Withey Finds the Green at
Pine View
April 20,
2019 Ypsilanti Twp
Winner's check presented by Co-Sponsor
Mike Fox
Chuck Withey hit 11 greens on his way to a
3 shot, 4 under par, win at the Pine View
Classic on a blustery and, at the end,
very wet day. Rookie Gregg Paddison made 5
birdies in his first official event to
take 2nd at 1 under par. Kevin Gregoire
took 3rd at 2 over par and 2017 winner
Corey McCue, Greg Kline and Rick Floyd all
tied for 4th at 3 over par. It was Kline's
98th top 4 finish and Floyd's 1st. The win
is Chuck's 8th in 131 starts and his 41st
top 4 finish. For the second week in a
row, the player not playing ascends to
World #1 as Jeff Klipa claims the spot for
the first time.
Special thanks to our new sponsor and
charity, Rollin' with the Homies. The bike
riding fundraising team collected $450 to
fight MS.
Winner
Chuck Withey presents charity check to 2
Homies, Corey McCue and Mike Fox.
Sweet Round for Tyler Floyd
April 13,
2019 Oakland Twp
Tyler
Floyd picked up right where he left off
last season with a stellar round at the
Sweet Sixteen. Floyd made 6 birdies and
1 eagle and tossed his only two bogeys
to post an 8 under par, 5 shot victory.
Tim Markel tied Mike Geisser for 2nd at
3 under par. And Nic Duff tied Mike
Prieskorn for 4th at 2 under par.
Markel tied Floyd with 31 putts total on
the day. The win is Tyler's 2nd in only
13 starts, his other coming at last
fall's Western Championship. Gregg
Nothdurft relinquished the number one
ranking back to Corey McCue after
enjoying it for the winter.
Q-School 2 an even better day!
April 7,
2019 Livonia
With temps approaching
70 degrees, Q-School 2 gave 6 rookies
another score for their book. In
addition, Mark Winn returns to the
Tour for the first time since 2015.
Don Ward was again the rookie
medalist, topping his Saturday score
by 1 with an 80 at Whispering
Willows. For the Vets, John
Raymond turned in a second straight
strong round, topping Tyler Floyd by 2
with a 2 over par 72. The 'winter
soldiers' Chuck Withey and Chris
Cooley finished T-3.
Q-School 1 a Great Day
April 6,
2019 Livonia
The
weather cooperated for a great Qualifier
on Saturday at Fox Creek. The rookie
class of 2019 qualified 8 players on day
one. Welcome to Don Ward, Greg Paddison,
Melek Kayser, Glenn Stockdale, Doug
Bell, Mike Fox, Rod Theunissen and Jeff
Cubel. Medalist for the day went to Ward
with a fine 81 for the round. For the
Veterans, Corey McCue's winter workouts
paid off with a medalist winning 1 under
par 70. He outlasted one of the 'winter
warriors' Chris Cooley who shot 1 over
72.
Another Season About to Start!
April 1,
2019
No Fooling! The
registration is open for our season
opener, the Sweet Sixteen at
Blackheath. This year the late
Easter Holiday messed with the schedule
a bit. So we decided to take it easy on
you and only count 16 of your holes in
the first event of the year! We have
several rookies auditioning at Q-School
this weekend and a few returning
grizzled vets who are looking to hobble
up to those Senior Tees this year. The
deadline for declaring that choice for
the 57 and plus year-olds is today. And
a little love to the flat bellies out
there. Bring your game boys. The old
guys will be hitting wedges into the
greens this year! Let's rock this!
Schedule Coming Together
March 19, 2019
The bulk
of the 2019 schedule has been confirmed
and is available for viewing at the link
at the bottom of this page. Begin your
planning now.
Message from the CEO
I cannot believe it is already
March 5th and
at the same time Spring cannot get here
soon enough. I have played a bunch
of winter golf here in Michigan and my
streak continues. I’ve gotten to
48 months with at least 1 round per
month in Michigan. Yes, a couple
of days were a little Chilly but a small
price to pay.
This week the Golf Show will be at
Suburban Show Place in Novi. The
Mulligan Tour will have a booth at the
show (Booth 415). If you are at
the show stop by and say hi.
Regarding the 2019 Season.
We have made some changes to the
schedule and rules.
This year we have added Senior
Tees for any
player 57 as of June 1st can
play the Senior Tees. Please
realize that for most tournaments we are
playing from the White Tees and there is
no forward Men’s tee box, so in those
cases everyone plays the same tees.
Those Tournaments we play at a tee box
farther back a senior will play the next
forward tee box. In simple terms
when we are playing the Blue Tees the
Seniors will play the White tees.
All those who are 57 or qualify for the
Senior Tees have to elect to be a senior
and play the senior tees. The
selection has to be made by April 1st and
you will be playing the Senior Tees for
the entire year. If you elect to play
the Senior Tees you will automatically
be placed at the forward tees for all
events. The only exception to this
rule is the Senior Open where all
players are playing the most forward tee
box.
