2022 Newsletters

Welcome to 2022! This year and last year has been Crazy with all this Covid stuff, masking and 6' distancing. I hope this year we can be done with it at some point. The club has added a lot of new members, I would like to thank you all for choosing El Dorado as your men's golf club.

We have 2 tournaments planned for January. We have an away trip to Recreation Park and we have our Scramble tournament. Please contact Steve Cook (Entertainment Chairman) for the away trips and Don Didier for our home tournaments.

Also, both Thursday & Saturday Team Play matches start this month. Best of luck to both of our Teams. Hope to see you guys in playoffs.

I'd like to welcome one new member to the Board - Wally Gordon. 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. And lastly, I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year! May 2022 bring health and happiness to all of you!

Terry Fulford
President

On Tuesday, December 14, 2021, the monthly meeting of the El Dorado Park Men’s Golf Club was held in the Big White Tent. The pre-meeting Christmas dinner included salad, turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, sweet potatoes and cookies for desert.

The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by President Terry Fulford who led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Terry was pleased that we had an actual flag this month. There were approximately 130 members in attendance including Past Presidents Mike Montgomery, Cliff Aichele, Terry Fulford, and Tom Retterath.

New members present who introduced themselves included Rick Sola and Doug Balfour, who were given the New Member Spiel by Past President Montgomery. The previous month’s Meeting Minutes and Treasurer’s Report were approved.

President Fulford then announced the new Executive Board of Directors. Looks quite a bit like the old Executive Board with the exception of Wally Gordon, our new Handicap Director. Welcome aboard Wally.

Directors’ Reports were as follow:

Director Mike Vaughn announced results of the Match Play Flights Championship final round matches and awarded plaques and prizes to the winners. Mike then requested a moment of prayer for Henry DeGraaff’s wife Cindy, who is in the hospital fighting Covid.

Entertainment Chairman Steve Cook noted that there are no more Away Tournaments scheduled for this year. The first Away Tournament of 2022 will be January 30 at Rec Park. Sign up online for this event quickly, as starting times are limited. The April 1-2-3 Vegas Away Weekender is also described on our Website. Everyone wishing to attend must sign up before January 6.

Director Omar Diaz informed us that there are no new rules changes anticipated for this next year, but several are being considered for 2023.

New Handicap Chairman/Director Wally Gordon was introduced to the membership by President Fulford.

Vice President/Tournament Chairman Don Didier briefly discussed the results of the November tournament, noting that overall things went relatively smoothly. We have 182 players signed up for the Christmas Tournament. Check in after 6:00 AM to receive your tee prize. Because the January tournament is a Scramble we will be able to play fivesomes. The February Select Drive Tournament on February 13 will be played as a Shotgun with a 7:00 AM start to enable all of us to be finished and home in time for the Super Bowl later that day. It will be a foursome event.

Special Events Director Brad Wilcox noted that there were 46 members who cashed as a result of their fine play in the November Superintendent’s Revenge Tournament. Special Events for December include Gross Skins by flight, Bookends (net par or better on holes 1, 2, 3, 16, 17, and 18 – each hole) and Honeypot – net 69 or better. Because January is a Scramble, Special Events will be limited to the four par 3 holes. Brad mentioned that starting in 2022 we will be re-instituting the three month limit on picking up your winnings from the Blue Box (or they will be added to the prizes at the big December post-meeting drawing.

New Business: There was no new business.

Old Business: There was no old business.

The $50 Drawing winner was Wayne Brown. An omen of things to come later on for Wayne. The “one time additional $100 drawing’” winner was Terry Cormack.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:45 and was followed by the Montgomery Super Raffle, where Wayne Brown only seemed to win every prize.

Rob Kuehn
Secretary/Membership Director

December Membership is 476.

Our Flights went well as normal, however (10) of the (20) winners were not able to attend the December meeting to get their trophy and/or monetary reward. I will bring those prizes to the January meeting hoping to get them to these great players at the January meeting.

With the number of COVID and Omicron cases escalating at such a massive amount I do not want to subject our Club to unnecessary exposure so have decided not to pursue Quad Club for 2022. This is sad, but IMO is the right decision.

Looking forward to the Putting contests when Daylight Saving Time starts Sunday March 13 and the 2022 Flights Tournament which will commence as early as August 1! It is nice seeing so many members enjoying themselves participating in these events.

Hope you had a Merry Christmas and having a good New Year.

See you all at the January meeting,

Mike Vaughn

Happy New Year!

