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SEPTEMBER 2017
Message from your board of directors.
Members: Due to the fact the SCGA has a new operating system we encourage you to submit your 2018 dues renewal as early
as possible. Below is a form to complete and put (with your check) in the Sr. Men's mailbox in the pro shop or give to a
board member.
The greens at Victoria took a major hit recently. What happened is that their grinder (mower blade sharpener) broke down.
The crew went out to mow with DULL blades! The mower did not cut the grass; it pulled the grass blades out of the ground,
leaving bare spots all over!! UGH! No time table as to when those greens will recover.
Sadly, we used to have the best greens around! Now??
Tournament summary:
The August tournament was played as scheduled, on a hot and muggy day. The format was a regular low gross, net.
The greens were bad! See above. ^^
There were good scores as usual.
The top A Fight low gross prize went to LEE KORNEGAY and Low net went to BENNY NICKLEBERRY.
The top B Fight low gross prize went to LARRY CULLIVER. Low net (in a tie) went to TOM EGGLESTON & JAMES JACKSON.
AUGUST 2017
THE 2017 VSMGC CHAMPIONSHIPS
Congratulations to the champion golfers of the year:
A Flight – Bob Acosta! B Flight Larry Culliver!
This year The Club championship was held on schedule. The weather all these days was humid and hot. The greens were
not mowed tightly or rolled, so putting was somewhat difficult. Also, due to the golf Courses lackadaisical approach in designating
the environmental areas. We played those areas as, if no sign play the ball as it lies, if playable.
Scores were pretty good. Lee Kornegay set the pace in the first round with a 75 two strokes ahead of three others. The
second round Lee fell by the wayside and defending champ Danny Butler also faded as did some others close to the lead.
The exceptions being Roman Peebles and Bruce Appledorn, those two duplicated their first round scores! WOW!
Bob Acosta came in with a second round of 70 to take the top prize, 12 shots different than his first round!! Bob carded
similar scores in 2012. For the 2 rounds he went 77 66 for the win..
A flight low net prize went to Walter Johnson.
B flight low net prize went to Billie Proctor.
Nice playing, guys!
JULY 2017
ATTENTION GOLFERS:
The Victoria Senior Men's Golf Club will hold its club championship on July 18TH AND 25TH at our home club, Victoria!
Entry fee for both days, $100.00
COME ONE COME ALL TO PLAY IN OUR PRESTIGIOUS ONCE A YEAR TOURNAMENT.
REMEMBER WE HAVE FLIGHTS NOW. TELL YOUR FELLOW GOLFERS!
THEREFORE, ENTER EARLY AND OFTEN!!! Sign-up at the golf course (sheet on bulletin board), or
Call Tournament Chairman Nate Brown (310) 631-7286, or drop check in our white box in pro shop.
Note: The number of members entering the tournament will determine the number of flights.
Tournament summary:
The JUNE tournament was played as scheduled, at VICTORIA.
Another great weather day for golf!!
We played a White, Gold and Red tournament format.
There were good scores as usual.
A flight.
Bob Acosta, Bruce Appledorn and Lee Kornegay tied for the top low gross prize with a 73s!
Low net prize went to Ray Lampkin

B flight.
Stan Faris Took low gross with a 77! WOW! 
Low net went to Eugene Bryant. 
C flight.
Charles Hendrix took low gross prize with an 81. OK
James Brown, William Kilgore. N Dexter Moon tied for the low net score of 70. Nice 
JUNE 2017
A Message from your President:
SAD NEWS TO REPORT: Longtime member of the club, EUGENE HARDY passed away on May 27th of a heart attack.
GENERAL MEETING MINUTES
MAY 30, 2017
Bob Acosta, President presiding.
Slate of Officers
President Bob Acosta
Vice President Ray Lampkin
Treasurer Charles Kirksey
Tournament Nate Brown
Sergeant at Arms Ray Lampkin
Handicap Chairman Eugene Bryant
Tournament Committee Ray Lampkin, Nate Brown, Roman Peebles
SCGA Representative Kenji Nishimura
Secretary Dennis Peterson
Introduced the existing board members and past presidents.
Charles Kirksey gave a financial report to all members for their perusal minus upcoming expenses for the MAY tournament.
A general discussion regarding the tournament winnings/payouts/gift cards was held. The members were informed that the
pro shop at Victoria will accept similar store credit cards as does PLAZA Golf.
THE QUESTION TO THE MEMBERS IS: Do you want to conduct your business (buy items) at Victoria or Plaza golf? The board
would like to know what your decision is before tournament winnings/payouts/gift cards are purchased!
