2020 Newsletters

Welcome to the new year and I am looking forward to the new BOD and serving as President for the best Men’s Club in Southern California. I am looking forward to a great year.

Make sure you come to the January meeting to sign up for the February Select Drive. Once again we have limited times so be patient with Don. Make sure you guys take it easy on Don the first couple of months as it is tough to get everyone in.

You should know by now the new World Handicap System is now in affect so make sure you post your scores the day you play.

Your new Entertainment Chairman Steve Cook has our first trip coming up at Recreation Park. Sign up early to make it easy on Steve and this one usually fills up fast.

The Christmas Tournament was a big success as we had great weather and played in 5:45. As always, my team finished DFL.

I have already received 4 emails about the January Scramble, PLEASE REMEMBER TO CONTACT DON DIDIER! Don’t hit 'em short and crooked like I do!

THANKS,
Dennis Tramer

DECEMBER 2019 MEETING MINUTES

The monthly meeting of the El Dorado Park Men’s Golf Club was held on Tuesday, December 10, 2019 in the Big White Tent. The home cookin’ themed pre-meeting dinner included salad, stuffing, rolls, mashed potatoes, ham, turkey and cake. The meeting was called to order at 7:06 pm by Vice President Dennis Tramer who led the membership in the Pledge of Allegiance. In anticipation of the Big Drawing, there were approximately 140 members in attendance including Past Presidents Terry Fulford, Nick Zamora, Mike Montgomery, Tom Conlisk, Don Marmion, Dennis Tramer, Tom Retterath and Past Prez/Life Member Bob Livingstone. There were three new members who introduced themselves, got some grief about their alleged handicaps and then received a hearty welcome before they were given the New Member Spiel by Past President Zamora. President Elect Tramer introduced the gentlemen who would comprise the Board of Directors in 2020.

The previous month’s Minutes and Treasurer’s Report were approved as printed in the Newsletter.

Directors’ Reports were as follow:

Acting Handicap Chairman Bob Livingstone reminded the members of some important upcoming changes to the World Handicap System effective January 6th. Bob also noted that our Senior Club Champion Jeff Thomas had participated in the SCGA Sr. Tournament of Club Champions and Corey Smith participated in the Net Tournament of Club Champions. Corey finished tied for 5th, earning a nice crystal trophy (he was three shots off the lead despite two triple bogeys on par 3 holes – nice finish nonetheless!).

Communications Director Mike Montgomery led the membership in a rousing thank you to the Board for their commitment to making the Club great, and then in lieu of a moment of silence, Mike asked everyone to raise their glass in remembrance of several members who had passed away in 2019.

Rules Chairman Omar Diaz noted that there will not be any changes to the USGA Rules in 2020. Omar also announced GOM for Matt Huntington. No Gross cards were submitted and Kenneth Cheong won Net GOM with a 65.

Special Events Chairman Don Didier recapped the Super’s Revenge where a total of 37 members cashed in the various special events. He also discussed the events for the upcoming Christmas Tournament.

Past President Nick Zamora reminded everyone to check with him or the website to ensure they are signed up in the Hole-In-One Insurance Fund. If you are not in, sign up at any monthly tournament or put an envelope with $5 into the slot in the Men’s Club Drawer below the Posting Computer in the Golf Shop.

Entertainment Chairman Lucero announced “his long nightmare was over” (wink-wink!) and announced the winners of the Little Brown Jug for year-long performance in the away trips. Don Didier was 1st, Bret Holloway was 2nd, and Henry Degraaf was 3rd. The Club thanked Lucero for his three years on the Board of Directors. Entertainment Chairman-to-be Steve Cook recapped the Away Trip to Rec Park in late January. Going forward, signups and payment MUST happen in advance of the away trip. There will be entry forms on the website and at meetings.

Director Mike Vaughn recapped the Flights, with semi-final participants, runners-up and winners, all receiving a portion of the largess that included the entry fees and a subsidy from the Club. Winners and pictures are listed on the website.

Special Assignments Director Terry Fulford noted that, as has become an annual custom, the Club had earlier in the day hosted a Taco Bar for the Maintenance Crew, to thank them for their work on the course and the great conditions that we enjoy throughout the year.

Tournament Chairman Dennis Tramer recapped the Super’s Revenge and thanked our esteemed Superintendent Marc Lilliberg and his staff. Dennis also gave some instructions for the upcoming Christmas Tournament. Vice President-to-be Don Didier reminded everyone that tournament entries will go up to $65 in 2020 ($70 for late entries). Don then read names for the January sign-up process.

Old Business. There was no old business.

New Business. Bob Livingstone noted that 7 years ago, our esteemed President Cliff Aichele decided to take to heart, the repetitive requests from the Board for members to get involved with the Club; he volunteered to be the Special Events Chairman. Along with this job Cliff served as a Director at Large, Vice President and President and he will stick around as Past President. Bob noted that the Club has historically thanked our Presidents by covering their annual membership dues as long as the stay active in the Club. Bob made a motion to extend this courtesy to Cliff, there was a second and both enthusiastic and unanimous approval.

The $50 membership drawing went to the very first name called, Walter Gordon.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:50 pm and the Big Raffle/Opportunity Drawing began.

Respectfully submitted,
Bob Livingstone,
Secretary Pro-Tem

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a great holiday season!

First and foremost, I’d like to thank Dennis “Chop” Tramer for his 2nd term as VP/Tournament Director. He’s done a great job and the amount of time he puts into our club is amazing. I hope I can fill those big shoes without lowering the bar. Well done Dennis!

As always, the Christmas Tournament was a big success. 192 players teed off at 7:30am on a misty morning. Winning A Flight Gross by shooting 11 under, the team of Omar Diaz, Ryder Epson and Justin Vanderbroek. A Flight Net was captured by John Hasselman, Andrew Cochrane & Cj Triola.

B Flight Gross winners at 4 under were Steve Giroux, Rich Gilmore & Dwight Summers. B Flight Net winners at 126 were Josh Dubón, Andrew Pulido & Jonathon Rymer. Josh Dubón’s net 61 might have something to do with that win!

Michael Burke, Conner Burke & Jessie Duncan took C Flight Gross at 151 while Mathew Dao, Tim Braswell & Greg Marks won 1st Place Net in a card-off.

The Bandit Elves, Arthur Zamarripa, Henry Degraaff & Jeff Degraaff won D Flight Gross at 158 and “Best Christmas Attire”. Mike Filbey, Tom Turner & Michael Jones snatched 1st place net at 133.

January Scramble will be Sunday the 19th. We’ve got limited daylight and full field (185 players). Since this is a scramble, we need to play fast. The first few groups need to set a pace of 4:15 or less with later groups at 4:45. We play fivesomes and must use 3 drives from each player (mark drives on card). Team Handicap will be calculated using the Tramer System. Add up each player’s “Tramer Cap” for the Team Handicap.
HDCP 3 of less = 0, 4-5 = 0.5, 6-9 = 1, 10-12 = 1.5
13-15 = 2, 16-19 = 2.5, 20-22 = 3, 23-25 = 3.5, 26 & UP = 4

Looking forward to a great 2020 with the El Dorado Men’s Club!

Fairways and greens!

Don Didier

First of all, thank you DD for an outstanding year as Special Events Director. Thanks for the great work putting those all those raffle prizes together. A goodtime was had by all. My job will be to keep Special Events running as smoothly as my predecessors and most importantly get those results posted quickly.

The Christmas Shotgun Tournament was another success! 39 members got a piece of the Special Events pot, lead by John Hasselman and Mickey Miller in A Flight, Connor Burke stood out in B Flight, Josh Dubon the only player in the field winning all three events in C Flight. Well done everyone! All results are posted on the website.

Happy New Year to all! Looking forward to a great 2020!

Hit Them Straight!

Happy New Year to all, coming up this month we have Big Rec on Sunday January 26th. Sign up & payment are due no later than Saturday January 11th.

The weekender at Soboba will be here before you know it. April 3, 4 & 5. Hoping for a good turnout please spread the word to your fellow Men’s Clubbers! More info & sign-up sheets will be available on the website soon!

If you have any questions please send me an email.
Thanks, Steve

Welcome to 2020 and the new World Handicap System or WHS! Our Webmaster has posted some great info about WHS on the Club website; the link to see it all, is on the right side of the front page about half way down, under the “Club Information” links. We will also have new conversion charts that have been posted at the course, and will appear online and on our Club Posting Computer. At some point in the future (probably in the Spring) there will be some tweaks to these and permanent conversion charts will become available. Most people’s indexes will go down when the computers come back online on January 6th – do not be alarmed when your Course Handicap goes down, as most everyone else is losing shots like you are! Remember that you cannot post any scores between January 1st and 5th but you will need to post your rounds daily once the 6th gets here (there will no longer be a 48-hour grace period since a new handicap will be issued every night). This will be my first year as Handicap Chairman and the first year for WHS, so it will be a learning experience for us all, and we will all need patience!

