LEE’S 2024 SHOOTOUT UPDATE LEE’S 2024 SHOOTOUT UPDATE I wish you all a very Happy 4th of July! My how the time is flying by. Speaking of time, some of my friends were kidding me about preparing for our event so early…well, if you try to book a room (especially because of NCAA March Madness) at Treasure Island or most hotels in Las Vegas for our dates or even earlier, it says NO ROOMS AVAILABLE! Check it out… To avoid any confusion according to my records, here are the balances due:   SATURDAY NIGHT ROOMS-$200 PER ROOM-plus 8.375% tax.   THIS PAYMENT GOES TO BOB AND/OR PAUL         $109 EACH FOR DOUBLE OCCUPANCY ALEX NOSEVICH MATT CRANE BOB GENDRON PAUL RANDALL JIM GENDRON JACK TANNAR JEFF THOMASIAN LAUREN THOMASIAN         $217 EACH FOR SINGLE OR WIFE/GF ARTIE DIGREGORIO & BARBARA CLYDE ROWELLS JOE ANTONIOLI & LEAH JOHN PALMER & MICHELLE KENNY MILLER KEN GLOWACKI PHIL ROUX & KAREN CHRIS MAYNARD MARK HEARON KERVIN JEAN CHRIS GORTZIG & MARY KEN GENDRON DARREN LEE SAM GIFFORD & ANN        THIS PAYMENT GOES TO ME & INCLUDES ALL BUS SERVICES                                                                $100 KEN GLOWACKI JOE ANTONIOLI JOHN PALMER CHRIS GORTZIG                                           $550 KEN GENDRON                                           $650 BOB GENDRON JIM GENDRON MATT CRANE                                            $850 CHRIS JONES MIKE RANDALL PAUL RANDALL OWEN MURRAY SAMANTHA MURRAY JEFF THOMASIAN LAUREN THOMASIAN JOHN CAHILL PETER TORILLI BOB BRENNAN DAVE THEROUX ALEX NOSEVICH KEVIN WATSON DAVE RIXHAM MIKE HEBERT KENDRA LIKELY JACK TANNAR                                        $1050 KERVIN JEAN KATE RICKER TRACEY FERGUSON ** DARREN LEE RICH ARSENAULT KENNY MILLER CLYDE ROWELLS MIKE STACY CHRIS MAYNARD MARK HEARON **TRACEY FERGUSON’S PARTNER TBD $2050                                         $1,250 BRIAN SMITH GREGG ANDONIAN MIKE MUCCI ART DIGREGORIO PHIL ROUX DON FRADETTE SAM GIFFORD                                          $1,450 LOU PAPADELLIS   So, any payments prior to October 1st remit to me at: 1 DORY DRIVE CAPE NEDDICK, MAINE 03902 AFTER OCTOBER 1ST: 8324 MUIRFIELD WAY PORT ST LUCIE, FL 34986 REMINDER: To avoid a $300 late fee, all payments MUST be in hand on or before November 1. Fairways always, Lee ————————————————————– NOT EVEN CLOSE! I received 23 responses resulting in a 21-2 vote IN FAVOR of me proceeding to hire a bus to take everyone to & from Pauite Golf Club with pickup at Treasure Island-our host hotel. So, I will simply add $100 per player on the balance due. I shall form a list of those amounts and send them along shortly, so all know and can plan-again, must be in my possession on or before November 1. REMINDER: The list below for the 18 rooms requested Saturday night (I’ve included all previous emails so simply scroll down) are to be paid to Bob & Paul so they may send me 1 check. The balance due amounts I’m sending out DO NOT include this fee. In order to appease the hotel, this has been handled as a separate entity. I thank you all for your cooperation and especially to Bob & Paul for taking care of it. Any questions-feel free to drop me a note. Fairways always, Lee ——————————————————————- QUESTION: I think some monies can be saved regarding transportation to and from Treasure Island & Pauite Golf Club (about a 30-35 minute ride) for March 18,19 & 20. I don’t know what car rentals are but they seem high-ha what isn’t nowadays. That said, I am in the process of setting up a bus charter for all 44 players, with the clubs brought out on the18th and returning with them on the 20th-club storage at Pauite is included. Including driver tip, who remains at the course during play, comes to an addition $100 per player. Believe it or not the rate for the miles, 8+ hours , gas, taxes, tip, insurance etc etc come to nearly $1450 per day. I have decided to have majority rule here…please email me and let me know if you DO or DO NOT want me to proceed with reserving a bus. I have requested a pickup time to get players to the course for 7-7:15 am which will give you plenty of time for breakfast and warmup before the 8:30 am shotgun. Bus company said they would arrive at the hotel at 6:15am and depart at 6:30am-estimating a 30 minute ride to meet our preferred arrival time. If majority decides for me to proceed with bus confirmation, I will simply add the extra $100 to your balance due…which MUST be received by me ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER 1ST 2023. Any players not paid in full by