Hunter Men’s Golf Club
George Hunter Memorial Golf Course - Address: 688 Westfield Road, Meriden, CT 06450 - Pro Shop: 203-634-3366
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Hunter Men’s Club, PO Box 2290, Meriden, CT 06450
CLUB NEWS
Local Rules Notes...
(Be sure to check out any special rules prior to start of any Men's Club Event!) 1. If and when we play the ball up (lift, clean & place "through the green"), you will NOT be allowed to improve the ball's lie by moving from rough to fairway. (FYI, USGA rules currently allow improving your lie in this manner. Our local rule overrides the USGA rule.)
- D Murphy, August 15, 2010
HMC By-Laws
What’s Next:
Winter Break
Check out the Hunter Golf Course web sight. Its got a great hole by hole map,
online tee times and other great features.
Hunter Golf Course Link: www.huntergolfclub.com
EMAIL ADDRESSES
If you have not received an email recently and would like to throughout the fall and winter, please send your address to prez@huntermensclub.org.
Send all corrections to the same link noted above. - D Murphy
Updated January 1, 2012
Brett Zimmerman
Current 2011-2012 Hunter Men’s Club Champion
SENIOR NEPL RESULTS
The New England Public Links Golf Association held their Senior Championship at Alling Memorial in New Haven on June 27, 2911.
The host club, Alling Memorial, won the Senior Team championship with a score of (210), Stanley GC finished second (230) followed by Blue Fox Run (237) and Long Hill (239).
Hunter Memorial (Les Zimmerman, Jim Lobb) won the Super Senior team championship (71), Wheeler Part finished second (72) followed by Cranston (75) and Long Hill (75).
Stanley GC won the Legends Division (73) via matching of cards over Tashua Knolls (73) followed by Timberlin (74) and Smith Richardson (75).
Len Caggiano (Alling Memorial) (73) captured the individual Senior title winning the 2nd playoff hole over Stan Papa and Bob Stawicki both from the host club Alling Memorial.
Les Zimmerman (Hunter) (74) captured the Super Senior individual title and Bob Tolomeo (Tashua Knolls) (77) captured the Legends individual title.
Seniors: Paul Tiedemann, Tom Boshuyzen, Paul Bernier, Jerry Morytko,
Legends (in their own mind): Howie Benane, Doug Linder.
Congratulations to all...
Kyle Zimmerman, NEPL Rep
CITY OF MERIDEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS
Congratulations
Les Zimmerman, 9-Time Men’s City Champion
Katie Grobsky, 5-Time (?) Women’s City Champion
!!! THIS IS BIG !!!
We are hosting the
Senior NEPL Championship
@ Hunter on Monday June 25, 2012 !
Qualifier Date to be announced
NEPL ALL-NET / WALTER KANE
In the All-Net Division, Hunter Men’s Club came in 6th out of 13 Teams. Stanley Golf won the event played at Triggs Memorial Golf Course in Providence. The course was in great shape but the wind was howling. Bob Papenguth, Mark St Onge, Joe Zajac, Steve Rowe, Howie Benane and Bill McGinn did pretty good at this Donald Ross designed course.
Dennis Murphy and Doan Nguyen came in second in the President/Tournament Chairman Division. The Prez played poorly, but Doan shot a career low 76 under the tough conditions. He also got the 2nd low gross score in this fun tournament.
My thanks to the record number of players who tried to qualify for this fun event. As a result, we fielded a competitive team. Donald Ross may have got the best of many of us this time, but had we been a little more familiar with the course, we would have taken everything... D Murphy, Prez
Elections Held October 2 @ North Italian Club
The vote was unanimous! We have a new President, Chuck Stupakevich. Congratulations Prez
The VP is Dennis Murphy (replacing Al Glidden who will become Tournament Chairman)
The Secretary-Treasurer is Dan Daly
Mike Buccilli was reaffirmed as Trustee
Bob Stevens replaced Dan Daly as Trustee
Larry Michaud enters the 3rd year of his Trustee term.
The picnic was well attended and everyone had a good time. Thanks to Al Giacco for the great food. Thanks to Bob Stevens for chairing the Nomination Committee. Special thanks to Bob Tiedemann, Hunter Pro, for all his help all year! Thanks to Tom Devaux for a great course in spite of two months of rain.
