2026 Newsletters

Happy New Year!

I’d like to start off by thanking the 2025 Board of directors for putting on a great year, full of activities making El Dorado Park Men’s Golf Club the best club around.

Wow can’t believe it’s 2026 already, please help me welcome our new Board of Directors for 2026:

President - Brad Wilcox
Past President – Wally Gordon
Vice President/Tournament Chairman/Webmaster – Mark Miller
Secretary - Cary Thomason
Treasurer - Ken Rademacher
Assistant to Tournament Chairman and Special Projects - Terry Fulford
Special Events - Rich Koskela
Handicap - Vern Followell
Rules - Cliff Aichele
Communications - Mike Montgomery
Director at Large - Omar Diaz
Director at Large (2) - Mark Ziegenhagen
Club Historian- Bob Livingstone

We have a full slate of tournaments for 2026 with Mark Miller continuing his last year as Tournament Chairman. Away tournaments will be run by committee, the Directors will ensure we have fun as always.

Trying something new this year, we will be having a mid-week away trip to the Morongo course so check out the website for details, you don’t want to miss out!

These Tournaments plus Thursday and Saturday Team Play, Club Championship, Senior Club Championship, Flights, and Quad Club in April, we have a full schedule to satisfy your competitive golfing appetite!

A note to Members, new as well as old: Each player must Sign-Up thru the Member Portal on our website to enter Tournaments. Seems simple, but history tells us members still struggle to know how to do the basics in our member portal. Don’t be afraid to ask someone in your group or a director for help if you need it, that is why we are here! It really helps Mark out by Signing up for events early, be smart and stay on his good side!

Special Thanks to : Southern Wine & Spirits (Ron Maden, Tyler Marmion & Geno De Angelis) as well as Ghost Golf (Jim Jamison) for the great swag to make it another great raffle.

The Christmas Shotgun Tournament went off well! After a foggy/cool morning we ended up having a great day for golf. Official results are posted on our website.

See you at our next meeting 1-13-2026

Brad Wilcox

On Tuesday, December 9, 2025, the monthly meeting of the El Dorado Park Men’s Golf Club was held under the legendary Big White Tent. Chef Bing served a buffet including turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, rolls, salad, and brownies for dessert. Some people say it was the moistest turkey ever, believe me.

The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by President Brad Wilcox, who led the members in the Pledge of Allegiance. There were approximately 100 members including past presidents Mike Montgomery, Tommy Retterath, Terry Fulford, Clifford Aichele, Walter Gordon, and Nick Zamora.

New members Luke de León, Tom Curran, and David Caudle introduced themselves and were welcomed into the fine tradition of golf, meetings, and raffle tickets.

The previous month’s Meeting Minutes and Treasurer’s Report were approved.

Directors’ Reports:

Director Mike Montgomery explained the evening’s raffle procedures and thanked the Board for their service this year, which they accepted graciously and without blushing (much).

Special Events Chairman Ken Rademacher mumbled the details for the Special Events for the Christmas tournament and thanked the following members for their raffle donations:

- Jim Jamison with Ghost Golf
- Ron Maden with Southern Wine and Spirits
- Tyler Marmion
- Geno DeAngelis

Director Omar Diaz distributed winnings to the Flight champions and runners-up and confirmed that trophies are “on the way,” which in golf terms means definitely happening at some point.

Director Mark Ziegenhagen announced that October’s Golfer-of-the-Month honors go to absolutely no one, as no one turned in a scorecard. Mark also noted that the Derby will take place on the 1st tee box immediately following the Christmas Tournament, so plan accordingly—or don’t.

VP-Tournament Chairman-Webmaster-Life Member Mark Miller said that the stage was set for the Christmas Tournament and those that paid for November's rained-out Super’s Revenge would automatically be signed up for the January Mad Scramble. Members were also told to check their Special Event sign-ups and playing groups for accuracy.

There was no New Business.

There was no Old Business.

The winner of the $100 attendance drawing was Chris Plumridge.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:19 pm so the very rowdy raffle could begin— which was clearly the real reason everyone showed up.

Cary Thomason
Secretary/Membership Director
December membership is 493

Like to wish everyone a Happy New Year and a fun filled year of golf for 2026.

I will have the trophies for our Flights winners from 2025 at the next meeting. Looking forward to another exciting year of Flights Championship starting in August with sign-ups in late June.

Good luck to our Thursday and Saturday Team Play teams.

I will be emailing to see who will be interested in playing Players League for El Dorado when that starts later this year.

Omar

Happy New Year!

Hope everyone had a safe and sane holiday. It was a cold and wet month and so were the cards for GOM. But we had a couple of fellas grind out some good scores. Mel Collins shot a gross 69 in the December Tourney to edge out Beau Wesson who shot 70. Our NET winner is Terry Fulford. Terry went low in the Wednesday skins game shooting a nice NET 65. He just edged out Ned Schwingdinger who tried to sneak in a late score on Dec 31. Congrats to both of our December Golfers of the Month.

2025 Golfers of the Month

January- John Hasselman 65 Walter Gordon 66
February- No Winner. 0 Rich Gilmore 68
March- David Rubin 65 Corey Smith 70
April- No Winner 0 Rodney Dickerson 67
May- Noah Busch 69 Steve Brand 69
June- David Covey 69 Shaun Steenwyk 63
July- No Winner 0 Greg Ramsey 65
August- Omar Diaz 69 Jason Perz 63
Sept- Daniel Kletke 70 Tyler Marmion 67
October - Vern Followell 70 Michael Miller 65
November- No Winner 0 No Winner 0
December- Mel Collins 69 Terry Fullford 65

The Hackers Delight Derby was held after Christmas Tournament.
Here are the top 3 teams that cashed.
- Trey Cox/Tony Rodriguez- 600 points
- Derek Bedell/Eric Lishka- 400 points
- David DePina/Garrett Marks- 200 points

See you all at the MAD SCRAMBLE!
Ziggy

Happy New Year Members! 2026 is packed with fun and challenging tournaments to test your game.

Thank you to our fabulous Board of Directors for their hard work and support. And thank you to our Membership for your kind words of encouragement over that past year. Always much appreciated.

Dense fog eventually gave way to a beautiful winter day to contest the annual Christmas Shotgun tournament with 186 players in attendance. With the recent rains and fog, the course played a little longer and coupled with some challenging pin positions, produced scores about a stroke higher than average.

The course was no match for former Club Champion Mel C., who shot a field-best 69. Mel also shot under his age, perhaps a first in a Club tournament. Greg M. (net 69) and Jeff M. (net 70) also played quite well. The stud team of Mickey, Sterry and Lopez shot 4 under gross, best in the field by three. In the A Flight, Hauver, Mickelson, and Izu took top honors at 7 under. Dauk, Dauk, and Zehmer lead the B Flight. The team of Jeff M., Gray, and Barker won the C Flight by 2 and perennial stars Faris, Serge, and Dickerson lead the entire field at 10 under and won the D Flight by six. With the enhanced prize fund, we paid over 50% of the field.

To kick off 2026, the Mad Scramble will be played on Sunday, January 18th. This is a fivesome affair with a three-drive quota for each player. Expect see to a layout that is quite unfamiliar on a number of holes. The event is severely overbooked so unfortunately, we will be unable to accommodate all that want to play. Tee times and pairings were moved from the November tournament where possible.

On Meeting Night January 13th, attendance will be back in vogue when sign-ups open for the February 15th – Select Drive. Be sure to register your attendance before the Meeting at 7:00pm to enter the priority tee time lottery. The field is limited to 152 players due to the short daylight hours. As with all Club events, it is best to sign up as early as possible especially if you do not win a priority tee time.

The most important shot is the next one,
MMM

The December Christmas Shotgun tournament was completed, and the Special Events (SE) big winners were Steven Sterry and Lat Sypracert with 230 points each, followed by Bill Hasselman with 180 points. Good shots gentlemen! A total of 40 golfers scored points in the December SEs.

The SEs also had Run, Run Rudolph which was net par or better on red flag holes. It was set up based on flags on Friday and the courses regular rotation. Unfortunately, the course didn’t change the flags from Friday. Therefore, the Board decided to pay the actual red flag holes (holes 1,4,7,10,13, and 16, 12 players won) and holes as marked at the T-box (holes 3,6,9,12,15 and 18, 6 players won). Sorry for the confusion (it will never happen again because I’m not the SE Director anymore).

Just a reminder, all winnings must be picked up 90 days after the tournament. Example is September winnings were removed after December and October winnings will be removed at the end of January and are donated to the Christmas raffle. Also, if you would like someone else to pick up your winnings, just send me an email/text to let me know. Thanks

SEs for January 2026 Scramble tournament are:
CTP holes #s 3, 9 and 12 $5 each and hole #17, A and B flights within the flagpole (polies) and C flight on the green $5.

Good luck!
Ken

Happy New Year to all and it's time for some year-end major awards...

First, Most Improved Golfer for the 4th quarter. Just one winner and he receives $50 for the effort.

Just finishing out of the money were Erwin Ripoll who went from a 6.8 to a 5.0, and Jeff Tanner who went from a 18.1 to a 15.2.

The 4th quarter winner was Chris Mandich who went from a 13.1 to a 9.6, an improvement factor of 1.1620. Congrats Chris!

Recapping previous winners from 2025 -1st quarter David DePina, 2nd quarter Marc Maden, 3rd quarter Jeff Thomas.

And for the Most Improved Golfers of 2025, we recognize, congratulate, and more importantly pay, our three best.

1st... Tom Retterath... (11.3 - 6.7)... Improvement factor 1.2460... $100
2nd... Robert Lopez... (+.4 - +2.4)... Improvement factor 1.2083... $75
3rd... Beau Wesson... (3.6 - 1.5)... Improvement factor 1.1556... $50

Our December Christmas event proved challenging for most of the field. Many factors, cold, fog, six-somes, LI6 HI's, and maybe more liquor than usual probably contributed. But I'd point to the pin positions that were more difficult and unfamiliar than we've seen in some time.

The scoring average was the second highest of the year with a median net differential of +5.7 - which made the THS five stroke adjustment threshold moot since it ended up above par. So only nine players shot below their LI6 handicaps or THI's and four of he nine by less than a stroke.

Note that we do handle LI6 events a little differently for the THS. Whichever handicap a player plays to, the lower of LI6 or a current THI, that is the basis in calculating stroke adjustments like any normal event. However, reductions are not made "from" the LI6 - we only apply reductions from the full handicap on the day of the event - or from a THI if that was lower.

Lastly, the 2025 THS recap is posted on the bulletin board in the bathroom hallway - appropriately?

Happy New Year Everyone!

Now that it’s January, Team Play will be kicking off, and our monthly tournaments will be relegated to Sundays until we get to the Member-Member tournament in May. I bring this up for two reasons, first I don’t like playing on Sundays, sorry that might just be me and secondly, it’s a topic for this month’s NL. Team Play is obviously in a team play format and has oodles of Rules that apply specifically. I can’t go over all of those Rules here and would suggest if you're new to team play you review at minimum Rules 23 and 24. I will however mention the following Rules tidbit.

Rule 23.6 Side’s Order of Play
Partners may play in the order the side considers best.
This means that when it is a player’s turn to play under Rule 6.4a (match play) or 6.4b (stroke play), either the player or their partner may play next.
Exception – Continuing Play of Hole After Stroke Conceded in Match Play:
• A player must not continue play of a hole after the player’s next stroke has been conceded if this would help their partner.
• If the player does so, their score for the hole stands without penalty, but the partner’s score for the hole cannot count for the side.

I would also like to follow this up by reminding everyone that when making a concession, make sure to speak up so that there is no debate as to the concession. And if you’re not sure if a stroke has been conceded, double check with your opponent before raking the ball away. This can even serve you well even in a friendly Saturday game, because who wants to get in a heated squabble over a $2 Nassau bet.

Play it as it lies, The Rules are your friend.

Cliff Aichele.

Treasurer's Report - December 31, 2025

Balance November 30, 2025		41,405.23
Income
Memberships		5,870.00
Christmas Tourney CC Entries		22,314.25
Christmas Tourney Cash/Check Entries		1,673.00
Hole in One Insurance		165.00
Uncashed Jr Golf Donation		250.00
Interest		0.77
Total December Income		30,273.02
Expenses
Membership Dues - SCGA	2,050.00
Super's Revenge Refunds	202.00
BOD Meeting	301.00
Member Drawing - C. Plumridge	100.00
Christmas Green Fees	10,600.00
Christmas Cart Fees	2,650.00
Christmas Range Balls	350.00
Christmas Tee Prize - Pitchmark Tools	2,429.90
Christmas Scrip	10,920.00
Christmas Special Events	3,060.00
Christmas F&B Tickets	2,000.00
Christmas Add Low Gross and Low Net	250.00
Christmas Refunds	389.00
Printer Supplies & Copies	217.31
Orange Balls	300.32
GOM & Flights Trophies	834.11
Maint Crew Thank You Party	1,000.00
Sec of State Officer Change Filing Fee	5.00
Capital Purchase - Putting Green Clocks	72.74
Credit Card Fees	414.27
Directors Shirts for 2026	481.24
Weekender Deposit for 2026	460.00
USGA Membership 2026	175.00
Total December Expenses	39,261.89
Balance on December 31, 2025		32,416.36

It has been an honor to serve the Club. Respectfully submitted,
Bob Livingstone, Treasurer

NOTES:
- LB Junior Golf never deposited our Quad Club Donation, so that amount was returned to our balance.
- The Club added $9,535.90 to the Christmas Tourney; $5,106 prize fund, $2,430 for tee prize and $2,000 for F/B Tickets.
- We have prepaid $4,897.24 as deposits for 2025 Away Trips, Directors Shirts, USGA Membership and Team Play Entries
- The Hole-in-One Insurance is currently $1,015 (of which $300 is in Scrip in the Blue Box).
- We assign membership fees in the last 3 months of 2025 to 2026 - that net amount right now is $7,148
- We will be carrying forward approximately $18,020 into 2026 ($21,200 was carried forward in 2025)

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

January Mad Scramble went off without a hitch, the course played fair with lots of low rounds. Good Job by Mark Miller dealing with the canceled Super's Revenge due to weather and getting as many as he could to participate in our Mad Scramble. My hand still hurts from writing all those refund checks, hope we don’t have to deal with that again.

January also brings our first away trip of the year. Remember to win the “Little Brown Jug” you have to have played in at least 3 away trips throughout the year as we count the 3 lowest NET rounds you have on the books. Included in the away tournaments is the Weekender this year at Pala Mesa which should be a lot of fun staying on site. Keep your eyes open for when the Weekender is opened for sign up online, first 40 to sign up are in and more information will be available at our next General meeting on Feb 10th under the big White Tent, make sure to join us if you can.

Play well!
Brad Wilcox

On Tuesday, January 13, the first 2026 monthly meeting of the El Dorado Park Men’s Golf Club was held under the Big White Tent. Chef Bing and his team served the fan favorite buffet of meatloaf that was accompanied by mashed potatoes, gravy, rolls, salad, and cookies for dessert. Still the best deal in town for $8.

The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by President Brad Wilcox, who led the members in the Pledge of Allegiance. There were approximately 72 members including past presidents Mike Montgomery, Terry Fulford, Clifford Aichele, Walter Gordon, Don Marmion, Nick Zamora and life member Bob Livingstone.

New member and scratch golfer Jim Spurlock introduced himself.

The previous month’s Meeting Minutes and Treasurer’s Report were approved.

Directors’ Reports:

President Brad Wilcox introduced the 2026 Board of Directors and thanked Bob Livingstone for his many somewhat successful years as treasurer and that Bob would stay on the Board as Historian due to his outstanding memory retention skills.