A discussion was held regarding AWAY events. THE QUESTION IS: Should the membership play an away golf round or tournament
on a regular Tuesday OR play on another day!
A motion was raised and a vote was taken by the membership with a majority favoring a Tuesday play, as long as the Victoria
management is well informed.
A discussion regarding different tournament formats, instead of a low grow low net event. The board will consider the
suggestions. Namely, 4 Man Scrambles, a blind draw, a shamble, and a Red, Gold, White format..
THANKS ALL AROUND FOR THE SANDWICHES AND CAKE THAT OUR PRESIDENT PROVIDED US WITH A MINIMAL COST!!
Meeting adjourned.
Tournament summary:
The MAY tournament was played as scheduled, on a cool day, but not much wind.
The greens are really good!
The format was Low Gross, Net.
There were good scores as usual.
A Flight - 1st Low Gross score winner was,
Bob Acosta
1st Low Net went to. Lee Kornegay
B Flight - 1st Low Gross score winner was,
Stan Faris
1st Low Net went to. Tom Eggleston
C Flight - 1st Low Gross score winner was,
Ray Gordon
1st Low Net went to. Larry Culliver
MAY 2017
A Message from your President:
Our next general meeting will be held at Victoria after the May tournament. May 16th. Mark your calendar!
Lunch will be served. This is one of two general meetings for all club members.
Please be sure to attend. No need to enter the tournament!
The format will be a Four-Man Scramble (Meeting Follows) - $55.00
The board will make up the four man teams.
Tournament summary:
The APRIL tournament was played as scheduled at Victoria. It was a nice day for golf. The course was in decent shape.
The format was just a regular low gross low net tournament. The GREENS! The GREENS! They were not cut close and were very
slow. We got accustomed to the faster greens speeds. We encountered many problems putting.
A flight.
Bruce Appledorn carded a 73 for the top low gross prize. Second low gross went to by Bob Acosta. Low Net prize was
won by Charles Kirksey and 2nd low net went to Shane Carlson & Eugene Bryant.
B flight.
Low gross went to Stan Faris with a score of 82. Second low gross went to Terry Conant carding a 85. YES!! Low net
prizes went to James Brown Jr. Frank Louie & Paul Peete
C flight.
Low gross went to Ray Gordon & Billie Proctor with a scores of 86. Low net prizes went to Bobby Smith and Charles
Hendrix.
JANUARY 2017
MEMBERS NOTE:
Due to the increase in green fees by The Links at Victoria, our tournament entry fees will change from $48 to $50.
REMINDER:
If you want to play in an up-coming tournament you must sign-up (by calling Nate Brown, or check your name at on the sign-up
sheet at the course) and pay your entry fee ONE WEEK prior to the tournament.
If you have paid on time and are unable to play that day, your fee will be carried forward to the next tournament.
This change will help our tournament committee expedite deposits to our bank and free up the committee to get ready (warmed
up) for
the tournament if they are going to play that day.
THE DECEMBER 2016 TOURNAMENT
The weather? COLD!!
How about the greens?
You like?
GREAT SCORES!
A flight
SHANE CARLSON,
CHARLES KIRKSEY
B-flight
RAY GORDON, PAUL PEETE
C-flight
CHARLES HENDRIX,
BILLE PROCTOR,
BOBBY SMITH
DECEMBER 2016
MONTHLY NEWS ITEMS: HAPPY HOLIDAYS
GENERAL MEETING MINUTES
NOVEMBER 15, 2016
Dennis Peterson, President presiding.
Slate of Officers
President..Dennis Peterson
Vice President..Bob Acosta
Treasurer.. Charles Kirksey
Tournament Chairman.Nate Brown
Sergeant at Arms.Ray Lampkin
Handicap Chairman.Eugene Bryant
Tournament Committee..Ray Lampkin, Nate Brown, Roman Peebles
SCGA Representative..Kenji Nishimura
NOTES/DISCUSSIONS
1. Notified the members of a recent passing of long time member, Joe Thomas.
2. Due to the increase of Victoria's green fees, I Informed the members that we will have to increase the entry fee for
our tournaments by two dollars, from 48 to 50!
3. Introduced the existing board members and past presidents.
4. Charles Kirksey gave a financial report to all members for their perusal minus upcoming expenses for the November Turkey
shoot tournament.
5. A general board member election was held:
Bob Acosta will assume the position of President.
Ray Lampkin was elected Vice-President by majority vote of the members present.
Charles Kirksey, Kenji Nishimura, Eugene Bryant, Roman Peebles. and Nate Brown as incumbents were re-elected.
Dennis Peterson as out-going President was re-elected as well.
His duties will probably just be generating the Newsletter and maintaining the Web site.
We now have a full complement of board of directors to start the new year.
