The annual Duffers Tournament will be held on Sat, Feb 6/21 at 8:30 am
Origin and history: The first tournament was held @ Llano Grande golf course in
February 2004 and consisted of 22 – 3 person teams. Drinks and lunch followed
at the golf course. The size of the tournament grew each year and a new venue was found at Mid Valley golf course. Lunch and handing out prizes were moved
to the Trails End hall. When the Mid Valley course closed the tournament moved to the Tony Butler golf course. Sign up teams were always 4 person teams, with one member being female. All teams started at hole number one.
The present tournament is an in-park mixed scramble format, 4 person teams and at least 1 of the opposite sex. It is scheduled for Tony Butler on February 1st, with an alternate date of February 22, 2020. Notices of time line for entries will be posted in early January.
Last year we changed to couples OR foursome sign ups and we used a shotgun start format. This worked very well as it allowed foursomes to sign up and it also allowed twosomes to sign up and then be paired with another twosome. In keeping with the equal gender attitudes, we no longer required one team member to be female. The shotgun start format allowed all participants to take part in the after-tournament festivities at the same time. This system worked well and will be used in 2020.
Anyone with prizes to donate can see any tournament committee member. We ask that prizes be golf or sport related.
For more information, please contact Frank Vande Graaf @ 265 Jamaica Street and watch for further details in the park newsletter.
ANNUAL DUFFERS TONY BUTLER Frank Vande Graaf
