Nick Vinios will be conducting golf clinics here at Alpine Bay. Nick will be teaching the swing techniques that are taught by Martin Ayers of Northbound Golf. The 1st clinic will be held on Tuesday June 6 at 10am 
2023 MGA Season kickoff Dogfight Results
We had 46 members to play in our MGA season kickoff dogfight. The golfers were sorted and randomly drawn by a,b,c & d players according their dogfight points.
The MGA furnished breakfast and lunch for the players.
1st place was the team of Jeff Bullen, Ken Roe, Andy Payant and Allen Crawford. They came in at 9 points above their quota. 1st place paid $500.00 2nd place ($300) went to the team of Rodney Guy, Cooper Dean, Sam Willingham and Jack Sellers. They were +8 points. 3rd Place +6 ($200) went to Skeet Harper, John Harris, Sam Cooper & Brian Galloway. 4th place +5 ($100) went to Mike Griffin, Stan Elliott, Jinks Marlowe & Jamie Kimberly. 5th place at even ($80) went to Bobby Denty, Tony Parton, Dave Johnson & Matt Osborne.
Sam Cooper won the Most over for individual. Sam was +9 over his points ($50)
Closest to the pins ($50ea) went to Don Hopton Jones on #4, Mike Griffin on #8, Doc Bhatia on #14 and Harry Gaither on #17.
There were only four skins won and they paid $75ea, Jimmy Ray made the only birdie on #1, Shane Cleckler made the only birdie on #4, BG Simmons made the only birdie on #13 and Doc Bhatia made the only birdie on #14.
Thanks to all the members that played today and a special thanks to the clubhouse crew for providing a great breakfast and lunch. We will have our year end MGA dogfight in late November or early December.
KODAK Digital Still Camera
KODAK Digital Still Camera
We had a great turnout for our Member/Employee appreciation dinner. The facilities at Louie’s Grille were excellent. The food was great and the band (To The Max) played one great song after another for over two hours. Thanks to all the members that attended. We will do it again at a later date.
We are excited to see the arrival of our new fleet of carts. We now have 45, new 2023 Yamaha 48v ac carts on hand.
While playing in our Thursday afternoon match on January 5, Rodney Guy scores the 1st hole in one for 2023. Rodney aced hole #4. Playing at 138yds, Rodney used a well struck 9 iron. Rodney’s shot was awarded with $590.00 from the Alpine Bay hole in one club.
The MGA made a Christmas donation to the Talladega Presbyterian Home for Children.
The Presbyterian Home for Children, a ministry of the Presbyterian Churches of Alabama, cares for teenage girls who have experienced abuse and/or neglect, and boys and girls of all ages and their female caregivers who find themselves homeless because of poverty, abuse, or abandonment. The Home is accredited by Social Current, the leading accrediting organization for social services in the U.S. and Canada; and EAGLE, the world’s only faith-based accrediting body for ministry to children.
With the artic blast that we are expecting, we will be covering our putting greens on Thursday afternoon, Dec 22. We will accept no tee times later than 10am on Thursday. The greens will remain covered through Monday Dec 26. Weather permitting we will resume play on Tuesday morning Dec 27.
The Golf course and clubhouse will be closed Dec 23 thru Dec 26. We hope you all have a Merry Christmas and try to stay warm.
Thursday
A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 56.
Thursday Night
A chance of rain before 1am, then a chance of rain and snow between 1am and 4am, then a slight chance of snow after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 18. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 25.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 12.
Saturday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 30.
2022 Season Ending MGA Dogfight
The 2022 season ending MGA dogfight was held this past Saturday. There was a MGA meeting prior to the dogfight where rules changes proposals were presented. A ballot will be prepared and all MGA members will have an opportunity to vote. If any rules are changed, the new rule will take effect during the first dogfight of 2023.
Breakfast and lunch was furnished by the MGA and both were wonderful. Thanks to all the clubhouse staff that made this happen.
We had 46 members to participate in our season ending MGA dogfight on Saturday. The field was divided into three flights and they were selected by their current dogfight points.
Golfers with playing with 30 points or higher were in the Championship flight. Golfers playing with 24 points to 29 points were in the 1st flight and golfers playing with 23 points and lower were in the 2nd flight. We had 13 in the championship flight, 16 in the 1st flight and 17 in the 2nd flight. Each member paid a $20 dogfight entry fee and the MGA matched the pot for a total purse of $1840.00.
The 2nd flight was won by Tommy Vines. Tommy was +7 over his points. Jason Berry and Buddy Butterworth finished at +6 for a tie for 2nd and Sam Cooper finished +5 to finish in 3rd. Skins winners in the 2nd flight were Tommy Vines, Bob Hopton-Jones, Jack Sellers, Buddy Butterworth (2), Sam Cooper and Pramod Bhatia. Doc Bhatia also won the closest to the pin on #17. Pramod Bhatia won the 2nd flight CTP on #17.
The 1st flight winners were as follows. Hippie Cleckler and Ken Roe tied at +7. Tony Parton and Shane Cleckler came in at +5. The following golfers won skins. R D McDonald (2), Ken Roe (2), Hippie (2), Tony Evans, Jimmy Brasher and Foo Dorsett. Hippie also won the CTP for the 1st flight on hole #4.
First place in the Championship flight was a tie between Jeff Bullen and Rodney Guy. They were +7 over their points. There was also a tie for 2nd place between Joe Howard and Bobby Denty at +4. Skins winners in the Championship flight were Jeff Bullen (3), Joe Howard (2), Moses Ngirailab and Ray Ferguson. Ray also won the CTP on hole #8 at 9’1” and he also won the CTP on #14 at 1’ 2”.
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2022 Club Champion
Jeff Bullen captures the 2022 Alpine Bay Golf, Club Championship
We had 66 members to compete in our Club Championship this past weekend. The weather was perfect for a tournament.
Jeff Bullen posted a score of 70 on the 1st day and followed it up with a score of 75 for a two day total of 145. 2nd place went to Jordan Whitfield with a two day total of 151. Austin Burnham finished one stroke behind Jordan for the 3rd place finish. On the Net side of the Championship flight, Chris Robertson took 1st with a net score of 137. 2nd place went to Austin Burnham with a net of 142.
The 1st Flight championship went to John (Foo) Dorsett with a score of 163. Shane Cleckler took 2nd place. On the net side, 1st place went to Bob Hopton-Jones and 2nd went to Don Carroll.
The 2022 Senior Champion is Bobby Denty and 2nd place was a tie between Moe Bassett and Rodney Guy. Steve Willingham took 1st place in the net and R D McDonald won 2nd.
In the Super Senior Division, Mike Sweatman outlasted Tony Evans for the Super Senior Championship. Pramod Bhatia won 1st in the net followed by John Harris who finished in 2nd.
This was our 1st year for a Women’s Division. Angie Stepp is our 2022 Ladies Club Champion. Heidi Martin is the net Ladies Champion. Thanks to all of the members that participated and we hope to have a bigger and better event next year.
I want to thank all of our grounds crew for having the course in very good shape for the tournament, in spite of the lack of rainfall that we have experienced here in Alpine. The fairways and bunkers are very good, the rough makes a difference and the greens were rolling well.
I also want to thank the clubhouse, grille workers and volunteers for their outstanding job. All of the meals and tournament preparations were well executed and successful.