BAGA 2011 Yearly Golf Awards

The BAGA last tournament of the year took place on Saturday December 17th 2011.

The Results were :

Without Handicap :

• 1st - Andy Hunt (69)
• 2nd - Bill Mckenzie (69)
• 3rd - Paul Martin (76)

Andy and Bill tied for 1st place. Andy won by tie-breaker.

With Handicap :

• 1st - Tim Heath (65)
• 2nd - John Sansone (67)
• 3rd - Sam Mathias  (69)

Longest Drive - Bill Mckenzie
Closest Pin - Alan Graham
Any 2 - Jim Comber (#5) and Tim Heath (#5)

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2011 Yearly Awards :

Without Handicap :

• Player of the year  - Andy Hunt (130 points)
• Runner Up Player of the year - Tim Heath (76 points)
• Third Place Player of the year - Paul Martin (74 points)

With Handicap :

• Player of the year- Bill Mckenzie (84 points)
• Runner up Player of the year - Sam Mathias (81 points)
• Third Place Player of the year - John Sansone (67 points)

Clubman of the Year :

• Clubman of the Year : Karl Ayres
• Runner Up : Ray Garbutt Sr
• Third Place : Jim Comber

Thanks to all the sponsors who donated trophies for the end of year awards. This includes Corkers Restaurant, Belize Jungle Dome, Peter Allen, Alan Graham and Robert Lee.

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Scores - Without Handicap
 

December 17th 2011	Front Nine	Back Nine
Name of players	Holes	Holes	Total	Points
Andy Hunt (2)	34	35	69	12
William Mckenzie (2)	34	35	69	10
Tim Heath (6)	35	36	71	9
Paul Martin (7)	42	34	76	8
Sam Mathias (10)	39	40	79	7
Alan Graham (10)	41	39	80	6
Mickey Thornton (10)	39	42	81	5
Jim Comber (11)	37	44	81	4
John Sansone (16)	41	42	83	3
Karl Ayres (19)	48	42	90	2
John Wongsam (13)	46	45	91	1
Ray Garbutt Sr (18)	43	50	93	1
Boris Vostry (25)	52	50	102	1
Geoff Hambling (24)	57	59	116	1
Michele	48	57	105	N/A
Slavik (21)	52	56	108	N/A

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Scores With Handicap

December 17th	Front Nine	Back Nine
Name of players	Holes	Holes	Total	Handicap	Total	Points
Tim Heath (6)	35	36	71	6	65	12
Andy Hunt (2)	34	35	69	2	67	10
William Mckenzie (2)	34	35	69	2	67	9
John Sansone (16)	41	42	83	16	67	8
Paul Martin (7)	42	34	76	7	69	7
Sam Mathias (10)	39	40	79	10	69	6
Alan Graham (10)	41	39	80	10	70	5
Jim Comber (11)	37	44	81	11	70	4
Karl Ayres (19)	48	42	90	19	71	3
Mickey Thornton (10)	39	42	81	10	71	2
Ray Garbutt Sr (18)	43	50	93	18	75	1
Boris Vostry (25)	52	50	102	25	77	1
John Wongsam (13)	46	45	91	13	78	1
Geoof Hambling (24)	57	59	116	24	92	1
Slavik (21)	52	56	108	21	87	N/A
Michelle	48	57	105	?	?	N/A

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2011 Yearly Points Without Handicap

2011 YEARLY GROSS		Number of
Player Name	Points	Tournaments Played
Andy Hunt	130	11
William Mckenzie	115	11
Tim Heath	74	10
Paul Martin	71	11
Alan Graham	65	10
Sam Mathias	63	10
Ray Garbutt Jr	58	5
Jim Comber	52	11
Steve Maestre	49	9
Ryan Garbutt	47	7
John Sansone	35	11
Mickey Thornton	27	5
Ray Garbutt Sr.	24	10
Peter Allen	19	5
John Wongsam	19	8
Karl Ayers	19	11
Jim Dunkel	12	2
Robert Lee	10	4
Dave Giesbrecht	7	5
Jennie Martin	3	3
Decon Cal	3	2
Boris Vostry	3	3
Josef Vostry	2	1
Tim Robinson	1	1

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2011 Yearly Points With Handicap

