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New Year,
New Leaders
Streightiff & Lynch — page 12

TRAVEL: — page 7

Ireland

PEOPLE: — page 10
Mick Hubert

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Date Day Course Time
January 31 Monday King & Bear Pro-AM 1:00 PM
February 7 Monday San Jose Pro-AM 9:00 AM
February 20 Sunday Underwood Cup Pro-AM, Timuquana 12:30 PM
Monday - Northern Chapter PGA -
February 21-22 8:00 AM
Tuesday Underwood Cup Matches, Timuquana
March 7 Monday Browning/Kratzert Pro-Am at Deerwood 8:00 AM
March 20 Sunday Gainesville C.C. Pro-AM Warm-Up 12:30 PM
March 21 Monday Gainesville C.C. Pro-AM 10:00 AM
April 1 Friday North Chapter Match Play Begins -
April 4 Monday Pablo Creek Pro-Pro 8:00 AM
April 11 Monday Amelia National Pro-AM 12:30 PM
May 2 Monday Palencia Pro-AM 12:30 PM
June 8 Wednesday Windy Harbor Pro-Lady 8:30 AM
June 20 Monday Jacksonville Golf & C.C. Pro-Scratch 9:00 AM
Sunday - Chapter Championship
July 10-11 7:34 AM
Monday at World Golf Village (S&S and K&B)
August 10 Wednesday Chapter Stableford at Ponte Vedra Inn 7:30 AM
Sunday -
August 28-30 Gate Petroleum Invitational 7:30 AM
Tuesday
September 18 Sunday Blind Draw Party for NAS JAX Pro-AM 6:00 PM
September 19 Monday NAS-JAX Pro-AM 9:00 AM
October 3 Monday Chapter Pro-Assistant, Glen Kernan 10:00 AM
October 17 Monday Marsh Creek Pro-AM 9:00 AM
November 7 Monday Sawgrass C.C. Pro-AM 12:00 PM
November 21 Monday Tournament of Champions Pro-AM at Amelia National 11:00 AM
December 12 Monday Year End Partners Pro-AM 12:00 PM