Thursday Team Play Captain Bob Livingstone reviewed the crushing 2 point defeat by Costa Mesa at El Dorado while Saturday Team Play Captain Kevin Mehlbrech announced that his team beat Recreation Park at ElDo.

Director Mike Montgomery warned the members to be on time at the tee box or that they could be severely punished with a 5-year board term.

President Brad Wilcox, as the pro tem Entertainment Chairman, reiterated that there are 5 away tournaments that the members do not want to miss, including a Wednesday at Morongo Tukwet. Check the website for dates.

Director and Rules Chairman Cliff Aichele mentioned that there were no new USGA rules for 2026 (not to be confused with new rules for the PGA) and also advised members to download the USGA rules app for a handy reference. Members can also call Cliff anytime day or night (he’s not busy) with rules questions.

Special Events Chairman Rich Koskela commended the big winners for the Christmas tournament as: Bill Hasselman, Steven Sterry, Lat Syprasert, Jeff Miller, and Ryan Silbaugh.

Director and Handicap Chairman Vern Followell announced that the Most Improved Golfers were: Chris Mandich for 4Q and 2025 full-year honors goes to Tom Retterath. Vern also mentioned that the differential at the Christmas Tourney was 5.7 and that 9 golfers were honored to be chosen for adjustments. Any questions, feel free to text Vern multiple times.

Director Omar Diaz presented trophies to the Flight champions: Doug Jones (Pres.), Patrick Field (VP), Mark “Lucky” Miller (Sec.), Vern Cannon (Treas.), Henry de Graaff (Dir.).

Director Mark Ziegenhagen announced that December’s Golfer-of-the-Month honors go to Terry “I never win” Fulford (net 65) and Mel Collins (gross 69). Mark will be reaching out to the 2025 monthly winners for the Golfer-of-the-year tournament details.

VP-Tournament Chairman-Webmaster-Life Member Mark Miller commented that the Christmas Tourney was a HUGE success with 186 players and over half cashing in. He also mentioned that the January Mad Scramble is looking good and encouraged everyone to wear their “mad” hats.

There was no New Business.

There was no Old Business.

The winner of the $50 attendance drawing was Cap’n Mehlbrech.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:27 pm.

Cary Thomason
Secretary/Membership Director
January membership is 490

We had a great start to 2026 with great weather so far for our 2 tournaments and looking like that will continue. Not much from me tell we get to March with Daylight Saving Time and the Putting contest is back on before our General Meeting on Tuesday, March 10th.

The Flights Championships start in August with sign-ups in July and will be for the first 80 players to make up the 5 brackets of 16 players each.

Good Luck for the Select Drive this month,
Omar

Hello Members,

It was another slow month with cards. We had one Gross Card and two NET cards. Congrats to Neal Janssen who fired a smooth 72. After a rough start on front nine (39), he came back with 3 birdies on the back nine (33). Our Net winner is no stranger around here, Vern Cannon shot a net 67. I heard him in the parking lot saying “I can’t believe how many putts i made!” Tony Glorioso honorable mention with net 69. Congrats to both Golfers for January GOM. Our February tournament is a non post round, so come out with another member during week and play some golf! Weather has been summer like but some rain coming.

2025 Golfer of the Year tournament has been set! Saturday April 4 with first times starting at 8am. They are punching Greens in mid March so they should be good to go that weekend! Emails will follow this month to get commitments for the weekend. Remember Men’s club pays for your round. You pay for cart and beers!

See you at the meeting!
Ziggy

Howdy everyone. We have a couple of Port Authority shirts with the Club logo that were purchased for Team Play but were not needed. We have two Medium and two 2XL shirts in royal blue and two XL shirts in grey. We also have two grey ball caps with the Club logo on them as well. We will sell everything for $20 each at the February meeting; you can proudly wear the Club logo. First come, first sold!

Livy

The Mad Scramble kicked off the new year with 177 players on a perfect winter’s day with the high temp approaching 80 degrees. The course was in good shape given the recent drenching, with plenty of good scores despite the “madness” of some tees and pin placements.

The Team of Roger M., Chris M., Joe R., Nate W., and Beau W. scorched the Back 9 with 8 birds and an eagle in 26 and won low gross at 18 under. Three teams shot 28 on the Front 9. President Brad’s team won the Net prize in the A Flight in a three way card-off by playing the final 6 holes in 9 under!

In the B Flight, Mark B, Kyle E., Drew K., Leo U., and Michael S. prevailed by 3 strokes with Mitchell C., Bill K., Tom H., Donald D., Raul G. leading the C Flight in a card-off. The team of Jim C., Jeff D., Richard E., and Clark I. won the 4-Man Flight at 19 under.

Overall, there were 12 eagles and 7 bogies. Two teams were tagged for a slow play penalty (including mine!) and the final group eagled 18 despite playing the last hole in the dark.

The annual Select Drive tournament will be contested on February 15. The event is way oversold with a small field of 154 players. Handicaps will be 80% of current or adjusted index and each player must use 4 drives. The format is three best scores on each hole.

On Meeting Night February 10th, attendance will be taken and sign-ups will open for the March 15th – Pat Harris St. Patrick’s Day Waltz. Be sure to register your attendance before the Meeting at 7:00pm to enter the priority tee time lottery. As with all Club events, it is best to sign up as early as possible especially if you do not win a priority tee time.

The most important shot is the next one,
MMM

I hope everyone had a good time playing the January Mad Scramble. The prizes were spread out nicely with over 50 players winning points. Congrats to Shane Riley who was the big SE winner with 145 points. Nice shooting.

Next month we have the Select Drive on February 15. The Special Events are Closest to the Pin on Holes 3, 9 12 and 17. The cost is $5/hole so $20 gets you in all of the SEs.

Just a reminder, all winnings must be picked up 90 days after the tournament. Example is October winnings were removed after January and November winnings will be removed at the end of February and are donated to the Christmas raffle. Also, if you would like someone else to pick up your winnings, just send me an email to let me know. Thanks.

See you at the blue box.
Rich

First away trip is in the books and we had great weather but a little mix up on the tee times being 8 minute intervals instead of the 10 I published. Ziggy did a great job moving a couple of the last groups around to make it work! Guys, we really need you to show up a little earlier than 10/15 minutes before your scheduled tee time as sometimes the course will be running ahead of schedule (when you least expect it) and it's a scramble to get everyone checked in and ready to go!

Rec Park results are posted on website.

72 players had a great day, one player (Colin Boylan) was extremely happy with a hole in one on #12, congrats to Colin, well done! FYI, hole in one fund is still intact as away tournaments do not qualify!

FYI when the Club offers away trips we generally sign a contract that states we will pay full field green fee price 2 weeks in advance of our scheduled tournament, with this being said if you happen to withdraw from a tournament within this 2 week window you could be liable to pay IF you cannot find a replacement to cover your spot OR we have someone on the standby list that can take your spot.

Next away trip is Mountain Meadows, Sunday March 29th, and signs up will be live at our next general meeting. Cost is $110, first tee time is 10am, and we have room for 68 players.

Our website has our full 2026 schedule posted!

Looking for the fairway!

Brad

It is officially Scramble season which I know is good news for the membership and is a bit of a reprieve for handicapping duties also. Remember that non-postable Scramble formats count as "events played" and are freebies to satisfy THI adjustments. So a lot of players are coming off THI's in the first two months of '26 - we're down to 50 which is a low from this time last year.

With 72 total players, the Rec Park away event did meet the threshold to apply the THS. The median differential was high again at +5.7, so the only adjustments were for golfers that shot below their index - just five adjustments.

And some news that will affect us all in the near future. It seems our course is due to be re-rated by the SCGA and should be scheduled soon. This will apply to the Course and Slope Ratings only. However, I expect that once completed, we'll also have internal discussions regarding the re-ordering of hole handicaps. We certainly have plenty of data from our events that could support and/or justify changes where warranted. Stay tuned...

Hello Fellow Golfers,

Are you enjoying summer lol. This month I’m going to cut right to the chase. When you play tournament golf you are required by the Rules to enter the correct hole-by-hole score. The consequence for entering a lower score for a hole is disqualification and if you enter a score that is higher than you made, you have to take the higher score. El Dorado Men’s Club also wants you to enter the front 9 and back 9 total score on the card. This helps the Directors when they enter your scores in Golf Genius. Because, let’s face it, we don’t all have the best penmanship so it’s a way of double-checking scores. Also don’t forget the scorecards always require multiple player signatures. Lastly the point of no return for scorecards at home tournaments is the big box we always have on the scoring table. At away tournaments we have a scoring table and once you leave the card and walk away the card is considered returned. No one wants to be cut out of cashing in a tournament for a clerical error. When you’re at the scoring table you can always ask for help if needed.

Play it as it lies, The Rules are your friend.

Cliff Aichele.

Treasurer's Report - January 31, 2026

Balance December 31, 2025		32,416.36
Income
Memberships		9,570.00
Scramble Cash Entries		1,289.00
Rec Cash Entries		470.00
Scramble CC Entries		7,630.25
Rec CC Entries		6,440.00
Hole-In-One Insurance		120.00
Interest		0.46
Total January Income		25,519.71
Expenses
Member Drawing - Kevin Mehlbrech	50.00
BOD Meeting	79.12
Most Improved Hdcps 2025	275.00
Scramble Green Fees	8,960.75
Scramble Scrip	4,600.00
Scramble Refunds	2,861.75
Scramble Special Events	3,095.00
Rec Green Fees	3,726.00
Rec Prize Fund & CTP & Skins	3,406.00
Rec Low Gross/Net	250.00
Credit Card Fees	702.03
Total Expenses	28,005.65
Balance on January 31, 2026		29,930.42

Respectfully submitted,
Ken Rademacher, Treasurer


NOTES

- The scramble entry fees are lower because $8,532.25 was credit applied from the canceled November 2025 Superintendents Revenge

Thursday & Saturday Team Play have finished their season, thanks to Bob and Kevin for leading our team play rosters.

March is here which brings more sun and daylight! With that in mind, Ziggy will be running a 9-Hole Tournament and Omar Diaz will run a Putting Contest prior to the General Meeting on March 10th, check their newsletter articles for details. Our next Home Tournament is the Pat Harris St. Patrick’s Day Waltz on March 15th. Away Tournament at Mountain Meadows GC on March 29th, only a couple spots left so you better sign up if you want to play.

If you attend the General Meeting, make sure you check-in with Mark Miller prior to the start of the meeting to be included the Priority Tee Times for April’s 1-Gross/2-Net Tournament!

Play good fast, play bad faster!!

Brad Wilcox

On Tuesday, February 10th the monthly meeting of the El Dorado Park Men’s Golf Club was held under the Big White Tent. Chef Bing and his team served a fiesta of chicken fajitas, beans, rice, tortillas, salad, and cookies for dessert. You can’t get Taco Bell for this price!

The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by President Brad Wilcox, who led the members in the Pledge of Allegiance. A fine turnout with approximately 92 members including past presidents Mike Montgomery, Terry Fulford, Clifford Aichele, Walter Gordon, Nick Zamora and life member Bob Livingstone.

New member Lou Carrasco introduced himself… another scratch golfer (how easy is this game?).

The previous month’s Meeting Minutes and Treasurer’s Report were approved.

Directors’ Reports:

President Brad Wilcox announced the new course Superintendent, Alex “A-Rod” Rodriguez, who came up and introduced himself.

Thursday Team Play Captain, Bob Livingstone said it was all over for the team this year except a potential spoiler match @ Los Verdes next week.

President Brad Wilcox, as the pro tem Entertainment Chairman, announced that sign-ups were now open for the limited field (40) at the Pala Mesa Weekender September 26-27. Brad also mentioned that the Club contractually commits to the away tournament courses and to prevent last minute cancellations there will be a change in payment policy: players that withdraw within 2 weeks before the tournament are liable to pay unless someone else fills their spot.

Director and Rules Chairman Cliff Aichele reminded members to validate and add up their scores across the top of the scorecard. Also, the hole-by-hole scores must be correct or players will be disqualified when it’s determined that their actual hole score is higher. Lastly, slope must be turned off on range finders during all tournaments, including away trips (e.g. Mountain Meadows). Players are allowed to determine the slope manually using c^2 = a^2 + b^2.

Special Events Chairman Rich Koskela commended the big winners for the Mad Scramble tournament as: Dave Rubin and Shane Riley.

Director and Handicap Chairman Vern Followell mentioned that the differential at the Big Rec Tourney was 5.7 and that 5 golfers were adjusted. He also stated that the SCGA was going to re-rate the course in the near future.

Director Omar Diaz announced that the club subsidized pre-meeting putting contest would pick up again in March.

Director Mark Ziegenhagen announced that January’s Golfer-of-the-Month honors go to Vern Cannon (net 67) and Neal Janssen (gross 72). Mark also said that the pre-meeting 9-hole tourney would start again in March.

VP-Tournament Chairman-Webmaster-Life Member Mark Miller warned himself and others about the slow play penalty.

There was no New Business.

There was no Old Business.

The winner of the $50 attendance drawing was Tim Heffern.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:35 pm.
Cary Thomason
Secretary/Membership Director
February membership is 490

For the putting contest before the next meeting on 3/10, we will keep it simple for the 1st putting contest. We will be doing Aces only to start out this year's run of putting. $5 for each 9-HOLE attempt and you can go as many time as you like. Remember the club adds $50 to build up the pot. I will try to start around 5:15pm and with some limited daylight still just to make sure we get everyone a chance to get a round in.

Good Luck
Omar

Hello Friends!

Another low month of cards being turned in for February’s GOM. We had two members who turned in for low net. Nick Zamora (71) edged out Jeff Miller (73). For Gross GOM, Jeff Miller also submitted his Gross 88…… but he respectfully declined his award for GROSS GOM. Jeff could have broken the highest Gross scorecard turned in but not sure if he wanted that distinguished honor. The first couple of months are hard since we have no individual tournaments until March. So no excuses this month! Congrats to Nick Zamora and pseudo gross champ Jeff Miller!

We start 9 hole and putting contests this month before meeting. Play with member, pay five bucks, use half of current handicap from COMBO tees, please total cards with half net handicap and turn into pro shop or to me at meeting. Good luck in the Waltz this month and turn in your cards!

Golfer of Year is set for Saturday, April 4 starting at 9am. I’ve heard from most but some are still lying low in the weeds to see if the sun has come out! Please read your emails and respond back kindly.
Also Quad Club coming up in April. Signups will start soon as well.

Thanks,
Ziggy

Welcome to the month where Spring arrives, aerification happens (beginning March 16th) and hopefully the ball goes farther on firmer fairways. As you drive along Studebaker Road to enter the oft over-crowded parking lots at our beloved El Dorado Park GC, you may have noticed some orange bollards with signage heralding the onset of the long-discussed, and very much needed, Studebaker Road Transformation Project (you can find specific info at https://www.longbeach.gov/pw/projects/studebaker-road/ ).

Phase 1 of this project begins on Monday, March 2nd, and will include repairs and replacement of the asphalt and sidewalks from Atherton St. by the 405 South offramp all the way up to Wardlow Road. For at least the next 7 weeks, from early morning to evenings on weekdays, there will be no parking on the northbound side of Studebaker and potentially a closure of the parking lot entrance by the circle in front of the clubhouse...plan accordingly as you don't want to be delayed and miss your starting time (thus getting a penalty from Rules Guru Cliff Aichele), or miss out on the start of Chef Bing's meeting dinner!