A general discussion regarding the gift cards was held. New members inquired about having the pro shop at Victoria accept
out gifts? Well, it was kinda a moot point because of the limited products available in the shop. AND they would not give
us a 5% discount like Plaza Golf does!!
Meeting adjourned.
Tournament summary:
Our NOVEMBER Turkey Shoot was played as scheduled, at "Vic"or as I call it, "MUD-BALL ACRES" The
course is WAY too wet!! Could not ask for better weather, tho! Cool morning for a shotgun start, but it warmed up quickly.
The format was a 4-man scramble and there were some really good scores.
A 63 was posted by the team headed by TAMATI ALOFAITULI,JAMES JACKSON, NORM JACQUES, & WIL KILGORE
2nd low gross went to the following team with a 65!
EUGENE BRYANT, CHARLES KIRKSEY, LOU GRAY, & BOB UEHARA. OK!
See complete results on the following page.
A semi-annual club meeting and election was held after the tournament. Dennis Peterson as president presided over the
meeting. We had a nice lunch CHOPPED STEAK AND RICE PILAF. It was great! Right!!
NOVEMBER 2016
MESSAGE FROM YOUR BOARD
REMINDER: 2017 MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL $60.00. DEADLINE DECEMBER 1st, 2016
MEETING AFTER TURKEY SHOOT!
UPCOMING TOURNAMENT REMINDER: November 15th - THE ANNUAL TURKEY SHOOT, with the traditional 7:00AM Shotgun Start (6:30
AM check in). Format, a 4 man scramble.
A General Meeting follows the tournament. Lunch will be served.
WE NEED TO KNOW THE NUMBER OF PLAYERS SO AS TO ORDER TURKEYS
PLEASE Get your entries in early!! Entry Fee $50.00 Call Nate. (310) 631-7286
PLEASE NOTE; an election will be held. If you want to throw your hat in the ring for a position on the board, please
respond during the meeting.
TOURNAMENT SUMMARYS;
We had a regular tournament in September! Not normal but it was fun.
Congrats to the following golfers:
A Flight LOW GROSS went to Eddie Scott. B Flight LOW GROSS, in a tie, went to Kenji Nishimura & Charles Kirksey.
C Flight LOW GROSS went, in a tie, to Luther Dudley & Roland Hawkins.
The October tournament was held as scheduled. The greens at Victoria were UGLY! Greens 4 and 9 were ruined by mower oil
leaks!! It was foggy in the morning but turned into a nice day!
Congrats to the following golfers:
A Flight LOW GROSS went to Bob Acosta. B Flight LOW GROSS, in a tie, went to Kenji Nishimura & Ray Gordon.
C Flight LOW GROSS went to Wil Kilgore.
SEPTEMBER 2016
Message from your President.
Members:
RE: Lowering the membership age qualification from 60 to 55.
I conducted an informal survey of the members that played in our August tournament to get an idea how many members would
agree to the age change. The 30+ responses I received indicated that lowering the age requirements would NOT be a good idea.
Therefore, I tabled the board's proposal and I will get a better consensus at our November general meeting. You can vote
to approve or reject the changes by attending the November meeting we normally have after the Turkey Shoot tournament.
Tournament summary:
The August tournament was played as scheduled, on a hot day. The format was a Blind Draw. The board conducted the blind
draw after all scores were posted. We separated the 30+ players in to two groups and picked names from group A (handicaps
0 13) and group B (handicaps 14+). The gross scores between a player in groups A and B were added together to determine
the low gross and the low nets were decided by adding the player's handicaps together and dividing by 2.
Considering the greens had a fungus problem earlier this month, they were not too bad. We played Move your ball through
the green.
There were good scores as usual.
The top low gross prize went to the team of BOB ACOSTA and RAY GORDON. Bob shot a 74 AND WON THIS TOURNAMENT AGAIN!
Low net went to the team of TERRY CONANT and STAN FARIS with a net 159. Very Nice!! See results on next page.
AUGUST 2016
A MESSAGE FROM YOUR PRESIDENT.
The VSMGC board has discussed and agreed to a change in the membership entry age requirements. In order to increase the
number of members of the club the board is proposing a drop in the age from 60 to 55. This change will require a vote by
the membership. The board would like to see a quick turnaround on this proposal. Therefore, I would like to call a general
meeting in August after our tournament on the 16th.
Please try to attend the meeting after golf at approximately 1:30 PM that day.
If you cannot attend that day, Please call or E-mail me with your vote at:
(424) 558-8704 - dpeteca@hotmail.com
THE 2016 VSMGC CHAMPIONSHIPS
Congratulations to the champion golfers of the year:
A Flight – DANNY BUTLER!
