2016 Newsletters

HAPPY NEW YEAR, GENTLEMEN

Let there be peace in the world and to all a good drive. I hope the holidays where good to you and yours and Santa gave you everything you asked for.

With that lets get this 2016 party started. We have 2 tournaments scheduled in January; the first is on January 17, Sunday. If you haven't already signed up you can contact our new V.P., and tournament director Cliff Aichele. He is very organized and has all the information to sign you up. The other tournament is at Recreation Park on January 31, also on a Sunday. The leader of the away trips this year is the infamous Dennis Tramer. He has done everything for this club, and has done this job with Jim Ridenour the last couple years, so you are in very good hands. Contact him and he will take care of you.

Team play starts this month. We have a Thursday team captained by Mike Moriatis and a Saturday team lead by Noah Busch. Good luck teams play hard and represent Eldo proudly. Bring us back the Championship.

I am very proud to be the President of this fine Golf Club and look forward to leading the troops the next 2 years. With the help of my 12 Directors, including first year director, Omar Diaz, we are here to continue to make this the best club in the area and the most fun. Welcome to 2016.

The final home tournament of 2015, Christmas at El Dorado, was played on Dec.12. It started a little cold but finished in beautiful sunshine. We rented the course for the whole day and had every hole covered with players and then some. We had 180 players and everyone was on their best behavior and we all finished before dark.

The results show, in Flight 1, the gross winner was Team Followell at 142. The net winner was the Hasselman gang at 133. The flight 2 gross winner was Team Holloway at 156. The net winner was Team Leininger again at 137. Flight 3 gross winner, a big surprise, was Team Kuehn at 167. Net winner was no surprise, the Bartley gang at 133. There were 8 players who were net 70 or under and Greg Ramsey was the lowest at 66. Good job Greg. All the results are posted and you can see how close you came to cashing.

Finally, I want to personally thank the entire Men's Club for all their love and support the last 2 years and I hope you give Cliff the same respect in the next 2 years of his reign as Tournament Director.

Peace and Love,
Nick Zamora

DECEMBER 2015 MEETING MINUTES

The monthly meeting of the El Dorado Park Mens Golf Club was held on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 in the Big White Tent. The pre-meeting dinner included sausages and buns, boneless pork chops, cole slaw, au gratin potatoes, green salad, desert and a drink, all for $7. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by President Terry Fulford, who led the Pledge of Allegiance. There were approximately 145 members in attendance (the most all year), including Past Presidents Jerry Leininger, Don Marmion, Steve Shure, Tom Retterath, Dennis Tramer, Richard Scoville, Tom Conlisk and (Life Member) Bob Livingstone. There was one new member present: Paul Wilson.

The previous months Minutes and Treasurer's Report were approved.

Directors Reports were as follow:

Special Events Director Matt Huntington announced the events for this months tournament. The four events are Skins, Honeypot (net 70 or better), closest to the pin on #3, and second shot closest to the pin (or just on the green for C Flight) on #14. Matty noted the Corey Smith was The Big Winner of side pot money in November, the only one with net par or better on those nine specified holes. Mrs. Smith was equally thrilled.

Entertainment Director Dennis Tramer discussed upcoming away trips, with the January trip set for Rec Park. The Weekender has been rescheduled for October 30 through November 2 at Singing Hills (Sycuan Resort).

Director Mike Vaughn announced, and awarded plaques, for the winners and runner-ups in the Flights Match Play Championship. Pictures of the winners are presented on the ElDo Website. The Quad Club is scheduled for April at Rec Park.

Director Cliff Aichele announced the November Golfer of the Month winners Vern Followell with a gross 70 and Corey Smith with a net 65.

Handicap Chairman/SCGA Representative Jerry Leininger noted that beginning in 2016 SCGA will rebate a portion of the SCGA dues to members of multiple clubs. If you belong to two clubs, the rebate is $16; three clubs, $49; four or more clubs, $49 plus $30 for each . Contact SCGA directly to receive the rebate (by phone or email) as member clubs have nothing to do with this.

Director Mike Moraitis announced that final Thursday Team Play try-outs would be held on Friday December 18th. Los Verdes, Lakewood and Rancho Park are in our bracket. To be eligible for Team Play you must have played in at least three El Do events in the previous 12 months and must have a minimum of 20 scores recorded in the past year. Make sure you renew your membership this month to be eligible.

Tournament Chairman/VP Nick Zamora noted that there were a couple of spots open for the December Christmas Shotgun Tournament and in the Derbies afterward. Range balls and a $15 stipend are provided for all. Tee assignments will be posted on line The January 17 Tournament is our traditional Scramble.

President Fulford noted that Aiden Bartley recently placed in the top 20 in the SCGA Net Tournament of Club Champions. Congratulations Aiden. Terry then turned the gavel over to Nick Zamora, our incoming President. Nick announced our new board members.

Old Business: Derbies after the Christmas Tournament include a $40 Derby starting on #1 (see Tom Conlisk); a $30 Derby on #10 (see Jerry Leininger); and a $30 Derby on #4 (see Matt Huntington). The course is ours for the day, so feel free to play extra holes after the tournament.

New Business: Bob Livingstone commended Terry Fulford for all his hard work as President these last two years and moved that Terry be awarded Free Dues for Life. The motion was seconded and unanimously approved.

The $50 drawing winner was Larry Lipman. The meeting was adjourned at 7:40, followed by the huge December Raffle.

Rob Kuehn - Secretary
Decembe 2015 Membership - 380

Welcome to 2016! I truly hope 2016 is a good year for our Club and our Membership. I look forward to my new role as Special Assignments. I'm sure the Board will keep me busy. I plan on working with Rick (GM) for something new to occur on General Meeting days so hopefully that takes off and is well received by the membership. I look forward to serving you again as a Board Member.

Respectfully,

Tom

Happy 2016 El Dorado Mens Club Members! Alright here we go, this is it. This is where the metal meets the road for a new VP, my first tournament, the Sunday January 17th 5-man Scramble. As in the past you will need 3 drives from each player in your group and will be using modified handicaps. I still have some spots for singles and two-somes so give me a call, shoot me an email, or hunt me down on meeting night. Ill see what I can do to fit you in.

I'll be taking sign-ups for the February Select Drive tournament that takes place on Sunday the 14th. I know its Valentine's Day so just blame it on me when the wife or girlfriend gives you the business. It was my decision as tournament director to hold it on this day, so hopefully it won't put too many of you in the dog house. Bear with me in the beginning as I learn the ropes and we are going to have a great year together.

As always Hit It Close and Go Lower,
Cliff Aichele

I would just like to say thank you to everyone in the club that participates in the Special Events on a regular basis. 2015 comes to a close and I really appreciate everyone that joined in for the fun (or lack thereof) of Special Events. We had a fun December with lots of Big Winners:

A Flight was lead once again by my Christmas Cart Partner Tom Retterath, he was sticking the ball all day, and who said Whiskey can't make you a better golfer Tom?!?! Old Man Dr. Groucherson AKA Dave Hasselman came in with a net 70 or better and the 2nd place CTP on # 3, good job you miserable Grumpjust kidding Dave, but not really. Pingo Zamarripa finally made a splash with a pair of prizes and played some great golf, great job PINGOOOO!!!!

The B Flight was a little flat this month I must say, Sheldon Drantch did a great job with the CTP on # 3 knocking it 7 to a tough pin but he apparently ginched the putt as Mr. Varinder Mehta won the skin. Varinder did get 2nd CTP though so he was able to can the skin from 115. Good work sir, but make sure you sign the right green placard next time buddy.

In the C Flight we should really only need to bring up 1 name, but I will bring up two to be nice. Senior VP of operations of the Bartley Institute Mr. Larry Bartley cleaned house in the C-Flight being the only chop to hit the green in 2 on # 14. I know this is somewhat tough for some, but that is Nooooooooooo excuse for at least half of you. And the Wild Man Greg Ramsey shot a net 66 and captured the skin on #4 with a birdie. Greg I will say it once again, Your Handicap needs to be lower!!! and it likely will be now.

January is a scramble so we will only be sticking to the par 3s. We will mix up CTPs, circles and I will have to decide on the 4th event, come to the meeting to learn more on January 12th

Our first event will be at Rec Park (the Boneyard) Sunday January 31. WE WILL PLAY FIVESOMES at this event. I will be taking signups at the January meeting. COST IS $70. Gross & Net skins are an addition $10. We will be playing a 3BB format. We are going to try fivesomes to help Tony out. Last year we had 72 players, this year I would like to make it 75. This is a great opportunity for some of you guys that don't go on the away trips to come on out and give it a try. I know everyone enjoys Rec and it is close to home. They accommodate us, as our first time is 8:00 and we get charged only $52 (includes carts) which is resident rates.

THANKS,
CHOP TRAMER

Happy New Years to everyone.
Over the Holidays we had a posting issue with the golf course computer. If you see that some of your scores were not entered even though you posted them, please contact me and I will post those scores for you.

I want to quickly review some of the Handicap policies for the Mens Club as we start the New Year. This is not only for the benefit for our new members but as a reminder for returning members as well.

Posting Your Scores
Please make sure to post all of your scores using the Equitable Stroke Control; the ESC reduces high scores based on your course handicap. The ESC is posted near the computer and in the hallway for your reference. If the round we play as a monthly tournament is not to be posted, you will be notified. This would include our January Scramble and February Select Drive events.

There are at least 3 way for you to post your scores, at the golf course computer, on the internet /Smart phone / SCGA Wed site, or you can contact me and I will post for you.

The Handicap Committee will notify you one time if you did not post one of our tournament rounds or an away trip. After the first warning, if you fail to post again we will post your score for you with a P or Penalty Score. A P score is posting your lowest score in you scoring record, regardless of the score for that round.
Please take a few extra minutes and remember to post your score and we will avoid posting any P rounds to your file.

I understand that the USGA is considering rounds where you play alone will not be considered for posting. This is based on the peer review qualification for the Handicap System. I will let you know when/if this is implemented by the USGA.


The USGA Handicap system will only work to its potential if we all are following the same set of rules and guidelines.

If you have any questions, please contact myself or the handicap Committee
Thanks for your assistance.

Jerry Leininger
Handicap Chairman
714 960 9149
JerryL9149@verizon.net

Hope everyone had a fun and safe holiday's. Now with the beginning of 2016 the USGA have updated some rules. As we all know the USGA has prohibited the Anchored putting stroke, I will post the USGA flyer on what is and not a permitted/prohibited stroke. You still can use long or mid-length putters just can't anchor the club or a hand gripping the club held directly against the players body or with a forearm held against the body to establish an anchor point that indirectly anchors the club. I know a lot of technical talk, the flyer will clear up any questions on what is permitted or prohibited. Also updated is the ball at rest moved after it was addressed. This rule assessed a 1 stroke penalty if a ball at rest moved after it was addressed. Now a 1 stroke penalty will be applied only when the facts show that the player has caused the ball to move. So if the ball moves and you are not at fault, just play from where the ball came to rest.

I would like to thank everybody in advance in being patience with me as I learn my new role on the board. I will try to get up to speed as quickly as I can with all the rules which are many. Wishing everyone a safe fun prosperous 2016.

Omar Diaz

Treasurer's Report - December 31, 2015

Balance on November 30, 2015		45,928.87
Income
Memberships - 2016		1,395.00
December Entries		13,091.00
Interest		0.57
Opportunity Drawing Carryover		400.00
Total December Income		14,886.57
Expenses
December Green Fees	7,600.00
December Cart Fees	2,190.00
December Range Balls	210.00
December Scrip	7,955.00
December Tee Prize Scrip	2,490.00
GOM Trophies	74.21
Flight Trophies	448.55
Weekender Deposit 2016	269.32
Board Meeting	190.00
Omar Diaz T of CC Entry	140.00
Web Services	95.88
Maint Crew Thank You BBQ	224.15
GM and Supt Thank You cards	310.00
Shop Staff Thank You cards	165.00
Calif. Statement of Information	20.00
New Club Cabinet in Pro Shop	1,000.00
Mtg. Drawing - L. Lipman	50.00
Total December Expenses	23,432.11
Balance on December 31, 2015		37,383.33

Respectfully submitted,
Bob Livingstone
Treasurer


A total of $6,849.00 was added to the Christmas Tournament. Of this, $4,359.00 was added to the purse and $2,490.00 was for the Scrip Tickets.


Of the December 31 balance, $1,050.00 is "Hole In One Insurance". $100.00 will be held to maintain the Odd Year checking account, and approximately $10,447.00 will be carried forward to 2016.


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

Hello Gentlemen
January’s Scramble Tournament was a great success and a big thank you goes to Cliff Aichele, our Tournament Director. His organization was perfect, for his first tournament, even though some of our players were throwing knuckle balls and curve balls at him. Good job Cliff. He will be taking signups for the March 22nd Tournament and some fill-ins for the Feb.14 Tournament at the General meeting on Feb. 9th starting at 7:00pm.

Our first away trip of the year to Rec. Park was rained out. See Dennis Tramer to reschedule and to sign up for the March 29th away trip to Los Serranos.

Team Play is in full swing and both the Thursday team and the Saturday team are doing quite well. Come out and support your home team as they make their way into the playoffs. Keep up the good work Capt. Mike and Capt. Noah. Other important information to remember is all club members must have competed in 3 club events in the past 12 months in order to qualify to play in our big tournaments. Those tournaments are the Member/Member, the Club Championship’s, and the Christmas Tournament.

We have a lot of events planned this year so keep your eyes open or speak to the directors about anything that’s what we are here for. We want this club to be the best it can be.
Thanks and see you all on the links
Nick Zamora President

JANUARY 2016 MEETING MINUTES
The monthly meeting of the El Dorado Park Men’s Golf Club was held on Tuesday, January 12, 2016 in the Big White Tent. The pre-meeting dinner included Caesar salad, garlic bread, grilled zucchini, two pastas, grilled chicken, sausage and peppers, two sauces (red and white), grated parmesan cheese, desert and a drink, all for $7. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by President Nick Zamora, who led the Pledge of Allegiance. There were approximately 95 members in attendance, including Past Presidents Jerry Leininger, Don Marmion, Rich Dennison, Mike Montgomery, Terry Fulford, Steve Shure, Tom Retterath, Dennis Tramer, Richard Scoville, Tom Conlisk, (Life Member) Bob Livingstone and Honorary Life Member Paul Goydos. There were six new members present: David Lee, Nick Shah, Canaan Owens, Brett Latzsch, Joe Partida, and Justin McKindley. Past President Terry Fulford gave them all the “New Member Deluxe Tour.”

The previous month’s Minutes and Treasurer’s Report were approved. Bob Livingstone then introduced Paul Goydos, longtime PGA (and now Champions Tour) Pro, who conducted an extremely informative and entertaining 50 minute Question and Answer session. We’re lucky enough to have Paul visit with us every now and then to share insights into a world of golf that we’ll never experience first hand. A full recounting of Paul’s comments is presented elsewhere on the Website. Many thanks to Paul, El Do’s most famous alumni.

Directors’ Reports were as follow:

Special Events Director Matt Huntington announced the events for this month’s tournament. The four events are Closest to the Pin on #3 and #17; in the circle (for A and B Flights and just on the green for C Flight) on #9; and hitting the par 3’s in regulation. A Flighters need 4/4 to win, B Flighters 3/4, and C Flighters 2/4.

Entertainment Director Dennis Tramer discussed upcoming away trips, with the January trip set for Rec Park on Sunday the 31st. We’ll play 3 best balls from your fivesome. The Weekender has been rescheduled for October 30 through November 2 at Singing Hills (Sycuan Resort).

Director Mike Vaughn reminded us that the Quad Club is scheduled for April 23rd at Rec Park.

Director Mike Moraitis announced the December Golfer of the Month winners – Bob Livingstone with a Gross 79 (only because nobody else turned in a card for Gross) and Greg Ramsey with a Net 66. Mike gave a shout out Happy Birthday wish to Al Ostberg, Jerry Leininger and Omar Diaz, all of whom were celebrating today. He then asked for a straw vote to see if the membership would prefer to start the monthly meetings at 6:30 instead of 7:00, with the goal of increasing attendance. Based on the positive response, the Board will discuss it at the next Board meeting. Mike also noted that the Thursday Team (that he captains) got hammered by the Saturday Team in a practice match. Team Play starts for real this week. Good luck to both teams.

Handicap Chairman/SCGA Representative Jerry Leininger noted that beginning in 2016 SCGA rules prohibit posting a score for a round that you played by yourself. You must have someone else witness your round for your score to be counted. Jerry also noted that we will be awarding prizes for Most Improved Golfer on both a quarterly and annual basis. Requirements for eligibility and awards are discussed in Jerry’s article.

Rules Chairman Omar Diaz discussed the “No Anchoring” rule that became effective on January 1st. As Saturday Team Play Co-Captain, he noted that their first match is Saturday January 16th versus Santa Anita at El Do.

Tournament Chairman/VP Cliff Aichele discussed the January Scramble rules: three drives minimum each player. We have 190 players signed up, so keep up with the group ahead of you.
Director Tom Retterath noted that during some Daylight Savings Time months we may try to do a Derby instead of the 9 Hole Tournament. As the membership informally voted that they would be interested, Tom will pursue it with course management.

Bob Livingstone announced that as we ended 2015 with a little extra money in the Treasury, we will be increasing the Club’s contributions to various events during the year, returning more money to the membership.

Old Business: There was no Old Business.

New Business: There was no New Business.

The $50 drawing winner was Michael Robbins. The meeting was adjourned at 8:30.

Rob Kuehn - Secretary
January 2016 Membership - 328

Hey guys, are you ready for a great 2016? This years Quad Club will be hosted by Rec Park and played Saturday, April 23. Team count looks to stay at 25. We will play at Resident rate with carts not being mandatory. The Club Pros will be the first group going at 7:00 am. Bob from Rec Park is looking at sending our Club Presidents second. The format is going back to Net Medal with the old scoring of 3-2-1-0. Cost per player is $50 payable to me by either a check to Mike Vaughn or by cash put in a sealed envelope noting "Quad Club entry" and placed in the Men's Club cabinet drawer in the Pro Shop. This includes the player green fee, portion of the Jr. Golf donation to the City, and contribution to the 3-point Special Event.

The Sign-up sheet will be posted on the bulletin board for you to place your name and GHIN info NLT meeting night. Do not waste time in signing up as the 25 player field will likely fill quickly. All players who scored 3-points at El Dorado in 2013 and played well in last years Stableford at Skylinks will be given first dibs on joining the team. Players who win 3-points this year will have a roster spot guaranteed for the 2017 event.

Daylight Saving Time provides the return of the Putting Tournament held before the meeting on the south putting green. It will run from 5:15 and 6:45.

Flight Championships start August 1. Player entry fee will remain at $20. Signup sheets to be posted NLT June 1. More on that when the time gets closer.

If you don't play to win why play?

Mike Vaughn

Gentlemen-

My second tour of duty as the "Golfer of the Month" guy starts off with December's winners: Bob Livingstone took home the Gross honors on the strength of his ability to turn in a card - he posted a 79 while no other entries were submitted. Greg Ramsey carded a net 66 to win the Net category, as he was one of two entries. Hopefully January will provide some additional activity. Congrats guys!

Golfer of the Year tournament will be held in March, date TBD. Once team play has ended, we will be able to finalize the date. Stay tuned.

Speaking of Team play... The Thursday team is currently in first place in Division 9. After stumbling out of the gate and losing at home to Los Verdes (25-23), we have reeled off two consecutive wins; at Los Verdes(27-21) and home versus Rancho Park (37-11). We face Rancho at their track this Thursday (2/4), then head to Lakewood (2/11) before finishing the regular season at home (2/18). Stop on by and support the boys when we finish up on the 18th... We need all the help we can get!

Mike Moraitis
Director

With these famous words.and down the stretch they come brings excitement to any horse race/derby. Rick (GM) and I have worked out a way to handle a 10 team (2-man) derby to be held on General Meeting nights during Daylight Saving with tee off to occur promptly at 5:30pm. Please be ready by 5:15pm so I can verify assigned teams. Cost is $25 points. 20 will go in the prize fund and 5 will go for golf and comp cart. The first Derby will be held on March 8th. I will start taking signups at the February General Meeting to be held on February 9th. You must pay the entry fee when you sign up, no exceptions! If we get good participation I will do these every General Meeting night, otherwise, if we get poor participation well either do just a couple of them throughout the year or just drop the entire idea. Rules & Final payouts will always be told to all players prior to the initial tee shot of the Derby. If you have any questions about the derby, don't hesitate to contact me.

Cheers!

Tom Retterath
Special Assignments

One down many more to go. All in all, I felt like our first tournament for 2016 and my first as the VP went really well with no major hiccups to report. A total of 164 members played and all finished with plenty of daylight to spare.

No big surprises in the A-flight winners circle. Group Livy with low gross followed by a net win from Omar Diazs group of power hitters. In B-flight the super popular and everyones favorite Dave Hasselman and friends won gross. Brian Ball's group won first low net. Look out! the King Tom Conlisk along with Dennis Clark, Don Russell, Pete Douglas and Dan Bellamy are back in the mix, winning C-flight gross. Don't be surprised if you see these guys on the leader board all year long. Danny Martin is another one who knows how to lead a group to victory, his team won low net in C-flight. The limited player flight was won by Larry Lipman, Dick Reagan, Gene Scott and Jerry Jaeke.