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Getting ready for 2011

A new year, new beginnings. New
faces in charge of our golf associa-
tions, new tournament lineups and
— if you’re like me — New Year’s
Resolutions to get in better shape
and get your golf game in much bet-
ter shape.
I like the enthusiasm I’m hearing.
When we met Mike Lynch and Bob
Streightiff last month at Ponte Vedra
to take the cover photo, it turned
into more than a cover shot. By the
time we teed off (yes, it wasn’t just
a working day,) those two were still
talking. A great start — there have
been many years when the local pro
and local amateur leadership didn’t
talk all that much.
A lot of people in the golf commu-
nity were at St. Johns G&CC last
month to help that facility cele-
brate its 10th year. The weather was
daunting but the enthusiasm was
high. This hasn’t been a good year
for almost anything you can name,
but there were high hopes for 2011.
Almost everyone survived 2010. It’s
time to erase that blackboard and
start over again.
I know there have been problems.
Tournament participation certain-
ly dropped. We lost Panther Creek
without gaining a course. It seemed
like the weather was either too hot
or too cold. Sea Island’s problems
came to a head.
Some good signs, too. Amelia Island
Plantation got what appears to be a
great ownership in the Omni hotel
chain. Amelia River got away from
being a Plantation stepchild and
is under solid, independent man-
agement. The Hampton collection
continued to grow, and taking over
Selva’s operation can only be a posi-
tive.
There was more in 2010 but we need
to turn to 2011.
Do I have any suggestions? No, I’ll
decline the opportunity to bend your
ear with what I think, but I will say
this: this magazine is here for any-
one out there to give their opinion.
We want to hear from you, as long
as what you say will be informative
to others. You’ve been good enough
to give us a big welcome; we’re here
for you, too.
I’m ready for a good year. With any
luck, I’ll be in better shape, and so
will my game.
Your thoughts?
I’m at brian@jaxgolfmag.com
or 383-7587.
Brian Lamarre
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Smith wins Gate Senior
Larry Smith of St. Johns G&CC bat-
tled the cold weather and a horde
of challengers last month to win the
Gate Petroleum Senior Championship
at Ponte Vedra Ocean and Lagoon.
Smith opened with 71 on the Lagoon
and followed with 73 at the Ocean
for a two-over 144, one better than
four-time champ David Anthony of
South Hampton and two ahead of
Gate winners
Ponte Vedra Inn & Club Director of Golf Jim Howard with the Gate Petroleum Senior winners: Larry
Smith (Senior Champion), Dan Tourtelot (Super Senior Champion) and Wally Mizell (Grand Senior
Champion)
UNF team wins Gator Bowl
The UNF team of Rob Bradley, Rob
Schiller, Major Forbess and Scott
Schroeder won the Gator Bowl Pro-
Am last month on the second hole
of a playoff.
The team prevailed over a foursome
headed by PGA Tour player Jeff Klauk
and his father, Fred, and amateurs
Pete Abernathy and Larry Mueller.
They had tied at 22-under 122 in the
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Mike Jackson.
Cold weather caused the opening
round to be called off, and condi-
tions weren’t much better for the 36
competition holes.
Dan Tourtelot closed with a 71 to
easily win the Super Senior, and
Wally Mizell took the Grand Senior
division.
36-hole event at the TPC Valley and
San Jose courses.
Bradley is a former UNF assistant
coach, Schroeder is the current UNF
coach, Forbess is one of the Ospreys’
stars and Schiller is a top local play-
er at Pablo Creek.
Tied for third were teams led by
pros Matt Every, Mike Blackburn and
Bubba Dickerson.
Burr event
raises
$138,000
A field of celebrities and local play-
ers raised $138,000 at the 13th an-
nual Monique Burr Foundation for
Children Jinglebells Pro-Am Golf
Tournament.
More than 18 tour golfers partici-
pated including Jim Furyk, Fred
Funk, Mark McCumber and Bubba
Dickerson. Funk and McCumber
were honorary chairpersons for the
tournament and tournament chairs
were M.G. Orender and Robert Cas-
tranova.
The winning gross team included
Funk, David Biscan, Chris Noah,
Derek DiStefano and Chuck Thom-
as. Low net went to ex-Tour player
Mark Carnevale and amateurs Denny
Doyle, Ed White, Greg Smith and
Robert Baker.
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From the Editor
Can Jags
repeat their
ticket sales
The Jaguars can be happy
about this season’s atten-
dance but trouble looms.
The big season-ticket
sales time is spring, but
the players vs. owners
Fred Seely dispute almost certainly
will cancel the OTA work-
outs that follow the late April player se-
lections. A big chunk of 2010 Jag season
tickets were sold during the late sum-
mer push and many of those are ques-
tionable return buys. So, expect some
2011 blackouts. In their favor: decent
non-conference home games against
Tampa Bay, New Orleans and Baltimore.
Sure blackout bet: Cincinnati. Planning
a road trip? Not bad: Pittsburgh, Atlanta
and Carolina are on the schedule. <<<
Guy from North Carolina passes along
this: “A recent study found the average
golfer walks about 900 miles a year. An-
other study found golfers drink, on av-
erage, 22 gallons of alcohol a year. That
means, on average, golfers get about 41
miles to the gallon. Kind of makes you
proud.  Almost feel like a hybrid.” <<<
See what happens when you get old
enough to work for your father? Taylor
Funk, 14, caddied for dad Fred in the
recent Shark Shootout and he’ll get the
bag on occasion this year. <<<
Great video on YouTube, search for
Bundaberg Rum - Favourable Lie. <<<
Okay, you Gators. You may not want to
wait ‘til next year when your pre-Geor-
gia schedule goes like this: Tennessee,
at Kentucky, Alabama, at LSU, Auburn.
Welcome to the 2012 Gator Bowl. <<<
Caddie Steve Williams seems to have the
occasional arrogance of his boss and he
showed it on the final hole of the Chev-
ron tournament when he took off his
bib when it looked like Tiger had things
wrapped up. Oops ... Graeme McDowell
forced a playoff with a long putt and
the bib had to go back on. <<<
No one doubts that Tiger will have a
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good 2011, but can we stand the pan- Elin Nordegren isn’t hiding out. She’s a
dering TV announcers? You would have student at Rollins College in Orlando,
thought he had just come back from Af- finishing a degree in psychology, and
ghanistan combat, to hear the shills at
the Chevron. <<<
British papers claim she’s dating a fel-
low student, a 35-year-old South Afri-
can. <<<
Too early to predict the draft here but a
sampling of four NFL draftniks comes up
with four different names for the Jags: As always, congrats to the Hampton
QB Jake Locker of Washington, DE J.J. Golf crowd for their great Monique
Watt of Wisconsin, DE Ryan Kerrigan of Burr event. 13 years now. <<<
Purdue and LB Travis Lewis of Oklaho- Special lady, that Nancy Lopez, and
ma. <<< you can visit with her on January
Amateur Jessica Korda did well in the 15 from 4-6 p.m. at the World Golf
LPGA qualifying school at Daytona Hall of Fame. Whatever flaws you
Beach and no wonder: she once won might attribute to the LPGA Tour,
the South Atlantic Amateur, played at she wasn’t any of them. <<<
nearby Ormond Beach’s Oceanside CC
and reputedly the coldest tournament Nice to see the PGA and JAGA get
anywhere. If you don’t believe, it’s Jan. their schedules so early. That helps
12-15. Dress warmly. <<< everyone, and mostly it helps the
Our David Duval’s endorsement cabinet organizations. Credibility, you know.
is almost dry, it appears. He’s now signed <<<
on as a spokesman for Perky Jerky, a If you like this weather, go back
beef jerk flavored with a big dose of caf-
feine. Oh, and no more Srixon for Jim
where you came from. <<<
Furyk. He’s now with TaylorMade. <<<
Teacher Mary Hafeman of Windsor Parke — Fred Seely is considering a degree in
gave a speech on women’s golf to a psychology at Rollins and can be contact-
Chamber of Commerce group recently ed at editor@jaxgolfmag.com
and got 10 calls for lessons. Eight of the
10 were men, wanting lessons for their
better halves. <<<
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Instruction JAGA ends year