B Flight – RAY LAMPKIN!
C Flight – DEXTER MOON!
The Club championship was held on schedule on a two really nice days for golf. Couldn’t ask for better weather!
We nearly played “lift clean and place!” The course was a bit wet, but the greens were nice running,
I guess, about 9 on that Stimpmeter.
Some pin positions were interesting to say the least! Like # 15 and 18!
Danny Butler was tied at 75 with 2 others after the first round then he got hot in the second round and carded a 71! Winning
by 2 shots over Shane Carlson. Defending champ Bob Acosta had some difficulty scoring and finished tied for 3rd low net
Ray Lampkin probably played his best rounds of golf (77 & 79) in years winning the B flight prize going away.
Dexter Moon captured the C flight.
Regardless of the course condition there was OUTSTANDING Play!
A flight low net prize went to RAY YOUNG.
B flight low net prize went to ROLAND HAWKINS.
C flight low net prize went to WIL KILGORE.
Nice playing, guys!
JULY 2016
ATTENTION GOLFERS:
The Victoria Senior Men's Golf Club will hold its club championship on July 19TH AND 26th at our home club, Victoria!
Entry fee for both days, $96.00
COME ONE COME ALL TO PLAY IN OUR PRESTIGIOUS ONCE A YEAR TOURNAMENT.
REMEMBER WE HAVE FLIGHTS NOW. TELL YOUR FELLOW GOLFERS!
THEREFORE, ENTER EARLY AND OFTEN!!! Sign-up at the golf course (sheet on bulletin board), or
Call Tournament chairman Nate Brown (310) 631-7286, or drop check in our white box in pro shop.
Note: The number of members entering the tournament will determine the number of flights.
Tournament summary:
The JUNE tournament was played as scheduled, at VICTORIA.
There were good scores as usual.
Bobby (Lee) Smith aced the 16th hole on June 28th!
Congratulations Bobby!! Wooohoo!
A flight.
Bob Acosta took the top low gross prize with a 73!
Low net prize went to Tamati Alofaituli
B flight.
Sam Williams Took low gross with a 78!
WOW!
Low net ties went to Bryant, Eugene, Hawkins, Roland, Smith, Bobby (Lee)
C flight.
Ray Gordon took low gross prize with an 87.
Kilgore, William took low net score of 75. Nice
JUNE 2016
A Message from your President:
Our first general meeting of 2016 was held at Victoria after the May tournament. For those who attended, I thank you.
We had Victoria management (Daniel, Juan) update us on the course and when the driving range will be open. The range is
set to open In December 2016. We will see
In my opinion, Juan the greens keeper has done a terrific job! Very few complaints about them.. Complaints were filed
about sand in the bunkers and the general state of the fairways.. Nothing new there!
Also, we expressed complaints about the workers on the course.. Those workers should be a bit more aware of the golfers
on the course and get out of the way!!
We are just hoping the range gets open soon..
Tournament summary:
The MAY tournament was played as scheduled, on a cool day, but not much wind.
The greens are really good!
The 4 man scramble was fun. We had some interesting pairings for teams.
There were good scores as usual.
1st Low Gross score team winner was,
Eugene Bryant, Luther Dudley, Greg Johnson and Dennis Peterson as the A player..
With a score of 61!
We were ham n egging it all day, with 11 birdies!
2ND Low Gross was a tie with a score of 64.
Three teams tied..
See results on next page.
Next tournament: June 21, 2016
Low Gross & Low Net (MEMBER GUEST) $48.00
Find a guest.. They will be given a membership to the club if your guest wins either low gross or low net.
Our away trip will be in September THE 13TH at the River Ridge course in Oxnard.
GET ON THE BUS! Entry fee TBD..
MAY 2016 A
Message from your President:
Our next general meeting will be held at Victoria
after the May tournament. May 17th..
Mark your calendar!
Lunch will be served. This is one of two
general
meetings for all club members.
Please
be sure to attend. No
need to enter
the tournament!
The format will be a
Four-Man Scramble (Meeting Follows) - $48.00
The board will make up the four man
teams.
Tournament summary:
Due to the fact Victoria ‘punched
and SANDED the greens, the APRIL
tournament
was played at Chester Washington
Golf Course. It was a nice day for golf.
The course was in decent shape. The format was just a regular low gross
low
net tournament.
There were good scores as usual.
A flight.
SHANE CARLSON carded a
72 for the top low gross prize. Second low gross went to by Bob Acosta. Low Net prize
was won by Charles Kirksey
and 2nd low net went to Benny Nickleberry. JJ
B flight.
