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This Issue

Volume 4, Issue 10 October 2012

Growth of the Game P 2

Employment P 3

Tournament Update P 4

Rules P 4

Fitness P 5

Golf Sale P 6

Tournament Info P 7-10

Awards/Meeting P 9

Member News P 10

Congratulations to Jeff Schmid of Perchie Creek. Jeff has really

played some amazing golf over the last few months. Jeff rode a hot

putter and some great ball striking to edge Ty Zimmerman, West-

wood Country Club, at the National Car Rental Assistants

Championship presented by Cobra Golf. Jeff and Ty will repre-

sent the Gateway PGA in Florida at the National Assistants

Championship. Jeff was also a major factor in the Section

Championship at Lockhaven Country Club. Jeff was edged by Bob Gaus, Tower Tee,

on a windy final round that saw only two players finish under par for those 18 holes.

Bob earned the final spot in the National PNC in Leesburg, VA.

The awards process is drawing to a close with our final membership vote concluding

on Wednesday, October 3rd. We will honor our 2012 Gateway PGA Award Winners

at Old Hickory Golf Club on Sunday, November 4th. The following day, the Gateway

PGA will conduct the annual Fall Meeting at the Country Club of St. Albans. The

Gateway PGA staff, board, and committee members look forward to maximizing the

fall meeting as a place of education, best practices, and value added opportunities.

Much more information will be out in the coming days. Please keep in mind that this

year is an election year. Your participation is greatly appreciated.

It is hard to imagine that October is already here. The Gateway PGA staff is already

setting their sights on 2013. Our section cannot be successful without the help, talent,

and generosity of our members. Please consider getting involved as a member or by

considering the use of your facility in hosting a program conducted though our section

or foundation. Our staff will be reaching out to ask for your help. Thank you for all

of your time and energy in 2012.

Lastly, please take notice of the announcement of the 2012 Gateway PGA Golf Sale.

This is a great way to liquidate your inventory before the end of the year. Additional-

ly, it is always a great venue to catch up with fellow professionals. Please contact Su-

san Bender with any questions regarding the sale.

All the best

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GROWTH OF THE GAME

September was an eventful month for both the Growth of the Game Committee and the Foundation… have no fear, I will keep this short! The Growth of the Game Commit-tee met at the beginning of the month and at-tempted to solve all of the world’s problems. No wait, that’s what my after-work superhero club does. Regardless, the GOG Committee

saw multiple new faces and some fresh ideas – we identified several goals for 2013, set sub-committees for each Play Golf America event, and are in the process of developing valuable Golf 2.0 opportunities for Professionals. More details and information coming soon on how opportunities like these are valuable to you, your facility, and your career.

Last month, I noted that the Gateway Foundation had been asked to bring introductory golf programs to two schools and one Boys and Girls Club. The Lutheran School of Webster Gardens just finished their four week program with 80 third and fourth graders begging our Professionals to return soon! This tremendous success could not have been possible without the help of Jim Miali, Jeffrey Field, Michael Brown, Craig Bollman, Drew Huelsing, and Alex Anderson. Thank you all!

Similarly, a five-week program for 9-12 year olds at the Boys and Girls Club of Hazelwood wrapped up this month. Michael Brown taught an excellent PGA Sports Academy Program with multiple juniors returning from the original summer program. Thank you, Michael! On a side note, Don Gorin returns to Pierremont Elementary for yet another after school golf program. A quick recap of Don’s experiences will follow next month.

If you missed the Girl Scouts B.I.G Day event at Soldiers Memorial Park on Saturday, September 22nd, you missed ONE BIG PARTY… with Golfzilla! Approximately 40,000 people attended the parade, “famfest” (with vendors like the Gateway PGA), and three concerts that evening. Alex Anderson and I entertained thousands of juniors and families with Golfzilla swing tips, a SNAG putting range, bean bag toss, Swingball, Golf Ball Guess contest, and music that filled the whole block. Our

purpose of exposing families to the fun of golf and offering follow-up opportunities at area facilities was undoubtedly achieved! Check out the pic-tures!

Have a great October!

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EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

Resume Writing piece of your resume you can

make sure that the rest of the

resume supports it.

The summary may be one of the

more important parts of a re-

sume, but in order to complete

the update there are many more

factors that come into play.

Please call on me for assistance

if you are intending to update your resume and we can go

over the rest of the process either over the phone, by email

or both.

I hope you have a great fall season and I look forward to

being at your fall meeting in November.

The impending fall and winter make a good time to get your

resume in order. New and different opportunities lie ahead

and having your resume updated and ready to go can be of

great advantage to you and is a major part of your career

planning. One of my duties as an employment consultant is

to review and critique resumes of PGA members in my re-

gion. I would like to give you some of my expertise in

bringing your resume up-to-date.

First, you must think like an employer when writing your

resume. Employers want to hire “the perfect person” or

“perfect fit” and are looking for accomplishments and sta-

tistics that they can further dig into during an interview.

The writer of the resume must send a message to the em-

ployer to “read further” as they begin to read the document.

To start, you must have a professional summary or profile.