Eliminate with honors
your Slice
I see many amateurs
slice ball after ball on
the range, with the
problem only getting
worse as they move
Hayes Farley to the longer clubs in
their bags. Invariably,
another golfer will try to be helpful
by telling the player to release the
club faster through the ball. Unfor-
tunately, this advice will only exac-
erbate the slice.
Through recent advances in launch
monitor technology, we now know
that a right-to-left draw is actually
hit with a slightly open face at im-
pact. The draw spin comes from hit-
ting on an in-to-out swing path.
A huge slice, on the other hand, is Winning team: outgoing JAGA President Jim Edwards (left) presented the Pro-President trophy to the
the result of weakly cutting across Jacksonville G&CC team of Tom Joseph, Skip Lunsford, pro Ray Barr and Rick Cottey.
the ball at impact. Trying to release
the club faster only exaggerates this The Jacksonville Area GA honored a
out-to-in swing path, creating an local pro and one of its directors at
even bigger slice. You may start the its final meeting of the year at Long
ball farther left of the target, but I
Point.
guarantee that the ball will continue
to have slice spin. Todd Bork of San Jose was named
Train yourself to hit a draw and im- Pro of the Year and George Halvorsen
prove your impact by hitting punch of Marsh Landing received the Red
shots. Try practicing with the ball Gossman Award as the association’s
positioned back in your stance and outstanding director.
your hands ahead of the ball at ad- The meeting was preceded by the
dress.
annual Pro-President tournament,
Place most of your weight on your which was won by the Jacksonville
left side and keep it there as you G&CC team of pro Ray Barr and ama-
swing. If your weight is left and teurs Skip Lunsford, Tom Joseph and
your hands are ahead of the ball
Rick Cottey.
at impact, you will strike the ball
with an in-to-out path and you will An unattached team of past presi-
start seeing draw spin. Notice that dents Lee Crowe and Ed Witten with
you don’t need to release the club Russ Hamilton and John Arms was
through the ball to hit a draw. Af- second followed by teams from Long
ter enough of these punch shots, the Point, Queen’s Harbour, San Jose,
changes will start filtering into your Hyde Park, Marsh Creek and Selva
full swing and your scores will start
dropping.
Marina.
Low pro was shared by Cary Splane Top pro: San Jose’s Todd Bork was named Pro of
- Hayes Farley is an assistant professional at
San Jose Country Club and a past winner of the
of Marsh Creek and Ray Barr of Jack- the Year and received a trophy from incoming JAGA
Gate Invitational. sonville G&CC, both with 72. President Bob Streightiff of Queen’s Harbour.

