2021 Newsletters

Happy New Year to All.

Well here I am back filling in for Dennis, as he has moved to the desert. It is always an honor to serve all of you guys once again. I will only be here a year. The Board of Directors has been working, trying to get some golf for the members, Steve Cook has an away trip this month, Team Play is trying to figure out a way to play. We also still have a Golfer of the Month each month. Hopefully, we well have tournaments back by March or April.

I was a Director last month and ran the Golfer Of The Month. We only had 3 cards turned in. Omar Diaz wins Gross Golfer of the Month over Steve Giroux. They both shot 71, but Omar had 35 on back 9, but Steve had a 36. But Steve wins Net with and net 66. Corey Smith turned in the other card with a net 70. Make sure you turn your good scores in for GOM.

Stay Safe and see at the course,
Terry

Happy New Year to all!

Haven't seen any of you at the last 9 General Meetings so calling hundreds of names until I got to mine has been very stressful for me, but at least I'm $450 ahead.

Just a quick reminder to remember to renew your membership when it comes due. SCGA should remind you 30 days prior to the due date with an email and for all those whose renewal date is between December 1, 2020 and November 30, 2021 (which is everyone in the Club) the annual dues include a one-time rebate of $30 so you should only be charged $80. If for some reason you renewed on time but were erroneously charged $110 please contact our esteemed Treasurer Bob Livingstone and he'll be glad to reimburse you.

Unfortunately if you forgot to renew in a timely manner you are considered a New Member and will be charged $130. And 50 bucks will still buy at least 4 rolls of toilet paper so pay attention.

Hope to see you all soon.

Gentlemen,

2021 is here and we’re anxiously hoping to have a Men’s Club tournament at El Dorado. As your Board of Directors, we have been meeting regularly in an effort to conduct as many events as possible. It’s difficult to anticipate when that will happen and under what restrictions we will be under, but we will be ready to go!

Please keep in mind you must be a current member to participate in our monthly tournaments when we resume. If you are up for renewal, now’s the time to renew at a reduced rate!

Fairways and greens!
Don Didier

Happy New Year and good riddance to 2020! We have had some very good results collecting winnings out of the Blue Box; down to 66 left to be collected, started with 112. To be clear, the 90-day count down (to collect scrip/winnings) has not begun and will not start until monthly meetings resume. Everyone stay safe out there and play Golf!

Brad

Happy New Years to all. Redhawk is a go and we are about 3/4 full. I have room for a couple foursomes and it looks like a couple singles or a 2-some. If you are going, please signup ASAP and send $$$$$.

Treasurer's Report - December 31, 2020

Balance on November 30, 2020		26,502.28
Income
Memberships	19,080.00
Interest	0.00
Total December Income	19,080.00
Expenses
Membership Dues - SCGA		8,208.00
Pros Shop Thank You		150.00
Stamps		11.00
Website Hosting Fee		295.75
T of CC Entry - N. Busch		150.00
Geek Squad Computer Protection		99.99
Club Champion Trophy		139.30
Flights Trophies		525.65
GOM Plaques		151.58
Total December Expenses		9,731.27
Balance on December 31, 2020		35,851.01

Respectfully submitted,
Bob Livingstone, Treasurer

Year End Notes:

We have $580 in pre paid 2021 expenses for Away Trip Deposits.

The Hole In One Insurance is currently $855 (of which $300 is in the scrip box for use on the day of a Hole In One).

We have approximately 28 previously purchased Club Logoed Shirts available for re-sale at cost.

Since September, we have received $23,010 in new members (less $9,396 in SCGA dues); that $13,614 will go to the 2021 budget.

We will be carrying forward $21,382.01 in funds that were unused in 2020 into 2021, in hopes of resuming normal subsidized activities.

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

Hope this letter finds everybody healthy and safe.

We as a Board are doing everything possible to get our members some kind of tournament, but we are having no luck with our home tournaments with the City not allowing any gatherings. We had an away tournament to Redhawk with a good turnout of 48 players. We still have Golfer of the Month each month, so if you shot a good round make sure to turn your card in to the Pro Shop.

We are keeping are fingers crossed, hoping to have a tournament as soon as April but feel confident we well have one in May. We are working on a ways to pay online as we have no idea when we can have a general meeting.