Gone are the days when a simple objective will do. I see

many resumes with objectives and they are always the

same. “Gaining a challenging position utilizing abilities

developed through my experience and education that will

produce an exemplary golf experience at XYZ Country

Club.” This does nothing for the reader who will spend

approximately 30 seconds scanning a resume after reading

the cover letter. It is imperative that you have a strong sum-

mary, a thumbnail sketch of who you are and what you can

do. It should be positioned at the top of your resume be-

cause that’s what employers read first. Like the headlines

of a print ad, it should grab their attention, draw them into

your resume that supports the summary and prompt them to

call you for an interview. The summary should always be

written in third-person so as not to sound pretentious, but

will impartially communicate confidence and talent rather

than seem self-serving. Play-up your personal strengths and

target your summary to the qualifications or “hot buttons”

the potential employer is looking for. Never send a

“generalized” summary as employers are looking for a

“unique voice”!

There are three things a well-written summary should ad-

dress: (1) your experiences and skills as they relate to your

job; (2) what you can bring to the organization and the open

position that no other candidate can; and (3) your profes-

sional goals. Once you have accomplished writing this

Tim Marks, PGA

Employment Consultant

815.630.5196 – office

tmarks@pgahq.com

Want tell your employer the Golf 2.0 story? Here is a way

they can log in to the web site!

Go to www.golf20.net

Username: golf2.0

Password: growgolf

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TOURNAMENT UPDATES

It may just be me, but it seems like the 2012 golf season has gone by in a flash and we are

now preparing for the off season and a much needed break from the daily grind of the golf

business. For many of us, our clubs will be put away for a while as the cold weather and short-

er days set in. I would encourage all of you to consider playing in the Lake Team Event before

going into 'Winter Mode'! This is a season ending tradition for many of our section members

and a very fun three day getaway for golf and socializing. Adding to the fun are our

colleagues from the surrounding Midwest, South Central & Iowa sections as well as, in

my opinion the three best venues at the Lake of the Ozarks, Porto Cima, Old Kinderhook

and Osage National. Thank you to these facilities for once again opening your doors to

this event for another year. If you don't have a partner, don't hesitate to contact me or Steve Finn and we will try to

get you paired up as best we can.

Congratulations to Bob Gaus on capturing the 2012 Section Championship at Lockhaven Country Club. Bob's two

shot victory also gave him the lead in the Player of the Year race and earned him the coveted last spot in the 2013

PNC! Great playing BG and thanks to the staff at Lockhaven for an outstanding course for our final major of the

year. I am honored to have teamed with my boss and friend, Mike Tucker to win the Pro-Assistant Pro Champion-

ship at St. Clair CC. Mike played great golf that day and we managed to squeak out a victory after a 3-team 2-hole

playoff. Thanks to St. Clair Head Professional, Tom Sipula and his entire staff for a memorable day!

Hopefully everyone will end their 2012 seasons on a good note and I look forward to the end of day light savings

aka 'Golf Pro Day'.

RULES CORNER

I get a lot of questions that start

with the statement "a player

looked for his ball for two

minutes and then declared it lost".

The rules do not permit a player

to declare the ball lost. Some-

thing must happen for the ball

to be deemed lost by the rules.

The definition of Lost Ball co-

vers this issue. One of five things can happen to make

a ball lost:

A. The ball is not found or identified within five

minutes.

B. The player makes a stroke at a provisional ball

when it is at or nearer to the hole than where the orig-

inal ball is likely to be.

C. The player puts another ball in play under penalty of

stroke and distance.

D. The player puts another ball in play when it is

known or virtually certain the ball, which has not been

found, was moved by an outside agency, is in an ob-

struction, is in an abnormal ground condition, or is in a

water hazard.

E. The player makes a stroke at a substituted ball.

If a player looks for two minutes, declares the ball lost

and subsequently finds his ball before five minutes has

elapsed he can play the original provided none of the

five things that deem the ball lost has occurred.

If this comes up at your club be sure to go to the defini-

tion of Lost Ball in the rule book and you will be able

to make the proper ruling.

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A person walks with two poles that are specially

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Walking is an exercise that can be social and en-

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joints such as the knees, leading to less “wear and

tear” than high impact exercise. People that have

difficulty staying with regular exercise may find

this form of moderate and safe activity easier to

comply with than more aggressive forms. Engag-

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tennis for many years to come.

As golfers and tennis players, we enhance our

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Perhaps one of the unexpected benefits Nordic

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using the poles, that transfers to times they are

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opportunities for holes in one and ace serves.

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National Car Rental GPGA Assistants Championship Recap National Car Rental Assistants Championship to Schmid

Jeff Schmid of Perche Creek GC in Columbia, MO, came away with his first Gateway PGA title in the National Car Rental Assistants Championship at Westwood CC. Jeff put together rounds of 68 & 69 to finish at an impressive 7-under par on the tough lay-out. His score was good enough to edge Westwood Assistant Pro, Ty Zimmerman, who finished the day one stroke back at 6-under. Both players earned their way into the Na-tional Assistants Championship in Port St. Lucie, FL, in November. Defending champi-on Adam Betz of Meadowbrook CC came in third at 2-under while Shane Blankenship was fourth at 1-under par. The final alternate spot was taken by Rich Niedergerke of Meadow Lake Acres who finished the event at even par.