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Travel

UK golf
in good
weather
You lust to go across the
pond but you’ve heard
about the grim weather.
Let’s take a look today at
a United Kingdom country
where the weather is often
quite acceptable: Ireland.
Why: The headlines today
are about Ireland’s eco-
nomic problems (very sim-
ilar to ours: banks funding
too much development.)
But that works in your
favor because business is
down and they need heads
in the beds. Plus, excellent
courses and hospitality.
When: Best time is from
April to September. Cold
winters, but bearable if
you’re on a very tight bud-
get.
How much: Depends, of
course, on how fancy you
want to be. $600 a day
would be a reasonable fig-
ure: that’s everything in-
cluding air.
What else: The coastal
scenery is terrific and the
much-promoted Ring of
Kerry is, indeed, a spec-
tacular tour. The cities are
clean with lots of places
to eat and drink. Dublin is
the capital and you’ll en-
joy it.
Hotels: Lots of B&Bs and
that’s the choice of most
mid-priced golf tours.
There’s a pretty good price
jump between B&Bs and
quality hotels.
Food: Best in the UK. No
contest. There are plenty
Lahinch is one of the best Southwest courses
of choices and it’s rare to can put together an easy and Royal Portrush. The
get a mediocre meal. week-long trip to play Bal- South has the nation’s
Driving: On the “wrong” lybunion, Waterville, Tra- most spectacular course,
side of the road and be lee, Doonbeg, Lahinch and Old Head of Kinsale.
careful. Most of your Connemara. There are plenty of web-
driving will be on skinny The Eastern coast is the sites, both from tour op-
roads. Dublin area and that’s erators and the courses
where you’ll find the themselves.
People: Terrific. Glad to
American-like K Club and — Jacksonville’s Trips in the
see you.
Portmarnock. In the North Village travel agency can pro-
Bars: Like ours. And, de- are Royal County Down vide more info: 387-2234.
spite all those promotional
pieces, you probably won’t
see a bunch of fiddlers. The
Guinness you get there is
immeasurably better than
what makes it to this side
of the Atlantic.
Getting there: Non-stop
from Atlanta is the most
convenient, though many
prefer going to Newark and
taking Continental on over.
Both Dublin and Shannon
airports are excellent.
Where to play: Lots of
choices because Ireland
has over 300 courses in a
country about half the size
of Georgia. Almost all are
old and natural, so even a
low-rated course has a lot
to enjoy.
We recommend the South-
west for numerous rea-
sons: the price is right,
the courses are close to-
gether and the accommo-
dations are excellent. You
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Jan. 18: Directors meet- Jan. 12: Playday, Slammer Mar. 17-20: Transitions Feb. 20: Ponte Vedra Ocean.
ing, Windsor Parke. & Squire. Championship, Innisbrook. Mar. 7: Queen’s Harbour.
Feb. 15: Directors meeting, Jan. 19: Playday, Magnolia Mar. 24-27: Bay Hill April 3: Eagle Landing.
Deercreek. Point. Invitational, Orlando.
April 1: North Hampton.
July 21-24: Amateur Jan. 26: Playday, Selva May 9-14: The Players,
Championship, Ponte Marina. TPC Stadium.
Vedra Inn and Club. Feb. 2: Sarah Shelly (first
round,) Orange Park. LPGA Tour Players Golf Tour
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Chapter PGA (second round,) Deerwood. Schedule not available.
www.nfpga.com/north- Feb. 16: Sarah Shelly
ernchapter/5813/ (final,) King & Bear.
Executive Women’s GA Other
Jan. 12: Partner Apprecia-
tion day, TPC Valley. www.ewga.com Jan. 26-29: PGA
Northeast Florida Merchandise Show, Orlando.
Jan. 31: Pro-Am, King & Bear. Seniors GA Schedule not available.
Feb. 21-22: Northern Chap-
Feb. 7: Pro-Am, San Jose. www.nefsga.com
ter PGA Cup, Timuquana
Jan. 10: St. Johns G&CC.
April 18: Spina Bifida
1stCoast GA Jan. 24: LPGA International. benefit, Deerwood.
www.1stcoastgolf.com Feb. 14: Pine Course, April 25: Rotary Club of River-
Palm Coast. side benefit,
Jan. 6: Seniors, Bent Creek.
Feb. 28: South Hampton. Timuquana.
Jan. 13: All Association,
May 2: Dreams Come True
Cimarrone.
benefit, Timuquana.
Jan. 24: All Association, Florida State GA
San Jose. www.fsga.org
Feb. 3: All Association, No area events.
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Who will win the Underwood Cup?

