A mandatory player meeting will be held promptly at 7:45AM on Thursday morning in the activity room at the Super 8 Motel. Please be in your seat with breakfast by 7:40AM. This scheduled 60 minute meeting has an agenda that includes:

a. General Announcements
b. Player Introductions
c. Tournament Gifts
d. Itinerary Adjustments & Weather
e. Golf Course Notes
f. Included Food & Beverage
g. Explanation of Awards
h. Contests
i. Tournament Rules
j. Pairing Sheets
k. Scoring & Scorecard Submitting

This meeting is scheduled for 60 minutes, however may or may not take 60 minutes. We will proceed immediately to the Grande Golf Club... so please come to the meeting as if you are ready to depart for the Grande. PLEASE PLAN TO DRIVE STRAIGHT TO THE GRANDE FOR IMMEDIATE ZAVINSKI 100 AND GROUP PHOTO.

The following consists of a list that you might want to bring along on the trip. These items will not be provided by the Captains Club.

1. Shampoo
2. Golf Clubs
3. Pillow for the car
4. Cigars & Cigarettes
5. Sunglasses
6. Ball Retriever
7. Medical Tape, Bandaids, Sunscreen, Chapstick
8. Cash for Lunch
9. Cash for Dinner on Wednesday and Thursday nights.
10. Umbrella
11. 2003 Carl Spackler Open Drizzle Stick
12. Carl Spackler Open Baseball Hat
13. Golf Shoes (soft spikes)
14. Golf Clothes (the course requires proper golf attire. Please review dress code note)
15. Golf Gloves (extra for potential rain)
16. Digital Camera
17. Golf Towels, plenty in case it is wet.
18. Golf Balls
19. Belt
20. Windbreaker or 2006 Carl Spackler Open Pull Over
21. Engraved Trophies you won last year.
22. Evening Clothes
23. 2004 Carl Spackler Open Gopher Headcover
24. Credit Card. You cannot check-in to the hotel without one.
25. Mow your lawn.
26. Koozie to keep your drink cool.
27. Cell Phone number of your ride to/from airport.
28. Horses Ass Headcovers
29. 2005 Carl Spackler Open Golf Shirt
30. 2006 Carl Spackler Open Cartoon T-shirt
31. Bug Spray or Absorbine Jr.
32. Lawn Chair for 18 green.
33. Old Town Bar only takes cash.

Some trophies, clubs and awards won last year should be engraved where appropriate and brought back to the 2007 Carl Spackler Open Championship.

Kitchen Pass Award
Crapper Award
Skills Challenge Award
Horses Ass Trophy
Rookie of the Year

Daily Pairing Sheets are used to manage the entire event. These sheets provide key information during the mornings, afternoons and evenings. The sheets are shaped perfectly for your back pocket and provide a well organized event. Please carry these around like your wallet 24 hours per day.

Sheets will be available at the hotel front desk on Tuesday night. Sheets will also be available in the Grande clubhouse for participants of the afternoon practice round. Golfers not playing in the practice round can pick a copy at the hotel upon check-in on Wednesday afternoon/evening.

Daily Pairing Sheets will also be available at the Mandatory Player Meeting on Thursday. Friday and Saturday pairing sheets will be slipped under hotel room doors on Thursday and Friday night with Leaderboard information. There will be very few extra copies printed and taken to the golf course.

These sheets will contain tournament pairings, leaderboard, contest information, schedule of events, taxi schedule, tournament rules, scoring procedures, player courtesies, nightly entertainment, golf handicap information, etc..

Unofficial tournament pairings are available online. Pairings are never final until you have a pairing sheet in your hand. Pairings for the final round on Saturday are set based on reverse leaderboard order after Round 2. Exactly like the PGA Tour with the exception of Brian Long and Greg Garrett who will score the tournament.

There are no guaranteed pairings for anyone attending with one exception. All rookies will play either Wednesday or Thursday with their referral.

Bag storage is included in your tournament fee. All golf bags can remain at the Grande clubhouse starting Wednesday or Thursday evening through Saturday play. Each golfer will receive a personalized bagtag for easy bagboy identification.