Coming up this month on Sunday the 14th, we have the Select Drive tournament. Look me up at the meeting, shoot me an email or give me a ring if you're looking for a spot. I still have room. The select drive is a lot of fun and enables guys to pump up their egos with low scores even though its a NON postable round. Just like last month's Scramble, each team will be required to use 3 tee shots from each player. Take the time to come to our February 9th meeting. I will be drawing names and taking sign-ups for the March 13th Pat Harris St. Patrick's Day Waltz.

As always Hit It Close and Go Lower,
Cliff Aichele

I just want to apologize for the confusion on the Par 3s once again. We were supposed to have a circle on # 9 and it did not happen. Want to thank Sebastian Sturdevant for having an extra tape measure to correct the problem very early in the day.

In the A flight we had one real big winner (and I mean that in more ways than 1) Bill Hasselman was the only A-Flighter to hit all 4 par 3s and finished 2nd closest to the pin on # 9, great job Bill. On 17 we had our first tie for CTP with Bryan Knigge and Dennis Clark, great shot guys, btw neither one of you would have even placed in the B Flight. Omar Diaz and Chris McMonigle won their perspective par 3 events as well.

In the B-Flight Mr. Michael Appy does it again, won the par 3 challenge and closest to the pin on # 3, that makes for a very solid day. Hey Jerry we may need to look into this guys handicap, haaaa. But the biggest winner in the B-Flight (all flights actually is the Not So Distinguished Roger Marmion, got the par 3 event, finished 3rd on # 9 and won # 17, all jokes aside thats one helluva a nice day there Rog.

C Flight had a pair of Big winners. Kevin Adams once again has another par 3 hold up nicely as nobody else hit the green on 17, and Ken Rademacher did the same on (, good job both of you. But Mike Montgomery - Mr. Communication hit 2 par 3s to win that event and also was closest to on # 3, I think we need a drug test on that because Ive played with this guy and him hitting 2 par 3s in a month is impressive.

Want to Thank everyone once again for the good times out there and come to the meeting on the 9th to hear February's events.

Our first event at Rec Park (the Boneyard) Sunday January 31 was cancelled due to inclement weather. I have rescheduled this event for Saturday April 30th. Our next scheduled event is Sunday February 28th at RIO HONDO in Downey. First time is at 7:24. We will be playing foursomes and the format will be 3BB on the par 4s and 2BB on the par 3s & 5s. The cost for this event is $90 ($72 for golf & $18 tourney fee). As always SKINS are optional for a $10 fee. I will be taking signups at the meeting.

Remember if you have any questions or want to play and can't make the meeting give me a call (562-606-9270) and I will get you signed up.The next scheduled event after Rio Hondo is April 3rd at Los Serranos (North).

THANKS, CHOP TRAMER

Handicap Newsletter

The USGA has made a decision that all rounds of golf where you play alone are now rounds that SHOULD NOT BE POSTED for handicap purposes. This is keeping with the peer review process required by the USGA Handicap System. If you are used to posting scores when you have played alone, please stop that practice.

Most Improved Golfer Awards

The Board of Directors has approved 2 awards for the Most Improved Golfer during the year; Quarterly Most Improved and Most Improved Player of the Year. I discussed this at the January general meeting but here is a review of the awards and requirements for each.

Quarterly Most Improved Golfer
Calendar quarter GHIN reports to be used
$50.00 payout
**Must have played in 2 EDMC Tournaments within the quarter
Must have played and posted at least 4 rounds within the quarter
You may only win one quarter within the year

Most Improved Player of the Year
Calendar year end GHIN reports to be used
3 Places Paid
1st $100
2nd $75
3rd $50
**Must have played in 5 EDMC Tournaments
Must have played and posted at least 20 rounds within the year

EDMC Tournaments will be defined as a Monthly Tournament, Away trip, or the Weekender Tournament.

This information is also posted on the hallway bulletin board for your review.

The Board wants to make sure that the winners participate in El Dorado events and have shown some consistency in scoring to win these awards; No one time wonders if you will.

This is one additional way we can recognize our members for improving their games and are posting all their qualifying rounds.

Keep em in the fairways long and straight,

Jerry Leininger
Handicap Chairman

Treasuer's Report - January 31, 2016





Respectfully submitted,
Bob Livingstone
Treasurer

Balance December 31, 2015		37,383.33
Income
Member Dues		2,645.00
Secty State Refund		20.00
January Tournament		9,112.00
February Tournament		2,525.00
Interest		0.43
Hole-In-One		45.00
Total Janaury Income		14,347.43
Expenses
SCGA Dues	10,230.00
January Greens Fees	6,194.00
January Scrip	2,880.00
Thursday Team Subsidy	750.00
Saturday Team Subsidy	750.00
Mtg. Drawing - M. Robbins	50.00
Director Shirts	555.73
BOD Name Plates	45.36
BOD Meeting	67.00
Rules Workshops	100.00
Renewal Ccards and mailing	417.79
Schedule Cards	199.80
GOM Trophies	38.88
Total Janaury Expenses	22,278.56
Balance on Janaury 31, 2016		29,452.20

Hello Everyone,

Our second Home tournament is in the books and Cliff is settling in as Tournament Chairman. We had a great turnout and the fog played a little havoc on the early morning groups. We are still having some issues with teams finishing on the allotted time. All I can say is keep trying to speed up play and don't worry about the team behind you.

Congratulations to both Thursday and Saturday teams for making the playoffs. Mike Moraitis for Thursday and Noah Busch for Saturday have done a great job in leading their teams to victory. Good luck boys in your quest to bring home the championship ring.

The home tournament this month is the 13th. This is a tournament that we all play our own ball from tee to green. No more help from your fellow partners. You are on your own.

The next away tournament is to Los Serranos on April 3rd. See Dennis Tramer for details. The general meeting is set for Tuesday March 8th at 7:00pm.

See you all then,
Nick Zamora President

FEBRUARY 2016 MEETING MINUTES
The monthly meeting of the El Dorado Park Men’s Golf Club was held on Tuesday, February 9, 2016 in the Big White Tent. The pre-meeting dinner included salad, bread, two pastas, meatballs, sausage and peppers, two sauces (red and white), grated parmesan cheese, desert and a drink, all for $7. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by President Nick Zamora, who led the Pledge of Allegiance. There were approximately 90 members in attendance, including Past Presidents Jerry Leininger, Don Marmion, Rich Dennison, Mike Montgomery, Terry Fulford, Steve Shure, Tom Retterath, Dennis Tramer, Richard Scoville, and (Life Member) Bob Livingstone. There was one new member present: Gil Guisler. Past President Terry Fulford gave him the “New Member Deluxe Tour.”

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

Directors’ Reports were as follow:

Special Events Director Matt Huntington announced the events for this month’s tournament. The four events are Straightest Drive on #5; and in the circle (small circle for A and B Flights, and larger circle for C Flight) on your second shot on holes # 1, 11 and 15.

Entertainment Director Dennis Tramer discussed upcoming away trips, with the rained out January Rec Park event rescheduled for Saturday April 30. Next up is Rio Hondo on Sunday February 28. Dennis noted that the Thursday Team is 3-1 and in first place, with Lakewood the next opponent.

Director Mike Vaughn reminded us that the Quad Club is scheduled for April 23rd at Rec Park. There will be 25 man teams , and the entry fee is $50, which includes our contribution to Junior golf.

President Nick Zamora, filling in for Director Mike Moraitis, announced the January Golfer of the Month winners – Gene Milner with a Gross 71. Nobody turned in a card for Net (which means that my Net 82 was actually a winner). He noted that the Golfer of the Year Tournament would be held after Team Play was finished, tentatively in early March. He also stated that the Board had decided not to change the starting time of the General Meetings to 6:30 instead of 7:00, as this would interfere with the 9-hole Tournaments and Putting Contests during Daylight Savings Time months.

Handicap Chairman/SCGA Representative Jerry Leininger noted that anyone who joined the club after January 1st should see Jerry to arrange to receive the 2016 SCGA Handicap Card and $15 Roger Dunn discount card that came with the January issue of Fore magazine. He also mentioned that anyone who is a member of multiple clubs should contact SCGA directly for a rebate of duplicate SCGA fees. In response to a question, jerry noted that we’re playing to 80% of our handicap for this month’s event.

Rules Chairman Omar Diaz discussed the “ball in a gopher hole” rule. As Saturday Team Play Co-Captain, he noted that they are currently 3-1 and play Mile Square next.

Tournament Chairman/VP Cliff Aichele discussed the February Select Drive Tournament. Starting times run from 6:24 to noon. The March Tournament is a Waltz, with an anticipated turnout of 180 players.

Director Tom Retterath discussed plans for holding a Derby prior to the meeting during Daylight Savings Time months. Entry fee will be $25 - $20 for the prize fund, and $5 for the course. Check in by 5:15 for a 5:30 start. We’ll limit participation to 10 teams. This will be in addition to the regular 9 Hole Tournament on meeting days.

Old Business: There was no Old Business.

New Business: There was no New Business.

The $50 drawing winner was Jerome Hodge. The meeting was adjourned at 7:40.

Rob Kuehn – Secretary

February 2016 Membership - 333

2016 is off to a good start. Quad Club is set for Saturday April 23. This year we are playing at Rec Park. As you know team rosters have been reduced from 40 to 25. Cost to play will be $50 per player. This money needs to be paid to me in cash or a check payable to Mike Vaughn NLT meeting night Tuesday April 12. The first group starting time will be Club Pros at 7:00 am. The President / Vice President group will most likely tee off second, with groups proceeding from lower to higher handicap. Word is we will be teeing it up playing the back nine first. The format has gone back to Medal play using the old 3-2-1-0 point system. Phil Barlow (Skylinks) said other club players really screwed up their scorecards not knowing how to take Stableford points for the score they took. Speed of play is of utmost importance. Let us not see 4-man groups going back to 5 1/2 to 6 hours to complete the round. Players who scored 3-points at El Dorado in 2013 and players who scored well in the Stableford at Skylinks last year are first recruits. Players who win 3-points this year will have a roster spot guaranteed for the 2017 event.

Daylight Saving Time starts this year at 2:00 am Sunday March 13 and ends Sunday November 6 at 2:00 am. The Putting Contest will be held on meeting night during the months of April, May, June, July, August, September and October. at or about 5:15 and continue to 6:45 pm on the south green. All players are welcomed back and new players are encouraged to participate in this fun activity. Format changes monthly.

Looking forward to summertime when the Flight Championships are put together. Those matches will get underway as early as August 1. Player entry fee will remain at $20. Signup sheets to be posted NLT June 1. More on that when the time gets closer.

Always remain a professional while at or on the golf course, regardless of how you played. The secret is to always play to win.

Mike Vaughn

Gentlemen-

I naturally assumed that we would have increased interest in Golfer of the Month as the calendar flipped to January. As usual, I was incorrect.

Congrats to Gene Milner for not only carding a neat 71, but also being bold enough to turn in a scorecard... Well done, Gene. Unfortunately we had no net winner, as there were no submissions.

2015 Golfer of the Year tourney will be held on Saturday, April 9. All eligible participants will be notified of the starting times and all pertinent details in the upcoming month..

Just a quick comment to announce the return of the Thursday team to the SCGA playoffs. Our first round matchup is against crosstown rival Rio Hondo on Thursday March 10. A tip of the cap also goes out to the Saturday team, who qualified for the post season with a home and home sweep of Mile Square. Congrats to all of the ElDo representatives, and good luck!

Best,

Mike Moraitis
Director

I will be taking signups at the 3/8 monthly meeting for the first Monthly Derby to be held on April 12th (meeting night). Cost is $25 points. 20 will go in the prize fund and 5 will go for golf and comp cart. I can take up to 20 players (10 2-man teams). We are targeting a 5:30pm start time. I'm sure we'll have good participation for this monthly event so please reserve your spot by signing up with me at the meeting. You must pay the entry fee when you sign up, no exceptions!

Tom Retterath
Special Assignments

As one of my playing partners keeps pointing out, El Nino is really kicking our ass! That being said (knock on wood), we've had some beautiful golf weather so come to the course to play some golf. The February Select Drive tournament went well, even though it fell on Valentine's Day. There were 165 players with 5 no shows. The No Shows is something we need to work on. I realize people get sick and issues come up, but just not showing up because you failed to check the calendar or with the wife or girlfriend, is NOT COOL. If you sign-up another member for a tournament and haven't checked with them to make sure they're available, that's NOT COOL either. Please try to plan ahead. This is a courtesy to all the guys in the club that are looking for spots in our monthly tournaments. Okay enough of that.

Can someone please put an A- Flight team together that will give the Omar, Huntington, Rubin, JVB group a run for their money? The young Marmion won net in the A-Flight! Your pops must be proud. I warned you about Conlisk, Russel, Clark, Douglas and Englant group and now theyve had back to back net wins in the C-Flight. Click the results tab on the web site to see all of the results.

March means the end to the silly season and its back to playing real golf. Sunday March 13th is the Pat Harris St. Patrick's Day Waltz. This will be a 5-man team 2, 3, 4 waltz. You will count the 2 best balls on holes 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, and 16. Count the 3 best balls on holes 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, and 17. And the 4 best balls on holes 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, and 18. I still have spots so shoot me an email or give me a call and Ill do my best to fit you in.

Get to the meeting on Tuesday March 8th and sign-up for the Sunday April 17th 1 Gross 2 Net tournament. Looking forward to see all of you.

As always Hit It Close and Go Lower
Cliff Aichele

Well The Bogus Special Event Months are now in the rear view Mirror and we can get back to normal. Let me remind everyone up front that we need to sign the correct Green Side or Long Drive Placards when doing Special Events, if it keeps up I will possibly make it a disqualification. I tell everyone when they check in what flight they are in, plus your handicap is on the Scorecard and the Flight Range is ON THE SPECIAL EVENT METAL STAKE!!! Its really not that hard guys.

Well Moving on to the big Winners in the A-Flight for the month of February. Bryan Knigge finally makes the newsletter. I think he had a good Special Event Day because nobody had to carry him home the night before and he was able to sleep one off before he took the tee, sorry Bryan but your last Birthday Story is Fricking Epic!!!! He hit the ball 2 inches from the line on # 5 and hit the Circle on 15, great work out there that late in the day. Terry White also had a nice day with hitting two tough Circles (# 1, and # 15). Id say he's cheating but this guy is doing it on only 9 toes, that's solid my man!!! All jokes aside these two played some good golf.

The B Flight was a day of Reckoning for Jim Breuer, oh wait I mean David Pemberton ( I think these two were separated at birth). Straightest drive to 29 and a circle on 15 means he can cancel his next two Comedy shows at The Golden Sails Hotel. Good to have you back out here Dave and winning some events too. The 3-Card Poker Champion Little Richard Gilmore also had a pretty nice day hitting two Circles. I love the fact that Rich was carrying on that this was his best round ever at 71 though, HEY RICH ITS A SELCT DRIVE AND IT DOESNT COUNT FOR SHHHH^&!!! Good work to Mr. Randall Kerv-Ballz too, hitting two circles as well, that's like winning 4 bottles of Clos Du Bois right there.

The C Flight was once again entertaining. Old Baldy Monty Bisson was the only guy to hit the circle on # 15 and took the whole thing down, that's a good shot Monty!! And are Old Buddy Jack McCarthy had the straightest drive on #5 at 1 3 which is impressive, time to move him to the B-Flight (maybe he thought he was already there since he signed the B-Flight placard). Great work guys.

Come to the meeting on Tuesday the 8th for the next Events, there will be a return of the Pat Dance. We call it Pat Dance 2 the Electric Bogg-a-Loo. Peace out Boys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Our first event at RIO HONDO was last Sunday, and it was at least a nice day out on the course as my team sucked. I couldn't do it all. It was a tough format, 3BB ON 4S AND 2BB ON 3S & 5S. The HOMERS were victorious, Mike Moraitis, Greg Andersen, Rich Boyker & Joe Miranda shot a very fine 161 to edge out the team of Steve Shure, Dudley Dennison, Wayne McGhee & Bagger TINMAN who shot 163. Just to prove ANYBODY can make money on these trips, Jimbo Ridenour won 167 points as he collected on a tie for 3rd in the team, WON the net with a 67 and got a GROSS & NET SKIN. The odds going in on him doing that were 200-1. See, miracles do happen!!! Congratulations to Gene Milner for winning the low gross with a respectable 76. All the results are posted on the website.

Next up is Los Serranos (North) on Sunday April 3rd. First time is at 8:00 and I have times reserved for 18 foursomes, 72 players. This is a good, fun & challenging golf course, so lets fill it up. I am going to take it easy on everyone for this one as we will be playing a 2 Best Ball format. Cost is $80 which is $61 for golf & cart and $19 in the Prize Fund. As always, Gross & Net skins are optional at $5 each. I will be taking signups at the March meeting and just so you know, I have to give them a count on Friday, March 25th and give back at that time any unused times.

THANKS, CHOP TRAMER

March Handicap Newsletter

This month we start what I like to call real golf where you play your own ball in our monthly tournaments. That also means we start posting our scores for those tournaments. The Handicap Committee requests that you post your own score in most of our monthly tournaments so you will become familiar with the posting process.

Here are just a couple of quick reminders on EDMC posting and what is expected from our members. Please make sure to post all of your scores using the Equitable Stroke Control that limits the number of strokes you can record for posting purposes. The higher your course handicap, the more strokes you can record. The ESC is posted near the computer and in the hallway for your reference but here is the breakdown: Course handicap (CH) of 9 or less = Double bogey max; 10 19 CH= 7 max; 20-29 CH= 8 max; 30-39 CH = 9 max and 40 + CH = 10. The key here is to make sure you convert your Handicap Index to a Course Handicap when using Equitable Stroke Control.

There are 3 ways for you to post your scores; at the golf course computer; internet/ smart phone applications; or you can contact me and I will post for you. Please make sure to post either way you choose as it is the key to having a true handicap system for everyone

The Handicap Committee will notify you one time if you did not post one of our tournament rounds or an away trip. After the first warning, if you fail to post again we will post your score for you with a P or Penalty Score. As I have mentioned before, a P score is posting your lowest score in you scoring record, regardless of the score for that round.

Please take a few extra minutes to remember to post your score and we will avoid posting any P rounds to your file.

If you have any questions, please contact myself or the handicap Committee; Bob Livingstone, Kerry Bryan and Al Ostberg.

Thanks for your assistance.

Jerry Leininger
Handicap Chairman
714 960 9149 714 369-7889
JerryL9149@verizon.net

I just had my SCGA Rules Workshop last week and learned a lot about the rules which are many and can be confusing. Each month I will be putting a different situation in the newsletter just for all of us to become more familiar with the rules.

Tom's ball lies on the fringe of the putting green immediately behind a ball mark on the putting green, which was caused by the impact of his ball. In process of repairing the ball mark, Tom accidentally causes his ball to move. The movement of the ball is directly attributable to the specific act of repairing the ball mark. He cleans the ball and replaces the ball before making his next stroke. What's the ruling?

A. Tom has proceeded correctly.
B. Tom incurs a penalty of one stroke.
C. Tom incurs a penalty of two strokes.
D. Tom incurs a penalty of three strokes.

The Answer is A as to Rule 16-1c which states if a ball or ball-marker is accidentally moved in the process of the repair, the ball or ball-marker must be replaced. There is no penalty, provided the movement of the ball or ball-marker is directly attributable to the specific act of repairing an old hole plug or damage to the putting green caused by the impact of a ball.
Good luck to both the Thursday and Saturday Teams in the playoffs this year.
Omar

Treasurer's Report - February 29, 2016

Balance January 31, 2016		29,452.20
Income
Member Dues		2,000.00
February Tournament		6,552.00
Christmas '15 Tournament		255.00
March Tournament		2,375.00
Un-cashed Los Serranos Deposit		400.00
Interest		0.38
Total February Income		11,582.38
Expenses
SCGA Dues	1,056.00
February Green Fees	6,194.00
February Scrip	2,755.00
'15 T of CC entry - Bartley	140.00
Board Meeting	100.00
Tournament supplies	61.78
Tax Prep Fee	85.00
Mtg. Drawing - J. Hodge	50.00
USGA Club Membership	110.00
Total February Expenses	10,551.78
Balance on February 29, 2016		30,482.80

Respectfully submitted,
Bob Livingstone
Treasurer

Hello Everyone,

I hope you all had a Happy Easter. For me Easter means Family, Peeps and a little golf. And speaking of golf, April is loaded with opportunities to play in some men's club events. April 3 is an away trip to Los Serranos. See Dennis Tramer if you want a last minute tee time.

April 17 is our next home tournament. See Cliff Aichele, our VP, for more details. I know he is looking for singles. Don't be left behind.

April 23 is the world famous Quad Club tournament between Eldo, Rec. Park, Sky Links, and Lakewood. See Mike Vaughn for more info.