deadline will incur a $300 additional fee: reason being I had to put up $10,000 out of pocket for late payments first time around and I don’t think that’s fair-so PLEASE plan ahead. The decision regarding bus lease will be made in the next 3-5 days because my deadline to sign contract is 1 week from today-I will cover the deposit for this, so no reason to send anything now. So, the decision is yours by simple email response. Okay, enough with that…I hope everyone is doing well and making lots of putts! Karyn & I are enjoying Maine very much and was lucky enough to come by the Club twice already and look forward to more pop-ins. Also, I’m looking at the teams entered for this trip and find it quite difficult to handicap which teams will be the ones to beat-especially being in Las Vegas. I know the first time I played an event out there I almost missed my tee time…which was 11:45 am !! What happens in Vegas…ha My very best to you all Fairways always, Lee    —————————————————————- MARCH 17-21 2024! I finally can give you some confirmed (at this time) dates & information: Arriving Sunday MARCH 17th 2024 Checking out Thursday MARCH 21st Host hotel is TREASURE ISLAND See Treasure Island hotel here! Golf venue is PAUITE GOLF CLUB (all 3 courses) See all three courses here! Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, we will be playing the 3 courses at Pauite. Players buffet breakfast each day at the courses prior to an 8:30am shotgun start. Tentatively Sunday & Wednesday we will meet at 5:30pm cocktails & 6:00pm meals. Obviously, more specifics on those details to follow. I have “guaranteed” the below 22 teams to the golf courses & hotel. In no particular order: KEN GLOWACKI-RICH ARSENAULT LOU PAPADELLIS-BRIAN SMITH CHRIS JONES-MIKE RANDALL BOB GENDRON-PAUL RANDALL JOE ANTONIOLI-KERVIN JEAN GREGG ANDONIAN-JOHN PALMER MIKE MUCCI-KATE RICKER OWEN MURRAY-SAMANTHA MURRAY TRACEY FERGUSON-TBD ARTIE DIGREGORIO-PHIL ROUX JEFF THOMASIAN-LAUREN THOMASIAN JIM GENDRON-JACK TANNAR JOHN CAHILL-PETER TORILLI KEN GENDRON-DARREN LEE KENNY MILLER-CLYDE ROWELLS CHRIS GORTZIG-DON FRADETTE BOB BRENNAN-DAVE THEROUX ALEX NOSEVICH-MATT CRANE KEVIN WATSON-DAVE RIXHAM MIKE HEBERT-KENDRA LIKELY MIKE STACY-SAM GIFFORD CHRIS MAYNARD-MARK HEARON SATURDAY CHECK-INS: Staying together : ALEX N-MATT C BOB G-PAUL R JIM G-JACK T JEFF T-LAUREN T Single rooms: 1 ARTIE D & BARBARA 2 CLYDE ROWELLS 3 JOE ANTONIOLI & LEAH 4 JOHN PALMER & MICHELLE 5 KENNY MILLER 6 KEN GLOWACKI 7 PHIL ROUX & KAREN 8 CHRIS MAYNARD 9 MARK HEARON 10 KERVIN JEAN 11 CHRIS GORTZIG & MARY 12 KEN GENDRON 13 DARREN LEE We lucked out with a hotel error in our favor…rate for Saturday night is $200 per room! (plus 8.375% tax) I requested that Bob & Paul collect those monies and send me 1 check…that check and balance of player fees due, I will not need until NOVEMBER. Anyone that sent extra monies toward their Saturday stay, that amount will simply be deducted from the balance due come November. I will send out another email listing who owes what at that time. All these details and the event is literally A YEAR FROM NOW!! GEEZ…ha As you can see, I have included most preceded emails for everyone to look over-if you still have any questions, just shoot me an email and I will get back to you. Everyone be well, Lee —————————————————————— ITrust me, Vegas is NOT in trouble even in this economy. Rates for things change ever day and sometimes quite drastically. For example, due to March Madness for one, if we arrived the original week prior, all prices are DOUBLED! The below prices are locked in for us. When 2024 prices come out, if lower for our week (haha), they will give us the lower rate Players sharing a room $1725 each Players staying alone $1950 Players w/non players $ 2150 That said, both hotel & golf courses want substantial financial commitment a year in advance. So, I need each player to send me a $1,000 deposit asap. Per usual, check made out to me (LEE DANIELIAN) & mailed to: 8324 MUIRFIELD WAY PORT ST LUCIE, FL 34986 Also, if anyone is planning on arriving a day or 2 early, or stay a day or 2 longer and need your room extended, let me know that as well on or before you send the check. Please do this like years past through Bob Gendron & Paul Randall-who I just now volunteered again!! I understand things can certainly change as we get closer, but I have been advised to reserve for possibilities now rather than later. If you have any questions, best email for me: leedanielian88@gmail.com Fairways always, Lee