YEARLY NET	Points	Number of
		Tournaments Played
Andy Hunt	95	11
William Mckenzie	84	11
Sam Mathias	81	10
John Sansone	67	11
Alan Graham	62	10
Tim Heath	54	10
Steve Maestre	52	9
Jim Comber	49	11
Paul Martin	47	11
Ryan Garbutt	46	7
Ray Garbutt Jr	43	5
Ray Garbutt Sr.	40	10
Karl Ayers	40	11
John Wongsam	30	8
Mickey Thornton	24	5
Dave Giesbrecht	20	5
Peter Allen	17	5
Jim Dunkel	15	2
Robert Lee	15	4
Boris Vostry	15	3
Decon Cal	7	2
Jennie Martin	3	3
Josef Vostry	1	1
Tim Robinson	1	1

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2011 - Birdies, Pars, Eagles

	Total	Total	Total
Player Name	Pars	Birdies	Eagles
Andy Hunt	115	20	0
William Mckenzie	103	18	0
Paul Martin	77	13	1
Tim Heath	74	13	0
Sam Mathias	68	10	0
Alan Graham	63	11	0
Jim Comber	63	5	0
Ray Garbutt Jr.	50	10	0
Ryan Garbutt	54	6	0
John Sansone	56	3	0
Steve Maestre	49	10	0
Karl Ayers	35	6	0
Mickey Thornton	34	6	0
John Wongsam	32	4	0
Ray Garbutt Sr.	33	1	0
Peter Allen	24	5	0
Robert Lee	18	3	0
Decon Cal	9	2	0
Jim Dunkel	8	3	0
David Giesbrecht	8	2	0
Josef Vostry	3	0	0
Jennie Martin	2	0	0
Boris Vostry	1	0	0

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BAGA Player Handicaps - Dec 16th 2011

13 - Allen, Peter

19 - Ayers, Karl

11 - Comber, Jim

18 - Deacon Cal

6 - Garbutt Jr., Raymond

18 - Garbutt Sr, Raymond

8 - Garbutt, Ryan

24 - Geoff, Hatto-Hembling

22 - Giesbtecht, David

13 - Gillet, Lloyd

10 - Graham, Alan

20 - Guthoff, Oliver

13 - Hack, Steve

6 - Heath, Tim

2 - Hunt, Andy

15 - Lee, Robert

10 - Maestre, Steve

41 - Martin, Jenny

7 - Martin, Paul

10 - Mathias, Sam

2 - Mckenzie, William

17 - Roden, Steve

16 - Sansone, John

21 - Slavic

10 - Thornton, Mickey

25 - Towers, Chico

25 - Vostry, Boris

15 - Vostry, Joseph

13 - Wongsam, John

Belize Match Play and Xmas Tournament Results - December 3rd 2011

The Roaring River Xmas tournament took place Saturday, December 3rd and we also completed the BAGA 2011 Match Play Tournament. Here are the Results :

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BAGA Match Play Final :

After 4 months the final pairs battled it out for the Match Play title.

Bill Mckenzie beat John Sansone - Final
Deacon Cal beat Ray Garbutt Jr - 3rd place play off.

2011 Match Play :

• 1st : Bill Mckenzie 
• 2nd : John Sansone 
• 3rd : Deacon Cal

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Roaring River Xmas Tournament. Players played off 66% of their handicaps and scores were calculated using the Stableford system. 1 point for a bogie, 2 points for a par and 3 points for an birdie :

• 1st - Bill Mckenzie (37 pts) - Sponsored by Cardies Hotel.
• 2nd - Sam Mathias (34 pts) - Sponsored by Belize Jungle Dome Adventure Vacations.
• 3rd - Andy Hunt (33 pts) - Sponsored by Garbutts Service Station.
• Longest Drive # 9 : Bill Mckenzie
• Longest Drive #15 : Bill Mckenzie
• Closest Pin #1 and #10 : Tim Heath
• Closest Pin #3 and #12 : Sam Mathias
• Closest Pin #5 and #14 : Sam Mathias

Thanks to all our sponsors especially Roaring River Golf Course.

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December 3rd Xmas	Stableford		Total
Name of players	Pts	66% Hdcp	Pts
William Mckenzie (3)	35	2	37
Sam Mathias (10)	27	7	34
Andy Hunt (2)	31	2	33
Dave Giesbrecht (22)	16	15	31
Robert Lee (15)	21	10	31
Alan Graham (9)	25	6	31
Tim Heath (6)	26	4	30
Karl Ayres (19)	17	13	30
Jim Comber (11)	22	7	29
Slavik (20)	14	13	27
Joseph (24)	10	16	26
John Sansone (16)	15	11	26
Geoff Hambling (24)	10	16	26
Steve Hack (12)	16	8	24
Chico Towers (24)	7	16	23
Ray Garbutt Sr (18)	11	12	23
Boris Vostry (24)	7	16	23
Steve Roden (17)	11	11	22
Michel (20)	9	13	22
Deacon Cal (18)	9	12	21
Andre Penner (14)	12	9	21
Gus (24)	4	16	20
Joy (24)	4	16	20

Results - BAGA Junior Golf Tournament - November 27th 2011

The Juniors squeezed their final tournament in Sunday, between the rain storms.