Congrats to our 4th Quarter Most Improved, Scott Dietschak, who dropped from a 7.6 on October 1st to a 5.5 on December 31. The next best were Sammy Krishna who dropped from a 9.8 to a 7.9 and Danny Martin who fell from a 20.5 to an 18.1. The year-long Most Improved were: Nick De Lia who improved from a 5.7 to a 2.0, Scott Davis who dropped from a 5.1 to a 2.2 and Rafael Holcombe who went from a 10.9 to a 7.1. Attaboys go to Dave Hasselman and Mickey Miller who were right on their heels. To qualify, there were minimum numbers of rounds and tournaments that had to be played. The Q4 and Top 3 for the year will all receive a “bonus” from the Club, so show up at the January General Meeting to get those bonuses.

Nick Zamora
Handicap Chairman

During the Christmas Tournament, someone playing hole #11 hit his tee ball onto the maintenance road between the right rough and the chain link fence that serves as the course Boundary. For several decades the Club has played this road (except where it turns into a relatively newly-paved path behind the 3rd green) as an Integral Object, rather than an Obstruction, so free relief is not granted if a player’s ball, stance or intended swing touches the road…this particular player now has a few skid marks on the bottom of his 8-iron, from playing the ball! He asked why we make this road an Integral Object, which the Rules define as “an artificial object defined by the Committee as part of the challenge of playing the course, from which free relief is not allowed”.

There were three reasons the Club decided to make this road an Integral Object (at the time it was called an Integral Part of the Course). The first is that the asphalt has deteriorated dramatically since it was installed in the 1960s and there is not uniform asphalt rather than dirt, and there is not a clear course-side edge that could easily be identified as the start/end of an obstruction (however there is clear definition for the newer path behind the 3rd green, so that is an Obstruction and relief can be taken). The second is a scenario where a right-handed player hooks his ball very close to the fence on #7 with no real swing. He could claim that his best option is to play his next shot left-handed, in which case he would be standing on the road, get relief toward the fairway, could take relief and then probably turn around and play right-handed. While his claim could be viable for an exceptional player, Rule 16-1a (3) prohibits relief if it is clearly unreasonable to play the ball because of some other interference – which the OB fence could clearly be, particularly for a higher handicap player. We felt we would not have sufficient Rules Officials to address the question of whether playing right- or left-handed was reasonable, so (and this is the 3rd reason) we just decided that since any shot on the road was at least 20+ yards from the fairway, we decided that a shot on that road just didn’t deserve free relief. Again, however, since there is room to drop on the other side of the clearly identified road behind the 3rd green, we do offer relief from that Obstruction.

Finally, the SCGA will be hosting multiple 2-hour Rules of Golf Seminars all over southern California for a cost of $25. You can sign up for one of these if you have interest by visiting www.scga.org/rules/rules-seminars.

Treasurer's Report - December 31, 2019

Balance on November 30, 2019		23,999.90
Income
Christmas Tourney Entries	15,001.00
Hole In One Insurance	70.00
Memberships	10,435.00
Interest	0.51
Total December Income	25,506.51
Expenses
December Green Fees		8,400.00
December Cart Fees		2,100.00
December Scrip		9,435.00
Christmas Tee Prizes		4,800.00
Scorecards		115.00
Little Brown Jug Winners		225.00
Maintenance Crew Thanks Party		338.24
Board Meeting		100.00
Printer Cartridge		31.74
Walkie Talkie Batteries		207.68
San Vicente Refund		225.00
Membership Dues - SCGA		3,312.00
Mtg. Drawing - W. Gordon		50.00
Copies		6.45
Website Hosting Fee		295.75
Website Domain Registry		169.36
Flights Trophies		525.65
GOM Name Plate Change		11.91
Total December Expenses		30,348.78
Balance on December 31, 2018		19,157.63

Respectfully submitted,
Bob Livingstone, Treasurer

NOTES:

$8,204 was added to the Christmas Tournament above entry fees ($4,800 for tee prizes and $3,404 to the Prize Fund).

We have $1,450 in pre paid 2020 expenses for Team Play Entry Fees and Away Trip Deposits.

The Hole In One Insurance is currently $855.

Since Oct. we have received $12,535 in new members (less $3,852 in SCGA dues). $8,683 will go to the 2020 budget.

We will be carrying forward $8,169.63 into 2020 for any unexpected needs.

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

We are off to a good start as the January Tournament we had great weather and everyone played fast finishing without a penalty. Great job Don on your first Tournament.

To all who didn’t get in the January & February Tournaments, thanks for being understanding and not hassling Don. In March, we will be back to normal as Daylight Saving Time starts March 8th so we should be able to accommodate everyone.

Congratulations to Brad on a job well done in the Special Events and getting the results up promptly. I didn’t go but I understand the away trip at Recreation Park went off without a hitch and Mr. Cook was on top of everything. I guess the new WHS handicap system works as I couldn’t believe the scores. Only 3 out of 60 shot below net 70, where you usually had about 18 out of 60 with the old system. LIVY is happier than a fly on s*&! because of all the guys on the new system LOSING DOUBLE POPS! Any members who have questions or concerns don’t hesitate to give me a text or a call and I will try to resolve them.

THANKS,
Dennis Tramer

JANUARY 2020 MEETING MINUTES

The monthly meeting of the El Dorado Park Men’s Golf Club was held on Tuesday, January 14, 2020 in the Big White Tent. The pre-meeting dinner (looking suspiciously like the November dinner) included meat loaf, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn on the cob, salad and cookies for desert. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by New (and repeat) President Dennis Tramer (welcome back to the podium Dennis) who led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. There were approximately 90 members in attendance including Past Presidents Tom Conlisk, Terry Fulford, Nick Zamora, Mike Montgomery, Don Marmion, Dennis Tramer (after all, he is a Past President), Richard Scoville, Cliff Aichele, and (Life Member) Bob Livingstone. New Members Bill Leivan and Jay Bullock introduced themselves, gave us a little info about themselves, and were given the New Member Spiel by Director Zamora. The previous month’s Minutes and Treasurer’s Report were approved.

Directors’ Reports were as follow:

Director Mike Montgomery asked the membership if there was interest in having El Do Men's Club logo shirts available for purchase by any and all members. Cost would be approximately $50-$60. Given the positive response Mike will order shirts and have them available for purchase in the Pro Shop.

New Director and Special Events Guru Brad Wilcox summarized Special Event winners from the December Christmas Tournament and then announced the Special Events for this month’s Scramble Tournament. We’ll have CTP on #3 and #12, and In the Circle (A and B Flights) and On the Green (C Flight) on #9 and #17.

Director (and new Handicap Chairman) Nick Zamora discussed the new World Handicap System adopted by USGA (and SCGA) and the mega data that is now available through it. This system is specifically made to work seamlessly with your cell phone so take advantage of it. Two key things to remember: post your score as soon as you’re done playing, and the maximum score on a hole for posting purposes is net double bogey.

Director Mike Vaughn noted that the Quad Club Tournament (El Do, Rec Park, Skylinks and Lakewood) is scheduled for April 25th and that our Team for this event is nearly finalized.

Director and Entertainment Director Steve Cook reminded us that the first Away Tournament of the year is set for Sunday January 26 at Rec Park. The format is Individual (not team) and Steve is anticipating 50-60 players. The next Away Tournament will be March 1 at The Golf Club at Rancho California, and the Weekender is scheduled for April 3-4-5 at Soboba. See Steve to sign up for these fun events.

Director Terry Fulford announced winners of GOM for December. Low Gross was Ryder Epson (with what was described by Livy as an effortless) 67, and Low Net was Rich Gilmore with a 64, a score that should certainly draw interest from the Handicap Committee.Terry reminded us that the 9 hole and Putting Tournament pre-meeting events will start back up in March.

Director Omar Diaz reminded us of several rules that came into effect in 2019 regarding the ball moving on the green, 3 minutes versus 5 minutes allowed for looking for a lost ball, etc.

Director/Past President Cliff Aichele noted that there were 173 members signed up for the Hole in One Fund. See Cliff if you haven’t contributed your $5 to this cheap insurance coverage.

Vice President/Tournament Chairman Don Didier thanked his predecessor Dennis Tramer for all his help in assuming the onerous duties of Tournament Chairman. Don noted that this month’s Scramble Tournament is completely full. We’ll play from the Combo Tees and require 3 drives from each member of your fivesome. Next month will be Select Drive on February 16th.

Old Business: Bob Livingstone announced Most Improved Golfer winners as follow: Yearlong Most Improved, Nick DeLia, Scott Davis was 2nd most improved for the year and Rafael Holcombe was 3rd. 4th Quarter of 2019 most improved was Scott Dietschak. Congratulations to these hard working members! Now if we only had an award for Least Improved I could finally win something.

New Business: There was no New Business.

The $50 Drawing winner was Paul Standish. Welcome Back Paul.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:45

Rob Kuehn
Secretary/Membership Director

November Membership is 409.