Low gross went to Norm Jacques with a score of 79. Second low
gross went to Stan Faris carding
a 81. YES!! Low net prizes went
to Eugene Bryant
& James Brown Jr. JJJ
C flight.
Low gross went to Terry Conant
with a score of 84. Bobby Smith
was 2nd low gross. Low net prizes went to William Kilgore and Roland
APRIL 2016
A Message from your President:
Next tournament: April 19TH - Pecot Memorial; Red, Gold, & White Event - $48.00
AKA Red, White & Blue;
AT CHESTER WASHINGTON GOLF COURSE
Our next general meeting will be held at Victoria after the May tournament. Lunch will be served. This is one of two
general meetings for all club members. Please be sure to attend.
We agreed to call the May tournament a Memorial Tournament to honor our friends and members who have passed on
Tournament summary:
The MARCH tournament was played as scheduled, on a cool day, but not much wind.
The greens are perfect!
For our Partners Best Ball tournament, the board chose the partners thru the use of a blind draw
There were good scores as usual.
1st Low Gross score team winner was,
Sam Williams and James Brown
With a score of 73!
2ND Low Gross went to the team of
Ray Lampkin and Norm Jacques with a 74!
3rd Low Gross prize went to the team of
Bob Acosta and Ray Gordon with a 75.
1st Low Net went to the team of
Nate Brown and Robert Uehara.
2ND Low Net went to the team of
Roman Peebles and Wil Kilgore.
3rd Low Net went to the team of
Benny Nickleberry and Dexter Moon
MARCH 2016
Message from your
board
NEW
TOURNAMENT POLICY:
Starting
with the January 2016 Tournament and all subsequent tournaments:
If
you want to play in an up-coming tournament you must sign-up by either dropping
your entry fee in our Sr. Men’s collection box in the Pro shop, OR check your
name at on the sign-up sheet on the bulletin board at the course and pay your entry fee at least ONE WEEK prior
to the
tournament.
NOTE: If you have not entered the tournament you
are welcome to play on Tuesday of the tournament, BUT, you will be required to
get on Victoria’s waiting list and play your round after all entered members.
You will not be able to play with your
regular group!
THE FEBRUARY 2016 TOURNAMENT
The
weather? HOT!! Whew! The course was as usual.
We essentially played “winter rules!” The
greens? They were not rolled. The
green roller is on the fritz!
There were some special
scores posted!
GREAT SCORES!
A flight
A tie:
Shane Carlson
Bruce Appledorn
B-flight
Mr. Billie Proctor
C-flight
RAY GORDON,
FEBRUARY 2016
Reminder from
your president
If
you want to play in an up-coming tournament you must pay your entry fee at least ONE WEEK prior to the tournament!
Leave
your checks/$$ in our Sr. Men’s Club box in the Pro shop.
THE
JANUARY TOURNAMENT
The weather was
OK
for January. Cold
morning’s warmish
afternoon.
WINTER RULES!! That led to some
fine scores.
A Flight low gross
went
to, BOB ACOSTA with a 72. Low net went to Sam Williams
with
an 82 net 70!
B Flight low gross
went to, JAMES
JACKSON with an
80! Low
net prize went
to EUGENE BRYANT!
C Flight gross prize went to DESTER MOON With an outstanding score
of 83. WOW! Low net prize went
to WIL KILGORE.
JANUARY 2016NEWS NEWS NEWS HAPPY
NEW YEAR!
MEMBERS NOTE:
NEW
TOURNAMENT
POLICY:
Starting
with the January 2016 Tournament and all subsequent tournaments:
If
you want to play in an up-coming tournament you must sign-up (by calling Nate
Brown, or check your name at on the sign-up sheet at the course) and pay your entry fee ONE WEEK prior to the
tournament.
If
you have paid on time and are unable to play that day, your fee will be carried
forward to the next tournament.
This
change will help our tournament committee expedite deposits to our bank and
free up the committee to get ready (warmed up) for the tournament if they are
going to play that day.
YOUR
COOPERATION IS
WELCOMED
THE DECEMBER 2015 TOURNAMENT
The
weather? COLD!!
How about
the greens?
You like?
They have a green
roller
that really makes them fast!
There
were some special
scores posted!
GREAT
SCORES!
A flight
EUGENE
HARDY,
CHARLES
KIRKSEY
B-flight
ROMAN PEEBLES,
SAM WILLIAMS
C-flight
TOM EGGLESTON, RAY
GORDON,
BOB UEHARA
Message from your President. MEMBERS:
Your board of directors are in the process of revising the Constitution
and By-laws. The last time the
constitution was updated was in 2001.
We’ve made significant changes to the document and I/we need your
feedback and approval of the changes.