We see again great improvement with our Junior players and scores have generally improved since the last competition. Our kids have really shown dedication and commitment to learning the game of golf this year.

Our last Wednesday coaching session is this week, 30th November and then we will break until the new year.

RESULTS, with the players scores in brackets :

Girls Category

1. Vanessa Gonzalez (28)
2. Anna Anderson (30)
3. Vanessa Gallardo (33)
4. Lauren Ferrier (35)

Boys Category

1. Lucas Hunt (23)
2. Chase Harsta (23)
3. Nelson Gallardo 30)
4. Cole Towers (32), Edin Kus (32), Zach Anderson (32)
5. Xavier Gallardo, Logan Harsta (34)
6. Ansel Anderson (35)
7. Logan Britt (36)

Lucas and Chase tied for 1st place and Lucas won in the play off hole.

Belize Golf Tournament Results - November 26th 2011

Here are the results from the 11th Belize Monthly Tournament :

Gross - Without Handicap	Front Nine	Back Nine
Name of players	Holes	Holes	Total	Points
William Mckenzie (3)	38	35	73	12
Andy Hunt (2)	35	40	75	10
Paul Martin (6)	41	35	76	9
Tim Heath (6)	42	38	80	8
Jim Comber (11)	41	40	81	7
Sam Mathias (10)	40	42	82	6
Alan Graham (9)	37	45	82	5
John Sansone (16)	42	42	84	4
Ray Garbutt Sr (18)	44	47	91	3
Dave Giesbrecht (22)	48	45	93	2
Karl Ayres (19)	41	53	94	1

Net - With Handicap	Front Nine	Back Nine
Name of players	Holes	Holes	HDCP	Total	Points
John Sansone (16)	42	42	16	68	12
Paul Martin (6)	41	35	6	70	10
William Mckenzie (3)	38	35	3	70	9
Jim Comber (11)	41	40	11	70	8
Dave Giesbrecht (22)	48	45	22	71	7
Sam Mathias (10)	40	42	10	72	6
Andy Hunt (2)	35	40	2	73	5
Ray Garbutt Sr (18)	44	47	18	73	4
Alan Graham (9)	37	45	9	73	3
Tim Heath (6)	42	38	6	74	2
Karl Ayres (19)	41	53	19	75	1

• Long Drive winner #15 - Paul Martin 
• Closest Pin #1 and #10 - Paul Martin 
• Any 2 - Paul Martin on hole #1.

YEARLY GROSS		Number of
Player Name	Points	Tournaments Played
Andy Hunt	118	10
William Mckenzie	105	10
Tim Heath	65	9
Paul Martin	63	10
Alan Graham	59	9
Ray Garbutt Jr	58	5
Sam Mathias	56	9
Steve Maestre	49	9
Jim Comber	48	10
Ryan Garbutt	47	7
John Sansone	32	10
Ray Garbutt Sr.	23	9
Mickey Thornton	22	4
Peter Allen	19	5
John Wongsam	18	7
Karl Ayers	17	10
Jim Dunkel	12	2
Robert Lee	10	4
Dave Giesbrecht	7	5
Jennie Martin	3	3
Decon Cal	3	2
Josef Vostry	2	1
Boris Vostry	2	2
Tim Robinson	1	1

 

YEARLY NET	Points	Number of
		Tournaments Played
Andy Hunt	85	10
Sam Mathias	75	9
William Mckenzie	75	10
John Sansone	59	10
Alan Graham	57	9
Steve Maestre	52	9
Ryan Garbutt	46	7
Jim Comber	45	10
Ray Garbutt Jr	43	5
Tim Heath	42	9
Paul Martin	40	10
Ray Garbutt Sr.	39	9
Karl Ayers	37	10
John Wongsam	29	7
Mickey Thornton	22	4
Dave Giesbrecht	20	5
Peter Allen	17	5
Jim Dunkel	15	2
Robert Lee	15	4
Boris Vostry	14	2
Decon Cal	7	2
Jennie Martin	3	3
Josef Vostry	1	1
Tim Robinson	1	1

