Compadres
I have made a couple of calls and I am just one return call away from the person who can make the decision.
What I think would be critical to getting a positive response(i.e. commitment to give us 5-6 reasonably contiguous tee times (20-24 players)) would be to commit to a serious GCA event, i.e. 6 "Name" GCAs, 6 Apprentices, 12 Groupies (including some "names" in other areas--greenkeeping, administration, writing, etc.).
The current protocol is that every application must include name, home club and handicap. I'll never be able to do that for 20-24 people (particularly given my standards above) prior to tonight's deadline (12 midnight, GMT). I'll try to get a waiver from the head honcho, but unless you hear from me earlier, I would STRONGLY recommend that anybody wanting to participate in this event put in their own application separately (with the required info) at whatever point they start getting nervous about me not gbetting that waiver (or even applying) on time.
A final note....
If this all works, it may well be that some GCAers may have to be bumped from one or more of the 3-day events (e.g., if Coore and Crenshaw, or Kelly Blake Moran or Tom Fazio want to join in at the last moment, somebody's gonna have to step aside). However, as compensation, if this thing works, we'll have enough people and enough venues (think FIFE!!!!) to make Buda V a real festival of GCA intensive golf, over a wider period and wider (but still narrow) geography.
Cheers
Rich