Any questions fell free to e-mail me, hope to see you at the course.

Terry

Congratulations to Steve Cook for putting together our 1st Men’s Club tournament of 2021 at Redhawk in Temecula. Great turnout, beautiful day and a reminder of my love/hate relationship with that golf course!

I’m anxious to have a home tournament as soon as the city/county/state (pick your level of frustration) Health Department allows.

Until then, fairways and greens!

Don Didier

Ok, here we go, the 2021 season has begun with the first away tournament @ Redhawk. I think everything went well with no reported injuries or arrests! We had good weather & decent course conditions. For those who attended please send me any feedback, good or bad. Results will be out soon and this round will qualify for the first event of the coveted "Little Brown Jug" competition.

Next up we have Goose Creek on Sunday, March 28th followed by the Weekender @ San Vicente the weekend of April 9-10-11 (Masters Weekend). The "optional" Friday event will be at Mt. Woodson which is only about 20 minutes from San Vicente. Details & sign-ups will be on the Eldo Website soon.

Thank you to all that attended the Redhawk Trip. See Ya all soon.

Well, if you watched the Farmers Insurance Open, you got to see a little bruhaha involving Patrick Reed and an embedded ball! As part of the Rules of Golf changes in 2019, some things changed about embedded ball (as well as ball that is cut or cracked, which with today's ball has become very uncommon). In the past, if someone wanted to check a ball for any of those things, he or she had to offer their marker or a fellow competitor the ability to watch the process and inspect the ball.

Now, however, under Rule 16.4, a player can lift his or her ball to check those things so long as there is a reasonable belief that the ball could be embedded or cut or cracked. Since the ball Reed hit left on #10 was a high shot that he could not see bounce, and since the volunteer who had marked its position with an irrigation flag responded to a question from him that she had not seen the ball bounce (remember, neither Reed nor the volunteer was watching the CBS telecast) he had a reasonable belief that the ball could have been embedded.

Based on that reasonable possibility, he yelled to his two fellow competitors that he was going to check if it was embedded. He marked the position of the ball (which you must do anytime the ball could have to be replaced on a spot) and lifted it to check the lie. He believed a part of the ball was "below the level of the ground" but wasn't sure, so he called for an official to verify that he was entitled to relief. The official verified this, determined Reed's relief area - which for an embedded ball is a spot directly behind the embed mark and then one club length in any direction not nearer the hole - and dropped the ball. All good!

Read Rule 16.3 and take a look at Diagram 16.3a to understand when a ball is embedded.

See you at the course, Omar

Treasurer's Report - January 31, 2021

Balance on December 31, 2020		35,851.01
Income
Memberships	3,710.00
Redhawk Away Trip	4,765.00
Interest	1.15
Total January Income	8,476.15
Expenses
SCGA Dues		1,800.00
GOM Trophies		75.79
Refund Membership (less SCGA dues)		94.00
Total January Expenses		1,969.79
Balance on January 31, 2021		42,357.37

Respectfully submitted,
Bob Livingstone
Treasurer

Hi Guys,

Hope this letter finds everybody healthy and safe, getting your Covid shot when they become available.

We are hearing some promising news from the city, they are allowing youth sports to start playing. So we are preparing in anticipation of having a tournament in April on the 18th, so save the date and wait for further info from the tournament chairman.

We are having a couple away trips, one this month at Goose Creek and the Weekender at San Vicente on first part of April.

Looking forward to seeing everybody soon.

Terry

Congratulations to the January Golfers of the Month:

Gross - Omar Diaz - 71
Net - Greg Englant - 65

If you have a good round at El Dorado, and you played from at least the white tees and with another member of the Club, turn in a GOM card! You need to have your name, your GHIN Number, the date and the tees you played, your 6 month Low Index (which can be found on the Club Website) and whether you want to win Net, Gross or "either" listed on the scorecard.

The card must be signed by you and another member of the Club who played with you. Have the starter place the completed card in the Men's Club Drawer in the Golf Shop.

We hope that the County and City will lift the prohibition on group play in early March. In anticipation of that, we are planning to have the Golfer of the Year Tournament on Sunday, March 21. If you won a GOM last year you should have received an email from Bob Livingstone to sign up for this; the Club picks up the greens fees for this event. If you did not get that email, let him or me know.

