OVGA Amateur Golf Tour

At Windy Knoll
In the Nicklaus Flight, Ed Thompson founds Windy Knoll to be a pleasant breeze as he routed the rest of the flight, finishing at an incredible -9 on the day.  Thompson’s gross 70 was the best gross score recorded in an OVGA round in 2008.  Finishing a distant 2nd were Ron Spencer and […]

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How Well Should You Play?

By Dean Knuth
Does it seem to you that you play a few strokes over your Course Handicap most of the time? Well, that’s normal under the USGA Handicap System.
Why? The USGA Handicap System is based upon the potential ability of a player rather than the average of all his scores. […]

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First, before we get to the results, a change we’re going to try for the remainder of the season is breaking skins into 2 groups (0-15 HCP, 16+ HCP).  We hope this gets more people into the side games and gives everyone a chance to compete.
Now on to the fun stuff…
In the Nicklaus Flight, Joe Wieland […]

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The Hamilton Horsemen will be well represented in the Championship of the Applebee’s Match Play Tournament. 
In the semi-finals at Circling Hills, Tom Camacho defeated Ron Spencer, 2 up.  Camacho ran out to a 3 up lead after 3 holes and made the turn with a 2 up advantage.  After 16 holes, Spencer fought back to […]

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