Pro-Assistant Championship Recap Bellerive's Tucker & Moomey Capture Pro-Assistant Title

St. Clair CC in Belleville, IL, proved to be the perfect setting on a near perfect day, to host the Gateway PGA Pro-Assistant Championship. This event is looked forward to by most GPGA Pro's as a day that Head Golf Professionals can enjoy a competitive day of golf with all of their Assistants. Ideal scoring conditions were in order as 3 teams tied at the end of regulation with 11-under par 61's. Bellerive CC's Mike Tucker & Brett Moomey, St. Clair CC's Tom Sipula & EJ Brumm, and Crab Orchard GC's Steve Heckel & Larry Emery, all headed out to #18 tee for a sudden-death playoff to determine the 2012 Champions. After all 3 teams birdied that hole, they headed to the 162 yard, par 3, #10. All six players shots landed on the green, but after 5 misses, it was Mike Tucker's downhill 10 footer, that sealed the deal and handed the title to the Bellerive duo.

Thirty eight teams participated in the event which featured a 4-Ball competition with the Head Pro paired with each of their Assistants. Rounding out the top 5 was the other Bellerive CC teams of Tucker & Brian Fogt, and Tucker & JD Auping.

Tournament Recaps

Pro-Open #4 Recap

Anderson Sweeps Pro-Open at Crystal Springs Quarry

JC Anderson fired a 3-under par round of 67 to sweep both the Regular & Senior Divisions at the Pro-Open at The Quarry at Crystal Springs GC. In the Regular Division, JC won by 2 strokes over Adam Betz (69) & Mike Suhre (69). Rounding out the top 5 with even par 70's was Brian Fogt & Scott Brauer. Walt Siemsglusz of Bridgeton Berry Hill GC, who has been playing very well this season, came in at 3-under par 67 as well as Anderson. In the sudden-death playoff, Anderson birdied the first playoff hole to secure the title over Siemsglusz. Brian Fogt was 3rd, followed by Mark Faulkner (71) & Dave Levine(71).

Section Championship Recap Gaus Takes Section Championship at Lockhaven CC

Bob Gaus of Tower Tee GC knew if he wanted to advance to the PGA Professional National

Championship next June in Oregon, he wanted to control his own destiny. Heading into the

Gateway PGA Section Championship at Lockhaven CC, one qualifying spot was left to decide

the final player to advance to Oregon. Gaus, second alternate after the Gateway PNC at Persim-

mon Woods in July, knew a win was he only sure bet in moving on. Bob came out fast with an

opening round 66 followed up with a 72 to end the first day in a tie with Gideon Smith of Quincy

CC and Jeff Schmid of Perche Creek GC. The final group went back and forth all day with Gaus

ending up on top with a 72. Schmid finished in the 2nd spot at 4-under par. Mike Tucker of

Bellerive CC finished 3rd at 3-under, 4th was Rob Sedorcek of St. Albans at 1-under par, and

Smith rounded out the top 5 at even par.

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Congratulations to September

PAT Passers

Congratulations to the following players who

successfully completed the Playing Ability Test.

Eagle Spring GC 9/6/2012

Jarrod McKay - Bogey Hills CC

Kristen Palmer - Old Kinderhook GC

Paul Sheets - Tapawingo GC

Adam Rockey - Spencer T. Olin GC

Arlington Greens GC 9/20/2012

Christopher Grabacki - Butler National GL

Scott Marchand - St. Clair CC

2012 Lake Team Event It is that time of year again as we wind down from a busy sea-

son, to begin looking forward to the Annual Lake Team Event

at the Lake of the Ozarks on October 22-24th. Teams are al-

ready beginning to fill in from the Gateway Section as well as

the Midwest PGA, South Central PGA, and Iowa PGA is also

invited to attend this year. 2-Person teams will be made up of 1

Professional from the above mentioned PGA Sections and an-

other PGA Member or Apprentice or Amateur. Entry fee is

$300 per player and includes 3 rounds of golf, Calcutta dinner,

prize money for all 3 days & overall purse, and skins each

day. The lineup for course for this year is great as we will be playing

Monday - The Club at Porto Cima (4-Ball)

Tuesday - Old Kinderhook GC (Scramble)

Wednesday - Osage National Golf Resort (Chapman Alt. Shot).

Registration Deadline is Thursday, October 18th at Noon.

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Place Player Events Points

1 Barbara A. Blanchar 6 550.00

2 Helen A. Kurtin 2 130.00

Click HERE for complete Points standings.

GATEWAY PGA AWARDS DINNER

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH

OLD HICKORY GC

GATEWAY PGA FALL MEETING

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH

CC OF ST. ALBANS

REGISTER HERE

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Name Class

James Grimes, PGA LMA

Name Employer Current Former

Michael Wyatt, PGA Golf Port of Maryland

Heights

A-6 A-1

October Birthdays