Family, golf and the holidays have been a popular mix at the JAGA Family Championship
It's time for family, golf and the holiday spirit at the Jacksonville Beach Golf Club.
The Jacksonville Area Golf Association 2022 season wraps up with perhaps the most popular event on Dec. 17 with the JAGA Family Championship. The field has filled up fast each year and the entry deadline of Dec. 12 is approaching fast.
Last year's participants have reserved spots if they enter by 5 p.m. on Dec. 1.
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The two-player teams may be formed by any two relatives. Unrelated partners can play but are not eligible to win their flights. Partners must include at least one player who is 19 and older, and players nine years old and up are eligible.
There will be family and couples flights, in both gross and net divisions. Holiday attire is encouraged and in the spirit of giving, each team is asked to bring at least a dozen new or used balls per team as gifts for area junior golfers.
The entry fee is $178 per team.
Women with handicaps of 5 or less play from white tees; women with Handicaps from 6 to 9 will play from the green tees; and women with handicaps ten or higher or age 65 and older play from red tees.
Men 54 and younger and those with a handicap of nine or lower play from blue tees; men 55-74 play from white tees; and men 75 and up play from green tees.
Junior boys from 9-12 will play the green tees; boys 13-14 will play the white tees and boys 15 and up will play the blue tees.
There are morning and afternoon starting times, at the first and 10th tees.
Lunch is included with the entry fee.
For information call (904-910-7318, email db3@dukebutler.com or visit jaxareagolf.org.
King on a roll
Brian King of Fernandina Beach followed his victory last week in the Florida State Golf Association Two-Man Net Championship (with partner Ken Wilson of Spring Hill) with a fifth-place finish in the senior division of an FSGA Winter Series event at the Indian Springs Country Club East Course in Boynton Beach.
King shot 6-over 150 and finished six shots behind Lloyd Fisher of Lecanto. Steve Pitts of Ponte Vedra Beach (151) finished sixth and Steve Horner of Ponte Vedra (153) tied for eighth.
Free lessons offered
Masterfit Golf is offering free 10-minute lessons at its Wells Road location in Orange Park.
Reservations can be made by calling (904) 779-1177, with the lessons taking place in the facility's indoor hitting bays during business hours (10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends).
The lessons will be given by the Masterfit staff and can concentrate on any part of the game.
Finally, the first ace
Tom Lewis, a member of the Westside Senior Men's Association, finally got his first hole-in-one at the age of 75.
Lewis used an 8-iron to hole out at the par-3 third hole at the Bent Creek Golf Club, from 127 yards. Lewis and his team (and witnesses) Norm Axelson and Roger Wansley tied for second with a 65.
Contact Garry Smits at gsmits@gannett.com and follow him on Twitter @GSmitter
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Jacksonville Area Golf Association Family Championship caps season
