5th Annual Midwest Mashie (Oct. 4-5th) Canterbury GC! - The Aftermath

[George Freeman]

UPDATE:  ****Sign-up sheet can be found on Bill's POST #87 of this thread.  Please submit by Sept. 15th.****

Gentlemen and all others,

Another year has passed and another "Midwest Mashie" is upon us (well, almost).  Last year's Mashie up at the Kingsley Club in Northern MI was a great one - it will be hard to beat!!

For 2014, we making our first excursion to the wild wild east: Canterbury Golf Club in metro Cleveland.  The course has a storied past having hosted many championships, including two US Opens, two US Amateurs, a PGA Championship and most recently the 2009 Senior PGA.  I for one am really excited to get know this gem.  

The club has been generous enough to offer us up a weekend this fall to house our annual melee.  The man to thank for this opportunity is Bill McKinley - First Assistant Golf Pro at the club.  Bill came to me and offered to host the Mashie.  Just awesome.  He has done all the heavy lifting to this point.  THANKS BILL!

There will be more details to come over the following months (including hopefully a formal entry form with a small deposit); however here are the main items:

Where:  
Canterbury Golf Club
22000 S. Woodland Rd.
Beachwood, OH

When:  
Saturday and Sunday, October 4th and 5th

Golf:
Round 1 – Saturday afternoon (1pm Shotgun) – Best Ball Teams
Round 2 – Sunday morning (9am Shotgun) – Singles or Team Alternate Shot

Dinner:
Saturday evening after play at the clubhouse

Cost:
$200 for walkers (not including caddie fees)
$260 for riders

Fees include the two rounds of golf and dinner on Saturday evening (but do not include alcoholic beverages).  The club prefers walkers to take caddies if available.

Players will receive a member number for the two days that they can bill food and beverage charges to.  The club will need to get billing addresses to settle up after the event.  They can take credit cards in the golf shop only; other charges (like lunch, halfway house stuff) need to be billed to an account.

Lodging:
The club has an arrangement with the Double Tree hotel in Beachwood.  It is located roughly 5 minutes from the club and the room rate for those siting the "Midwest Mashie" is $99 per night.  Single or double occupancy.  Sixteen rooms have been blocked off, although more can be reserved.  There are a few other hotels nearby (Fairfield Inn, Residence Inn, Super 8, Clarion Hotel, Embassy Sweets in addition to the Double Tree).



Helpful Links:
Bill's awesome In My Opinion piece:
http://www.golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/feature-interview-with-bill-mckinley/

1st Annual Midwest Mashie
http://www.golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,43542.0.html

2nd Annual Midwest Mashie
http://www.golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,46456.0.html

3rd Annual Midwest Mashie
http://www.golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,52173.0.html

4th Annual Midwest Mashie
http://www.golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,55319.0.html

Canterbury website
http://www.canterburygc.org/

Proposed Teams:

East Team
Thurman – Team Captain
Fry
Finn
Cowan
Taylor
Sturges
Steele
Allen
Fuesnte

West Team
McKinley – Team Captain
Freeman
Hoover
Arbuthnot
Mosley
Royer
Marzec
Titschinger
Crowe
Jackson (Saturday Only?)

DAY 1 MATCHES (West team listed first):

Brian Hoover & Michael Marzec
vs
Ben Cowan & Ryan Taylor

David Royer & Devin "NOB" Crowe
vs
Chris Sturges & Brian Finn

Bill McKinley & George Freeman
vs
Allen & Fuente

Erik Mosley & Criss Titschinger
vs
Jason Thurman & Ken Fry

Russ Arbuthnot
vs
Mark Jackson

[Terry Lavin]

I'm in.

[BHoover]

Please count me in (preferably on my own team this time). Thanks.

[Bill Seitz]

I can't see any reason to miss this year. Hopefully this doesn't conflict with the DeVries Cup, but count me in. Thanks Georga and Bill.

[Howard Riefs]

I'm in.  Thanks to George and Bill for arranging.

5 hour caravan from Chicago?

[Brian Finn]

Please count me in. Thank you. Can't wait!

[Bill Faley]

In! And happy to ensure that the West team retains the cup for another year. This looks like an amazing location; thanks to Bill and George for setting it up.

[Nigel Islam]

I will have to get the weekend off, but I am going to try and make this one. I have yet to attend a GCA event, and have been anxiously awaiting the news of this year's Mashie.

[Jud_T]

Pencil me in, subject to the endless series of kids travel rowing events.  Thanks for hogging the ball yet again on this George.

[Morgan Clawson]

In.

Thanks George and Bill!

[Billsteele]

George-I am in.

[John Mayhugh]

Count me in. Great job guys.

[JC Jones]

In

[Josh Tarble]

Interesting this just came up....just wondered today with another GCAer when this would be announced.

I'm in.

[Jackson C]

George,
Please count me in as well.
Thanks,
Jackson

[Jason Thurman]

I'm in. Obviously. #EastTeamNation

[Ronald Montesano]

If space left, I'd like to represent western New York at the 2014 MWM.

xoxo

Ron M.

[Rob Curtiss]

would love to join you guys and get a chance to play Canterbury but already committed to the George Cup same weekend.

[Russ Arbuthnot]

Please count me in! Thank you for setting this up. I have also lived in Illinois and now Michigan.

Thanks,
Russ

[Bill McKinley]

George,

Thank you for putting the thread out for the 2014 Mashie at Canterbury.  One minor detail... Can you change the title of the thread to Canterbury Golf Club instead of Canterbury Country Club.  It's kind of a pet peeve with our members and I know it's a minor detail, but if you could change that, I would appreciate it.

Thanks so much!  I look forward to meeting you all in October.

--Bill

[Frank Sekulic]

If there are still spots available, count me in.

[Ken Fry]

Please count me in.  One of these years, the East will rise!!!!!

Ken

[Steve Lang]

  Definitely interested and would make it part of my Golf Ohio or World Series of Golf adventures...


Grew up in Toledo 2-12th grade, went to school in Cinti, 6 yrs... lived in Lima for 10 years, many friends on east side of Clevelandia, married into Mich family, but been in TX for 23 years so i can mash with any side

[Matt Schmidt]

Please count me in, assuming there is room on Team East.  #neverwest

[Bill Seitz]

Please count me in, assuming there is room on Team East.  #neverwest

Team East #neverwin