Weather Forecast forces decision to close on Saturday March 15, 2025

After contemplating the factors, we have decided to remain closed today. The local forecast calls for very high winds, rain, thunderstorms, lightning, hail and the high potential for tornadoes. We hate to close on Saturdays but for the safety of our customers and staff, we feel that this is the correct decision. The weather forecast is not always correct and hopefully it will not get as bad as forecast but we cannot put our golfers and staff in danger knowing what is being predicted.

We plan to be open again tomorrow morning.  Stay safe and pay attention to the weather conditions in your immediate area.

Today
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Some of the storms could be severe. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 4am, then a chance of showers. Some of the storms could be severe and produce heavy rainfall. Low around 55. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 20 mph becoming southwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
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Don Hopton Jones Aces #4

Congratulations to Don Hopton Jones.

Don aced #4 while playing in our dogfight on Friday morning March 14.

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Ole Man Winter has us shut down for the next few days

Due to the extreme cold nights that are in our seven day forecast. We have covered our greens and the Golf Course and Bogey’s Grille will be closed for the remainder of this week.

 

Today
Partly sunny, with a high near 41. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with a low around 21. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Wednesday
Sunny, with a high near 42. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 18. Calm wind.
Thursday
Sunny, with a high near 43. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph.
Thursday Night
A chance of snow after midnight, mixing with freezing rain after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Friday
Rain, snow and freezing rain, possibly mixed with sleet before noon, then rain, possibly mixed with snow. High near 36. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
Friday Night
Rain, possibly mixed with snow, mainly before midnight. Low around 32. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Saturday
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 24.
Sunday
Sunny, with a high near 44.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 26.
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2025 Alpine Bay Golf Tentative Tournament Schedule (All Dates and Events are subject to change)

MGA Season Kickoff Dogfight  Saturday (Feb 22)
Member/Member (Sat & Sun ) May 17 & 18
Hopton Jones Memorial (Saturday May 24)
Memorial Day Yellow Ball (Monday May 26)
Clear Creek Classic  (Sat & Sun) July 26 & 27
Club Championship Mens & Ladies (Sat & Sun ) Aug 23 & 24
Labor Day Yellow Ball Monday Sept 1
Member/Guest (Sat & Sun) Sept 19 & 20
Pin Setters Revenge Saturday Dec. 13
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2024 Pin Setter’s Revenge Dogfight Recap

Recap of the Alpine Bay Golf Inaugural (Pin Setters Revenge) Dogfight

We had 36 golfers to compete in our Revenge dogfight. It was a bit windy and the pins were positioned in places on the green that are seldom used.  Most of the golfers enjoyed the challenge.

We also had an optional $5.00 side pot that went to any golfer that completed the round without a 3 putt. If no one accomplished the feat, the money would go to our Toys for Tots campaign. There were 34 golfers that entered and the $170.00 pot is now a part of our fundraiser campaign. I actually don’t think anyone made it to #9 without a 3 putt.

The field was randomly drawn up into nine; 4-golfer teams. Two teams tied for 1st place at -8 on their point’s total.  One of the winning teams was Chris Robertson, Cory Baird, Tony Parton and Brian Proctor. The other team was Joe Howard, Thomas Cramer, Joel McNutt and Missy Bullen. Each of these golfer received $32.00 in club credit. The 3rd place team was made up of Paul Woo, Ray Ferguson, Shane Cleckler and Steven Powell. They finished at -14.

We had $175 in the skins pot and we had seven skins. Steve Giddens birdied #2 for a skin, Mike Sweatman had the only birdie on #4, Jeff Bullen birdied #8, Chris Robertson birdied #10, Mike Bauder birdied #14, Andy Payant birdied #15 and Doug MacMurdo birdied #17.  Each skin was worth $25.00. Cory Baird took the most over prize at +3 ($36.00). Sam Cooper won closest to the pin on #4 and Tony Parton was closest to the pin on #17 ($36.00ea).

Thanks to all the golfers that participated. It was a fun event that we will plan to do again next December.

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2024 MGA Annual Meeting and Season Ending Dogfight

Wrap Up of our 2024 Season Ending MGA Meeting and Dogfight

The day began with a MGA sponsored breakfast which featured a hash brown casserole, biscuits & gravy and sliced tomatoes. Our ladies in the kitchen did a wonderful job with the food and service.

We held our annual MGA meeting. There were a few new rule proposals for the 2025 season and they will be voted on in mid December. The officers will remain the same.

We had 51 MGA members to compete in the dogfight. The dogfight was divided into three divisions.

Golfers playing with 29 points and up were placed in Division A (18 golfers), 24 thru 28 were in Division B (15 golfers) and golfers playing with 23 and lower were in Division C (18 golfers).

