Well, Tom ran another great tournament as the Partner Blind Draw went off without a hitch. This is a fun tournament as you never know if you will cash even if you play poorly. Ask Tom “Kingfish” Conlisk as he shot something like 92 and won 85 points. He always seems to find a way to win.  I heard we had some early groups 2 holes behind, please keep up if you have an earlier time as this ruins the whole day. Our next outing is Saturday July 17^th which is the RED-WHITE-BLUE tournament. This is always a lot of fun as you can play from some tees you never play. I am sure Tom has spots available if you would like to play, so give him a call.

 We had our annual Club Championships on June 19^th, 26^th & 27^th. I was a fairly light turnout as we had 13 players in each flight. Once again we had rules violations that resulted in 6 DQ’S. We had 1 card where the player signed for a wrong score. We had 6 players play 4 hol.es from the wrong tees, and my favorite we had a player who signed a card where the scorekeeper put down a 43 for hole 17 and 89 for hole 18. He signed the card!!!! He was not DQ’ED because his score was HIGHER, but his score for the day was 201. Even my wife who came by in the morning asked me what are these sheets, I told her the rules, she said NOBODY picked one up!! End of story. My congratulations to the winners CLUB CHAMPION STEVE MENA (220)---“A”  FLIGHT VERN CANNON (221)---“B” FLIGHT LEE MCCULLOUGH (215)

The El Dorado Park Men’s Club General Meeting was held on Tuesday, June 8, 2010 in the Big White Tent.  The meeting was called to order at 7:00pm by President Dennis Tramer, who led the Pledge of Allegiance to the (invisible) flag. [Note: Because the Laker/Celtic game was on, the meeting seemed to move along at an unusually rapid pace]. Oh – and the pre-dinner meal was the (now standard) Mexican Feast.  Past Presidents in attendance included Don Marmion, Steve Shure, Greg O’Brien, Mike Montgomery, Jerry Leininger, Dick Scoville, Richard Dennison and (Life Member) Bob Livingstone.  The overall mood was significantly lightened due to the free keg of beer provided courtesy of Bob Livingstone and his recent hole-in-one. There were approximately 80 members present.

New member Douglas Miller introduced himself and was given the “New Member’s Tour” by Jerry Leininger.

Committee Reports:

-         Don Marmion (Golf Rep): Our new carts are due in this week.

-         Mike Montgomery – No Report

-         Terry Henson (Special Events) – Will have circles and skins, and net par on all odd holes, at the June Tournament.

-         Mike Vaughn (Rules): Encouraged everyone to go to the SCGA website and take the Rules Quiz

-         Rich Dennison (Handicaps): From now on, the Club will post all Tournament results – individuals will NOT post. Currently, for Away Trips, players will still post themselves.

-         Nick Zamora (Entertainment) – Our last Away Trip to Red Hawk was an awesome experience – a great course at a great rate (see Nick’s report). Next event is 7/31 at Rio Hondo – 9am start - $85 – format is 3-2-2 waltz. Start to plan for the weekender this fall at Aliante in North Las Vegas – cost will be =$300 for golf and rooms.

Terry Fulford: The Member/Member seems to bring out the best in us – there were 14 GOM Cards turned in. Gross winner was Larry Grant with a 66 (after bogey on 1 & 2).  Net winner was Pat O’Hara with 66.25.  At the 9 Hole Tournament today, Cary Thomason shot a net 29 to run away with it.

Mel Collins: Match play sign-ups are underway – see Mel.  At the Putting Contest today, we changed the format: 3 points for an Ace, and -1 point if you’re short.  Beating out a three way tie for second (Tod Thiele, Eric Miller and Henry DeGraffe) was Larry Grant.

President Tramer discussed sign-ups for the Club Championship (it starts at the June Tournament). You need an L.I. of 6.6 or less.

Tournament Chairman/VP Tom Retterath: Gave a recap of the Member/Member, with special thanks to Steve Shure for his help.  Winners were Andy Robinson and Pat O’Hara. There are openings for the June Tournament.  July 17^th Tournament will be Red, White and Blue (6 Holes each) for 5 man teams.  

There was no Old Business.

New Business: It was agreed that spitting sunflower seeds on the green is rude, unhealthy and (most importantly) hard on your putting.  So don’t do it!

The $80 monthly drawing winner was Dennis Courtemarche, who wasn’t present.  Next month it goes to $85.  The $75 “Draw Till You Win” winner was Pat O'Hara (nice night, huh Pat?)

The meeting was adjourned at 8:00pm.

