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Senior Mens Golf Association - North Ridge Country Club
Raleigh NC USA
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The Men's Senior Golf Association (SGA) at North Ridge Country Club, Raleigh NC, USA is a group whose primary purpose is: Enjoying golf!
SGA members have reserved-tee-time access to one of the two North Ridge Country Club courses each Tuesday morning. Participants sign up at the pro shop prior to the day's event; preferably, signing up a few days in advance of each Tuesday.
SGA members also have at least three major tournaments a year, held at North Ridge:
- Match play tournament
- SGA Championship
- One-day mixed-team event held with the cooperation of the North Ridge Country Club Ladies Golf Association
In addition, SGA members may sign up to participate in the Capital City Interclub events. The events are one-day flighted events (with lunch) held throughout the months of April-thru-October.
The SGA also holds frequent one-day shotgun start events (most include lunch) for SGA members.
The purpose of this Web site is to provide information related to the above as well as to provide a central place for inter-member (SGA-related) communication.
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News/Most-Recent Updates
- Change in starting time of SGA Tuesday tee-times
It was brought to my attention that the SGA Tuesday tee-times are now starting at 08:30 instead of the previous 09:00.
- Match Play Tournament Brackets are Set and Play is Underway
The play has started. All eight first-round matches have now been completed. One semi-final slot has already been filled. To see the Web page, go to:
2010 SGA Match Play Ladder
- Some Recent Photo Updates
This Websites "Recent ...." photo's Web page was updated with a few photos taken late-August. If interested, please go to:
August 29 Changes to "Recent..."
- Question(s) of the Week
- Naming of Golf Holes
Do you have any comment about naming of golf holes? Some courses have done so - and when playing such a course I sometimes wonder "What criteria was used in coming up with a golf hole name - and, who decides what the name should be"?
Is another part of this matter: Does a golf course "deserve" to have a "right" to name its holes? Is the course worthy of doing that? Or, for that matter: Is there any purpose of having names for a golf hole?
Well, to me, it is purely a matter of "fun".
Now that North Ridge Country Club is more than 40-years old... perhaps, if age is deemed part of any golf-hole-naming criteria, what are some names of golf holes at North Ridge you might recommend?
Answer/comment so far:
In 1997 I came up with the following names. Perhaps these names can get such a discussion started? (Only a few holes are shown, below. Go to the
"Archived" Questions/Answers From This Topic
for all the hole's names I have chosen for now.
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Hole Number
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Oaks
Hole Name
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Lakes
Hole Name
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1
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Oak
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Range
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2
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Straight
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Power Line
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3
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Chute
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Three Lakes
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9
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Watery Grave
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Halfway
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12
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Tree Gone
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Gene Hamm
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13
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Little Pond
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Lake
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14
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Tough Birdie
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Perfection
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18
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Left to Home
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Straight Home
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- Senior Tuesdays
For Results as of Tuesday August 10, visit:
Tuesday Main Web Page
Shot(s) of the (Tues)Day August 10
I did not play Tuesday August 10 - So, if anyone who DID play knows of a shot / situation of note: Thank you, in advance for giving me a comeback.
If you witnessed or executed another "Shot of the Day" on the above date as part of SGA Tuesday, just
send us an eMail
To see an Archive of Shots of the (Tues)Days go to:
NRCC SGA Archived Shots of the (Tues)Days Web Page
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- Senior Interclubs
Congratulations to MacGregor CC
Winners of the
CASMGA Championship
At North Ridge, Tues. Aug 17
Next: At Wakefield, Wed. Aug 25
Upcoming:
At Heritage, Mon. Aug 30
At Wilson CC, Thurs. Sep 16
At Governors Club, Thurs. Sep 23
Sign-up Sheets are now on the bulletin board.
Previous: At Prestonwood, Wed. July 28
Some Photos From The Day
Sorry, I did not have access
to the scoreboard
for Prestonwood July 28.
I do NOT have a scoreboard from Devils Ridge, Hope Valley, MacGregor, Bentwinds, North Ridge - July 20 or Prestonwood July 28 (if you know of any North Ridge results, please let me know. Thank you, in advance).
NRCC SGA Interclubs Main Web Page
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- SGA Match Play
Good luck to all who signed up!
The play has started. All eight first-round matches have now been completed. One semi-final slot has already been filled.
Note that the published rules of play include taking full handicap strokes "as they lie" rather than difference. This is a change over the past couple of year's tournaments.
2009's participation was such that none of the flight's matches were finally completed. Let's try to do better in this regard in 2010.
To see current status of results for 2010 as of August 14, 2010, go to:
2010 SGA Match Play Ladder
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- Voting for Favorite Golf Hole at North Ridge
If you are interested - Click on the navigation bullet at the top of our Web pages - or the link, below, for: (The latest vote was May 16, 2010 for Lakes #1).
Vote for Favorite Hole at North Ridge.
Top Vote Count so far:
Lakes #13
with five votes.
Oaks #18
with four votes.
Give me a shout if you have any comments / questions / problems with the above.
Note: I had a few entries, recently, submitted without a name and/or eMail address. I "toss" these votes, as I want to make sure the vote is from a "real person" and not from some Web application. Thank you, in advance, for including your name and/or eMail in any vote.
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- "Best 18" holes for our Interclubs
Note: In 2008 I started a set of "Best 18" holes for our Interclubs.
Holes recently added to the list, for your voting convenience, include:
Croasdaile CC #2 Par-3
Croasdaile CC #6 Par-5
Croasdaile CC #13 Par-5
Of course, even if the hole is not mentioned / shown in the Web page, just vote for YOUR favorite hole(s) of our Interclub rotation.
If interested in viewing all current-mentioned holes, click on the navigation bullet at the top of our Web pages - or the link, below, for:
Interclubs->Top 18 Holes and Voting For Them.
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- Discussion Page
We still don't get many comments-back on this area of the Website. When you get a chance to give the Discussion page a look: Thanks. I recently added a discussion-entry for
"Tee Placement".
I have had one comeback on this - and, I added a further comment (on the Web page).
If you have not ever gone there, Give it a look when you have time to do so. Click on the navigation bullet at the top of our Web pages - or the link, below, for:
About Us,...->Discussion.
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