Daylight Saving Time starts this year at 2:00 am Sunday March 8 and ends Sunday November 1 at 2:00 am. The Putting Contest will be held on meeting night during the months of March, April, May, June, July, August, September and October at or about 5:15 and continue to 6:45 pm on the south green. The Club is contributing $50 stipend to add to the Putting Contest prize fund for each month's putting tournament. Normal participants are welcomed back and new players are encouraged to participate in this fun activity. Bring your putter and take a shot at winning a little extra cash. Format changes monthly.

Quad Club is to be contested Saturday April 25 at Rec Park. We are playing to bring the trophy back to our trophy case. Teams will consist of 25 players. Cost to play is yet to be provided by the Rec Park captain. It will likely be in the range of $65 per player which will include green fee and prize fund. Our team players are being recruited as this is being typed. With the new WHS the date your handicap will be determined has yet to be defined but will be at your Current Index. Your entry will be paid to me in cash or a check payable to “Mike Vaughn”. The NLT date will likely be our home tournament the April 1 Gross / 2 Net on Saturday April 19. Detail on the first group starting time has not yet been provided. The first group will be Club Pros. The President / Vice President group will most likely tee off second, with groups proceeding from lower to higher handicap. It is not yet known which tee we will be playing from. The format will be Medal play using the 3-2-1-0 point system. Players who win 3-points this year will have a roster spot guaranteed for the 2021 event when the event moves to Lakewood.

Flight Championships will be put together in mid-summer. Those matches will get underway as early as August 1. Player entry fee will remain at $20. Signup will start 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.

Mike Vaughn

Here we are in a new year with a different position, Director #2. I am in charge of the Golfer of Month and the 9 hole during Daylight Saving Time.

For all the new members we have a 9 hole tournament before are monthly meeting, you make your own time and have to play with a Men's Club member to qualify. There well be an envelope with the starters in the Pro Shop: cost is $5 dollars and use 1/2 your handicap from the designated tees, 2 signatures are also required. You can play as many holes as you want but we only count the front nine score. Place your card in the envelope as soon as you are done with 9 holes.

GOM is your best score of the month, you also need to play with a member and have 2 signatures. Place a score card in the drawer by the computer in Pro Shop marked SCORE CARDS. Any question please don't hesitate to call or text.

See at the course,
Terry

My first tournament went off without too much drama. Big thanks to Mel Collins for filling in at the last minute making the Scramble a complete field of 34 fivesomes, 170 players. Another big thanks to Dennis Tramer in helping me run the tournament as smooth as possible. Thanks to the whole Board for your support!

After the tournament, our Webmaster (Mark Miller) fixed the problem I was having with emails sent to me thru our website. Please feel free to email me thru the website when necessary.

January Scramble Results are posted. A Flight Gross was a runaway with Pulido, Williams, Dubon, Kelly, Rymer group shooting 56. Jerry Leininger just rolled over! The fivesome of Kervin, Martin, Friend, Evans and new member, Michael Fiore took 1st Place Net with a 54. Welcome to the club Mike!

The guys in my group, Wilcox, Fleming, Miller and Glorioso really ham and egged it to take B Flight 1st Place Gross with 59 (card-off). Short stick in the card-off was the group of Hall, Hargrave, Lineberger, Osborne and Schilling taking 1st Place Net with a 51.5.

C Flight Gross was won with a 62 by “Bing” Smith, Gonzales, Belman, Dubry and Sanders. 1st Place Net went to the bandits Faris, Gonzales, Serge, Green and Zehmer with a 50.5.

February Select Drive is next on the 16th. Tournament if full at this writing, but things can and do change! We’ve got 37 groups, 185 players. Just a reminder, Tournament Fee is $65 (cash or check) when paid prior to the tournament and $70 (cash or check) when paid on tournament day. Easiest way to pay is at the General Meeting on the 11th or place an envelope with your name and payment in the Men’s Club drawer in the Pro Shop.

Select Drive is a fivesome format where each player a tee shot, players in the group decide which drive to use and each player then plays his own ball from the selected spot until holed. A minimum of 3 drives for each player must be used. The 3 Best Balls, Gross and Net will count as the team score. We will be playing the Combo Tees at 80% of your handicap or assigned handicap, which ever is lower. Format and rules will be on the back of the Official Scorecard.

March Pat Harris St. Patrick’s Day Waltz sign-ups at the General Meeting on February 11th.

Fairways and greens!

Don Didier

We had 53 players earn points in the January Scramble Special Events, below is the break down.

A Flight had 42% of the field earn points, with strong showings from Mark Baldwin and Vern Followell top 2 out of 64 players, well done guys.

B Flight had 24% of the field earn points, with Frank Dicken and Kevin Irvine being the top 2 out of 51 players.

C Flight had 26% of the field earning points, with Eugene Rothstein and Miguel Espinoza top 2 out of 54 players. The flight had better payouts due to nobody was able to reached #9 so the money was split between winners on 3, 12 & 17.

February Select Drive Tournament will limit us to circles and KP’s again. We’ll have circles on holes 9 & 12 and KP’s on holes 3 & 17.

See you at the blue point box

Brad Wilcox

Well we got our first away tournament done with only a couple rookie mistakes. I hope everyone that played had a good time! By the looks of the scores not everyone did! The results are posted on the website. This was also the first qualifying event for the Little Brown Jug 2020. The leaderboard won't be published until 3 events have been completed, so after Soboba we will be able to see it.

Next up is Rancho California on Sunday, March 1st with an 8:30 shotgun start. Signup forms are on the website.

The Weekender @ Soboba is rapidly approaching and I'm hoping for a good turnout. Please make you plans as early as possible. That's it for now, see ya at the next meeting.

Treasurer's Report - January 31, 2020

Balance December 31, 2019		19,157.63
Income
Member Dues	16,610.00
January Tournament	11,070.00
February Tournament	2,015.00
Christmas Tournament	110.00
Rec Away Trip	5,215.00
Interest	0.52
Total January Income	35,020.52
Expenses
SCGA Dues		5,400.00
January Greens Fees		6,683.00
January Scrip		4,350.00
USGA Dues		150.00
Team Play Subsidies (Thurs/Sat)		1,500.00
Mtg. Drawing - P. Standish		50.00
GOM Trophies (Nov/Dec)		169.90
BOD Meeting		35.00
Schedule Card Printing		243.00
BOD Pictures/Nameplates		58.66
Most Improved (2019 Annual and Q4)		275.00
Rec Away Green Fees		2,830.00
Rec Away Prize Fund/Skins		2,135.00
Printing (BOD & Scoreboards)		27.06
Total January Expenses		23,906.62
Balance on January 31, 2020		30,271.53

Respectfully submitted,
Bob Livingstone
Treasurer

Another great day of golf as for the Select Drive Tournament. We had great weather and everyone played fast and playing last we finished in about 4:50. Great job Gentlemen.

Looking forward for the Weekender at Soboba April 3-5 at Soboba as these are always a great time. Those who didn’t sign up think hard about joining us next year at whatever great establishment Steve books. Great job Steve!

I want to encourage all the New Members to come out and play in our tournaments. This is the best run club in Southern California. Starting this month, the 9 hole and putting contest start on Meeting night. Come on out and enjoy the fun.

See you all at the meeting.

THANKS,
Dennis Tramer

FEBRUARY 2020 MEETING MINUTES

The monthly meeting of the El Dorado Park Men’s Golf Club was held on Tuesday, February 11, 2020 in the Big White Tent. The pre-meeting Italian dinner, prepared by our own Italian Master Chef Bingamini, included spaghetti, sausage/peppers/onions, marinara sauce, Parmesan, salad and cookies for desert. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by President Dennis Tramer who led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. There were approximately 90 members in attendance including Past Presidents Terry Fulford, Nick Zamora, Mike Montgomery, Dennis Tramer, Richard Scoville, Cliff Aichele, and (Life Member) Bob Livingstone. New Members Steve Canales, Brit Reiner and Christian Sook introduced themselves, gave us a little info about themselves, and were given the New Member Spiel by Director Zamora. The previous month’s Minutes and Treasurer’s Report were approved.

Directors’ Reports were as follow:

Director Mike Montgomery informed us that the new El Do Men's Club logo shirts will be available for purchase by any and all members in the Pro Shop in the near future. Cost will be approximately $50.

Special Events Director Brad Wilcox summarized Special Event winners from the January Scramble Tournament and then announced the Special Events for this month’s Select Drive Tournament. We’ll have CTP on #3 and #17, and In the Circle (A and B Flights) and On the Green (C Flight) on #9 and #12. Brad noted that we’ll be able to have a more varied assortment of Special Events when we start “playing your own ball” next month.

Director (and Handicap Chairman) Nick Zamora discussed various aspects of the new World Handicap System adopted by USGA (and SCGA) and the mega data that is now available through it. This system is specifically made to work seamlessly with your cell phone so take advantage of it. Key things to remember: post your score as soon as you’re done playing, the maximum score on a hole for posting purposes is net double bogey, and your Index is updated daily. Nick also noted that for the foreseeable future we will use Current Index and NOT 6 month L.I to determine event standings. If you have any questions regarding the new system just ask Nick and he’ll then ask Livy.