Please see Matt Davis for a bagtag. If playing in the afternoon wave of the practice round, please see Brian Flanagan or Mike Trojanowski prior to teeing off.

The Friday afternoon scramble will require your golf bag to leave the premise.

READ PERSONAL COOLER AND SNACK NOTES BEFORE DECIDING ON BAG STORAGE.

The tourney will be played from the Blue Tees.

LOST BALL OR POSSIBILITY OF LOST BALL: The first option is to hit a provisional from the original spot. Then play the provisional ball if your first ball cannot be found. The second option is to drop in the area of where it was last seen with a two-stroke penalty. If your 1st shot is lost, taking a drop where the ball was last seen means you are hitting your 4th shot.

OUT OF BOUNDS: Balls cannot be played or fetched when they cross the white-staked hazards. They are out of bounds. Your options are identical to the lost ball rule stated above.

RED STAKES: Balls CAN BE played from inside the red-staked hazards. By penalty of one stroke, you drop within two club lengths from where the ball crossed the stakes. Another option is to hit from the original spot with 1 stroke penalty. If your first shot went into the hazard, take a drop outside the red stakes and hit your 3rd shot.

YELLOW STAKES: Balls CAN BE played from inside the yellow-staked hazards. By penalty of one stroke, you may drop anywhere in the line of the shot including the original spot. If your first shot went into the hazard, take a drop in the line of your shot and hit your 3rd shot.

UNPLAYABLE LIES: A player may take an unplayable lie anywhere on the course including the middle of the fairway. By penalty of 1 stroke, a golfer must drop two club lengths no closer to the hole from the unplayable lie. Unplayable lies normally prohibit the free swing of the golf club.

FREE DROPS: A player may obtain free relief or drop from a fairway divot or a cart path. All man-made objects such as stakes, fences and signs receive a free drop with no penalty. Your partner should assist. Drops are no closer to the hole.

LONG PUTT: The longest putt made on each hole receives long putt points. The Captains Club strongly encourages putting out of turn when pace of play is jeopardized. Mark your distance proactively and putt when partners are not standing on the green or ready to play. Fringe putts and short chips do not count. If the longest putt is less than a putter length, the hole is voided and does not push. A putter should fit between the ball and the hole to be valid. Long putts cannot be longer than its previous putt.

GIMME: The Captains Club proudly supports two forms of gimme. (1) Golfers may take a gimme (one stroke) if scoring zero points on the hole. (2) If already taking a zero points on a hole, a golfer may drop with no penalty at the 100 yard red disc in the middle of the fairway. The gimme rule speeds up pace of play while still allowing for long putt points. All other forms of gimme are prohibited.

DO NOT TOUCH YOUR BALL UNLESS IT IS MARKED AND LYING MOTIONLESS ON THE GREEN. FLUFFING IS PROHIBITED.

The Grande Golf Club has a dress code policy. Golf shirts along with bermuda shorts are required. T-shirts, jogging apparel or denim of any kind is prohibited. Only soft spike golf shoes are allowed on the golf course and driving range.

Your tournament fee includes electric golf cart each day of play. The carts are brand new with larger more productive compartments and mounted cooler.

The lodging is 60 minutes from Detroit Wayne International Airport (DTW) and 70 minutes from the Toledo Express Airport. Virginia Beach to Brooklyn is 12 hours. Warren to Brooklyn is 6 hours. Columbus to Brooklyn is 3½ hours.

Flights to Detroit using Northwest Airlines are direct flights lasting a maximum of 2 hours from New York, Baltimore, Washington, Richmond, Raleigh, Atlanta and Norfolk.

Vehicles traveling through Toledo, OH and stopping at DTW will add 18 minutes to trip.

From Toledo... Use Route 223 West for the Grande and Route 50 West for the Super 8 Motel. Both are 10-15 minutes faster than using I-94.

The Grande Golf Club is 17 solid minute drive to/from the Super 8.

