October is the opening for SCGA to start accepting memberships for 2010. I know we have sent out renewal cards and I thank you who have renewed early. As a reminder, renew early and it’s only $100.00. If you renew after the first part of December, the fee goes up to $120. The Men’s Club has a deadline from SCGA and if you have not renewed, we can’t help but to charge the new members rate. Please make sure to renew early. If you have any questions on renewals, please contact Mike Vaughn or a Board Member.

The Match Play Flights Championships are scheduled for the Semi-finals this month. It looks like there have been a few upsets so far and the Semi’s should give us some interesting matches. You can follow the progress on our web site, eldoradogolfclub.org.  Mark Miller has done a great job of keeping the results up to date and I want to thank him for all the hard work he put into our website.

Good luck to those who are still in the tournament.

Nick Zamora has put his final touches on the weekender to be held October 9th, 10^th and 11^th in Las Vegas. All should be ready and I know everyone going on the trip is in a “can’t wait” mode. The only thing left now is a little golf and a lot of stories to come home with. I ‘m sure there will be great stories from both on and off the golf course. We’ll report what we can in the next newsletter.

Our October General meeting is on the 13^th and we will be taking nomination from the floor for any of the elected Board of Directors positions.  The board is always looking for new member who want to serve and have some time to contribute. Our Men’s Club is very active and well supported by the members and we need new Board members to keep the club successful. If you are interested in any position on the Board or becoming part of a committee, please contact any current Board Member. You will enjoy the time and seeing your efforts rewarded.

It’s October – time for the Dreaded Orange Ball Tournament on the 17^th. This is always a fun filled event and I understand Dennis Tramer has a “new “supply of the Orange Balls, probably the Flying Lady’s. We never hear the end of the stories of how many things go wrong when it’s your turn with that damn Orange Ball. I’m sure this year will be no different.

The tournament is the weekend after the general meeting so get you entries into Dennis Tramer as soon as possible.

See you at the October General Meeting on the 13^th.

The monthly meeting took place Tuesday September 8, 2009 under the El Dorado Park Golf Course tent area. The restaurant provided a dinner selection of a Mexican flair tonight for your gracious donation of $7.

President Jerry Leininger called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. and led the membership in allegiance to our flag.

Past Presidents in attendance were Tom Conlisk, Steve Shure, Don Marmion, Mike Montgomery, Bob Livingstone and Richard Dennison.

Bob Livingstone represented our Life Member group.

The Minutes and Treasures report from the Newsletter were accepted.

There were no new members tonight.

President Leininger informed the membership, and especially anyone that intends to play Team Play that you must have your 2010 Renewal paid to Mike Vaughn NLT October 15. The SCGA will need to focus on the membership conversion from IDC to GHIN and has moved the member Clubs January roster date to Friday October 16. Paul Wildy confirmed that Thursday and Saturday Team Play members need to get their renewals to Mike NLT meeting night October 13.

Committee Reports:

Don Marmion - Golf Commissioner: Don was not at tonight’s meeting. Pres. Leininger advised that a fee increase might be upon us starting January 2010.

Bob Livingstone – SCGA Delegate: Nothing to report.

Al Ostberg – Handicap: Of 160 players, (4) did not post. Al advised that if a player fails to post a penalty round, that a penalty round can be posted onto your records. Two (2) posted a higher score than they shot. This can also warrant a penalty round. Once again, players are posting their scores on the ladies’ tees. Seven (7) members posted there this last tourney, and one (1) member posted the round as a “T” score.

Mike Montgomery – Communications: Mike let the membership know that his business partner and Club member Toby Kovaleff had open-heart surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN and is doing OK. 

Terry Fulford – Rules: Terry attended an SCGA Rules class last week. Cost was $20 and took a couple of hours. Anyone can attend one of these classes. The schedule is on the SCGA website.

Nick Zamora – Entertainment: All Nick is selling now is tickets to the Weekender to Las Vegas. The course is to be offering us discounts and some allowances. If anyone has a late interest see Nick as he can fit a few more. Everyone that is attending needs to get their’ entry form and deposit to Nick ASAP. After the weekender, our last away trip will be to Sierra Lakes in November.