Director Mike Vaughn noted that the Quad Club Tournament (El Do, Rec Park, Sky Links and Lakewood) is scheduled for April 25th and that our Team for this event is finalized.

Director and Entertainment Director Steve Cook discussed results of the first Away Tournament of the year on Sunday, January 26 at Rec Park. The next Away Tournament will be March 1 at The Golf Club at Rancho California, and the Weekender is scheduled for April 3-4-5 at Soboba. See Steve to sign up for these fun events.

Director Terry Fulford announced results of the GOM competition for January. Low Net was Brad Wilcox with a 66. There were no cards submitted for Low Gross (what’s up with you good golfers?). Terry reminded us that the 9 Hole and Putting Tournament pre-meeting events will start back up in March. He also noted that the Golfer of the Year Tournament (for all the Golfer of the Month winners in 2019) will be held March 7, and the Club pays green fees for all eligible participants.

Director Omar Diaz reminded us of a couple of new rules regarding moving loose impediments in Penalty Areas and Bunkers. Omar noted that the Saturday Team is doing very well and is currently 4-0. Thursday Team Co-Captain Mel Collins noted that the Thursday Team is 3-1 after having taken down the Industry Hills team at their home course, a very significant accomplishment.

Past President Cliff Aichele reminded everyone to see him to get in the Hole in One Fund if you haven’t already done so.

Vice President/Tournament Chairman Don Didier discussed last month’s results and noted that this month’s Select Drive Tournament is nearly full. We’ll play to 80% of our handicap and record the 3 Best Balls. And remember – a minimum of 3 drives from each player.

Old Business: There was no Old Business.

New Business: There was no New Business.

The $50 Drawing winner was Scott Carrier.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:45

Rob Kuehn
Secretary/Membership Director

February Membership is 420.

Daylight Saving Time starts this year at 2:00 am Sunday, March 8 and ends Sunday, November 1 at 2:00 am. The Putting Contest will be held on meeting night during the months of March, April, May, June, July, August, September and October at or about 5:15 and continue to 6:45 pm on the south green. The Club is contributing $50 stipend to add to the Putting Contest prize fund for each month's putting tournament. Normal participants are welcomed back and new players are encouraged to participate in this fun activity. Bring your putter and take a shot at winning a little extra cash. Format changes monthly.

Quad Club is to be contested Saturday, April 25 at Rec Park. We are playing to bring the trophy back to our trophy case. Teams will consist of 25 players. Cost to play will be $65 per player which will include green fee and prize fund. Our team is full team. If you want to be noted as an alternate please let me know. With the new WHS the date your handicap will be determined has yet to be defined but will be at your Current Index. Your entry will be paid to me in cash or a check payable to “Mike Vaughn” ASAP. The NLT date will be our home 1 Gross / 2 Net tournament on Saturday April 19. The first group, the Pros, will tee off at 6:30. The President / Vice President group will most likely tee off second, with groups proceeding from lower to higher handicap. It is not yet known which tee we will be playing from. The format will be Medal play using the 3-2-1-0 point system. Players who win 3-points this year will have a roster spot guaranteed for the 2021 team when the event moves to Lakewood.

Flight Championships will be put together in mid-summer. Those matches will get underway as early as August 1. Player entry fee will remain at $20. Signup will start 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.

Mike Vaughn

Here we are in March already. Daylight Saving time starts this Sunday, the 8th, so I well be running the 9 hole tournament before the meeting. There well be a envelope at the starters desk, you must put your name on the front sheet with 1/2 your handicap from white tees this month and $5 inside the envelope to be eligible. winner well be announced at the meeting.

I am also taking care of the Golfer of the Month. January Net winner was Brad Wilcox with a nice 66 , no card was turned in for Gross. Make sure you put your card in the drawer marked score cards by the computer in the Pro Shop. There is a sample card on the desk there. You have to play with a member of the Club, have 2 signatures, tees played, date, and SCGA #.


Thanks
Terry Fulford

February’s Select Drive was a big success, but not without a few hiccups. We had (7) last minute cancellations ranging from hospitalization to “I forgot”. Fortunately, the course management was very forgiving and did not charge for the “no shows”. In the future each player will be responsible for any fees the golf course may charge for missed tee times.

Pace of play was an issue near the end the tournament. No penalties were issued but consider this your only “Get out of jail FREE” card. Issuing penalties is one of our only means to deter slow play. Please play at a good pace!

As always the Select Drive produced some pretty good scoring. A Flight Gross was won with a score of 198 (-16) by Mike Peterson, Steven Sterry, Andrew Pulido, Nick Mardesich and Jeff Thomas. A Flight Net with a score of 191 was won by Cliff Aichele, Rich Gilmore, Steve Giroux, Dwight Summers and CorEy Smith. I am considering Cliff’s request to have his group go first in every tournament!

B Flight Gross winners Kurt Hall, Emmet Hargrave, Matthew Osborne, Brian Lineberger and Joey Schilling shot a very respectable 213 (-3). B Flight Net was highjacked by the bandits Chris Plumridge, Sebastian Sturdevant, Kirk Jondle, Sheldon Drantch and Kevin Mehlbrech shooting 188.

C Flight Gross was won with a score of 229 (+13) by Dewayne Kirksey, George Manyak, James Coates, Brian Ball and Anthony Coyne. C Flight Net was won with a score of 187 by Tom Conlisk, Peter Douglas, Dennis Clark, Frank Adinolfi and Don Russell. Blind Draw winners were Jeff Tanner, Greg Ramsey, Ron Lamerton and John Frixione.

Up next is the March Pat Harris St. Patrick’s Day Waltz on the 15th. Pat Harris was a past president of the club who must have been quite a character from the stories I’ve heard. There will be two groups of Pat’s family members playing at the end of our tournament in his honor.

The Tournament Format is Fivesomes Flighted 2-3-4 Waltz. Team Score is 2 Best Balls on Hole #1, 3 Best Balls on Hole #2 and 4 Best Balls on Hole #3. Repeat the “Waltz” until the 19th Hole!

I’ll be taking sign ups for April’s 1 Gross/2 Net Tournament at the General Meeting on March 10th.

May’s Member-Member Tournament will be available for sign ups starting April 1st. There will be a form on the website as well as forms in the Pro Shop. This is a two day tournament and probably our biggest of the year. Since the Club contributes to the prize fund, members must qualify by participating in a minimum of three club events during the prior year.

Fairways and greens,

Don Didier

Congratulations to winners in our February Select Drive Tournament Special Events. 59 players earned points.

Our top point earner this month was Michael Petersen who was also closest to the pin on #3 A Flight, nice shot Michael!

A Flight field cashed 38% (23 winners)

B Flight field cashed 29% (17 winners)

C Flight field cashed 33% (18 winners)

There were some great shots on the Closest to Pin holes. Matthew Mendenhall, Mark Schmillen, George Manyak, Shaun Steenwyk & Kirk Jondle all with in 14 feet. Well done!

Our March Tournament, Pat Harris St. Patrick’s Day Waltz, will see the return of skins to Special Events along with Pot of Gold (net 70 or better) and 2nd shot inside the circle #14.

See you at the blue point box

Brad Wilcox

Well, let's start out with the March 1st Rancho California Drive Trip that was cancelled due to lack of interest. We only had 10 guy's sign up. I'm hoping it was just bad timing, but if it was not please let me know! I need your feedback to schedule events that draw the most interest from our club members.

Next up is the Soboba Weekender. We currently have 40 members & 11 wives/girlfriends signed up. Sign ups are also open for the Saturday, May 2nd. Drive Trip @ Sierra Lakes. Sign up forms will be on the website soon. That's all for now.

Treasurer's Report - February 29, 2020

Balance January 31, 2020		30,271.53
Income
Member Dues	4,320.00
February Tournament	8,894.00
March Tournament	2,600.00
Interest	0.86
Total February Income	15,814.86
Expenses
February Green Fees		6,724.00
February Scrip		4,030.00
Board Meeting		50.00
Printing - (BOD and Scoreboards)		26.50
Meeting Drawing - S. Carrier		50.00
Director Shirts		546.00
GOM Trophies		75.78
SCGA Dues		1,980.00
Christmas Refund		100.00
Tax Prep Fee		110.00
Franchise Tax Board Fee		10.00
Total February Expenses		13,702.28
Balance on February 29, 2020		32,384.11

Respectfully submitted,
Bob Livingstone
Treasurer

I hope everyone is well and keeping safe. I am sure everyone is going stir crazy like I am not being able to golf. Hopefully you all got my email that the April Meeting on Tuesday, April 14th and the 1 Gross/2 Net Tournament on April 19th have been canceled and will not be rescheduled.

I received an email from Sung that as of now, the Golf Course is closed until April 19th. He will keep me updated on any changes to that date.

I have a good feeling we will be able to play our Member-Member on May 16 & 17, and you can look for signup slips that will shortly be on our website. You can wait until the golf course reopens and drop it in the box, or mail it to our PO BOX which should be on the slip. We prefer you sign up before the May meeting as it makes it a lot easier on Don. Last of all I would like to thank everyone for playing quickly in the March Pat Harris Waltz as we had close to 200 golfers.