Local Map. These will be available at the hotel front desk or you can print one today.
http://www.carlspackleropen.com/spackler/map.doc

Non-Golf Entertainment (distance; proposed taxi fare up to 4 riders)
(1) Jerry's Pub & Restaurant. (10-minute drive from hotel; $10 taxi)
(2) Michigan Speedway Viewing. (5-minute drive from hotel)
(3) Go Carts @ Victory Lane Speedway. (5-minute walk from hotel)
(4) Clubhouse @ Clark Lake Golf Course. (8-minute drive from hotel)
(5) Old Town Bar. (6-minute walk from hotel)
(6) Aggies Sports Bar. (5-minute drive from hotel)
(7) The Beach Bar. (8-minute drive from hotel; $8 taxi)
(8) Bone Island Bar & Grill. (4-minute drive from golf course)
(9) Jackson Harness Raceway. (6-minute drive from golf course)

Vehicles will pass The Beach Bar and Clark Lake Golf Course or Aggies Sports Bar plus Old Town Bar when traveling between golf course & motel.

The speed limit in and around Brooklyn is as slow as 20 miles per hour. The Michigan State Police  takes driver licenses as bond.

A taxi service will be stationed in Brooklyn and available throughout Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday evening. The subsidized fare was based on initial demand and $8.00-$10.00 for one-way rides. This is $2.00-$2.50 per rider with a maximum 4 riders. These rates do not include gratuity. The telephone number for the cab service is 517-764-3234.

CAB SCHEDULE
Wednesday is 4:30PM - 10:30PM
Thursday is 7:00PM - 1:00AM
Saturday is 8:30PM - 2:00AM

The following rules are non-negotiable.  Please do not take them personally regardless of relationship. Please do not register if you do not fully agree.

1.  Tournament will not discount for partial attendance.  Please do not ask today or in May.

2.  Roommates and foursome pairings are not guaranteed. All referrals attending with a single Spackler Rookie will be roomed together. All Spackler Rookies will be paired for golf with their referral on Wednesday or Thursday.

3.  Golf refunds due to weather are not guaranteed.  We will do our best.

4.  Non-refundable deposits are still in order. Cancellations are not as simple as replacing someone. If you cancel, do not expect your deposit back regardless of relationship or seniority. We cannot and will not treat you any different than the previous 18 cancellations. The money will be given to charity and/or fund outstanding bills.

5.  All cancellations in May or June will increase the percentage of player tournament fee loss by 3 percent per day starting May 1. For example, if you cancel on May 15, you lose the entire non-refundable deposit ($120) and 45% of the remaining tournament fee. We use postmarked date.  The money is given to charity or fund outstanding bills.

6.  Rick Dosky and the Captains Club will be drunk at the tournament. Optional activities or services (scramble, go karts, etc.) are non-refundable in May or June 2007.  Optional activities with last-minute availability might be accepted with cash wrapped in a note.

The Super 8 Motel has 22 non-smoking rooms with two queen beds and 10 smoking rooms with two queen beds. They also have several non-smoking rooms with one queen bed. The general manager will be airing out the smoking rooms, which may or may not smell like a smoking room.

Distribution of non-smoking rooms will be completed based on volunteers and then combined signing dates of roommates.

The tournament handicaps will be using Poststats Points for a 7th year in a row. These points are completely independent of Virtual Tournament handicaps. They will be updated and printed in early June.

The 4-man Scramble will be overhauled this year including the use of handicapping. All golfers within a team will be analyzed together and be given a team handicap. The handicap system is devised for 3-man team to compete against a 5-man team on a level playing field.

The area statistically averages a 77 degree-high and 65 degree-low temperature on June 7 each year. Jackson averages 3.26 inches of rain in the month of June.

The 54-hole tournament has never experienced completely dry conditions. The tournament will be played in rain, but not in a heavy downpour. The tournament could be adjusted to 36 holes on Friday or Saturday due to bad weather. Please use your daily pairing sheets and common sense. The Closest to the Pin, Skills Challenge, and 4-man Scramble in this order will be activities removed from the itinerary if needed. The tournament can also be adjusted for 27 holes on Thursday if heavy rain is expected on Friday. The Daily Pairing Sheets will be updated every night.

