Alto Men’s Golf Association

The “48th Annual Alto Men’s Golf Association’s (AMGA) 2022 Snowcapper Member-Guest Golf Tournament” will be held on August 2-4. There will be 120 teams and 240 players, with 3 1/2 days of golf, prizes, food, and entertainment.  Entertainment will be provided by Suzi Weber on Tuesday and Brothers, Inc. on Thursday evening. Please plan to attend the Sponsors’ Scramble Shoot-Out on Monday at 3:00 pm to watch this exciting event after registration at Alto. The Ladies’ Golf Outing will be held at Kokopelli Club on Tuesday morning with lunch to follow. The Ladies Luncheon and Fashion/Art/Jewelry Show will be held at the Alto Lakes Golf & Country Club Pavilion on Wednesday.

The 2022 AMGA Lonesome Pine, Two-Man team registration is now open. The dates are September 6-8. The $200 per player registration fee will include three breakfast meals, two lunches, and a dinner. Tee gifts will include FootJoy shirts, golf cart steering wheel phone holders, and rangefinder golf cart mounts.
The last Play Day in June was held on June 29 at Alto, and the format was ABCD. First place winners were Chris Goff, Rick Hawkins, Richard Davis, and Thomas Lankford. Second place results were Greg Claeys, Larry Archibald, Bob Evans, and Max Peek. Third place winners were Brian Helm, Donny Stelzer, Brian Buffone and Thomas Moser. Fourth place winners were Albert Wright, Bob Hughes, Ned Rollins, and Bill Bishop. Fifth place went to Robert Kewley, Dean Brooks, Gary Stillwell, and Robert Vernier.

The results of the Folds of Honor event, Scramble format, on July 1 at Alto, were first place winners James Kahn, Dale Delay, John Ford, and Bill Jeffrey. Second place winners were Steve Hileman, Bill Downs, Stanley Mathis, and Gale Maxwell. Third place winners were Don Ratay, Gary Mackay, John Bennett, and Frank Tyson. Fourth place went to Larry Archibald, Ken Tumlinson, Robert Kewley, and Brent Kriegel.

The July 6 Play Day at Outlaw was a 2 Best Ball format. First place winners were Scott Shaver, Ron McInturff, Ken Wall, and Tom Rose. Second place were Don Ratay, David Lindsay, Ron Travis, and Don Walters. Third place winners were Joshua Ramsey, Scott Miller, Robert McInroy, and Al Bentley. Fourth place winners were Albert Wright, Ron Moore, Gary Stillwell, and Al Bentley. Fifth place went to John Spence, David Bond, Charles Barron, and Thomas Lankford.

The AMGA Club Championship was held on July 17-19 at The Outlaw golf course. The Club Champion for 2022 is Lance Kuykendall; Gary Mundy finished second, and John Taylor third. The Over-50 Senior Champions (Blue Tee) Division were Donald Hughes, with Lester Clopton second, and Jeff William Ford third. All Ages (Blue Tee) Division results were Joseph Zagone, James Goates, and Damon Vanley. All Ages (White Tee) Division results were Tom Fox, John Jones, and Robert Kimble. Over 65 Super Senior (Gold Tee) Division winners were Larry Fields, Lyle Byrum, and Donnie Archibald. Over 80 Platinum Senior (Gold Tee) Division winners were Robert Kewley, Robert Markowitz, and Max Peek.

Golf joke of the month:
Lee and Gary head out to the golf course for a quick nine holes. On the first tee, Lee turns to Gary and says, “What do you say we make this time worth something. Play you for five bucks?” Gary agrees, and they start their rounds.
It’s a great game, and the two lifelong friends reach the No. 9 tee box with Gary ahead by one stroke. After Lee hits a great drive, right down the middle, Gary steps up and promptly hooks a ball into deep rough and trees.
“C’mon,” Gary says to Lee, “Help me find my ball. I’ll look in this patch of trees, and you look around over there.”
They look and look and look, but no ball can be found. The two-minute time limit on searching for lost balls is about to run out. Gary gets desperate. He gives a quick glance over to Lee to see if he is looking, then swiftly reaches into his pocket and drops a new ball into the rough.
“Found my ball!” Gary shouts out triumphantly.
Lee looks at his friend with great disappointment. “After all the years we’ve been friends,” Lee says, “You’d cheat me at golf for a measly five bucks?”
“What do you mean cheat?” Gary asks indignantly. “I found my ball sitting right here!”
Lee lets out a heavy sigh. “And you’d lie to me, too? All for a tiny little sum of money? You’d cheat me and lie to me, for what? For five bucks? I can’t believe you’d stoop so low.”
“Well, what makes you so sure I’m cheating and lying, anyway?” Gary asks.
“Because,” Lee replies, “I’ve been standing on your ball for the last three minutes!”
 
Bill Lucy
AMGA President


AMGA Treasurer, Tom Fox, presenting a check to the NM Folds of Honor Chairman, Jim Quick, a check for $500.


AMGA Charity Chairman, Joe McCubbin, presenting a check for $500 to the First Tee Southeastern NM Executive Director, Adrienne Fields.