Northern Chapter PGA Cup match
February 21-22, Timuquana Country Club
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People
Mick Hubert
Hubert has been the University of
Florida’s radio voice since 1989. He
does play-by-play on all football
and basketball games, hosts the
football and basketball coaches’
TV shows, hosts the weekly Gator
Hotline call-in show, and coor-
dinates all other broadcasts.
Few other college broadcasters can
claim to have called five national
championships: three football
(1996, 2006 and 2008) and two
basketball (2006 and 2007.)
His golf: “Right now, it’s terrible.
I hurt my arm, then tried to play
anyway and it got inflamed.”
How often?: “Probably
no more than 2-3 times a
month, often in outings.”
Scoring: “When I’m playing regu-
larly, maybe mid-80s. Good short
game, no distance off the tee.”
Where he plays: “Where I
live — Haile Plantation.”
Hometown: St. Anne, Ill.
College: Illinois State.
Hartley
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Hubert (right) with his engineer at a Florida bas-
ketball game.
Past jobs: Sports director at WHIO-
TV in Dayton, Ohio. Play-by-play
for Bradley University in Peoria, Ill.
He succeeded: David Steele,
who joined the Orlando Magic.
His trademark: “Oh my.” He
happily admits he “stole” it from
one of his idols, network broad-
caster Dick Enberg, and it became
a Gator legend in 1995 when a
last play, Danny Wuerffel to Chris
Doering touchdown pass beat
Kentucky. Hubert punctuated
loud “Gators win!” cheers with an
“Oh my!” and that’s the legend.
Rooting interest: “The Gator
coaches and players are my friends,
and I want my friends to win.”
Wife: Judi. She’s a kindergarten
teacher at Martha Manson Academy
at Oak Hall School in Gainesville.
PitchShots
Jack Aschenbach (center,) the head profes-
sional at Amelia National, received the North
Florida PGA’s Patriot Award at the Section’s
meeting last month in Orlando. He’s with
the evening’s emcee, Kraig Kann of The Golf
Channel and Section president, John Reger of
Gainesville.
>> Renovations are ongoing at
Hyde Park’s 85-year-old club-
house. The wiring was a big prob-
lem, plus all sorts of leaks.
>> Magnolia Point has a spiffy new
pro shop. You’ll recall that the club’s
first shop was in the basement, then
was moved to a trailer by the putting
green. The new management took over
some office space on the main floor.
>> Our local colleges are attracting
big-time talent for their tournaments
this year. Jacksonville U. has Wake
Forest, Clemson and Florida among
the teams in its invitational at the
Stadium on Jan. 31-Feb. 1; Florida
has LSU, Auburn and FSU in its field
Feb. 12-13; and UNF gets FSU, Cen-
tral Florida, Auburn, Arkansas and
Tennessee for the Hayt Invitational
at Sawgrass on Feb. 27-Mar. 1.
>> UNF’s incoming class will include
the nation’s best junior college player,
Taylor Johnson of Brevard CC, and a
familiar face, M. J. Maguire, who lived
at Ponte Vedra before moving two years
ago to St. Petersburg. Jacksonville
U. got a good one in Nick Torrance,
a Connecticut native who’s been at
the IMG Academy in Bradenton.
>> Latest college rankings have
UNF at 27th. Florida is 10th,
Oklahoma State is first.

