President's Corner

Tom Retterath
President

Welcome to 2012!  A new year reminds us of what tremendous possibility lays in front of us!  We all have an opportunity to ensure that 2012 is a Great year for our Men’s club.  We have 2 exciting tournaments planned for January.  We have an away trip to San Clemente and we have our Scramble tournament.  Please contact Greg Englant for the away trip and Terry Fulford for our home tournament! 

Also, both Thursday & Saturday Team Play matches start this month!  Best of luck to both of our Teams!  First goal is to qualify for the playoffs and then onto the winners circle!  

I’d like to welcome our two new members to the Board – Greg Englant & Cliff Aichele.  I look forward to working with the entire Board to ensure that all of our club activities continue to be best that we can do.  Also, I’d like to recognize both Bret Holloway and Mark Ziegenhagen for their past contributions to the Board.  Here’s to a great 2012!!

We had a very nice weather day for our Annual Christmas Day tournament.  The course was in good winter condition.  The scoring was a little below average, maybe too much holiday partying for our men’s club members!!!

Here’s some solid individual scores that I’m sure our new handicap chairman Jerry Leininger will be looking at!!  Ron McBride with a Net 63, Lloyd Lee net 64, Dave Hasselman net 66, Chris Plumridge net 67.  Overall, we had 14 players breaking Net 72 in the tournament.

For the team results, Team Vanderbroek winning A flight Gross with Team Jerry Leininger winning A flight Net.  We had Team Ron McBride winning B flight Gross with Team Dave Ahmadi winning B flight Net.  We had Team Sturdevant winning C flight Gross with the winning combination of Team Martin winning C flight Net.

I’d like to thank the entire Board for helping out in our pre-tournament signups in order for the shotgun to start on time.  One more thing, it really did help having the membership pay their entry fees on-time.  We only had a handful of players that ended up paying the extra $5 surcharge for not paying on-time.  I truly hope this is something that will continue to happen in 2012.

This was the last Men’s club home tournament that I will be running since Terry Fulford is now our new VP/Tournament Chairman for 2012.  I’m sure that Terry will do an excellent job in this new role and will continue to provide great tournaments for the upcoming year for our membership.   To help Terry out, please pay on-time and play fast on the course!!!

Thank you!

Tom Retterath
VP & Tournament Chairman (former)

Meeting Minutes

Rob Kuehn
Secretary

DECEMBER 2011 MEETING MINUTES

The final monthly meeting of 2011 of the El Dorado Park Men’s Golf Club was held on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 in the big white tent. The pre-meeting Christmas Feast included Ham, Turkey, Stuffing, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, Green Beans, three Salads, Rolls and Desert. Quite a deal.

The meeting was called to order at 7:01PM by President Dennis Tramer, who led the Pledge of Allegiance. There were approximately 125 members present, including Past Presidents Rich Dennison, Don Marmion, Jerry Leininger, Tom Conlisk, Steve Shure and (Life Member) Bob Livingstone.

The previous month’s minutes and Treasurer’s Report were approved. Three new members – Bruce Smith, Lucero Prisciliano and Greg Ramsey- introduced themselves and were taken on a tour of the facilities by Jerry Leininger, who also taught them the secret El Do handshake.

Committee reports were as follow:
Rich Dennison (Special Events): December will be played at L.I.. Special events will include net 71 or better and Closest to the Pin on # 3 and # 12.

Nick Zamora (Entertainment): Nick reported the results of the Sierra Lakes away tournament, his last after several years as Entertainment Chairman. Thanks for all the good work, Nick. He then introduced his successor- Greg Englant- who discussed upcoming away trips, including San Clemente on 1/8/12 ($70 including cart). Nick also discussed Saturday Team Play, which starts officially on January 14th at Lakewood. Nick has 22 players signed up, which he’ll reduce to 16 for the Team Play season. Saturday Team will play Thursday Team soon, as a warm-up.

Bob Livingstone (Handicap Chairman): Bob reported that our own Larry Grant won the SCGA Senior Championship with a 71 at Seacliff Country Club. Congratulations Larry.

Terry Fulford (GOM): November GOM honors went to Mark Perry (Gross 70) and Nick Zamora (Net 65.5). Get ready to see Nick’s name in this category often, as he is responsible for determining GOM for 2012.

