Minutes
Timber Creek MenÕs
Golf Club
General Meeting
February 3, 2010
Call to Order
Paul Wilmoth, President, called the meeting to order at 8:30 am.
Quorum
There were 92 present, a quorum.
Minutes from previous
meeting
The minutes of the meeting of November 4, 2009 and December 2, 2009 were approved as submitted.
Golf Course
Jim Ferrin, GC Superintendent, reported several items as follows:
New sprinkler control system almost complete, will allow control of 99% of sprinklers to be individually controlled;
Bunker work to continue with new sand;
Arification to be done in March;
Continue to work on scaling back the poa grasses in the green;
Turkey trapping has been approved by Dept. of Fish and Game.
A concern was raised about the use of carts on the GC last weekend and Jim indicated that he had made the decision to allow as he felt that the impact would not be severe and players would appreciate it as it had been so long since the carts had been allowed. He felt that the hit had been minimal and worth it.
Jim was thanked for all his work.
Pro Shop
Mark Gouger, Head Golf Professional, thanked Jim and his staff for the tremendous condition that our GC is in. Mark then commented on the ongoing 15% discount on soft and hard goods; new Mizuno rain gear, new equipment coming in the spring, reduced prices on particular items, the 2010 3 day Golf Academies coming in March and then throughout the year. He then commented on Timber Creek Outlet at eBay web site.
MarkÕs thought of the day was from myspiritgolf.com and involved our understanding of Òwho we really areÕ and Òhow things workÓ.
RAMP, Resident
Assisted Maintenance Program.
Paul introduced Sandy Wahlstrom,
a member of the Golf Committee and new chair of RAMP.
Sandy talked a bit on what the program was and the need for volunteers
and stated that she would be taking names following the meeting. The program is for 8 months, March
through October.
Treasurers Report
Ed Steele, Treasurer, presented the
status of funds report showing a current balance in all accounts of $25,913.72
as of January 20, 2010. The report
was approved as presented.
Hole-In-One
None to report
Committee Reports
Club Tournaments:
Ernie Bell, Chair, reported on the Valentines Day ÒPink BallÓ tournament February 9, 2010 and the St. PatrickÕs Day Tournament March 9th. He also commented on the 4th Tuesday Individual Low Net Tournament, noting that there are Gold and Blue flights and if enough players, there would be flights within flights.
Travel:
Dick Maxey, Chair, asked the members to thank Dick Gilberg for all the work that he had done in the past on the Traveling events and the website. Dick was dully applauded. Dick M then stated that he was still working on the Traveling Tournament schedule and that information would be forthcoming.
Web Site:
Dick Maxey, Manager, just commented that the web site is a useful tool and hoped that all would make use of it.
NCGA:
Bill Aaberg presented the NCGA Tournament Schedule.
Senior Net: Individual play, hcp 7.5 or higher
Qualification Round March 16th for 2 players
Regional Qualification May 13th
Championship at Poppy Hills June 7th
East Sacramento Zone: one 4 man team
Qualify as 2-man BB, April 16th
Regional Qualification Poppy Hills/Quail Lodge May 27th & 28th
Zone Championship at Spyglass/Poppy Hill on August 30th & 31st
Senior Four-Ball Net (2 man best ball)
Qualify June 8th for two teams
Regional Qualification August 4th
Championship at Poppy Ridge September 7th & 8th
Team Match Competition (one 12 man team)
Sign up ASAP (need a minimum of 15 players
Team Matches on Thursday from June 17th to August 14th
Playoffs August 19th to October 9th
Championship,
October 22nd and 23rd.
Bill then noted that ample notification of events and sign ups would be posted.
Rules:
Tom Devitt, Chair, commented on an incident of a player hitting a ball (covered with sand) out of a bunker and then finding that the ball was not his. He incurred a penalty of 2 strokes for hitting the wrong ball. Moral: you are allowed to identify your ball (even in a hazard) by lifting and removing enough sand and then replacing the ball in its original position. Tom also commented on the new Sprinkler Control Boxes noting that relief for swing and stance is allowed, But Not Line-of-flight. There was also discussion on the definition of a hazard. Short answer, the red or yellow stakes are in the hazard and a ball touching the imaginary line between two stakes or a line between two stakes or a line around and defining the hazard is deemed to be in the hazard. However, local rules as noted on our score cards clearly state that ÒSplit rail fences or chain link fences define the margin of the hazard and the red stakes, attached or not, are indicators of the hazard, and the base of the fence posts define the hazardÓ. Moral: read the score card.
Membership:
Jack Ramos announced that we have 324 members with 3 new members to be added. He introduced Bill Beale and John Dean, each of whom noted that they were glad to be in Sun City.
Handicaps:
JR Moors, Chair was not present, no report.
Golf Committee:
Roger Tovey, Chair thanked everyone for their cards and calls following his recent hip replacement surgery. He Thanked Sandy for taking on the responsibility of RAMP chair and noted that she would be assisted by Jack Chittick on the Lakes, Don Strunk on the Oaks and Ken Coyne on the Pines. He invited all to the Golf Committee Meeting at 2:00 pm today.
Old Business:
None
New Business:
Paul commented on the Pacific AAU Senior Games, coming to the Roseville area and Sun City, October 13 – 17, noting that there would be a golf tournament that week.
Paul noted that he will endeavor to get more communication out to the members to encourage participation. He also indicated that he will ask the past presidents to form a panel do discuss.
Paul thanked John Jameson for his photography of our events.
Door Prizes:
Joe Lavette and Eddie Lewis gave out the door prizes.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:30 am.
Respectively submitted, Rodger J. Page, Secretary