Finally, April 30 is another away trip. This time we go to Rec. Park and hosted again by Dennis Tramer. I hear it is filling up fast so sign up early.

So like I said we have an action packed month laid out for you guys, so don't miss out on all the action. But that's not all, Cliff is starting to take entries for the best tournament of the year. That's right it's the Member/Member. Now playing May 13 and 14 at your nearest El Dorado Golf Course. We go all out for this one. So sign up early and often.

The general meetings are always held on the second Tuesday of every month. This month it is the 12th. We will have a 9 hole tournament that day. New this year, Tom Retterath is holding a 20 man derby starting on the 1st hole at 5:30. Last but not least is the always competitive putting contest. All this and the meeting too. What more does a golfer need? Don't answer that....
Hope to see you all at the club.

Your President,
Nick Zamora

MARCH 2016 MEETING MINUTES

The monthly meeting of the El Dorado Park Men's Golf Club was held on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 in the Big White Tent. The pre-meeting dinner included Greek/Italian salad, Garlic bread, three different ravioli/sauce combinations, grilled zucchini, grated Parmesan cheese, desert and a drink, all for $7. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by President Nick Zamora, who led the Pledge of Allegiance. There were approximately 90 members in attendance, including Past Presidents Jerry Leininger, Rich Dennison, Mike Montgomery, Terry Fulford, Steve Shure, Tom Retterath, Tom Conlisk, Dennis Tramer, and (Life Member) Bob Livingstone. There was one new member present: Brian Dailey. Past President Terry Fulford gave him the New Member Deluxe Tour.

The previous months Minutes and Treasurers Report were approved.

Directors Reports were as follow:

Special Events Director Matt Huntington announced the events for this months tournament. The four events are Skins; in the circle (for A and B Flights, and on the green for C Flight) on Holes 9 and 17; and, in honor of Pat Harris, the Pat Dance net par or better on Holes 1, 4, 7, 10, 13 and 16 (each hole).

Entertainment Director Dennis Tramer discussed results of last months Away Tournament at Rio Hondo and noted that the rained out January Away Tournament at Rec Park was rescheduled for Saturday, April 30. The regularly scheduled April Away Tournament is April 3 at Los Serranos North. There are still several spots available.

Director Mike Vaughn reminded us that the Quad Club is scheduled for April 23rd at Rec Park. There will be 25 man teams and the entry fee is $50, which includes our contribution to Junior golf. The putting Contest, 9 Hole Tournament and the Derby will all begin next month as Daylight Saving Time will be in effect.

Director Mike Moraitis, announced the February Golfer of the Month winners Dave Rubin with a Gross 70 and Jerry Leininger with a Net 66. He noted that the Golfer of the Year Tournament would be held on Saturday, April 9. He also noted that the Thursday Team Playoffs open with El Do versus Rio Hondo.

Handicap Chairman/SCGA Representative Jerry Leininger noted that anyone who joined the club after January 1st should see Jerry to arrange to receive the 2016 SCGA Handicap Card and $15 Roger Dunn discount card that came with the January issue of Fore magazine. He also mentioned that anyone who is a member of multiple clubs should contact either Jerry or SCGA directly for a rebate of duplicate SCGA fees. Jerry discussed ESC (Equitable Stroke Control ) and how proper use of ESC can speed up play during our tournaments.

Rules Chairman Omar Diaz discussed the How to address the situation if your ball landed in a pile of loose branches, twigs, etc., as there will be some tree trimming occurring in the near future at El Do. Omar noted that the Saturday Team opens the playoffs against South Bay Publinks at Victoria.

Tournament Chairman/VP Cliff Aichele discussed results of the February Select Drive Tournament, including speed of play. Cliff reiterated that if you sign up a group, they all need to show up for the tournament. The March Tournament is a Waltz, with an anticipated turnout of 180 players.

Director Tom Retterath confirmed that we will hold a Derby prior to the meeting during Daylight Saving Time months. Entry fee will be $25 - $20 for the prize fund, and $5 for the course. Check in by 5:15 for a 5:30 start. Well limit participation to 10 teams. This will be in addition to the regular 9 Hole Tournament and Putting Tournament on meeting days.

Old Business: There was no Old Business.

New Business: Bob Livingstone informed us that the City is looking into potential modifications to several holes to make the course more playable for the average golfer and more difficult for the good golfer. They have hired a Golf Architect to evaluate various concepts, such as softening/moving/removing various bunkers, eliminating certain trees, etc. Boards displaying different options will be available for review within the next several weeks, and the City is looking for input from the public. Also, aeration of the greens will start the third week of March.

The $50 drawing winner was Steve Giroux. The meeting was adjourned at 7:40.

Rob Kuehn Secretary
March 2016 Membership - 341

Hey Everybody. Spring is here. Not much of an El Nino was it? Remember when El Dorado was covered by water during El Nino in 1997 1998? This hasn't been anything compared to that.

The Quad Club is set for Saturday April 23 at Rec Park with our 25 player teams. We are going there to win and keep the trophy. Cost per player is $50 to be paid to me in cash or a check payable to Mike Vaughn NLT meeting night Tuesday April 12. Carts will be paid by individuals to the Rec Park Pro Shop. The first group starting time will be Club Pros at 7:00 am. Format will be Net Medal. Lowest Net in each group wins 3-points, 2nd low 2-points, 3rd low 1-point and highest score 0 points. Ties will split the aggregate points equally. Players who score well in this event will have a roster spot guaranteed for the 2017 event.

The first Putting Contest for this year starts this meeting night and will get under way NLT 5:15. This first tourney will likely lead out with an Aces Only to see how we celebrate winter being over. The format will be different each month. So during Daylight Saving Time set your schedules to be at the Putting Contest by 5:30 pm on meeting might. Action will start at or about 5:15 and continue to 6:45 pm on the south green.

The Putting Contest or the meeting will be provide a great opportunity to provide your Quad Club entry to me.

Always play to win, always have fun.

Mike Vaughn

Gentlemen,

April brings the return of our monthly 9-hole tournaments, directly preceding our monthly meeting. To kick off the season, we will play this month's tourney from the BLUE tees. Just check into the Pro Shop prior to the round and pay your $5 entry.

February's Golfers of the Month are Dave Rubin (Gross) who dropped a 70 on the field, and the Board's very own Jerry Leininger (Net) who posted a net 66. Nice work, boys!

The Golfers of the Year for 2015 will be determined Saturday, April 9th, as the Gross and Net winners square off beginning at 8 a.m. Best of luck to all of the participants.

Thursday Team Play came to an unceremonious end in the first round of the playoffs. The boys from ElDo played some excellent golf, only to be bested by a red-hot Rio Hondo squad 32-16. While we didn't come away with the ultimate prize, it was still a very successful year for the guys - winning the Division 9 title. A heartfealt "Thank You" goes out to all of the Thursday Team members for giving it their best.

Mike Moraitis
Director

The first Derby of the year will be taking place on 4/12. Derby will start promptly at 5:30 on Hole #1. If all goes well with this first Derby and there is interest in doing these monthly, I will be taking signups at the 4/12 monthly meeting for the next Derby on May 10th. Cost is $25 points. 20 will go in the prize fund and 5 will go for golf and comp cart. I look forward to running this event.

Tom Retterath
Special Assignments

Spring has sprung and I hope everyone had a joyful Easter holiday. The March Pat Harris St. Patrick's Day Waltz was lots of fun, I saw plenty of happy faces and the weather was perfect. Bill Hasselman shot a solid 1 under par 71 gross to lead his crew to a low gross win in A-Flight. Not sure what happened to the Matt Huntington, Omar Diaz, JVB, Boyker Boyker boys, but I guess even that team has a bad day every now and then. John Wong handpicked a group of players to win low net in A-Flight. Even with Tom Conlisk absent his group, guided by Pete Douglas, was still able to win B-Flight low gross. Team Keith Pacheco, Mark Bernardini, Michael Appy, John Yeakel and Ken Beaulieu won B-Flight low net in a card off. Director Mike Vaughn's team had no trouble doing what it took to win C-Flight low gross. For complete results check the results page on the website. I still have abundant room in April's 1-Gross 2-Net Tournament, please contact me if you're looking to play.

Coming up on Saturday May 14th and Sunday the 15th is our first Major of the year - the Member Member. This is a club subsidized tournament is a total blast and a don't miss. There will be a pairings party in the bar area on Friday the 13th starting around 5pm. Matt Huntington will be handling special events that will include Saturday and Sunday sweeps. There are lots of ways to cash in this event, just check with some the long time members for all the ins and outs, don't miss out! The overall winning team will have the opportunity to represent our club in the SCGA 2016 4-Ball Tournament held later in the year.

Since this is a heavily subsidized tournament you must qualify to enter by having participated in at least three (3) Club events in the preceding 12 months, and have an established SCGA handicap. Club events include monthly tournaments, away trips, team play matches, and quad club. If you have questions or concerns about qualifying, ask any Board Member or look at the SOP on the website for detailed info. This tournament will be played at your L.I. or adjusted index whichever is lower. Format is best ball on Saturday and aggregate count them all on Sunday.
Cost will be $120.00 and there are several ways to sign-up for this event:

1. Fill out a Sign-up slip, place it in an envelope with payment and give it to me personally on meeting night or at the check-in table on tournament day.

2. Place your sign-up slip with payment in envelope and place it in the right-hand drawer in the pro shop.

3. Mail your sign-up slip and payment to the clubs PO box, however this is the least desirable method.

If you're a single I will do my best to pair you with another member, its a great way to make new friends.

Sign-up slips will be available in the pro shop, on the web site at the meeting or at the check-in table during the April tournament.

See all of you on meeting night or at the next tournament.

As always Hit It Close and Go Lower,
Cliff Aichele

Well the March is done and everyone can put their Pat dancing shoes away for another year. We had good participation last month, not the best, but still pretty good. Once again we had some big winners

Our event yesterday at Los Serranos was a great day of golf and weather. We had a light turnout of 42 players and there were some very good scores shot. Most notably Mark The Shark Perry shot a nice 1 under 71. The clubs bagger President Nick The Quick Zamora shot a real nice 79 as a 15HCP for a net 64. As usual, the Retterath Bandits won again as the winners on a card off at 122 were Moraitis, Olivier, Miranda & Espinosa. Nice shooting gentlemen, as you beat the infamous Blind Draw. See all the results on the website.
Next up is The Boneyard Rec Park on Saturday April 30th. First time is at 8:00 and I have times reserved for 18 fivesomes, 90 players. Rec is a fun golf course, and so close, so lets fill it up. Tony really takes care of us as we are charged Resident rates and NO TOURNAMENT FEE. I am going to take it easy on everyone for this one as we will be playing a 3 Best Ball format. Cost is $70 which is $53 for golf & cart and $17 in the Prize Fund. As always, Gross & Net skins are optional at $5 each. I will be taking signups at the April meeting or you can call or email me anytime. Just so you know, I have to give them a count on Friday, April 20th and give back at that time any unused times.
THANKS, CHOP TRAMER

Our Most Improved Golfer for the January-March 2016 Quarter is Dwayne Kirksey.

Dewayne started with a 7.3 index on January 1st and ended March 31st as a 4.1 .This results in an Improvement Factor of 1.199 or the highest for all club members. Dwayne wins the $50 and can pick up his check from Bob Livingstone at the Monthly meeting.

Congratulations to Dwayne as our first Most Improved Golfer.

Others who finished with high Improvement Factors are; Brian Bovie, Thomas Herrin, Bryan Knigge, Rick Crowder, Rick Cramer, and Jim Ridenour.

To qualify for the Quarterly Most Improved Golfer award you must have played in at least 2 EDMC tournaments/events and posted at least a total of 4 scores in the quarter. This information is posted in the hallway bulletin board as a reminder.

If you have any questions on the Most Improved Golfer award, or other handicap questions, please contact me.

Hit em long and straight and Post all your qualifying rounds.

Jerry Leininger
Handicap Chairman
SCGA Delegate

For this month Rules situation:

Shortly before Nick's round, he discovers that he inadvertently has 15 clubs in his bag. Nick does not have time to return the club to his car, so he declares the club out of play to his fellow
competitors and places the club on the floor of his golf cart. Nick then proceeds to tee off.

During play of the 2nd hole, Jerry, Nick's fellow competitor, questions Nick's actions and summons a rules official.

What is the ruling?
A. Nick has proceeded correctly.
B. Nick incurs a penalty of 2 strokes.
C. Nick incurs a penalty of 4 strokes.
D. Nick is disqualified.

The answer is A as to Rule 4-4c/1 which states. The player is not considered to be carrying the club or to have selected the club for play, even though is is physically in his possession. If
possible, the player should seek to highlight the club that is out of play by setting it apart from the other clubs, such as by placing it on the floor of his golf cart or turning it upside down in his golf bag.

As for Saturday Team we lost our 1st round playoff match against the South Bay Publinks Club 27-21. We got off to a hot start but South Bay played some solid golf coming in to nip us in the
end. I would like to thank our captain Noah Busch for being a great leader the past 2 years and he played some great golf this year. It was a lot of fun this year with a great group of men on the team, and already looking forward to next year.

Omar Diaz

Treasurer's Report - March 31, 2016

Balance February 29, 2016		30,482.80
Income
Member Dues		750.00
Rio Hondo Away Tourney		4,680.00
March Tournament		6,902.00
April Tournament		1,760.00
Interest		0.43
Hole In One		25.00
Total March Income		14,117.43
Expenses
SCGA Dues	66.00
March Green Fees	6,194.00
March Scrip	3,030.00
Rio Hondo fees	3,444.00
Rio Hondo Prize Fund	936.00
March BOD Mtg.	75.00
P. O. Box Fee	200.00
Franchise Tax Board Filing	10.00
GOM Trophies	76.90
Printer Cartridge - Hdcp	130.67
Deposit slips & Stamps	9.98
Mtg. Drawing - S. Giroux	50.00
Total March Expenses	14,222.55
Balance on March 31, 2016		30,377.68

Respectfully submitted,
Bob Livingstone
Treasurer

Hello Gentlemen,

I hope all is well in your neighborhood and your golf is improving. This month we have our biggest tournament of the year, the infamous Member/Member weekend extravaganza. Cliff Aichele is our tournament Director. He has all the information you need to be part of this great golf outing. The dates are May 14 and 15. Be sure to sign up and don’t forget the pairing party on Friday the 13th.

The Club Championships will be held on June June 11,18 and 19 (see Entry Form on the club website). The cost is $100. Each person has to play the first round on the June home tournament on the 11th. Terry Fulford is in charge of this tournament, so contact him for more information.

That’s all for now, see you all at the meeting,

Nick Zamora President

APRIL 2016 MEETING MINUTES
The monthly meeting of the El Dorado Park Men’s Golf Club was held on Tuesday, April 12, 2016 in the Big White Tent. The pre-meeting dinner included pasta salad, rolls, cole slaw, steamed broccoli, mashed potatoes, tri-tip, beef ribs, desert and a drink, all for $7. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by President Nick Zamora, who led the Pledge of Allegiance. There were approximately 80 members in attendance, including Past Presidents Jerry Leininger, Rich Dennison, Mike Montgomery, Terry Fulford, Steve Shure, Tom Retterath, Tom Conlisk, Dennis Tramer, Don Marmion and (Life Member) Bob Livingstone. There were no new members present. A moment of silence was observed for long-time member Fritz Heath, who recently passed away.

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

Directors’ Reports were as follow:

Special Events Director Matt Huntington announced the events for this month’s tournament. The four events are Skins; ”Amen Corner” (net par or better on Holes 11,12 and 13); “North of Willow” (net par or better on Holes 4,5,6 and 7); and Closest to the Pin on Hole 17.

Entertainment Director Dennis Tramer discussed results of last month’s Away Tournament at Los Serranos and noted that the rained out January Away Tournament at Rec Park was rescheduled for Saturday, April 30. This will be a 5-some format.

Director Mike Vaughn reminded us that the Quad Club is scheduled for April 23rd at Rec Park. There will be 25 man teams , and the entry fee is $50, which includes our contribution to Junior golf. Our “Club Pro” will be Omar Diaz, who we fully expect to kick the butts of the actual professionals from the other three courses. The putting Contest winners were Tom Mincarelli and Scott Chamberlain, finishing in a tie. No card off.

Filling in for Director Mike Moraitis, Bob Livingstone announced the March Golfer of the Month winners –Steve Giroux with a Gross 70 and Mike Belcher with a Net 61. That’s not a typo, he actually shot a net 61. I’m sure the Handicap Committee will be chatting with Mike in the near future. Bob also announced the winners of the Golfer of the Year Tournament – Todd Thiele with a Net 69, and Gene Milner with a Gross 70. Congratulations to these four gentlemen. Bob also discussed upcoming changes/modifications to the course relative to trees and bunkers, specifically including Holes 1,4,6,7,10,and 13.

Handicap Chairman/SCGA Representative Jerry Leininger announced the first Most Improved Golfer Award (for the first quarter of the year) – DeWayne Kirksey. Good job DeWayne. Jerry also discussed SCGA reimbursement for members of more than one club.

Rules Chairman Omar Diaz discussed the 14 Club Rule and the definition of Water Hazard versus Lateral Water Hazard. He also noted that both the Thursday Team and the Saturday Team lost in the first round of the play-offs. That notwithstanding, a hearty thanks to the Captains/Co-Captains of both teams for a job well done –Noah Bush, Mike Moraitis, Omar Diaz and Dennis Tramer.

Tournament Chairman/VP Cliff Aichele discussed the April Tournament (180 players, post your own score – Blue Tees, Non-Tournament) and the May Member/Member Tournament. Enter via Entry Form and a check in an envelope in the drawer in the clubhouse. There’s a Pairing Party that Friday Night, and Dennis Tramer will set up a horse race.The winners will qualify for the SCGA Net 4 Ball Championship.

Director Tom Retterath announced the results of our first Meeting Day Derby. We had 10 two-man teams competing in this premier event. Winners were Joey Schilling and Carl Martin, narrowly edging the teams of Brad Wilcox/Greg Englant and Sebastian Sturdevant. Tom plans to conduct this event every month when Daylight Savings time is in effect, so see him if you’re interested. Winner of the 9-Hole Tournament was Bill Johnson, with a net 34. Nice job.

Director Mike Montgomery discussed First Tee Etiquette, with the bottom line being “be ready to hit or Mike will kick your butt, penalize you, and remove you from his Christmas Card list.

Old Business: There was no Old Business.

New Business: There was no New Business.

The $50 drawing winner was Ruben Gonzales.. The meeting was adjourned at 7:35.

Rob Kuehn – Secretary
April 2016 Membership - 349

Team El Dorado continues to rock! It was disappointing the other Clubs voted to discontinue the Stableford format. With the normal 1st time being 7:00 am Recreation Park GM moved our first time to 8:45 to allow (15) public groups to go out before the Quad Club tournament. The slow play of these (15) groups caused our first time to not be until 9:15, 30 minutes behind schedule, 2 minutes per group. Looking at the time our last group teed off we only lost 5-minutes in 25 groups, 12 seconds per group. Granted, we got off to a slow start but our team maintained their composure and pulled off an impressive win. For what I have seen this is the first Quad Club 3-peat for Team El Dorado! Our’ 3-point winners were Bob Livingstone, Mark Zigenhagen, Ed Fernandez, Justin VanderBroek, Randy Kervin, Mike Pircher and Tom Montgomery. Robert Creighton, Dale Green and Ruben Gonzales tied for 1st to each take 2.5-points. Team scores were El Dorado 46, Rec Park 43.5, Skylinks 34.5 and a “Thanks for coming” to Lakewood who scored 26. Well done guys, get ready to pull off the 4-peat in 2017!

The April Putting Contest was “Aces Only” with short distances, mostly due to the punched and very slow greens. There were only (10) players in this event, losing a few players to the pre-meeting Derby. Tying for the Win at (3) Aces were Tim Minacarelli and Scott Chamberlain for a cool $25 each. Hopefully the green has better speed this meeting night. The format will be different so be sure to get to the meeting early and bring your flat stick. Action will start at or about 5:15 and continue to 6:45 pm on the south green.

Looking forward to seeing a larger field,

Mike Vaughn

Gentlemen-

In April we held the 2015 Golfer of the Year tournament... We had 8 Gross participants and 10 Net. this year's honors were captured by Gene Milner - who dropped a gross 70 on the field, and Todd Thiele, who carded a net 69. Well done, guys.
Our March Golfers of the Month were Steve Giroux with a stellar 70 gross, and Mike Belcher - who topped a crowded field with a net 61. The handicap chairman has been alerted...
Spring is in full swing, so our monthly 9-hole tournaments have returned. This month we are playing white tees... We will alternate white and blue tees throughout the year. Sign up in the pro shop on meeting day... $5 makes you eligible to participate. Winners will be announced at the meeting.

Hit'em straight...