You can vote to approve the changes by attending the November meeting we
normally have after the “Turkey Shoot” tournament. Or you
can designate a proxy vote by telling
a board member or a member that is attending the November meeting. In the next
mailing I will send a copy of the
constitution for you to read and approve.
Tournament summary:
The August tournament
was played as scheduled, on a hot and muggy day. The format was a “Blind
Draw.” The board conducted the blind draw after all
scores were posted. We separated the 40+
players in to two groups and picked names from group A (handicaps 0 – 12) and
group B (handicaps 13+). The gross
scores between a player in groups A
and B were added together to determine the low gross and the low nets were
decided by adding the player’s handicaps together and dividing by 2.
The greens were not too bad. The
fairways and rough were cut per my request.
Some fairways were still “in process” as there were the usual bare
spots, something we’ve grown accustomed to.
Overall, the course is improving
day by day.
There were good scores as usual.
THE 2015 VSMGC CHAMPIONSHIPS
Congratulations to the
champion golfers of the year: A
Flight – Bob
Acosta! B
Flight –
Charles
Kirksey!
C Flight – Ray Gordon!
This year The Club championship was held on schedule on consecutive
days. July 14th and 15th.
Because the board had registered complaints
about having the club championship on consecutive Tuesdays where some members
who want to play but could not fit either the first Tuesday or the second
Tuesday into their schedules, the board thought consecutive days would be the
answer to that conundrum. Obviously, the
backlash of having to play two days in a row was taken into consideration but changing
the tournament schedule was prohibitive at such a late date. Anyway,
the first day was a decent day for golf.
The second day it was tough! A different
wind sprung up and made scores skyrocket!! I (President) requested that the course not
to be watered, because we were playing the ball down! The management told me
that the course wasn’t
watered the day before so they had to water on our tournament day! For the first
round, the course was too wet
again!
We will go back to
the consecutive Tuesdays for next year.
A
flight low
net prize went to DANNY BUTLER.
B
flight low net prize went to
CARL BOONE.
C
flight low net prize went to
ROLAND HAWKINS.
Nice
playing, guys!
JULY 2015 Message from your President.
HEAR YE HEAR YE, O GOLFERS: WE RETURNED TO THE
LINKS AT VICTORIA!
ATTENTION GOLFERS: The Victoria
Senior Men’s Golf Club will hold its club championship on July 14TH
AND 15th at
our home club, Victoria! Entry fee
for both days, $96.00
COME ONE
COME ALL TO PLAY IN OUR PRESTIGIOUS ONCE A YEAR TOURNAMENT.
REMEMBER
WE HAVE “FLIGHTS” NOW.
TELL YOUR FELLOW GOLFERS!
- “A”
flight handicaps of 0 to 9
- “B”
flight handicaps of 10 to 14
- “C”
flight handicaps of 15 to 19
- “D”
flight handicaps of 20 and up.
THEREFORE, ENTER EARLY AND
OFTEN!!! Sign-up at the golf course
(sheet on bulletin board), or
Call Tournament chairman Nate
Brown (310) 631-7286, or drop check in our white box in pro shop.
Note:
The number of members entering
the tournament will determine the number of flights. Tournament summary:
The JUNE tournament was played as
scheduled, at VICTORIA. I thought it
was a bit smoggy that day. My eyes were
bothering me. I guess I have and
“excuse” for the high score I posted!!
The
greens were not too bad. The
fairways and rough were cut per my request.
Some fairways were still “in process” as there were the usual bare
spots, something we’ve grown accustomed to.
Overall, the course is improving
day by day.
There
were good scores as usual.
A flight.
Bruce
Appledorn
took the top low gross prize with a 73!
Low
net had a 3 way tie between Benny Nickleberry, Roman Peebles, & Mack Craddock.
Nice
rounds. J
B flight.
NORMAN JACQUES
Took low gross with an
80!
WOW!
J
Low
net went to JACK HAYES
with
a net 69. Very Nice!!
C flight.
ROLAND
HAWKINS
took low gross prize with an 86.
RAY GORDON took low net score
of 69.
Nice J
D flight.
DEXTER MOON took the low gross prize with a 94.
Low
net went to DANNY MCKENNA!
See
results on
next page.
JUNE 2015
Due to the fact the county has raised the green fees
from $27 to $29 (with ½ carts); the board has agreed to an increase in our
tournament fees from $45 to $48.
The extra dollars will help our finances and make sure
we have money for our big events in November (Turkeys) and a possible Christmas
tournament!
Our next tournament at The Links
at Victoria is June 16th the format is Low Gross & Low Net Fees
are $48.00.
Tournament
summary:
The MAY tournament
was played in
Temecula, CA at the Cross Creek Golf Club.
