Author: Richard Brynteson

We are excited to release our BMGA Weekend Tournament Schedule. We have a new tournament to the schedule this year. We will again be using Golf Genius for all weekend tournament. Golf Genius gives us:

• Online course scoring, live leaderboards and more. During each tournament, you will now be able to see the live scores – including hole-by-hole stats.
• More stats for the tournaments and potentially WNL. More information is coming on this one, but the possibilities are endless.
• Better online payment and registration. We will move to Golf Genius registration for tournament, which will remove the have to chase people down months after the fact!

You can register online at this link: https://www.golfgenius.com/ggid/ryfhdb

Date(s)	Tournament	Notes
May 3rd (Saturday)	True North Greek Scramble	8AM to 10:30 Tee Times
May 10th (Saturday)	Rudy Luther Individual Match Play	7AM to 8:30 Tee Times
May 17th (Saturday)	2-Person Match Play	7AM to 8:30 Tee Times
June 7th (Saturday)	Lone Ranger	7AM to 8:30 Tee Times
June 21nd (Saturday)	Rotation	7AM to 8:30 Tee Times
July 12th (Saturday)	Rojo Pink Ball	7AM to 8:30 Tee Times
July 26th (Saturday)	CIT 2-Person Scramble	7AM to 8:30 Tee Times
August 9th & 10th (Saturday and Sunday)	Rojo Club Championships	7AM to 8:30 Tee Times
August 23th (Saturday)	The Stableford	7AM to 8:30 Tee Times ** Backup Weekend for CC if rainout
September 21st (Sunday)	Go-Low Golf Calcutta presented by Mulligan’s	8AM Shotgun / 1:30PM Shotgun ** Wednesday, September 10th Auction
October 5th (Sunday)	Shootout	12PM Shotgun
October 24th (Friday)	Banquet	5:30 Social Hour

Welcome to the start of the 2025 golf season. To help plan for next year we are excited to post the following important dates to take note of.

REGISTRATION FORM FOR NEW BMGA MEMBERS! New members, please use the form below to register for the BMGA either Wednesday Night League (WNL) or Weekend Play. Please note, that there are limited spots available for WNL and we expect the leaguet to fill VERY quickly. You will be contacted in the next couple of days to finalize payment.

NOTE: We have filled the WNL by 8:00:30 AM this year. We will be contacting individuals over the next few days!

https://forms.gle/pLDHZB2eUwLWFJoFA

Registration Dates

• Registration for returning members will open on Monday, February 3rd at 8:00 AM
• Registration for new members will open on Monday, February 24th at 8:00 AM

Common FAQ Items for New Members

• How many spots do we expect to have this year? We expect under 5 new members this year. Registration is first come, first serve, so be quick on the registration form on February 24th?
• I have buddies and I would like to play with them every week? This is not the league for you then. Our league is a Ryder Cup style system where players are on one of 16 teams. Each team has 12 players, 8 play each week.
• I live in Golden Valley, do I get to jump to the front of the line? Our priority for registration is Returning WNL Players, Returning Weekend Player who wish to join WNL, then new members. Golden Valley residents get a discount on Brookview Member Card but do not jump the line.
• Can I join Weekend play if WNL is full? Yes! This is honestly how most players get into WNL by join the Weekend League first.

Dues and Registration

• Wednesday Night League + BMGA Dues will cost a total of $480 per player.
• BMGA Dues (Weekend Only Players) will cost a total of $75 per player.
• Weekend Tournaments will cost $60 for a one-day event. Club Championship and Calcutta are different rates.

Wednesday Night League Dates

• WNL Draft will be on Wednesday, March 19th at 6:30 PM
• League Social will be on Wednesday, April 16th with Par 3 rounds starting as soon as 2:00 PM. The presentation will be at 6:00 PM for all members. 6:30 PM will be our new player orientation.
• First Week of League will be April 23rd with the regular season ending on August 27th. There is no league golf on July 2nd.
• September 3rd will be our rain-out make up week.
• Playoffs will run from September 10th to October 1st.

Weekend Dates

Please Note: Formats might change but these are the dates of tournaments.