The choice spot to ride out very bad weather is the very large Clark Lake Golf Course clubhouse. The extremely large cluhouse with bar and restaurant can be found 12 minutes south using the maps distributed at the hotel.

Very wet conditions prior to the tournament can attract an obscene amount of mosquitos in southern Michigan. It is recommended that players obtain plenty of insect repellent for MULTIPLE golfers over the 4 day period if Michigan receives lots of rain prior to arrival. Absorbine Jr. works well.

If the live music gets cancelled on Wednesday, the group will move to Jerry's Pub on Wednesday night.

The cooler morning temperatures could require a pullover jacket. Umbrellas, drizzle sticks, rain suits and towels should be packed.

The Super 8 Motel is the choice lodging to host the 2007 Carl Spackler Open.

The Detroit Wayne International Airport is a 60-minute drive to the Super 8. In the heart of downtown Brooklyn, the Super 8 Motel is a quick 17-minute drive from the golf course.

The Captains Club does not have transportation scheduled to/from the golf course, however plenty of independent vehicles are available for golfers flying to the event.

Food and entertainment are within walking distance from the Super 8. Victory Lane Speedway is a 5-minute walk and Old Town Bar is a 10-minute walk. Hills Hearts of the Lakes Golf Course is a 25-30 minute walk. There are restaurants within a 2-5 minute walk.

Check-in time is 3:00PM EST. If your room is ready, you may check-in very early. Early check-in's are not guaranteed and should not be expected.

The Super 8 includes a continental breakfast each morning for all guests. It includes shampoo, soap, and towels. A large attached banquet room has been rented throughout the tournament week. The Mandatory Player Meeting, Awards Dinner, Awards Presentation, and Card Night is planned for inside the room.

The entire facility is equipped with high-speed wireless Internet.

All attendees will not receive a key for the room without a personal credit card. Your room + taxes is paid, however all damages, phone calls, room service and pay movies are your responsibility.

155 Wamplers Lake Road
Brooklyn, MI, 49230
517-592-0888

The traditional Wednesday Practice Round will return in 2007. There are two waves of tee times including 10:03AM and 1:03PM to accommodate the live music at The Beach Bar from 5:30PM to 9:30PM. The Beach Bar stops serving alcohol at 9:30PM. Check the itinerary for details.

The structure of the practice round includes an accurate 18-hole scorecard to be filled out based on your play. The Captains Club also encourages practice shots throughout the round when appropriate. Pace of play is the primary concern and partners who might be playing their original ball.

The Grande Golf Club will be given several daily pairings sheets for all golf days. These sheets will be the only golfer information supplied to the Grande. The Grande will be waiting for you to show up. You are not required to sign-in with the clubhouse, but do as instructed or grab a golf cart. There will be multiple starters waiting for you near the practice range or Hole 1. You will start on the North nine.

Greg Long will have Wednesday Pairing Sheets and Matt Davis will have bagtags for Wednesday morning participants. Brian Flanagan or Mike Trojanowski will Wednesday Pairing Sheets and bagtags for Wednesday afternoon participants.

Starting one hour prior to your tee time, there will be practice balls for you on the range. If there are no balls, please ask for them.

Local leagues start promptly at 2:00PM. If you plan to be late, the last available tee time is 1:50PM.

The Beach Bar is located off the shores of Clark Lake and completely renovated in December 2006. It did seat 200 guests including 80 outside on the patio overlooking the lake. There was a foozball table inside along with a small marina across the street for boating patrons. The Beach Bar is open everyday with live music on the patio Wednesday and Sunday evenings from 5:30PM-9:30PM. The Beach Bar designates 9:30PM as last call on alcohol purchases. The group will move to Jerry's Pub if the live music is cancelled.

