2017 Official Players Booklet

Acorn Challenge 2017

12th Edition

(09.11.17)

Welcome to the Acorn Challenge 4 ................................The Committee 4 ..................................................................................................

Corporate Sponsors 4 .....................................................Hole-in-One Sponsors 5 .......................................................................................Sign Sponsors 5 ....................................................................................................Club Staff 5 ...........................................................................................................Club Facilities 5 ....................................................................................................

Rules of Play 6 ................................................................Scoring 6 ..............................................................................................................

Tournament Schedule 7 .................................................Friday 7 ................................................................................................................Saturday 7 ............................................................................................................Playoffs 7 ..............................................................................................................Format 8 ...............................................................................................................Rules 8 ..................................................................................................................SemiFinals and Finals Format 8 .........................................................................

Acorn Divisions 10 ..........................................................Matches/Starting Holes 11 .............................................Playoff Format 14 ...........................................................Final Championship Shoot-out 15 .......................................................................

Tournament Prizes 16 ....................................................Championship Qualifiers (prizes) 16 ..................................................................Semi-Final Playoff Qualifiers (prizes) 16 ...........................................................Flight Winners (prizes) 16 ...................................................................................Tournament Games (prizes) 17 ...........................................................................Friday 17 ...............................................................................................................Saturday 17 ..........................................................................................................

Putting Challenge 17 .......................................................

Format & Rules 17 ................................................................................................

Corporate Sponsors 19...................................................

Welcome to the Acorn Challenge

The members and staff of the Oaks golf Club and the Acorn Challenge Committee

welcome you and your guest to our premier golf event of the year, the Acorn

Challenge. This booklet contains all the info about this year’s Acorn Challenge. The

golf format is exciting including the “putting challenge” and the always exciting

playoff “Cart Rally” continues to be the grand finale. Our #1 priority is YOUR

enjoyment. If questions arise, or you need any assistance, please let our professional

golf staff, club personnel, or an Acorn Challenge Committee member know, and

they will be glad to assist you. Enjoy yourself, and good luck in the event!

The Committee Matt Balaban

Jay Cooper_________________

Jeff Done

Gareth Harris____________________________________

Adam Scherba _

Jeremy Scherba

Corporate Sponsors J N I Aluminum & Vinyl Products Inc - Jim Neilands

Firerock Golf Club - Walt Spivak

Freedom 55 Financial - Mike Rigato & Mike Cunneen

Scherba Great Floors - Jeremy Scherba

MolsonCoors - Ryan Stewart & Ryan Stewart

Belfor Restoration - Adam Scherba

Wurfel Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ltd. - Dale Wurfel

Alpha Door Systems - Ed Michniewicz

Vanos Insulations - Matt Vanos

Navigator Financial - Cam Law & Gord Hansford

Millars Law - Phil Millar

Waypoint Financial Group - Chris Chircoskii

Lexus of London - Mark Eisan

Intact Insurance - Stephen Greig

Hole-in-One Sponsors TLC Professional Landscaping - Troy Miller

Dale Wurfel Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ltd. - Dale Wurfel

Lexus of London - Mark Eisan

Sign Sponsors L360 Architecture Inc. - Paul F Loreto

Graystone - Derek Anderson

Rinkboards Inc. - Geoff Moxley

Bridlewood Homes – Carmine Gargarella

RYSE Construction Group - Ryan Peel

Dr. Jason Palleck

Club Staff The Oaks General Manager _____________ John Schidowka

CPGA Golf Professional _______________ __ Bob Dulong

Golf Course Superintendent _____________ Rick Perreault

Food & Beverage Manager _____________ Jim Evans

Club Facilities Members and their guests are welcome to use all Club facilities including the

clubhouse and lockers.

Rules of Play RCGA Rules govern all play. White lines define ground under repair. Rainouts: Holes

played will be used if deemed possible by the Committee. The Committee will make

a determination as to how the tournament will be concluded if it is shortened by

rain. Scorecards will contain additional local rules. Handicapping and other

important rules are posted for your inspection.