Livy

On a lovely winter’s day, the Select Drive tournament pitted 150 players in four flights. The course had firmed up a bit but that did not hamper the scoring by many teams.

The Team of Jason P., Andrew C., Robert A., and Drew K. struck the right balance of high and low handicappers to win the A Flight Net with a field-best 194. Going low at 10 under gross was the team of Mike P., Mickey M, Steven S. and Nate W.

In the B Flight, Cliff A., Steve G. Rich G., and Corey S. prevailed by 3 strokes. The C Flight was dominated by the team of Dennis C., Michael D., Bryan M., and Mario R., scoring 4 strokes clear of the rest of the flight. Dewayne K., Anthony C., and George M. won the duel in the Three-Man Flight on a card-off.

We’re back to playing regular golf in the Pat Harris St. Patrick's Day Waltz tournament slated for Sunday, March 15. The event is full but still taking Standbys. Handicaps will be 85% of current or adjusted index.

On Meeting Night Tuesday, March 10th, attendance will be taken and sign-ups will open for the April 19th – 1 Gross/2 Net tournament. Be sure to register your attendance before the Meeting at 7:00pm to enter the priority tee time lottery. As with all Club events, it is best to sign up as early as possible especially if you do not win a priority tee time.

The most important shot is the next one,
MMM

Another Select Drive tourney is in the books. Congrats to the big SE winners: Steve Brand with 175 points and Bryan McMahon with 125 points. A total of 48 players won SE prizes.

The Pat Harris St Patrick’s Day Waltz tournament is coming up in March. The SEs are:
- Gross Skins $10
- Pot o’ Gold (net 69 or better) $5
- Shamrock Shuffle (net par or better on 3,6,9,10,15 and 18) $5.
- Top two low gross and top two low net scores - Free, funded by the Club.
$20 gets you in all SE.

A few administrative notes:

1. Don't write your name on the CTP placard if you didn't enter the event. Yep - there are people who did that. One genius did it twice!

2. All winnings must be picked up 90 days after the tournament. Example is November winnings were removed after February and December winnings will be removed at the end of March and are donated to the Christmas raffle. If you would like someone else to pick up your winnings, just send me an email to let me know.

See you at the Blue Box.
Rich

March is here, that means Mountain Meadows is next on our away schedule on Sunday, March 29th. The first tee time is 10am so sign up quickly if you want to play!

Our Pala Mesa Weekender is starting to fill up so check your schedule if you have nothing planned for the last weekend in September sign up today before the event fills up, it’s always a lot of fun.

Upcoming events scheduled:

Wed, Jun 17 Morongo Golf Club
Sun, Jul 26 Rio Hondo
Sep 26-27 Pala Mesa Weekender

Play good fast, play bad faster!!

Brad Wilcox

Two months into the year and actually not much to report from the Handicap Dept. Our "Assigned Handicap" list continues to dwindle down with more scheduled to come off after our next event.

The SCGA course rating team will have completed their work in a few days but I'm sure it'll be a while before it becomes official and can be implemented. Separately, the Handicap Committee will be analyzing scoring data for potential changes to stroke allocation adjustments.

Just a few tidbits from early analysis, not many surprises really. The hardest holes in order are #8, #1, #13 and #15. And the easiest in reverse order #18, #17, #16 and #12 - by a whisker over #7. A case could be made that #12 now ranked as 5th hardest on the back might actually be 4th easiest on the course?? As I suspected and though many disagree, #5 has played harder than #6. And what is maybe more obscure is that #6 is rated the 2nd hardest on the front but its rank to par is just 10th hardest overall.

So I'm sure this topic will likely generate some spirited discussions. Also one note on this data - it's mostly unfiltered, without regard to white/blue tee differences that make up the Combos, nor the few outlier events with highly variable tees.

Last note, when checking your handicap for non-event/casual rounds you should always use the Ghin app rather than the Eldo site. Ghin is updated every day and will give you a correct course handicap based on your current index. I believe the Eldo site is only updated once per week. Checking both to uncover an extra stroke or two is less than sporting, or appropriate...

This month I’m going to touch on something I haven’t before. Rule 4.1 Clubs, covered under Rule 4, Player’s Equipment. And specifically, what happens during a round if you damage a club unintentionally or intentionally, lose a club or make adjustments to a club.
If you or someone else unintentionally damages a club, you can replace the club or repair it without delay of play or continue to use it in its damaged state for the remainder of the round.
If you intentionally damage your club. Your out of luck hot head. You can neither repair nor replace it. Good luck making putts with your driver.
If you lose a club during a round, you are not allowed to replace it during the round. Hopefully if you forget your wedge next to the previous green, the group behind is nice enough to run it up to you.
If you make adjustments to your driver after starting the round you had better change it back before making a stroke as this would mean disqualification.
Rule 4 is a bit complicated and there are a lot more pieces to this pie. This is one more reason to take a gander at the Rules of Golf now and again.

Play it as it lies, The Rules are your friend.

Cliff Aichele

Treasurer's Report - February 28, 2026

Balance January 31, 2026		30,242.63
Income
Member Dues		3,304.00
Interest		0.72
Select Drive Cash/Check Entries		1,386.50
Select Drive CCard Entries		13,713.25
Hole In One Insurance		60.00
Total February Income		18,464.47
Expenses
BOD Meeting
Member Drawing - Tim Heffern	50.00
GOM Plaques/4 alum plates	142.95
Select Drive Green Fees	7,613.25
Select Drive Special Events	2,445.00
Select Drive Scrip	3,880.00
Select Drive Refunds	691.00
November 2025 Super Refunds	25.00
Printing /checks/stamps/envelopes	228.13
Weekender Pala Mesa Deposit	225.72
Credit Card Fees	491.16
Total February Expenses	15,792.21
Balance on February 28, 2026		32,914.89

Respectfully submitted,
Ken Rademacher, Treasurer

March is in the books with a very busy month of fun activities. First we had our St. Pat's Waltz with great weather. Alex Rodriguez and his crew did a great job getting the course in shape and the greens were very fast. Those down hill sliders can be tough! Greens have been punched and will be in great shape for our next event.

Mark Miller put on a great event, looking forward to next month’s 1 Gross/2 Net tournament, always a challenging event.

Our 2nd away trip is in the books with our trip to Mountain Meadows March 29th. The course was in great shape as in years past. We reached out to see if we can book next year’s event so keep your eyes open you don’t want to miss this course, it’s turning into an annual event!

Director Ziggy is holding his GOY tournament on April 4th check website for results. Ziggy is also putting his team together to retain the Quad Club cup, let’s go team!

The year just seems to be picking up speed, days have more daylight giving us the opportunity to get more golfers out in our tournaments so if you haven’t already check out our website and signup for something its very easy! Member/Member (see website for details) you must have played in at lease 3 tournaments with in the last 12 months rolling, (combination of any of these: scratch league, team play, monthly tournaments, away trips, Quad club) Member/Member coming up in may!

Hope to see you at the next meeting!
Brad

On Tuesday, March 10th, the monthly meeting of the El Dorado Park Men’s Golf Club was held under the Big White Tent. Chef Bing-a-tito and his team served a generous meal of pasta with sauce, chicken parmesan, rolls, salad, and chocolate chip cookies for dessert. Eldo’s affordable version of Buca di Beppo!

The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by President Brad Wilcox, who led the members in the Pledge of Allegiance. A fine turnout with just under 100 members including past presidents Terry Fulford, Walter Gordon, Nick Zamora, an unexpected visit from Dick Scoville (who wanted everyone to know he was still alive) and Life Member Bob Livingstone.

There were no new members, so the meeting just moved along.

The previous month’s Meeting Minutes and Treasurer’s Report were approved as submitted in the newsletter.

Directors’ Reports:

President Brad Wilcox as Entertainment Pro Tem discussed two upcoming Entertainment events. Mountain Meadows on March 29 is full but DEFINITELY sign up as a standby if you are interested in playing, as there are invariably late cancellations. The Weekender at Pala Mesa is also filling fast – check the website for info or to sign up. Brad also gave a Special Events overview for Rich Koskela who is seeing his baby boy off to college. There were some big winners in February who are listed on the website and the Pat Harris Waltz will have Flighted Skins, the Pot O’ Gold for net 69 or better and The Shamrock Shuffle for net par or better on holes 3-6-9-10-15-18. Finally, Brad complimented our new Superintendent for the green speeds – which are quite interesting and challenging ahead of aeration.

Thursday Team Play Captain Bob Livingstone briefly bemoaned a 1-5 season and Joey Schilling - who is the presumptive next Saturday Captain “if they let me” - introduced himself and asked for interested parties to reach out to him or a Director for more info. Saturday Team is expecting a Long Beach Pod again next year.

Director and Handicap Chairman Vern Followell announced that for the first time in his tenure the PCC (Playing Conditions Calculation) kicked in on Saturday, March 7th, with a +3 adjustment. That was a windy day with two tournaments that posted scores from the blue and black tees, so the scores were high…so high in fact that the average scores were a full 3 shots higher than the GHIN Brain Trust would expect, so all scores posted that day were lowered by 3 shots. We have had a few times where all the scores were 1 better than expected and the posted scores were raised by a shot, but this +3 was quite uncommon. Vern also recapped the SCGA Course Rerating that happened on March 3rd. Three club members played with the raters who realized our greens can be really fast and our bunkers are “tough”. Finally, the Handicap Committee is evaluating the Handicap Stroke Allocation (i.e. Hole 8 is the toughest hole, and #3 is the easiest) and in the next month or so, will propose a re-rank the holes where our “double-popper members” may just be able to make a 4 for 2!

Director Omar Diaz announced 54 guys attempted (yeah, some guys tried 5 times!) the Aces Only Putting Contest. Ten guys got 2 Aces for $10, two guys got 3 Aces for $50 and Louie Rodriguez got 4 Aces (in a row!) for $120. Flights sign-ups will happen in May or June and later in the year, Omar will again run the renamed Player’s League for low handicappers with an all Long Beach pod.

Director Mark Ziegenhagen announced that February’s net Golfer-of-the-Month was Nickiepoo Zamora with a net 71. Jeff Miller just lost to Nick for net but also submitted his 83 as the only gross card…when Ziggy chatted with him, he waved off the gross plaque, so no winner in February. Twenty-two guys played in the 9-hole tournament, with four guys cashing. Mitch Caban took top honors with a net 33.5 worth 70 bucks. Quad Club will be April 25 at Skylinks, with a brisk first tee time of 5:50 AM! Ziggy will reach out to last year’s top performers, but you may also sign up online for consideration of one of the 25 spots that will try for a Three-Peat.

Special Assignments Assistant Terry Fulford let everyone know that the Club Championship will happen in June and that YOU MUST be entered in the June Funky Nassau in order to play in the Club Championship. The Senior Club Championship is in August. For both events, you must have played in 3 Club-sponsored events (monthly or away events, Team Play or Quad Club).

VP-Tournament Chairman-Webmaster-Life Member Mark Miller reminded folks that they must have played in three Club-sponsored events to sign up next month for the Member-Member, arguably our biggest event. Tee times for the Pat Harris Waltz will go from 6:50 am to 2:20 pm. When you go into the tournament sign-up page there will now be a GREEN BOX that will allow you to check one time that you always want to be entered into every possible side pot for every event you enter (including if you are not already in the Hole In One pool), so look for that if you don’t want to risk missing something…this is an option, not a requirement. In response to a newer member’s question, Mark clarified that if you get a tee time in the meeting drawing you STILL MUST sign-up online within two weeks of the meeting to confirm you will play AND PAY.

There was no New Business.

There was no Old Business.

The first name listed for the $50 attendance drawing was Rich Koskela – damn! The winner was Pingo Zamarripa (who also won in December) who was the name just above poor old Brad Wilcox.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:33 pm.
Bob Livingstone
Secretary Pro Tem
March membership is 492

It's Masters month and with the tough greens of Augusta National. Let's have a tough putting contest before the next meeting. We will be doing Pull Back count them all. Every time you do not make the putt you must pull back 1 putter length away from the hole, max score will be 5. $5 for each attempt. And as always, the club will add $50 to build the pot.

We are a couple months away from signups to begin for the Flights Championship. The first 80 guys to sign up will get into one of 5 brackets so be on the lookout in June.

For our Players League players we will be in a new pod this year. We will be playing in an all Long Beach group:
El Dorado, Lakewood, Skylinks, and Recreation Park. Players League starts in August. I will email to see who would like to play this year. Lakewood Sunday, August 30th. El Dorado Sunday, September 20th. Skylinks, Saturday October 24th and Rec Park Sunday. November 1st. If you have any interest in Players League, please email me.

Enjoy the Masters Tournament.
Omar

Hello Friends…..

Welcome to March and it was a great month for golf. Sun was out, Patrick Harris Tournament was a success and even battled some punched greens at the end of the month. We had one Gross Card and seven Net Cards turned in this month. Our Gross winner is back in the winner circle again. Mel Collins still going low at age 72. He shot a nice 67 from the Combos. Our Net winner went wild! Ron Maden shot a gross 71 minus his 7 handicap which gave him a 64 from the blue tees …RADAR ALERT! CODE RED! Nice shooting Ron! Honorable mention to a close, so close second Jason Perz (65), Randy Kervin (67), Eric Miller (67), Dave Chamberlain (70), Larry Lipman (70) and Brian Knigge (70). Congrats to Mel and Ron for March Golfer’s of the Month.

The 9 hole tournament will continue this month. Sheet and envelope in Pro Shop. Play with a fellow member. Show up to meeting to collect your prize! Please sign and add up scores using 1/2 of your current handicap.

The Quad Club sign ups are still live. Signups will cut off April 10. I will have team picked by the end of weekend April 12. I try to do everything possible to get a well balanced lineup. Nothing is personal. Trying to bring home the cup for the third year in a row.

Finally we played the Golfer of the Year tournament on Saturday April 4th. We had 5 Gross Golfers and 9 Net Golfers. It was a beautiful day for golf and some players did not disappoint. Dave Rubin held off Noah Busch at the end. Dave shot 71 to Noah’s 73. Dave was steady Eddie all day while a Noah had a couple of miscues on 11 and 12 which ultimately gave him too many strokes to gain back. This was Dave’s 7th Golfer Of the Year title and his 5th out of the last 6 years. Rounding out the Gross flight, Vern Followell (74), Mel Collins (76) and Daniel Kletke 81.

Our Net winner also shot 71 (net). Wally Gordon was a smooth operator all day shooting a gross 78 minus his 7 handicap for 71 and taking home his first crown! The rest of the field was competitive but not enough to catch Wally. Rounding out the Net Flight: Jason Perz (74), Michael Miller (76), Rich Gilmore (78), Tyler Marmion (78), Greg Ramsey (78), Terry Fulford (81) and Corey Smith (83). Thanks to all that participated! Keep turning in those cards!

See you at the coarse!
Ziggy

We like to acknowledge “fetes of strength” or generally noteworthy golf-related accomplishments of our members and we have a few recent ones. Top of the list is Jeff Thomas who won the San Francisco City Senior Amateur Championship…a very nice win in a strong event. Nick Mardesich qualified for the SCGA Mid Amateur championship at Bear Creek - as did two of our former Club Champions, Steve Mena (2010) and Alex Resurreccion (2022). They both made the cut to play all 54 holes.

Great playing! Livy

Our annual Pat Harris St. Patrick's Day Waltz was contested on a firm and fast course with 183 players. With slick greens and thick rough, the course played about a stroke harder than average.

Our own Super Senior Jeff Thomas shot a field-best 69 as a precursor to his victory in the San Francisco City Championship. That’s some fine play, Mr. Thomas!