Division C was won by Dave Johnson. Dave was +5 and he won the $200 1st place prize. 2nd place was a tie between Bob Hopton-Jones and Steven Powell. They were + 2.  They received $130.00 ea. There was a three way tie for 3rd. Tommy Vines, Ryan Smith and Pramad Bhatia finished at +1. Each of them got $20.00 ea. There were four skins in the C Division. Ryan Smith birdies #2, Pramad Bhatia birdied #4, Dave Johnson birdied #16 and Tommy Vines birdied #17.  And those were the only birdies on those holes. Each skin was worth $50ea.

The Division B winners were as follows; Matt Hardin finished in 1st at +7, Doug Macmurdo and Jim Gorman tied for 2nd at +2 and Cory Baird finished 4th at +1. Matt won the $180.00 1st place award. Doug and Jim won $110.00 ea and Cory won $40.00. Skins winners in this division were Cory B #1, Max Whitfield #2,Mike McGrew #8, R D McDonald #11, Don Hopton Jones #12, Doug MacMurdo #14 and Matt Hardin #15. Each skin was worth $28.00.

The Division A winner was Chris Robertson. Chris shot a 71 to finish at +6 for the $200.00 1st place prize. Joe Howard came in 2nd at +5 and $150.00. Harry Gaither and Eric Smith tied for 3rd at +3 each winning $85.00. There were six skins in the A division and they were worth $28.00 ea. Foo Dorsett #1, Skeet Harper #4,Jeff Bullen #7, Tony Evans#5 & #8,Chris Robertson #9 and Ray Ferguson #14.

The Closest to the pin winners were #4Skeet Harper #4, Mike McGrew #8, Eric Smith #14 and Chris Robertson #17. Each one won an additional $50.00.

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2024 Member/Guest Recap

This past weekend wrapped up our 2024 Summer Series of tournaments. We had a great turnout for all four events and we look forward to doing it again in 2025. A special thanks to all of our sponsors and volunteers. If it were not for them these projects could not be near as successful.  Here is a wrap up of this weekend’s tournament.

2024 Member/Guest Recap

There were 52 teams in our tournament and we were blessed with two fantastic September days of weather. Sunny and very warm each day.

The 1st day of competition was a Shamble format and day 2 was a Scramble format. The entire field was Flighted after the Day 1 results were finalized and we wound up with six Flights and each flight paid three places.

Here are the results of the tournament:

5th Flight winners Palmer/Humphries  $680.00 Day 1 (83), Day 2 (71) total 154
2nd place Edge/Mulvehill  $410.00 Day 1 (83), Day 2 (72) total 155
3rd place Wahl/Wahl  $270.00 Day 1 (83), Day 2 (74) total 157
4th Flight winners Whisman/Mitchell    $600.00 Day 1 (81), Day 2 (71) total 152
2nd place Payant/Payant  (Call Back) $350.00 Day 1 (80), Day 2 (72) total 152
3rd place Wilcox/Williams  $240.00 Day 1 (80), Day 2 (73) total 153
3rd Flight winners D H-Jones/Ferguson $770.00 Day 1 (77), Day 2 (69) total 146
2nd place S Cleckler/T Kimberly  $460.00 Day 1 (79), Day 2 (68) total 147
3rd place J Berry/Wilkes  $300.00 Day 1 (77), Day 2 (72) total 149
2nd Flight winners Woo/Woo  $680.00 Day 1 (74), Day 2 (65) total 139
2nd place Williams/Langley  $410.00 Day 1 (74), Day 2 (68) total 142
3rd place B H-Jones/Nielsen $270.00 Day 1 (76), Day 2 (69) total 145
1st Flight winners Ngirailab/Smitherman  $850.00 Day 1 (72), Day 2 (61) total 133
2nd place K Roe/ T Cramer $500.00 Day 1 (73), Day 2 (65) total 138
3rd place J Harris/C Harris  $350.00 Day 1 (71), Day 2 (68) total 139
Championship Flight    
1st Place C Dean/J Otwell  $1000.00 Day 1 (65), Day 2 (57) total 122
2nd place R Ferguson/J Chapple  $500.00 Day 1 (64), Day 2 (64) total 128
3rd place B G Simmons/B Prentice  $350.00 Day 1 (69), Day 2 (62) total 131

 

Our Proximity winners were as follows.

Day 1 hole #4  Moses 4’6”, #8 Piper Teal 9’3”, #14 Cooper Dean 10’8”, #17 Andy Payant  7’7”                 Day 2  hole #4 Moses 2’8”, #8 Mike Palmer 1’1”, #14 Steve Smitherman 6’9”  #17 James Otwell 2’8”  each proximity paid $25.00.

The winner of our Dancing Rabbit/Golden Moon golf package was David Gaston.

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2024 Labor Day Yellow Ball Dogfight Results

Labor Day Yellow Ball Wrap up

We had 14 teams (56 golfers) in our Labor Day Yellow Ball Dogfight. Each team is issued a marked Yellow Ball and it has to be played by one of the golfers on each hole and it is then passed on to another golfer on the next hole. A rotation has to be established prior the team teeing off on their first hole. If the Yellow Ball is lost, the entire team is eliminated from the Yellow Ball portion of the dogfight.  Amazingly there was only one lost Yellow Ball.

