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There is a fallen tree limb on the right side of the green. Until further notice, we have designated a couple relief options. If the limb interferes with your shot, AND your entire group agrees that you should take relief, you can do any of the following without penalty:

1. Play the ball as it lies without taking relief.

2. Play the ball from the drop zone to the east side of the tree limb.

3. Play the ball from the drop zone to the west side of the tree limb.

Again, the limb must interfere with your intended stance, swing, OR SHOT (which includes line-of-sight), and your foursome must agree that relief is warranted.

FREE RELIEF FROM CERTAIN TREES

You may take relief from any tree with wire fencing around the trunk ONLY IF the tree or fencing interferes with your stance or swing. There is NO relief if your shot (line of sight to the hole) is impacted by the tree.

UPDATED DROP AREAS

Look for new white painted drop areas on #6, #13, #15, and #18. Beware that the drop areas for #6 and #18 have moved and are no longer the white tee boxes. As a reminder, on #6 and #18 you may use the drop zones after your SECOND SHOT enters the penalty area. On #13 and #15, you may use the drop areas after your TEE SHOT enters the penalty area.

Mar 24 2024

Tee box changes are coming for 2024

After much discussion and consideration, the KMC Board has decided to make changes that will impact the length of course that we play. We've heard from many of you that the course has become too long (and therefore too slow), and we've decided it's time to make changes that will hopefully make the course more fun to play, while also keeping our tournaments challenging and competitive. These changes include moving tees up from buried locations (primarily Bronze tees), as well as moving most flights up a tee box. Below are examples of how the Tournament Committee intends to setup flights and tees for the upcoming season. Please note: the following handicap estimates listed below are NOT guaranteed. Flights and handicaps within flights are determined based on the field of each tournament.

For gross tournaments we intend to use 6 flights and the following tees:

1st flight: Bronze (hdcp est: 0-9)
2nd flight: Bronze/Gold (hdcp est: 9-13)
3rd Flight Gold (hdcp est: 13-17)
4th Flight Gold/Black (hdcp est: 17-22)
5th Flight Black. (hdcp est: 22-26)
6th Flight Black/Silver. (hdcp est: 26 & up)

No senior move-ups will be offered for gross events.

For most net tournaments we intend to use 4 flights:

1st flight: Bronze/Gold (hdcp est: 0-10)
2nd flight: Gold (hdcp est: 10-16)
3rd flight: Gold/Black (hdcp est: 16-22)
4th flight: Black (hdcp est: 22 and up)

For net events, Seniors and Super Seniors will have the option to move up tees (new rules around this noted below). Also, we will be giving ALL players the option to move BACK one tee box if they choose to play a longer set of tees. As with all net events, your handicap index determines which flight you will be placed. The tees you choose to play from will determine your course handicap.

Exceptions include the Club Championship and Calcuttas, which will be setup as such:

1st flight: Bronze (To be eligible for Gross Club Champion you must play from Bronze tees.)
2nd flight: Bronze/Gold
3rd flight: Gold
4th flight: Gold/Black

Changes to Senior and Super Senior designations

We're also going to simplify the Senior and Super Senior designations. As a reminder, Seniors have the option to move up 1/2 a tee box (e.g., Gold to Gold/Black) and Super Seniors can move up to any tee box they choose. Starting this season, anyone 65 or older now qualifies as a Senior, and anyone 75 or older qualifies as Super Senior.

Changes to Tournament Payouts

Payouts will be higher in 2024. Part of this is being addressed with slightly increased yearly dues. But we are also reallocating some budget from areas such as Banquet door prizes and drink money to help beef up our tournament payouts. To be clear, we are not eliminating these budget items, just reducing budget slightly to increase payouts. Because of this change, we would like to invite any generous members interested in donating money for Spring Banquet door prizes, to please contact Chong Woo.