Program Changes

The Acorn Challenge Committee, in cooperation with the Clubhouse

Manager and Head Golf Professional of The Oaks Country Club, reserve the

right to make program changes as may be required for the benefit of the

successful execution of the Acorn Challenge.

Scoring Contestants are divided into ten (10) flights of six (6) teams each. Handicaps for the

event will be based on a player’s CPGA index, adjusted for a nine-hole match,

depending on which nine-hole course is played. When playing a match, each

player will play off the low ball of the match. In other words, the lowest

handicapped players will adjust to zero and the other players will adjust accordingly.

Your handicap index will be marked on your bag tag that you receive at the same

time. If there is any discrepancy with that please talk to one of the Acorn Challenge

Committee members prior to the commencement of play.

Tournament Schedule

Friday 8:30 am Welcome - Complimentary breakfast 9:30 am Round # 1 11:30 am BBQ Lunch in the barn Putting Challenge Begins 12:45 pm Round # 2 3:15 pm Round # 3 6:30 pm Glenn’s gourmet dinner – sit down All Evening Putting Challenge continues under the lights

Saturday 8:00 am Complimentary breakfast ~ Glenn’s Special Putting Challenge resumes Prize for most qualified putts on Saturday 9:00 am Round # 4 11:00 am Lunch in barn 11:15 am Belfor Putting Challenge Final 12:45 pm Round # 5

Playoffs 3:00 pm 3-Hole Semi-Finalists Shoot-Out

Golf & Drink “Cart Rally”

Putting Challenge closes

4:30 pm 3-Hole Championship Shoot-Out

5:30 pm Finalist for the Putting Challenge

6:00 pm Acorn Awards

Buffet Dinner

Format There are ten (10) flights with six (6) teams in each flight. Each team plays five (5)

nine-hole matches within their flight worth twenty (20) points. Two (2) points are

awarded for each holes won and two (2) points for the most points won in the nine-

hole match. The five (5) round totals are 100 points (maximum) if a team won all of

the holes played. Points are won based on one net best ball per team beating the

opponent’s one net best ball. Winning a hole results in two (2) points, tying a hole

results in one (1) point, losing a hole results in zero points.

Rules The teams scoring the highest points in their flight will advance to a four (4) team semi-final playoff consisting of three (3) holes. If two (2) teams are tied after regular play, five (5) matches, the winner will be determined according to head to head play. The winner of the match of the two (2) tied teams will move forward to the semi-finals. If that head to head match was tied, a maximum of three (3) sudden death playoff holes using the three (3) hole playoff format will determine the winner. If after three (3) holes the teams are still tied, a chip-off, not to exceed ten (10) yards off the green will commence on the last green played. If there are more than two (2) teams tied the winner of the flight will be determined by a maximum of three (3) sudden death playoff holes using the three (3) hole playoff format. If teams are still tied after three (3) holes of sudden death then a “chip-off” not to exceed ten (10) yards off the green will be used to determine the flight winner. Each player from all the ‘tied’ teams will take one (1) chip. The player closest to the pin will have his team advance to the semi-finals.

NOTE: If any team is not able to complete all rounds their matches will be removed

from the competition and that division will play best of four (4) instead of best of five (5) “the dental paradigm”.

SemiFinals and Finals Format The ten (10) Flight Winners plus the Lucky Squirrel plus a mystery team will

advance to a (3) three-hole Semi-Final Match play-off at 3:00 pm.

These (3) three-hole Semi Final Match Play-off groups, will be seeded based

upon divisions as already set out.