Good Luck,
Ziggy

This marks the 12th consecutive month we will not have a men’s club home tournament. Pretty sad. Hoping on (but not counting on) a return to tournament golf soon. We are prepared to have a home tournament as soon as the county and city allow. Covid-19 restrictions aside, we’ve now hear concerns that tournaments would further burden already busy golf courses.

Frustrated, but still trying,
Don Didier

February we got our first away tournament in the books in over 12 months, a big thank you to Mr. Cook for a great job in getting us out there. I have all the winnings (RedHawk) that have not been passed out yet, I will be emailing those of you still waiting to collect. With any luck we can get a tournament in at El Do with in the next couple of months, fingers crossed.

Stay Safe

Brad

Now that we have one event under our belts it's time to focus on Goose Creek. This event is full with 40 players. Currently we have 3 on the waiting list. Goose Creek would not give us any more tee times, sorry! First I want to apologize for not providing clear instructions on signing up for away tournaments online. I will try to clear it up here.

1. ALL players need to sign up online (some are having trouble logging on). Please try a couple times & if it still doesn't work let me know.

2. Use the special request space to tell me who you're playing with or anything else I need to know.

3. San Vicente is filling up fast. You need to sign up by March 12th to guarantee a spot and a room. After that I need to release the un-booked rooms back to SV.

4. Mt. Woodson - Friday, April 9th. This is the "optional" event for the Weekender.

It is open to all members whether you are going to the Weekender @ San Vicente or not! Format is still to be determined based on participation.

5. The next 2 events "The Golf Club @ Rancho California" & "Soboba" are booked for 60 players.

If you have any questions feel free to give me a call.

Thanks, your not so entertaining "Entertainment Chairman".

Treasurer's Report - February 28, 2021

Balance January 31, 2021		42,357.37
Income
Member Dues	1,080.00
Interest	0.68
Total February Income	1,080.68
Expenses
Redhawk Greens Fees		3,080.00
Redhawk Prize Fund		960.00
Redhawk Skins		445.00
Redhawk Subsidy from Club*		200.00
Board Meeting		67.00
USGA Membership		150.00
SCGA Dues		396.00
Total February Expenses		5,298.00
Balance on February 28, 2021		38,140.05

Respectfully submitted,
Bob Livingstone
Treasurer

NOTES: The Club added $200 to the purse of the Redhawk Drive Trip

Hi Guys,

Hope everyone is getting or has gotten their Covid vaccine.

Looks like golf is coming back. We have had 2 away tournaments and are having our 1st home tournament this month. Steve Cook has been doing a great job with our away tournaments. Don Didier has our 1st home tournament already booked and the payments are due by the 3rd of this month. The Board has been working hard to try and get as much golf for our members as possible.

We are having our Weekender at San Vicente early this month. Steve has been really busy this month!

Looking forward to seeing everybody soon.

Terry

Once again there are no Meeting Minutes to report because we had no meeting. Maybe with warm weather and more daylight hours, and if restrictions continue to loosen if no surge occurs, we'll be able to get together one of these months.

Rest assured the the absence of a meeting didn't prevent the awarding of the "$50 if your name is called " part of the meeting that I know everyone looks forward to. And once again I ran through quite a few names before getting to mine. That's 12 months in a row now.

What are all you guys doing - isn't anyone playing some good golf? We only had one card turned in for Golfer of the Month (GOM) in March.

Congratulations to Taylor Cameron for his 70 gross...Taylor has been really playing well and his handicap is showing it!

As a reminder, if you play El Dorado from at least the white tees, putt 'em all out, and play with another member, you can turn in a Golfer of the Month (GOM) card in the drawer in the Golf Shop. Put your name, the date, your GHIN number, whether you would like to be considered for Gross, Net or either award and list your 6 Month Low Index (LI), which can be found on the Eldo Website under the Handicaps tab on the top blue menu bar. Each month's winner receives a plaque, a paid invite to the Golfer of the Year Tournament (usually played in March of the following year) and of course either tremendous adulation or pointed disdain from your fellow members!

Speaking of Golfer of the Year, we were able to invite all of the 2020 GOM winners to play a complimentary round on March 21st. Dave Rubin's 70 helped him coast to a win as Gross GOY and Brian Dauk had a brilliant back nine to win Net GOY with a net 70. Good playing, guys!