Mel Collins (Thursday Team Play): Mel thanked everyone for their past support, and promised a winning team for 2012.

Ron Mahaffey (Head Greenskeeper of El Do): Ron fielded questions regarding course conditions and discussed steps taken to improve drainage, especially after rain. He is looking at various options regarding coots.

Tom Retterath (V.P. / Tournament Chairman): Tom discussed the December 19th 7:30AM Shotgun Tournament, and noted that Terry Fulford (V.P. / Tournaments for 2012) would be taking signups for the January Scramble (1/15/12).

Mike Vaughn (Flites): Mike announced Flite winners: Dave Rubin, Chris Benes, Corey Smith, Shaun Ferguson and Wayne Setinek. Mike noted that the Quad Club will be held 4/28 at Lakewood.

There was no Old Business. New Business: Dennis introduced Tom Retterath as President for 2012, and also introduced all of the 2012 Officers/ Directors. Bob Livingstone made a motion that Dennis Tramer be granted free lifetime membership as a Past President. The motion was unanimously approved. Dennis expressed his thanks to all of the 2010 and 2011 Board members, especially Treasurer Bret Holloway.

The “must be present to win” drawing (worth $100) was won by William Walton. The $50 “draw till there’s a winner” went to Don Didier. Both pots will be $50 in January.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:50, at which time the annual December Raffle began.

President's Corner

Tom Retterath
President

Well we had our first two tournaments in January and both Terry and Greg did a good job with the events!  In February, we’ll also have 2 more events.  Please try to get both Terry & Greg your signup information as early as possible.  It just makes their job a little more easier when they get this information early rather than later.   Let’s try to get both of these tournaments filled up so we have lots of good competition in each of these. 

Team play is underway and both teams are giving us their best efforts.  Reminder, each club member must have played in 3 club events within the past 12 months for our Member/Member, Club Championship, and Christmas tournaments.  Everyone might as well participate in our tournaments early in the year so you don’t have to worry about “qualifying” for these “Special tournaments”!!!! 

Your 2012 Board is working very hard to continue to make ElDo the best golf club here in SoCal.  We have some good things planned for 2012, so please stay tuned!

Meeting Minutes

Rob Kuehn
Secretary

JANUARY 2012 MEETING MINUTES
The first monthly meeting of 2012 of the El Dorado Park Men’s Golf Club was held on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 in the Big White Tent. The pre-meeting dinner included Beef Fajitas, Chile Relleno, Mexican Rice, Refried Beans, Salad and Desert (alas-no Chicken Breast Sandy).

The meeting was called to order at 7:00PM by New President Tom Retterath, who led the Pledge of Allegiance. Past Presidents in attendance included Dennis Tramer, Steve Shure, Richard Dennison, Jerry Leininger, Mike Montgomery and (Life Member) Bob Livingstone. Approximately 75 members were present.

President Retterath called for a moment of silence in honor of long time member Robert Maney, who recently passed away. The previous months Minutes and Treasurer’s Report were approved. Committee/Director reports were as follow:

Golf Commission Representative Bob Livingstone: Tree trimming will be completed by Monday, January 16. The Long Beach Mayor will be appointing a commission to study/evaluate various golf issues. Firewood is still available- bring your own truck.

SCGA Representative Jerry Leininger: All current SCGA information, schedule of events, etc., is posted in the Hallway and available on the SCGA website. Try to attend one of their Tournaments- they’re a lot of fun.
New Member Ronel Pesigan introduced himself.  He is a friend of Sebastian Sturdevant.

Saturday Team Play Captain Mike Montgomery: Events start this next weekend. In a “tune up,” the Saturday Team beat the Thursday Team last weekend.

Rules Chairman Rich Dennison: Two new rules to note: (1) If a ball moves after you address it through no fault of yours (i.e., wind blows it) you play it where it now lies and there is no penalty; (2) if your ball is in a sand trap you can rake the trap (to get rid of footprints, etc.) before you hit as long as you don’t improve your lie, stance or line of flight.