Winners
Michael Del Rocco and Rob Sandlin were the gross
winners in the Nick’s Cup tournament at San
Jose. The event honors longtime pro Nick Clark.
The net winners were Ken Baker and Tony Lamell.
Lamell’s career-low 70 led to a team 57.
Nick’s Cup at San Jose
Gross: Rob Sandlin-Michael Del Rocco.
Net: Tony Lamell-Ken Black.
Jacksonville Women’s GA Senior
Senior gross: Shirley Budden. Senior
net: Linda Yow. Super Senior gross: Chris
Moyer. Super Senior net: Virginia Madura.
Jacksonville Area GA Pro-President at Long
Point
Team: Jacksonville G&CC team of Ray Barr,
Skip Lunsford, Tom Joseph and Rich Crotty.
Pro: Ray Barr, Jacksonville G&CC, and
Cary Splane, Marsh Creek, both 72.
Timuquana Senior Men
Senior: Gross - Scott Shef-
tall. Net - Doug Splane.
Super Senior: Gross - Dick Pier-
pont. Net - Jack Moriarty.
Golden Senior: Grosss - Park
McGeachy. Net - Bill Holyfield.
1stCoast Seniors at Eagle Harbor
Flight 1: Gross - Randy Sim-
mons. Net - Randy Barber.
Flight 2: Gross - James Kirby. Net: Joe Power.
Flight 3: Gross - Jim Spin-
ney 88. Net: Bill Damato.
Hidden Hills Holiday
Dave Bisplinghoff, Mar-
tin Poyner and Bob Rupe.
Gate Senior
Senior: Larry Smith. Super Senior: Dan
Tourtelot. Grand Senior: Wally Mizell.
Henry Tuten Gator Bowl
Pro Rob Bradley and amateurs Scott
Schroeder, Major Forbess and Ron
Schiller. (Won playoff over team of
pro Jeff Klauk, Fred Klauk, Pete Ab-
ernathy and Larry Mueller.)
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Teams ready
for Cup match
The teams have been set for the Feb- Brad Rollinson, Spencer Brown, Mike
ruary 21-22 Northern Chapter PGA Benjamin and Tom Stecker. Jon Fine
Cup matches at Timuquana with is the captain.
the winners getting the Underwood The amateur team has Duke But-
Cup. ler, Mike Bodney, John Lobb, Steve
The Ryder Cup-format match was Carter, Nate Mosby, Jonathan Bo-
won last year by the pros, who this len, Jim Ross, David Anthony, Ken
year will field Clint Avret, Richie Moody, Blake Holcomb, Tom Gross
Bryant, Tim Peterson, Walter Smith, and Andy Purnell. Doug Conkey is
Cary Splane, Gerry James, Broc Nell, the captain.
Men’s Interclub
starts Jan. 10
The Senior Men’s Interclub opens its champion. Each club fields an eight-
2011 season on January 10 with all man team and scoring is on the Sta-
15 member clubs expected to field a bleford system.
team at Hidden Hills. Team representatives will meet Jan.
There will be 11 monthly matches 20 at San Jose, and the second match
and St. Johns G&CC is the defending is February 7 at Sawgrass.
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Mike Lynch:
President, Northern Chapter PGA
Age: 44.
His real job: Market sales manager for
Golf Channel Solutions & GolfNow.com.
Family: Married, 5 children.
Hometown: Cincinnati.
Came here: 1975. “My dad ws traveling to
the Virgin Islands to buy the Coca-Cola fran-
chise and sat on the plane next to a Jack-
sonville car dealer named Jake Sutherland.
Next thing you know, he buys a dealership
in Jacksonville Beach: Jack Lynch Chevro-
let (it’s now George Moore Chevrolet.)”
Where he’s worked here: Cart attendant
at Ponte Vedra, assistant pro at Sawgrass
and Plantation, head pro at Cimarrone and
Windsor Parke. Partner (with Darren Do-
err) in Golf Marketing Concepts Inc.
How well he plays: “Not as well as I used to.”
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Local organizatio
What is the Northern Chapter?
The Northern Chapter is one of four geographical areas that make up
the North Florida Section of the PGA of America.
The Northern Chapter area runs from the Georgia border to west of Tal-
lahassee, south to Palm Coast and southwest to Gainesville.
It is an association of golf professionals who gather to discuss issues of
mutual concern, provide sessions for continuing education credit and
conduct tournaments for both their own membership and area ama-
teurs. The tournament schedule includes a series of “major” Chapter
championships as well as a pro-am series.
The local Chapter also includes a number of PGA Tour professionals who
live in the area and hold membership in the PGA of America.
Partial Chapter schedule
January 31: Pro-Am, King & Bear.
February 7: Pro-Am, San Jose.
February 21-22: Northern Chapter PGA Cup, Timuquana.
March 21: Pro-Am Gainesville CC.
April 4: Pro-Pro, Pablo Creek.
April 11: Pro-Am, Amelia National.
April-September: Match Play, courses TBA.
May 2: Pro-Am, Palencia.
June 8: Pro-Lady, Mayport Windy Harbor.
June 20: Pro-Scratch, Jacksonville G&CC.
July 110-11: Chapter Championship, World Golf Village.
August 10: Stableford, Ponte Vedra Inn & Club.
August 28-30: Gate Invitational.
September 19: Military Pro-Am, NAS.
November 7: Pro-Am, Sawgrass.
November 21: Tournament of Champions, Amelia National.
The Chapter’s officers
President: Mike Lynch, Golfchannel.com.
Vice president/treasurer: Jack Aschenbach, Amelia National.
Secretary: Mike Broderick, Palencia.
Tournament chairman: Jim Lear, Julington Creek.
Immediate past president: Todd MacDonald, Amelia National.
ns take the lead
What is JAGA?

The Jacksonville Area Golf Association brings together area golf courses
for the purposes of scheduling and conducting tournaments.
JAGA presently has over 50 clubs that each pay $150 a year. Each mem-
ber club may appoint up to three directors to represent the club.
There are monthly meetings, except for December, where the associa-
tion business is conducted. There is often a speaker, a prominent person
in the golf community.
JAGA conducts the area’s major amateur championships including the
Amateur, a four-day competition. There is also the three-day Senior
and a two-day Junior. There will be two one-day Better Ball events this
year.
The association also supervises a scholarship program that presently
has some 20 students earning $1,000 per semester. Any student associ-
ated with a JAGA member club is eligible.

Partial JAGA schedule

March 7: Two-Man Championship, Ponte Vedra Ocean.
April 11-13 Senior, Eagle Harbor.
June 25-26 Father’s Day Championship, Hidden Hills.
July 21-24: Amateur, Ponte Vedra Ocean and Lagoon.
July 28-29: Junior, Queen’s Harbour.
August: Match Play, Marsh Landing.
October 3: 9th Annual Bill Black Memorial
Bob Streightiff:
Scholarship Tournament, Ponte Vedra Ocean. President, Northern Chapter PGA
November 11: Four Ball Championship, San Jose. Age: 64.
December 5: Pro-President, Deerwood. Family: wife Joan, 2 children and 5 grandchildren
Where born: Altoona, Pa
Where grew up: Altoona, Pa (Penn State grad)
JAGA’s officers How you got to to Jax: Work transfer in 1998
President: Bob Streightiff, Queen’s Harbour. Where you worked: East-
man Kodak and GE Capital
VP/Administration: Joe Power, Eagle Harbor.
How well you play: 5 handicap
VP/Tournaments: Gary Owensby, Eagle Harbor. Best golf moment: Hole in one in
Treasurer: Jerry Kay, Julington Creek. March 2003 at Queen’s Harbour
What you will need from others:
Secretary: Arch Copeland, Deercreek.
“Feedback and advice from the JAGA directors,
Executive Secretary: Barney Poston, Hidden Hills. North Florida pros and amateurs.  I have an ex-
tremely qualified board of directors working with
Scholarship Chairman: Tom Tierney, San Jose. me and with their help and advice we will continue
to elevate the level of support we give to amateur
Immediate Past President: Jim Edwards, Fernandina Beach. golf in this area.”