Schedule Changes –
- This year the
first competitive tournament of the
year will be Sweet Sixteen. With
Easter on Sunday, April 21. We have
moved the Sweet Sixteen up 1 week to
give us the open date for Easter
- The 2 Q School
tournaments will be on the weekend of
April 6th and
7th.
- We have a new
sponsor for the Pineview
Classic. Kelley McCue and her
biking group raise money for the
Multiple Sclerosis. They are
sponsoring the Pineview classic so we
can raise funds for their charity
group – biking with the homies.
- We have replaced
the Ladies Open with the Breast Cancer
Awareness Tournament. This
tournament will raise funds to fight
Breast Cancer. We will be
providing all woman players with 3
extra strokes to their handicap and
the low net woman will get automatic
entry into the Tour
Championship. The tournament is
an open stroke event with all players
eligible to win the tournament purse.
- Last year we added
the Red White and Blue, Canadian Open
and U of M Open. All 3 will
continue in 2019.
- This year the 2
Stick and Red, White and Blue will be
included in handicapping. Do you hear
that Scotty Wilsey!?
Commissioner Cup
With the increase in popularity of
the Commissioners Cup we have decided to
expand the teams to 10 players each. As
before the Commissioner is 1 of the
players and then the next 7 players will
be same as before and come from the top
15 of players in the division money
list. The last 2 players will now
be Commissioners pick but the player
they choose must meet one of the
following requirements.
- Top 30 of the Tour
Overall Money list
- Top 20 of the
Division Money list (any of the 3
divisions)
If you haven’t played in the
Commissioners Cup, it is a Ryder Cup
style event held over 3 days
(Friday-Sunday). I’ve been
fortunate enough to play in 4 so
far. It is a fun event played on a
challenging course and an opportunity to
socialize with other members.
New Rules and
Pace of Play
In case you haven’t heard the USGA
and R&A have made changes to the
Rules of Golf. The most common ones that
effect the Mulligan Tour will be the
looking for lost balls and the flag
stick. The rules have changed to
giving players only 3 minutes to look
for a lost ball. The key to the
3-minute rule for the MT is that we want
to limit the search to just 2 players in
a foursome and the other 2 players head
over to hit their shots. Once they
have hit their shots the person looking
for ball must stop looking and take
their drop. Trust me 3 minutes
will go by quickly.
Regarding the Flag Stick, the
rules now allow a player to leave the
flag stick in while putting. Each
player will be given the opportunity to
leave the flag stick in the hole during
their putts. What we would
recommend is that when you are on the
green let the other players know if you
are planning on leaving the flag stick
in so as a foursome can make sure to
keep the flag close by to keep pace of
play from slowing down on the green.
Pace of Play - is a problem that
effects all levels of golf from the Pros
to Amateurs. We continue to look
for ways to improve our pace of play so
that each group will complete their
round at 4.5 hours per round. To
keep this in the fore front of
everyone’s mind each week after that
weekends tournament we will post the
time each group took to play their
round. The key is to get the round
complete in 4.5 hours or less. The
second rule is to not to fall out of
position with the group ahead of
you. Out of position would be a
full hole behind (Obviously on a Par 3
you have to wait for the green to
clear). On Par 4 and Par 5 your
group shouldn’t fall a full hole behind
and if you are, you need to pick up your
pace to catch up.
Payment Options
Over the last year Current has
been making changes to their app and
platform. For many the changes
have made it difficult if not impossible
to use. I would like for us as a
tour to move away from the Current
platform but we will continue to let
members utilize Current if they so
choose. However, with the noted
problems I’ve set Mulligan Tour up with
two other payment options besides
sending checks. The two new
options are Zelle and PayPal. Below is
how you can find me and the Mulligan
Tour on each one.
- Zelle – this is a
bank to bank payment process where you
can transfer money from your bank
account to the Mulligan Tour bank
account. To locate me on Zelle you
need to set Zelle up on your account
and then look for me.
- PayPal – This just
a payment system that is independent
of your bank. PayPal will let
you use your bank account or let you
pay us with a CC. PayPal will
charge you a fee if you use your CC
but depending on your CC rewards
program you may find this appealing.
If you pay with a CC and PayPal
charges us a fee for that payment we
will pass those costs on to the
member. Below is how you can
find me on PayPal
Finally, during the year we are
looking into changing the handicap
system so that it will be 5 of 8 instead
of the current 3 of 6. We believe
this will smooth out the peaks and
valleys for all members and help improve
the competitive balance. As we
review the process we will keep the
members informed.
2019 Application
and membership dues.
Here is a link to the 2019
Application. If you pay your
annual membership dues by March 18 the
dues are $100. After March 18,
the membership dues are $120.
You can email me the application or
mail them to our PO Box
The Mulligan Tour
PO Box 530097
Livonia, MI 48153
I’m looking forward to another
great year and hope to see you all real
soon.
Thanks
Chuck Withey
734-564-5826
The Mulligan Tour will return to the
Novi
Golf Show in March
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