Slow Play rule changes for 2024
While this may be everyone's least favorite local rule at KMC, the Board is committed to ensuring a reasonable pace-of-play in our tournaments. Slow play is not only frustrating for our members, but the city has warned us that greens fees will increase if slow play becomes a problem. At the same time, the Board wants to ensure we all have fun and that our rules around pace-of-play are fair. So after lengthy discussion, the Board has decided to make some changes this year that we hope will limit the stress around our Slow Play rule, while still encouraging all members play golf at a reasonable pace. The Board also reserves the right to adjust this rule throughout the season, if we feel these changes are not producing the intended results. The primary changes are:
We have changed our pace-of-play to 2 hours 20 minutes for front and back 9s, and 4 hours 40 minutes for 18. Meaning, if you finish within 2:20 on the front and back 9s, or within 4:40 after 18 holes, you will not be penalized for slow play regardless of the time gap between the group in front of you.
If your pace-of-play is slower than the above times, your group must finish within 17 minutes of the group in front of you. (Prior, this rule was 15 minutes.)
We will increase the number of QR signs to help groups measure how far behind they are from the group in front of them.
The Board will no longer DQ players for slow play.
The maximum penalty for not adhering to pace-of-play is 2 strokes: 1 stroke on the front 9 and 1 stroke after the back 9 which will be incurred by all members of the offending group. Also, you MUST scan the QR signs on #1, BEFORE the first player tees off, and on #9 and #18, AFTER everyone putts out. Failure to scan after #9 and #18 will result in 1 stroke penalties for each missed scan.
Just because you finish within the above time frames DOES NOT necessarily mean you are playing at a reasonable pace-of-play! You should ALWAYS be focused on keeping up with the group in front of you and encouraging everyone else in your group to keep up the pace. Regardless of whether or not you or your group receive a penalty for slow play, the Board will be taking note of perpetually slow players and moving them to later groups in tournaments. We want our tournaments to be fun and free of penalties, it's up to you all to ensure that doesn't happen!

Oct 18 2023

FAREWELL TO THE 2023 SEASON!

A message from our President:

Another successful year for the Kennedy Men's Club has come to an end. 2023 brought some great challenges to all of us, with the weather delays, and postponed tournaments. We also suffered the loss of three members, James Eck, George Connolly and Mike Fisher. Losing one is hard enough but to lose three in the same year was extremely difficult! At the Fall Banquet we took a moment of silence to reflect on their time with us and ended with a toast to all of them. If you have a minute, please take a moment to reflect on them and to realize just how fragile life can be and be thankful for each day we have going forward.

We also announced that Mike Boling and Gary Heeney have decided to step down as our Tournament Co-Chairmen. Everyone in attendance at the banquet gave Mike and Gary a rousing, and well-deserved, standing ovation! I personally wish to thank them for their devotion to our club during their tenure. They did a ton of work behind the scenes and made this club what it is today! If you run into either of them, please take a moment to thank them for their time and buy them a drink if you can. They deserve it! It was a pleasure working with you both and I know everyone wishes you both well and we hope to see you soon!

We are pleased to announce that everyone else on the board has decided to stay in their current positions. We are also pleased to announce that Bob Knutson and Steve Jewell have been elected as our new Tournament Co-Chairs! Both Bob and Steve have been in the club for many years and we look forward to that experience and what they will bring to our club!

I also want to thank all of the board for their hard work this year, as noted it was a trying year, and I appreciate all of their help in keeping this ship afloat!

Finally, a shout out to Matt Zoller for stepping in last minute to run the CGA Interclub Match play. We made it to the quarter finals this year. Unfortunately, we came up just short in our match against a pesky team from Arrowhead. But we look forward to getting them next year!!

On behalf of the entire Kennedy Men's Club Board, we wish each of you a great off-season. Enjoy the rest of this weather and we hope to be open for business in January for the 2024 season.

Fairways and greens,

Trent Wood | KMC President

Sep 27 2023

KENNEDY DEFEATS RIVERDALE 13-11 TO ADVANCE IN CGA INTERCLUB!

Once again, the home team showed up big, delivering a 10-2 win at Kennedy! At Riverdale Knolls, the guys not only battled some tough players, but also recently punched and very rough greens. Never-the-less, Duane Schettler delivered a victory over his opponent, and Matt Zoller managed to tie after being down 3 through 14. 3 very important points! But the big wins were at home with both teams winning 5-1. Two of those home field points courtesy of a match winning putt from the fringe on 18, courtesy of Mr. Todd Senn! Way to stick a dagger in the heart, Todd! A big congratulations to Matt Alcorn, Scott Cavallaro, Bob Maggard, Duane Schettler, Todd Senn, Chong Woo, Trent Wood, and Matt Zoller. Well done, guys!