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Rick Rhoden:
baseball, then
2 golf careers
Most know him as Rick
Rhoden, celebrity golf
champion. But what did
he do to be a celebrity,
and how did he get to be
such a good player?
That would be Rick Rho-
den, baseball pitcher. Or
Rick Rhoden, hard worker.
You may have seen Rho-
den around the area. He
lives in Ponte Vedra and,
while he plays mostly at
uber-private Pablo Creek,
he’s around and about at
other courses. 6-foot-5,
240 pounds of muscle who
hits it a long way.
So, meet the baseball
player.
“I grew up in Boynton
Beach and was all set to
sign a baseball scholarship
at Florida State,” he said
recently, “but then the Los
Rhoden as a Yankee in 1988.
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Angeles Dodgers drafted
me in the first round. I
was the 20th overall pick.
I figured that they might
know what they were do-
ing.”
They did, and Rhoden Rhoden at a JAGA meeting.
took a short trip through
the minor leagues to a 16- citing time.” Nev., and he’s won it eight
year major league career times in 19 tries. “Fin-
He was traded to Pitts-
with LA, the New York ished 8th last year. Worst
burgh, which then had an
Yankees, Pittsburgh and finish,” he said.
excellent team. Then it
Houston. He made two All- was the New York Yankees, That celebrity tournament
Star teams, played in two where he gained a degree spawned a circuit and he
World Series and had a ca- of fame when Manager won 52 times. Like many
reer record of 151-125. Billy Martin once made gimmicks, the idea ran its
“I pitched in the third him the team’s designated course and soon that tour
major league game I ever hitter and batted him sev- was down to two events,
saw,” he said recently enth in the lineup. (Rho- so he took a look at the
den’s career BA was .238.) PGA Tour’s senior circuit,
as the guest speaker at
now called the Champions
a Jacksonville Area GA He retired as an Astro in
meeting at Amelia Nation- Tour.
1989 and moved to Or-
al. “When I went up to the mond Beach. “I really worked on my
Dodgers, the big rivalry game, playing with guys
was with the Reds, the Big “I always had been a good
like Bob Duval and Leon-
Red Machine. It was an ex- golfer and I started prac-
ard Thompson,” he said. “I
ticing,” he said. “They
learned the same way I did
made the racing movie
in baseball — I kept my
‘Days of Thunder’ and Ran-
mouth shut and my ears
dy Quaid was in it. I knew
open.”
him from LA and he was
a big golfer, so we played He had three top-5s and
a lot while the movie was once led the qualifying
being made.” school.
Quaid encouraged him. “He That third career ended
told me I might be able to in 2008 and now he’s en-
play in the big celebrity joying life at 57, playing
tournament. What tourna- tournaments any time a
ment? How do I get in?” celebrity invitation comes
and being grateful for an
Quaid’s influence took care
athletic career.
of that and Rhoden made a
second career of celebrity ‘I was fortunate,” he said.
golf. It’s called the Ameri- “Baseball and now playing
can Century Celebrity Golf golf all the time.
Classic, it’s in Lake Tahoe,