On the Net side, Lloyd L. was quite super too, shooting a career-best 38 (net 28!) on the front 9 and 82 overall, with a stellar 62. Jason P. also shined with a brilliant 64.

The A Flight team of Roger M., Tyler M., Chris M. and Shaun S. lead the field at 12 under. Gross honors went to Robert A., Brian G., Jim J. and Jason P. with a 10 under team score. The B Flight was won by Cliff A., Rich G., Steve G., and Dwight S. by a whisker. The team of Aaron D., Kyle E., Lloyd L. and Ryan S. ruled in the C Flight.

On the tee is the 1 Gross/2 Net tournament to be held on Sunday, April 19. With plenty of daylight, we will have the biggest field of the year. Get your group organized and sign up! Don’t have a full group? No problem, we’ll find a fun group for you.

On Meeting Night Tuesday, April 14th, there will be no attendance taken but sign-ups will open for our crown jewel event, the Member-Member on May 16 and 17. To sign up, you will need to have participated in at least 3 events in the prior year. Some players may not be able to sign up until after the April results are posted to get that third event. No worries if you need a partner as we have a deep stable of ringers available.

The most important shot is the next one,
MMM

A good time was had by all at the March Pat Harris St. Patrick’s Day Waltz tournament. Only one name is worthy of mention this month … Lloyd Lee. Lloyd won a whopping 395 special event points. Great Job Lloyd! A total of 16 golfers scored points in the March tournament.

Just a reminder: all winnings must be picked up 90 days after the tournament. Example is December winnings were removed after March and January winnings will be removed at the end of April and are donated to the Christmas raffle. Also, if you would like someone else to pick up your winnings, just send me an email to let me know. Thanks

SEs for April 2026 1 Gross 2 Net tournament are:
- Gross Skins $10,
- Closest to the Pin (on the green) # 3 for $5,
- Up Livy’s Creek (net par or better on 1,2,8,11,13 and 15) for $5.

$20 gets you in all SE.

See you at the Blue Box.
Rich

We had a great day of golf Sunday with our away trip to Mountain Meadows. The weather was perfect, the course was in great shape and there wasn’t any freeway traffic. The scoring was good with Team Diaz, Livingstone, Boyker & Mehlbrech running away with gross score of 143. Richard Gray & Eric Miller were the big skins winners, double dipping 2 gross & 2 nets skins each.

Next up is Morongo Golf Club at Tukwet Canyon on WEDNESDAY June 17. Trying something new this year with a weekday away tournament, hope you can make it, sign ups start at our next general meeting Tuesday April 14 under the big white tent.


As a reminder you must have played a minimum of 3 tournaments ( combination of any of these: scratch league, team play, monthly tournaments, away trips, Quad club) in the past 12 rolling months in order to qualify for Member/Member coming up in May!

Gents,

The first quarter has concluded and we have another Most Improved Golfer winner. Congrats to Ron Maden - bolstered by his Golfer of the Month round of 71, he takes home the $50 cash prize.

1st Place.....Ron Maden.....7.5 to 5.4.....Imp Factor 1.1207
2nd Place.....Lloyd Lee.....21.1 to 17.6.....Imp Factor 1.1182
3rd Place.....Jason Perz.....24.6 to a 21.1.....Imp Factor 1.1057

The St Pat's Tourney was our first full field event of the year and we had a slightly above average number of THS adjustments (19). The median differential was 4.9, setting the adjustment threshold at -0.1 - essentially anyone under their handicap.

I'd suspect this is due to our schedule that kicks off with more Members playing to somewhat elevated handicaps, due to winter/weather conditions. I'd expect that to normalize as the weather warms up.

The THS was not employed for the Mountain Meadows event as we were below the 60 player threshold. However, players on a THI should've been playing to that handicap and did not. This was an internal glitch and the Handicap Committee will have to sort through some of the issues. We should have it resolved before the next meeting. Don't panic - the results are in and official, no changes will be made.

Post Your Scores!!! Correct date, correct tees and adjusted where needed.

Thanks, Vern

Hello El Do golfers.
Have you ever wondered, “What exactly is the definition of a Loose Impediment”?
I pulled the following definition right off the USGA website. To have a complete understanding of Loose Impediments and how Rule 15.1 applies, I suggest reading this rule in its entirety at USGA.ORG. And yes, this is a rule I have posted in NL previously, but heck, a lot of us are old and have poor memory.

Loose Impediment:
Any unattached natural object such as:
• Stones, loose grass, leaves, branches, and sticks,
• Dead animals and animal waste,
• Worms, insects and similar animals that can be removed easily, and the mounds or webs they build (such as worm casts and ant hills), and
• Clumps of compacted soil (including aeration plugs).
Such natural objects are NOT loose if they are:
• Attached or growing,
• Solidly embedded in the ground (that is, cannot be picked out easily), or
• Sticking to the ball.
Special cases:
• Sand and Loose Soil are not loose impediments (this does not include a mound built by a worm, insect or similar animal).
• Dew, Frost and Water are not loose impediments.
• Snow and Natural Ice (other than frost) are either loose impediments or, when on the ground, temporary water, at the player’s option.
• Spider Webs are loose impediments even though they are attached to another object.
• Live Insect on a Ball is a loose impediment.

Now that you know what is and what is not considered a loose impediment. You can use Rule 15.1 to remove it without penalty in most cases. READ Rule 15.1 to learn exactly how to get rid of pesky loose impediments and how to avoid incurring a penalty stroke by doing so.

Play it as it lies, The Rules are your friend.

Cliff Aichele

Treasurer's Report - March 31, 2026

Balance February 28, 2026		32,914.89
Income
Waltz Cash & Check Entries		1,559.50
Waltz Credit Card Entries		15,968.50
Mt Meadows Credit Card/Checks		7,030.00
PO Box Refund		4.75
Interest		0.73
Hole In One Entries		35.00
Memberships		2,636.00
Total April Income		27,234.48
Expenses
Pat Harris Waltz Green Fees	9,159.75
Waltz Special Events	2,875.00
Waltz Scrip	4,680.00
Waltz Gr/Net Subsidy	250.00
Waltz Refunds	176.00
MMeadows Green Fees	5,040.00
MMeadows Prize Fund	2,621.00
Thursday Team Play Subsidy	305.20
March 9 Hole/Putting Subsidy	100.00
BOD Dinner	60.00
Member Drawing - A. Zamarippa	50.00
Envelopes/Misc Supplies	11.04
Credit Card Fees & Service Charge	427.40
Total March Expenses	25,755.39
Balance on March 31, 2026		34,393.98

Respectfully submitted,
Ken Rademacher, Treasurer


Notes:
- The Club added $250 to both the Waltz and Mt Meadows for Low Gross and Low Net
- The Club added $300 to the Mt Meadows Prize Fund

May already! The year is going by pretty quick, make sure you’re aware of upcoming tournaments so you don’t miss any opportunity to play, Our Website is your place to get all the information you need!

We had a lot going on in April (GOY, 1 Gross/2 Net & Quad Club). May will also be a busy month. The Member-Member on May 16 & 17 is a 2 day event (it does require you to have played in 3 tournaments since May of 2025). Fun formats and lots of opportunities to win! Even if you’re not playing in this tournament you can win by betting on the horse-race. This will be explained at the General Meeting if you need help to understand or ask any Board Member.

I really had a good time competing in the Quad Club with the three other Presidents, I walked away with 2 ½ points should have been three. I have to say we (Eldo Men’s Club) have set the bar pretty high on how to run one of these events, let alone three peat let’s go for QUAD PEAT!! Congrats to Quad Club Leader Ziggy for retaining the trophy for another year, great job!

Our Superintendent (Alex Rodriguez) has got our golf course in great shape. Let’s help him out by keeping electric Golf Carts 30 YARDS from tees and greens and please don’t drive over curbs or ropes.

See you all at the May General Meeting.

Play Well, Play Fast!
Brad

On Tuesday, April 14th, the monthly meeting of the El Dorado Park Men’s Golf Club was held under the Big White Tent. Chef Bing and his team served up enchiladas, rice, beans, and cookies for dessert. The chips and salsa must have been stuck on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, as they were nowhere to be found.

The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by President Brad Wilcox, who led the members in the Pledge of Allegiance. The meeting was attended by around 85 rowdy members including past presidents Terry Fulford, Walter Gordon, Nick Zamora, Papa Don Marmion, Clifford Aichele, and Life Member Bob Livingstone.

New Member Cesar Arciniega introduced himself to the members.

The previous month’s Meeting Minutes and Treasurer’s Report were approved as submitted in the newsletter.

Directors’ Reports:

Historian and all-around raconteur Bob Livingstone recognized Ken Cruz and Mel Collins for participating in the SCGA Senior Four-Ball Championship at Spanish Hills this week where they finished tied for 17th. He also gave a shout-out to Kevin Mehlbrech and Rich Boyker for showing up to the same event.

Special Events Chairman Rich Koskela congratulated Lloyd Lee for killing it with an unheard of 395 points at the Pat Harris St. Patrick’s Day Waltz! Rich then covered all the special events for the upcoming 1 Gross / 2 Net tournament.

Director and Handicap Chairman Vern Followell announced the 1Q Most Improved golfer as Ron Maden with a 1.1207 improvement factor, followed by Lloyd Lee (2nd) and Jason Perz (3rd). Vern also covered the SCGA re-rating which resulted in a new rating / slope and said that there would be some minimal hole handicap changes coming mid-summer.

President Brad Wilcox as Entertainment Pro Tem reminded the members about the Morongo – Tukwet Canyon away tournament on Wednesday June 17th…sign-ups are open.

Director Omar Diaz mentioned that he had 23 guys playing in the count-em-all / pull back Putting Contest before the meeting which resulted in 4 members who finished 2-under: David Caudle, Rob Anderson, Mitch Caban, and Lester Cruz. 2nd place was Andrew Pulido (1-under) and 3rd was shared by Bret Holloway and Brian Dauk (even). Keep an eye out for flights sign-ups around May or June.

Director Mark Ziegenhagen announced the results for the pre-meeting 9-hole contest winners as: Cary Thomason (4th), Ron Lamerton (3rd), Mike Filbey (2nd), and Tom Turner taking the 1st place honors. The scores were too high to mention. Ziggy also mentioned that the Golfers of the Month were Mel Collins (gross 67) and surprise, surprise...Ron Maden (net 64). He then commended the Golfer of the Year winners: Dave Rubin (another surprise, surprise) with a gross 71 and Walter Gordon with a stellar 78 for a net 71.

Special Assignments Assistant Terry Fulford reminded everyone that the Club Championship will happen in June and that YOU MUST be entered in the June Funky Nassau in order to play in the Club Championship.

VP-Tournament Chairman-Webmaster-Life Member Mark Miller announced that the Member / Member was now open for sign-ups but those signing up must have played in at least 3 events to qualify for this very popular tournament. Mark also tried to show the members the new website function to view your “friends” handicaps. Editors Note: those handicaps are only updated weekly, so use GHIN for the most current.

There was no New Business.

There was no Old Business.

The $50 drawing winner was Michael Wilson.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:26 pm.
Cary Thomason
Secretary / Membership Chairman
April membership is 491

For the May putting contest we will be doing Aces only. $5 per attempt and can try as many times as you like.
Remember the Club adds $50 to build the pot. I will try to start around 5:15pm.

Sign-ups for the Flights Championships will begin in June 9th. The 1st 80 players to sign up will get into 1 of the 5 match play brackets.

I will also be emailing the low guys for the upcoming Players League season that will start the end of August.

And congrats to Coach Ziggy on bringing home the Quad Club Cup yet again.

Good Luck in the Member/Member,
Omar

Hello Members!

We had a great month of golf. Great Weather, Great Friends and some Great Scores. The April Tournament proved that. Both of our winners shot their best for the Month. Our Gross winner is no stranger to the golf circuit. Rob Anderson shot a Low Score of 64. He went 31-33 for a blistering 8 under par. Nice round Rob! HONORABLE MENTION to Dave Rubin with a 71. Our NET winner has been around the block a few times. Craig Gantz shot a smooth 86 with his 20 handicap for a NET 66. Craig was consistent shooting 43-43 good for Net 6 under par. Welcome back to the winners circle Craig! HONORABLE MENTION to Mitch Caban (67), Michael Miller (67), Jeff De Graaff (67), Rich Koskela (67) and Mark Miller (68). Congrats to all with great scores.

April was also Quad Club. El Dorado showed out winning the Quad for the 3rd year in a row!
El Dorado= 45
Rec Park= 40.5
Lakewood= 36
Skylinks= 28.5

Sonny Nimkhum played as our Pro. He lead the squad off firing a nice 66 and claiming 3 points from the lead group. Our first 8 golfers started strong with 16 points led by Sonny, Noah Busch, David Covey and Trey Cox all capturing 3 points each. Our next 8 golfers had a straw sticking up out of the water trying to stay afloat only coming up with 9 points. Rec Park was holding a lead 31 to Eldo and Lakewoods 25 point. Skylinks had no chance.
But have no fear we had some veterans in the rear and they brought the hammer. The last nine golfers piled on 20 points led by Trevine Felsinger, Richard Gray, Steven Cook, Nick Zamora and Stan Faris who all got 3 points. Eldo smoothly coasted by Rec Park and Lakewood who only got 9 points out of their last group. It truly was a blast watching those guys go home without the trophy again. Thanks again for participating and bringing home the hardware again. There was $240 in the 3 point pot, so all will receive $30 each.

Finally, 9 hole and putting tournament day of meeting. Sign up in Pro shop for nine hole and see Omar on the putting green. Thanks again for a great month of golf. Good Luck to all in the Member-Member!

See you at the coarse,
Coach Zig

Got game? The Club Championship (CC) is your chance to prove it. The CC will be contested over 3 rounds on June 20, 27, and 28 in three flights: Champion (Gross), A Flight, and B Flight. Flights are determined by the number of entries.

To be eligible for the Club Championship you must have:
- a current 6-month Low Index
- participated in at least 3 events in the previous 12 months prior to June 20.
- signed up for the June 20 - Funky Nassau tournament.

Sign-ups will open Meeting Night.

Contact me directly if you have any questions.

Terry

The 1 Gross/2 Net tournament challenged 191 players on lovely Spring day. The course played fast but with smooth, receptive greens, the field responded with excellent scoring.

With great weather and course conditions, scoring improved over 2 strokes from last month. No one was more dialed in than Robert A., who carded a smooth 64 with 10 pars and 8 birdies. Robert L. was also impressive with a fine 67. Craig G. (66) and Mitch C. (67) posted the best net rounds.

With Robert A.’s steady stream of birdies and pars, his team with Jason P., Brian B. and Kaz S. won the A Flight. The team of Mike B., Robert W., Ryan P., and Lloyd L. ruled in the B Flight in a card off. Leading the field with an optimal mix of high and low handicappers was the team of Kyle E., Ryan S., Daniel K., and Aaron D. Their 204 score won the C Flight by an impressive 7 shots.

The Member/Member, our biggest event of the year, is up next on May 16 and 17. Sign ups are open to all Members with at least 3 events played in the prior 12 months. The Pairing Party will be held on Friday, May 15 for participants. The winning team will represent the Club at the SCGA Four-ball tournament later in the year.

On Meeting Night Tuesday, May 12th, attendance will be taken for priority tee times and sign ups will open for the Funky Nassau on June 20. The Nassau will also serve as the 1st round of the Club Championships (3 rounds). This means that you must sign up for the Nassau to play in the CC. You must sign up for the CC separately too.