Address:
The Beach Bar
3509 Ocean Beach Road
Clarklake, MI 49234

Jerry's Pub is located off the shores of Whampler's Lake. The road house seats 180 guests including 60 outside on the deck overlooking the lake. There is a small outdoor tiki-bar on the deck, small marina for boating patrons and sand volleyball court. Jerry’s Pub has karaoke on Wednesday nights and live music Thursday-Saturday starting at 10:00PM. Jerry's Pub designates 2:00PM as last call on alcohol purchases. The taxi schedule must be reviewed.

Address:
Jerry's Pub
650 Egan Highway
Onsted, MI 49230

The Old Town Bar is located in downtown Brooklyn. It is 1/2 mile from hotel parking lot or 10-15 minute walk from hotel. This establishment does not accept any credit card or debit card. It is a cash only bar with 3 banks in downtown Brooklyn. Pitchers of beer are $4.00.

Old Town Bar
109 South Main Street
Brooklyn, MI 49230

There are two bars that are not expected to be part of the group itinerary. Aggies Sports Bar is one building structurally split in two. The restaurant and the bar. It is half way between the Grande and Super 8 in Napoleon, MI. The Clark Lake clubhouse is located very close to the Beach Bar and has a huge golf course clubhouse with a Mountain Valley clubhouse feel.

Aggies Sports Bar
108 South Brooklyn Road
Napoleon, MI 49261

Clark Lake Golf Course
5535 Wesch Road
Brooklyn, MI 49230

The Super 8 Motel Banquet Room has been rented from Wednesday through Sunday morning. All golfers may use the kitchen or the room to play cards or for social activities.

A casino and cornhole tournament is scheduled for Friday night after the 4-man Scramble. Dinner and beverages are also planned for the activity.

Jackson Harness Raceway has live harness racing and simulcasting on Saturday. The race track is located in downtown Jackson and approximately 5-7 minutes from the Grande Golf Club.

The tournament fee will provide snacks for each golfer throughout the weekend. The following is the plan for our very large snack purchase.

Exactly 2,410 individual vending machine snacks including potato chips, crackers, twizzlers, combos, hotballs, smarties, gum, nachos, fritos, peanuts, cookies, tootsie rolls, and skittles will be placed in the kitchen within the Super 8 Motel Banquet Room.

IF TAKING SNACKS TO THE GOLF COURSE, THEY MUST BE PLACED IN YOUR GOLF BAG OR YOUR PARTNERS GOLF BAG PRIOR TO YOUR ARRIVAL AT THE GRANDE. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ROOM IN YOUR GOLF BAG, PLEASE LEAVE THEM BEHIND OR EAT THEM WHILE AT THE SUPER 8. IF YOU PLAN TO USE THE GOLF COURSE BAG STORAGE, YOU SHOULD PLAN TO STOCK UP ON WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY.

The order includes 10 package snacks per golfer and 27 bulk snacks per golfer. Please do not exceed these limits until early Saturday morning. A sign will be displayed in the kitchen designating snacks. With cooperation, this trial purchase is expected to add an estimated $525 value to the Carl Spackler Open.

PLEASE PICK UP ALL WRAPPERS AND INSERT THEM INTO TRASH CANS WHEN YOU SEE THEM. THIS INCLUDES WRAPPERS THAT DO NOT BELONG TO YOU.

The tournament fee will cover some food for each golfer throughout the weekend. The following is the plan for our food purchase.

BREAKFAST
Each and every morning, the Super 8 Motel will provide a complimentary continental breakfast. This includes 6:00AM on Friday morning.

LUNCH
The Carl Spackler Open will not be providing any lunch. Golfers should be playing golf at the Grande Golf Club at noon each day.

WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY NIGHT
The Carl Spackler Open will not be providing dinner on Wednesday and Thursday night. The Beach Bar and Jerry's Pub have very extensive menus. Italian food will be served on Friday and Saturday.

FRIDAY SANDWICH
There are 36 holes to be played by most of the group on Friday. To ensure the itinerary is not compromised, exactly 65 sandwiches will be purchased on Friday and distributed after Round 2. The purpose of the sandwich is to ensure everyone is feed and ready for their second round. The sandwich order will be based on options selected in March.

The sandwiches will not be purchased from the Grande Golf Club. Sandwiches will be available in the parking lot as the group leaves the facility.