BAGA Player Handicaps - Nov 23rd 2011

13 - Allen, Peter

19 - Ayers, Karl

11 - Comber, Jim

18 - Deacon Cal

6 - Garbutt Jr., Raymond

18 - Garbutt Sr, Raymond

8 - Garbutt, Ryan

13 - Geoff, Hatto-Hembling

22 - Giesbtecht, David

13 - Gillet, Lloyd

9 - Graham, Alan

20 - Guthoff, Oliver

12 - Hack, Steve

6 - Heath, Tim

2 - Hunt, Andy

15 - Lee, Robert

10 - Maestre, Steve

41 - Martin, Jenny

6 - Martin, Paul

10 - Mathias, Sam

3 - Mckenzie, William

17 - Roden, Steve

16 - Sansone, John

21 - Slavic

10 - Thornton, Mickey

25 - Towers, Chico

25 - Vostry, Boris

15 - Vostry, Joseph

13 - Wongsam, John

BAGA Match Play 2011 - Semi Final Results

The last pair are remaining in the BAGA Match Play Tournament for 2011.

Here are the Semi Final results :

John Sansone beat Ray Garbutt Jr (1up)
Bill Mckenzie beat Deacon Cal (4 & 3)

The final is  :

John Sansone (15) v Bill Mckenzie (4)

3rd Place play off :

Ray Garbutt Jr (6) v Deacon Cal (19)

Handicaps in brackets. Dates of the matches to be confirmed at the BAGA Yearly Meeting this saturday.

Belize Golf Tournament - November 26th 2011

Hello Golfers,

November 26th is the BAGA November tournament.

8.30am start.

Email me and let me know if you are playing.

Also BAGA is having it's annual meeting on November 26th so we hope as many of you as possible can turn up.

We have 2 more tournaments after this :

• December 3rd : Paul Martins Xmas Tournament 
• December 17th : Last monthly tournament, where we will also hand out trophies for Yearly Gross and Net (1st, 2nd and 3rd) + 2011 BAGA Match play prizes.

Roaring River Xmas Belize Golf Tournament - December 3rd 2011

XMAS GOLF COMPETITION

It’s that time again!!

Will be held on 3^rd December at 8.30am

All welcome!!

Please bring a prize or a gift along, no matter how big or small. For example : Bottle of Wine, Packet of Balls, case of beer,  voucher etc.

Please confirm your participation before 1^st December for catering purposes via email. (paulmartin1958@gmail.com )

www.belizegolfcourses.com

BAGA 2011 Golf Match Play Tournament Results

We have reached the Semi-Final stage of the BAGA 2011 Match Play.

4 of the BAGA Match Play giants remain after sweeping away their opponents in style in the quarter finals. First prize is $200 and name on the BAGA Match Play Trophy, 2nd prize is $100. 3rd prize is $50. No prizes for 4th place. The winners of the 2 semi final matches will play off for 1st place and the losers will play off for 3rd place.

The results are :

• John Sansone beat Mickey Thornton - 4 & 3 
• Ray Garbutt Jr beat Tim Heath 
• Bill Mckenzie beat Alan Graham - 6 & 4 
• Deacon Cal beat Reni Reyes - 7 & 5 

The draw for the semi-finals are :

• John Sansone (15) v Ray Garbutt Jr (6) 
• Bill Mckenzie (4) v Deacon Cal (19) 

Players handicaps are in brackets behind their names.

Deadline for the completion of these 2 games is November 21st 2011.

BAGA Junior Golf Tournament - October 30th 2011

Watch out adult golfers of Belize, the BAGA kids are in town. 20 lessons have passed since we started the kids program in March 2011 and the children are improving fast. The winning score in Junes tournament was 29 and the winning score at this Octobers tournament was 21, with almost all the kids scores improving.

The BAGA had their second Junior Golf Tournament, Sunday 30th October 2011. 14 Children from Belmopan, Hopkins, Barton Creek and Belize City enjoyed a beautiful sunny day and a great tournament.

A big thank you to all the parents who attended and especially to Robert Lee, Mickey Thornton and Jaime Gonzalez who helped keep order and the scores for the children.

Also thank you to Paul and Jenny Martin for hosting the tournament at the Roaring River Golf Course for the second time. And lastly to Alan Gobie (Gobie Challenge), who has sponsored the children for the past year. This is the start of a new regular competition program for the kids, once a month.

And do not forget kids golf lessons are every Wednesday at 4pm at the Roaring River Golf Course. Contact Andy or Mickey at the BAGA : bagabze@gmail.com if you are interested in signing your kids up.

Here is the slideshow of all the kids in action.