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Hello all,

I will be able to give you more specific details by end of March early April 2023. Our host hotel, prices etc should be determined at that time. Our arrival date will be EITHER Sunday March 10 arrival or Sunday March 17 arrival.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, we WILL be playing the 3 courses at Pauite. Players buffet breakfast each day at the courses prior to an 8:30am shotgun start.

I have “guaranteed” 18 teams (which is great) to the golf courses & hotels thus far. In no particular order:

1 KEN GLOWACKI-RICH ARSENAULT

2 LOU PAPADELLIS-BRIAN SMITH

3 CHRIS JONES-MIKE RANDALL

4 BOB GENDRON-PAUL RANDALL

5 JOE ANTONIOLI-TBD

6 GREGG ANDONIAN-JOHN PALMER

7 MIKE MUCCI-TBD

8 OWEN MURRAY-SAMANTHA MURRAY

9 TRACEY FERGUSON-KURT LAPAN

10 ART DIGREGORIO-PHIL ROUX

11 JEFF TOMASIAN-LAUREN TOMASIAN

12 JIM GENDRON-JACK TANNAR

13 JOHN CAHILL-PETER TORILLI

14 KEN GENDRON-DEAN BENNETT

15 KENNY MILLER-TBD

16 ALEX NOSEVICH-MATT CRANE

17 KATE RICKER-TBD

18 CHRIS GORTZIG-TBD

If you know of anyone else that would like to participate, please have them contact me sooner than later. This email is sent to ONLY teams that have committed.

Best email for me: leedanielian88@gmail.com

Fairways always,

Lee

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LEE’S 2024 SHOOTOUT UPDATE

First, I hope everyone had great Holidays…and wish you all many 1 putts for 2023.

As you know from my previous update, PGA here in Port St Lucie is not available until mid-end of April for our 2024 “SHOOTOUT”

Other venues are also unavailable or ridiculously priced.

So, here is how things stand now-the prices etc are predicated on number of players, so I can only relay ballpark figures at this time. The meaning for the update is I must make reservations in the next 30-45 days etc which includes signed contracts, deposits etc. So, let me know if you plan on attending so I may proceed one way or another.