THANKS,
Dennis Tramer

The monthly meeting of the El Dorado Park Men’s Golf Club was held on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 in the Big White Tent. The pre-meeting dinner included beef fajitas with onions and peppers, rice, beans, tortillas, chips, salsa, salad and cookies for desert.

The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by President Dennis Tramer who led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. There were approximately 85 members in attendance including Past President Terry Fulford, Mike Montgomery, Dennis Tramer, Tom Retterath, Richard Scoville, Cliff Aichele, and (Life Member) Bob Livingstone. New Members Lester Cruz and Tom Evans introduced themselves, gave us a little info about themselves, and were given the New Member Spiel by Livy. The previous month’s Minutes and Treasurer’s Report were approved.

Directors’ Reports were as follow:

Director Mike Montgomery announced that the El Dorado Men's Club logo golf shirts were now available. Cost is $50 for these really good looking shirts. See Mike if you’re interested. Mike also noted that Greg O’Brien said hello. Greg is hanging in there battling health issues and can use our prayers and good wishes.

Special Events Director Brad Wilcox summarized Special Event winners from the February Select Drive Tournament and then announced the Special Events for this month’s 2-3-4 Waltz. We’ll have Skins; “Pot of Gold” –net 70 or better; and second shot in the circle (A and B Flights)/on the green(C Flight) on Hole #14.

Director Mike Vaughn reiterated that the Quad Club Tournament (El Do, Rec Park, Skylinks and Lakewood) is scheduled for April 25th and that our Team for this event is nearly finalized. Mike announced the winners of the pre-meeting Putting Tournament. The “count ‘em all” format resulted in an 11 way tie for first place.

Director and Entertainment Director Steve Cook noted that the Rancho California Away Tournament was cancelled due to lack of interest. Additionally, the Weekender at Soboba Springs was subsequently cancelled due to health concerns. The May 2nd Away Tournament at Sierra Lakes is still scheduled. Contact Steve to sign up for this event.

Director Terry Fulford announced winners of GOM for February. Low Gross was C J Triola with a 70, and Low Net was Terry himself with a 66. Just one of the many advantages of being on the Board of Directors. Golfer of the Year results showed Mike Montgomery taking Low Net with a 73, and Sonny Nimkhum winning Low Gross with a 70. As there were no participants( due to rain) in the pre-meeting 9 Hole Tournament this month, the $50 stipend will roll over to next month and be added to the monthly $50 allocation.

Director/Past President Cliff Aichele noted that there was approximately $900 in the Hole in One Fund. See Cliff if you haven’t contributed your $5 to this cheap insurance coverage.

Vice President/Tournament Chairman Don Didier lamented the fact that there were TOO MANY last minute cancellations for the February Tournament. Contact Don early if you must cancel; otherwise you will be charged. Don discussed results of the February Tournament and noted that we have 200 players signed up for the March 2-3-4 Waltz so everyone really needs to keep up the pace of play. We will be playing from the Blue tees.

Dennis applauded the Thursday Team for making the Play-offs, and Matt Huntington likewise applauded the Saturday Team for also finishing first.

New Business: There was no New Business.

Old Business : There was no Old Business.

The $50 Drawing winner was Steve Giroux.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:35

Rob Kuehn
Secretary/Membership Director

March Membership is 421.

Hey guys, what a change of lifestyle with the COVID-19 pandemic terrorizing the world. Quad Club for this year has been cancelled. Thinking positively thinking next year’s event will be at Rec Park on Saturday, April 24. We had our team put together with the intent of bringing the Quad Club trophy back to our trophy case. IMO this team is the strongest team ever while I have orchestrated the Quad Club. I am keeping this matrix intact wanting to have these same players for the 2021 event.

Thank you to the Board of Directors for providing $50 stipend for the monthly putting contest. The March “Count them All” putting contest went well. We had 16 players with a prize fund of $165. 11 players collected which is 65% of the field. There was an 11-way tie for the win with 1-under 17. They were Todd Thiele, Colin Boylan, Wes McCollum, Andrew Cochrane, Andrew Pulido, Brian Dauk, Monty Bisson, Steve Giroux, Bret Holloway, Greg Englant and CJ Triola.

Flight Championships are also coming up. Those matches are scheduled to get underway as early as August 1. Player entry fee will remain at $20. Signups will be taken NLT June 1. More on that when the time gets closer.

Be happy and have a great time when you are at or on a golf course.

Mike Vaughn

The Pat Harris St. Patrick’s Day Waltz was very well attended given the weather and situation. We had 188 players and only 2 no-shows. We also had two foursomes of the Harris family play. Hopefully this becomes a tradition!

A Flight Gross was won by Brian Gonzales, Jim Jamison, Robert Lopez, Carlos Garcia and Mickey Miller shooting 204 (-7). A Flight Net was won by Roger Marmion, Tyler Marmion, Chie McMonigle, Shaun Steenwyk and Mike Burke posting a 192 (-19).

B Flight Gross saw Brad Wilcox, Tony Glorioso, Mike Miller, Jay Fleming and yours truly post a 226 (+15). B Flight Net was won with a score of 193 (-18) by Kurt Hall, Emmet Hargrave, Joey Schilling, Brian Lineberger and Blind Draw.

C Flight Gross was won by Mike Vaughn, Todd Thiele, Robert Creighton, Kenny Cheong and Tim Hodge with a score of 236 (+25). C Flight Net at 193 (-18) was the group of Daniel Ahearn, Brett Latzch,Walter Lee, Mike Misener and that damn Blind Draw!

Pace of play was pretty good considering the course conditions. We did have three groups receive a two shot penalty for slow play.

April’s tournament has been canceled, as we all know. Those of you who prepaid by check, those checks have been destroyed. If you prepaid with cash, your refund will be available when club operations resume.

We’re hoping to have a tournament in May, but too soon to tell.

Be safe, stay healthy.

Don Didier

Special Events for The Pat Harris St. Patrick’s Day Waltz were shared between 31 players making for some larger than normal payouts.

A Flight - Tyler Marmion was the only Eagle on #7 but did not get in SE, he would have also made the Pot of Gold, maybe next time!!!

B Flight - Michael Dugan would have cashed with his Birdie on #6 if he would have gotten in SE, maybe next time!!!

C Flight - Dan Ahern owes John Rogers a drink for not getting in Skins and cutting his Birdie on #18.

Pot of Gold had 9 winners with net 70 or better: Robert Creighton, Michael Drew, Tony Glorioso, Bret Holloway, Steven Cook, Roger Marmion, Clark Sanders, Darryl Lee & Lloyd Lee. Well done guys; our President had the over/under at 8.

Due to the cancellation of our April Meeting and Tournament we will reboot the 60-day Scrip/Points pickup policy to restart at the first Club meeting we have after the “Safer at Home” Directive has been lifted and or the Club begins regular functions.

See you at the blue point box,
Brad Wilcox

Nothing new to report. Next scheduled drive trip is Los Verdes on July 25th. It is possible that a weekender may be scheduled later this year. Until then stay safe!

Congratulations to our First Quarter Most Improved Golfer, Daniel Kletke! Daniel started the new World Handicap System on January 6th with an index of 3.3 and ended with an index of 1.5. Once we all get back to the course, Daniel will win $50, as the Club likes to acknowledge honest guys! Special recognition to our Prez, Dennis "I never win anything" Tramer who dropped from a 25.5 to a 22.1 (too bad no one can play Dennis when he is getting fewer "Double Pops") and Special Events Guru Brad Wilcox who dropped from a 7.7 to a 5.5.

If you are lucky enough to find a place to play during the COVID-19 shutdown, the USGA has determined that you should continue to post, even if the course you play has elevated cups and you cannot hole out. While one of the major concepts of the game is to hole your ball, desperate times often require desperate measures, so continue to post "what you are likely to have made" if the hole liner wasn't elevated.

This time off is helping me heal my knees and I am sure we all will want to get back out there as soon as we can! See you when that happens.

Nick

Treasurer's Report - March 31, 2020

Balance February 29, 2020		32,384.11
Income
Member Dues	2,590.00
March Tournament	9,672.00
Club-Logo Shirts	1,500.00
Interest	0.92
Total March Income	13,762.92
Expenses
SCGA Dues		756.00
March Green Fees		7,585.00
March Scrip		4,725.00
March BOD Mtg.		60.00
P. O. Box Fee		216.00
Putting Subsidy		50.00
9-Hole Subsidy		50.00
Club-Logoed Shirts		2,400.00
GOM Trophies		69.79
Printing (BOD and Team Play)		9.92
GOY Green Fees		779.00
Christmas Entry Refund Error		10.00
Mtg. Drawing - One Eyed Stevie		50.00
Total March Expenses		16,760.71
Balance on March 31, 2020		29,386.32

Respectfully submitted,
Bob Livingstone
Treasurer

NOTE: A refund for the Christmas Tourney made to a player in February was listed as $100, but was actually $110.