Mel Collins – Director: The first month of Flights Championship is in the books. A lot of matches went to the 18^th hole, or extra holes. Se sure to set your second round matches up. Mel will try to get some times from Jason. We had a 3-way tie in the Putting contest; Jerry Wright, Tim Braswell, and Terry Henson.

Tom Retterath – Director: Eight (8) players tonight for the 9-hole contest, the largest this year. 2^nd place went to Vern Herzberg with a 34 ½. The winner was Dennis Tramer with a 32.

Terry Henson – Special Events: Hope everyone liked the last set up. To help increase the winning returns Terry will be increasing the size of the fields, only using A, B, and C, no D-flight. Flights will offer both Gross, Net, or both. Will be a “Bulls-eye” on #3 Saturday, and will have a Honey-pot on Sunday, net 71 or better. Pres. Leininger told everyone to get to the course early so you have time to sign up and pay for the Special Events.

Dennis Tramer – Tournaments: BBQ went better than ever. The Shotgun start worked well, probably do this again next year. Your handicap will be on your card. Range balls provided. Partner-Partner will have a “Tee prize” of two (2) sleeves of Pro V1 golf balls or each player. Entry fee starting in October for regular tournament will be $55. This is due to the increase we are having to, and have been paying for the past couple of months. Orange Ball tournament is in October. We will have new Orange balls this year. Dennis called 15 names for the Orange Ball tournament sign up.

Pres. Leininger recognized Larry Grant for qualifying for the state Senior Amateur.

Past President – Richard Dennison: Rich took the podium and advised the membership that tonight he will read the slate of Officers for the 2010 Board of Directors. Rich informed the membership that if they know someone they feel should run, or if they would like to run for an elected position that nominations from the floor will be taken at the October meeting, with the elections at the start of the November meeting. The slate consists of President: Dennis Tramer, Vice President: Mike Vaughn and Tom Retterath, Secretary – Rob Kuehn, Treasurer: Bret Holloway, Directors: Mel Collins, Terry Fulford, and Al Ostberg.

Old Business: None

New Business: Mike Vaughn noted this Thursday is the King’s 80^th birthday. No Conlisk not you, Arnold Palmer.

Meeting adjourned.

The Membership drawing tonight is for $50. The number of Rob Marchegiano was drawn; Rob was not at tonight’s meeting. The prize will increase to $60 for next month.

I want to say what a great tournament the PARTNER-PARTNER turned out to be. Although the scores were not super low, it was the tightest tournament I can recall in my 25 years in this fantastic club. I hope everyone enjoyed themselves, especially on Saturday as the format of a front 9 2-man scramble and back 9 crossover are just a blast to play. Once again there were some nice point payouts and 40% of the field got paid. Here are your winners “A” Gross B. Hasselman-M. Hasselman—171  and winning the net by ¼ of a shot M. Marmer-J. Dymon—170.5  “B” Gross  M. Moraitis-A. Robinson—190 and winning the net by ¼ shot D. Summers-P. Douglas—165.25  “C” Gross  W. Mcghee-T. Yee—202 and winning the net by 1 ¼ shots   J. Bundy-L. McCullough—168.5. All results are posted on our website and in the hallway at the golf course.

On  Saturday, October 17^th, We will be having one of our most celebrated tournaments “THE DREADED ORANGE BALL”. This will be a 3 best ball event, using the Orange ball + 2 others each hole. I am going to switch this one up so I don’t have to hit 3 wood on every hole for my approach shot (Par 3’s included) so we will play the WHITE TEES for the first time this year. We will again have 3 flights and 1 Gross and multiple nets in each. Each team will receive 2 “NEW” orange balls when they turn in their lineup for a Director to sign off  on. You must turn in an orange ball with your scorecard upon completion of your round or you are Disqualified. (HINT: BUY EXTRAS AND PUT THEM IN YOUR BAG!) Come on out and have a good time watching your buddies “PUCKER UP” when they get that Orange thing. I can always use singles so call me if you would like to play. COST $55