Next up, Arrowhead Golf Club. AGC won the CGA Interclub in 2022, but we'll make sure that doesn't happen again! Go get 'em guys!

In other news, KMC came up a bit short in a tough battle at Wellshire for the Denver Cup. Strong play from City Park gave them the title with 1536 team strokes, the home team took second place with a score of 1553. And while Kennedy came out strong, we finished 3rd with a total of 1591. Not the finish we'd hoped for, but we'll be back and better next year!

Aug 15 2023

MICHAEL GORDON FISHER 1983-2023

It's with heavy hearts that we must inform you of an untimely passing of another Kennedy Men's Club brother. We were shocked to learn recently that Mike Fisher, a member from 2018-2022, sadly passed away at the age of 39. We are heartbroken by the news and our thoughts are with his family at this time. Mike was a lover of golf and we know he enjoyed playing in the Kennedy Men's Club. We wanted to share a link to a lovely obituary posted here on Horan & McConaty's website.

Aug 14 2023

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2023 CLUB CHAMPIONS!

Thank you to all the members who came out for a fun, competitive two days of golf this past weekend! We were fortunate to have good weather and even a sudden death playoff to round out another great Club Championship tournament!

Your 2023 Net Club Champions are:

4th Flight: Bill Horan - 148
3rd Flight: Steve Romero - 140
2nd Flight: Jim Lennon - 140
1st Flight: Nicholaus Mohr - 144

And your 2023 Kennedy Men's Club Champion: Lucas Corrick - 156 (gross)

Congrats, gentlemen on a great two rounds of golf!

May 22 2023

PLEASE RESPECT OUR HOME COURSE

For those who were able to play this past weekend in our two events honoring our late friends James and George, we hope you had a great time! We were treated with some great weather, and a golf course that's in the best shape we've seen in years. While the recent rain has helped with course conditions, what you may not know is that there's renewed effort by golf course staff to improve conditions. This is great news, and we're hopeful this passion continues! However, not all maintenance is the responsibility of golf course staff, it's YOUR responsibility to be a steward of our home course as well. So we kindly ask you to respect the golf course in the following ways:

Golf carts SHOULD NEVER be taken off cart paths where cart paths exist. This means:

NO driving on grass near TEE BOXES.
NO driving on grass near GREENS.
Remember, these areas get the most traffic on the golf course, and riding carts DAMAGE GRASS!
The only exception are for those with handicap placards issued by the pro shop.

Players must pair up in golf carts.

NO MORE than 2 riding carts per foursome. (The only exception are first and last groups that carry tournament signage.)

We all must repair course damage created by playing the game. This means:

FILL OR REPLACE your divots.
FIX your ball marks.
RAKE sand traps after hitting your shot.
Be a GREAT steward of the course by fixing one additional divot, or ball mark, or un-raked area of a sand trap after fixing your own damage.

Gentlemen, do not treat the above as optional. Respecting the course is mandatory! For those who don't comply with the above, remember that Kennedy Golf Course staff reserves the right to remove a cart, or player during any event! The KMC Board can also take disciplinary action (including removal from the club) against a player who woefully ignores the above. By following these guidelines you not only show respect to the course, you show it to your playing partners, the golf course staff, and everyone else who plays the course.

Along those lines, pace of play is also an important part of respecting your fellow golfers. We are very proud to say that NO groups were penalized for slow play this past weekend! That's great, and we need to continue that effort. Please keep it up!

It's important to remember, we do not have the right to play Kennedy, or any of the other courses we play throughout the year, and no member should ever expect "special privileges" because he is a member of the Kennedy Men's Club. It's up to ALL OF US to set an example of how to respect and maintain the golf course we play. Kennedy is our home, let's show the course respect.

To those of you who already adhere to the above, THANK YOU!

