President's Corner
Happy New Year! Here we are, already in 2024 and ready to start the year off with lots of great golf. I am looking forward to a great year and hope we can improve on all the efforts of our past presidents and Board members. Please welcome our new board members for 2024:
President - Wally Gordon
Past President - Terry Fulford
Vice President and Tournament Chairman - Brad Wilcox
Secretary - Cary Thomason
Treasurer- Bob Livingstone
Assistant to Tournament Chairman and Special Projects - Doug Balfour
Special Events - Ken Rademacher
Handicap - Vern Followell
Rules - Cliff Aichele
Communications - Mike Montgomery
Entertainment- Mike Petersen
Director at Large - Omar Diaz
Director at Large (2) - Mark Ziegenhagen
I know we will have another great year in 2024….. see you all on the course!
Hit ‘em long and hit ‘em straight!!
Meeting Minutes
On Tuesday, December 12, 2023, the monthly meeting of the El Dorado Park Men’s Golf Club was held in the Big White Tent. Chef Bing presented us with a tasty “stick-to-your-ribs” dinner with turkey, ham, stuffing, mashed potatoes, rolls, gravy, salad, and cookies for dessert.
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by President Don Didier who led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. There were approximately 135 members in attendance including Past Presidents Terry Fulford, Cliff Aichele, Don Marmion, Nick Zamora, Mike Montgomery, Richard Scoville, and Tom McCutcheon. Lifetime member, Bob Livingstone, was noticeably absent, hence the very short meeting. New members Darren Taylor, Jorge Correa, and Tom Hardesty each gave a brief Bio and then were given the New Member spiel by Past President Fulford.
The previous month’s Meeting Minutes and Treasurer’s Report were approved.
Directors’ Reports were as follow:
President Didier reminded those that are interested in the derbies, scheduled to take place following the Christmas Tourney, to please see Mark Ziegenhagen and Brian Gonzales.
Director Mike Montgomery announced that tickets were still available for the drawing. (Lots of great prizes were won after the meeting and it was noted that Rich Boyker was skunked…again).
Director Cliff Aichele informed us that the combination Weekender/Director’s Outing will be held March 1-3 next year at San Vicente Golf Resort and he is finalizing pricing as well as Friday practice round availability with the course management.
Handicap Chairman Wally Gordon noted that posting will be done for the members for the Christmas Tournament.
Entertainment Director Mike Petersen announced that the January away tournament at Recreation Park 18 is filling up quickly. 47 members have signed up for a total of 80 spots.
Director Omar Diaz announced the winners in the Flights/Match Play Championship:
President's Flight - Favian Cheong; Secretary's Flight - Michael Wilson; Treasurer's Flight - John Wong; Vice President's Flight - Pablo Rubio; Director's Flight - Thomas Nasuti. Great turnout with 80 participants and congratulations to all!
Director Mark Ziegenhagen, announced the November Golfer of the Month Awards. Patrick Tom received an “atta boy” with a gross 68, however, he won last month and cannot win again (sorry Patrick). Mike Miller wins net GOM with a nice 65. In case you don’t know Mike, he’s the guy with “sand coming out of his golf bag”. Check-in is from 6:15-6:45 for the upcoming Christmas Tourney.
Vice President/Tournament Chairman Brad Wilcox mentioned that the course was in great shape for the Super’s Revenge. Kudos to Marc Lilleberg!
New Business: There was no New Business.
Old Business: There was no Old Business.
The $50 Drawing winner was Ken Rademacher.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:23 which is believed to be a new all-time record! Way to go Don!
A huge thank you to Rob Kuehn and his dedication to the club as Secretary for 15+ years! Also, to exiting president, Don Didier who served on the Board for the last 5 years. You both will be missed greatly.
Cary Thomason
Secretary/Membership Director
December membership is 525
Director Report
Welcome to 2024!! Another exciting year of Golf at El Dorado to come in 2024. Starting with Saturday Team Play, with our first match is on Jan. 13th. We are in a group with Costa Mesa, Los Verdes & Recreation Park.
Beginning in March the Putting contest & 9-hole before the General Meeting will be going again. Look for more details in the months to come. The Flights Championship will begin in August with signups to start in July.
Looking forward to a great year golf for El Dorado.
All the best.
Omar Diaz
Director Report 2
Mark Ziegenhagen Director 2
Hello 2024! The year has come to an end and apparently so have my Golfers of the Month. We had ZERO cards turned in for December. This month brought us a little rain and scared off some scores. Congrats to all of our 2023 WINNERS! Here are your winners from last year:
2023 Golfers of the Month - (Golfer of Year Tournament will be end of March or beginning of April.)
GROSS/ NET
January- Taylor Cameron 73/ Neal Janssen 72
February- Beau Wesson 71/ Terry Fulford 70
March- John Hasselman 69/ Sheldon Drantch 68
April- Tim Heffern 69/ Daniel Kletke 69
May- Erick Simmons 68/ Bret Holloway 66
June- (No Winner)/ Tom Retterath 67
July- Vern Followell 70/ Randall Kervin 67
August- Scott Paul 69/ Richard Koskela 65
Sept- David Rubin 71/ Jeff DeGraaff 66
October- Patrick Tom 67/ Steve Brand 65
Nov- (No Winner)/ Michael Miller 65
Dec- (No Winner)/ (No Winner)
December Tournament was awesome. Great job by Brad and other Board members for a great day! Thank you to all that participated in the Horse Derby afterwards. We had 30 players (15 Teams) that started on Hole 1. We eliminated 3 teams per hole. We played holes 1,2,15,16 and final hole on 17. Congrats to our top three teams!
Scott Baldwin/Tony Rodriguez - 600 Candy Canes
Ron Maden/John Suttie - 400 Gingerbread Men
Ed Taguchi/Jeff DeGraaff - 200 Hershey Kisses
Thank you Don Didier for serving as president and let’s welcome new Board Members as well!
Here is to a better year and better golf scores!
Ziggy
Special Assignments
Douglas Balfour Special Assignments
I hope everyone had safe and happy holidays with family and loved ones. I’m looking forward to 2024 being a great year with lots of great golf ahead.
The Christmas tournament was a blast and the weather was fantastic for us to enjoy the course for the entire day. We have the Scramble coming up this month which should be entertaining as usual. Also don’t forget the Rec away tournament at the end of the month.
This year besides running the Club & Senior Club Championships, I'm looking forward to assisting Brad Wilcox (VP & Tournament Chairman) with all that’s involved in running our tournaments and helping them run as smooth as possible. See you at the next meeting and play well out there.
Doug Balfour