The most important shot is the next one,
MMM

The April 1 Gross/2 Net tournament was completed and the Special Events (SE) big winner was Robert Anderson with 290 points! Great round of golf, Robert. A total of 40 golfers won SE points in the tournament.

SEs for the May 2025 Member/Member tournament are:
- Sweeps $20 for both days and both players must enter.
- Saturday: Gross Skins $10, CTP Hole 12 $5, and North of Willow (net par or better on #4,5,6,7) $5.
- Sunday: Gross Skins $10, CTP Hole 3 $5, and Down the Stretch (net par or better on #15,16,17,18) $5

Just a reminder, all winnings must be picked up no later than 90 days after the tournament. For example the January winnings were removed after the end of April and the February winnings will be removed at the end of May. All removed winnings are donated to the Christmas raffle. Also, if you would like someone else to pick up your winnings, just send me an email to let me know. Thanks.

See you at the Blue Box,
Rich

The year is going by pretty quick, make sure you’re aware of upcoming tournaments so you don’t miss any opportunities to play. Our Website is your place to get all the information you need!

Next up: Wed, Jun 17 Morongo Golf Club

This is our first attempt at weekday away trip, for those who have time to get away for the day in the middle of the week. First tee time is 9:00am. It’s $95 (includes cart, range balls and prize fund) and optional Special Events: $10 Net minus skins & $10 Honey pot (net 69 or better).

MUST SIGN UP ONLINE BY JUNE 1st!!!

See you all at the May General Meeting.

Play Well, Play Fast!
Brad

According to the Eldo executives, we'll be exhausting our supply of scorecards sometime in July. I think we've got a pretty firm date of July 20th for the transition to the new SCGA course rating and slope - those changes will be very slight with minimal impact to course handicaps and/or actual handicaps.

The Handicap Committee is still processing scoring data and we'll be finalizing the new stroke allocation decisions soon. Nothing official but the general consensus so far... 1, 8, 13, and 15 will likely be 3, 1, 2 and 4 in difficulty - pretty similar. And at the other extreme, the lower ranked holes would possibly include six of the eight par 3's and par 5's.

These changes would mostly align with actual scoring data and also diminish some potential double-pops on par 3's. Which tend to offend some unnamed officials around here...

1Gross/2Net recap: It's becoming more apparent that when the median differential is lower - meaning the field played well as a whole - less players reach the THI threshold. Seems counterintuitive yet we had 46 players under their handicap, just under 25% of the field. And only 12 of those met the -2.4 threshold - just over 6% of the field.

Course conditions are certainly good, fast greens but they're pretty receptive. My theory says the shorter/firmer fairways are probably having some impact for sure.

Signing off: POST your scores - with correct tees and adjusted scores. Don't POST scores for our events!!

Thanks, Vern

The following are a few interesting things to know about the Teeing Area, aka the tee box. Why a box? Well think of it as a box formed by the tee markers aka lollypops, stones or plates designated by the committee and extending 2 club lengths behind them. Now when it comes to The Rules of Golf the only Teeing Area is the one for the hole you’re playing. Teeing Areas for other holes are considered part of the General Area.
The interesting thing is any time your ball is in the Teeing Area, you can pick it up and move to a spot that suits you, including placing it on a tee. Example, Chip hits his tee shot and the ball strikes a tree and bounces back into the Teeing Area. He can move it and re-tee it and try again. He would have to count his first shot, but no penalty is incurred. If Chip is really unlucky and his second shot also hits the tree and ends up back in the Teeing Area, He can move it and tee it up again but now he’s hitting his third shot. Maybe Chip would have been better off staying home.

Play it as it lies, The Rules are your friend.
Cliff Aichele

Treasurer's Report - April 30, 2026

Balance March 31, 2026		34,393.98
Income
Member Dues		1,990.00
April 1Gr/2Net Cash/Check Entries		1,625.75
April 1Gr/2Net CC Entries		16,968.75
Quad CC and cash Entries		1,872.00
Hole In One		25.00
Directors Outing Deposits		18,380.00
Interest		1.06
Total April Income		40,862.56
Expenses
April BOD Mtg.	90.00
Q1 Most Improved - Ron Maden	50.00
Meeting Member Drawing - Michael Wilson	50.00
Credit Card Fees	769.63
9-hole and Putting Subsidy	100.00
April 1Gr/2Net Green Fees	9,637.50
April Indiv Gross/Net Subsidy	250.00
April 1Gr/2Net Scrip	4,870.00
April 1Gr/2Net Special Events	3,100.00
April 1Gr/2Net Refunds	356.50
GOY Green Fees	625.00
Quad Green Fees	1,550.00
Quad Food	375.00
Quad Side Pots	240.00
GOY/GOMTrophies	368.34
Total April Expenses	22,431.97
Balance on April 30, 2026		52,824.57

Respectfully submitted,
Ken Rademacher, Treasurer


NOTES:
- As usual, the Club added $250 for two individual low gross and low net winners in the April Tournament

The Member-Member tournament results have been posted and we’re getting ready for a busy June!

Congrats to team’s
#70 Wally Gordon/Mel Collins & #83 Boylan/Boylan finishing in a dead heat (tie)
#41 Eastwood/Wilson taking 3rd

June will be a busy month with the Funky Nassau Tournament and Club Championship! The Funky Nassau Tournament is on June 20th and serves as the 1st Round of our Club Championship. Rounds 2 & 3 will be June 27-28. If you are playing in the Club Championship you must Sign-Up and pay for these Events separately. Mark Miller is running the Funky Nassau and Terry Fulford will be running the Club Championship.

Sign-Ups for the July 18th Red-White-Blue Tournament will open at the General Meeting on Tuesday, June 9th in the Big White Tent. We also have Rio Hondo on Sunday, July 26th and those Sign-Ups will open at our next General meeting.

Play Well, Play Fast!
Brad

On Tuesday, May 12th, the monthly meeting of the El Dorado Park Men’s Golf Club was held under the Big White Tent. Chef Bing and his team served up the crowd favorite meatloaf, accompanied by mashed taters, salad, rolls, gravy and cake for dessert.

The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by President Brad Wilcox, who led the members in the Pledge of Allegiance. The meeting was attended by roughly 96 rough members including past presidents Walter Gordon, Nick Zamora, Tom Retterath, Don Marmion, Clifford Aichele, and Life Member Bob Livingstone.

It was a big night for New Members as Mark Stanford, Marty Styliano, Terry Sprague, and Bradford Dickson introduced themselves and lied about their handicaps.

The previous month’s Meeting Minutes and Treasurer’s Report were approved as submitted in the newsletter.

Directors’ Reports:

Historian Bob Livingstone congratulated Greg Puga as he will be playing in the US Senior Amateur Tournament in August.

Rules Chairman Cliff “Fluffy” Aichele reminded members that if a player hits a tee shot and the ball comes back to the same tee box (i.e. bounces off a tree, opponent's head, tee marker, etc.), the player is allowed to re-tee the ball and is now hitting their 2nd shot. If they hit something and it comes back again, the player should probably rethink their hobbies.

Special Events Chairman Rich Koskela congratulated Rob Anderson with winning 290 points in the April 1 Gross/2 Net tournament. A whopping 40 golfers received points. Remember, you have to be in it to win it!

Director and Handicap Chairman Vern Followell mentioned that in the April tournament, 46 players scored under their handicap, under 25% of the field and only 12 of those met the -2.4 threshold – which was just over 6% of the field. Vern also announced that the SCGA re-rating which resulted in a new course rating / slope should take effect July 20th.

President Brad Wilcox as Entertainment Pro Tem reminded the members about the Morongo – Tukwet Canyon away tournament on Wednesday June 17th…sign-ups are open. Brad also mentioned that the City has approved the budget to improve the bunkers which should be starting soon. Hold for applause.

Director Omar Diaz mentioned that he had several members playing in the Aces Only Putting Contest before the meeting including 2nd place finishers Scott Chamberlain, Todd Theile, David Caudle, Steve Giroux, Robert JoJo LaLa, and Henry DeGraaff who all had 3 aces. Coming in 1st place with 4 aces was Mickey Miller, Lester Cruz, and Aiden Bartley.

Director Mark Ziegenhagen announced the results for the pre-meeting 9-hole contest 3rd place winners as Cary Thomason and Mark Schmillen (net 37s), 2nd place Henry DeGraaff (net 36), and Greg Eggplant taking 1st place (net 35.5). Ziggy also mentioned that the Golfers of the Month were Rob Anderson (gross 64) and Craig Gantz (net 66). He then congratulated the Quad Club team for winning… an unprecedented 3rd year in a row!

Special Assignments Assistant Terry Fulford reminded everyone that the Club Championship will happen in June and that YOU MUST be entered in the June Funky Nassau in order to play in the Club Championship.

VP-Tournament Chairman-Webmaster-Life Member Mark Miller commented that the April Tournament was successful and that sign-ups are now open for the June Funky Nassau Tournament. He also reminded members that a Member / Member pairing party will take place the Friday before at 5:00 pm in the clubhouse.

There was no New Business.

There was no Old Business.

The $50 drawing winner was Joey Schilling.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:24 pm.

Cary Thomason
Secretary / Membership Chairman
May membership is 487

This Month we will stick with Aces only for the putting contest before the general meeting. $5 per 9 holes attempt and you can try as many times as you want.

The Flights Championship sign-ups will start this month. the 1st first 80 players that sign up will be in one of 5 16 player brackets based on handicaps. This is a Match Play tournament where you play 1 Match per month starting in August. Entry fee is $30 and you will pay for your own matches. I will again have 4 tee times every Saturday & Sunday to get your match in. Once the brackets are set you and your opponent will arrange a time to play your match. You have the entire month to get your match in. More info to come once the matches are set.

Good Luck to all in the Club Championship.
Omar

Hello Members!

It was a slow month of cards for GOM. Only four NET cards turned in for May. So no GROSS winner and CONGRATS to Kevin Boylan who shot a NET 67. So close was Terry Fulford at 68, Corey Smith and Charles Barker 69. June tournament a good opportunity to enter your scores.

You know the drill…. 9 hole tournament before meeting. Playing Combos, playing half of current handicap, playing with a Member and turning into envelope. Remember $5 to enter. Thanks for playing!

Good Luck to all in the Club Championships!
Ziggy

First off, congrats to some of our old codgers, Lou Carrasco, Omar Diaz and Greg Puga, three of our Club members who successfully qualified for the SCGA Senior Amateur Championship which will be played later this month at The Ranch Course at The Alisal in Solvang. Best of luck, guys!

In other news, our Club has been selected by the SCGA to participate in a Beta Test of the USGA's new Artificial Intelligence Rules App. If you use the USGA GHIN App, on the bottom right of the welcome page is a little red circle that says USGA and RULES. You can click this and enter a Rules of Golf scenario and AI will generate an answer for you. Below the answer is a feedback section which you are encouraged to fill out.

If you use the App in one of our Club tournaments, you are encouraged (we can't force you) to let the Committee know the scenario before you submit your card, to make sure you used it correctly. As an example if you are on the service road on 11 and ask the app if you are allowed free relief from a path, but fail to tell AI that the path in question is an integral object, it will incorrectly give you relief. Even tho' the app would grant relief, since you didn't tell the App that the path was an integral object, you would have played from a wrong place and suffer an after-the-fact general penalty.

That is hopefully an unlikely scenario, you are strongly encouraged to use this AI App and to immerse yourself in the Rules!

Livy

With the jacaranda in full bloom, one hundred and thirty players competed in our annual Member/Member tournament. The event kicked off with the Friday night pairing party offering some mighty fine hors d’oeuvres crafted by Chef Bing.

On Saturday, the Better Ball competition was led by the duo of Mickey M. and Steve S. with a gross 64 and a net 62! Partners Mel C. and Wally plus Cliff and Rich G. each fashioned a fine round of 63. Overall, the scores were pretty good.

Sunday told a different tale. The course played a full stroke harder while moving up to the White tees. Only two teams managed to shoot red numbers in the aggregate format. Coming from behind in a big way was the father/son partnership of Kevin and Colin with a field best 139. That was enough to propel the Boylan pair from one inside of DFL to a tie for the overall title at 211. Mel and Wally were solid once again to tie at 211 but losing the tiebreaker in the Gap 9 flight. Jim J. and Robert L. took gross honors at 216.

The A Flight partners Gerry W. and Pablo R. came out on top in the tiebreaker over worthy contenders Leo U./Drew K. and Cary T./Tom R. The Reed W./Jeff E. combo dominated the B Flight, winning by 4. The C Flight duo Kyle E./Ryan S. carded red numbers on Sunday to rally from a 7-shot deficit to win by one over the perennial contenders Stan F. and Rodney D.

Our next event is the Funky Nassau on Saturday, June 20, an individual stroke play affair which will also serve as the first round of the Club Championship. I’ve extended the sign-up deadline until June 6th. There are still openings for both the Nassau and the CC.

On Meeting Night Tuesday, June 9th, attendance will be taken for priority tee times and sign-ups will open for the Red, White, and Blue tournament on Saturday, July 18. Be sure to register before the start of the Meeting!

The most important shot is the next one,
MMM

The May Member/Member tournament was completed and the Special Events (SE)/Sweeps big winner was Dave (perennial Club Champ) Rubin with 315 points, followed by Rich Gilmore with 290 points. Good shooting gentlemen! Over 70 golfers scored points in the May SE/Sweeps out of a total field of 130.

Just a reminder, all winnings must be picked up 90 days after the tournament. Example is February winnings were removed after May and March winnings will be removed at the end of June and are donated to the Christmas raffle. Also, if you would like someone else to pick up your winnings, just send me an email to let me know. Thanks

SEs for June 2026 Funky Nassau tournament are:
- Gross Skins $10
- Net Minus Skins $5,
- Easy 3, Hard 3 (net par or better on 7, 16, 17 & 8, 13, 15) $5.
- Low Gross (Club funded, pays 2 places)
- Low Net (Club funded, pays 2 places)

See you at the Blue Box.
Rich

By the time you read this our Wednesday, June 17th Morongo trip (champions course) will be full, remember you can always sign up on standby in the event as a spot opens up, we always can use folks on standby!

Remember to sign up for the Rio Hondo GC away tournament to be held on Sunday, July 26. Sign-ups open at our next general meeting, cost is $100 (walking rate, carts are extra) and we have room for 60 players. It's a great layout that is a very easy walk if you enjoy that!

Come out a join us it’s always a good time and nice to play other courses you might not otherwise get to play!

Play Well, Play Fast!
Brad

The Member/Member is in the books - our Club's first "Signature" event of the year. After finishing the first round of two-man better ball, and in consultation with the Handicap Committee, we concluded that only the Sunday round should be subject to the THS. In my opinion there were just too many instances where a player didn't really need to hole out and/or even finish a hole - far more than our typical 3 of 4 ball events.

So 12 players were pardoned and escaped adjustment on day one. On day two the median differential was +4.8 and only the 4 players scoring under par, or below their LI6 were adjusted.

The Red/White/Blue event on July 18th will be the last tournament with our current rating/slope and stroke allocations. The SCGA will then update the small changes for rating and slope in Ghin, which you'll probably only notice when you post. The new stroke allocations, or handicap holes, will also be input to Ghin and our tournament scorecards will reflect those changes going forward. Hopefully the new proshop scorecards will arrive in time to coincide with the scheduled changes.

Upcoming THS events: All players in the Nassau, including Club Championship entrants, will be subject to the THS for scoring in that event only. In rounds 2 and 3 of the Championship, THI's are not applied and those rounds are not subject to THI adjustments. Consequently, the Nassau event qualifies as a round played to satisfy an adjustment period but the CC rounds do not.