Well 2021 was a crazy year, let’s hope 2022 will bring us better better health and say goodbye to this dang virus. Hope everyone enjoyed a safe holiday with family and friends!

December ended the year with a great tournament and derbies that I hope everyone enjoyed! Special thanks to the Board of Directors that made our tournaments great all year long!

We had a good month of cards turned in for Golfer of the Month. Our Gross winner is no stranger in turning in low scores but got this one in before the year ended. Congrats to Doug Jones shooting a two under par 70. Nice shooting Doug!

Taylor Cameron tried to sneak in another GOM on me but remember once you win in the current year, which he did back in March, you are not eligible for another win. Nice try Taylor!

Our Net winner had a card off between Ron Searcy and Cliff Aichele. Both turned in Net 67. Tiebreaker goes to back nine net score. Ron shot a nice 39 minus his 9.5 handicap for a net 29.5. Cliff shot a nice 37 minus his 2.5 handicap for a net 34.5. Congrats Ron for being the Net GOM for December. Better luck Cliffy in 2022! Honorable mentions to Rob Kuehn and Andrew Pulido with Net 68.

As a reminder again, Scorecards must have First and Last Name, GHIN number, Tees played, dated and signed by a playing member and yourself. I had one card turned in with just first name only, no other information. He could of been a contender but DENIED!

Good Luck to our Thursday and Saturday Teams and bring us home that trophy!

Look out for announcements for the Golfer of the Year tournament for all the Gross and Net winners.

See you at the Course,
Ziggy

Happy New Year to all! 2021 brought several changes to our Men’s Club as we got back to Tournament Play post-pandemic. Online Sign Ups and CC Payments have proven to be great additions will help us make 2022 the best of years!

The Christmas Shotgun Tournament started off a bit nippy but turned out to be a beautiful day, one of the better days weatherwise, in recent history. Everyone seemed to enjoy the day even though play was predictively slow.

Flight Winners:
A Flight Gross (135} Miller + Thomas + Mardesich Well played gentlemen!
A Flight Net (132) Pulido + Mendenhall + Gonzales
B Flight Gross (153} Jones + Suttie + Wong
B Flight Net (135) Cormack + Cormack + Fuchs
C Flight Gross (159} Dunatov + Jojola + Gonzales
C Flight Net (132) Wilson + Ferguson + Searcy
D Flight Gross (167} Erps + Lee + Lee
D Flight Net (135) Breedlove + Day + Kroner
Complete results are posted on the website.

January Scramble will be on Sunday the 16th. We’ve got limited daylight and a full field. Since this is a scramble, we need to play fast. The first few groups need to set a pace of 4:15 or less with later groups at 4:45. We play fivesomes and must use 3 drives from each player (mark drives on card). Team Handicap will be calculated using the Tramer System. Add up each player’s “Tramer Cap” for the Team Handicap.
HDCP 3 or less = 0, 4-5 = 0.5, 6-9 = 1, 10-12 = 1.5
13-15 = 2, 16-19 = 2.5, 20-22 = 3, 23-25 = 3.5, 26 & UP = 4

Fairways and greens,

Don Didier

The 2021 Christmas Tournament is in the books and was a great success, over half the field has something in the Blue Box waiting for them.

The Honey Pot had 6 winners taking $127 ea. No A flight winners because Nick Mardesich either forgot or didn’t feel lucky, either way Nick you earned then No Balls Award. Hey Wally, some names for your watch list: Matthew Mendenhall (B) net 66, Jason Gonzales (B) net 67, Ron Searcy (C) net 66, Danny Martin (C) net 68, Kyle Day (C) net 69, Darryl Lee (C) net 69, great shooting on a long day!

Bookends had a good mix BUT AGAIN Nick Mardesich must not have been feeling lucky when he signed up as he would have won a piece of Bookends but instead he gets another No Balls Award. I am pretty sure this will be Nick's last NBA!! Congratulations to the seven who did get in and won, $115 ea. Matthew Mendenhall, Jason Gonzales, Tony Glorioso, Vern Followell, Lloyd Lee, Richard Koskela & Lester Cruz.

Skins had two A flight winners: Jeff Thomas with a nice Eagle on #4 and Michael Petersen with a Birdie on #8. The B Flight had three winners: VP Don Didier Birdie on #10, Steve Michael Birdie on #16 & Dennis Cartwright Birdie on #17. In the C Flight: Terry Fletcher Birdie on #2, Darryl Lee Birdie on #12, Lance Breedlove Birdie on #13, Matthew Smith would have won with his Birdie on #14 but he forgot to enter (No Balls Award) & Kyle Day’s Birdie on #18 held up. Nice job to the winners!!