• May 3 (Saturday) – Greek Scramble
• May 10 (Saturday) – Individual Match Play
• May 17 (Saturday) – 2-person Match Play
• June 7 (Saturday) – Lone Ranger
• June 21 (Saturday) – Rotation
• July 12 (Saturday) – Fourball
• July 26 (Saturday) – 2 Person Scramble
• August 9 & 10 (Saturday & Sunday) – Club Championship
• August 23 & 24 (Saturday) – Stableford
  • NOTE: August 24th is reserved as the backup for the Club Championship in the event of a rainout
• September 21 (Sunday) – Calcutta
• October 5 (Sunday) – Shootout

End of Season Banquet

• October 24 (Friday)

We hope that providing these dates early gives you enough time to plan and participant in as many tournaments as possible next season!

The BMGA Board

For those who have registered for the banquet, this is a reminder of the schedule and details.

WHERE? At Brookview Golf Course.

WHEN? The bar will open at 5:30 PM. We anticipate food starting at 6:30 PM. For those who signed up for Background Child Care, that will be available starting at 5:55 PM.

We expect the presentation to start at 7:15 PM and be wrapped up by 8PM.

Each year the BMGA Board elects three individuals to serve a three-year term to the BMGA Board. Of those elected, in their second year, one of those three individuals must be elected to serve as Vice President and then President in their third year.

This year we are excited to have six candidates for this election. An email will go out by the end of the week with voting details to all current BMGA members. Those elected to the board will be announced at the banquet.

Here is the list of names in alphabetical order, along with their submitted photo and biography.

Brian Beitlich My name is Brian Beitlich (pronounced Bite-Lick). I’ve been in the league for 10 years, and have talked about running for a board position for a few years now. I don’t have a bunch of big ideas or an agenda- I just feel the need to contribute to the league that has contributed so much to me. I always say that the league doesn’t run itself, so I’d like to make good on that and help out. Cheers!
Phil Berndt Looking forward to hopefully helping out the league on the board to support the majority and have a fun and financially sound men’s golf league! I have been in the league since 2014 (possibly 2015) can’t quite remember. Captain for 4 years on Par then Bar (recent champion)!  Would like to be a voice for all and hopefully can continue to improve a great league.
Jimmy Buckingham I’m Jimmy, esteemed member of Brookie Strong, 1-time champion of Wednesday night league, and looking to become a board member of the BMGA. I have been in the league for 3 years and this is the most well run league I’ve been a part of in any sport, and I’m looking to contribute to the BMGA. I’ve been co-running a 100+ player golf tournament for the better part of 12 years, and have gotten to know a lot of the BMGA members over the last few years.
Chris Gaspard Chris Gaspard-Finishing 4th year in the league. Hoping to improve my knowledge of the game. I enjoy the comrade of the league and hope to do my part to improve it.
Luke Rajkowski I am Luke Rajkowski and I just completed my second year in the league. Golf has been a passion of mine since my grandpa put a club in my hand at six years old. I grew up near Brookview and spent so much time there. I have enjoyed being part of the league and would be honored to be part of the board.  Brookview is near and dear to me and I want to be part of keeping this league strong.
Sheldon Silberman My existing three-year term is expiring and I have committed to run for another three-year term.  Over the past three years, my focus has been to step in where my talents and interest can improve our overall league experience. One example is an attempt to improve our pace of play, particularly on Wednesday nights.  I instigated the volunteer spotter program in 2022, and, while it was appreciated by many, it did little to solve the problem.  In 2023 as WNL Director, I added the end time to our scorecards and kept track in each weekly post on our web site.  Drawing attention to this seemed to have some impact.  It is clearly one of the things members seem to want to fix – or at least complain about. I also improved our posting time from “the end of the week” to next day posting of results by streamlining and automating certain aspects of the work. I will continue to look for effective methods to improve on this issue.  We made great strides this past year moving to Golf Genius as our scoring tool.   I helped test and write up a transition guide for the WNL scoring that was implemented.  I provided back-up to this year’s WNL Director. I am also very proud of your boards efforts to discuss and adjust our plans to hold the line on costs as best we can considering what the membership wants.  I would like to continue to work this problem establishing more sponsorship opportunities to help contain our costs while providing a valuable social, competitive league and tournament season.   As a retired “senior” golfer, I believe I represent a significant segment of our nearly 200 members.  I have lived in Golden Valley for more than 40 years and have been a BMGA member for over 20 years.