Mike Moraitis
Director

Gentlemen, There are signup slips posted on the website and also a signup sheet posted in the hallway for the Club Championships on June 18th, 25th & 26st. Indicate if you are playing in the Championship flight in which you play scratch or if you want to play in the flighted Championships you play at your 6 month LI. To enter you must pay and play in the June tournament ($55) and then you will put an additional $100 in the drawer for the balance of the cost. You must have played in 3 events in the past calendar year to participate. Entries close Meeting night, June 14th. Any questions don't hesitate to call me at 714-334-1620

The first Derby of the year was held on 4/12. It was a beautiful evening and we had 10 2-man teams ready to do battle for the top 3 spots. Hole #1 turned out to be pretty tough with a front left pin position. We ended up with a 7 team chip-off to see who would continue on. On Hole 2 the scores were still high but no chip-off was required when we had 4 bogeys & 3 double-bogeys and the 4 teams moved on to the final hole. 2 teams had some difficulty on the Par 3. Ultimately, Team Sturdevant/Rick Crowder took home 3rd place. That left teams Carl Martin/Joey Schilling and Greg Englant/Brad Wilcox fighting it out for 1st place. Eggy chipped to about 6 ft. Carl was up next and cozied up his putt to about 1 foot away with Joey making the putt for a par 3. A Chip-off was possible if Brad would make the 6 footer but the putt didn't go down and their team settled for a bogey and 2nd place. Congrats to Carl & Joey for being the inaugural winners of the Meeting Night Derby.

The May Derby is already full but I will be taking signups for the June Derby on May 10th. Reminder, cost is $25 per player and we start promptly at 5:30pm.

Tom Retterath
Special Assignments

The April 1-Gross 2-Net tournament had a great turn out. We had 178 players just 2 shy of 36 full 5 man teams… not bad! When I look at the results the first thing I notice is Huntington, Huntington and Huntington. Begs the question just how many Huntington’s and Hasselman’s are there? Toss in the Lee’s and it might be half the club, love these guys they show up every month and always have great teams. Is it a surprise to anybody that Chop Tramer is on top of Flight-2, I’m sure he had some help from Mark “The Shark” Perry, Bret Holloway, and Rickey Evans, oh of course they also had a Huntington in that group. Check the website to see how your team finished.

We have a fun weekend of golf coming up this month. Saturday the 14th and Sunday the 15th is the Member Member. This is our most popular event of the year! Here are some things to know: entries will close May 12th so this really means you should have your sign-up form in by Wednesday the 11th, best way to get the sign-up form to me is by putting it in the right hand drawer by the computer in the pro shop, cost is $120/player. You must qualify to enter by having participated in at least three (3) Club events in the preceding 12 months, and have an established SCGA handicap. Club events include monthly tournaments, away trips, team play matches, and Quad Club. If you have questions or concerns about qualifying, ask any Board Member or look at the SOP on the website for detailed info.

This tournament will be played at your L.I. or adjusted index, whichever is lower. Format is best ball on Saturday from the blue tees using 90% of your LI and aggregate “count them all” from the white tees using 100% of your LI on Sunday. There will only be Gross payouts in the A-Flight, all other flights will be net payouts only. There will be a cocktail party in the bar area on Friday the 13th starting around 5pm, so come out and meet your fellow competitors and make a friendly wager with another team or two! Matt Huntington will be handling special events that will include Saturday and Sunday sweeps. There are lots of ways to cash in this event, just check with some of the long time members for all the ins and outs. If you don’t have a partner and are still interested in playing, contact myself and I’ll do what I can to pair you up. Once again, sign-up sheets with envelopes are available in the pro shop next to the computer, they are also available on the website. It’s shaping up to be a great weekend, and really looking forward to seeing all of you on the green!

At this month’s general meeting on Tuesday May 10th, I will be taking sign-ups for the June 18th Blind Draw tournament this is also the first round of the club championship.

As always “Hit It Close and Go Lower,”

Cliff Aichele

Well let’s start with the May Events Gentleman. May is a Biggie for Special Events. As always we will have Sweeps for both days, this will pay the three lowest teams per flight per day (10 points per player, per day). Both players have to be in for this event or you cannot play in it. The Events for Saturday will be as follows: Skins (5 points), Bookends which is net par or better on EACH hole (1,9,10, and 18 for 5 points), and you will get two for the price of one on this last event. A&B Flight Inside the Circle, C Flight on the green for Holes 5 & 14 (5 points for the pair, but you can’t choose between them, both or nothing). These three events you can pick and choose from as normal but if you want all it would 15 points, and 25 points for the day if you are doing sweeps as well.

Sunday will be the same points for sweeps as above (10 points per player). We will do skins (5 points), Down the stretch which is Net par or better EACH hole 15, 16, 17, and 18 (5 points). And we will do a 2 for 1 again on the circles. A&B flight inside the circle, and C flight on the green for Holes 3 & 11, once again this will be sort of a split pot for 5 points. Just like Saturday you are in for both 3&11 or none of them…package deal, you can’t just choose 3 or 11. If one player wants in on all events for the entire weekend it is 50 points, but please read this again if you have questions on the events and always remember that both players on the team need to be in to compete for sweeps. You are more than welcome to use your points to get your partner in if your partner doesn’t want in but you do.

I WILL BE AT EL DORADO IN THE BAR AREA FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE 6 (ALL DEPENDS ON TRAFFIC FOR THE EXACT ARRIVAL TIME) TO TAKE SIGN UPS FOR THE WEEKEND. IF YOU COME AND SIGN UP, PLEEEEEAAAASE DO NOT LEAVE THE TABLE UNTIL YOU SEE ME WRITE YOUR NAME DOWN, IT GETS CRAZY IN THERE AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS TAKEN CARE OF.

As for April I will not go into great detail but I do want to apologize, my Director duties did not start until 8:30 and apparently the tape measure did not make it out to 17 until after I made the turn at about 1:30. That being said I want to congratulate the integrity of our club for competing in that event like true gentleman and making the best measurements possible and conferring with their groups over distances. The board apologizes for the slip up but we are all human and mistakes happen.

This is normally where I start bad mouthing a lot of people but I will not this month. Poor Rich Gilmore and my Brother Brent Huntington have taken enough heat over the months that I have run these events so they get a pass, but they did have great days out there. Al Ostberg “The Big Horse” and David W. Rubin torn the events up in the A flight as well. And when the hell is Cary Thomason going to get out of the C flight??? Its getting old Cary, quit winning all the time man!!!

See you guys at the meeting on Tuesday the 10th

“The Boneyard” Rec Park on Saturday April 30th went off without a hitch, sort of. I had 4 late cancellations, 3 Friday at 5PM and 1 Saturday morning. Gentlemen, please try to inform me at least 2 days in advance if you are not going to play. I ended up having to move guys out of groups to other groups, changing their times and having 4 Blind Draws. It was just to late for me to come up with alternatives. Anyway, we ended up with 71 players and a pretty nice day. Taking home the bacon with a nice 3BB score of 193 was R. Marmion, K. Singer, C. Mcmonigle, M. Drew and J. Fuchs edging out 2 teams that shot 194. All the results are posted on the website. Your low gross winner was Jim Fuchs who shot a great 70. For low net there was a 3 way tie at 67 by S. Faris, P. Douglas and T. Montgomery. Winning the card off with a net 32 on the back was the “GOOD” Montgomery. Once again, all you guys that don’t go are missing out on an opportunity to win MAJOR POINTS as Mr. Fuchs pulled in 277 of them in this tournament.

Next up is Los Verdes on Saturday July 30, I will take signups at the July meeting. Also time to start thinking about the weekender at Sycuan Resort on September 29, October 1 & 2. For all those new members, this is a great weekend, as we play both great 18 hole golf courses and for those interested there is a shuttle from the resort to the Casino. This is a 2 man partner event, same format as our Member-Member. A signup slip with all prices will be in the July newsletter and slips will be on our table in the pro shop. Oh, we will also have plenty of snacks and alcohol in the Huge Hospitality Suite they provide us with. Any questions on this talk to me at the course or give me a call.

THANKS,
CHOP TRAMER

We had some issues with scores posted at the golf course computer and on the GHIN web site for last months’ tournament. Some of the scores were received and some were not. The golf course computer had a message to the effect that “your score has been recorded and will be transmitted once connectivity is established” several scores never showed up. On the GHIN online site, several players got a message that their GHIN number could not be found.

I went back and made all the corrections and posted scores manually from the scorecards that were turned on tournament day. You do not need to take any additional action at this point; every score got recorded on GHIN.

It looks like GHIN is still having issues from mobile phones and I will try to get an answer on when that should be corrected. I do know the golf course computer is up and running (for now at least!)

If you need to post scores via a cell or mobile app, I suggest you log onto the SCGA web site and record your scores there; that site is working.

I mention this because we will ask you to post your own scores for the Member- Member tournament unless we notify you differently. I hope all the problems have been cleared up by that time and will keep everyone advised.

Thank you for posting all your scores and please contact me with any additional questions.
Jerry Leininger
SCGA Delegate
Handicap Chairman

Treasurer's Report - April 30, 2016

Balance March 31, 2016		30,377.68
Income
Member Dues		125.00
Los Serranos Entries		3,387.00
April Tourney Entries		8,151.00
Interest		0.46
Director Outing Entries		7,588.00
Total April Income		19,251.46
Expenses
April Green Fees	6,650.00
April Scrip	3,240.00
Los Serranos Green Fees	2,562.00
Los Serranos Prize Fund	825.00
BOD Meeting	75.00
GOY Green Fees	684.00
April Derby Subsidy	50.00
Q1 Most Improved - D Kirksey	50.00
GOM Trophies	79.60
Mtg. Drawing - R. Gonzales	50.00
Total April Expenses	14,265.60
Balance on April 30, 2016		35,363.54

Respectfully submitted,
Bob Livingstone
Treasurer

Hello Gentlemen,

I hope you all are enjoying our fine weather and golf is your top priority. May brought us our Member/member tournament and some great play. Team Holloway/Perry did it again and played a very good Sunday round and took the Gross and Net first place position. Mark the Shark shot 66 on Sunday to help his team prevail. A big THANK YOU has to go to Cliff Aichele and all the club staff for all their hard work the whole weekend. From the pairing party on Friday to the last putt on Sunday night, the directors worked hard to make the tournament a big success.

Next on the tee is the Club Championship. It is a 3 day event played over 2 weekends. The first day is June 11 and the following weekend is the final 2 days of competition. You must play all 3 days to qualify for the championship. See Terry Fulford for more details.

I hope you all have been noticing the work being done to our course. The grounds crew have been working day and night to make the course all it can be for us. A lot of changes to the fairway bunkers and for all you ladies out there, a few new tees boxes too. The course is playing quite nicely and I hope you are all getting a chance to get out and play.

Until we meet again, have a good one,
Nick Zamora
Your President

President Nick Zamora called to order the May 10, 2016, General Meeting of the El Dorado Men’s Club at 7:02 PM, under the Big Tent, and led the Club in the Pledge to the Flag. The pre-meeting dinner included Jambalaya and sausage with white rice and a no-host bar.

Past Presidents in attendance were Dennis Tramer, Bob Livingstone, Rich Dennison, Jerry Leininger, Terry Fulford, Don Marmion, Steve Shure and Tom Retterath. Life Member in attendance was Bob Livingstone. The April Meeting Minutes and Treasurer’s Report were approved as submitted in the Newsletter.

Handicap Chairman and SCGA Delegate Jerry Leininger discussed recent issues involving the GHIN Platform and posting problems, which have now been handled by the USGA. Throughout this debacle, the SCGA website and APP have worked. If your handicap file contains errors, please contact Jerry. The Club will post scores for the upcoming Member-Member.

One new member introduced himself and met with Past President Terry Fulford to learn about the Club. Terry also reminded the membership that he would be conducting the Club Championship in June. Entries are on the website. We will hopefully have the Championship and 2 handicap flights. You must be entered in, and play in, the June tournament which will also be the first round of the CC. Terry also mentioned that there was over $1,000 in the Hole-In-One Insurance Fund. If you are not entered, please contact Terry to sign up with your $5 entry.

Communications Director Mike Montgomery was absent, but everyone was reminded that you MUST cancel from tournaments at least 48 hours in advance to realistically expect a refund, and also to be fair to those who may be looking for an opportunity to play.

Special Events Chairman Matt Huntington discussed the numerous events that could be entered during the Member-Member. Signups will be available Friday night at the Parings Party or Saturday. Matt encouraged everyone who signs up for Special Events to watch their name being marked off, to make sure they are properly entered.

Entertainment Chairman Dennis Tramer recapped the away trip to Recreation Park, where there were 71 players (but several people cancelled either the night before or just didn’t show up, which is totally unacceptable!). Congrats to Jim Fuchs who cleaned up with 277 dollars in various categories as a result of his 2-under 70. Los Verdes is the July away trip, and don’t forget the Weekender to Sycuan Resort in early October. Signups for both will begin in June.

Director Mike Vaughn recapped the successful 25 members who “played their asses off” in winning the Quad Club, and noted that $5 from each player and $275 from the Club will be donated to Long Beach Junior Golf. He also announced the winners and runners up in the putting tournament. Finally, remember that July will be the beginning of the Flights signups, and there will be putting tournaments before the meeting throughout the summer months (several early derby losers got some of their money back in the putting tournament!).

Director Mike Moraitis announced that Todd Thiele (net 69) had vanquished 9 fellow GOM net competitors and Gene Milner (70) had beaten 7 other GOM gross winners in the Annual Golfer of the Year tourney, and each will receive a spectacular goblet commemorating this accomplishment. For April, the GOM winners were Cary Thomason in the Net (65) and Bill Hasselman (card off at 73) in the gross flights. Finally, Mike reminded everyone of (and begged them to follow) the procedures relative to submitting a GOM score, like name, GHIN number, 6-month LI, date and tees played all being included on the submitted card along with your signature and that of at least one other Club member who played with you.

Director of Special Assignments Tom Retterath recapped the second ever Meeting Night Derby ($25 for golf, cart, entry fee and many great stories). The night’s winners were Larry Bartley (18-foot par putt from off the green on #3) and Rich Boyker. The Derby is open to the first 20 players who sign up (and pay!). If you are interested and cannot sign up at the preceding meeting, contact Tom.

City Superintendent of Golf Operations Bob Livingstone recapped the progress to date on the changes to the course and construction updates and how the enlarged greens, new sod, bunkers-under-construction and the like would be handled from a Rules of Golf perspective during the Member-Member.

VP-Tournament Director Cliff Aichele gave an overview of the upcoming Member-Member and Pairings Party. There have been some drop outs and shuffling, so please pay attention to the pairings when they are posted online. Before announcing the lottery for June signups, Cliff reiterated what had been mentioned earlier in the meeting: Please make sure the people you sign up for tournaments know they are actually entered and will show up, and if necessary, please cancel as soon as you know you have to…others are waiting to play. It is not fair to those who want to play when someone is a “No Show”.

There was no Old Business, and no New Business.

The second name drawn in the Monthly Member Drawing was Don Didier, who became a second-time winner (sorry Terry Fulford, whose name was 5th in line!).

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,
Bob Livingstone
Secretary Pro Tempore

Wow, it is June already. In my next life I want to be a weatherman. I will make good money, predict anything, be wrong, and keep my job as no one expects me to be right (i.e. El Nino).

The May Putting Contest was “Count them All”. The green was in much better condition than it was in April. We had better participation with (19) players. Tying for the Win at -3 were Tim Minacarelli and Ed Fernandez taking 40 bones each while Bret Holloway, Scott Chamberlain, Steve Giroux and Greg Englant tied for second and each collected 12 bones. Set your smart phone calendar for Tuesday June 14 to be at the course just after 5:00 as the next Contest will start at or shortly after 5:15 on the south green.

Flights Championships is coming up fast. Entry will remain at $20 per player. Will likely start filling this as early as the June meeting. First matches can be played as early as August 1.

See you at the course,

Mike Vaughn

Guys
Just want to remind everybody interested in participating in the Club Champion, Open and Flighted. I only have about 10 people in the Fighted and about the same in the Open. So if you are interested please e-mail or call me and let me know you are going to play. I am only taking sign-ups until the meeting on the 14th. let get some more players.
Terry

Our monthly Derby was held on General Meeting night. The sun was out and a little breezy for our 10 2-man teams. Hole #1 was either easy or difficult for our teams. We had 7 teams make bogey or better to move on to Hole #2.

On Hole 2 the scores were again mixed with 4 teams making bogey or better moving on to the final hole. The tee shots on #3 were average at best. 1 in the front-left bunker, 1 in the back right bunker and 2 shots about 20 yards short of the green. Team Boyker/Bartley played their bunker shot to about 18 feet just off the green. The long difficult bunker shot from a downhill lie by Zamora was left in the bunker but Wilcox played the next bunker shot to about 7 feet above the pin. Mike Belcher hit their pitch shot about 3 feet short of the green. Matt Huntington hit his chip shot just on the green about 15 short of the pin. Tom Gleim then hit their team’s 3rd about 1 foot away which then was holed for a 4. Larry Bartley then canned the 18 footer for a 3 for his team. Zamora then stepped up like a man and sank their 7 footer to also record a 4. Dave Chamberlain had a chance to make his 15 footer to tie with a 3 but it wasn’t to be and their team also made a 4. That left Team Boyker/Bartley as the winners. We had a 3-way chip-off for 2nd & 3rd place. The chip spot was from behind the green to a front pin position. Dave Chamberlain chipped to about 25 feet (resulting in 2nd place). Then Tom Gleim made his pitch but the ball wouldn’t stop and rolled about 2 feet off the green onto the front fringe. Brad Wilcox hit his pitch to about 30 feet (resulting in 3rd place).

I might have room for the June Derby so let me know if you are interested in playing. Remember, everyone who signs up is committed to playing unless I hear back from you at least a few days prior to the Derby night which will then provide me enough time to find you a replacement player. Reminder, cost is $25 per player and we start promptly at 5:30pm.

Tom Retterath
Special Assignments

Hope everyone is enjoying these last few weeks of spring, because another So Cal hot summer is heading our way!

Well, the Member Member has come and gone… a huge thanks to all of the Board of Directors for helping to make it go off without a hitch! I would also like to say thanks to all of the participants for making things go smoothly. I’m happy to say I had no curveballs thrown at me and heard no grumbling about tee times or anything else; this made my job a lot easier and I really appreciate that.

There was no doubt that the A-Flight Gross winners, Team Holloway/Perry, played very well together. For those of you keeping track that’s the second year in a row, and they are looking to three-peat next year- I guess that’s why they call him “Shark” Perry. Team Retterath/Wilson and Team Boyker/Boyker tried to give them a run for their money but couldn’t quite get it done.

I’ll toot my own horn a little, as Rich Gilmore and myself ham-n-egged it very nicely and won A-Flight low net. Some say that the Tournament Director winning the Member Member has never been done, but I’m not sure I believe that and I certainly don’t feel the least bit guilty! Team Smith/Thiele secured a win in B-Flight, and seem to being going for some type of record as they won in C-Flight last year.

It’s always great to see new names on the leader board like Team Bernardini/Appy who won C-Flight. D-Flight was no shocker, with “I never win anything” “Chop” Team Fish/Liebeck taking the win.

Overall, it was a great tournament, with lots of big payouts- so make sure to check the results tab to see how your team finished.

Coming up this month on Saturday June 18th is the Partner Better Ball Blind Draw. This tournament also doubles as the first round of the Club Championship; if you’re playing in the Club Championship you should first sign-up and pay separately for the Partner Best Ball Blind Draw tournament, then secondly sign-up and pay separately for the Club Championship. Again, for accounting purposes it required and greatly appreciated if participants pay the $55 for the monthly tournament and then $100 separately for the Club Championship. The C.C. sign-up form is available on the website. Any question about the C.C. should be directed to Terry Fulford or any of the Board of Directors.

At the June 14th general meeting I will be taking sign-ups for one of my favorite tournaments: The Red White and Blue. Looking forward to seeing you then.

As always “Hit It Close and Go Lower”
Cliff Aichele

Next up is Los Verdes on Saturday July 30, I will take signups at the July meeting. Also time to start thinking about the weekender at Sycuan Resort on September 29, October 1 & 2. For all those new members, this is a great weekend, as we play two great 18 hole golf courses and for those interested there is a shuttle from the resort to the Casino. This is a 2 man partner event, same format as our Member-Member. A signup slip with all prices will be in the July newsletter and slips will be on our table in the pro shop. Oh, we will also have plenty of snacks and alcohol in the Huge Hospitality Suite they provide for us. Any questions on this talk to me at the course or give me a call.

FYI Here are the prices for the weekender at Sycuan Resort:
- DEPOSIT OF $70 FOR EACH TOURNAMENT PLAYER IS REQUIRED WHEN YOU SIGN UP.
- FRIDAY GOLF $60 + $20 FEE FOR PARTNER BB BLIND DRAW & SKINS
- TOURNAMENT ENTRY FEE $70. THIS COVERS TOURNAMENT – CTP – GROSS & NET SKINS

THE FOLLOWING IS FOR FRIDAY & SATURDAY NIGHTS – SATURDAY & SUNDAY GOLF & INCLUDES TAX:
- SINGLE GOLFER IN ROOM $418.64
- TWO GOLFERS IN ROOM $269.32 PER PERSON

ADDITIONAL FEES IF APPLICABLE:
- ROOM FOR THURSDAY OR SUNDAY NIGHT $139.32

FOR THE LADIES IF THE WANT TO PLAY THE EXECUTIVE COURSE PINE GLEN – FRIDAY $26 SAT,-SUN. $31

****I NEED TO SEND A ROOMING LIST BY 8/31. THIS IS THE CUT OFF DATE. IT IS POSSIBLE I CAN GET YOU IN AFTER THIS DATE, BUT THE PRICE WILL GO UP!!!

