosted by: Norcal Lefties

FINAL RESULTS

LOW GROSS CHAMPION J. Dalton / S. Mraule 61-62-61---184 69-69-68---206

LOW NET CHAMPION K. Ludba / K. Nelson 64-63-64---191 73-75-73---221 Phil Mickelson Flight LOW GROSS FLIGHT M. Avelar / J. Mason 72-66-67---205 76-71-73---220 Net Rank Net Scores Gross Scores 1 P. Brown / G. Opinski 66-69-63---198 79-82-77---238 2 R. Rodriguez / M. Dunn 65-65-71---201 75-78-82---235 3 V. Frediani / R. Manship 66-69-67---202 80-85-82---247 4 F. Hunter / E. Froese 72-65-67---204 77-71-73---221 5 C. Pearson / D. McCall 69-67-68---204 81-79-80---240 6 M. OBrien / D. Sharrock 69-71-67---207 81-83-79---243 7 L. Raffo / J. DeVos 68-67-74---209 84-84-91---259 8 D. Bruneau / W. Curley 74-69-70---213 81-81-78---240 9 T. Billstrom / V. Dodson 70-82-67---219 82-95-80---257

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FINAL RESULTS




Low Net ChampionsLow Gross Champions


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FINAL RESULTS Bubba Watson Flight LOW GROSS FLIGHT T. Martin / J. Holmes 69-65-61---195 85-82-79---246 Net Gross Rank Net Scores Rank Gross Scores 1 R. Monroe / T. Byrd 61-66-65---192 79-87-78---244 2 M. Hankin / L. Hankin 65-61-66---192 79-80-75---234 3 L. Toscano / K. Norgard 65-61-72---198 78-80-81---239 4 R. Campos / F. Holmes 68-65-66---199 83-82-82---247 5 R. Griffin / T. Milne 71-67-62---200 86-87-81---254 6 E. Welch / R. Snyder 69-62-69---200 85-82-80---247 7 M. Kritscher / L. Magelitz 70-67-67---204 91-93-86---270 8 J. Eberle / J. McNeal 75-60-69---204 90-83-81---254 9 W. Murphy / P. Cocconi 65-70-74---209 88-95-98---281 10 B. Berray / E. Barnett 71-68-75---214 93-93-99---285 11 R. Shuteroff / S. O'Connor 72-74-73---219 84-88-87---259



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2013 WALG CHAMPIONSHIP

The 22nd WALG Championship is set for September 7-14, 2013. The 5 Star Cornelia Diamond Golf Resort & Spa in Belek, Turkey will host the event. The Cornelia Resort is an “All Inclusive Concept”. For Resort information visit: www.corneliadiamondantalya.com.

The courses selected for the Championship are the Faldo, Nobilis, Tat and Carya. The four rounds will be played September 9, 10, 12 and 13. Wednesday the 11th is the traditional off day when players can unwind or visit the historical sites. During the week of the Championship, guests and players will have the opportunity to enjoy full and half day excursions of this diverse country where east meets west For planning purposes, the arrival location in Turkey is the City of Antalya on the Mediterranean Coast. Belek is 30 minute drive from the Antalya International Airport. All transfers: Airport, Hotel and Courses are a part of the “All Inclusive” at the Cornelia Resort.

2013 WALG information is now available at the Golf2Belek website: www.golf2belek.se. Just click on the WALG 2013 link on the home page.

U.S. and Canadian citizens are required to obtain a visa to enter Turkey.

In closing, many thanks go to 2013 WALG President, Jan Johansson and Anette Ternstedt for their efforts and enthusiasm to make the 2013 WALG Championship possible. Submitted by,

Wally Mattson United States Rep to WALG

2013 WALG CHAMPIONSHIP

The 22nd WALG Championship is set for September 7-14, 2013. The 5 Star Cornelia Diamond Golf Resort & Spa in Belek, Turkey will host the event. The Cornelia Resort is an “All Inclusive Concept”. For Resort information visit: www.corneliadiamondantalya.com.

The courses selected for the Championship are the Faldo, Nobilis, Tat and Carya. The four rounds will be played September 9, 10, 12 and 13. Wednesday the 11th is the traditional off day when players can unwind or visit the historical sites. During the week of the Championship, guests and players will have the opportunity to enjoy full and half day excursions of this diverse country where east meets west For planning purposes, the arrival location in Turkey is the City of Antalya on the Mediterranean Coast. Belek is 30 minute drive from the Antalya International Airport. All transfers: Airport, Hotel and Courses are a part of the “All Inclusive” at the Cornelia Resort.

2013 WALG information is now available at the Golf2Belek website: www.golf2belek.se. Just click on the WALG 2013 link on the home page.

U.S. and Canadian citizens are required to obtain a visa to enter Turkey.

In closing, many thanks go to 2013 WALG President, Jan Johansson and Anette Ternstedt for their efforts and enthusiasm to make the 2013 WALG Championship possible. Submitted by,

Wally Mattson United States Rep to WALG

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• February16-18,2013JamesCupChallenge–EscenaGolfClub,PalmSprings,CA.Articleinthisnewsletter.ContactWallyCoffmanat925-699-6942orpresident@jamescup.orgfordetails.

• June17-20,2013NALGNationalChampionship–BallamorGolfClub,AtlanticCity,NJ.HosthotelistheTropicanaCasino&Hotel,ontheBoardwalk.SeearticleonfrontpageandstaytunedtotheNALGwebsiteforfurtherdetails:www.nalg.org.

• July20-21,2013OregonLeftiesStateTournament–JuniperGolfCourse,Redmond,OR.ContactJohnHodeckerat541-548-2835formoredetails.

• July20-21,2013CarolinasLeftyandLefty-PartnerTournament–SaponaRidgeCountryClub(formerlySaponaCountryClub),Lexington,NC.ContactFrankHunterfordetailsat336-956-6868orrobhunter@lexcominc.net.

• September4-7,2013JamesCupInternational–Belek,Turkey.Seearticleinthisnewsletterformoreinformationorcontactjcevents@att.net.

• September4-7,201350thNationalLefty-RightyAmateurGolfTournament,CedarRockCountryClub,Lenoir,NC.ContactTerryMartinat828-754-4007forfurtherdetails.

• September8-14,2013WorldAssn.ofLeft-HandedGolfersChampionship–CorneliaDiamondGolfResort&Spa,Belek,Turkey.Furtherinformationincludedinthearticleinthisnewsletterandonthewebsite:www.golf2belek.se(justclickontheWALG2013linkonthehomepage).

TOURNAmENT ScHEdULE

ARTICLESFORNEWSLETTERS ~ Request articles for next newsletter to be submitted to Jim Bradley at [email protected] or Margaret Hunter at [email protected].

“EMAIL INSTEAD OF SNAIL MAIL – The NALG Board of Directors decided at its Annual Meeting in May to discontinue the printing and mailing of the quarterly newsletter, effective following the October 2012 issue. Henceforth it will be sent to you via email, or you may find it on the NALG website: www.nalg.org <http://www.nalg.org> , under the “News” heading. The newsletter issue dates will remain the same: January, April, October, and October. If you do not receive your emailed copy of the newsletter within the first 10 days of these months, please contact Margaret Hunter at [email protected].”

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SOUTHPAW October NEWSLETTER - NALG Newsletter - 10-2012.pdfNEWSLETTER October 2012 ... 3rd Ralph Johnson 153 5th Gunnar Goodmanson 157 1st Flight ... Bowles, Chad 84 88 172 Deters,