We had an early
wake up in order catch the bus ride to Temecula. Refreshments of coffee, breakfast
sandwiches,
and rolls were served for the bus ride.
The ride was nice, I (Peterson) sat up front and found a microphone to
yammer at the members.
The weather was
cool to begin with and warmed up later. At Cross Creek we had a shotgun start
and played from the Gold tees. Many
members complained that those tees were too far forward. It did not help the
scores either. Scores
were rather high. The greens were
hard and fast and made putting
difficult.
A Flight low gross winners
were, LEWIS DUCREAY & BOB
ACOSTA
A
Flight low net winners
were, ED ALSTON & RAY YOUNG
B Flight low gross winners
were, GREG TAYLOR & CORRNEL
TODD
B
Flight low net winners
were, CHARLES KIRKSEY, NORMAN JACQUES
& LEON BLACK
C Flight low gross winners
were, ROLAND HAWKINS & WILFRED
MONTAGUE
C
Flight low net winners
were, WOODY HARRELL & BILLIE
PROCTOR
APRIL 2015 A Message from your President:
A quarterly board meeting was held and the results are as follows.
The board agreed to an increase the entry fee for the November
“Turkey shoot” tournament from $45 to $50. This increase
will be necessary to pay for
the lunch and the turkeys we normally give to the members. No changes in fees
for any other tournaments.
We agreed to call the May tournament
a “Memorial” Tournament to honor
our friends and members who have passed on.
Please note
that this newsletter will be the last one that will be mailed to those who do
not have an E-mail address or have access to a computer, OR, device that can
access the Internet.
The
newsletter will be published on our web site.
TYPE:
https://vsmgc2009.tripod.com//
Subsequent
newsletter copies will be available for pick-up in the Victoria pro shop next
to the score posting computer. Tournament
summary:
The
MARCH tournament was played as scheduled, on spring day. The wind was in the
opposite direction than
what we are used to. For example number
15 was downwind!
The greens are perfect!
The
pin setting on number 11 was brutal! All
the years I’ve played this course I’ve never seen the pin cut where it
was. I Peterson had a 6 foot putt that I
lagged to 2 inches in fear of ending up with a 10 footer comeback!
There
were good scores as usual.
A flight.
BOB ACOSTA took the
top low gross prize with a 74!
Low
net went to RAY YOUNG.
Nice
rounds.
B flight.
NORMAN JACQUES Took low gross with a
76!
WOW! Handicap check time?
Low
net went to JAMES JACKSON with
a
net 69.
Very Nice!!
C flight.
NORMAN
POTTER
won low gross prize with a 77.
WOW! Handicap check time?
BOBBY
SMITH took low net score of 68. Nice
D flight.
LUTHER
DUDLEY
took the low gross prize with a 84.
Low
net went to DANNY MCKENNA!
See results on next page.
Next
tournament: April 21st - Pecot Memorial – Red, Gold, & White Event -
$45.00
AKA “Red
White & Blue”
MARCH 2015
Message
from your President.
Thanks
again for the great turnout for the February tournament. The Partners Best Ball
format is one of our
favorite events. The board members and I
are hard at work trying to set up some away tournaments and the PBB format
could be the format for those events. The
board will discuss away tournaments at our next quarterly meeting. I’ll
keep you posted.
THE FEBRUARY
PARTNERS BEST BALL TOURNAMENT
The weather was nice
again for February.
Cool mornings warm
afternoons.
That led to some
fine scores by all.
1st Low Gross score
team winner was,
Benny NICKLEBERRY & Ray YOUNG
With a score of
70!
2ND Low
Gross went to the team of
Bruce APPLEDORN & Danny BUTLER with a 71!
1st Low prize went
to the team of
Fumio KINOSHITA &
Kenji NISHIMURA with a
net 57!
REALLY!!
2ND Low Net
went to the team of
Carl BOONE & Will KILGORE
With a net of 61!
FEBRUARY 2015
Message
from your President.
Thanks
for the great turnout for the January tournament. The board members and
I are hard at work
trying to make these tournaments fun and inexpensive as possible. Regular entry
fees will continue, but we may
have to increase fees in order to have some real nice lunches and prizes. The
board will discuss any fee increases at
our next quarterly meeting. I’ll keep
you posted. THE
JANUARY TOURNAMENT The weather was nice
for January. Cool mornings warm
afternoons.
That
led to some
fine scores by all. A Flight gross
winners were, RAY
YOUNG & BRUCE APPLEDORN With even par
72’s. Low
net went to DALE
SYVERSON with a 77 net 69!