THANKS, CHOP TRAMER

Handicap Newsletter


One of the key elements of the USGA Handicap is that of Peer Review and per the USGA definition “ Peer Review is the ability of golfers to gain and understanding of a player’s potential ability and to form a reasonable basis for supporting or disputing a score that has been posted” USGA Handicap System.

Two essential elements of peer review are 1. Members of a golf club must have a reasonable and regular opportunity to play together (our Monthly tournaments) and 2. Access must be provided to scoring records, as well as to a Handicap Index list for inspection by others, including but not limited to fellow club members.

This is why you will find our Index Reports posted in the hallway bulletin board and in the display case in the patio area. We also display at least the last 2 months index reports in the hallway for your review.

If you should have a question as to a player’s index information or handicap, please contact the Handicap Committee and we will review the specifics.

The Handicap system is not just the job of the Handicap Chairman or Committee.


Thanks for your assistance and remember to post all your scores.

Jerry Leininger
Handicap Chairman

So hope everyone had fun at the Member/Member last month; saw some nice scores out there. As we were hanging out afterwards, I got a rules questions from our President Nick Zamora and Prisciliano Lucero and Greg Ramsey. The question involved a player who hit his drive toward the trees and rough. As the group reached the area where they think the ball is likely to be, that is when the 5 minutes allowed to find the ball begin. The player that hit the drive gave up his search and started back to the tee to hit his 3rd shot after about 3 minutes of looking. As he got about half way to the tee, someone found his ball before the 5 minutes was up. Regardless of the fact that the player gave up the search, since 5 minutes had not elapsed, and he had not put a new ball in play, he was allowed to play his original ball with no penalty.

This is in Decision 26/17 - A player cannot render a ball lost by a declaration, the original ball shall remain in play. Sorry Nick - looks like you are going to owe Prisciliano & Greg a drink. Some of you might remember this coming into play at the US Open in 1988 at Olympic. Lee Janzen’s drive came to rest in a tree. After discussing with the marshals in the area, Janzen assumed his ball remained up in the tree and was lost. He headed back to the tee to put a new ball into play (Rule 27). Before a 2nd ball was put into play, his 1st ball fell from the tree and was identified by his caddie. Janzen was called back, and he confirmed the ball was his. All of this took place within the 5 minute search period and, therefore, Janzen's ball was in play and no penalty was incurred.

The key is this must happen within that 5 minute period that starts when you get to the area where you think the ball is likely to be. Even if you find the ball, but it's after the 5 minute search period, the ball is deemed lost, and you would have to go back to where the original shot was taken and replay the shot with a 1 stroke penalty plus the distance.

A note for anyone playing in the Club Championship in June. You may be playing with someone who is only playing in the Blind Draw and they may not putt out because they got to their maximum strokes allowed. Since you are in the Championship, you must hole out on every hole or you will be disqualified from the club championship.

Good luck to all in June.

Treasurer's Report - May 31, 2016

Balance April 30, 2016		35,363.54
Income
Member Dues		1,875.00
Interest		0.38
Hole-in-One Insurance		10.00
Mem-Mem Entries		16,104.00
Rec away entries		4,970.00
LBO Raffle Tickets		720.00
Quad Club Junior donation		125.00
Total May Income		23,804.38
Expenses
SCGA Dues	561.00
Rec away green/cart fees	3,513.00
Rec away prize fund	1,207.00
Mem-Mem Green Fees	10,488.00
Mem-Mem Scrip	6,400.00
Mem-Mem Food	1,440.00
Mem-Mem Scoreboard	45.95
GOM Trophies	83.20
Goy Trophies	245.12
Mtg. Drawing - D. Didier	50.00
May 9-hole Derby	50.00
BOD meeting	75.00
Director Outing rooms/fees	5,110.00
Director stipends	700.00
Quad Club Junior donation	400.00
Total May Expenses	30,368.27
Balance on May 31, 2016		28,799.65

NOTE: The Club added $2,250 to the Member-Member Tournament

Respectfully submitted,
Bob Livingstone
Treasurer

Hello Gentlemen,

Summer is in full swing and I hope you are all taking advantage of all the golf activities we are putting out for you. We had our Club Championships last month and the winners were Grant Wilson in the Gross Flight, Corey Smith in the A Net Flight, and Jack McCarthy in the B Net Flight. Good job boys for winning the 3 day event.

The Flights Tournament will be up next. See Mike Vaughn to sign up. It is a fun event that takes a few months to complete. It is all about the MATCH PLAY here so bring your competitive side out and play with the big boys.

Another big event this month is The Long Beach Open. The Pro Am Tournament is July 27th. It is on a Wednesday and it is a full day of activities. It starts with a complementary buffet breakfast, followed by a shotgun golf tournament. Finishing with a lunch, awards, and a raffle for some great prizes. We are selling raffle tickets at meeting night for 3 spots for the day. See Mike Montgomery for further details.

As always, The Board of Directors are always open to suggestions on ways to make the club better. If you have a great idea, please let us know.

Thanks and see you all on the links,
Nick Zamora President

JUNE 2016 MEETING MINUTES

The monthly meeting of the El Dorado Park Men’s Golf Club was held on Tuesday, June 14, 2016 in the Big White Tent. The pre-meeting dinner included chicken fajitas, cheese enchiladas, rice, black beans, salad, dessert and a drink, all for $7. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by President Nick Zamora, who led the Pledge of Allegiance. There were approximately 90 members in attendance, including Past Presidents Jerry Leininger, Mike Montgomery, Don Marmion, Steve Shure, Terry Fulford, Tom Retterath, Dennis Tramer, Rich Dennison, and (Life Member) Bob Livingstone.

New member Pat Serge, a friend of Rick Crowder, introduced himself.

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

Directors’ Reports were as follows:

Director Mike Montgomery announced that he will be selling Raffle Tickets for the Long Beach Open tonight and at the July tournament. Participant tickets for this prestige event are $400 and raffle tickets are only $5 for one, $10 for three, and $20 for eight.

Special Events Director Matt Huntington announced the events for this month’s tournament. In addition to both Net and Gross Skins, we’ll have in the circle (for A and B Flights, and on the green for the C Flight) on #12, and Net Par or Better on Holes 3,6,8,13,16 and 18, what Matt is calling Easy Three/Hard Three. Someone tell Matt that they’re all hard for some of us. Matt also noted that at last month’s Member/Member Tournament, only 31 players failed to cash. Nice job of spreading the wealth around, Matty.

Entertainment Director Dennis Tramer announced that our next Away Tournament is July 30 at Los Verdes. We’ll play foursomes, have an 8:00 starting time, and cost (including cart) is $75. Also, Dennis needs to finalize attendance at the Weekender at Sycuan Resort on October 1-2 not later than August 31. Cost will be $259 per golfer for two rounds of golf and two nights lodging, plus a $70 Tournament Fee. Contact Dennis if you’re interested.

Rules Chairman Omar Diaz led an extensive discussion of the “5 minute lost ball” issue, including utilization of a Provisional Ball as allowed. He also discussed specific GUR (Ground Under Repair) locations for the upcoming tournament, given the many improvements underway on the course.

Director Mike Moraitis announced the May Golfer of the Month winners – Ryan Boyker with a Gross 69 and Don Didier with a Net 65. Beating out 19 other golfers, the winner of the Nine Hole Tournament was Matt Williams. And taking the honors (and the rewards) in the pre-meeting Derby was the team of Larry Bartley and Eddie Fernandes. There was no putting contest, as Director Mike Vaughn was unable to attend due to injury. Get better soon Mike.

Tournament Chairman/VP Cliff Aichele noted that the May Member-Member Tournament went very well, and thanked the Course Management (Rick and Bing) for Friday night snacks and Saturday/Sunday tee goodies. Next Home Tournament is our Blind Draw Tournament on June 18, followed by our Red/White/Blue Tournament on July 16.

Director Tom Retterath announced he was taking sign-ups for next month’s pre-meeting Derby. This event, conceived and run by Tom, has proven to be extremely popular. Great job Tom.

President Nick Zamora presented Team Play First Place plaques to Saturday Team Play Assistant Captain Omar Diaz and Thursday Team Play Assistant Captain Mike Moraitis. Well done gentlemen. Maybe next year we can go a little farther in the play-offs.

Director Livingstone noted that we are helping to host a Junior Golf Drive/Chip/Putt Contest at Skylinks. It you’d like to help out as a volunteer, see Bob. He also noted that the Board voted to increase annual dues by $5 to $110 for returning members (if paid by October 15th) and $130 for new members. Because SCGA is raising their dues by $3, and because the Club “ate” the last $3 increase by SCGA, it was felt that increasing our dues was appropriate. There were no objections.

Old Business: There was no Old Business.

New Business: Pete Douglas introduced a motion to rescind the two stroke penalty rule relative to finishing more than 15 minutes behind the group ahead of you or not finishing within your allotted overall time (which varies from 4:30 to 5:15, depending on when you tee off).The motion was seconded by Braz. A lively discussion followed, which became quite boisterous at times. When the smoke cleared, a vote was taken. The motion was defeated by a vote of 90-5.

The $50 drawing winner was Shaun Ferguson. The meeting was adjourned at 8:06.

Rob Kuehn - Secretary
June 2016 Membership - 360

Gentlemen,

The Golfers of the Month for May featured some familiar faces. In the Gross category, Ryan Boyker edged out Grant Wilson (by virtue of a card off). Ryan posted a 66 to take the top spot. In the Net category, Don Didier bested a limited field while dropping a net 65 to earn the win. Congrats to Ryan and Don.

The June 9-hole tournament attracted a healthy field of 20. Playing from the BLUE tees, the Board’s very own Dennis Tramer grabbed 3rd place (good for 20 pts) with a net 35.5. Cary Thomason continued his streak of solid play and grabbed the 2nd spot (30 pts) with a Net 33. Topping the field (via card off) also with a net 33 was Matt Williams – earning the week’s top prize of 50 pts.

July 9-hole Tournament will be played FROM THE WHITE TEES. Sign up in the pro shop, as usual.

Best,
Mike Moraitis
Director

Gentlemen, well the Club Championships were concluded on June 26 and we have a new Club Champion, Mr. Grant Wilson who shot a very nice 4 over par 220 for the three day event. Coming in 2nd was Ryan Boyker with a nice 70 on the final day and Dave Rubin at 221. Your A Flight winner was Corey Smith with a final round net 64 for a great 3 day total of 208. Coming in 2nd was Sheldon Dranch. In the B Flight it was the Jack McCarthy with a 3 day total of 11 under par 205, great shooting Jack. Coming in a close 2nd was "6 club" Lloyd Lee at 207. Congratulations to all the winners and please try to attend the July meeting when I hand out the trophies and we take pictures for the website. All the results are posted on the website.

The Senior Club Championships will take place on August 27 & 28. we will have sign up slips at the meeting and shortly on the website. You must be 55 or older to play in this event. The Championship winner will get an entry into the SCGA event. The 2 net winners will compete Corey Smith and Jack McCarthy in September for the entry into the SCGA NET Championships.

We had a beautiful early evening for our monthly Derby in June. Hole #1 again played fairly difficult with the front hole location. However, the main issue was the number of tee shots that were in the left tree line! Instead of having a 6-way chip off for the teams with bogey, an executive decision was made to move 8 teams onward to Hole #2.

On Hole 2, we ended up with a 3-way chip off for the teams who made a bogey for the final spot to move on. It was a difficult chip shot from behind the green in thick rough to a back pin position. We had 2 teams that hit the chip short of the green on the fringe and 1 team barely getting the ball on the green but it was good enough to have that team move forward to the final hole. The tee shots on #3 were pretty good for a back pin position. We had 3 shots on the green (Bartley, Huff & Tramer) and 1 in the front-left bunker (Zamora). Mike Belcher hit a decent bunker shot to 20 feet. First up to putt (reminder we put inside-out), was Ed Fernandes had a 15 footer for birdie which just turned left at the hole leaving his partner (Bartley) an easy putt for a par.

Next up was Zamora who calmly sank the 20 footer to salvage par – great putt! Next up was Englant who had about a 50 foot putt which he left about 6 feet short. Huff then confidently rolled in the 6 footer for another par! Andersen had about a 60 footer which he didn’t hit solidly and left Tramer with a 15 footer. Unfortunately their visions of joining the other three teams with a par were vanished when Dennis’ putt didn’t find the bottom of the hole. That left another chip off for the top 3 spots.

The chip off was from just in front of the right-hand bunker about 25 yards from the pin. Fernandes was up first and hit an excellent chip to about 3 feet. Englant was up next and hit another good chip that just rolled past the pin and stopped about 5 feet away. Belcher was up third and his chip got caught up in the kikuyu grass and they ended up in 3rd place. So Team Fernandes/Bartley took home 1st (Bartley 2 months in a row) and Huff/Englant with a solid 2nd place.

I might have room for additional players for the July 12th Derby so let me know if you are interested in playing. Remember, everyone who signs up is committed to playing unless I hear back from you at least a few days prior to the Derby night which will then provide me enough time to find you a replacement player.

Reminder, cost is $25 per player and we start promptly at 5:30pm.

Tom Retterath
Special Assignments

The June Blind Draw is now in the books, and the way I see it you were either a helper or a hurter. I’m pretty sure I was a hurter and my blind draw partner never had a chance. However, this was not the case for Joey Schilling, Matt Williams, Tom Montgomery and Mike Appy… these guys all kicked butt and along with help from their partners won their perspective flights. Way to golf the ball guys! Since the tournament was also the first round of our Club Championship I noticed many players had their game faces on and were motivated to play hard and shoot low scores. We had 74 two man teams, equally, 148 players in total. As always check the results tab on the website to see who your partner was and how well you did. Results can also be found posted on the bulletin board in the hallway.

Coming up Saturday July 16th is the Red White Blue Tournament and this one is always a blast! The format is a 5-man team event playing 6 holes from the red tees, 6 holes from the white tees, and 6 from the blues. Scoring will be 4 best balls from the reds, 3 from the whites, and 2 from the blues. Contact me if you’re interested in playing because I still have several spots for singles and possible complete times.

Be sure to show up for the Tuesday July 12th general meeting. At the conclusion of the meeting I’ll be taking signups for the August 13th Three Best Ball tournament.

As always “Hit It Close and Go Lower”
Cliff Aichele

We went from having the most winners in May that I have had to fill envelopes for, to the lowest in June. The events were not that much harder but with the pressure of an individual event and the Club championship it must have all been psychological. I apologize on behalf of golf zing sending me to a scorecard that showed 18 being one of the easiest 3 when it should have been 17. Either way everyone knew what holes we set up and 18 was playing MUCH EASIER than 17 that day.

In the A Flight Kevin Mehlbrech put some whipped cream on top of a dog crap sandwich on 18 making eagle and getting both skins for that hole, great job Kevin, not in the club championship of course!! Colin Boylan and Steve Giroux also scored on a tough day for skins
B flight really had 1 name, Newcomer Tim Jolly was the only one in the circle on 12 and cleaned out the entire pot, great shot, but I am doubting you made the putt. Brian Dauk cleaned up as well and we will definitely have Jerry and the handicap committee looking over his shoulder in the near future.

The C Flight had 2 guys that do not win a lot so there will be no trash talking in this flight. Paul Henry had 2 wins for a nice pay day and Jim Ridenour was one of only 2 people to hit the green on 12. I thought net skins would be interesting for this flight and it was a joke. 10 skins out of 18 holes is not even worth it. That being said Net Skins will not happen again on my watch. Too big of a pain for it to be even worth it.

See you guys at the meeting to go over next Month’s events. We will have a closest to the pin on 17 and half the pot will go towards the Wounded Marines fund.

Coming up on July 30th is our annual trip to Los Verdes. This event usually gets a big turnout so sign up early. We have room for 72 golfers and will be playing foursomes. The format will be 2BB on the par 4’s and 3BB on the 3’s & 5’s. Cost is $75 and gross & net skins are $5 each which is optional. First time is 8:00. I will take signups at the meeting or you can give me a call or send me an email.

It’s time to start thinking about our weekender at Sycuan Resort Sept. 30, Oct. 1 & 2. All the information is on the website and in the Pro shop on the signup slips. Please, when you fill out your slip put in an envelope with your deposit ($70). Sign ups end on August 30th. This is a very nice facility with 2 great golf courses, we play them both, and for those who dabble in the gambling world the have shuttles to their casino which has all the casino games and a race book. Now let me tell you about the “huge” Hospitality Suite they comped us. This can accommodate easily around 40-50 people and is well stocked with snacks, sodas & ALCOHOL. Any questions don’t hesitate to give me a call.

THANKS, CHOP TRAMER

APRIL-MAY-JUNE MOST IMPROVED GOLFER

Our winner of the second quarter Most Improved Golfer is Michael Drew. Michael started April as a 5.6 index and ended June as a 2.8, or an improvement factor of 1.189. Michael wins $50 for being our Most Improved Golfer of the Quarter. Nice work Mike...

Others in the running included:(in order)
Mark Perry
Kirk Singer
Dennis Tramer
Bob Livingstone
Joey Wangsness Jr.
David Lee
Terry Cormack
Eugene Milner

Congratulations to all on your improvement.

Jerry Leininger
Handicap Chairman

Treasurer's Report - June 30, 2016

Balance May 31, 2016		28,799.65
Income
Membership		500.00
Club Champ Entries		5,024.00
June Tourney Entries		8,274.00
July Tourney Entries		1,870.00
Interest		0.40
Hole In One		25.00
Total June Income		15,693.40
Expenses
June Tourney Green Fees	5,586.00
June Scrip	2,640.00
Club Champ Prizefund	1,414.00
Club Champ prize subsidy	451.00
Club Champ Green Fees	3,610.00
SCGA Dues	99.00
GOM Trophies	77.61
Mtg. Drawing - S. Ferguson	50.00
Director Stipend	350.00
Director Outing Green Fees	3,472.00
Bank Fees	50.00
Counterfeit bill	100.00
Derby Subsidy	50.00
Total June Expenses	17,949.61
Balance on June 30, 2016		26,543.44

Respectfully submitted,
Bob Livingstone
Treasurer

Hello Everyone,

I hope all is well on the golf front. You should all be out playing and enjoying the great weather we have been having unlike last year when it rained hard during the Red, White and Blue Tournament. A big golf clap goes to the whole ELDO staff for hosting the 2016 Long Beach Open. The course was in perfect shape and a special thanks goes to Marc Lilleberg and his crew for all their hard work. The final day was pretty exciting with many players stepping up and going low. There were 6 players shooting 65 on the last day and one player shooting 64 to force a playoff. Garrett Sapp birdied the 18th hole to win the playoff and the tournament. That’s the way to finish.

Flights matches begin in August. Check with Mike Vaughn to see who you are playing. He has done a wonderful job organizing this with phone numbers and emails. So there is no excuse not communicating with your fellow competitor. It is your responsibility to get your matches completed by the end of the month or you may be disqualified. Mike is working with Rick Crowder with tee times.

The Red, White and Blue Tournament was held in July and Cliff did a great job to make sure everyone had a good time. A lot of low scores on that one. See Jerry Leininger for your letters( Kirk Jondle).

The Partner is coming up in September, so secure your sandbagger partner early or you might be stuck with me. This tournament is a little different and it is a lot of fun.

The Senior Club Championship is Aug.27-28. See Terry Fulford for all the details and remember you must be 55 or older (this year) to play.

Being in an election year and all, a reminder that the Board of Directors elections are in November. If you have any interest in joining our BOD please let one of your directors know. We are always looking for a few good men to help run the best men’s club in Long Beach.

Until we meet again,
Nick Zamora, your President

JULY 2016 MEETING MINUTES

The monthly meeting of the El Dorado Park Men’s Golf Club was held on Tuesday, July 12, 2016 in the Big White Tent. The pre-meeting dinner included rice, green beans with mushrooms and almonds, chicken with onions and green peppers, beef with red bell peppers and green onions , salad, dessert and a drink, all for $7.

The meeting was called to order at 7:05 pm by President Nick Zamora, who led the Pledge of Allegiance. There were approximately 115 members in attendance, including Past Presidents Jerry Leininger, Mike Montgomery, Don Marmion, Steve Shure, Tom Conlisk, Terry Fulford, Tom Retterath, Dennis Tramer, Rich Dennison, and (Life Member) Bob Livingstone. There were no new members present.

The previous month’s Minutes and Treasurer’s Report were approved. Livy requested that we observe a moment of silence in remembrance of two long time members who passed away recently: Tom Flanagan and Phil Dauk.

Directors’ Reports were as follows:

Director Mike Montgomery announced that he will be selling Raffle Tickets for the Long Beach Open tonight. Participant tickets for this prestige event are $400 and raffle tickets are only $5 for one, $10 for three, and $20 for eight. Mike will draw the names of the three lucky winners at the conclusion of the meeting. Mike also noted that our “Best Ever” waitress Paisley is leaving El Do to travel the country. We’ll miss her so very much.