The tournament was a shotgun start at 9am and the weather was perfect for a morning of golf. The pace of play was very good and the Alpine Bay MGA provided hotdogs for all the golfers after the dogfight.

The regular dogfight results were as follows:

The team of Steve Giddens, Cory Baird, Don Hopton Jones and Chuck Daugherty took 1st place. Their team scored 110 points and that was +12 above their points quota of 98. 2nd place went to Craig Hamilton, Hippie Cleckler, Mike McGrew and Jimmy Berning. Their quota was  95 points and they posted 105 with a difference of +10.  3rd place went to the team of Paul Woo, Randy McDonald, Andy Payant and Teri Daugherty. Their quota was  85 and they posted a 93.  We had a tie for 4th place between the team of Cooper Dean, Bob Whitmire, Sam Cooper and Walter Peterson and the team of Jimbo Williams, Randy Burnham, Jeremy Cooper and Steven Powell. Both teams were 6 points above their quota.

The Yellow Ball winners were as follows:

1st place went to the team of Chris Robertson, Tony Parton, Angie Kuhens, and Missy Bullen. They made 28 points with the Yellow Ball and that was 6.5 above their Yellow Ball quota of 22.5. 2nd place went to the team of Woo, McDonald, Payant and Daugherty. Their Yellow Ball was 4.75 above their quota. 3rd went to Giddens, Baird, Hopton Jones and Daugherty with a +3.5. 4th place went to Mike Sweatman, Doug Macmurdo, Chris Palmer and Jeff Kimbrel at +2.25.

There was only one Yellow Ball skin and it went to the Chris Robertson team when Angie Kuhens was the only Yellow Ball to birdie the #4 par 3.

This was a 100% payback dogfight with a total purse of $1680.00. Thanks to the Alpine Bay MGA (Men’s Golf Association) for sponsoring this event.

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2024 Club Championship Results

2024 Alpine Bay Golf Club Championship Results

We had 57 members play in our tournament. The Lord blessed us with two magnificent days of weather for our 2024 Club Championship. No clouds, mid to upper 80s and a slight breeze. It does not get any better than that in August in Alabama.

The MGA furnished us with breakfast each day and Max Whitfield furnished doughnuts on Sunday morning. Ray Lineberry and PaPa John’s pizza provided  lunch on Sunday afternoon.

Our maintenance crew had the course in very good shape and our clubhouse staff did a great job taking care of all of the orders and deliveries. We really do appreciate all that our entire staff does for us.

Now the results:

Nathan Fernandez is our 2024 Club Champion. Nathan posted a two day score of 141 (3 under par) to take the title. Finishing in2nd place was B G Simmons and rounding out the top three was last year’s champion Chris Robertson.

Cory Baird and Matt Hardin tied for 1st place in the handicapped  portion of the championship flight with a net score of 140. Paul Woo finished 3rd with a net 142,

The 1st flight champion for 2024 is Eric Smith. Eric posted a two day total of 154 to win. 2nd place went to Foo Dorsett. In the net portion of the 1st flight, Brian Proctor posted a net score of 134 and Steven Powell had a net 137 for 2nd place.

Moses Ngirailab is our 2024 Senior Division champion. Moses shot a two day score of 149 and Skeet Harper finished in 2nd place. In the net portion of the Senior Division, Jimmy Ray took 1st with a net score of 139 and Jeff Kimbrel finished in 2nd with a net 142.

Our 2024 Super Senior champion is Bobby Denty. Bobby shot a two day total of 149 edging out Tony Evans who had a 151. Pramod Bhatia took 1st place in the net with a net score of 139. Don Hopton Jones and Matthew Power tied for 2nd with a net 144.

Another thanks to all of our Summer Season Sponsors for their support.

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2024 Ladies’ Club Championship

Results from the 2024 Ladies’ Club Championship

Jan Sweatman was the winner of the Ladies’ Club Championship. Jan was tied with Rae Clayton at the end of the 36 holes of play. The two engaged in a sudden death playoff that took place on hole #18 in front of a sizeable gallery. Jan edged out Rae by one stroke in the first hole of overtime.

On the net portion of the championship, Amy Travis took 1st place and Michele Whisman captured 2nd place.

The proximity winners on day one were Rae Clayton on hole #4 and Dana Davis on #17. The 2nd day winners were Rae Clayton again on #4 and Angie Kuhens on #17.

Thanks to all the ladies that chose to participate in this tournament.

Left to Right, Missy Bullen, Dana Davis, Amy Travis, Kimberly Stubbs, Jan Parton, Michele Whisman, Jan Sweatman, Angie Kuhens and Rae Clayton.

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