Apr 20 2023

George D. Connolly 1943-2023

Friends, we are very saddened to learn that George Connolly, another great KMC brother, has passed. You didn't have to spend much time around George to realize he was special. Friendly, warm, and always positive, George was a man full of love and spirituality. Many of you may remember his incredible voice, which we were lucky enough to have him share with us at a couple of our banquets. George was a Kennedy Men's Club member for more than 10 years, most recently, serving on the Handicap Committee. A beautiful obituary with details on his wake, funeral, and how you can pay your respects, are all posted on the Horan & McConaty website, which you can read here.

In loving memory,

-KMC Board

Apr 14 2023

James Eck Jr. 1967-2023

KMC Brothers, we lost a great friend and loyal Kennedy Men's Club member this week. James Eck Jr. left us unexpectedly in his home early Monday morning. As most of you know, James was not just a member of the men's club, but was also our Handicap Chairman from 2014-2022. Recently, James began working in the Kennedy Golf Course pro shop and had his sights set on becoming a PGA member with the goal of teaching golf. Words cannot express the grief, shock and sadness that we are feeling about this loss.

During his time as Handicap Chairman, James was instrumental in the creation of the handicap committee, helping transition from USGA handicaps, to club handicaps, to World handicap systems. He also ran our CGA Interclub matches, which last year made it all the way to the quarter finals.

James was born in Pennsylvania but grew up in Sterling, Colorado. He is survived by his wife, Gina and their daughter Taylor. He was 55 years old.

Family and friends have organized a Celebration of Life to be held for James on Sunday, April 23rd, 5 p.m. at Kennedy Restaurant. The event is not formal, but all are welcome to come and pay their respects. Food will be provided. We ask that you kindly RSVP by clicking here. The Kennedy Men's Club has offered to help raise money to cover expenses. If you would like to donate, please email Treasurer Chong Woo. You can also pay your respects to James by wearing his favorite colors, those of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Penguins, and Pirates.

With heavy hearts,

-KMC Board

Mar 30 2023

New local rule: Line-of-play relief around putting greens

The Men's Club Board has voted to implement a new rule intended to allow relief to players who wish to putt from just off the green, but have a sprinkler head interfering with their line-of-play. It may be used for other immovable obstructions following these guidelines:

Relief from interference by an immovable obstruction may be taken under Rule 16.1

The player also has these extra options to take relief when such immovable obstructions are close to the putting green and on the line of play:
On the line of play, and is:
Within two club-lengths of the putting green, and
Within two club-lengths of the ball.

Exception – No Relief If Line of Play Clearly Unreasonable. There is no relief under this Local Rule if the player chooses a line of play that is clearly unreasonable.

(This rule is also detailed on the Local Rules page.)

Mar 17 2023

Rule changes announced at Spring Banquet

Kennedy members, here are a few rule changes that everyone needs to be aware of for 2023. First, our slow play rule now includes potential disqualification. Any group 20 minutes or more behind the group in front of them will be DQ'd from the tournament. We also will pair slower players in the final groups of tournaments, so if you've had two or more slow play penalties, you will be forced to play in the last group(s) of tournaments.

Another new requirement involves the number of scores you must post to GHIN prior to playing in both Two Man Two Day events and the Club Championship. Beginning this season, you must post at least 3 scores to GHIN prior to playing the first Two Man Two Day tournament. To play in the Club Championship or second Two Man Two Day tournament, you must post 6 scores. These postings must be within the current handicap season and can include both casual rounds and KMC Tournaments (KMC Tournament scores will be posted by the committee).

Third, score attestations will be moving completely online this season. You will notice when signed-in online that you can now attest your scorecard (on tournament day only). Please use your phone to do this after your tournament rounds. If you prefer, there will be kiosks setup in the restaurant in order to attest your score. Once you digitally attest, no changes can be made to your score. If you have any problems, please see a committee member for help.

Oct 14 2022

CONGRATULATIONS TO KMC'S TOP PLAYERS OF 2022!