Special Events Cliff Aichele: Don’t forget the 3 month limit to pick up any winnings from the Box. Don’t forget to report skins, etc., at the Scorer’s Table at the end of your round. For the January scramble we’ll have Closest to the Pin on #3 and #17 (all Flights), and Greens in Regulation on the Par 3’s- A&B Flites need 3, and C Flight needs 2.

Entertainment Greg Englant: San Clemente was last weekend- windy but a good day. See website for complete details. February is Soboba Springs (2/12/12).

Golfer of the Month Nick Zamora: December GOM Gross was Ron McBride with a 71. Net was a tie between Dave (Ugh) Hasselman and Lloyd Lee, which Lloyd won on the 5th tiebreaker. Both had a net 67.5. The Golfer of the Year Tournament will be in March (or later if our Thursday and Saturday Teams do well). This year GOM will be based on LI.

Quad Club/Flights Mike Vaughn: The Quad Club Tournament is April 28th at Lakewood. Let’s do better than our last place finish in 2011.

VP/Tournament Chairman Terry Fulford: January is a Scramble- minimum of 3 drives each using a modified handicap system. Pay tonight or pay $5 extra on Sunday- this is our new policy for the year.

There was no Old of New Business.

Drawing winners were:
$50 “Must be Present to Win”- Mark Picard- he wasn’t.
$50 “Keep Drawing Until We Have a Winner”- Jim McDavid

The meeting was adjourned at 7:30.

Special Events Chairman Report

Cliff Aichele
Special Events Chairman

Thanks members for your great participation, even after a little bit of grumbling about the “greens in regulation” special event for the January Scramble I think it turned out very well.

We had five members’ cash in A-Flight, one in B-Flight and two in C-Flight.  With these kinds of results I will more than likely use this event again latter in the year with maybe one or two adjustment, setting up either #9 or #12 to play at a little less yardage to give the short knockers a better chance of cashing, would be one possible change.

As always, winners remember to pick up your envelopes from the blue box and better luck next time to everyone else.

Director Report

Mike Vaughn
Director

Hello everyone, you have my apology for the absence of my article in the January Newsletter. I want to thank all everyone that joined our team for Quad Club, battled mano-o-mano in the Flight championships, and to rolled their luck in the Putting Contest. For what it is worth thank you to everyone in the Club which makes El Dorado Men’s Club the best deal in town.

Trophies and other awards were presented at the December meeting to the winner, runner up, and those eliminated in the semi-final match. The winner received a crystal trophy and 200 bones, the runner-up pocketed 120, and the longest lasting “also ran” each salvaged 50. The results of these brackets are as follows; President: Dave Rubin, Steve Friend, Noah Busch and Eric Miller. Vice President: Chris Benes, Ron Dolbin, Eddie Fernandez, and Greg Andersen. Secretary: Corey Smith, George Manyak, Bill Walton and Marty Suart. Treasurer: Shaun Ferguson, Ron Moore, Peter Grant and Jack McCarthy (enjoy Florida, Jack). Director: Wayne Setinek, Jerry Hodge, Danny Martin and Randy Wold.

2012 Quad Club will be held at Lakewood Country Club, Saturday, April 28 with El Dorado hosting the event in 2013. Ink April 28 into your calendar, go to Lakewood, play hard, win 3-points for the team and “lock” your roster spot for Quad Club at home. All 3-pointt winners at Recreation Park in 2011 already have their spot locked with the incentive offered at that time.

Be ready for Daylight Saving Time. I will be hosting the Putting Tournament on the south green. This is always a good game with a variation from the month before. It will run from 5:15 and 6:45 on the south green. Be sure to get to El Dorado early those nights to take your chances at scoring the least (or most) points.

The first matches of the Flight championship can be played starting August 1 with all matches complete NLT August 31, with each round being playable between the first and last day of that month. Handicap tused for each match will be your active LI. Rules of Competition for this event will be posted on the bulletin board as well as on our website before any play commences so everyone has the same access to this information. Entry will be the standard $20 per player. However it must be pre-paid before being placed you will be placed on a roster. This is due to the completed brackets must be made available to all players NLT July 31. If your money has not been received by July 20 do come crying to me when you don’t find your name on the bracket.

If ever there is a time you would like to discuss a Club issue I am available.

Let’s have some fun.