Special Events Director Matt Huntington announced the events for this month’s tournament. In addition to Gross Skins, we’ll have in the circle (for A and B Flights, and on the green for the C Flight) on your second shot on No. 1; Net Par or better on all of the white tee holes (#2,5,7,11,14, and 17); and CTP on #17, with a 50-50 split specifically for the wounded warriors at Camp Pendleton.

Entertainment Director Dennis Tramer announced that our next Away Tournament is July 30 at Los Verdes. We’ll play foursomes, have an 8:00 starting time, and cost (including cart) is $75. Also, Dennis needs to finalize attendance at the Weekender at Sycuan Resort on October 1-2 not later than August 31. Cost will be $259 per golfer for two rounds of golf and two nights lodging, plus a $70 Tournament Fee. Contact Dennis if you’re interested.

Rules Chairman Omar Diaz noted that all of the areas around the most recent improvements on the course will be “in play” for the tournament, including all the bunkers .Regarding the weather station left of the 8th tee, it is appropriate to play it as a “temporary movable obstruction.”

Director Mike Moraitis announced the June Golfer of the Month winners – Corey Smith with a Gross 73 and Lloyd Lee with a Net 63. Beating out 15 other golfers, the winner of the Nine Hole Tournament was Dan Pearson.

Director Mike Vaughn noted that he is still accepting entries for the upcoming Flights (Match Play) Tournament.

Director Rob Kuehn, filling in for Mike (I hate these crutches) Vaughn, announced the Putting Contest winners. First place went to Matt Williams, with Corey Smith and Steve Giroux tied for second.

Tournament Chairman/VP Cliff Aichele discussed this month’s Red White and Blue Tournament. He noted that since we’ll be playing approximately White (or a little less) yardage, scores will not be eligible for GOM submittal.

Director Jerry Leininger announced the second quarter Most Improved Golfer is Mike Drew. Congratulations Mike.

Director Terry Fulford announced the winners of the prestigious Club Championship. B Flight winner was Jack McCarthy, A Flight winner was Corey Smith, and Club Champion was Grant Wilson. Well done men. Terry noted that the Senior Club Championship (55 and older, Livy) is set for August 27-28. Contact Terry to sign up, all you old farts.

Director Tom Retterath announced the winners of the pre-meeting derby: the team of Scott Chamberlain and Brad Wilcox. The next derby will be in September – contact Tom if you’d like to participate.

President Nick Zamora noted that Sheldon Drantch won his flight in the Long Beach City Championship. Nice job Sheldon.

Old Business: There was no Old Business.

New Business: Director Livingston discussed that the Board was considering making it possible to pay for tournaments (not Special Events) via credit card. After some discussion a straw poll indicated that only about 20% of those present were interested in pursuing this. Bob also noted that as of 10/1 the tournament entry fee will increase to $60 (or $65 on the day of the tournament).
The $50 drawing winner was Terry Fulford. The meeting was adjourned at 7:50.

Rob Kuehn - Secretary
July 2016 Membership - 360

The July Putting Contest was orchestrated by my friend Rob Kuehn. July winner was Matt Williams with Corey Smith and Steve Giroux tied for 2nd. Rob will run this tournament again on meeting night starting at or near 5:30 pm on the south green. Be sure to get there to participate. This is a good way to sharpen you flat stick skills.

The Flights Championship Match Play sign-ups are going well with almost (50) players entered. We need (14) more players to fill (4) flights. No signup sheet is posted this year due to ambulation problems I am going through. To enter I need place your name, GHIN Number, 6 mo. Low Index, telephone number and email. Send your $20 Entry to me in the form of cash, or a check made payable to “Mike Vaughn” to my home address, 320 Magpie Lane, Fountain Valley, CA 92708. Only entries that are prepaid are guaranteed to be placed in a bracket. Your August match is to be played between August 1 and August 31.

Reserved Match Play times are being secured for Saturday and Sunday mornings beginning in August and continuing through Championship Saturday, November 5. Players can secure these times from me. Dates and Times will be sent to all participants just before August 1. As soon as we have (64) participants the brackets and reserved times will be released to the players. Reserved times not filled must be released back to American Golf on the Wednesday of the week of your match. More details on the Flight Championships will follow in group emails to the participants. Everything appears to be much the same. Enjoy this exciting heads up competition

See you there,

Mike Vaughn

Gentlemen-

The June Golfers of the Month took their honors in two very different ways. In the Net category, Lloyd Lee (net 63) edged out a strong field that included Carl Martin (66) and Corey Smith (64). In the Gross tier, Corey Smith turned in the only eligible card of the month, posting a flashy 73. Nice work boys!

The 9-hole tourney in July was played from the white tees and 16 entrants battled for a prize fund of 130 pts. Taking third (card-off) with a net 34 was Henry de Graaff (25 pts). Second place went to Matt Williams with a net 33.5 (40 pts), and top spot went to Dan Pearson with a net 32.5 (65 pts). Congrats gentlemen!

The next 9-hole will be played from the BLUE TEES, Tuesday August 9. See you then...

Mike Moraitis
Director

The Senior Club Championships will take place on August 27 & 28. I will have sign up slips at the meeting and on the website. You must be 55 or older and have played in 3 events in the past calendar year to play in this event.

The Championship winner will get an entry into the SCGA Senior Champions event. The 2 net winners will compete with Corey Smith and Jack McCarthy in September for the entry into the SCGA NET Championships. Times start at 8:00AM. Any questions give me a call. Cost is $100. Entries will close August 20th.

Note as of the 1st I only have 6 entry's so please try and get to me soon so I can confirm times with El Do Staff.

Thanks,
Terry Fulford

Summer is in full swing and we had another beautiful evening for our monthly derby in July. I’m keeping this report short this month. 1st place was Brad Wilcox and Dave Chamberlain. 2nd place was Rich Boyker and Larry Bartley. 3rd place was Ryan Huff and Jerry Leininger. The “thanks for coming team” was Scott Chamberlain and Matt Huntington.

There will be NO derby on August 9th. I will be taking signups at the August General Meeting night, (8/9) for our last monthly Derby this year to be held on September, 13th!! So come see me at the meeting and sign up. Cost is $25 and you must pay when you sign up.

Tom Retterath
Special Assignments

My predictions came true… that the July RWB tournament would be an ego booster for most of you and maybe a little too easy for some. Par for this format was 220 and all 33 teams scored net par or lower. There were 72 individual players shooting net par or lower, 31 players shooting gross 79 or lower, and 3 players breaking gross par. I thought it was a lot of fun, even with the set-up a little on the toned down side. Not to worry for those of you that like a more challenging layout, you’ll get your fair share of abuse when I have Matt Huntington, Marc Lilleberg and Livy set up the course for November’s Super’s Revenge tournament.

Even though I arrived at the course before sunrise and played in final slot of the day, I was still able to help my team to an A-Flight net victory in a card off over Don Wood, Poe Siavii, Terry Cormack, Kevin Adams, and Bryan Knigge. Neither one of our teams had a chance against the A-Flight gross winners of Perry, Holloway, Wong, Smith and Busch… these guys killed it with a gross score of 211! Holy Macaroni!

Brian Ball, Kirksey, Scott Lindman, Jack Mccarthy, James Coates won the B-Flight gross and Seabass and his school of sharks won C-Flight net. Complete results are posted, just click on the results tab to see how your team did. In total we had 162 players and managed to keep within the required pace of play. Give yourselves a big pat on the back for doing what it takes to stay on time!

This Month Saturday the 13th will be the 3-Best Ball tournament. I still have room for some singles so if you’re looking to play give me a call, email etc.

Coming up in September, Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th, we have our second 2-day tournament of the year, the Partner. The Cost will be $120 per player. This is a big one with 4 different formats that presents lots of challenges and excitement. Saturday kicks off with a 2-man scramble on the front 9, followed by a crossover on the back. Sunday the front 9 is a best ball and count them all aggregate on the back. Make sure to get signed-up. Sign up slips are available on the web site or next to the computer in the pro shop. Please include your payment in the envelope. You can then either drop it in the drawer (by the computer in the pro shop) or mail it to the PO Box:

El Dorado Men’s Golf Club P.O. Box 15687, Long Beach, Ca. 90815.

Entry deadline is Tuesday September 13th- Meeting night! Feel free to contact any Board Member or myself with questions about getting singed up. The more members the merrier!

As always “Hit It Close and Go Lower”
Cliff Aichele

Well I’d have to say for the course playing so easy last month the payouts were pretty good still. Hats off to Cliff for putting up with me ragging on him for the course set up that day, actually I am still ragging on him up until today!!! The course was in great shape though and it seems most people got a nice little confidence boost from it.
The A Flight had a couple Big Winners, Johnny Hass came through with a big Eagle on 18 for 1 of 2 skins and also got the White Sale which seem to be fairly tough to get, way to go Tubby!! Seabass got the other skin by Eagling 4 and proved he belongs in the A Flight you Peter Parker loving bearded Sand Bagger. Apparently Noah Busch just needs to play from the white tees to cash as he hit the other 3 events outside of skins and fired a 70 that day, sorry Noah we are moving back to the big boy tees this month.

B Flight just seemed to have a lot of people making very similar pay days, no major standouts really. Rick Crowder stepped into the B-Flight for the first time and won closest to the pin on 17, nice job Rick, I’ve seen your swing and have no idea how you pulled that off!! Mikey Belcher comes through strong again and his name is starting to become a staple in these newsletters (Don’t worry I already called Jerry). He won the White Sale and inside the circle on # 1, good Job Michael James Paul Matthew Belcher…you have any other biblical names you aren’t telling us about???
C Flight was kind of the same as the B as there was a lot of winners but no real standouts. Scott Chamberlain won CTP on 17 (good thing it wasn’t a chip off or he would not have won…Haaay – Ooooh). New Comer Bret Latzsch got 2nd CTP and the White Sale to help out his wallet and old timer Tom Conlisk is back into his sand bagging mode taking home the White Sale and a skin. Great job guys.
Want to thank everyone for participating in the Hole 17 Event, we raised a lot of money for our Wounded Marines and it is very much appreciated by myself. Steve Shure would also like to thank everyone that donated over the last few months as it is your hard earned money that you are donating, but it is for a great cause and you guys really do make a difference. On behalf of Steve and myself, THANK YOU!!! We will see you at the meeting to go over the events for next month.

On Saturday July 30th we had a great trip to trip to Los Verdes. Weather was great and the course was in fine condition. First off we had a nice score winning the low gross as Omar Diaz shot 69. Squeeking out the low net prize with a 67 was Greg Ramsey. The format was a tough one as we used 2BB on the par 4’s and 3BB on the 3’s & 5’s. Coming in first with a fine 149 and winning by 3 shots was the team of Seabass, Francis Jondle (following up his net 57 in the RWB with a net 68), Sheldon Drantch & and our own BAGGING HCP chairman Leininger with a net 68. Once again the skins payout in points was good, as Ryan Huff snagged 175, and 3 other players grabbed 120. You can see all results on the website
Signup slips for our weekender at Sycuan Resort Sept. 30, Oct. 1 & 2. are available on the website and in the pro shop at the course and include all the information and pricing. Please, when you fill out your slip put in an envelope with your deposit of $70 which is the tournament fee. You will be responsible for the charges I have put on the slips plus any incidentals charges upon checkout. Sycuan requires us to send a rooming list by August 30th, after that date you can still possibly get in but they said the price will not be guaranteed. This is a very nice facility with 2 great golf courses, we play them both, and for those who dabble in the gambling world the have shuttles to their casino which has all the casino games and a race book. Now let me tell you about the “huge” Hospitality Suite they comped us. This can accommodate easily around 40-50 people and is well stocked with snacks, sodas & plenty of ALCOHOL. Any questions don’t hesitate to give me a call.
THANKS, CHOP TRAMER

August 2016 Newsletter


The Handicap system of the USGA has one main purpose; “is to make the game of golf more enjoyable by enabling players of different abilities to compete on an equitable basis. The System provides a fair Course Handicap for each player” This is also the goal of your Handicap Committee at EDMC.

The Handicap Committee reviews players scoring records and playing ability on a regular basis to help us “level the playing field’. This review covers any EDMC event both home and away.

The Handicap System works on 2 basic premises;
•‘the player will try to make the best score at every hole in every round regardless of where the round is played,”

•“The player will post every acceptable round for peer review”

“the player and the players Handicap Committee have joint responsibility for adhering to these premises”

Your handicap committee understands that everyone can have a “career round’ and the handicap system provides for those rounds. The concern comes when the same golfers’ keeps scooting net 68 or lower on a “frequent basis”

If the Handicap Committee has you playing to your Low Index or on a “reduced Handicap list” we are just trying to level the field in our estimation. If you are playing to your LI, you probably have won 3 or more EDMC events in the past rolling 12 months. Players who are on a reduced index list (L - local handicap) are probably shooting lower scores faster than the USGA Handicap System can catch up with or having too many “career rounds.

Players who have been reduced by Handicap Committee have the right to appeal our decision by contacting any Board Member or Handicap Committee member; Bob Livingstone, Kerry Bryan, Al Ostberg, or myself.

Please let us know if you have any additional questions.

“ Hit ‘em long and straight and in the fairways”

Jerry Leininger
Handicap Chairman

Treasurer's Report - July 31, 2016

Balance June 30, 2016		26,543.44
Income
July Tourney Entries		7,033.00
August Tourney Entries		3,085.00
Interest		0.35
LBO Raffle Tickets		480.00
Total July Income		10,598.35
Expenses
July Green Fees	6,004.00
July Scrip	2,840.00
Club Champ Trophies	458.13
Mtg. Drawing - T. Fulford	50.00
Quad Club plaque	33.49
Board meeting	75.00
LBO Pro Am Raffle Group	1,200.00
SCGA Four Ball entry #1	220.00
Team Play Playoff stipends	200.00
July 9-hole subsidy	50.00
July Derby subsidy	50.00
2nd Q Most Improved - M. Drew	50.00
Total July Expenses	11,230.62
Balance on July 31, 2016		25,911.17

Respectfully submitted,
Bob Livingstone
Treasurer

Well, welcome to another chapter of the Club of Extraordinary Golf. Another month has come and gone by and I hope you are all taking part of the many activities we have here at the best club ever. We had the Senior Club Championships won by Jim Fuchs again. The A Net won by Rich Dennison and the B Net won by and yes this is no typo….”Rob Kuehn”. What a club. Thanks to all that participated. I guess bringing in the young boys to the tournament made for some competitive golf. We had almost double the entries of last year. Good job men.

Each of the Net Flights from both Championships will play a one day playoff with the winner representing our club in the Net Flight Division in the SCGA Tournament Of Champions. We will let them know the date soon.

We have the second round of the Flights Championships. Speak to Mike Vaughn who is in charge of the event and doing an amazing job as usual. Mike just had major surgery on his knee and will be rehabbing for a few months. Keep him in your prayers as he makes his way back to the course. GO MIKE.

Remember the Board Of Directors (BOD) elections will be held in November. If you are interested in running for an elected or appointed BOD position, please let a current BOD member know. We always encourage new ideas and new guys to the Board. It is you guys that make the club great and stronger for the future. Amen.

See you all on the links,
Nick Zamora President

AUGUST 2016 MEETING MINUTES

The monthly meeting of the El Dorado Park Men’s Golf Club was held on Tuesday, August 10, 2016 in the Big White Tent. The pre-meeting dinner included garlic bread, chicken, sausage and red bell peppers, fettuccine, tortellini, cheese ravioli, beef ravioli, marinara sauce, alfredo sauce, fresh parmesan, salad, red velvet cake for dessert and a drink, all for $7. The meeting was called to order at 7:05 pm by President Nick Zamora, who led the Pledge of Allegiance. There were approximately 75 members in attendance, including Past Presidents Jerry Leininger, Mike Montgomery, Don Marmion, Steve Shure, Tom Conlisk, Terry Fulford, Tom Retterath, Dennis Tramer, Rich Dennison, and (Life Member) Bob Livingstone. There were no new members present.

The previous month’s Minutes and Treasurer’s Report were approved. Morgan Caban, the Private Event Coordinator at El Do, told us about the first “Drive-In Movie on the Green” night on Friday, August 26, from 6:00pm to 10:00pm. It includes a three course dinner and viewing of a movie from your private golf cart on the range. Just like going to the drive-in many years ago. Check it out.

Directors’ Reports were as follow:

Director Mike Montgomery complimented the membership for doing a better job of getting to the first tee on time and picking up the pace of play. Keep up the good work so Mike doesn’t have to yell at us next month.

Special Events Director Matt Huntington announced the events for this month’s tournament. In addition to Gross Skins, we’ll have closest to the pin on #12 and #17, and South of Willow – net par or better on #1,2,3,8 and 9. Matt reminded everyone that it’s their obligation to report Special Event results at the table after your round. The Directors can’t check every card to see if you had any birdies, whether or not you entered Special Events, etc. Matt will be collecting for Special Events for the September Partner/Partner at the September General Meeting.

Entertainment Director Dennis Tramer noted that the Los Verdes Away Tournament was a huge success. We had 67 players on a beautiful day. Also, Dennis needs to finalize attendance at the Weekender at Sycuan Resort on October 1-2 not later than August 31. Cost will be $259 per golfer for two rounds of golf and two nights lodging, plus a $70 Tournament Fee. Contact Dennis if you’re interested.

Director Mike Moraitis announced the July Golfer of the Month Net winner was Terry Fulford with a sparkling 62. The Handicap Committee will be paying a visit to Terry. There were no scores turned in for Gross. Edging out Tom Braun and Steve Cook, the winner of the Nine Hole Tournament was Tom Conlisk.

Director Mike Vaughn noted that the Flights Championship (Match Play) is under way Mike has reserved several starting times, so contact him if you need one to get your match in as soon as possible.

Director Rob Kuehn, filling in for Mike (I hate these crutches) Vaughn, announced the Putting Contest winners. First place was a tie between Scott Davis and Steve Giroux, with Doug Jones and Greg Englant earning honorable mention.

Tournament Chairman/VP Cliff Aichele discussed last month’s Red White and Blue Tournament. He noted that everyone except Matt Huntington enjoyed the format (especially many of the shorter hitters in the Club). There are 36 groups signed up for this month’s Three Best Ball Tournament. Next month is the Partner/Partner Tournament. Entries are via mail-in, or leave your check and entry form in the box in the Pro Shop.

Director Jerry Leininger announced the second quarter Most Improved Golfer is Mike Drew. Congratulations Mike.

Director Terry Fulford noted that the Senior Club Championship (50 and older, not 55 any longer, as adopted by the Board this month to increase participation) is set for August 27-28. Contact Terry to sign up, all you old farts. I’m playing, so you won’t finish last.

Director Tom Retterath announced that the next (and last of the year) derby will be in September – contact Tom if you’d like to participate.

Old Business: There was no Old Business.

New Business: Director Livingston discussed the removal of old, and planting of new, trees at various locations around the course. Check the Website for more detailed info.

The $50 drawing winner was Jay Fleming. The meeting was adjourned at 7:40.

Rob Kuehn - Secretary
July 2016 Membership - 362

Rob Kuehn coordinated the August Putting Contest for me. Thank you, Rob. August winners were with Scott Davis and Steve Giroux, with Doug Jones and Greg Englant tied for 2nd. Rob will run this tournament again on meeting night starting at or near 5:30 pm on the south green. Be sure to get there to participate. This is always a fun gathering.

The Flights Championship Match Play is underway. We have four (4) full Flights this year. The August matches have been played and are in the books. Three (3) of the President’s Flight matches went to extra holes while one match in another Flight was won 8 & 6. Your September match is to be played between September 1 and September 30.

Reserved times for the September matches are secured for Saturday and Sunday morning September 10, 11, 24 and 25 at 8:04 and 8:12. October times are reserved for Saturday October 1, 8 and 22 at 8:04 and 8:12. We have 8:04 and 8:12 reserved for Championship Saturday, November 5. Players can secure these times from me. Dates, times and your 6 month LI will be sent to all participants on Wednesday evening of the week your match play time is reserved. Please note Reserved times not filled must be released back to American Golf on the Wednesday of the week of your match. Overall everything appears to be going well. Thank you for your participation in this exciting heads up competition

Enjoy the fall,

Mike Vaughn

The Senior Club Championships took place on August 27th & 28th. As most of you heard we lowered to age from 55 to 50 to encourage more participation and it seem to work. We had 53 players sign up compared to 31 last year. But all winner were over 55 anyway. Senior Club Champion is Jim Fuchs again with a stellar 141 (3 under par) total for the 2 days, Vern Followell came in 2nd at 149 for the 2 days. Jim will represent the Club in the Senior Championships. The 2 net winners (A) Rich Dennison at 142 holding off Jay Flemming who shot a fine 143. Your (B) flight Rob Kuehn shot a great 131 ( what until Jerry adjusts his handicap ) I am sure Rob well be giving autographs at the meeting. Coming in 2nd was Tom Montgomery with a very nice 139. Rich and Rob well be in a playoff with the two flight winner from the club Championship on a date to be determined, in September/October and the winner will get an entry into the SCGA NET Championships in December. I would like to thank everyone who participated. The Chop Terry Fulford

Our final pre-meeting Derby will be held on September 13th at 5:30pm. As always, please be ready and be by the first tee no later than 5:20pm. As of now the Derby is full.