We have our champion for the 2024 season. Congrats to Phil Berndt on his 2024 Shootout championship. You can find the full results of the nine-hole play here:

https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/10315288350243735507

Here is how the back nine played out:

• 10th Hole – Brian Beitlich and Chris Gaspard in a chip off.  Beitlich is eliminated. 
• 11th Hole – Chris Gaspard and Dave Hillesheim in chip off.  Gaspard eliminated.  
• 12th Hole – Perry Jacobson is eliminated with a 5. 
• 13th Hole – Dave Hillesheim, Brad Jordan, Larry Joycelyn and Phil Berndt in a chip off.  Hillesheim eliminated.
• 14th Hole – Dan Kjorsik eliminated with a 8, net 7.
• 15th Hole – Richard Brynteson and Howie Hoffman in chip off.  Brynteson eliminated.
• 16th Hole – Larry Joycelyn is eliminated with an 8 net 7. 
• 17th Hole – Brad Jordan, Howie Hoffman and Phil Berndt in chip off.  Jordan eliminated.
• 18th Hole – Howie Hoffman eliminated with a 5 to Phil Berndt’s par net 3.  

The payouts go to the top 4 players. Congrats to Phil ($100), Howard ($75), Brad ($50) and Larry ($25) for their prizes.

The Two-Man Match Play Championship took place on Thursday, September 26th. The event featured Darin Allen and Ted Roberts (both with 16 handicaps) against Larry Jocelyn and Eric Beitlich (16 from the Gold Tees and a 23 handicap).

The match was close overall, with both teams having the lead.  Allen and Roberts secured their victory on the eighteenth hole.The match began with a tie on the first hole, as both Roberts and Jocelyn scored par.  Allen took the lead on the second hole with a birdie. Jocelyn responded by winning the third hole with a birdie and the fourth with a par.

Roberts brought the match to a tie by winning the fifth hole with a par. The sixth and seventh holes were halved, keeping the match all square going into the eighth hole. Jocelyn’s bogey on the eighth hole gave his team a one-shot advantage, as Allen and Roberts couldn’t match his effort. The ninth hole ended in a tie, leaving Allen and Roberts one point down at the turn.

Jocelyn extended his team’s lead to two points with a birdie on the tenth hole. The eleventh hole saw a tie between Allen, Roberts, and Jocelyn, maintaining the two-point difference in favor of Jocelyn and Beitlich.

Roberts’ bogey on the fourteenth hole put his team down by a point. On the fifteenth hole, Roberts’ hit a beautiful chip shot over the bunker that allowed him to make par, tying the score.

The sixteenth hole ended in a tie as both Roberts and Beitlich holed out for six, setting up a dramatic finish. The seventeenth hole saw Allen, Roberts, and Jocelyn all shoot par, keeping the match tied.

On the eighteenth hole, Allen hit a solid drive to the right rough, about 200 yards from the flag. Roberts’ drive landed in the pond on the left, while Beitlich’s drive went out of bounds past the pond. Roberts’ second shot also found the pond, and Beitlich’s second drive went out of bounds. Jocelyn’s drive from the Gold Tees ended up in the water to the right.

This left Allen in a strong position to manage the course, and he secured the championship for Allen and Roberts by winning the eighteenth hole. The match was very close and both teams played well!

Good morning. Today we start the process of identifying out 24 players for the 2024 Tournament of Champions to crown our eventual Shootout and BMGA Champion!

The below is the current Top 12 in WNL and Shootout points. There are some duplicate names so we will work down each list until we have 12 WNL and 12 Weekend Players.

The Shootout will happen on Sunday, October 6th. We encourage all BMGA members to attend the shootout portion which will start at approximately 2:00 PM on Hole #10. For players, the first nine starts with a 12:00 Noon shotgun start.

WNL

Corey Smith

Steve Binenstock

Richard Courtney

Daniel kjorsvik

Randy Milbert

Steve Couture

Phil Berndt

Paul Yakshe

Brad Jordan

Brian Beitlich

Theo Scheunemann

Mick Krause

And …

Weekend

Richard Brynteson

Brad Jordan

Jeff Towey

Howard Hoffman

John Bolduc

Larry Jocelyn

Patrick Hoffman

Richard Courtney

Brent Lindstrom

Steve Shellenbaum

Darin Allen

Luke Rajkowski

Again, this is NOT a final list of those playing as you can see duplicates. We will update this once we have confirmation of our final 24 players.