Semi finals - Starting holes by division

Hole #1 Hole #2 Hole #4

JNI Freedom 55 Millar's Law

Molson Coors Waypoint Financial Navigator Financial

Intact Insurance Lexus of London Vanos Insulation

AAROC Aggregates Squirrel Wurfel Mystery

Acorn Divisions

TEAM MEMBERJNI

#1 Jim Neilands

#2 Paul Loreto#3 Greg Sheldon

#4 Derek Stevens#5 Dale Wurfel

#6 David Adachi

FREEDOM 55#7 Mike Rigato

#8 Walt Spivak#9 Geoff Moxley

#10 Geoff Goodwin

#11 Scott Furlonger#12 Ryan McInerney

AAROC Aggregates#13 Troy Miller

#14 Carm Gargarella

#15 Brad Morphy#16 Alistair Fraser

#17 Leo Van Geffen#18 Steve Murray

MOLSON#19 Ryan Stewart#20 Ed Mixsumdrinks

#21 Jonny Aarts#22 Ashley Winder

#23 Gord Hansford#24 Ryan Stevens

SCHERBA’S GREAT FLOORS#25 Jeremy Scherba#26 Jonathan Brimmell

#27 Ryan Peel#28 Jeff Brown

#29 Mark Van Geffen

#30 Trent Forristal

TEAM MEMBERWAYPOINT FINANCIAL

18 #31 Chris Chircoski

23 #32 Jeff Done

43 #33 Gareth Harris32 #34 Tyler Emel

7 #35 Scotty Kay

53 #36 Steve Putherbough

NAVIGATOR FINANCIAL21 #37 Cam Law

54 #38 Brian McDonald

13 #39 Mark Eisan62 #40 Jason Palleck

48 #41 Mike Cuneen

61 #42 Adam Scherba

INTACT INSURANCE19 #43 Stephen Greig

27 #44 Louie Adamo

47 #45 Jim McComb38 #46 Dan Pompilli

6 #47 Mike Penner

34 #48 Brett Lindsay

VANOS INSULATION22 #49 Matt Vanos

2 #50 Jake Campbell

25 #51 Jay Cooper35 #52 Dave Scherba

45 #53 Derek Anderson

55 #54 Robert Boyer

MILLARS LAW12 #55 Phil Millar

3 #56 Rob VanDerWesten

26 #57 Naji Dalal

36 #58 Chris Knowles46 #59 Matt Balaban

56 # 60 Brent Rudell

Matches/Starting Holes

Round # 1

Hole FRIDAY

1 Jim Neilands vs Paul Loreto1B Greg Sheldon vs Derek Stevens2 Dale Wurfel vs David Adachi

2B Mike Rigato vs Walt Spivak3 Geoff Moxley vs Geoff Goodwin4 Scott Furlonger vs Ryan McInerney

4B Troy Miller vs Carm Gargarella5 Brad Morphy vs Alistair Fraser

5B Leo Van Geffen vs Steve Murray6 Ryan Stewart vs Ed Mixsumdrinks7 Jonny Aarts vs Ashley Winder

7B Gord Hansford vs Ryan Stevens8 Phil Millar vs Rob VanDerWesten9 Naji Dalal vs Chris Knowles

9B Matt Balaban vs Brent Rudell

10 Jeremy Scherba vs Jonathan Brimmell10B Ryan Peel vs Jeff Brown11 Mark Van Geffen vs Trent Forristal12 Chris Chircoski vs Jeff Done

12B Gareth Harris vs Tyler Emel13 Scotty Kay vs Steve Putherbough

13B Cam Law vs Brian McDonald14 Mark Eisan vs Jason Palleck

14B Mike Cuneen vs Adam Scherba15 Stephen Greig vs Louie Adamo16 Jim McComb vs Dan Pompilli

16B Mike Penner vs Brett Lindsay17 Matt Vanos vs Jake Campbell18 Jay Cooper vs Dave Scherba

18B Derek Anderson vs Robert Boyer

Round # 2

Hole FRIDAY

1 Jonathan Brimmell vs Mark Van Geffen1B Ryan Peel vs Trent Forristal2 Jeff Brown vs Jeremy Scherba

2B Jeff Done vs Scotty Kay3 Gareth Harris vs Steve Putherbough4 Tyler Emel vs Chris Chircoski