Currently:

-Arrival & opening dinner Sunday March 10, 2024

-Golf tournament Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday

-Closing dinner/awards Wednesday

-Check out Thursday March 14

-Tentative home base MANDALAY BAY RESORT @ CASINO Las Vegas, Nevada

-PAUITE GOLF COURSES our host tournament site

-Breakfast prior to each round at Pauite followed by 8:30 am SHOTGUN starts.

Again, these are prices that will firm up once I get final number of players. We can expand the field, so if you know of anyone interested have them contact me ASAP.

Estimates:

-2 players sharing a room $1500-1750 per person

-1 player staying alone $1750-1950

-1 player & 1 non player $1975-2175

Sorry I cannot be specific, but won’t be determined until the count is guaranteed and contracts are signed.

Golf event will be the same…$100 per player will include nearest to pins every day, daily & overall team prizes and individual skins at 50% handicap. The average temps that time of year is low 70’s during the day and can dip into high 40’s at night. I’ve played all 3 courses several times and they are a blast…desert golf is good fun.

The Pauite is right off the highway about 20-30 minutes from the strip. Mandalay Bay, or whatever hotel it may be, WILL be on the strip, so easy access to get right on the highway and in the middle of all the Vegas activities.

Again, sorry to bother with all this so far in advance but you can imagine, especially for Las Vegas, how far they are booked in advance.

Karyn and I are both well, now that our Covid experience is behind us…made for a quiet Christmas & New Year, but we are both on the mend currently.

Okay, that’s it for now. If you can simply send me a confirmation of participation or declaration you will not attend sooner than later, that would be appreciated.

Again, this invite has gone out to our 2022 players…if you know of any other teams that may be interested, have contact me as well.

Tracey Ferguson, I don’t have your son-in-laws email and Kenny Miller, I don’t have Jim Lane’s current email either- so please pass this along. Thanks

My very best to all of you -Peace

LEE

First off, I certainly hope this finds everyone well and making putts! Some crazy times going on, but “this too shall pass”…

I know it seems crazy to reach out concerning something for 2024, but I would like your input on something. At my post event meeting with PGA this past February, I was informed the Club is not allowing members any parties more than 16 during prime Season-I knew that was coming after seeing in 2022 initiation fee went to $40,000, non-member fees are $190 per round, etc etc. yet there is a waiting list to get in of 1-2 years .

So, here are the options I was given -we can keep our event and the number of players, but the dates they offer are either early to mid September of 2023 or end of April early May 2024. I informed them I didn’t particularly care for the September option because what a great time to play golf in New England, so am considering the April/May option. Will actually push for mid-end of April if I can. Your thoughts?

SYK, first thing I did was contact a friend at PGA in Palm Beach Gardens about January OR February hosting us…ready? Based on double occupancy, NOT including any food, rate is $700 per night room/golf.

The last few months I’ve been in negotiations with Disney, in Orlando. The golf courses I have “reserved, (100% refundable deposit I sent in if I commit one way or the other, by Fall of 2022) The Palm, The Magnolia & Lake Buena Vista are close $ wise and I feel doable, but accommodation prices at convenient acceptable locations are not in budget. Believe it or not, the courses at Disney DO NOT offer any place to have our dinners, so the hotel must suffice.

Recently, I’m in contact for options further south at Doral and Hard Rock Hotel & Casino…but that is so recent am still waiting for concrete figures etc.

I have a verbal agreement that our package at PGA Port St Lucie, both with Hilton & golf courses, would never go up more than $100-200 pp from one event to the next. They know our fees are really good, but they also acknowledge how great and appreciative everyone is with our group and hope to keep this going. Also, I did call in a couple favors back 2018 and the facilities, especially Hilton, have honored it…so far.

So, bottom line, how does mid-end April work for all? I will not have the freedom to select exact dates, but assuming arrival on Saturday & departure on Wednesday will be available, if in fact that remains everyone’s preference.

I’ve been in contact with Lou & Mike, keeping me appraised of things there… Golf Genius is pretty awesome-happy to hear people like it and it’s fun for me to keep tabs on who is winning etc–even though I just cracked getting to view it yesterday! Sadly, that’s true–thanks for the help Mike!