Well we had a great day for golf for our Partner Blind Draw tournament.  We had just over 150 players participate in the event.  We still need to continue to make a more concerted effort to playing more quickly as a club.  All team scores were very competitive in the 4 flights.  In the A Flight we had a cardoff with Team scores of 61 by Earl Malit/Dale Green and Darryl Lee/Mel Collins with the Malit/Green taking the cardoff to get 1st place.  In the B Flight with a score of 61 was Jim Ferrara/John Davis.  In the C Flight with a score of 63 was Tom Conlisk/Justin McCullough.  In the D Flight with a score of 61 was Dwight Summers/Terry Sweet.  An interesting team was Steve Giroux/Dave Hasselman who each turned in a net 68 which was the 3rd best individual scores of the day, but the team could only net to a 63 which got them a T-5th place in A-Flight – No ham’n’egg for that team!!  Also, this was the first tournament where we used the GHIN TPP software to automatically post all tournament participants scores and this went very smoothly.

Our next tournament is the July Red-White-Blue tournament.  We will play 6 holes each from the Red, White, and Blue Tees.  The course yardage will be very close to the White yardage so the software will automatically post each player’s scores using the White Tee Ratings/Slope.  I do have some open spots so if you want to play, please let me know asap.

At the General Meeting Night (7/13) I will NOT be taking tournament signups for the August 14th BBQ/Raffle tournament since this is a mail-in tournament.  I’ve placed entry forms in the Pro Shop and the form should be on the website too.  The cost for this will be $70 (walk) or $85 (ride).  I will take signups until August 10th unless the tournament fills up before that date.  Reminder, this tournament is a SHOTGUN start at 6:30am.  Following play we will be in the TENT for the raffle.

Our June away trip took us to beautiful Red Hawk Golf Course in Temecula.  We had a shot gun start of 9:30 am and had wonderful weather.  My special format of 3 Net Scores on the 5’s and 2 Net Scores on the 3’s and 4’s didn’t seem to stop “Team Braswell” with Kerry Bryan, Jim McCullough and Mike Collins.  They were 14 under par.  Good job boys.  Single gross were Jerry Warner at 74 and Tom Braun at 76.  Single net winners were Kerry Bryan at 67 and Jim Olivier at 70.  Come see me with all the results and payouts.   

Our July away trip is to Rio Hondo Golf Course in Downey.  The date is Saturday, July 31^st with tee times beginning at 8:30 am.  The format is 322 Waltz.  The cost will be $80.00 each which includes a golf cart, prize fund and closest to the pins.  Another game of skins is $5.00 each for gross and net.  I will be at the table on meeting night to take sign-ups. 

Speaking of sign-ups, I am starting to push hard on the weekender set for October 8, 9 & 10, 2010.   The flyer is on the website and I will have copies at the meeting.  It is a great trip and the prices are very affordable. 

Any questions you can email me or see me at the course or at the meeting. 

So until next time…

During our June Blind Draw tournament I was the marker for our group’s monthly card as well as for two competitors’ card for the 1^st day of the Club Championship. The group card was on top with the CC cards underneath. Scores were transferred to the CC cards after verifying and recording the scores onto the group card. 

Upon completion of our round the scores were tabulated on the group card and confirmed by all. Instead of tabulating the C cards by adding the numbers across the back 9 total was placed, adding the font for the total. I signed the cards and had the competitors attest. Unfortunately the score for one hole was mismarked as a lower score on a CC card.

Per The Rules of Golf, Rule 6-6 b, if a player returns a score for any hole lower than actually taken he is disqualified. “Haste makes waste” fully applies here. Be sure to take your time to ensure all score card are 100% correct before submitting as “official”.

No report this month.

No report this month.

A recommendation has been sent to the City Council that the Municipal Code be changed to reduce the number of members from thirteen to seven, to change the categories of membership on the Commission, and to properly reflect the duties of the Commission.  Of these seven, at least four would be Long Beach residents holding membership in at least one of the recognized golf clubs, and three would be designated At Large.  These changes were approved by Phil Hester, Director of Parks, and Robert Livingstone, Superintendent of Golf Operations and discussed with the commission and approved and sent to the council.

Len Kennett submitted three nominees for induction to the Hall of Fame-Bob Chafee, James Oh and Ted Richards       New golf carts have arrived at both Rec Park and El Dorado and new GPS systems that are updated and work rather well.   The LBGF Open tournament will be held the end of the month. Any one wishing to volunteer their time can contact Bob or Kathy their office.   No meeting in July.   Have a nice summer. See you at the course.