4B Brian McDonald vs Mike Cuneen5 Mark Eisan vs Adam Scherba

5B Jason Palleck vs Cam Law6 Louie Adamo vs Mike Penner7 Jim McComb vs Brett Lindsay

7B Dan Pompilli vs Stephen Greig8 Jake Campbell vs Derek Anderson9 Jay Cooper vs Robert Boyer

9B Dave Scherba vs Matt Vanos

10 Paul Loreto vs Dale Wurfel10B Greg Sheldon vs David Adachi11 Derek Stevens vs Jim Neilands12 Walt Spivak vs Scott Furlonger

12B Geoff Moxley vs Ryan McInerney13 Geoff Goodwin vs Mike Rigato

13B Carm Gargarella vs Leo Van Geffen14 Brad Morphy vs Steve Murray

14B Alistair Fraser vs Troy Miller15 Ed Mixsumdrinks vs Gord Hansford16 Jonny Aarts vs Ryan Stevens

16B Ashley Winder vs Ryan Stewart17 Rob VanDerWesten vs Matt Balaban18 Naji Dalal vs Brent Rudell

18B Chris Knowles vs Phil Millar

Round # 3

Hole FRIDAY

1 Jim McComb vs Stephen Greig1B Mike Penner vs Dan Pompilli2 Brett Lindsay vs Louie Adamo

2B Jay Cooper vs Matt Vanos3 Derek Anderson vs Dave Scherba4 Robert Boyer vs Jake Campbell

4B Ryan Peel vs Jeremy Scherba5 Mark Van Geffen vs Jeff Brown

5B Trent Forristal vs Jonathan Brimmell6 Gareth Harris vs Chris Chircoski7 Scotty Kay vs Tyler Emel

7B Steve Putherbough vs Jeff Done8 Mark Eisan vs Cam Law9 Mike Cuneen vs Jason Palleck

9B Adam Scherba vs Brian McDonald

10 Naji Dalal vs Phil Millar10B Matt Balaban vs Chris Knowles11 Brent Rudell vs Rob VanDerWesten12 Jonny Aarts vs Ryan Stewart

12B Gord Hansford vs Ashley Winder13 Ryan Stevens vs Ed Mixsumdrinks

13B Greg Sheldon vs Jim Neilands14 Dale Wurfel vs Derek Stevens

14B David Adachi vs Paul Loreto15 Geoff Moxley vs Mike Rigato16 Scott Furlonger vs Geoff Goodwin

16B Ryan McInerney vs Walt Spivak17 Brad Morphy vs Troy Miller18 Leo Van Geffen vs Alistair Fraser

18B Steve Murray vs Carm Gargarella

Round # 4

Hole SATURDAY

1 Carm Gargarella vs Brad Morphy1B Alistair Fraser vs Steve Murray2 Troy Miller vs Leo Van Geffen

2B Paul Loreto vs Greg Sheldon3 Derek Stevens vs David Adachi4 Jim Neilands vs Dale Wurfel

4B Walt Spivak vs Geoff Moxley5 Geoff Goodwin vs Ryan McInerney

5B Mike Rigato vs Scott Furlonger6 Rob VanDerWesten vs Naji Dalal7 Chris Knowles vs Brent Rudell

7B Phil Millar vs Matt Balaban8 Ed Mixsumdrinks vs Jonny Aarts9 Ashley Winder vs Ryan Stevens

9B Ryan Stewart vs Gord Hansford

10 Jeff Done vs Gareth Harris10B Tyler Emel vs Steve Putherbough11 Chris Chircoski vs Scotty Kay12 Jonathan Brimmell vs Ryan Peel

12B Jeff Brown vs Trent Forristal13 Jeremy Scherba vs Mark Van Geffen

13B Jake Campbell vs Jay Cooper14 Dave Scherba vs Robert Boyer

14B Matt Vanos vs Derek Anderson15 Brian McDonald vs Mark Eisan16 Jason Palleck vs Adam Scherba