FRIDAY PIZZA
After the 4-man Scramble and showers, 33 large pizzas will be delivered to the Activity Room within the Super 8 Motel. Each pizza will have two names on it to be split across the two golfers. This dinner will run along casino and cornhole contests.

SATURDAY NIGHT
A fully catered Awards Dinner is planned for Saturday night. The dinner will include lasagna, chicken, salad, and bread. It will also be held in the Activity Room within the Super 8 Motel.

CLARK LAKE CLUBHOUSE
Clark Lake Golf Course has a very large restaurant for interested golfers. This clubhouse will also be used for long periods of heavy rain. A map to the clubhouse will be available at the Super 8 Motel.

The tournament fee will cover some beverages for each participant throughout the weekend. The following is the plan for our beverage purchase.

Zero beer will be provided at the Grande Golf Club. A six-pack of beer is $13.00. There are mounted coolers on each golf cart.

The tournament fee is expected to provide 2 kegs on the course for the 4-man Scramble. These kegs are available for guys not participating in the scramble.

The tournament fee will provide beer and non-alcoholic beverages for the Friday Night Card Night and Awards Dinner/Presentation.

WE ARE PURCHASING BEER FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. PLEASE DO NOT TAKE BEER OUT OF THE SUPER 8 MOTEL ACTIVITY ROOM AT ANY OTHER TIME.

The Grande Golf Club did not have a "NO PERSONAL COOLER" sign in July 2006, however it is highly unlikely they encourage them. The Grande Golf Club has purchased brand new electric golf carts with mounted coolers.

THE CAPTAINS CLUB DOES NOT WANT TO SEE PERSONAL COOLERS IN-OR-AROUND THE CLUBHOUSE, RANGE, PRACTICE GREEN, STARTING HOLES, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY FINISHING HOLES.

Golfers could in theory hide warm beer in their golf bags before leaving the hotel, buy 2 beers from the clubhouse with lots of ice, and have lots of beer in their golf cart cooler by Hole 2. These beers in theory would be purchased at the party store at the corner of Jefferson Road and Route 127.

Each golf cart should fill out a scorecard for entire foursome. Both scorecards will be given to Brian Long or Greg Garrett for scorecard integrity. This includes the practice round. Please verify all stroke totals balance.

It is the responsibility of existing members to explain long putts to our many rookies on Wednesday.

All participants should be looking to obtain four pieces of communication as soon as they arrive to Jackson or Brooklyn.

(1) Wednesday Daily Pairing Sheet (Practice Round). This includes golfers not participating in the practice round. The hotel front desk will have these sheets on Tuesday night and Wednesday night. There will be sheets available at the Grande Golf Club practice range.

(2) Local Map. These will be available at the hotel front desk or you can print one today.
http://www.carlspackleropen.com/spackler/map.doc

(3) Rooming List. These will be available at the hotel front desk. Roommates with numbers are also available online.

(4) Bagtag. These will be available at the Grande Golf Club practice range. See Greg Long, Brian Flanagan, or Mike Trojanowski so your golf bag has identification.

Practice balls are included in the tournament fee. There should be a very large bucket available on the practice range on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Balls will be available 60 minutes before your tee time.

The trip itinerary is available online by clicking CALENDAR. The evenings are entirely based on pace of play at the Grande. The pace of play target is 4 1/2 to 5 hours. The itinerary is based on 5 1/2 hours for 18 holes. The itinerary is pushed back or forward depending on pace of play. Please use common sense when reviewing the evening itineraries on the daily pairing sheets.

By design and recommendation, there are 2 hours and 15 minutes of tee times on Thursday and Saturday. Thursday morning from 7:45AM to 10:03AM are jam packed with events requiring attendance. Please follow the daily pairing sheets.

Rookies will see lots of Carl Spackler Open logo hats of different colors. If you have a problem, please see someone with a red colored hat. These are the guys running the golf trip. If you have a specific question, please look for a red or blue hat. Blue colored hats are your participants with 3+ years of Spackler experience.