We have still not heard anything about when the City of Long Beach will open their golf courses. There will be no May General Meeting and the Member-Member is cancelled and will be rescheduled in September taking the place of the Partner-Partner on the 12th and 13th. Keep checking the website as the Board of Directors will provide updates when we get any news. Hopefully we can have a Tournament in June.

Everyone stay safe.

THANKS, Dennis Tramer

As there was no General Meeting on April 14th, there are no minutes to report. The SCGA has announced that members renewing or joining in the month of April will have their membership extended one month due to inactivity from the COVID-19 Safer at Home Order. We did add 6 new members in the month of March; hopefully you all will attend our next General Meeting and introduce yourselves.

There will not be a General Meeting on May 12th, so hopefully we will see each other again in June.

Rob Kuehn
Secretary/Membership Director

Treasurer's Report - April 30, 2020

Balance March 31, 2020		29,386.32
Income
March Entry	65.00
Writing Error On Check #1391	0.50
Interest	0.93
Memberships	1,330.00
Logo Men's Club Shirt	50.00
Total April Income	1,446.43
Expenses
Q1 Most Improved - Daniel Kletke		50.00
SCGA Member Dues		396.00
Total April Expenses		446.00
Balance on April 30, 2020		30,386.75

Respectfully submitted,
Bob Livingstone
Treasurer

We are getting closer to having tournaments! They are still waiting to see if the virus spikes because of golf. As soon as I know more I will send out a email blast informing everyone on what’s happening in a week or two.

If you haven’t played it’s been wonderful. Rounds take 4 hours, the course is in great shape although the rough has been pretty brutal. Playing with flagsticks in and Terry “the Tinman” Fulford’s favorite dropping out of the bunkers as there are no rakes. Everyone stay safe.

In closing, I am sad to announce the passing of 30+ year Club member Dan Bellamy, in early June. Dan took the Saturday team to its first-ever appearance in SCGA Team Play finals as Captain and served about 10 years as a member of the Board of Directors. Our sympathy goes out to his wife Robin and their children Danielle and Bobby. RIP, Dan. For those interested, Dan's obituary can be read at https://www.hansenmortuary.com/obituary/460084/Robert-Bellamy/

THANKS,
Dennis Tramer

As I'm sure you all know, there are no meeting minutes from April or May and there won't be any from June as no large (greater than 20 persons) meetings/gatherings are currently allowed in the City of Long Beach. Hopefully things will change sooner rather than later, but we'll just have to wait and see.

As Membership Director I do have an update from SCGA regarding renewals. If your membership was due to expire between mid-April and June 30, SCGA has automatically extended your membership through June 30, as they were not sending out renewal reminders during this time. Beginning on or about June 24, SCGA will be sending out renewal reminders to those members and to members whose renewals are coming up in the near future. Ultimately they will return to the "60 days ahead of time and 30 days ahead of time" notification schedule, but for now those notification times will be reduced for upcoming renewal dates. For example, if your renewal date is July 17 you may not get a renewal notice until early July. SCGA has some serious catching up to do to get back on schedule but should be back to "normal" within a couple of weeks. We hope you all choose to renew your membership.

If you have any membership/renewal issues or questions feel free to contact me.

Rob Kuehn
Secretary/Membership Director

By the way, the $50 drawing winner for all three months we didn't meet was me.

Hope everybody is doing well after the last 2 crazy months. Hopefully we can get back to having tournaments soon.

There was a few cards turned in for GOM after our March tournament. GOM for March winning gross was Bret Holloway with a nice 69 edging out Dave Rubin and Sonny Nimkhum's nice 70. Winning net was a new name Clark Sanders with 68 (81-13).

Make sure to turn your good scores into the drawer marked score cards in the pro shop. If the pro shop is closed ask one of the employees the put it in the drawer. Make sure you fill out the score card correctly, 2 signatures (must have played with a men's club member), hole by hole scores, date played, mark card GOM gross or net. There is a sample card on the window in the pro shop next to posting computer. Good Luck.

See you at the course
Terry

Hey Guys I hope everyone is doing well during these last couple of months. El Do is in great shape and can’t wait to get our next tournament in, hopefully in July! I wanted to let everyone know that due to the prolonged absence of any meetings or tournaments we still plan to reboot the 60-day Scrip/Points pickup policy to restart at our next club meeting. In addition I would also like to offer anyone with winnings currently in the box: send me a self addressed stamped envelope and I will mail a check for any cash and/or script you have. My contact information is on the website and we can work any details out from there, stay safe everyone and hope to see you on the course soon!

Brad

The Board has decided that we will not have a Most Improved Golfer for the 2nd Quarter of 2020. We will have a Most Improved for the 3rd Quarter, for the member who plays in at least one Club tournament and has the greatest percentage reduction in index from July 1 through September 30.

Nick

As we all head back to the golf course with our masks and social distancing but no rakes, the USGA has announced some guidance for playing the game during COVID-19-required parameters. If you have questions about bunkers, flagsticks, holing out or having items that may prevent a ball from coming to rest below the level of the hole, I encourage you to cut and paste this link for information put out be the USGA:

https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/rules-hub/rulesarticles/covid-19-rules-and-handicapping-faqs.html

One thing also covered in the above article is electronic scoring (as opposed to the good ol' scorecard). The SCGA and other golf associations will likely use electronic scoring vs paper scorecards when they resume competitions, but we may not be ready to try that once we return to events at Eldo. However, we will let you know how we will address these other possible conditions once we have tournaments again.

Omar

Treasurer's Report - May 31, 2020

Balance April 30, 2020		30,386.75
Income
April Tournament Entries	915.00
- Sierra Lakes	200.00
- GC Rancho California	200.00
- Soboba Springs	200.00
Unused 9-Hole Subsidy	50.00
Interest	1.04
Total May Income	1,566.04
Expenses
Checks - Operating Account		227.35
Stamps		22.00
April Tournament Refunds		845.00
Total May Expenses		1,094.35
Balance on May 31, 2020		30,858.44

Respectfully submitted,
Bob Livingstone
Treasurer

Note: If you used a check as a deposit for the April Club tournament, it was destroyed; those who paid cash, should have received a refund check by June 1st

First off, I hope everyone is doing well and getting out to play those wonderful 4 hour rounds. There is NO MEETING in July. My best guess is possibly in September or October we will finally get to have one.

The BOD was very encouraged that we were going to have a tournament in July. The word was the County was possibly going to give the go ahead a couple of days ago, but now it is iffy due to the spike in COVID-19. If this Tournament is a go, we have parameters in place so look for an email from us in about a week letting you know if it is a go or not, and if it is, all the procedures that will happen.

The drive trip to Los Verdes has been cancelled as they are not at this time accepting tournaments.

THANKS,
Dennis Tramer

Still no General Meetings on the horizon, but the SCGA is still providing handicapping services, tournaments and Member Outings, so they have begun taking renewals again. If your original joining date was in March thru July or after, you will get email reminders to renew your SCGA and thus your El Dorado Membership.

Hopefully we will all see other soon!

Congrats to Wally Gordon for winning Net Golfer of the Month (net 65) and Chris McMonigle for winning the Gross GOM (nice 69!) in June. I will try to get plaques to you if I see you. If not, you will get them when we finally have meetings again!

The Board has decided that to be eligible for GOM, you must play bunkers as Lift, Clean and Place (as opposed to dropping out of them). The USGA Rules of Golf during the Covid Pandemic, allow both options, but the Club is going for Lift, Clean and Place....so, when you are in a bunker, you may lift your ball, clean it if you wish and then replace it within one club length of its original position, not nearer the hole. You may NOT improve your upcoming lie in the bunker. You are encouraged to smooth the bunker as much as you can after playing your shot.

To turn in GOM cards when you can not enter golf shop, ask who is at door to pro shop to put your card in Men's Club drawer marked Scorecards. Just a reminder you must play with a member, mark which tees you played, your SCGA number, 2 signatures, hole by hole scores, your handicap, and date played.

Thanks,

Terry Fulford
Director at Large

The Board will discuss a possible rescheduled October Weekender to Singing Hills at Sycuan Resort at the next Board Meeting. Until then, we have provided a little entertainment on the front page of the website, with a link to a podcast with Paul Goydos and two of his long time caddies. Enjoy!

Treasurer's Report - June 30, 2020

Balance May 31, 2020		30,858.44
Income
Memerships	650.00
Interest	1.01
Total June Income	651.01
Expenses
SCGA Dues		180.00
GOM Plaques		151.48
GOY Trophies		159.47
BOD Meeting		100.00
Copies/Printing		6.88
Total June Expenses		597.83
Balance on June 30, 2020		30,911.62

Respectfully submitted,
Bob Livingstone
Treasurer

Once again there is NO MEETING in August. We have no idea when we will finally get to have one again. However, the Club has heard that some very positive developments involving the LA County Public Health Department’s golf protocols may be in the works, and our confidence level for tournaments coming back are the highest they have been since the various Health Orders were put in place.