16B Cam Law vs Mike Cuneen17 Louie Adamo vs Jim McComb18 Dan Pompilli vs Brett Lindsay

18B Stephen Greig vs Mike Penner

Round # 5

Hole SATURDAY

1 Adam Scherba vs Cam Law1B Jason Palleck vs Brian McDonald2 Mike Cuneen vs Mark Eisan

2B Trent Forristal vs Jeremy Scherba3 Jeff Brown vs Jonathan Brimmell4 Mark Van Geffen vs Ryan Peel

4B Steve Putherbough vs Chris Chircoski5 Tyler Emel vs Jeff Done

5B Scotty Kay vs Gareth Harris6 Robert Boyer vs Matt Vanos7 Dave Scherba vs Jake Campbell

7B Derek Anderson vs Jay Cooper8 Brett Lindsay vs Stephen Greig9 Dan Pompilli vs Louie Adamo

9B Mike Penner vs Jim McComb

10 Ryan McInerney vs Mike Rigato10B Geoff Goodwin vs Walt Spivak11 Scott Furlonger vs Geoff Moxley12 David Adachi vs Jim Neilands

12B Derek Stevens vs Paul Loreto13 Dale Wurfel vs Greg Sheldon

13B Brent Rudell vs Phil Millar14 Chris Knowles vs Rob VanDerWesten

14B Matt Balaban vs Naji Dalal15 Steve Murray vs Troy Miller16 Alistair Fraser vs Carm Gargarella

16B Leo Van Geffen vs Brad Morphy17 Ryan Stevens vs Ryan Stewart18 Ashley Winder vs Ed Mixsumdrinks

18B Gord Hansford vs Jonny Aarts

Playoff Format

The format this year will again be ALTERNATE SHOT. The 3-hole playoff structure

of points based on net aggregate score will remain as in previous years. Holes

1, 2 & 4 will be used for the playoffs.

Each team of two players must decide on the FIRST hole of the playoff which

player will tee off on the first hole, each additional shot from there will be

played alternately until holed out.

The second playoff hole, must be started by the player who did not tee off in

the first playoff hole and the shots alternated until holed out

The third hole must be started by the player that teed off the first playoff hole,

and the player shots will alternate until holed out again.

All strokes will be awarded where they fall on The Oaks scorecard.

Here is an example: Team 1 must choose between Player A or B to start the

three hole playoff. If they choose Player A to hit first on the first playoff hole,

the hole is then played out with alternate shots. Player B must hit the tee shot

on the 2nd hole and again players play alternately until holed out. Player A

must then hit the tee shot on the third playoff hole, and shots are played

alternately until holed out.

It does not matter who holed out on the previous hole. Only the player

scheduled to tee off on the next hole as decided, and declared, before the

playoff started, can tee off the next hole.The playoff will be decided by the total points accumulated based on

aggregate net totals of the three holes with the highest point total advancing.

All decisions by the committee are final, so…please don’t be a whiney pain in the ass.

The “Drink & Cart Rally” will begin at 3:00 P.M. All members and guests are

invited and encouraged to attend the Three-Hole Championship.

Each hole is worth 12 points, with 6 points per hole for the team with the lowest

net best ball, 4 points for the second, 2 points for the third and 0 points for

fourth. Position ties split points evenly.

Semi-Final Playoffs 1st = 6 points, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th = 2 points each. (3-way tie) 1st & 2nd = 5 points each, 3rd & 4th = 1 point each. (2-way ties) 1st, 2nd, and 3rd = 4 points each, 4th = 0 points. (3-way tie) 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th = 3 points each. (4-way tie)

In each “mini-match”, the team with the most points after three holes wins;

second most points is second, third most points is third and fourth most points is

fourth. The three winners from the Semi-Final matches will advance to the

Finals. Any position ties at the conclusion of the “Mini-matches” will be

determined by a chip-off not to exceed 10 yards. Order of play, blue tees, for the 1st hole will be by team points from the 5

matches. Remaining holes will be by points earned on the previous hole

played.