Below are all of the details of the 2024 Calcutta. We will continue to update this single post as new information becomes available.

Tee Sheet

You can find Round 1 and Round 2 tee sheets here. Remember, we have an 8AM shotgun and an approximate 1:15PM shotgun.

Horse Race

You can bid online via this form. Any bets must be entered by Saturday at noon on September 21st. Payment must be made before the event starts or your bet is removed.

Current Favorites (Updated 9-20-2024 10:00 PM). Pool is at $1,257 dollars.

• Team 5 (Brynteson & Joceyln)
• Team 16 (Gomez & Syverson)
• Team 10 (Donahue & Payne)
• Team 8 (Beitlich & Grubb)
• Team 14 (Monogue & Saless)

Team List

Players who have elected to play from the Gold Tees are indicated below with (G).

Team Number	Player One	Player Two	Calcutta
1	Alex Harding	Frank Timpone	$260 (Jocelyn)
2	Ben Zurn	Jeff Towey	$400 (Towey)
3	Brad Soderling	Stan Hop (G)	$400 (Smith)
4	Brent Lindstrom	Jon Von Eschen (G)	$320 (Gaspard)
5	Larry Jocelyn (G)	Richard Brynteson	$500 (Pederson)
6	Brent Nordstrom	Brian Notvedt	$240 (Hamm)
7	Brett Notvedt	Michael Ryan	$350 (Beitlich)
8	Brian Beitlich	Dan Grubb	$640 (McClearnan)
9	Chris Gaspard	Patrick Hoffman	$260 (Ramiro)
10	Greg Donahue	Matthew Payne	$640 (Doherty)
11	Charles Bernardy (G)	James Buckingham	$360 (Pederson)
12	Jeff Martin	Matt Haws	$540 (Pederson)
13	Lee Hulkonen	Mark McDonnell	$260 (Hulkonen)
14	Kevin Monogue	Michael Saless	$260 (Monogue)
15	Richard Courtney (G)	Yury Millman (G)	$400 (Courtney)
16	Mike Gomez	Scott Syverson	$420 (Beitlich)
17	Ken Hanson	Matthew Hadley	$260 (Hanson)
18	Marty Mangold (G)	Tom Nestvold	$500 (Pederson)
19	Erik Berg	Justin Larson	$300 (Meier)
20	Matt McClernan	Steve Shellenbaum (G)	$380 (Doherty)
21	Luke Rajkowski	Michael Tanaka	$500 (Smith)
22	Dan Kjorsvik	Dave Schoeller	$340 (Kjorsvik)
23	John Bolduc	Kevin Hearnen	$250 (Bolduc)
24	Ben Kieke	Sheldon Silberman (G)	$280 (Courtney)
25	Darin Allen	Martin Peyer	$220 (Courtney)
26	Steve Bensen	Ted Roberts	$420 (Roberts)

Individual Skins: Players who are interested in playing in Individual Skins can sign up here: https://forms.gle/ExZ3yZfaNySDmRma8. There is both a GROSS and NET skins option. Players MUST sign up by 9PM on Saturday, Sept 21st. Cost is $10 per event, $20 for both.

Each year the top 12 players in Wednesday Night League (WNL) and top 12 players in Weekend Tournaments qualifier for the year-end Shootout. Here are the current standings. A few notes:

• WNL: If you looped (i.e. played twice on one week) the new system doesn’t track it. So we need to manually figure that out.
• Weekends: The points listed includes all rounds in the Indy and 2-Person Match play up to the semi-finals and all participants currently in semi-finals are awarded to where they are at. And the Calcutta still needs to happen.