Course Directory
PUBLIC
Bent Creek
103rd St. on Westside.
Range. 779-0800.
Blue Cypress
Off University Blvd. in
Arlington. Range. 762-1971.
Cecil Field
103rd St. on Westside.
Range. 778-5245.
Deerfield Lakes
Lem Turner Rd. just south of
Callahan. Range. 879-1210.
Fernandina Beach
Amelia Island Parkway.
Range. 800-646-5997
First Tee of Jacksonville
Golfair Blvd. west of I-95 North.
Nine holes. Range. 924-0401.
First Tee of St. Johns County.
Three holes. SR 207,
St. Augustine. 810-2231.
Hyde Park
Northern dead end of Jammes Rd.
on Westside. Range. 786-5410.
Jacksonville Beach
Penman Rd. south of Beach
Blvd. Range. 247-6184.
King & Bear
Part of World Golf Village but
about three miles south of main
area off SR 16. Range. 940-6088.
Mill Cove
Monument Rd. in
Arlington. Range. 646-4653.
Palatka
Moseley Ave. west of
downtown. Range. 386-329-0141.
Palm Valley
Palm Valley Rd. east of U.S. 1.
Nine holes. Range. 285-8978.
River Bend Golf Links
South of Green Cove Springs.
Range. 284-8777.
Slammer & Squire
In World Golf Village.
Range. 940-6088.
St. Augustine Shores
U.S. 1 south of
St. Augustine. Range. 794-4653.
St. Johns Golf Club
Cypress Links Blvd. 27 holes.
Range. 209-0350.
Starke
East of town. Nine holes.
Range. 964-5441.
UNF Golfplex
At University of North Florida.
Three holes. Range. 620-2050.
SEMI-PRIVATE
Amelia River
Amelia Island Parkway.
Range. 491-8500.
Champions Club at Julington Creek
Off SR 13 in Mandarin.
Range. 287-4653.
Cimarrone
CR 210 west of I-95.
Range. 287-2000.
Country Club of Orange Park
West end of Kingsley Ave. in
Orange Park. Range. 276-7664.
Cypress at Grand Club
Palm Coast. Range. 386-437-5807.
Eagle Harbor
CR 220 in Fleming Island.
Range. 269-9300.
Eagle Landing
OakLeaf Plantation.
Range. 291-5600.
Golf Club at Fleming Island
US 17 in Fleming Island.
Range. 269-1440.
Keystone Golf & Country Club
U.S. 21 south of town.
Range. 352-473-4540.
Magnolia Point
Off US 17 in Green Cove
Springs. Range. 269-9315.
Matanzas Course at Grand Club
Palm Coast. Range. 386-446-6330.
North Hampton
Off A1A west of Fernandina
Beach. Range. 548-0000.
Pine Course at Grand Club
Palm Coast. Range. 386-445-0852.
Queen’s Harbour
Atlantic Blvd. west of Intracoastal
Waterway. Range. 221-1012.
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Royal St. Augustine
SR 16 west of I-95 in St.
Augustine. Range. 824-4653.
Selva Marina
Selva Marina Blvd. north of
Atlantic Blvd. in Atlantic
Beach. Range. 246-3144.
South Hampton
CR 210 west of I-95.
Range. 287-7529.
St. Johns Golf & Country Club
CR 210 west of I-95.
Range. 940-3200.
Windsor Parke
Hodges Blvd. north of
Butler Blvd. Range. 223-4653.
PRIVATE
These clubs are private and are open
to the public only for special events.
Amelia National
Off A1A west of Fernandina
Beach. Range. 652-0660.
Deercreek
North of Avenues Mall on
Southside Blvd. Range. 363-1507.
Deerwood
Baymeadows Rd. west of
Southside Blvd. Range. 642-5917.
Glen Kernan
Hodges Blvd. north of
Butler Blvd. Range. 646-1116.
Grand Haven
Palm Coast. Range. 386-445-2327.
Hidden Hills
Monument Rd. in
Arlington. Range. 641-8121.
Jacksonville Golf & Country Club
Hodges Blvd. north of
Butler Blvd.
223-6910.
Long Point
South of Amelia Island
Plantation. Range. 277-5908.
Marsh Creek
A1A south of St. Augustine
Beach. Range. 461-1145.
Marsh Landing
South of Butler Blvd. in Ponte
Vedra Beach. Range. 285-6514.
Osprey Cove
East of I-95 at Exit 1 in
Georgia. Range. 800-352-5575.
Pablo Creek
San Pablo Rd. south of
Butler Blvd. Range. 992-6900.
Palencia
US 1 north of
St. Augustine. Range. 599-9030.
Plantation Country Club
A1A south of Ponte Vedra
Beach. Range. 543-2960.
Ponte Vedra G & CC
In TPC. Range. 285-0204.
San Jose
San Jose Blvd. Range. 733-1511.
Sawgrass
A1A in Ponte Vedra Beach.
Range. 273-3720.
Timuquana
Timuquana Rd. west of US
17. Range. 389-0477.
RESORT
These courses are primarily for
the use of resort guest or mem-
bers. Some are also open for
public play at certain times.
Omni Amelia Island Plantation
In Amelia Island Plantation.
54 holes. Range. 261-6161.
Golf Club of Amelia Island
Amelia Island at
Ritz-Carlton. Range. 277-8015.
Ponte Vedra
A1A in Ponte Vedra Beach.
Range. 273-7710.
Tournament Players Club
In TPC. 36 holes. Range. 273-3235.
MILITARY
These clubs are located on Navy
bases and are for persons assigned
to the bases or retired military per-
sonnel. They occasionally are open
for public play during special events.
NAS
US 17 north of Orange
Park. Range. 542-3249.
Windy Harbor
Mayport Rd. north of Atlantic Blvd.
in Atlantic Beach. Range. 270-5380.
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