Karyn & I look forward to popping down there a couple times in the next few months to see everyone and get caught up.

Thank you all, in advance, for your thoughts on my options…LEE

Please find a link to the shootout details here:   

Below 2020 schedule kept for general info only.
 http://proposalpath.com/9ed0fb26  

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LEE’S FLORIDA SHOOTOUT 2020 Photo!

Full details on all three event courses!

Port St Lucie Trail Course

Meadowwood golf

Menu and Itinerary

Teams

Tees & Index

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Prizes

All Time Money Leaders

Randall’s Saturday/Wednesday golf schedule!

Please find a link to the shootout details here:   
 http://proposalpath.com/9ed0fb26  

We are excited that there are 13 ladies that are attending, but not playing golf. Hopefully, I have the names correct:

1 Barbara DiGregorio

2 Karen Roux

3 Mary Gortzig

4 Lori McBride

5 Patricia Mucci

6 Elizabeth Foley

7 Carol Mayo

8 Veronica Hearon

9 Leah Antonioli

10 Lisa Smith

11 Rachel Burgos

12 Laura Papadellis

13 Karyn Danielian

See you at the dinner!

Lee & Karyn

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2018 Happy Players!  More information below!

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I’m happy to see the weather there is still going strong…just a couple
things about January.

Just had my last meeting (hopefully)with Hilton Garden Inn. With the Mets
fantasy camp in town there are no rooms for extra nights at this time.
However, they just purchased the SpringHill Inn which is 1 mile down the
street, where Duffy’s is (that’s another story).

Anyone in need of any extra nights, call Francesca at the Hilton Sales
Office and tell her you are with me (Lee’s January tournament). The # is:
772-828-4052

I also just met with the PGA Club and we are confirmed…our rotation is
Sunday The Ryder , Monday The Dye & Tuesday The Wanamaker. Each day we are
first, 7:30am starts.

FYI, our 2nd round and especially final round last time we played in 4 1/2
then 4 3/4 hours which made PGA reduce me to just 36 players and a noon
first tee time if/when we returned. I have ASSURED the powers that be, our
40 players will record the 4 -4 1/4 hour expected time. If anyone feels
they cannot, now is the time to speak up. If a majority wishes, I will see
if those noon starts are still available. Remember, they average around 600
players a day in Season.

Also, I meet next week with the head manager at Duffy’s regarding reserving
that room again for Sunday football. Hopefully, it’s the Pats playing again.
I’m advising him some will be there by 1 kickoff and all should be there by
2. Once again, they will be running but 1 tab…Mr Watson I’m sure will
work that out. Maybe Jack & Ellen will renew their vows!! Ha

Anyway, if that’s something you are NOT interested in, please let me know
ASAP. Again, I’ll take care of the room deposit…it’s refundable ! ha
Unless we are a no-show.

And finally, in regards to golf at PGA Club Saturday, the fee is $128+ tax.
Anyone wishing to play another round after completion of our round, the fee
is $95+ tax. Simply go on line or call for tee times. 772-467-1300.

That’s that for now…any questions——–ask Bob!

Peace,

Lee

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2018 Event

Full details on all three courses!

Full Details on everything !!!

2018 Happy Players!

Full details on all four courses!

Sunday 1/19/19 Tournament day 1

Monday 1/20/19 Tournament day 2

Tuesday 1/21/19 Tournament day 3

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Full Details on everything !!!

Directions to the Hilton hotel: Hilton Garden Inn at PGA Village/Port St. Lucie

hiltongardeninn3.hilton.com

8540 Commerce Centre Dr, Port Saint Lucie, FL 34986

Directions to PGA Golf Club:  Address: 1916 Perfect Dr, Port St Lucie, FL 34986

Phone: (772) 467-1300

Website: pgavillage.com

Directions to PGA St Lucie Trail CC:  Address: 951 SW Country Club Dr, Port St Lucie, FL 34986

Phone: (772) 340-1444

Website: pga.com

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