Weekend Points

Current Rank	Previous Rank	Player	# of Tournaments	# of Wins	Total Points	Points Behind
1	–	Richard Brynteson	13	7	1096.67	0
2	–	Brad Jordan	13	2	997.5	99.17
3	–	Mr. Howard Hoffman	10	4	862.5	234.17
4	5	John Bolduc	14	2	700	396.67
5	9	Larry Jocelyn	15	1	677.5	419.17
6	–	Steve Couture	10	1	670	426.67
T7	–	Jeff Towey	12	1	660	436.67
T7	8	Richard Courtney	15	1	660	436.67
9	4	Patrick Hoffman	12	1	657.5	439.17
10	12	Mr. Brent Lindstrom	13	1	647.5	449.17
11	13	Steve Shellenbaum	14	1	615.83	480.84
12	T14	Darin Allen	13	0	615	481.67
13	T10	Luke Rajkowski	13	1	610	486.67
14	16	John Von Eschen	13	1	597.5	499.17
15	T14	Sheldon Silberman	14	0	585	511.67
T16	18	Larry Hahka	12	1	560	536.67
T16	T10	Nick Ward	12	0	560	536.67
18	22	Mr. Roger Hamm	14	0	540.83	555.84
19	–	Mr. Charles Bernardy	13	0	537.5	559.17

Wednesday Night League Points

Player	Times Played	Total Points	Low Excluded	Adjusted Pts
Steve Binenstock	11	72	3.5	68.5
Phil Berndt	11	71	3.5	67.5
Theo Scheunemann	15	83	16.5	66.5
Steve Couture	14	81	14.5	66.5
Corey Smith	12	74	7.5	66.5
Brian Beitlich	14	80.5	15	65.5
Mick Krause	13	74	9	65
Randy Milbert	11	67	3.5	63.5
Ryan Pula	11	68	5	63
Luke Fox	14	78.5	16	62.5
Brad Jordan	14	75	12.5	62.5
Mike Pokorney	12	67	4.5	62.5
David Repinski	12	68	6.5	61.5
Jeremy Hagen	13	70	9.5	60.5
Richard Courtney	12	67	6.5	60.5
Ramiro Sifuentes	13	73	13	60
Lee Hulkonen	13	71.5	11.5	60
John Von Eschen	13	70.5	11	59.5
Brennen Wolter	13	68.5	10.5	58
Tom Scheunemann	13	67.5	10	57.5

We are 13 weeks in WNL and have only three tournaments (plus individual and 2-person match play points) to reach the Shootout.

This is a qualification event, where the top 12 players in WNL and top 12 players in weekend BMGA Cup points earn their spot. After 9 holes, the lowest 10 net scores advance to the shootout where one player is eliminated per hole until there is only one remaining.

WNL Players earn their spot with the points accumulated through the season. Taking the best 10 scores. Weekend players earn points through tournament results.

Rank	Player	Times Played	Total Points	Adjusted Pts
1	Steve Binenstock	10	64.5	64.5
2	Theo Scheunemann	13	70.5	64
3	Brian Beitlich	12	70.5	62
4	Corey Smith	10	61	61
5	Adam Thom	10	60.5	60.5
6	Luke Fox	12	68	60
7	Justin Wallace	10	59	59
8	Brad Jordan	12	64	58.5
9	Andy Marten	10	58	58
10	Mick Krause	10	58	58
11	Phil Berndt	9	58	58
12	Ramiro Sifuentes	10	58	58
13	Sam Casey	9	58	58
14	Lee Hulkonen	11	60	56.5
15	Jeremy Hagen	10	56.5	56.5
16	Jim Stetler	10	56.5	56.5
17	Steve Couture	11	58.5	55.5
18	David Repinski	10	55	55
19	Randy Milbert	9	55	55
Rank	Player	# Events	# Wins	Behind
1	Richard Brynteson	8	6	0
2	Brad Jordan	8	1	125
3	Mr. Howard Hoffman	7	2	212.5
T4	Larry Jocelyn	8	1	250
T4	Patrick Hoffman	8	1	250
T6	Peter Steichen	8	0	262.5
T6	Sheldon Silberman	8	0	262.5
8	Erik Swanson	5	1	275
T9	Corey Smith	8	1	287.5
T9	Larry Hahka	8	1	287.5
T9	Luke Rajkowski	8	1	287.5
12	Mr. Brent Lindstrom	7	1	300
13	Richard Courtney	8	0	312.5
T14	Douglas Paquette	6	1	325
T14	John Bolduc	8	0	325
16	Connor Paulsen	6	1	331.25
17	Darin Allen	8	0	337.5
18	John Von Eschen	7	1	350
19	Matthew Payne	6	0	354.17