See you at the course,
Ziggy

Gentlemen,

April 18th is our return of El Dorado Men’s Club Monthly Tournaments! A big thanks to the vast majority of members who signed up thru the website and submitted your fees in a timely manner. Until we return to having General Membership Monthly Meetings, monthly tournament sign-ups will be done thru the website. By the way, hats off to our webmaster, Mark Miller! We couldn’t have done it without you!

Member-Member Tournament will be a two-day event, May 22 & 23. Find yourself a partner and enjoy two days of a fun golf! This event is normally preceded by a Friday night Pairings Party, but with restrictions still in place, that is highly unlikely.

Sign ups for the Member-Member Tournament will start in a couple of weeks. Email notification will be sent when sign-ups are open.

Fairways & greens!

Don Didier

Hey there everyone, it's so nice to report that our Special Events for our April Tournament will be: Honey Pot (net 69 or better) & North of Willow (holes 4,5,6 & 7). Its is going to seem a little different with only foursomes, but really looking forward to getting out there on our home course. Let's have some fun.

If you're still looking to collect past winnings, look me up.

I play at El Do most every Wednesday and Saturday, usually finishing my rounds at 12:30/1:00’ish and I can meet with you, in addition I work there Tuesday and Thursday filling divots from 9:00 to 12:00. So if anyone wants to make arrangements with me a day or so ahead of time I can bring your winnings and meet you at El Do.

If these days and times don’t meet your schedule I understand and want you to understand there is no time line in place that you have to pick these winning up by a certain date, once we get back in the swing of having meetings I will announce when the 90 window will start again.

I hope this helps and look forward to seeing you soon!

Brad

Sorry, not very entertaining, but short, sweet & to the point.

Goose Creek has come & gone. Results are posted. Kinda hot out there but I think most of us had a good time. The course was in great condition. I have sent an email to book this course again next year.

The Weekender @ San Vicente is here and we have 44 members playing. The club is buying lot's of booze so this should be entertaining!

Signups are open for Rancho California. We have room for 60 Players.

See ya all soon.

You may have seen the awkward situation between Dustin Johnson and Kevin Na at the Dell Match Play. The situation was that DJ had putted up to about 6 inches and thought he heard Kevin say the remaining kick-in was good, so he batted it away. The issue was that Kevin had not verbally conceded the putt!

Rather than fret over that while putting his own 2 and 1/2 footer, Kevin called DJ over and said he hadn't given him the little putt before he batted it away, but he was getting ready to give it to him, so it wasn't a huge deal. Is that kosher or should Kevin have claimed that DJ had missed a stroke that hadn't been conceded?

The key to answering this is that Dustin thought he had actually heard Kevin give him the putt...since that was Kevin's plan, the point was settled and they went on to finish the match. If Dustin felt he heard the concession and Kevin wasn't planning to give it to him, he would have to replace the ball without penalty and make the putt.

HOWEVER...if Dustin had not felt he heard Kevin concede the putt and just whacked it away, Kevin would have to require that DJ replace the ball with a 1-shot penalty for moving a ball in play and putt out. In the potential scenario of DJ not hearing or thinking he heard a concession, if Kevin just said no biggie and gave him the batted ball, both of them would have been disqualified for agreeing to the ignore the Rules.

The bottom line? In match play be very clear about both giving putts or being sure you heard your opponent make that concession. Good luck to Thursday Team Play the rest of this year, and watch those concessions!

Omar

Treasurer's Report - March 31, 2021

Balance February 28, 2021		38,140.05
Income
Hole In One Insurance	155.00
Away Goose Creek Entries	4,760.00
Interest	0.69
Total March Income	4,915.69
Expenses
March BOD Mtg.		80.00
P. O. Box Fee		246.00
Directors Outing Deposit		250.00
GOM Trophies		75.79
Thursday Team Play Entry		250.00
GOY Green Fees		516.00
Away Goose Creek Green Fees		3,300.00
Away Goose Creek Prize Fund		800.00
Away Goose Creek Skins		360.00
Away Goose Creek Subsidy		200.00
Gabriela Mendez Donation*		1,300.00
Total March Expenses		7,377.79
Balance on March 31, 2021		35,677.95

Respectfully submitted,
Bob Livingstone
Treasurer

NOTES: Members of the Board and the Webmaster chose to take $100 of their annual stipend and donate it to Gabriela "Gabby" Mendez upon the sudden death of her husband. The Hole-In-One Insurance is now $1,010.