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Results :

Boys :

1st Place : Lucas Hunt (21)
2nd Place : Nelson Gallardo (22)
3rd Place : Chase Harsta (26)

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Girls :

1st Place : Anna Anderson (30)
2nd Place : Vanessa Gonzalez (31)

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Full List of scores over 5 holes :

21 - Lucas Hunt
22 - Nelson Gallardo
26 - Chase Harsta
27 - Edin Kus
30 - Anna Anderson
31 - Logan Harsta, Vanessa Gonzalez
37 - Blake Lee
38 - Ansel Anderson, Nabil Musa
40 - Xavier Gallardo
41 - Logan Britt, Daniel Riaz
46 - Zach Anderson

Belize Golf Tournament Results - 22nd October 2011

12 Members from the BAGA and 11 guests battled out Saturdays Monthly 18 hole stroke play tournament.

Congratulations to all those that played. We hope to see you all again soon.

Results are :

Gross Score (without handicap) :

1st Place - Andrew Hunt (71)
2nd Place - Bill Mckenzie (73)
3rd Place - Sam Mathias (75)

Sam Mathias and Steve Maestre tied for 3rd place with 75 but Sam was awarded the 3rd spot as he had the best back 9 score.

Net Score (with handicap) :

1st Place - Sam Mathias (64)
2nd Place - Steve Maestre (64)
3rd Place - Karl Ayres (66)

Sam Mathias, Steve Maestre both shot net 64s and positions were decided by the best back 9 score.

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Las Vegas "2" Pot :

Sam Mathias #3 and #12, Ryan Garbutt #14, Nelson Gallardo #5.

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Longest Drive :

Sam Mathias #15

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Closest to the PIN :

Jim Comber

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The yearly Cumulative Points for the 10 official tournaments are :

Gross Score :

1st Place - 108 points - Andy Hunt
2nd Place - 93 points - William Mckenzie
3rd Place - 58 points - Ray Garbutt Jr
4th Place - 57 points - Tim Heath
5th Place - 54 points - Paul Martin
6th Place - 54 Points - Alan Graham
7th Place - 50 points - Sam Mathias
8th Place - 49 points - Steve Maestre
9th Place - 47 points - Ryan Garbutt
10th Place - 41 points - Jim Comber

Net Score :

1st Place - 80 points - Andy Hunt
2nd Place - 69 points - Sam Mathias
3rd Place - 66 Points - William Mckenzie
4th Place - 54 Points - Alan Graham
5th Place - 52 Points - Steve Maestre
6th Place - 47 points - John Sansone
7th Place - 46 points - Ryan Garbutt
8th Place - 43 points - Ray Garbutt Jr
9th Place - 40 points - Tim Heath
10th Place - 37 points - Jim Comber

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Total List of scores for Saturday October 22nd 2011 Tournament :

71 - Andy Hunt
73 - William Mckenzie
75 - Sam Mathias
75 - Steve Maestre
76 - Saul Barrera
76 - Ray Garbutt Jr
77 - Ryan Garbutt
79 - Alan Graham
80 - Jaime Gonzalez
80 - Nelson Gallardo
83 - Karl Ayres
85 - John Wongsam
87 - Jim Comber
87 - Reni Reyes
88 - John Sansone
91 - Ray Garbutt Sr
94 - Jerry
95 - Slavik
102 - Geoff Hatto-Hembling
105 - Dalix Hernandez
110 - Amir Escobar
110 - Eleazor Portillo
112 - Tony Jr

BAGA 2011 Match Play Golf Tournament - Results last 16.

Hello Golfers,

We are down to the last 8 in the BAGA 2011 Match Play Golf Tournament.

The results from the last 16 round were :

• Deacon Cal beat Paul Martin (Paul Martin Conceded) 
• John Sansone beat Andy Hunt (3&1) 
• Mickey Thornton beat Peter Allen (2&1) 
• Bill Mckenzie beat Robert Lee (3&2)) 
• Ray Garbutt Jr (Bye) 
• Tim Heath beat Jaime Gonzalez (1up) 
• Alan Graham beat Ryne Lizarraga (3&1) 
• Reni Reyes beat Ryan Garbutt (1 up) 

The Quarter finals are :

Top half of the draw :

• John Sansone (15) v Mickey Thornton (10)
• Tim Heath (6) v Ray Garbutt Jr (6) 

Bottom half of the draw :

• Bill Mckenzie (4) v Alan Graham (9) 
• Deacon Cal (19) v Reni Reyes (23) 

Remember your handicaps DO NOT change through this tournament. Your handicaps are in brackets behind your name.

You have until 7th November to complete the quarter final matches.

Congratulations to the players who made it to the final 8. It is getting serious now as the remaining players can sniff the first prize of $200.00 and their name on the BAGA Match Play Trophy.

Click on this image to enlarge.
Good luck.