Maybe a little confusing - did the best I could... V

Hello fellow golfers,

Unfortunately, in last month’s Member-Member tournament a couple of teams had to be disqualified. They did not handle a lost ball or out-of-bounds ball correctly and did not correct their mistake before starting the next hole. The following might help you understand when a ball is lost or out of bounds so you don't make the same mistake. It should also help you know what to do if it does happen to you.

The first thing to know is that a lost or out of bounds ball means a stroke and distance penalty.

When Ball Is Lost or Out of Bounds:
(1) When Ball Is Lost. A ball is lost if not found in three minutes after the player, partner or their caddie begins to search for it.
If a ball is found in that time but it is uncertain whether it is the player’s ball:
• The player must promptly attempt to identify the ball (see Rule 7.2) and is allowed a reasonable time to do so, even if that happens after the three-minute search time has ended.
• This includes a reasonable time to get to the ball if the player is not where the ball is found.
If the player does not identify their ball in that reasonable time, the ball is lost.

(2) When Ball Is Out of Bounds. A ball at rest is out of bounds only when all of it is outside the boundary edge of the course.
A ball is in bounds when any part of the ball:
• Lies on or touches the ground or anything else (such as any natural or artificial object) inside the boundary edge, or
• Is above the boundary edge or any other part of the course.
A player may stand out of bounds to play a ball on the course.

Bottom line if you think your ball is out of bounds. Announce to your playing partners you are hitting a provisional ball so you don't have to return to the spot from which you previously played in order to finish the hole properly.

If you can’t find a lost ball in 3 minutes, head back to the spot where you made your last stroke and take your medicine, 1 penalty shot and distance. Because if you don’t make the correction and then tee off on the next hole you are disqualified in stroke play or its loss of hole in match play.

Play it as it lies, The Rules are your friend.
Cliff Aichele

Treasurer's Report - May 31, 2026

Balance April 30, 2026		52,824.57
Income
Member-Member Cash Entries		1,746.00
Mem-Mem CCard entries (incl Special Events)		26,565.00
Membership Dues		1,728.00
Hole In One Insurance		25.00
Interest		1.45
Total May Income		30,065.45
Expenses
Board Meeting	100.00
Directors Outing Special Events	4,840.00
Directors Outing Course and Hotel Deposit	2,500.00
Directors Outing Refund(Zamora)	65.00
Member-Member Green Fees	13,160.50
Member-Member Lunches/BBQ	3,000.00
Member-Member Scrip	6,810.00
Member-Member Special Events	6,865.00
Mem-Mem Pairings Party Food	600.00
Member-Member Entry and SE Refunds	911.00
Mem-Mem Scoreboards	24.88
Credit Card Fees/Charges/Refunds	614.17
Meeting Member Drawing - Schilling	50.00
Putting and 9-hole Subsidy	100.00
Total May Expenses	39,640.55
Balance on May 31, 2026		43,249.47

Respectfully submitted,
Ken Rademacher, Treasurer


Notes

The Club added $3,600.00 to the Member-Member (for food) for the pairings party and the BBQ for all players on Saturday and Sunday

June brought on 3 more competitions with our Morongo away trip, Funky Nassau, followed by our Club Championship. Power backed month with all results posted and online, if you happened to win something make sure to look in the Blue Box!

Congratulations to our 2026 Champions:
Gross Club Champion - Noah Busch
A Flight - Mark Miller
B Flight - Rifat Agi

A fine group of Champions to represent El Dorado Park Men's Golf Club!

Now onto July with a busy schedule Red, White & Blue, followed by our Flights Championship; lots going on!

If your looking for a tee time for our August 3 BB make sure to check-in with Mark before the Meeting starts (July 14th at 7:00pm), names are selected at random for priority tee times.

Play good fast, play bad faster!

Brad

On Tuesday, June 9th, the monthly meeting of the El Dorado Park Men’s Golf Club was held under the legendary Big White Tent. Chef Bing and his crew once again delivered a June-giving feast featuring moist turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, rolls, gravy, and a dessert that disappeared so quickly no official identification was ever made.

The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by President Brad Wilcox, who led the members in the Pledge of Allegiance. The meeting was attended by approximately 91 members including past presidents Terry Fulford, Walter Gordon, Nick Zamora, Don Marmion, Tom Retterath, Richard Scoville, and Life Member Bob Livingstone.

The previous month’s Meeting Minutes and Treasurer’s Report were approved as submitted in the newsletter, proving once again that nobody found a typo important enough to delay the meeting.

Directors’ Reports:

Historian / Storyteller Bob Livingstone announced that SCGA selected our Club to beta test the new Rules AI feature in the GHIN app. Bob cautioned members that vague descriptions may produce questionable rulings—which frankly isn’t much different than asking your foursome. If there’s uncertainty, play two balls and ask someone later before the card is signed. Members are encouraged to give the app a thumbs up or down after receiving answers. Bob also congratulated SCGA Senior Championship qualifiers Greg Puga, Omar Diaz, and Lou Carrasco. Nicely done, gentlemen.

Special Events Chairman Rich Koskela congratulated Dave Rubin and Rich Gilmore for absolutely “killing it” in the Special Events and suggested members hit them up for a free drink. Neither of them have not officially agreed to this policy.

Director and Handicap Chairman Vern Followell indicated that only the Sunday round of the Member / Member applied for the THS factor which resulted in 4 lucky guys being adjusted, as they scored under par or below their LI6. Vern also mentioned that the new hole handicaps and scorecards won’t be ready until ElDo runs out of the existing cards…maybe 3 months or when the bunkers are done.

President Brad Wilcox, serving double-duty as Entertainment Pro Tem, reminded members that sign-ups are open for the July Rio Hondo away tournament. Nothing says summer like taking your golf frustrations to another course.

Director Mark Ziegenhagen reviewed the pre-meeting 9-hole contest results with 15 competitors:
• 3rd Place: Mitch Caban, Henry DeGraaff, and Bill Kearns (Net 36)
• 2nd Place: Mark Bernardini (Net 35.5)
• 1st Place: Donnie Dawson (Net 35)
Ziggy also congratulated the Golfer of the Month Kevin Boylan with a net 67. Unfortunately, there were no gross cards turned in.

Director Omar Diaz mentioned that he had 16 members trying to sink putts in the Aces Only Putting Contest before the meeting which resulted in:
• 2nd Place (3 aces): Scott Chamberlain, Todd Thiel, Corey (the other Todd) Smith, Brian Dauk and Bret Holloway
• 1st Place (4 aces): Colin Boylan and Mike Wilson.
Omar also commented that the Flight Championships are now open for sign-ups.

Special Assignments Assistant Terry Fulford reminded everyone that the June Club Championship pairings will be based on handicaps…so don’t complain if you’re stuck playing with Livy.

VP-Tournament Chairman-Webmaster-Life Member-Wordle Expert Mark Miller announced that the Member / Member, despite only having 130 players, went well. Mark also let the members know that if they’re stuck in the wrong group for a tournament, please let him know asap rather than letting him know the day before.

New Business: Member Mike Appy suggested that the Club find a way to let singles that are signed up for tournaments know when there are other singles, so they can potentially pair up with someone they know. This suggestion was well received and the Board will now have something of importance to discuss at their next meeting in July.

There was no Old Business.

The $50 drawing winner was Bill Kearns.

The meeting adjourned at 7:28 pm—an efficient 28 minutes proving once again that golfers can move quickly when there’s no one waiting to hit.

Cary Thomason
Secretary / Membership Chairman
June membership is 481

Happy 250th Birthday America,
Hope everyone will be enjoying a fun 4th of July celebration for our nation's 250th Birthday.

We are just a month away from the Flights Championship starting in August with the 1st round of matches. There are about 11 spots left as of July 1st. Once the field is finally set, the matches will go out and you and your opponent can set up a time to play your match.

Just a couple of reminders for the matches. Be sure to check the El Dorado website for your current 6-month LI. All matches are to be played to your 6-month LI. The GHIN app doesn't have a 6-month LI only our Club website has it.

You and your opponent will agree on a time to play your match, you have the entire month of August to get the 1st round done. I will have 4 times on Saturday & Sunday each weekend there is not a Club event or another tournament booked at El Dorado. The Long Beach Open is August 8th & 9th so no matches that weekend unless you play the scramble after the Open on Sunday.

I recommend that the President flight to play the Blue Tees. The Vice-President flight to play the Combos. and all other flights to play the White Tees. You can play any tees you and your opponent like as long as you both agree. This is a match play tournament so you may concede a putt but just make sure to clearly and loudly announce the concession.

If you have rules question you must come to an agreement on how to proceed. You are not allowed to play 2 balls in match play. If you cannot agree on the rules decision you can call or text me at (562) 505-0024 or our Rules chairman Cliff Aichele (562) 548-4882 & Bob Livingstone (562) 225-5547. If you have any questions, please give me a call or text or email.

For the putting contest before the July meeting, we will be doing count them all.

Hope everyone has a fun safe 4th of July.
Omar

A field of 169 players teed it up in the Funky Nassau on a beautiful Southern California day. However, tricky pin placements and stronger winds contributed to the scoring average of almost a stroke higher than normal.

A few players didn’t seem to notice the tough conditions and posted some impressive numbers. Jason P. beat all comers with a career-best 80 gross and 60 net! Not too shabby include low gross winner Scott P. and runners-up Robert L. and Noah B. Stan F. (65) and Mike M. (66) also played well in the Net flights.

Members that cashed all 3 ways (Front 9, Back 9, Total 18) include Scott P. (Gross), Mike B. (A), Aaron R. (B), Steve B. (B), Dean B. (C), Rif A. (C), Robert J. (C), Jason P. (D), Stan F. (D), and Mike M. (D). Rally of the Day belongs to Bryan M., who improved 13 strokes on the Back 9 to snag 2nd place money. The “Thanks for Playing” Alydar award goes to Steve S., who played quite well but managed to lose all three card-offs to win didley prize money. A total of 49 golfers won at least some cash.

The annual Red, White and Blue tournament is next on July 18. Sign-ups are still open and plenty of spots are still available.

Attendance will be taken on Meeting Night, Tuesday, July 14 for the August 15 - 3 Best Ball tournament. Be sure to register your attendance by 7:00pm to be entered in the priority tee time lottery.

One final note: the course has increased the green fees by $1.50. The cost of a monthly tournament entry also increases slightly to $80 from $78 going forward.

The most important shot is the next one,
MMM

The June Funky Nassau tournament was completed, and the Special Events (SE) big winner was Scott Baldwin with 230 points followed by Kerry Bryan with 205 points. Good shooting gentlemen! A total of 25 golfers scored points in the June SEs.

Just a reminder, all winnings must be picked up 90 days after the tournament. For example, March winnings were removed after June and April winnings will be removed at the end of July and are donated to the Christmas raffle. Also, if you would like someone else to pick up your winnings, just send me an email/text to let me know. Thanks.

SEs for the July 2025 - Red White and Blue tournament are:
- Gross Skins $10,
- 2nd Shot CTP Hole 16 $5
- White Tee (Flag) Party (net par or better on white flag holes) $5.
The club will also fund low gross and low net prizes. Two winners in each category.

See you at the Blue Box.
Rich

I want to thank the 16 players that made the trip out to Morongo, it was a great weather day and we really enjoyed the course. Next up is Rio Hondo:

Join us on Sunday, July 26 for a great day of golf at Rio Hondo Golf Club in Downey. This is always a fun event and a great opportunity to enjoy some friendly competition. We'd love to see a strong turnout and will be paying out for Skins, Honey Pot, Closest to the Pins, and Low Gross/Net.

Please sign up as soon as possible so we can finalize pairings and event details.

Carts are optional as Rio Hondo is an easy walking, yet challenging, course. Don’t wait until the last minute—reserve your spot today and join us for another great club tournament. Sign ups close July 8th.

Play good fast, play bad faster!

Brad

Nassau results: Full field for this combined event that served as the first round of the Club Championship also. This could've been the widest range in net differentials we've ever had - from -10.6 to +16.6. Playing to LI6 tends to spread the field and raise the median differential as well, which came in at +4.9. The lucky dogs playing at or near their LI enjoying a distinct advantage...

In total, 20 players went under their handicaps and were adjusted, 13 by less than a stroke. And we had two "exceptional" rounds carded, Perz/Faris, who got nicked a little harder.

June ends the 2nd quarter for the Most Improved Golfer award, and the $50 winner is... Brad Wilcox..... 12.0 to 8.8..... 1.1538 improvement factor. Runners up were Mickey Miller and Charles Barker.

Course rating update: It looks like we may have the new scorecards sometime in August. The adjustments to rating/slope could be in the system sooner but won't impact our July event where we usually setup the course with modified tees that change hole handicaps as well. Again, the new rating/slope will have minimal impact - increasing ratings by .2 and slopes by 1 for each set of tees.

Congrats to Brad and Noah Busch - Club Champ!

Treasurer's Report - June 30, 2026

Balance May 31, 2026		43,249.47
Income
Memberships		1,392.00
Club Champ Cash Entries		368.50
Nassau Cash Entries		1,007.75
Credit Card/cash Morongo		1,746.00
Credit Card Entries - Nassua		14,499.25
Credit Card Entries - Club Champ		5,583.00
Hole-in-One Insurance		15.00
Interest		1.09
Total June Income		24,612.59
Expenses
Board Meeting	80.00
Nassua Refunds	249.00
Nassau Green Fees	8,347.75
Nassau Special Events *	2,325.00
Nassau Scrip	4,485.00
Morongo Grees Fees/Prize Fund*	950.00
Club Champ Green Fees	3,734.00
Club Champ Prize Fund *	2,440.00
June Putting and 9-hole Subsidies	100.00
Member Meeting Drawing - B. Kearns	50.00
Scoreboards CC	20.88
GOM plaques	147.30
Directors Outing Green & Hotel Fees	14,419.14
Stipends for Directors not attending Outing*	1,000.00
Credit Card Fees for June	809.98
Website Costs	3,022.27
Total June Expenses	42,180.32
Balance on June 30, 2026		25,681.74

Respectfully submitted,
Ken Rademacher, Treasurer


Notes
* The Club provides a $500 Annual Stipend to Directors. Some go on the "Outing" others take the money.
*Morongo Green Fees $800 deposit paid last year
* The Club added $250 Gross and Net awards to June Funky Nassau
* The Club added $150 to the Prize Fund in each Flight of the Club Championship

A busy July has just flown by with lots of events in the books, check out our great website for all your information!

Congrats to Aaron Debreceni for his Hole in One on hole #3 in the Red, White & Blue tournament. That cleans out the HIO fund so remember to include it your entry for your next home event... it can only be done online so don't forget!!

August will be a busy month with our schedule and also the Long Beach Open which starts August 5th with the Pro Am, good Luck Team ELDO Men's Club!! (Danny Martin, William Breytspaak, and Dave Rubin)

• Aug 1 - Flights Championships
• Aug 15 - Three Best Ball
• Aug 22 - Senior Club Championships

We currently have 26 players signed up for our Sr. Club Championship and we put a lot of rewards to those who place in this event so don’t be left out. Two players are selected to represent ELDO Men's Club @ SCGA tournament of Club Champions, we pay for both off our winners (Sr. must be 55 as that is SCGA minimum).

This is a good time to remind everyone when playing, especially at Eldo, to repair a ball mark or two on every green and fill a divot when you can. I do understand not everyone can do it but those who can should, it will help your golf karma.

Sign-Ups for the Sept 12th/13th Partner-Partner Tournament will open at the General Meeting on Tuesday, August 13th in the Big White Tent.