Here we are in May for our 2nd tournament of the year. Our first major tournament of the year is this month's 2-day Member-Member on the 22nd and 23rd. Don’t miss out, make sure you get signed up on line. I am sure DD will do a great Job as he did last month with our 1st tournament in over a year.

There will be NO pairings party the Friday before the tournament.

I want to thank Steve Cook for putting on a great Weekender at San Vicente. If you didn't go you missed a great time.

I am trying to get them to let us start having our Member Meetings again, maybe in June hopefully.

See you at the course,
Terry

The Weekender @ San Vicente is now history. You should have been there! Let me start by thanking everyone for making this a fun weekend.

First, the Ladies for everything they did to help and for adding some class to this band of misfits! Second, the BOD members for all their support and help to make sure I didn't screw things up too bad! And finally the members, what a great group, I hope you all had fun. Sorry for the delay on results, they will be posted semi-soon. We paid 15 out of 22 teams so if you didn't cash, I'm sorry.

Moving on, Rancho California was cancelled due to lack of interest. Not sure why, timing, bad reviews or what but I won't put it on next years schedule.

Soboba sign-ups are now open & we have room for 60. Hopefully this one fills up fast. That's all folks!

Hi guys, we are having some great weather, so let the good times roll!

Entries for the Flights Championship are almost ready to be taken! A note will be sent to all members advising on the Championship to be single elimination Match play format. Your $20 entry fee will be due to me ASAP. You can place $20 in cash or a $20 check made payable to “Mike Vaughn” in the Men’s Club drawer in the Pro-Shop in an envelope noted Flights entry / Mike Vaughn. You can also mail the check to my home address 320 Magpie Lane, Fountain Valley, CA 92708. That address is also noted on the mass email sent to all prospective participants. Also, you can pay me if you see me at El Dorado or at the June or July home tournaments. All entry money will create the prize pool.

Looking forward to seeing everyone,

Mike Vaughn

What's up EldoNation!

Another month has gone by and it looks like restrictions are getting lighter at the golf course. So that means more golf and more chances to turn in score cards for Golfer of the Month.

Last month for April, we had only four cards turned in and all of them were from the April tournament. As a reminder, GOM is from scores posted at El Dorado. Cards must be dated, signed by yourself and another Eldo member that played with you that day. Make sure you write your full name and GHIN number on the card. GOM will use your 6 month LI and will be verified. No cards are accepted from Away Tournaments or Sunday golf with the kids at Little Rec.

So with that said, Tom Seidel had a nice 74 gross and 65 Net....but at San Vicente. Sorry Tom but a nice round! Our Gross GOM had two gentlemen shooting 72. Gene Milner and CJ Triola. The card off goes to Gene shooting 36 versus CJ’s 37 on the back nine. Our net winner goes to Jason Brendle with a net 64. Brent Huntington was the next closest at net 68. Again congrats to Gene and Jason for being our April Golfers of the Month! Remember to turn in those cards!

See you on the course!
Ziggy

April 18th 1 Gross/2 Net, our 1st tournament since March 2020, is in the books! The 1 Gross/2 Net format proved a bit tougher with foursomes rather than our usual fivesomes. Pace of play was excellent! Even our final group (#42) finished in 4-1/2 hours. Well done!

A Flight winners (Net 210) Ketan Dhawan, Brit Reiner, Jason Brendle, and Andrew Cochrane were lead by Jason’s career low round of Net 62! Don Marmion, Mark Ziegenhagen, Mickey Miller, and Lawrence Darlak tied for 2nd (Net 212) with Justin Vanderbroek, David Rubin, Omar Diaz, and Matt Huntington.

Michael Dugan, John Jameson, Cj Triola, and Dennis Cartwright won B Flight in a card-off (Net 212) against Chris Plumridge, Sebastian Sturdevant, Kevin Mehlbrech, and Sheldon Drantch. In 3rd Place, 5 shots back (Net 217), we had the group of Wally Huntington, Brent Huntington, John Hasselman, and Drew Kroner.