Tom Retterath
Special Assignments

Every year seems to scoot by a little quicker and here we are in the final third of 2016! Wow! August, of course, meant great golf weather for the 3-Best Ball tournament. We had a good turnout, 160 plus players and lots of fun. Things seem to go smoothly with the exception of a few timing penalties and a few too many foursomes. It would be much appreciated if we keep our eye on the ball and do your part in helping to clean those two items up. Keep working on your pace of play, there is always room for improvement. I know you can do it because you have done it in the past. Get some commitment from your teammates, check with the wife, look at the calendar and do a little planning ahead prior to signing up for tournaments.

It’s no surprise in the 3-Best Ball Tournament to see the Omar, M. Huntington, B. Huntington, JVB and R. Boyker team back in winning form topping the A-Flight with a gross victory. The Pro Shop Gang headed by Rick Crowder, Bing, Mark Baldwin, Matt Palafox and Kenneth Cheong won B-Flight gross. The Degraaff brothers assisted by Danny Martin, Danny Martin Jr. and Cary Thomason crushed it with an untouchable 29 under par, net 187 in C-Flight. Check the web site to see all the results.

The Partner/Partner tournament is right around the corner on September 17th and 18th. Hurry up and get you entries turned in to secure a spot while there’s still plenty of room left. Sign-up slips are available in the pro shop or on the web site. Cost is $120.00 per player for two days of fantastic golf.

Next month is the tournament that brings out the orange in everyone. Get those orange shirts pressed and ready for the Saturday October 15th Dreaded Orange Ball. I’ll be taking sign-ups on meeting night. Remember the lineup is important because you use the orange ball plus the next 2-best balls on every hole.

As always “Hit It Close and Go Lower”

Cliff Aichele

Please note Jerry and I will be collecting Special Event Points at the Tuesday meeting on 9/13, same amount as the member / member. I will be there by 5:30. I will also be collecting Partner / Partner points on the Saturday of the tournament, but NOT on Sunday. All sign ups must be done by Saturday Morning.

August was apparently very difficult as the Winners page was very dismal. In the A-Flight we had Mark Baldwin killing it all day with 2 skins and inside the circle on #12, Mark is truly becoming a common trend in this newsletter and I would rip on him but he helps us out too much in the Pro Shop. Honorable mentions were Ted Embry, Poe Siavii, and my boy JVB all getting 1 skin and a circle along the way. JVB I do think you Eagle on 6 from about 120 was impressive, even though nobody had a clue it went in the hole!!!!

B Flight was a little crazy. New Guy Rick Wynne took down the Whole Damn pot on 17, C’mon B flight…not one other guy could hit that circle??????????????!!!!!!!!!!!! Great job Rick, I’m sure I will see you at the meeting. Kevin Bartley made all his bones on 12 not only hitting the circle but solidifying the circle with a birdie and the skin, great job Middle Bartley.

C Flight had a lot of people really just doing the same thing, no real stand outs. Monty had a skin and hit the circle on 17, and Dennis Smith hit two greens. BOOOOOORING!!!!!!!!!!!!! C’mon C-Flight we need more participation and some standouts next Tournament.

Great Job to all winners though. The course played tough enough and the events were not easy to win, obviously because for the 50th straight month I did not win any of my own events. See you guys on the 13th.

Coming up is our weekender at Sycuan Resort Sept. 30, Oct. 1 & 2. We have 20 teams and 18 Wives/Girlfriends going which is not a lot of participation for 372 members. We will have a great time and with a light turnout more alcohol for us. For those going the tee times are 11:08 Friday -- 9:08 Saturday – 7:45 Sunday so people can get home early if they choose to do so. Times will be posted by September 20th or sooner if I get confirmation of those who are playing Friday. Those who have not paid their $70 deposit please do so by the Partner-Partner tournament.

Next up is our last away tournament of the year at Lakewood on Saturday October 29th. We will be playing a Reverse Waltz 3-2-1 and the cost is $75. As always Gross & Net skins are optional at an additional cost of $10. I will be taking signups for this at the October meeting or you can drop an envelope with your team in the Men’s Club drawer. We have spots for 72 players.

THANKS, CHOP TRAMER

Handicap Committee – September 1 2016
Reduced Index / LI Report
(Revised)
The following will play to their 6 month Low Index or assigned index until further notice. This is based on having Won Net 3 or more Tournaments or their index has been adjusted

Please contact me with any questions.
Thanks
Jerry Leininger – Handicap Chairman

Cheong, Ken 8.4
Diaz, Omar 1.7
Ferguson, Shaun 14.1 L
Holloway, Bret 4.4
Huntingtonm Matt 6.8
Huntington, Wally 18.2
Lee, Lloyd 13.5 L
Martin, Dan 18.5
Martin, Dan Jr 16.8
Moraitis, Mike 8.2
Olivier, Jim 10.7
Papake, Edward 16.9
Smith, Corey 6.7
Sturdevant, Sebastian 9.1
Thomas, Jerry 7.4 M
Thomason, Cary 12.0
Titus, Bruce 6.7 L
Vanderbroek, Justin 6.6

So I got an email from a member with a rules question I think would be good for all off us to know. Playing the 14th hole there ball came to rest over the green and in the men’s bathroom. El Do plays the snack shack and restrooms as a cart path, so you would take your nearest point of relief no closer to the hole, with stance and 1 club length and drop your ball with no penalty. If your ball had gone through the snack shack over by the 3rd tee, you would only get cart path relief and not line of sight. So you would most likely have to drop on the 3rd tee and have to play over the snack shake, that be a fun shot.

Just a friendly reminder for you guys, when your ball come to rest on a cart path make sure you do not pick your ball up even if you have marked its position on the cart path. The reason being that the cart path may be your best option to play your next shot. For example the nearest point of relief may have a tree or bush in the way so you would not gain any advantage in taking that drop, and the best shot may be off the cart path. If you had picked up your ball, you now must drop the ball at that nearest point and be stuck behind that tree or bush and then force to punch out. So make sure you look at all of your options before picking up your ball.

With Flights Championships going on the next couple of months, remember to make sure you clearly hear your opponent conceded the putt. Don’t want any disagreements out there in a friendly competition. Also if you get into a playoff in these matches that the strokes come in play in the playoff as well. If one player got a stroke on hole #1 and your match went to a playoff on hole #1 that player will get his shot on that hole.

Good luck to everyone in the Partner/Partner.

Omar Diaz

Treasurer's Report - August 31, 2016

Balance July 31, 2016		25,911.17
Income
Membership		250.00
August Tourney Entries		6,170.00
July Entries		55.00
Los Verdes Entries		5,085.00
Part-Part Entries		5,640.00
Sr Club Champ Entries		5,124.00
Interest		0.40
Total August Income		22,324.40
Expenses
August Green Fees	6,156.00
August Scrip	3,093.00
Los Verdes Fees/Prizes	4,985.00
Sr Champ Green Fees	3,686.00
Sr Champ GF Refunds	76.00
Sr Champ Prize Fund	1,662.00
BOD Meeting	75.00
SCGA Dues	66.00
GOM Trophies (2 months)	155.22
9-Hole Subsidy	50.00
Mtg. Drawing - J. Flemming	50.00
Bank Fee	0.75
Total August Expenses	20,054.97
Balance on August 31, 2016		28,180.60

Respectfully submitted,
Bob Livingstone
Treasurer

Well boys summer is over and the kids are back in school. Just in time to get some last minute golf in before the daylight saving kicks in. So let’s get out there and play more golf.

The month of September was full with the Partner/Partner event taking place the 17th and 18th. This is always a lot of work and a special thanks to Cliff Aichele for running a smooth tournament.

The Flights Championships are continuing 2 more months so if you are still in it, get a hold of Mike Vaughn, who is the man in charge of this event, for tee times.

October 15 is our Dreaded Orange Ball Tournament. It is a 3 best ball affair and he who has the orange ball must use their score on the hole. It is a little different type of tournament and you really find out if you can handle a little pressure. See Cliff Aichele, our Vice President, if you are interested in playing.

We also have an away trip coming up on October 29th. We are going to downtown Lakewood to play THE WOOD. See Dennis Tramer for more details on available tee times.

Remember the Board of Directors (BOD) elections are coming up in November. If you are interested in running for an elected or appointed BOD position, please let a current BOD member now. We always encourage new ideas and new guys on the Board. It is you guys that make the club great and stronger for the future.

See you all on the links,
Nick Zamora, President

SEPTEMBER 2016 MEETING MINUTES

The monthly meeting of the El Dorado Park Men’s Golf Club was held on Tuesday, September 13, 2016 in the Big White Tent. The pre-meeting dinner included salad, chicken fajitas, cheese enchiladas, Spanish rice, tortillas, chips, salsa, dessert and a drink, all for $7. The meeting was called to order at 7:05 pm by President Nick Zamora, who led the Pledge of Allegiance. There were approximately 75 members in attendance, including Past Presidents Jerry Leininger, Mike Montgomery, Don Marmion, Steve Shure, Terry Fulford, Tom Retterath, Dennis Tramer, Rich Dennison, Dick Scoville and (Life Member) Bob Livingstone. New member John Frixione, a marshal at El Do, introduced himself and got “The Tour” from Terry Fulford.

The previous month’s Minutes and Treasurer’s Report were approved. Jerry Leininger led a round of applause for the removal of the big tree on #10, noting that Rich Gilmore might be the Happy-est guy in town (see what I did there?). Jerry also noted that Saturday’s Partner/Partner round is not postable, and Sunday’s round is postable as a Regular score.

Directors’ Reports were as follows:

Special Events Director Matt Huntington announced the events for this month’s tournament. Saturday will be CTP on #9 and #12, and In the Circle on #3 and #17 (just on the green for us C Flight guys). Sunday will be Gross Skins, In-the Middle (net par or better on #4,5,6,13,14,and 15) and Bookends (net par or better on #1,9,10 and 18).

Entertainment Director Dennis Tramer reminded us that the Weekender at Sycuan Resort is on October 1-2. There are 60 people going. The next Away Tournament is October 29 at Lakewood.
Also, the sign-up sheet for Thursday Team Play is posted in the hallway.

Director Mike Moraitis announced the July Golfer of the Month Net winner was Rob Kuehn with a net 64 (more on this spectacular round later), and Gross winner was Jim Fuchs with a 68. The winner of the Nine Hole Tournament was Johnny Jimenez. Next month will be our last Nine Hole Tournament for the year.

Director Rob Kuehn, filling in for Mike (I hate these crutches) Vaughn, announced the Putting Contest winners. Second place points went to Justin Vanderbroek and Scott Chamberlain, while first place points were shared by Scott Davis, Brian Dauk and Corey Smith.

Director Terry Fulford announced the winners of the Senior Tournament. Championship Flight winner was Jim Fuchs, A Flight winner was Rich Dennison, and running away with the B Flight, winning by 9 strokes, was yours truly. My best two rounds in 20 years!

Terry noted that Steve Friend will be playing in the US Senior Amateur Championship in St. Louis this weekend. Terry also announced the Board proposed slate of officers for next year: Nick Zamora for President, Cliff Aichele for VP/Tournament Chairman, Livy for Treasurer, me for Secretary, and Mike Moraitis, Mike Vaughn and Matt Huntington for Directors. Nominations will also be taken from the floor at the October meeting.

Tournament Chairman/VP Cliff Aichele noted that Tournament fees will go up to $60 in October. Green fees have gone up again. With several guys pulling out at the last minute, we had lots of foursomes last month. Make sure that your group understands that a commitment to play is a COMMITMENT. Last month three groups got slow play timing penalties, so keep up all day, not just on 16-17-18. Next month is the Orange Ball Tournament, and the order of hitting on your scorecard will be the order you turn in when you sign up.

Director Tom Retterath announced the results of our last of the year derby. Outlasting everyone else was the team of Matt Mendenhall and Jim Ridenour. Good job, guys, and lots of points.

Old Business: There was no Old Business.

New Business: Note that the Renewal Cards will be mailed out on October 1. If you sign up either by card or electronically between October 1 and November 8, the renewal fee is $110. After November 8 it will be $130.

The $50 drawing winner was Jerry Leininger. Jerry collected his check as he handed me “The Letter.” The meeting was adjourned at 7:40.

Rob Kuehn - Secretary
August 2016 Membership - 363

Welcome to the arrival of the Witching season. October weather is almost always nice. Flight Championships have moved to the semi-final stages with all of the September matches having been played. October rounds puts the remaining (16) players head-to-head seeking their opportunity to advance to “Championship Saturday” November 5. As noted in the Conditions of Competition / Rules sent to all participants the match for each month is to be played between the first and last day of that month. It is a much easier tournament to run when exceptions do not need to be made. Your Matches are to be played at your 6 month LI the day of your match. I need to reiterate the recommendation to review the Rules of Golf for Match Play as applications and penalties are different from Stoke Play in a number of situations.

We have tee times for Saturday October 22 at 8:04, 8:12 and 8:20. These times are open for match placement. There are two matches playing Sunday October 30 which leaves no room for rescheduling as Championship Saturday is the next Saturday. If a match sees problems in playing before October 31 you had best figure out how to play it or you will be DQ’ed, no exception. As normal, matches scheduled for those days will be advised to the remaining participants on Wednesday evening of those weeks via email communication. If you want to play your match Saturday October 22 you need to let me know ASAP. Any times not filled will be returned to American Golf on Wednesday evening to avoid us being responsible for unfilled reservations.

Rob Kuehn jumped in and ran the Putting Tournament for me again in September. Report is it was contentious as the 1st and 2nd places were tied. Tying for 2nd place were Justin VanderBroek and Scott Chamberlain. Tying to first were Scott Davis, Brian Dauk and Corey Smith. Mark your iPhone calendars to be at the course meeting night Tuesday October 11 to participate in the last Putting Tournament for 2016 for your chance to take top honors. Rob may spice it up in effort to build a large prize pool. The contest will be under way by around 5:30 on the south green.

I look forward to running the Putting Tournament again next year.

Mike Vaughn

Our final Derby of the year was held on September 13th. All 11 teams were ready and willing to claim bragging rights to winning the last Derby of 2016. First hole there was a 3-team chip off for 1 spot with the Kerry Bryan/Bill Ward team moving on. Hole 2 we had good scores for the 8 teams, 3 pars and 5 bogeys which meant a 5 team chip off for the final spot. Some decent chips were done but ultimately it was the team of Robert Creighton/Scott Chamberlain moving on.

Now to Hole #3. We had 2 balls on the green with Bill Ward hitting a nice shot to about 12 feet above the pin. Team Zamora/Reagan and Creighton/Chamberlain ended up making bogey 4’s. Kerry just missed the 12 footer but they settled for a 3. Jim Ridenour stepped up and made a nice lag putt to about 2½ feet which Matt Mendenhall calmly made for another 3. That left 2 chip offs for 1st and 3rd places. All fairly good chips by all teams but ultimately the day ended with Team Ridenour/Mendenhall in 1st, Bryan/Ward in 2nd, Creighton/Chamberlain in 3rd, and Zamora/Reagan in 4th.

Thanks to all who participated throughout the year. Also, thanks to Rick Crowder for providing the club with the 5:30 tee times for the event each month.

Tom Retterath
Special Assignments

I would like to start off this month by acknowledging all the members who took time out to say “Thanks” to the Directors for working to put the Partner Partner tournament together. These two day events take a little extra effort and I know it sounds cliché but those “thanks” really make it worthwhile to be on The Board.

The turnout for the Partner Partner was little on the low side, 116 players, which means a bunch of you missed out on a great tournament! John Wong and a new ringer- member Mike Roddy- kicked butt and took names winning gross shooting 7 under par 173, followed by Boyker Boyker at 178. Lilleberg with “Cowboy” Lanese won A-Flight net in a card-off. Kevin Adams and Bryan Knigge won B-Flight net. The C-Flight finish came as no shock to me, as Lee McCullough led by Terry Fulford clinched a win. There were some great points payouts for the Tournament, Sweeps, and Special Events so click the results tab for complete results and see how your team did.

Coming up on Saturday the 15th is the Dreaded Orange Ball Tournament. Make sure to email me, call me etc. with your order of play by no later than 5pm Wednesday, October 12th or you’ll play in the order I enter it. It’s always amazing how that orange ball can work its magic and put pressure on the guy who has to play it. For all the new members here’s how it works: each 5-man team gets 3 orange balls. Starting on the first hole, player #1 gets the orange ball and has to play it tee to green and hole out with it. The team score is the orange ball net plus the next two best net scores. Then on the second hole, player #2 gets the orange ball and so forth and so on. There will also be a one gross payout in each flight. You have to turn in your scorecard with a least one orange ball or you will be disqualified. YOU CAN NOT bring your own orange balls and you are limited to the 3 orange balls issued to your group. Makes you think twice when you have to carry the water on 18 and you’re down to your last orange ball. But that’s what makes this tournament so much fun! Don’t forget to show off your best orange garb and maybe we’ll give a prize for best dressed.

November is The Super’s Revenge, Mark Lilleberg and Matt Huntington are taking charge of the set-up and only they know what’s in store for us. I’ll be taking signups at the end of the meeting, see you then.

As always “Hit It Close and Go Lower”
Cliff Aichele

Our weekender at Sycuan Resort Sept. 30, Oct. 1 & 2 went off without a hitch and we all had a great time. The hospitality suite was a great meeting place as we had around 50 people in there at one time eating, drinking and watching the U.S. Ryder Cup Victory. The golf courses were in fine shape and proved to play pretty difficult as the scores for most part were pretty high.

On Friday Tommy Braun shot a pretty remarkable gross 70 so he helped TinMan Fulford to the Blind Draw Victory. Tommy also shot a fine 77 on Sunday. The winners Tom Retterath (74 & 78) and Greg Andersen (78 & 79) Ran away with the gross by 18 shots, but instead got the First net prize with a score of 207 beating out Henry Degraaff and Scott Dietschak by one shot. You can see all the results on the website.

Next up is our last away tournament of the year at Lakewood on Saturday October 29th. We will be playing a Reverse Waltz 3-2-1 and the cost is $80. As always Gross & Net skins are optional at an additional cost of $10. I will be taking signups for this at the October meeting or you can drop an envelope with your team in the Men’s Club drawer. We have spots for 72 players.

THANKS, CHOP TRAMER

Here is your Most Improved Golfer award for July - September 2016.

To be eligible you must have played in at least 2 EDMC events and posted at least 4 rounds within the quarter.

Congrats to Vern Followell

El Dorado Park Men’s Golf Club
Most Improved Golfer
July - September 2016

Vern Followell – 1.182 Improvement Factor
•First to complete Requirements

Honorable Mention
Anthony Mesa, Jeffrey Benedetti, Ian Rubinstein, Johnny Jimenez, Bill Copeland, Ed Fernandes, Mark Baldwin, Jon Monat

Jerry Leininger – Handicap Chairman

Treasurer's Report - September 30, 2016

Balance on August 31, 2016		28,180.60
Income
Memberships		125.00
Interest		1.54
Sycuan Weekender Entries		3,069.32
Partner Partner Entries		7,976.00
Hole in One		10.00
Reverse bank/check fee		20.00
October Entries		1,800.00
Total September Income		13,001.86
Expenses
Partner Partner Green Fees	8,512.00
Partner Partner Scrip	5,060.00
Part-Part & Sycuan Scoresheets	41.95
Sycuan Weekender Subsidy	1,280.00
Sycuan Prize Fund	2,800.00
Sr Club Champ refund - Lipman	100.00
GOM Trophies	77.61
BOD Meeting	50.00
9-hole Subsidy	50.00
Derby Subisdy	100.00
Mtg. Drawing - J. Leininger	50.00
Sr Club Champ trophies	405.65
Total September Expenses	18,527.21
Balance on September 30, 2016		22,655.25

Respectfully submitted,
Bob Livingstone
Treasurer

Hello Everyone and here we are in November already. This is a time of year we enjoy pumpkin pie and turkey with gravy, and of course winter golf. We are in the finals of the match play, the beginning of the Team Play tryouts, and the Super's Revenge on the 12th of November. See your tournament director, Cliff Aichele, for all information regarding this tournament and the December Christmas Tournament. There are a lot of good prizes in that one.

We will be voting for a few Board of Directors this meeting. Come put your vote on and support your club.