Club Champions

Low Gross Club Champion: Adam Lyle

Net Score Champions: 4th Flight – Jim Moss, 3rd Flight – Mark Smith, 2nd Flight – Sean Vongsakoun, 1st Flight – Kendall Corrick

Kennedy Cup Point Winners:

1st place – Charlie Sintek

2nd – Mark Smith

3rd – Sean Vongsakoun

4th – Lucas Corrick

5th – Mark Parizotto

6th – Mike Boling

7th – Kendall Corrick

8th – Doug Tashiro

9th – Chong Woo

10th – Dave Crupper

Match Play Champions

Vice President's Flight: 3rd – Jack Gemeinhart, 2nd – Rick Roach, 1st – Steve Davey

President's Flight: 3rd – Duane Schettler, 2nd – Steve Tanabe, 1st – Todd Senn

Kennedy Flight: 3rd – Wade Enderes, 2nd – Trent Wood, 1st – Mark Parizotto

Champions Flight: 3rd (draw) – Dean Chavez & Greg Davis, 2nd and 1st (not yet decided) Dave Cole vs. James Eck Jr.

Belfairs Winners

3rd Flight: 4th – Marcus Romero, 3rd – Ken Carlson, 2nd – Doug Tashiro, 1st place – Steve Romero

2nd Flight: 4th – Craig Peterson, 3rd – Chong Woo, 2nd – Corey Bickford, 1st place – Mark Parizotto

1st Flight: 4th – Chris Strubel, 3rd – Matt Zoller, 2nd – Jeff Parden, 1st place – Bob Knutson

Most Improved Players of 2022 (based on GHIN)

10th – Kurt Ghiardi, 9th – Dave Cole, 8th – James Eck Jr., 7th – Dave Crupper, 6th – Dan Howell, 5th – Darien Chavez, 4th – Pete Schlickman, 3rd – Christopher Hezlep, 2nd – Nick Silva, most improved player of 2022 – Lloyd Scott (Starting index of 11.5 down to 8.2!)

Money Leaders:

Some impressive stats: all but seven members did not win any money this year! 75 guys (54% of the club) won back their membership entry fee, 27 members won $400 or more, 6 guys won $600 or more.

Gift Certificates Leaders:

5th – Charlie Sintek, 4th – Mark Parizotto, 3rd – Sean Vongsakoun, 2nd – Lucas Corrick, 1st place – Mark Smith

Cash Leaders:

5th – Mark Smith, 4th – Mark Parizotto, 3rd – Bob Knutson, 2nd – Sean Vongsakoun, 1st place – Lucas Corrick

Overall Money Leaders:

5th – Kendall Corrick, 4th – Mark Parizotto, 3rd – Mark Smith, 2nd – Sean Vongsakoun, 1st place – Lucas Corrick

Oct 2 2022

Kennedy continues it's dominating match play, beating Wellshire 18.5-11.5!

Gentlemen, be proud to be in the Kennedy Men's Club because the cup is back where it belongs! Despite some difficult weather conditions and recently aerated greens, our KMC Team played very tough, taking the lead in point totals early and holding on for a decisive victory!

Some highlights: The most commanding victories came from Mike Davis, Ken Howard, and Brian Suchomel, winning their matches 6&4, 5&4, and 5&3, respectively. The team also posted eight wins at 4&2 or better by Scott Cavallaro, Jack Gemeinhart, Brad Haymes, Duane Schettler, and Matt Zoller. Comebacks are always sweet! A number of guys found themselves in the negative at one point. Morgan Cullen and Steve Jewell rallied from -2 deficits to win. Impressively, Andris Runka found himself down 4 at one point and managed to claw his way back to win 2&1! Also winning their matches, Chris Ashburn, Lucas Corrick, James Eck, Jeff Parden, and Craig Peterson fought close battles, and pouring on the proverbial "icing-on-the-cake" halves: Ken Carlson, Mark Parizotto, Stephen Rickles, Charlie Sintek and Justin Vance netted another tasty 2.5 points! You can review the complete results on this page.

Way to go, Team KMC! Congratulations to all the guys who participated!

Apr 15 2022

RELIEF FROM GOOSE DAMAGE ON KENNEDY GREENS

Due to some of the damage caused by geese on the greens, the Board has ruled that you can take free relief from the holes the birds have created on Kennedy greens. If you are on the putting surface, and either IN a "goose hole" (usually filled with sand), or a "goose hole" is in the path of your putt, you may take the nearest point of relief, no closer to the hole, in order to avoid putting through that damage on our greens.