• Stay away from water. • If you are old-school and have metal spikes on, take them off. • If stranded in the open, go to a low place such as a ravine or valley, or the lowest spot you can find. The National Weather Service advises: “If a substantial building is not available, enclosed motor vehicles can provide shelter as long as patrons do not touch the metal framework during a thunderstorm (golf carts are not safe vehicles). No place outside is safe. If no safe shelter is available…stay away from the tallest objects (trees, light poles, flag poles), metal objects (fences or golf clubs), standing pools of water, and fields.” Tuesday, July 2 is the Niners/Blue Man Tournament – 18 Hole Par 3 Tournament with a 9 am shotgun start. Lunch following will include flat bread pizza, wings, salad and make-your-own-ice-cream-sundae. July 9th game will be Individual Low Putts, July 16th is a Scramble – 2 Best Nets and July 23rd is Convert 2 Holes to Par. At the end of the month, there will be a Four-Person Scramble on July 30, followed by Lunch with Friends. Don’t forget to sign up! LALGA By Beverly Hines The Red Hoagland Challenge winners, who won the most prize money during the season, were announced after the last season league play in June. Pictured left to right are the winners: first place $80 – Liz Leigh, 2nd place $60 – Bev Hines, 3rd place $40 – Kathy Reed, and 4th place $20 – Char Walter. Congratulations, ladies and a big thank you to Red Hoagland Hyundai of Winter Haven for their support! There's good news and some bad news for golfers in Florida when it comes to the 2024 summer forecast. The bad news is, yes, it will be hot. However, the good news is that LALGA members won’t let that deter them from playing golf. Some of the fun events on the schedule is a Flag Tournament (July 2) where players place a flag in the ground when they reach their total strokes (handicap plus par); a two-day, Let the Sunshine In, tournament (July 8 & 9) with a pick your partner scramble format with lunch to follow on the second day at the Eagles Nest; Individual Flighted Ringer (July 16), where players play the same 9 holes twice and take the better gross and net scores; 4-Person Team Scramble (July 23); and Team Play (July 30) with 1-2-3 best nets on certain holes. July promises to be a great month for some fun golf! LALGA encourages women whose handicap is 40 or less to sign up to play with the league on Tuesdays. Women may play a two-round maximum trial period without joining. Also, during the summer months, LALGA members have the option of playing nine holes. So, if you aren’t a member, come out and give it a try. We will assign you a mentor to get you acclimated to the group. We love new members! 38
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