General

This years 2025 version of the Gringo Classic is a wrap and turned out to be a huge success.

The event started out with the draft night at Vallarta Beers Gardens and no surprise, the Canadians out lasted the International team in alcohol consumption. Big Thank You to the staff at Vallarta Beers Gardens everyone enjoyed the tacos, cold beers, along with a few margaritas added in.

The competition started with day one, and the 4 ball event with Canada building a 6 point edge at the end of the day.

The days competition ended with a new event introduced this year a 4 hole putting contest.

Congratulations goes out to the winner Ken Wither taking home the big prize of 4000 pesos followed closely by Jean Crispo, and Bruce Gardner.

Day 2 was the individual competition, a total of 34 matches to play with team International making a big push.

With a dead lock tie after 33 matches,  it came down to the final card coming in favour of Canada winning the overall event and retaining there title 78-75.

A big shout out to the team captains for their time in setting up the pairings to create a very close match. Thank you Brad St Pierre and Ron Volk representing the International team, and Wally Antoniuk and Francis Bast for the Canadian team.

As well a big thanks to Charles King for helping with the registration and Ross McDonald in his huge efforts in securing our great KP prizes as well as the organization of the Monday draft night. There is a lot of work that goes into making this event what it is and could not happen without the efforts of all these gentlemen.

Another shout out to Steve, Hector and the rest of there staff for everything they do.

Mark your calendars Feb 24/25 2026 for next years event which will be the 10th anniversary.

Plans are already being made to celebrate the 10 years of healthy competition, an event you won’t want to miss.

We have some great ideas to add to the celebration and will be looking for input from all. Please feel free to reach out with any suggestion that you may have.

Sincerely

Alan Bayliss

Happy New Year 2025 to all. Wish you health and good golf all year long.

The high seson is about to begin and maybe you will need to use the waiting list. Here is how it works.

This year, all leagues have a maximum players per event. For example, Men League maximum player is 60. On the calendar you will see something like 45/ 60 when 45 players registered, and the maximum is 60. Each time a new player signs in or signs out, number of registered players is adjusted.

When the maximum players for an event is reached, checking box is grayed and an asterisk (*) appears.

Click on * and you will be able to put your name on the waiting list. If you put your name on the list, * will become an @ and you are on the waiting list.

You can go on and out the waiting until the cut off, the day before the event ( 8:00AM for Women League, 12:00 for Couples League and  3:00PM for Men and Skins League). When a player signs out for this league event, every player on the waiting list for this event will then receive an email saying there is a spot available.

The empty spot will be taken by the first player who signs in in after receiving email. Players not fast enough to take the available spot will remain on the waiting list and have another chance to sign in if another spot becomes available.

REMEMBER

* You can put your name on the waiting list

@ You are on the waiting list and you will receive an email if a spot becomes available.

This year, all leagues have a maximum players per event. For example, Men League maximum player is 60. On the calendar you will see something like 45/ 60 when 45 players registered, and the maximum is 60. Each time a new player signs in or signs out, number of registered players is adjusted.

When the maximum players for an event is reached, checking box is grayed and an asterisk (*) appears.

Click on * and you will be able to put your name on the waiting list. If you put your name on the list, * will become an @ and you are on the waiting list.

You can go on and out the waiting until the cut off, the day before the event (3:00PM, 8:00AM for Women League). When a player signs out for this league event, every player on the waiting list for this event will then receive an email saying there is a spot available.

The empty spot will be taken by the first player who signs in in after receiving email. Players not fast enough to take the available spot will remain on the waiting list and have another chance to sign in if another spot becomes available.

REMEMBER

* You can put your name on the waiting list

@ You are on the waiting list and you will receive an email if a spot becomes available

This season there are changes to the registration process for all four leagues (Ladies, Mens, Couples & Skins) wherein the respective calendars will open for registration only 28 days in advance of each league game date.  This will continue every week thereafter for the balance of the season.  In other words, when the calendar opens, you can book for the game scheduled four weeks into the future.

Example:  Ladies League calendar opens October 11th for play on November 8th only.  Then opens again October 18th for play on November 15th.  This will continue for the balance of the season.

After season begins, it will be easier to remind it. After each game, you will be able to sign in for the game four weeks ahead on the same weekday. Registration will open at 5:00PM on that day. As usual, sign in will be open until game’s eve, 8:00AM for Ladies league and 3:00PM for other leagues.

Priority will be given to El Tigre Golf Members first.  Visiting family or friends that wish to play the Leagues will be handled on a case-by-case basis, however, every effort will be made to accommodate where possible.

League administrators will soon provide you with additional information on the coming season.

Brad is out for Friday March 8

spot is open