C Flight was a runaway (Net 213) by Mark Schmillen, Mike Filbey, Terry Fletcher, and Tom Turner. 8 shots back, 2nd Place, was the group of Darryl Lee, Lloyd Lee, Dave Garcia, and Greg Sharp. Another shot back in 3rd Place we had Mel Collins, Terry Fulford, Raymond Cousins, and Lee McCullough.
Results have been posted on the website.

Our next tournament will be May 22 & 23 Member-Member. This is one of our bigger events so find yourself a partner! Online Sign Up is going strong. We have 105 registered as of this posting. If you want to play and don’t have a partner, Sign Up through the website and I will pair you up!

Member-Member Format:
Two Man Teams
Flighted: A Flight, B Flight, C Flight and “Gap 8”. You are welcome to play with any member, but if your handicap spread is 8 or more, the team is automatically in the “Gap 8” Flight.

Saturday: Two Man Best Ball: Blue Tees, Handicap will be 90% of your 6 Month LI

Sunday: Two Man Aggregate (Count them All): White Tees, Handicap will be your 6 Month LI

Sweeps both days: $40 per team

Special Events
Saturday: Gross Skins, Hole #9 In the Circle/On the Green (C Flight), Up Livy’s Creek
Sunday: Gross Skins, Honey Pot

Looking Forward to a great Member-Member!

June 19th Blind Draw Tournament Sign Up will be start May 11th. An email will be sent out to remind you.

Fairways and greens!

Don Didier

Well we finally did it - our first Home Tournament in over a year and I must say VP Don Didier did a great job in putting things in place for a successful first time back!! Well done.

Special Event results have been posted; here are a couple observations.

A Flight: Did a pretty job with 3 different Eagles for Skins worth $125 each along with the lone Birdie; if Chris Martin would have entered (SE) they would have been worth $25 less so Chris is our first No Balls Award winner of 2021. Don’t worry Chris, there are more participants waiting to join you!

B Flight: Well lets start off with our VP of Tournaments Don Didier with a fine showing of 2 skins for a nice $160, not quite good enough as Dewayne Kirksey took a skin plus Honey Pot for a $163 total - great job guys. Well those skins were worth a little more because Brian Redican (our 2nd No Balls Award recipient) didn’t enter SE. Lets not forget to mention Kerry Bryan did not enter North of Willow and could have been $30 richer but instead he gets the No Balls Award! Maybe next time.

C Flight: Had lots of skins to split up, 7 overall Birdies on 2,7,9,10,11,12 & 13; way to spread the winnings around, there were no NBA winners for C flight skins. However SE Honey Pot had Sheldon Drantch & Matt Lesenyie both win No Balls Awards as they did not enter this event. Maybe next time? Moving on to the North of Willow, Jack Witherspoon, Matt Lesenyie (his 2nd award this month) & Dan Cormack all earned wards this month.

Up Coming Event
2021 May Member-Member Tournament Special Events

Sweeps $20/player: Top 3 twosomes $$ each Flight, each day
**Both players must be in the Sweeps**
Card-off will be used for all ties

Saturday Special Events:
$10 Gross Skins each flight
$5 Hole #9 in the circle A & B Flights, C Flight on the green
$5 Up Livy’s Creek, Net Par on holes #1, 2, 8, 11, 13 & 15
Pays 5 places each flight

Sunday Special Events:
$10 Gross Skins each flight
$10 Honey Pot
Pays Net 69 or Better

$60 All In! Man Up, or you may qualify for the “No Balls Award”!

Hit them Straight!

Brad

Treasurer's Report - April 30, 2021

Balance March 31, 2021		35,677.95
Income
April Tournament Entries	13,355.00
San Vicente Entries	12,792.00
Interest	0.58
Memberships	3,030.00
Total April Income	29,177.58
Expenses
San Vicente Green Fees		6,802.00
Mt. Woodson Green Fees		1,430.00
San Vicente Hospitality Subsidy		1,495.34
San Vicente Prize Fund/Skins		4,560.00
April Tourney Green Fees		7,138.00
April Tourney Cart Fees		1,648.00
Board Meeting		55.00
SCGA Dues		936.00
GOM Trophies		76.72
GOY Trophies		170.54
Total April Expenses		24,311.60
Balance on April 30, 2021		40,543.93

Respectfully submitted,
Bob Livingstone
Treasurer