Play Well, Play Fast!

Brad

On Tuesday, July 14th, the monthly meeting of the El Dorado Park Men’s Golf Club was held under the infamous Big White Tent. Chef Bing and his team provided a dinner of chicken fajitas, beans, rice, salsa, tortillas, and cookies for dessert.

The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by President Brad Wilcox, who led the members in the Pledge of Allegiance. The meeting was attended by approximately 91 ruffians including past presidents, Don Marmion, Mike Montgomery, Walter Gordon and Life Member Bob Livingstone. New members Larry Markey and Stan Sundlie introduced themselves and seemed happy to be there, but give it a few meetings.

The previous month's Meeting Minutes and Treasurer's Report were approved exactly as published in the newsletter, proving once again that either they were flawless... or nobody actually read them.

Directors’ Reports:

Director and Handicap Chairman Vern Followell congratulated our very own President, Brad Wilcox for being the Most Improved Golfer for the 2nd quarter. If you’ve golfed with Brad, then you are just as confused as the rest of us. Vern also spoke about the upcoming slope and rating changes that will be effective in GHIN on July 20 and future tournament scorecards will reflect these changes, however, the scorecards in the pro shop will not be updated until they run out of the old scorecards.

President Brad Wilcox, serving double-duty as Entertainment Pro Tem, reminded members to sign-up for the July away tournament at Rio Hondo. Brad also mentioned that payment was open for the September Weekender and is due by August 15th because, unlike some golfers, hotels expect to get paid on time.

Director Bob Livingstone, covering for the noticeably absent Mark Ziegenhagen, reviewed the pre-meeting 9-hole contest results that had 10 competitors:
• 3rd Place: Cary Thomason, Steve Cook (Net ugly)
• 2nd Place: Mike Filbey (Net 35)
• 1st Place: Mark Schmillen (Net 34.5)
Bob also congratulated Jason Perz, June's Golfer of the Month, for firing an outstanding Net 60, and Scott Paul for shooting an impressive Gross 70.

Director Omar Diaz mentioned that he had 13 members trying to sink putts in the Count ‘Em All Putting Contest before the meeting which resulted in:
• 3rd place (17 putts): Mickey Miller, Chris Mandich, Terry Sprague
• 2nd Place (16 putts): Scott Chamberlain, Robert Lopez, and Brian Dauk
• 1st Place (15 putts): Todd Thiel (surprise!) and Bret Holloway
Omar also commented that the Flight Championships are now open for payments.

Special Events Chairman Rich Koskela wasn’t present. Nobody noticed.

Vice President-Tournament Chairman-Webmaster-Life Member-Mark Miller (his business card folds out like a road map) reported that the Funky Nassau Tournament was a success, highlighted by Jason Perz's remarkable Net 60. He also gave an honorable mention to Stan Faris who shot an impressive 65 partially due to making 11 one putts! Lastly, Mark announced that 172 players were signed up for the upcoming Red, White & Blue Tournament.

Communications Director Mike Montgomery announced the winners of the Long Beach Open Pro-Am raffle: Danny Martin, William Breytspaak, and Dave Rubin, who will probably have to give the pros a few tips. Congratulations to all three lucky winners, who'll be teeing it up with the pros in August.

There was no New Business.

There was no Old Business.

The $50 drawing winner was John Suttie.

The meeting adjourned at 7:27 pm.

Cary Thomason
Secretary / Membership Chairman
July membership is 474

With August upon us that brings us to The Flights Championship with 1st round matches to be played and finished by August 31st. We have a majority of the matches set up already but please reach out to your opponent to get your 1st round matches set up. I do have some tee times set up on Saturday & Sunday during the month. I have openings for Sun 8/16 Saturday 8/29 & Sunday 8/30. I also have some limited spots for the weekend of 8/22 & 8/23 after the Senior Club Championship; I may get an extra time depending on how many players we have the Senior CC.

Players League will start at the end of August with our 1st match on Sunday 8/30 at Lakewood. I will send out emails to the low guys to get 8 players to make up the El Dorado team to face Lakewood Skylinks & Rec Park this year.

For the Putting contest before the meeting on Tuesday 8/11 will be Aces only $5 per 9-hole attempt.
As always, the club will add $50 to build up the pot.

Stay cool this month
Omar Diaz

Hello Members,

Summer is flying by… July was a hot month and so were some of the scores. We had 6 cards turned in but had to toss two cards because they were scores from the July Red, White and Blue. Unfortunately we can take scores from this because of the format. Our net winner has been trying to win for the last 7 months and he has finally cashed his ticket. Henry de Graaff only went out and shot a smooth 88 with his smooth 26 handicap from the combo tees, which is NET 62. Wow! Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! He also came in second with net 66. Honorable Mention to Wally Gordon 66 and Sheldon Drantch 68. Speaking of Wally Gordon he also entered for Gross (yes you can do both) and he was the only eligible card. Wally shot 74 from the white tees. Also nice rounds from Alex Gonzalez Gross 68 and Shaun Ferguson net 66 from Red, White and Blue Tourney but sorry Charlie…. Not eligible

We are still playing 9 hole before meeting on Tuesday. Bring $5, play with a member, sign card, Combo Tees, 1/2 of current handicap loser in group buys beers! Remember Flights matches not eligible for GOM also. Good Luck to all participants and August tournament.

See you at the coarse,
Ziggy

Congratulations to Aaron Debreceni!! Aaron made his 1st career Hole in One (HIO) on the 3rd hole during the Red, White and Blue tournament. Aaron used his 9-iron to dunk the 139 yard par three into the cup. Since Aaron cleaned out the HIO Fund, everyone will need to sign up for the HIO fund the next time you sign up for a tournament (on-line).

Hi guys hopefully everyone is doing well.

I am running the Senior Club Championship, August 22nd and 23rd, looking for a better turn out than we had for the Club Championship.

I would like to thank all the directors for all there help with the Club Championship, setting tees ,scoring , getting everyone teeing off on time.

As far as the Senior CC, there is still room for more players so don't forget to signup if you want to play. Please remember that you must be 50 or older by 8/22 and have three rounds played in Eldo Men's Club events in the last 12 months. There will be three flights; Gross plus A & B Net Flights. The Net flights will be determined by the number of players signed up for Net flights and group pairings will be based on handicaps.

I would also like to remind you that Gross winner will go on to play in the SCGA tournament, with the Club paying your entry fee. The winners of the A & B flight will go on to a playoff with the winners of the A & B Flight Club Champions. The winners of the playoff will go on to the SCGA tournament and the Club will pay for their entry fee.

Get signed up!!

Terry

America’s 250th birthday was celebrated with our Red, White & Blue tournament with patriotic fashion in vogue for many of the 171 players. The modified white tee course was ripe for the taking as the field shot over a stroke better on average. Aaron D. aced the 3rd hole! Alex G. (68) and Robert L. (69) were the Best in Gross. On the Net front, Danny M. and John H. topped the field with 65.

The All-Stud team of Mike P., Robert L., Mickey M. and Sonny N. won low Gross with 7 under. The A Flight Net competition was ruled by Gerry W., Matt S., Scott B. and Pablo R. by 3 with a gaudy -16. Alex’s 68 was put to good use by his teammates Rick E., Greg G., and Robert G. to win the B Flight at 11 under. Leading the field with -17 was the C Flight awe-some of Scott C., John H., Doug B., and Jojo. Most impressive was our president’s trio of Brad with Tony G. and Eric M. who shot -8 with only 3 ponies.

The August 3 Best Ball tournament is up next on the 15th. Sign-ups are still open for late entries. Don’t forget to check the Hole-in-One Club in your entry before paying for the event as no cash will be accepted.

Sign-ups will open for the September 12-13 Partner-Partner at the next Meeting on August 11. Attendance will NOT be taken as the Partner is a first come, first server affair. The Partner is a two-day tournament with a different format each 9. You may sign-up even if you do not have a Partner as a fine stable of ringers is usually available for pairing.

The most important shot is the next one,
MMM

The July Red, White & Blue tournament was completed, and the Special Events (SE) big winner was Danny Martín with 200 points, followed by Dewayne Kirksey, Richy Gilmore and Greg Marks with 155 points each. Good shots gentlemen! A total of 40 golfers scored points in the July SEs.

Just a reminder, all winnings must be picked up 90 days after the tournament. Example is April winnings were removed after July and May winnings will be removed at the end of August and donated to the Christmas raffle. Also, if you would like someone else to pick up your winnings, just send me an email/text to let me know. Thanks

SEs for August 2025 Three Best Ball tournament are:
- Gross Skins $10,
- CTP Hole 9 $5 and
- Middle Six (net par or better on holes 7,8,9,10.11.12) $5.
- The club also funds low gross and low net prizes that pay two places each.

See you at the Blue Box.
Rich

Rio Hondo is in the books with a great 3 Best Ball Sunday tournament that had some very low team and individual scores. I had the pleasure of joining Eric Lishka, Michael Appy & Alex Polanco, a great group and we got to witness the “Lishka Magic”! Eric just played his game... down the middle, chip on, and 1 putt from 20 feet (low net 66). Eric did everything he could to get the team in the cash put we came up just short, great game Eric!

Sanossian + Schilling+ Cox + Ewaskey - 195 (-18)
Uribe + Perz + Shugarts + Kroner - 199 (-14)

See our great website for all the scores & winners.

Up next is the Pala Mesa weekender at the end of September, we are currently full with a waiting list of 6 players on standby.

Come out and join us it’s always a good time and nice to play other courses you might not otherwise get to play!

Play Well, Play Fast!

Brad

As others mentioned, July was a busy month for events which caused a Handicap Chairman brain cramp. The Rio Hondo away event immediately followed the R/W/B, which was a new twist, and I didn't get adjusted handicaps from that event into the system prior to Rio Hondo. So... there were a few participants that should've played to slightly lower HI's. However, there won't be any THI adjustments from Rio since there was less than 60 players and it will still count as an event played to satisfy earlier adjustments.

Back to the R/W/B... we tallied the highest number of adjusted players (24) in any event so far. And this is on the heels of the Nassau that had (20) adjustments. Even our last Thursday game had 16 of 24 players shoot net 73 or better. Add the recent flurry of "exceptional scores" into the mix and it makes one wonder what's going on?

In general, handicaps do trend downward over the summer with better conditions and certainly more practice and play for some. The fairways get firmer and faster adding a little more distance which helps. But the dryer, faster conditions typically impact the greens as well, with periods where green speeds and firmness become more challenging. I just don't think we've seen those evolving green conditions this year - which apparently leads to better overall scoring and more frequent low individual round potential. Small, firm and fast greens are this course's best defense - that's my theory at least...

Flight match posting reminder: You should be posting using the hole-by-hole method in Ghin. When matches end early, only enter scores for the holes that were contested. If you end at 16, leave 17 and 18 blank. Ghin will assign "expected" scores for a valid ending differential. You can certainly play on in, but shouldn't entering those hole scores as part of the match. Good luck! V

Hello El Dorado Park Men’s Club Members,

First off and not that anyone gives two hoots, sorry for not submitting a newsletter in July. I took a break, so sue me.

Now on to August and the start of the Flights Play Championship Matches. In my view Match Play is the most satisfying form of play. It’s you against your opponent, not the whole field, you always know where you stand and if you have a blowup hole, it’s not the end of the world because you only lose that single hole. However, some of the rules in Match Play are quite a bit different than in Stroke Play.

Following are some of those rules you should school yourself on for a successful run in Match Play.

Under Rule 3.2d
• If the player knows or believes that the opponent has breached a Rule that has a penalty, the player may choose whether or not to act on the breach.
• But know this; players cannot agree to waive any Rules of Golf prior to the start of a match and if they do both players are disqualified.
Under Rule 6.4a (Match Play)
Order of play. covers the order of play throughout a hole. The order of play from the teeing area depends on who has the honor, and after that is based on which ball is farthest from the hole.
• In match play, the order of play is fundamental; if a player plays out of turn, the opponent may cancel that stroke and make the player play again.
This means ready golf is out the window, however you can ask your opponent each time if it’s ok to play out of turn. But again, you cannot agree to play ready golf or to waive any rules before your match or both players would be disqualified.
Under Rule 6.1b Ball Must be Played from Inside The Teeing Area
A player must start each hole by playing a ball from anywhere inside the teeing area
If a player who is starting a hole plays a ball from outside the teeing area (including from a wrong set of tee markers for a different teeing location on the same hole or a different hole)
(1) Match Play. There is no penalty, but the opponent may cancel the stroke:
• This must be done promptly and before either player makes another stroke. When the opponent cancels the stroke, they cannot withdraw the cancellation.
• If the opponent cancels the stroke, the player must play a ball from inside the teeing area and it is still their turn to play.
• If the opponent does not cancel the stroke, the stroke counts and the ball is in play and must be played as it lies.
Under Rule 5.2 Practicing on Course Before or Between Rounds.
• Unlike Stroke Play in Match Play players are allowed to practice on the course before or between rounds. Example if you had an afternoon match scheduled, you could play a morning round to check out the course.
There is so much easily obtainable information on the internet regarding the Rules of Golf that will help you in having success on the course. I hope you take some time to explore them.

Play it as it lies, The Rules are your friend.
Cliff Aichele

Treasurer's Report - July 31, 2026

Balance June 30, 2026		25,681.74
Income
Interest		0.44
Memberships		2,670.00
Red-White-Blue Cash/checks		1,370.50
RWB, CC Entries - Incl Sp Events		15,875.75
Rio Hondo CC, Check Entries		5,455.00
LB Pro Am Entry Raffle		635.00
Hole in One		35.00
Total July Income		26,041.69
Expenses
BOD Meeting	80.00
Putting and 9-Hole Subsidy	100.00
Member Drawing - J. Suttie	50.00
Q2 Most Improved - B. Wilcox	50.00
R-W-B Green Fees	9,113.75
R-W-B Special Events	2,785.00
R-W-B Scrip	4,620.00
R-W-B Low Gross and Low Net	250.00
R-W-B Refunds	265.00
Rio Hondo Green Fees (-300 Deposit 2025)	3,252.00
Rio Hondo Prize Fund/SE	2,151.00
Rio Hondo Refunds	115.00
Deposit for 2027 Directors Outing	2,000.00
Trophy's Club Championship	516.29
SCGA Players League Entry	400.00
Credit Card Fees	612.53
LB Open Pro Am Entry	1,060.00
Hdcp Sheets/Laminate	31.96
Total July Expenses	27,452.53
Balance on July 31, 2026		24,270.90

Respectfully submitted,
Ken Rademacher, Treasurer

Well summer is in full swing at Eldo, with our busy schedule we competed in our 3 Best Ball tournament that is always a lot of fun. Senior Club Champions have been named for 2026. Congratulations to Dave Rubin, Greg Marks & Jason Perz, well done gentlemen. Not to be left out, the Flights Championships are in full swing with most of the first-round matches completed. Pro shop management needs a big “thank you” from all of us that compete in this very busy month, it can be very challenging to schedule these events and keep all customers happy.

September will be just as busy for the Club with our Partner-Partner (2-day tournament) that is ALWAYS fun, it can also challenge the best of friendships. Followed by our Weekender that starts at Redhawk then moves to Pala Mesa to complete our Away trip schedule for 2026.

It’s that time of year daylight is a little shorter each day so grass growth is shortened, repairing divots with sand helps heal divots faster. Ball marks on greens can always use our help, it only takes a minute so take the time when you can. I do understand not everyone can do it but those who can should, it will help your golf karma.

On Meeting night Tuesday, September 8th, make sure to check your name as present for October Orange Ball priority tee time drawing, you don’t want to miss this tournament.