We are making plans in hopes that we can have a tournament on Saturday, August 22nd. If that happens, look for an email from us as soon as we get the go ahead; that email will give you instructions on how and when to sign up.

So that you can make plans now, signups would occur on either August 15th or 16th in the El Dorado Tent with a time TBD. Since the return of Club events will be based on significantly fewer personal interactions throughout each event, the sign up will need to be for groups of 4 players only, with ONE person from that team responsible to sign up and pay for everything in the group, with check or cash. There will be a form that will list all 4 players, announce whether or not they want a single-rider cart and the special events each person wants to enter. Cost would be $65 for golf and Tournament Fee and $15 if you want a cart. The Special Events and their cost will be included in the email that comes out – again, one person must pay for everything when signing up…fewer personal interactions is the justification we are using to get tournaments back, so there are NO EXCEPTIONS!! The maximum number of players we can field is 160, or 40 groups, from approximately 6:00 AM to 12:30 PM. No loitering will be allowed before or after golf, unless you follow the eating rules on the patio or in the Tent. The driving range will be open with limited stalls before play. We will encourage people to limit your pre-round and post-round activities and then go home. Any concerns or questions please send me an email.

On another note, if we get the go ahead for tournaments, the Club Championship & Senior Club Championship will each be a 2-day event running at the same time on August 29th & 30th. Unlike in the past, you must enter only the Regular, Senior or Net Club Championship – there will be no “going pig”. Look for an email once we get the go ahead.

THANKS,
Dennis Tramer

Once again there are no meeting minutes to report, as once again there was no meeting. However, I'm pleased to report that for the fourth consecutive month I won the $50 drawing. Don't worry - the drawing was held observing social distancing. No one was within 50 feet of me.

On a more serious note, please let the Club know if you telephone number has changed this year. When USGA/SCGA converted to new software this last time, phone numbers were declared in a hazard, unplayable, or out of bounds - I'm not sure which. Mark Miller has managed to recreate the data for our Club Roster and all our numbers are accurate as of 12/31/2019. Please let Mark or me know if your number has changed since then or if it changes in the future. We may need to get hold of you if you win the next monthly drawing, or for any real reason.

Thanks.

With Flights Matches underway, here is a refresher of USGA-recommended info we first mentioned when play resumed under Covid-19 restrictions.

Balls that do not come to rest with at least part of the ball below the level of the hole are NOT holed - opponents in Match Play may not say "oh you made that"...the ball MUST be conceded before a stroke or it must be holed. As for bunkers without rakes, the USGA had two recommendations (other than play it as it lies). The first is to declare every bunker as Ground Under Repair, so that the player MUST either play the ball as it lies or drop it outside of the bunker, with the nearest point of relief being used to determine the Relief Area. The second option was to allow Lift, Clean and Place (commonly called "Winter Rules"). Under this option, a player may lift his ball, clean it, and place it within one club length of its original position, not nearer the hole and still in the bunker. If the ball is in a face of a bunker, it may be necessary to move outside the one club-length Relief Area in order to get the ball to come to rest without pressing it into the sand.

The SCGA and NCGA have used the second option in all of the competitions completed since competitive golf returned. When the Eldo Men's Club returns to tournaments, this will be our decision as well. Having said that, in Match Play, the two opponents can do whatever they want so long as they do not knowingly agree to ignore or wave the Rules of Golf. So, in a Flights Match, the two opponents may use either of these options, or they may agree to address each situation as it arises; if they do this, and if they both agree an area has not been repaired, they may take relief (although in that instance the ball would need to be dropped). As a side note, if you use option 2, you may place your ball on the top of an existing footprint and take a kind of "teed up" lie, but you may not intentionally churn up sand yourself and do the same thing.

Good luck to all the Flights competitors!

Treasurer's Report - July 31, 2020

Balance June 30, 2020		30,911.62
Income
Member Dues	1,400.00
Interest	0.99
Total July Income	1,400.99
Expenses
SCGA Dues		432.00
BOD Meeting		75.00
GOM Trophies		75.79
Dan Bellamy Donation		100.00
Copies		4.30
Total July Expenses		687.09
Balance on July 31, 2020		31,625.52

Respectfully submitted,
Bob Livingstone
Treasurer

Note: The Club made a donation of $100 to The Bucket List Charity
at Miller Children's Hospital in memory of Dan Bellamy. Dan had been a Club member since the 1980s and served several years on the Board of
Directors and as Saturday Team Play Captain. Dan's Wife Robin sent a very nice note to the Club thanking us for the donation and emphasizing how much the Club and his many friendships meant to him. RIP Dan….

Once again there is NO MEETING in September. We have no idea when we will finally get to have one. We do know there is a process happening that we hope will clear the way for our Tournaments and we are expecting an answer within 10 days. I know we have been down this road before but me personally would give this a 75% chance of getting done. I will send out an email as soon as we get an answer. Any concerns or questions please send me an email.

If we get approval by 9/12 we will have a Member-Member at the end of September.

THANKS, Dennis Tramer

Still no meetings on the horizon, but we do want to congratulate Eugene Milner for qualifying for, and making the 36-hole cut in, the SCGA Mid-Amateur Championship at Mission Viejo CC...good playing Gene!

Rob Kuehn
Secretary/Membership Director

Hi Guys, hope we can have a tournament soon, sorry I didn't get my newsletter in last month.
Not a lot going on.

July GOM There was only a few cards turned in
Gross Vern Followell 72
Net Darryl Lee 63

August GOM 5 total cards turned in
Gross Nick de Lia 69
Net Bill Henigsman 65

Make sure to turn your good scores into the drawer marked score cards in the pro shop. If the pro shop is closed ask one of the employees the put it in the drawer. Make sure you fill out the score card correctly, 2 signatures (must have played with a men's club member), hole by hole scores, date played, mark card GOM gross or net. There is a sample card on the window in the pro shop next to posting computer. Good Luck.

See you at the course
Terry

Sorry for the silent treatment boy's but there just hasn't been anything to report other than "Cancelled"!
By the time you read this we should have a definite answer on Fallbrook. We currently have about 20 players interested. The Club is also throwing in another $500 towards prize money! It would be a shame to let that go to waste. It's not too late to sign up. I should have confirmation or cancellation by Sept. 3rd. and will send out an email with details. This is no longer a Bus Trip so you will have to provide your own DD. Hope to see you all soon!

Treasurer's Report - August 31, 2020

Balance July 31, 2020		31,625.52
Income
Memberships	1,330.00
Interest	1.12
Total August Income	1,331.12
Expenses
SCGA Dues		396.00
GOM Trophies		75.79
Purchase Logo Shirts for resale		504.06
Sec of State ID Filing Fee		20.00
Three SCGA Four Ball Net Entries		660.00
Board Meeting		100.00
Total August Expenses		1,755.85
Balance on August 31, 2020		31,200.79

Respectfully submitted,
Bob Livingstone
Treasurer

NOTE: The club had originally budgeted to send the top 2
teams from the Member-Member to the SCGA Four Ball
Qualifying. As we have had numerous reduced expenses
this year, the Board decided to pay up to $1,000 to subsidize
teams of Club members who participate in this event.

Once again there is NO MEETING in October. We have no idea when we will finally get to have one. They are still trying to get tournaments in LA County as we are the last one where tournaments are not allowed. Make sure you READ THE REST OF THIS NEWSLETTER. WE HAVE UPDATES IN THE ARTICLES OF ROB KUEHN, CLIFF AICHELE, DON DIDIER & BRAD WILCOX.

THANKS, Dennis Tramer

The Board realizes that Club members who have paid dues in 2020 have not had access to many of the normal activities conducted by the Club. As a result, it has been decided that anyone who was a member of the Club from December 1, 2019, through November 30, 2020, and chooses to renew his membership will receive a one-time $30 rebate when he rejoins for 2021.

The SCGA will send renewal emails to members approximately one month (and if needed, again 2 weeks) before your membership is set to expire, and so long as you renew by the deadline listed in those emails, you will only be charged $80 instead of $110 (of which $36 is your SCGA membership dues). First-time members and those who fail to renew on time, will be charged the $130 yearly fee for new members.

Rob Kuehn
Secretary and Membership Chairman
Current membership: 405

Hi Guys, hope everyone is doing well, miss seeing everybody at our meetings.
Not a lot going on.

We only had 6 GOM cards turned in for September.

September Gross GOM was Dave Rubin with a nice 69, I got to play with him that day and nice to see a lot of great shots. Steve Friend turned in a nice 70 and Ryan Boyker turned in a 71.

September Net GOM was Rich Boyker with a net 68. Rich won on a card of with Larry Lipman Jr and Taylor Cameron. Back nine all 3 tied had to go to back 6 where Rich had net 21, Taylor had 22 and Larry had 25.

Good playing guys.

Make sure to turn your good scores into the drawer marked score cards in the pro shop. If the pro shop is closed ask one of the employees the put it in the drawer. Make sure you fill out the score card correctly, 2 signatures (must have played with a men's club member), hole by hole scores, date played, mark card GOM Gross or Net. There is a sample card on the window in the pro shop next to posting computer. Good Luck.

