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Eighth-Annual
RSG-Wisconsin

June 22-24, 2007

Lawsonia!


Dates: June 22-24, 2007. Attend all rounds, or whatever you can.

Location: Green Lake, Wisconsin and vicinity. Closest airports are Madison, Milwaukee, Green Bay, and Chicago O'Hare. Flying in? Email me and we'll see if we can work to get you from and to the airport.

Host: Mike Dalecki

Goal: To get together to enjoy each others' company and the game we all love.

Who Can Attend? Anyone! If you're an RSG'er, a past RSG'er, or just love getting together with others to enjoy the greatest game in the world, you're in!

Email me if you're interested in attending.


The 8th Annual RSG-Wisconsin (2007 edition) is being held in the Green Lake area for the fourth time. Courses are the famous Lawsonia Links and Woodlands courses.

Friday afternoon will see a tuneup round, with two rounds Saturday and one Sunday.

Tee times on Friday afternoon start at 4pm on the Links course.

Tee times on Saturday morning--the tournament round!--start at 7:58am. Saturday afternoon's round is the famous "Cheese Round," a team event for which the rules are obscure. Course is the Woodlands course.

Tee times for Sunday's round at the Woodlands begins at 8:30am. We should finish by around noon or so, which will leave plenty of time for those driving home or leaving by plane.

Lawsonia has worked with me to provide us with a remarkable value--four rounds at some of the best golf courses in Wisconsin, at a price we cannot refuse. Three of the four rounds include a cart (Friday's pm round does not), but you may walk if you like. However, it's advisable to pair with a rider on the Woodlands course, as there are places where a quick ride to the next hole is advisable.

Pre-Event Round at the Irish Course. A pre-tuneup round will be held Thursday at the Irish Course of the Whistling Straits complex. (Whistling Straits is hosting the U.S. Senior Open two weeks after, and is unavailable). This is not an official part of the weekend festivities--it's really a tune up on a course some feel is better than what Whistling Straits has to offer. (Note: Cost for the Irish Course are $150 walking--caddie is $58 more, plus tip). This is not included in the prepaid package, however.

What are the Minimum Qualifications? There is no minimum level of golf ability required, though it is recommended that you already know which end of a golf club to hold. Participants range from low-handicap golfers to high-handicap golfers--in fact, some don't even have a handicap! We get together to enjoy the friendship, the cameraderie, the golfing. We love the game, and we love golfing with others who love it too.

Regardless of how many strokes you take, as long as you move along and are pleasant company, we'll enjoy golfing with you.

I'm always excited to meet new people at these events. Everyone seems to go out of their way to help the others have a great time. I've never met a finer group of golfers than those who have helped me enjoy the RSG events I've been lucky enough to attend.

Map:
Coming Soon--Lawsonia is located adjacent to Green Lake, Wisconsin.

Lodging: I have reserved some rooms to ensure we have places to stay at a local motel in Ripon. Costs will be $45 for a single, $55 for a double (including tax). The motel is about 15 minutes from the Lawsonia Courses, and nearby our restaurants.

Costs: The cost for all four rounds, and goodie bag/souvenir, and taxes, is estimated to be $220. This includes a cart for the Saturday rounds at the Links and Woodlands, and the Sunday round at the Woodlands. (you get a cart whether you want one or not). The Links Course is very walkable; the Woodlands is more problematic, with some elevation changes and sometimes significant distance between holes.

If you want a riding cart on Friday afternoon, you'll need to cover that cost yourself at the course.

If there is some other combination of rounds that you'd like to do, please email me and I'll figure out the costs for you.

Courses: Lawsonia Links is our base for the Friday afternon tuneup and Saturday morning tournament rounds. The Links is my favorite course of all time, a course which is modeled after a traditional Scottish Links course. There are few trees on the course, and they only come into play on a very few holes. While the course can reach out and bite you, if you play within yourself there are reasonable ways to play every hole.

The Saturday afternoon and Sunday rounds will be at The Woodlands, a course carved out of the Wisconsin Woods years after the Links course was developed. It's a beautiful course, challenging yet fair. The signature hole is #3, also known as the "Cliff Hole." It's a wonderful contrast to the Links.

The Cheese Round will be contested Saturday afternoon at the Woodlands course. The Cheese Round is played in teams; nothing more can be revealed at this time.

Prizes: Anyone who can donate a prize is asked to do so. Prizes have ranged from a sleeve of balls to assembled clubs; shirts, towels, etc. But if you can't afford a prize, don't let that dissuade you from attending. We'd much rather have your attendance than your prize. Rumor has it that the Club Doctor is donating a KZG 60* low-bounce lob wedge. Ron Blanchard is also donating same; one will be made w/ regular flex, one with stiff flex.

Tournament Round: Of course, the Cheesehead trophies will be the major prizes. The tournament round will crown both a scratch champion and a handicap champion. Don't have a USGA handicap? I will assign one to you based on previous scores, gut feeling, and the results of a zen-like trance. (Decisions of the host are final :)

Some golfers at RSG-Wisconsin are very into the tournament round. Everyone who plays will be eligible, but if you're just there to enjoy yourself and have a casual round, that's fine too. The tournament round, for those competing, will be played strictly by the rules of golf.

Those wishing to compete for the scratch championship will play from the same tournament tees; those who wish to compete for the handicap championship may play from other tees as appropriate. Those playing from the tournament tees are automatically in the handicap championship.

Important: Golfers will need to submit payment to me ahead of time for the golf, and use their own credit card to hold their rooms. You can email me for the room list so you can get a room reserved in your own name.

Friday/Saturday Evening Dinner and Libations: Dinner and Libations? Of course! Details to follow.

Defending Champions:

  • Thor Collard (2000)
  • Gary Hayenga (2001)
  • Ron Blanchard (hdcp, 2002), Dave Jakubowski (scratch, 2002)
  • Don Ward (hdcp, 2003), Mike Dalecki (scratch, 2003)
  • Rob Pyle (hdcp, 2004), Dave Jakubowsky (scratch, 2004)
  • Rob Pyle (hdcp, 2005), Dave Jakubowsky (scratch, 2005)
  • Ron Blanchard (hdcp 2006), Kenny Price (scratch, 2006)