Play Well, Play Fast! Play Poorly, Play FASTER!

Brad

On Tuesday, August 11th, the monthly meeting of the El Dorado Park Men’s Golf Club was held under the infamous Big White Tent, where 92 brave souls gathered to eat, drink, discuss golf, and pretend they understood the handicap system.

Chef di cucina Bing and his culinary commandos served up chicken parmigiana, pasta, red sauce, salad, rolls, and cookies for dessert.

The meeting was called to order at 7:15 pm by President Brad Wilcox, who led the members in the Pledge of Allegiance. In attendance were approximately 92 members, including past presidents Richard Scoville, Terry Fulford, Nick Zamora, Tom Retterath, Clifford Aichele, Walter Gordon, and Life Member Bob “Couldn’t Be Happier If I Tried” Livingstone.

The previous month’s Meeting Minutes and Treasurer’s Report were approved exactly as published, proving that at least two people in the club actually read the newsletter.

Directors’ Reports

Director Bob Livingstone, filling in for the absent Mark Ziegenhagen, reviewed the results of the pre-meeting 9-hole contest, which attracted 14 competitors. Apparently, the other 455 members had something better to do—or knew better.
• 4th Place: Steve Cook — Net 34.5
• 3rd Place: Henry “How Many Double Pops Do I Get?” DeGraaff — Net 36
• 2nd Place: Nick Zamora — Net 34
• 1st Place: Mark Schmillen — Net 29.5. Again.
At this point, we may need to check Mark’s golf bag for illegal equipment, performance-enhancing snacks, or perhaps just a really good excuse for why his handicap is still allowed to exist.

Bob also congratulated the July Golfers of the Month: Jayson Huett, who fired an impressive gross 67, and Henry DeGraaff, who posted a net 62. Congratulations, gentlemen.

Special Events Chairman Rich Koskela, who was present and therefore apparently deserving of special recognition, congratulated the 40 golfers who scored points in the Red, White, and Blue Special Events.
Leading the charge was Danny Martín with 200 points, followed by Dewayne Kirksey, Rich Gilmore, and Greg Marks, all tied with 155 points.

Forty golfers scored points. The other 133 players apparently participated in the “Special Event of Watching Other People Win.”

Director and Handicap Chairman Vern Followell announced that 24 lucky members received handicap adjustments after posting scores that were apparently much better than their handicaps suggested at the Red, White, and Blue tournament.

Vern also explained that the Rio Hondo away trip should have utilized the assigned THIs but didn’t. Nevertheless, the tournament will count as an event played toward the required three tournaments.

President Brad Wilcox, pulling double duty as Entertainment Pro Tem, congratulated several teams and individuals for their exceptional scoring at the Rio Hondo away tournament.
• 1st Place: Gregory Sanossian, Joey Schilling, Jim Cox, Richard Ewaskey — 195 (-18)
• 2nd Place: Leo Uribe, Jason Perz, Daniel Shugarts, Drew Kroner — 199 (-14)
• Low Winners: Eric “Rayyyderrrs” Lishka (Net), and Bret Holloway (Gross)

Brad also reminded everyone that the Red Hawk away tournament is open for sign-ups and counts toward the coveted Lil’ Brown Jug award. Because nothing says prestige quite like winning a trophy with “Lil’ Brown Jug” on it.

Director Omar Diaz reported that 18 members took their chances in the Aces Only Putting Contest before the meeting. Some apparently came prepared. Others apparently came to donate.
• 1st Place — 4 Aces: Scott Chamberlain and Tim Mincarelli
• 2nd Place — 3 Aces: Mark Miller, Todd Thiel, Eric Lishka, Henry DeGraaf, Brian Dauk, and Lester Cruz
• 3rd Place — 2 Aces: Mickey Miller, Brad Wilcox, Greg Eggplant, Tyler Marmion, and Charles Barker

Omar also announced that the Flight Championships are off and running, which means there are now even more opportunities for members to discover that their golf game is not nearly as good as they thought it was.

Vice President, Tournament Chairman, Webmaster, Life Member, and Apparently Man-With-The-Most-Titles Mark Miller reviewed some of the highlights from the Red, White & Blue Tournament. First, Aaron Debreceni aced #3, which depleted the hole-in-one fund. Congratulations, Aaron! And to everyone else: don’t forget to re-enter, because apparently the fund wasn't meant to survive the summer.
Tournament winners were:
• A Flight — Gross: Michael Petersen, Robert Lopez, Mickey Miller, Sonny Nimkhum — 142
• A Flight — Net: Gerry Wachovsky, Matthew Smith, Scott Baldwin, Pablo Rubio — 133
• B Flight — Net: Rick Evans, Alex Gonzales, Greg Puga, Robert Griggs — 138
• C Flight — Net: Scott Creed, John Hamilton, Douglas Balfour, Robert Jojo-la — 132
• 3 Musketeers Flight — Net: Brad Wilcox, Eric Miller, Tony Glorioso — 141

Mark also reminded everyone that both partners must enter the Sweeps for the Partner-Partner Tournament. “I thought my partner entered us” is not an acceptable tournament strategy.

There was no New Business

There was no Old Business.

The $50 drawing winner was Bob Schwing.

For once, nobody had a problem to solve, a rule to debate, or a story that began with, “Well, back in ’87…”. Thus, the meeting was mercifully adjourned at 7:41 pm.

Cary Thomason
Secretary / Membership Chairman
August Membership: 469

The Flights Championship has reached the 2nd Round for September. I still will have Tee time on Saturday & Sunday the course is open for play. Check with your opponent to set your match up.

Player's League is also now going on with Lakewood, Skylinks, & Rec Park. I will be reaching out to all you low guys so look for my email for our match at El Dorado on September 20th.

For the putting contest we will keep it simple and try to stay out of the heat. We will be doing Aces only for $5 per 9-hole attempt and the Club will be added $50 to build the pot.

Omar

Hello Friends!

Another month in the books and August was smoking hot. Partner-Partner is coming so lets hope for some Fall like weather!

August was a slow month of cards as we had two GROSS and three NET cards turned for GOM. Dave Rubin continues to impress us all with a Gross 69 turned in for August. He looks to defend his title for the Golfer of the Year early next year. Andrew Cochrane was close carding a gross 70. Congrats Dave!

For the NET flight, it came down to two golfers both carding NET 68’s but by tie breaker, Eric Lishka wins over Mark Miller. Both stellar rounds but Eric played the COMBO tees while Mark played the WHITE tees. The longer tees was a harder score and that made the difference. They just about tied in every USGA category, but you know what they say…. It’s better to be long than short. Now Eric hopes the RAIDERS can win more than 3 games this year! Nice try Mark….

Honorable mention to Taylor Cameron with NET 70. Please turn your cards in for September. Look forward to seeing some good scores in the Partner-Partner. Remember Flight matches not eligible for GOM.

We are still playing 9 hole before meeting on Tuesday. We have September and October left to play until daylight saving kicks in this year. Bring $5, play with a member, sign card, Combo Tees, 1/2 of current handicap loser in group buys beers! Turn cards in signed and all added up. Good Luck to all participants in Partner-Partner.

Cheers!
Ziggy

August is in the books and we had some HOT weather for are Senior Club Championship. Thank you to all of our participants in the Senior CC, and I would like to congratulate our winners:

Championship Flight- Dave Rubin, Dave won a playoff with Jeff Thomas on the 1st playoff hole
A Flight net- Greg Marks, Greg won a playoff with Charles Barker on 2nd playoff hole
B Flight net- Jason Perz

Also for the flight winners of the CC and SCC I will be sending an email out to have the playoff between the A and B flight winners.

ELECTIONS ARE COMING UP!

As a reminder, at the September meeting, I will be announcing the members who have expressed interest in running for one of the elected positions on our Board of Directors (President, VP-Tournament Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and two At-Large Director positions). If you have interest in this please reach out to me, or any Director you know personally, with any questions about expectations or time commitment or simply to express your interest.

At the October meeting, we will have an opportunity for anyone who decides they are interested between now and then, to be nominated for the election. There are also up to 6 appointed positions that may interest you, and we are always looking for people to help run the Club.

Thanks for your interest!

Terry Fulford
Nominating Committee Chairman

The Three Best Ball tournament was contested among 160 members on a perfect summer’s day. With firm fairways and receptive greens, scoring was expected to be good. The field did not disappoint with the average score among the best of the year.

Bret H. posted a fine 73 followed by Tony C.’s 74. Bill C. and Jason P. led the field with a 66 (75) and 66 (80), respectively.

In the team competitions, Jason P. and Tony C. led their team with Steve C. and Robert A. to grab low gross honors. In the A Flight, David R., Bryan M., Dennis C., and Michael D. ruled by 7 strokes. Director Cliff and his band of merryman (Rich G., Steve G., and Dwight S.) won the B Flight by one. The C Flight was dominated by perennial cashers Steve C., Eric L., Scott D., and Henry D.

Coming up this month is the Partner-Partner tournament, a unique 2-day affair where the format changes every 9 holes. Sign up by the 5th, with or without a partner.

Attendance will be taken on Meeting Night, Tuesday, September 8 for the October 17 – Dreaded Orange Ball. Be sure to register your attendance by 7:00pm to be entered in the priority tee time lottery.

The most important shot is the next one,
MMM

The August 3 Best Ball tournament was completed, and the Special Events (SE) big winner was Jason Perz with 230 points, followed by Corey (Mr. Happy) Smith with 140 points. A total of 35 golfers scored points in the August SEs.

A couple of interesting things occurred during the tournament. The first is that there were no C flight CTP winners. Not one of the 41 C flight players who entered the event hit the green on Hole 9. Thus, the prize money will be carried over to the October tournament.

The second interesting occurrence was that a B flight player hit his shot within 6 feet of the pin on Hole 9. However, this player forgot to enter the special event. Thus, he didn’t win the $90 prize. Remember that you have to enter to win!

SEs for September 2025 Partner/Partner tournament are:
- Saturday/Sunday Sweeps $20
- Saturday CTP #s 3, 9, & 12 $5 each
- Sunday Gross Skins $10,
- Sunday Bookends (net par or better on holes 1,9,10,18) $5
- Sunday Net 69 or better $5.

Just a reminder, all winnings must be picked up 90 days after the tournament. Example is May winnings were removed after August and June winnings will be removed at the end of September and are donated to the Christmas raffle. Also, if you would like someone else to pick up your winnings, just send me an email/text to let me know.

See you at the Blue Box.

Rich

The 2026 away season is coming to an exciting finish with three rounds (Redhawk + 2 at Pala Mesa) to complete the Little Brown Jug race. It's a tight leader board for the top three spots:

Bret Holloway @ 297 (4 round total net)
Randall Kervin @ 302
Cary Thomason @ 303

Remember, it's your best 4 rounds from all the away trips in 2026!

Play Well, Play Fast! Play Poorly, Play FASTER!

Brad

The 3 Best Ball is in the books - our first full field event using both the new course rating and playing from the updated Blue/White combo tees. I'll review the scoring vs stroke allocations below, but first the THS results.

The field average came in bit lower with a 3.0 median differential which usually results in less adjusted players by raising the bar for low rounds. Fifteen met the adjustment threshold with two more extended for violating their probation. No exceptional rounds this month but a few guys exceeded their index by 5+ strokes - nice rounds.

The hole-by-hole scoring averages for this event were mostly in line with what we expected and intended. The conditions were fairly typical but from just a single event some holes could surely be impacted by easier or harder pin positions.

The hardest holes on each nine in order - #1, #8 and #9 on the front; #13, #15 and #11 on the back. #9 is the outlier here but was within .03 of #2, #5 and #6. Side note - looks like some of us need to hit more balls before we tackle #1...

For a totally unscientific look at lower vs higher handicapper scoring, I compared par or better scoring vs bogey and worse scoring. On where you'd expect more impact from the lower group these were the lowest percentages of par or better, in order - front side #8, #1, #5, back side #13, #15, #11 - very close to the new stroke allocations.

And when calculated using the highest percentages of scores bogey and worse, in order - front side #8, #1, #6, back side #13, #15, #11 - surprisingly matching the new allocations.

So that's the data, relieved it's not totally out of whack since it'll take 10 years to change. I'm hoping we're all still around when AI takes a crack at it... V

Hello El Dorado Men’s Golf Club Membership,

I’m going to touch on a few more basics of Match Play again this month. Sorry if I bore you but it’s match play time of year and maybe we have some new members playing in the Flights Championship for the first time.
Like always, here are a few basics to get you started.

How does a player win a hole? A Player wins a hole when:
• The player completes a hole in fewer strokes than his opponent.
• The opponent concedes the hole, or the opponent gets the general penalty (loss of hole)
The hole is tied also known as halved, when:
• The player and opponent complete the hole in the same number of strokes.
• The player and opponent agree to treat the hole as tied, but this can only happen after one of the players has made a stroke to begin the hole>

Conceding next stroke:
• This is allowed any time before the opponent’s next stroke is made. The opponent then completed the hole with a score that includes that conceded stroke and the ball may be removed by anyone.
• Concession should be communicated verbally or by an action that clearly shows the players intent to concede the stroke, the hole or match. In other words, speak-up and avoid misunderstandings.
• If there is an obvious misunderstanding that a concession was made and the player lifts their ball. The ball should be replaced in its original spot (if not known must be estimated)

Telling opponent number of strokes taken:
• When asked or when volunteering the number of strokes taken during play of a hole or when a hole is completed. The player must give the correct number of strokes taken including penalty strokes.
• If the player fails to give correct number of strokes or fails to respond when requested by the opponent. And If the player fails to correct this in time, The player would receive the general penalty (loss of hole)

Winning a match. A player wins a match when:
• The player leads the opponent by more holes than remain to be played.
• The opponent concedes the match or is disqualified.

What should I do when I don’t know how to proceed with a rules violation or ruling in match play?
• You may seek a ruling from the committee, decide by agreement with your opponent or proceed how you think is right. If your opponent disagrees, they may make a request from the committee for a ruling. Be sure to announce your intentions to your opponent before proceeding. Note: unlike stroke play in match play you are not allowed to play a second ball if you are unsure of a rule. Do not delay play!

I have only touched the surface here and am kind of all over the place. So, keep studying the rules when you have a chance. It will only serve to make you a more complete player.

Play it as it lies, The Rules are your friend.
Cliff Aichele

Treasurer's Report - August 31, 2026

Balance July 31, 2026		24,270.90
Income
Memberships		2,434.00
Hole-In-One Insurance		540.00
Ccard Entries 3BB		15,044.00
CCard Entries - Sr CC		6,600.00
Sr Club Champ Cash/Check Entries		857.50
3 Best Ball Cash/Check Entries		1,269.25
Interest		0.51
Total August Income		26,745.26
Expenses
3BB Green Fees	8,366.25
3BB Scrip	4,130.00
3BB Special Events	2,585.00
3BB Gross/Net added by Club	250.00
3BB Refunds	196.75
Sr Club Champ Green Fees	4,210.75
Sr Club Champ Prize Fund	2,485.00
July Credit Card Transaction Fees	809.17
9-hole & Putting Subsidy	100.00
Meeting Drawing - B. Schwing	50.00
Board Meeting	100.00
Pencils Eldo Logo	442.67
HIO 3BB A Debrecinni	1,305.00
GOM Trophies	98.20
Total August Expenses	25,128.79
Balance on August 31, 2026		25,887.37

Respectfully submitted,
Ken Rademacher, Treasurer

Notes
- The Club added $250 to the 3BB for Gross & Net and $100 to each Flight in the Senior Championship