See you at the course,
Terry

Hello Membership,

I hope all of you are remaining healthy, safe, and not letting the craziness surrounding us get you down. I am confident we will all get back to a better place in the near future and play golf together as a club again.

ELECTIONS

As mentioned in an email from President Tramer on September 16th, this is normally the time of year when we are talking about elections. Our standard practice is to announce a slate of members running for the Club’s elected offices (President, VP-Tournament Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and two at-large Directors) at the September Membership Meeting and take any nominations from the floor at the October Meeting and vote at the Annual Meeting which is held in November. As Past President, I have been appointed to Chair the Nominating Committee for this year’s election.

The Club By-laws invest the “management of the Club and the interpretation of these By-Laws” in the Board of Directors, so due to the pandemic – which will prevent meetings in the foreseeable future – the Board is proposing the following process for the election of officers for 2021.

The Nominating Committee is currently aware of one person interested in running for each of the elected offices. (Dennis Tramer President, Don Didier VP-Tournament Chairman, Secretary Rob Kuehn, Treasurer Bob Livingstone and two at-large Directors Terry Fulford, Mike Vaughn) As mentioned in the September 16th email, and as is being noted here, if any member is interested in running for an office, they need to contact me as soon as possible at cliff@eldoradogolfclub.org . If only one person is interested in running for each office, the 2019 Board would be comfortable with approving those individuals without an election, in accordance with their “management of the Club and interpretation of these By-laws”. However, the Board does not in any way want to prevent or discourage any member from running for an office just for the sake of ease, so if another member is interested in running for an office, the Board has approved the following in order to conduct an election of the membership if needed: Between November 9th and 15th, our Webmaster would send an email ballot to each member; the member would have to use the link in that email and their SCGA/GHIN number to vote for any contested offices. Copies of the ballots would be returned to me and the Webmaster who would count the votes.

Again, if you have an interest in running for an office, please contact me as soon as possible at Cell# 562-548-4882 or cliff@eldoradogolfclub.org

As always “Hit It Close and Go Lower”

Cliff Aichele

Sadly, it doesn’t look like we’ll be resuming tournaments any time soon. As a Board, we have anticipated numerous restart dates, but all we can promise is to be ready to put on a home men’s club tournament when Covid restrictions allowed us to.

When we do resume, it will be with restrictions. Monthly meetings most likely won’t be held for quite some time so our normal tee time process will need to be addressed. We will have a process, fair to all members, for tee time assignments and group signups. Advance payment will be required since we will not have a sign in table the day of the tournament. More on that when we announce a return to tournaments.

Fairways and greens!

Don Didier

Thank you to everyone who responded to the survey about researching online or “E-pay” options. About 80% of responses indicated an interest in something like this, so we will definitely meet with our bank to come up with a specific process to implement this option.

There were a few common themes in the comments we received, that we would like to address:

1) An “E-pay” option would not take the place of showing up at our General Meetings to get a starting time for our events. The Board firmly believes that one of the things that makes our club successful is participation in our General Meetings. Members show up at monthly meetings to sign up for the majority of our events.

2) An “E-pay” option would only be online. We would not take credit cards at meetings or tournaments, as we feel those transactions would slow down signups or check-ins, and we have not been able to find a card reader that wouldn’t come with additional fees and an inadequate tracking process for what a particular charge represented. Having said that, once you sign up at the meeting you could go on your phone and pay, but the “E-pay” option would need to be completed at least 5 days before an event, which is when pairings are generally finalized. Any “E-pay” options would strictly be for monthly tournaments and special events (i.e. not memberships, Team Play, etc.).

3) We have banked with Farmers & Merchants Bank for decades and our relationship has benefitted us many times. F&M has fees associated with credit cards and with PayPal. F&M does not do business with VenMo or Zelle. Any fee attached to using the “E-pay” option would be in addition to the tournament and Special Events entry fees and would in no way reduce the payouts of either of those. “E-pay” would be an option, not mandatory.

4) Tournament payouts would never be handled in any way other than golf course scrip. These winnings (over $50,000 per year) help support our golf course and allows our club to get the many starting times, activities and privileges that we receive each year.


I also wanted to let everyone know that due to the prolonged absence of any meetings or tournaments we still plan to reboot the 60-day Scrip/Points pickup policy to RESTART AT OUR NEXT CLUB MEETING. In addition I would also like to offer anyone with winnings currently in the box: send me a self addressed stamped envelope and I will mail a check for any cash and/or scrip you have. My contact information is on the website, you can find me at El Do most Wednesdays or Saturdays; contact me ahead of time and we can make arrangements to meet up!

See you soon!

Brad

Treasurer's Report - September 30, 2020

Balance on August 31, 2020		31,200.79
Income
Memberships	2,120.00
Interest	0.97
Total September Income	2,120.97
Expenses
SCGA Dues		648.00
GOM Trophies		75.79
Total September Expenses		723.79
Balance on September 30, 2020		32,597.97

Respectfully submitted,
Bob Livingstone
Treasurer

Once again we have no idea when we will have tournaments or meetings in the near future. As a Board, we are doing everything we can to put on any events which we can. American Golf still has their hands tied on giving us times but several people have been lucky enough to get through to reserve some times and conduct the Flights and a small, 36-hole Club Championship (gross only, no flights and no Senior Club Championship). You should know by now we are giving a $30 rebate on Memberships from 11/1-2020 to 10/31-2021 which you will receive when you renew thru SCGA.

If you have not heard, I WILL NOT be running for a BOD position next year as I am moving to La Quinta, Ca. in December. You won’t be getting rid of me completely as I plan on coming in for at least 6 tournaments. Please support your BOD as they work hard for you guys and do a great job.

It has been a pleasure serving on the Board at El Dorado for the past 30 years as I met many great guys over the years. See you on the links.

THANKS,
Dennis Tramer

Still no meetings, so still no minutes.

As mentioned last month, due to reduced activity this year, anyone who was a member of the Club as of November 1, 2020, will receive a rebate of $30 on their renewal for 2021...a few of you may have renewed as soon as you received a reminder email from SCGA and thus you did not receive the $30 rebate (which didn't become part of the SCGA renewal process until November 1). If that is the case, please email Treasurer Bob Livingstone at treasurer@eldoradogolfclub.org and he can arrange to send you a check for $30.

Congratulations to our reigning Senior Club Champion Jeff Thomas who qualified for the SCGA Senior Amateur Championship last month at Red Hill CC and performed nicely, therein. Jeff scored a hole-in-one on the 4th hole and finished in the top 10, which earned him an exemption into this year's California Senior Amateur Championship at Poppy Hills GC, November 8-11. Good Luck, Jeff!

Rob Kuehn
Secretary and Membership Chairman

Hi Guys, hope everyone is doing well.

We only had 3 GOM cards turned in for October.

October Gross GOM was Ryan Boyker with a nice 70, Omar had a nice 72.

Net GOM was Brian Dauk 69, only net card turned in.

Good playing guys.

Make sure to turn your good scores into the drawer marked score cards in the pro shop. If the pro shop is closed ask one of the employees the put it in the drawer. Make sure you fill out the score card correctly, 2 signatures (must have played with a men's club member), hole by hole scores, date played, mark card GOM Gross or Net. There is a sample card on the window in the pro shop next to posting computer. Good Luck.

See you at the course,
Terry

Hello everyone, as 2020 is winding down and coming to a close it's time to look forward to the 2021. Hopefully the worst is behind us and we can start to get back to some degree of normalcy. With that being said, Big Rec cannot allow us to schedule our annual January tournament this year.

I have scheduled Redhawk in Temecula for Sunday, January 31st. Tee Times starting about 9:30. Cost will be $95 which will include Golf, Cart, Range Balls & Prize Fund. Skins will be additional & optional. Sign up details will be coming soon via email. I'm looking forward to a good turnout! See you soon!

Treasurer's Report - October 31, 2020

Balance on September 30, 2020		32,597.97
Income
Director Outing Entries	7,311.00
Interest	0.68
Club Championship Entries (12 players)	1,440.00
Memberships	1,330.00
Total October Income	10,081.68
Expenses
GOM Trophies		75.79
Director Outing Rooms		4,359.60
Director Outing Golf		6,468.00
Director Stipends (5 didn't go on Outing)		2,000.00
SCGA Member Dues		432.00
Club Championship green fees (2 days)		1,032.00
Club Championhip Prize Fund		575.00
Prepaid Deposits for 2021 Away Trips		580.00
Printing		27.95
Supplies		14.02
Total October Expenses		15,564.36
Balance on October 31, 2020		27,115.29

Respectfully submitted,
Bob Livingstone
Treasurer

Notes: The Club provides a $400 annual stipend for each member of
the Board and the Webmaster. Most directors invite a prospective
volunteer and do a weekend outing but some just accept the stipend.


The Club added $167 to the prize fund for the 36-hole Club Championship.