Final Championship Shoot-out

Saturday’s Championship Shoot-Out will have three (3) teams playing off for

the Acorn Championship. The teams placing first overall in the three (3)

semifinal playoffs will participate in the Championship Shoot-Out to determine

the Champion.

Again, holes # 1, 2 & 4 will determine our champion at 4:30 P.M. on Saturday

afternoon.

Each team will play for first (5 points), second (3 points), third (1 point) on each

of the three Championship Round holes.

Net best ball ties will result in splitting place points.

1st = 5 points, 2nd = 3 points & 3rd = 1 point. 1st = 5 points, 2nd& 3rd = 2 points each. 1st & 2nd = 4 points each & 3rd = 1 point each.

The team scoring the most points at the conclusion of the three holes will be

the Acorn Champions, with the second highest point total team finishing

second, and the third highest point total finishing third.

All tied teams after the three-hole finals will play sudden death again at 1, 2, 4

and again if necessary until we have a winner. In the event of a tie during the

playoffs teams WILL be allowed to reset their alternate shot order of play.

Tournament Prizes Championship Qualifiers (prizes) Acorn Champions $1000

Second Place $400

Third Place $300

Semi-Final Playoff Qualifiers (prizes) Runners-Up $100.00 Gift Certificate

Third Place $80.00 Gift Certificate

Flight Winners (prizes) Flight Winners (10) $100

Tournament Games (prizes) Friday Dale Wurfel Chrysler Jeep Ltd. - Closest to Pin on all par 3s

Belfor Putting Challenge Day 1 - qualifying

Saturday Belfor Putting Challenge - $500.00 guaranteed

Hole # 6: Mark Eisan - Lexus of London - Hole-in-one wins a LexusHole # 11: TLC - $10,000.00 cash or $15,000.00 landscaping.

Putting Challenge

Format & Rules This year we are again challenging you and your guest

to see who can make the BIG PUTT for all the CASH!!!!

$500.00 guaranteed!!

The contest runs from Friday until Saturday at Lunch.

Practice all you want but do you have what it takes to make the BIG PUTT

when the CASH is on the line!

ENTER AS MANY TIMES AS YOU LIKE!

Here is how it works: $10 /person for 10 golf balls. All funds go toward the BIG PUTT Final.

Players can enter as many times as they like. However, you may not take more

than 10 golf balls into the contest at one time. Example.....a player pays $20

for 20 balls. He must putt 10 golf balls then start over with the next 10 balls.

Station 1 You putt all 10 balls from a line 8 feet from the cup. For each one you make -

you take to the next station. For example if you make 6 of 10 from 8 feet out

you bring 6 balls to the next station.

Station 2 The next station is a line 16 feet from the cup and each ball made from the

Station 1 is putted and the total you make - you take to the BIG PUTT. For

example you have made 2 of the 6 balls you have started with at Station 2.

You now have two shots at the BIG PUTT.

Big PuttYou now have the total of balls made from Station 2 and putt them to the BIG

PUTT (enlarged hole). The BIG PUTT station will have a designated line from the

bottom of the putting green to the top. For each putt made on the BIG PUTT

hole you will be awarded a ball in the final. The more you hole, the more

chances you have at the cash!

The Final The final will be held after the Acorn Challenge playoffs. All contestants

qualified for the final will have their designated number of balls and have

chance to make the BIG PUTT for the all the cash!

THE FINAL will be held over lunch on Saturday and everyone is encouraged to

see who will win the BIG PUTT cash total!

In the event of a tie with multiple contestants making the putt a shootout will

start immediately. If no contestant makes the BIG PUTT the closest to the BIG

PUTT hole will be declared the winner and take the CASH!

Any disputes, will be settled by the committee, and all decisions are FINAL! Please keep in mind… if you have a dispute, you’re likely a crybaby and should slap yourself in the face before we have to do it for you.

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