July 1, 2017

BARNESVILLE, PA — The Carl Spackler business office announced today the annual registration table will return this year, which will be run by Dave Osborne and Dan Hagg. The table, located near the staged golf carts, is a required visit for all participants.

"The event is large and procedures changed a couple of years ago to correspond," says Captains Club member Dave Osborne. "Each golfer must register with our table 30 minutes before the afternoon practice round. It is not optional. We need to distribute everything by 1:30pm."

The registration table will be signing-in golfers along with distributing gifts, participant option purchases, pairing sheets, and personalized bag tag.

"The purpose of the table is to be efficient," says Osborne. "We have hundreds of items to distribute. The most senior members of the Carl Spackler Open are not excluded from this requirement. There needs to be zero items on our table when the practice round begins."

The registration table will be setup near the practice range, staged carts, and parking lot.

"Dan Hagg and I are glad to help and deserves some practice time and attention," says Dave Osborne. "The table will be setup around 12:30pm and you can help the event by not delaying your visit to the registration table. Unless asked to do so, please do not retrieve items for other golfers as it causes communication issues. Grabbing an idiot by the ear and dragging him over to the table can be helpful after 12:30pm."

"This table went on trial in 2011," says Dave Osborne. "It went very well with a few changes in 2012 and 2013. The Captains Club has continued the opportunity, however we still have golfers showing up 10 minutes before a shotgun start and golfers not visiting the table upon arrival. We can do better."

The 2017 Carl Spackler Open will hold its practice round on Wednesday, July 12 starting at 2:00PM. The shotgun start will open the range for practice at 12:00PM. General announcements are scheduled for 1:45PM with carts scheduled to depart for starting holes at 1:50PM.