Reminder that starting on March 1, 2022, anything December 2021 or older left in the Blue Box will be donated to the 2022 Christmas raffle.

January Scramble SE will be a par three shoot out:
In the Circle /On the Green - holes 3 & 12
CTP pays 5 spots per flight - holes 9 & 17

See you at the Blue Box.

Brad

I hope everyone had a great Holiday season and are ready for 2022.

Congratulations to our three 4th Quarter Most Improved golfers (Oct 1-Dec 31):
1st - David Collicutt who dropped from a 12.1 to an 8.5 (Factor 1.18)
2nd - Rodney Dickerson who dropped from a 17.3 to a 13.7 (Factor- 1.14)
3rd - Tyler Marmion who dropped from a 6.6 on to a 4.9 (Factor - 1.10)

The year-long 3 Most Improved golfers were:
1st - Mel Collins who improved from 3.8 to a +.5 (Factor - 1.393)
2nd - Robert Jojola who improved from 24.5 to a 15.8 (Factor - 1.362)
3rd - Jeff Thomas who improved from .2 to a +2.1 (Factor - 1.232)

To qualify, there were minimum numbers of rounds and tournaments that had to be played. The Q4 winner and the Top 3 players for the year will all receive a “bonus” from the Club, so show up at the General Membership Meeting on January 11, to get those bonuses!

I wanted to remind our members of the score posting policy for El Dorado Men’s Club. Fair handicapping depends upon the full and accurate information regarding a players potential scoring ability as reflected by a complete scoring record in the USGA Handicap system

1. All rounds that qualify for a posting round should be posted no later than 48 hours after the round is played. Rounds that do not qualify are rounds where you play less than 13 holes or rounds not played under the USGA rules of Golf (example: scramble events)

If you play less than 18 holes but at least 13 holes, you need to post an 18-hole score using the net par for each hole you did not complete. Net par is when you take the par for the hole and add any handicap strokes you are to receive on that specific hole. For example, if you played 13 holes and you received 0 strokes on hole number 14 you would post a 4, and on hole number 15, if you received 1 stroke on that hole, you would need to post a 5. This needs to be completed for each hole you did not complete using the net par scoring.

2. We ask that your scores be posted no later than 48 hours after your round is completed. Always enter the date of the round if you post on a day different than the date you played. To ensure you don’t forget, you should post your round as soon as your round is finished and no later than 12:00 midnight the same day (SCGA guidelines).

3. If you ever have an issue with posting your score, you can always contact me, and I will be happy to assist you.

Hit 'em long and straight.

Wally Gordon

Treasurer's Report - December 31, 2021

Balance on November 30, 2021		43,461.46
Income
Memberships	7,580.00
Christmas Tourney Cash/Check Entries	3,156.00
Christmas/Rec Away/Vegas CC Entries	9,512.00
Interest	0.44
Total December Income	20,248.44
Expenses
Membership Dues - SCGA		2,448.00
Christmas Refunds		230.00
Return Stamp and Envelopes		38.57
Website Hosting Fee		347.76
BOD Meeting		310.00
Member Drawings - Cormack & W. Brown		150.00
Christmas Green Fees		8,064.00
Christmas Cart Fees		2,400.00
Christmas Range Balls		536.00
Christmas Tee Prize Hats		4,608.27
Christmas F&B Tickets		1,860.00
Christmas Scrip		10,630.00
Christmas Special Events		3,210.00
Credit Card Fees		572.53
Most Improved - Q4 and Yearly		275.00
Thursday Team Play Entry		250.00
Total December Expenses		35,930.13
Balance on December 31, 2021		27,779.77

Respectfully submitted,
Bob Livingstone, Treasurer


NOTES: The Club added approximately $8,600 to the Christmas Tournament; $4,600 for hats, $2,200 in scrip and $1,800 for F&B.

The above balance includes $500 in prepaid 2022 expenses for Away Trip Deposits and Team Play, net $1,340 in Hole-in-One Insurance (plus $300 in the Scrip Box) and 2022 Scramble and Away Trip credit card entries.

Since September, we have received $10,560 in memberships (less $3,382 in SCGA dues); in accordance with Club policy, $7,178 will be used for 2022 activities. Approximately $7,361 funds unused in 2021 will also be carried forward for use in 2022.

As always, please feel free to contact me with any questions.