Be sure you have renewed your membership for 2017. There is a new process for renewing online and it is very easy. Even I had no problems renewing. You can still renew for the low price of $110 until November 8. After that the cost will be $130. Don’t delay, renew today…

Until the next time we meet on the course,
Your President
Nick Zamora

OCTOBER 2016 MEETING MINUTES

The monthly meeting of the El Dorado Park Men’s Golf Club was held on Tuesday, October 11, 2016 in the Big White Tent. The pre-meeting dinner included salad, garlic bread, roasted veggies, two different pastas, sausage & peppers, chicken & peppers, marinara sauce, alfredo sauce, fresh parmesan, dessert and a drink, all for $7. The meeting was called to order at 7:05 pm by President Nick Zamora, who led the Pledge of Allegiance. There were approximately 85 members in attendance, including Past Presidents Jerry Leininger, Mike Montgomery, Don Marmion, Steve Shure, Terry Fulford, Dennis Tramer, Tom Conlisk, Dick Scoville and (Life Member) Bob Livingstone. New member Mike Roddy introduced himself and got “The Tour” from Terry Fulford .Rumor has it that Mike’s a pretty decent golfer.

The previous month’s Minutes and Treasurer’s Report were approved. Bob Livingstone noted that congratulations were in order to Steve Friend, who recently played in the U S Senior Amateur Championship. Quite an honor. Bob then led us in wishing a fond farewell to Past President Steve Shure, who is moving to Northern California. A member for 33 years, Steve has done so much for this club, from his service on the Board to his Saturday mini-tournaments to his major fund raising efforts. We’re really going to miss him.

Directors’ Reports were as follows:

Special Events Director Matt Huntington announced the events for this month’s Orange Ball Tournament. In addition to Skins and Orange Ball Skins, we’ll have CTP on # 12 and second shot in the circle on #5 (on the green for C Flight).

Director Jerry Leininger announced the 3rd Quarter Most Improved Golfer award winner was Vern Followell. Pretty impressive when you consider how low his index was to begin. Nice job. Jerry then noted that he had assessed Penalty Rounds to 22 members (including a certain Board Member) for not posting after the Partner-Partner Tournament .Rules are rules, guys.

Entertainment Director Dennis Tramer recapped the great weekend at Sycuan Resort. Dennis announced the Golfer of the Month awards for September : Net winner (out of nowhere) was Tom Conlisk with a 64, and Gross winner was (no surprise) Vern Followell. Winner of the 9 Hole Tournament was Bill Ward, with Al Ostberg and Ron Lamerton tied for second. Our next Away Tournament is Lakewood on October 29. Thursday Team Play practice starts on November 17th. Los Verdes, Lakewood and Industry Hills are in our bracket.

Director Rob Kuehn, filling in for Mike (I still hate these crutches) Vaughn, announced the Putting Contest winners. There was a four way tie for first between Larry Bartley, Marty Bisson, Ken Louie and Greg Englant.

Director Terry Fulford announced the Board proposed slate of officers for next year: Nick Zamora for President, Cliff Aichele for VP/Tournament Chairman, Livy for Treasurer, Rob Kuehn for Secretary, and Mike Moraitis, Mike Vaughn, Omar Diaz and Matt Huntington for Directors. As there were no nominations from the floor, nominations were closed.

Tournament Chairman/VP Cliff Aichele reminded us that Tournament fees are now $60. Cliff recounted the Partner-Partner Tournament Tournament and announced the winners. He explained the rotation requirements for the upcoming Orange Ball Tournament, and noted that you MUST bring at least 1 orange ball back at the end of the round. November is the Superintendent’s Revenge, and will probably be a 3 Best Ball event.

Director Omar Diaz brought us up to date on Saturday Team Play try-outs/practices.

Old Business: There was no Old Business.
New Business: There was no New Business. Remember – if renew between October 1 and November 8, the renewal fee is $110. After November 8 it will be $130.

The $50 drawing winner was Jay Fleming The meeting was adjourned at 7:40.

Rob Kuehn - Secretary
August 2016 Membership - 368

Well it is November already. Flights have gone well and Championship Saturday November 5 will have come and gone by meeting night. Two participants have family matters that weekend and will play their matches on Sunday November 13. The Championship matches are as follows; President’s; Tom Retterath Vs. Bill Hasselman, Vice President’s; Matt Huntington Vs. Mark Zigenhagen, Secretary’s; Greg Englant Vs. Sheldon Drantch, and Treasurer’s; Shaun Ferguson Vs David Lee. Prizes for the Flights will be presented at the December meeting.

The October Putting contest was the last one for this year. My friend Rob Kuehn ran this for us again, thank you Rob. Report is there was a four-way tie for the win between Larry Bartley, Monty Bisson, Ken Louie and Greg Englant. The Putting tournament is always fun.

I look forward to putting a 2017 Quad Club team together to win an unprecedented (4) in a row and hosting the Putting Tournament again next year. See you all at the meeting

Have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving,

Mike Vaughn

I think it’s safe to say that after the Dreaded Orange Ball Tournament there is a least one new Bridgestone Orange golf ball at the bottom of every El Dorado Golf Course lake. That’s why it’s not named the Happy, Favorite, or Lucky Orange Ball Tournament.

Looking at the results, we might be seeing the beginning of a new era led by John Wong, Mike Roddy aided by Don Spradlin, D. Jones and Mark “Shark” Perry. These guys shot 1 over par, 217 gross to win A-Flight. Way to play hard guys! A-Flight Net was won by Al Ostberg, J. Byers, S. Brown, W. Wysong with help from new member Scott Richards. There were no surprises in B-Flight with team Leininger winning gross followed by Mark Miller’s group winning the net spot. In the C-Flight, a pair of Lees with Lance Lomax, Mark Schmillen and Jim Crosby won gross. C-Flight Net winning team was a shocker (Ha-ha) Pete Douglas, Dennis Clark, Tom “King” Conlisk, Don Russell with new member Frank Adinolfi, who by the way is a former course marshal and familiar face around El Do. Check the website for all the results.

Coming up Saturday, November the 12th is the Super’s Revenge Tournament. Superintendent Marc Lilleberg with Matt Huntington will be handling the set-up. According to those two, we will be playing from and to places we have never seen before. I say bring it on! It should be a lot fun. I have spots left so contact me if you would like to play and join the fun.

I can hardly believe the year is almost over and I’ll be taking sign-ups for the December 17th Christmas Tournament. You must have played in at least 3 El Dorado Men’s Golf Club events to qualify to enter this tournament. Cost is $70 to walk and $85 with cart. The format will be 3-man teams, 2 best ball paired with another 3-man team to form 6-somes. Shotgun start at 7:30am. After play is completed and you have turned in your scorecard, the golf course is ours for the day. You’re free to play any part of the course you want if you’re not already entered in a derby.

As always
“Hit It Close and Go Lower”
Cliff Aichele

Our last away tournament of the year was at Lakewood on Saturday, October 29th. We had a nice turnout of 56 players and a pretty close result for most of the teams. Winning the tournament, Cliffy & Happiest Gilmore rode the backs of Steve Giroux & Jay Fleming to victory with a score of 128. Just missing out were the Young Pups Matt Mendenhall, Matt Williams & Ryan Huff who rode “Grandpa” Dudley Dennison (shot 79) into a second place finish at 129.

A few nice scores to mention are Steve Friend & Sonny Nimkhum shot 71, with Sonny winning the card off and Dudley Dennison & Livy shooting net 66, with Livy winning the card off as he shot 33 on the back. All of the results are posted on the website.

Overall we had a great year, and I would like to thank everyone who participated. I encourage ALL Members to consider trying to play in 2 events next year. We have made changes to play courses close to home to make it easier on everyone. As for next year, the schedule is on the website and PLEASE be patient & support your NEW MR.ENTERTAINMENT.

Signups for the January 29thTournament at Rec Park will be taken at the December meeting. We will be playing Fivesomes for this event. It would be nice to get 80 players at the “Boneyard.”

THANKS, CHOP TRAMER

Handicap Committee – November 1, 2016
Reduced Index / LI Report (Revised)

The following will play to the lower of their 6 month Low Index or assigned index until further notice in all EDMC events. This is based on having Won Net 3 or more Tournaments or their index has been adjusted

Please contact me with any questions.

Thanks.
Jerry Leininger – Handicap Chairman


Aichele, Cliff 5.5
Degraaff, Henry 28.1
Degraaff, Jeff 17.5
Ferguson, Shaun 14.5 L
Fleming, Jay 12.2
Gilmore, Rich 8.6
Giroux, Steve 3.8
Holloway, Bret 4.3
Huntington, Wally 17.6
Kuehn, Rob 16.2 L
Lanese, George 6.5
Lee, Lloyd 13.5 L
Leininger, Jerry 12.9
Martin, Dan 18.5
Martin, Dan Jr 17.1
Moraitis, Mike 7.7
Olivier, Jim 10.7
Papake, Edward 17.4
Smith, Corey 6.5
Sturdevant, Sebastian 9.1
Thomas, Jerry 7.4 M
Thomas, Jerry 7.4 M
Thomas, Jerry 7.4 M
Thomason, Cary 11.7
Titus, Bruce 6.7 L
Vanderbroek, Justin 6.6

I was reading the latest SCGA magazine and they had some nice tips when you are on or around the green, regarding loose impediments and how you can use almost anything to remove them from the green. Rule 16-1a allows for player to remove loose impediments on their line of putt in any fashion provided that nothing is pressed down. A player is allowed to use their hand, towe, hat or whatever is deemed to be necessary to remove loose impediments including sand. Did you know that sand can be removed on the putting green but nowhere else on the golf course? By definition, sand is considered to be a loose impediment on the putting green.

The putting green can be touched to point out a line of play but not a line of putt.

Rule 8-2b stated that a putting green cannot be touch to indicate a line of putting. However, if a ball is off the green and a player is going to hit a chip shot, the putting green can be touched to indicate a line of play. There is a distinction between line of play versus line of putt as guided by the rule.

2017 Saturday Team Play is starting to form, and we will be having our first tryout on Saturday November 19th. Anybody can tryout and you can sign up on the sheet in the hallway, or you can email me at odiaz3012@yahoo.com with your Name email and handicap. To qualify you need to be a member of El Do before Jan 1 and have posted at least 20 rounds for 2016. We will be playing in a group with Los Verdes, La Mirada, and South Bay Golf Club (Victoria in Carson). Should be a fun group this year. Any questions, please ask. I will be sending out an email to see who can play on the 19th.

Omar Diaz

Treasurer's Report - October 31, 2016

Balance on September 30, 2016		22,655.25
Income
Orange Ball Entries		7,326.00
Interest		0.78
Reverse bank fee		10.00
Lakewood entries		4,480.00
November entries		1,860.00
2017 - Memberships		2,220.00
Total October Income		15,896.78
Expenses
Orange Ball Green Fees	5,733.00
Orange Ball Scrip	3,350.00
Lakewood fees	3,344.00
Lakewood prizes	1,036.00
Sr. T of CC - Fuchs	140.00
9-hole Subsidy	50.00
Member Drawing - J. Flemming	50.00
Oct. BOD Meeting	35.00
2017 - Team Play Team entries	400.00
Total October Expenses	14,138.00
Balance on October 31, 2016		24,414.03

Respectfully submitted,
Bob Livingstone
Treasurer

Hello Boys,

Well 2016 is fast approaching its final destination. It seems like only yesterday I was slamming the gavel to bring the January Meeting to order. Time flies when you are having fun. I have one more year at the helm, and with your help, I hope it is our best year ever.

For those of you, who like to do things the last minute, remember the time to renew your membership is December 15th. After that date you will be dropped from the roster and be forced to start over and apply for a new number. So get off your putter and renew now.

The Super’s revenge Tournament in November was a blast. Marc Lilleberg had some fun placing tee boxes and pin placements. It was hard to remember that we were playing ELDO. You all know what it is like to do something new and different. Good job to all and the results are posted.

Our next home tournament is our Annual Christmas Bash on Dec.17. See Cliff for more details at the General Meeting on Dec.13. The General Meeting will also have our biggest raffle of the year. There will be a lot of door prizes to give away. Don’t miss it.

Lastly, on behalf of all your fellow directors, I wish everyone Happy Holidays and keep hitting that ball.

President
Nick Zamora

NOVEMBER 2016 MEETING MINUTES

The monthly meeting of the El Dorado Park Men’s Golf Club was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016 in the Big White Tent. The pre-meeting dinner included salad, chips and salsa, beef and chicken fajitas, beef enchiladas, tortillas, rice, beans, guacamole, sour cream, dessert and a drink, all for $7. The meeting was called to order at 7:05 pm by Past President Terry Fulford, filling in for President Nick Zamora, who was deep in the throes of a Sigalert on the 405. Terry led the Pledge of Allegiance. There were approximately 65 members in attendance, including Past Presidents Jerry Leininger, Mike Montgomery, Don Marmion, Terry Fulford, Dennis Tramer, Tom Conlisk, Rich Dennison, Tom Retterath, and Dick Scoville. There were no new members present.

The previous month’s minutes and Treasurer’s Report were approved.

Terry distributed ballots for the election of Directors only, as there were no additional nominees for the elected positions of President (Nick Zamora), Vice President (Cliff Aichele), Secretary (Rob Kuehn), and Treasurer (Bob Livingstone). Ballots were later collected , with the winners announced as Omar Diaz and Matt Huntington. Terry requested a moment of silence in honor of Jim Bundy, a long time member who recently passed away.

Directors’ Reports were as follow:

Special Events Director Matt Huntington announced the events for this month’s Superintendent’s Revenge Tournament. In addition to Skins, we’ll have CTP on # 9, second shot in the circle on #13 (on the green for C Flight), and Triple Turkey (Net Par or Better on #2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 16, 17 and 18). Bet that’s going to pay very well. Matty also gave us (with great aplomb) a hole-by-hole description of the layout for the tournament , promising us that we’ve never seen anything quite like it before at El Do. Thanks a lot Marc.

Director Jerry Leininger announced that he will be running a $30 Derby after the Christmas Shotgun Tournament. See Jerry if you’re interested. Sign up soon, as Derbies are a lot of fun and fill up fast.

Entertainment Director Dennis Tramer announced the results of the Lakewood Away Tournament. Our next Away Tournament is January 29 at Rec Park in Long Beach. Thursday Team Play practice/try-outs are on November 17th and December 8th. Los Verdes, Lakewood and Industry Hills are in our bracket. See Dennis if you’re interested.

Director Omar Diaz discussed the rules regarding moving sand on the green when it is the line of your putt. He also announced that Saturday Team Play try-outs/practice will be November 19th, December 3rd and December 10th. Contact Omar if you’re interested.

Director Mike Vaughn (Welcome Back Mike!) discussed the standings in the Flights Championship. Check the Website for final results.

Tournament Chairman/VP Cliff Aichele discussed the November Tournament. It’s a Three Best Ball event, with starting times from 6:15 to 11:00. Play fast. The December Tournament is our Christmas Shotgun – two 3 man teams playing as a six-some, to be followed by optional Derbies. Price is $70 to walk and $85 to ride. Entry is via mail-in forms available on-line or in the Pro Shop. Remember – we have the course all day.

Director Mike Moraitis announced the winners of the October GOM Award. Low Gross was Cliff Aichele with a 72, and Low Net was Don Marmion with a Net 65. Good job guys.

Old Business: There was no Old Business.

New Business: There was no New Business.

Remember to renew before December 15th or you’ll be dropped from the roster and have to re-apply next year.

The $50 drawing winner was Mike Vaughn (Welcome Back Mike again). The meeting was adjourned at 7:35.

Rob Kuehn – Secretary
November Membership 375

Happy Holidays! I'd like to thank our entire club membership and our Board of Director's for a great 2016. Our club is by far the best in the local area and that is directly due to our members who are very active in our club by attending our monthly meetings and also playing in our monthly home and away events. Please continue your active support of the club and I'm sure 2017 will be another great year at El Dorado.

Cheers!

Tom Retterath

“You better watch out, You better not cry, Better not pout, I’m telling you why, Santa Claus is coming to town!” That’s right we’re in the thick of the Holiday Season and before you know it will be New Years. I wish you all well and don’t forget, real men wait until the last minute to Christmas shop.

Marc Lilleberg and Matt Huntington really took us on an adventure for the November Super’s Revenge. I think they did an excellent job with the setup, even if it was a bit tough, the new challenges made for great fun. Thanks again to those two… Way to go! As might be expected the scores were a little on the high side, but was it really any surprise that Matt and his marauders won the A-Flight gross? You know what they say, a difficult set-up causes the cream to rise to the top. If you check the results (available on the website) I think you’ll notice a few past club champions and a bunch of experienced team play guys in the winner circle as well.

Some highlights of the results are A-Flight Net winners Bill Hasselman, Dave Hasselman, Rich Dennison, Wally Huntington, Austin Barisoff. B-Flight Gross winners Sebastian Sturdevant, Chris Plumridge, Kirk Jondle, Joey Schilling, Kevin Mehlbrech. C-Flight Gross winners Arthur Zamarripa, Jeff Degraaff, Danny Martin, Henry Degraaff, and Tom Retterath.

Coming up on Saturday, December 17th is our famous Christmas Shotgun tournament. This is a 3-man 2 best ball format played to your 6-month LI as of 12-1-16. There are still plenty of spots and time to get your group signed up. Forms are available in the pro shop or on the website, and you can also contact me directly to assist you. This will be a shot gun start, kicking off promptly at 7:30 am. Do what you can to pay ahead of time or you’ll have to pay an extra $5 on tournament day. It’ll be a madhouse at the course getting everyone checked in, so do your best to be early. Doors open a 6am! We buy the course for the day, so it just us El Dorado Men’s Club Members and we always have loads of fun.

This month’s general meeting is Tuesday the 13th and is also our annual raffle extravaganza. Don’t miss out on this meeting! We raffle off all kinds of great stuff including cash, booze and prizes. I will also be taking signups for the first tournament of 2017, This will be the Sunday January 15th 5-man Scramble.

As always
“Hit It Close and Go Lower”
Cliff Aichele

Well my Reign will be coming to an end soon on Special Events, but I will still be helping out whomever is going to take over. Sorry for not doing the newsletter the last couple months but work has not given me much room for time as you could probably tell by how the results have taken almost a full week to post.

November was a blast and I want to congratulate the 4 winners of the very difficult Triple Turkey: Noah “not Billy” Busch, John Strong Wong, Matt Moneyball Mendenhall, and Wild Bill Walton. These Pilgrims took down a very tough event. Greg Andersen got the CTP on 9 which was not an easy pin, Ryan Boyker was actually half Greg’s distance but was stuck basically in his own divot 1 inch off the green…nice pin Marc!!!

Pete Douglas dominated the B Flight with 2 skins and cutting another one, Pete stop sand bagging and get in the A flight where you belong. Wild Bill Walton also got 2nd closest to the pin only inches behind Todd Curly Thiel. Nice work boys.

New comer John Frixi-Almost Hole-in-One got a nice CTP on 9 only 8 ft. 1 in away, and the Crazy Dentist Darryl Lee came out with 2nd place in that event but actually got the skin on that hole!!! John you may want to stop by the practice green soon as Darryl got the skin more than 5½ feet further out.

Reminder if the Green placards are not legible, there is a distance missing, or you write down a name that I do not know, you will not get paid. I have spent too much time the last two years double checking these things and some of you need to go back to 3rd grade and take hand writing lessons again. Ray Charles in his grave writes better than some of you.

PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY OUT ON DECEMBER 13TH TO THE CHRISTMAS MEETING FOR THE RAFFLE. Good prizes, Good drinks, and Good people at the Raffle for that night. I should be there by 5:45 that night to set up and start selling tickets.

Next up is Sunday January 29th at Rec Park. We will be playing a 3 Best Ball in this event as we are playing fivesomes. Your new Mr. Entertainment “Lucero” and I will be taking sign ups at the January meeting. Please give him plenty of support and try not to “rake him over the coals” for at least the first couple of months. Thanks to everyone who came out and supported the away trips. We had a fairly good turnout last year, let’s make it better this year.
THANKS, CHOP TRAMER

So don't you hate when you hit that bad tee shot into the other fairway and you see someone pick up or hit your ball. How do you proceed by using Rule 18-1 Ball at rest moved by outside agency? if a ball at rest is moved by an outside agency, there is no penalty and the ball must be replaced. In order to apply this rule, it must be known or virtually certain that an outside agency has moved the ball. in the absence of such knowledge or certainty, the player must play the ball as it lies or, if the ball is not found, proceed under Rule 27-1. If a ball to be replaced under this rule is not immediately recoverable, another ball may be substituted.

If you are not certain that your ball was picked up by an outside agency, then you have to proceed as a lost ball not found within the 5 minutes and take a stroke and distance penalty and replay the last shot as nearly as possible at the spot from which the original ball was last played.

I would like to wish everyone a Happy Holidays and safe New Year.

Omar Diaz

Treasurer's Report - November 30, 2016

Balance on October 31, 2016		24,414.03
Income
November Entries		7,635.00
Unused Sycuan Subsidy		30.68
2017 Memberships		20,480.00
Total November Income		28,145.68
Expenses
November Green Fees	6,084.00
November Scrip	3,395.00
GOM Trophies	76.53
Print/Mail 2017 Member Cards	395.45
Mtg. Drawing - M. Vaughn	50.00
Christmas Tourney Tee Prize	2,527.20
Board Meeting	55.00
Orange Balls	172.80
2017 Director Outing Deposit	500.00
2017 SCGA Dues	3,816.00
Total November Expenses	17,071.98
Balance on November 30, 2016		35,487.73

Respectfully submitted,
Bob Livingstone
Treasurer