HMC Members:
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the membership of the Hunter Mens Club for supporting me as Club President for the past 4 years. It has been fun. I hope that you will all extend the same level of support to Chuck as he embarks his first Presidential term. I am continuing on as Vice President (thanks guys), so I will continue to help Chuck in whatever capacity he sees fit. I will likely continue on as webmaster for the HMC site.
I am stepping down because I always intended to serve only 4 years. I believe that we need new blood to keep the club interesting and fun. Yes my back is hurting, my game is worsening and my job takes up too much time, but I have had the time of my life. And I will continue to have fun as VP.
The past four years have been interesting. Membership has gone down due in part to the economy. As a result, we have had to cut back on tournament payouts and donations to the course. We tried to keep the dues level through this period, seeing only a $5 increase this past year (first increase in 12 years?) which also brought with it Hole-in-One Insurance.
We started a program of helping Tom replace the yardage markers, but hit hard times like everything else. I hope to see a reinstatement of the marker replacement in the next year or two.
We replaced the Hunter Flag next to the starter’s shack and built a memorial to the Ace and the King. Thanks to Les for these and maintaining the flower beds around the course.
Just last week, we erected a scoreboard for Bob’s use. The Men’s Club funded the construction materials, while John Thornton and friends provided the labor gratis, thanks John. It looks great. FYI, We are not done with the structure. We still need paint, a back, a railing and stone around the base. In addition, I have commited the Men’s Club to maintaining the structure into the future.
In support of the Pro Shop, over the past 4 years the members of the Men’s Club have generated more than $45,000 in prize fund money. This amounts to about half your annual dues every year. The remainder of you dues money has gone to the CSGA (handicaps), picnics, Junior Golf, staff appreciation, insurance, the website and several other expenses.
In addition, we continue to support the New England Public Links (NEPL). This is the oldest public golf club organizations in the country. Over the past four years, we have reduced our overall contributions to the three major events by asking qualifiers to pay entry fees and asking for donations from championship participants. As a result, each of the three qualifier/championships (Senior, Two-Day & All-Net) costs the same as a regular club sponsored tournament. Best of all, anyone can participate. Of course, you have to be over 50 to play the Senior NEPL, and you should have a low handicap golfer to qualify for the Tow-Day Championship. But anyone can qualify and win the All-Net Championship. ANYONE!
Originally, the all-net included a division for Tournament Chairmen and Club Presidents. With only one exception a few years ago (I wanted to play Montaup to prepare the club for the following years Two-Day Championship), Dan and I decided to give up these positions to allow more participation from our membership. I was very fortunate this year to (honestly) qualify for the All-Net. I was able to play my last Tournament as President of Hunter. By the way, Hunter won that Montaup Two-Day Championship.
Next Spring, we are hosting the Senior NEPL Championship. This event will bring 112 golfers from 14 golf clubs located in Connecticut and Rhode Island. It will be an exciting tournament for Hunter, an opportunity to show off our wonderful municipal facility. While the NEPL will reimburse us for a significant portion of the expenses, we still need to come up with funds to pay the rest. Keep a look out for possible fund raisers over the Winter.
Finally, I want to thank Dan for getting me involved in the club and staying involved himself. I want to thank Chuck for his handling of the treasurer’s position and to thank Glenn before him. Thanks to Al for stepping into the VP spot and to Dave before him. Thanks to trustees Mike, Larry & Rick. Thanks to Bob T for his help with event planning, scoring and weekend starting times. God Bless Tex for his support. Thanks to Tom for such a great course. Thanks to the starters for minimizng the need for knee pads in the morning. Thanks to Handicap Chairmen Kevin and Paul. Thanks to the Golf Commission for supporting Tom through these hard times. Thanks to the countless individuals who have contributed time and effort to events, committees and my sanity (inclusing Bob Stevens, our newest trustee) . Thanks to Les for his love of golf and Hunter Golf Course. Thanks Kyle and Brett for USGA rules and NEPL coordination. Thanks Spencer & Brent. Thank you D2. Thanks to all I forgot today, you are truly not forgotten.
I have always said that I could have been a member of any club in the area. That’s really not true because Hunter is the only club I would ever want to be a member of. The guys here are the best anywhere.
See you around the course and on the internet... D Murphy, Vice-Prez
Happy New Year