B
Flight gross
winners were, CHARLES KIRKSEY&
NORMAN JACQUES with 81’s. Low net prizes went
to EUGENE BRYANT & CRAIG CONANT.
C
Flight gross prize went to ROLAND HAWKINS.
With an outstanding score of 80. WOW! ‘Hawk’ had 4 birdies in his round. He birdied 8, 9, & 10. Low net prizes went
to RAY GORDON with 84 net 67.
JANUARY 2015
MEMBERS:Due to the fact Victoria management did not charge us
green fees for the December tournament; I am waiving those green fees for our
January tournament.For those members who paid for
the December Tournament,
their Fees for the January tournament will be $15!! Those
who paid for the December tournament but are unable
to play in January will have their entry fee carried over to the next
tournament they want to play in!
THE DECEMBER X-MAS TOURNAMENT
The weather was miserable! Rainy
day Tuesday.
We tried to play anyway!
2 groups
actually finished 18! They did well.
Most of us quit after getting soaked!
We started
off the day with coffee and donuts.
Thanks NORM POTTER for the Crispy Crème’s and the Victoria café
for the coffee. Also, many thanks to
Norm for managing the tournament and supplying all the great gift packages
everyone received.
The tasty
turkey luncheon at Denny’s turned out
great! Everyone had a good time.
An election
to the board was held electing the existing board members.
CHUCK
HOLT presided and swore in the
members.
Food was
good and prizes were distributed.
Many
thanks
to Plaza Golf owner ROY OMOTO for donating many prizes!
Norm
Potter and Nate Brown distributed the raffle prizes. Everyone got a gift.
Chuck finished
off the day with humorous antidotes! MEMBERS NOTE: If you have not renewed your membership, this will be the last newsletter you will receive. As of this writing these are the members who have not
renewed for 2015. Allen, Robert lee (Kwame) Beard, Herman Boone, Carl Chaverria, Richard Cochran, Dee Daligney, Robert Dawson,
Ralph Faniel, Jessie
Jacques, Norm Hudson, Howard
King, Larry Kuroda,
Stanley Smith, James
Sasamoto, Tom Shima, Victor
Thomas, Joe Wagner, Louis
White, Ronnie Williams, Willie
Yahata, Mits Yamamoto, Clifton Call Danny Butler (310) 307-0921 to
renew. Renewal is $65.
DECEMBER 2014
MONTHLY
NEWS ITEMS: HAPPY
HOLIDAYS!
Tournament
summary:
Our NOVEMBER “Turkey
Shoot” was played as scheduled, on a beautiful day! Could not ask for
better weather! Cool morning for a shotgun start, but it
warmed up quickly.
The format was a 4-man
scramble and there were some decent scores.
A
63
was posted by the teams headed by RAY
LAMPKIN, ROMAN PEEBLES & RAY BURLEY (Burley’s team only had 3 players).
LAMPKIN’s team birdied the first 8 holes for
a nine-hole score of 28. WOWZER!
Since there
were many tied scores in this tournament we used a “card-off” method to
determine the winners.
2nd low gross
went to the team lead by GENE HARDY with a
64!
OK
3rd low gross
went to the team lead by DANNY BUTLER with a gross of 65.
YES!
A semi-annual
club meeting was held after the tournament. Dennis Peterson as president presided
over
the meeting. We had a nice lunch of spaghetti
and meat balls.
BOARD MEETING NOTES
11/25/2014
Dennis Peterson, President presiding.
Slate of Officers
President…..Dennis Peterson (424)
257-8005
Vice President…..Danny Butler
(310) 307-0921
Treasurer…..Nate Brown (310)
631-7286
Secretary…..Norm Potter (310) 372-4110
Sargent of
Arms/Parliamentarian…..George Ortiz
Tournament Committee….. Nate
Brown, Ray Lampkin, Danny Butler, and Norm Potter
Vice Treasurer/SCGA Representative
…..Charles Kirksey (310) 769-0977
Handicap Chairman….. Walter
Johnson (323) 755-7715
Meeting was called to order By Dennis Peterson
at
2PM
First order of business is to decide who will
be the
club’s treasurer.
We decided that Nate will collect all the monies,
with help from the tournament committee, and deposit said monies in the bank.
Charles Kirksey will aid Nate by verifying the
dollar amounts.
The club’s check book and ledger will be
taken over
by Danny Butler and/or Norm Potter in order to cut checks for various club
expenses.
An accumulation of funds from the November, December
tournaments and membership renewals was separated ready for deposit. Dennis
to take monies to the bank.
Walt Johnson will assume the duties of club handicap
chairman again.
It was decided to conduct an election of board
members at the December tournament. We
should have a quorum. Dennis to develop
and print ballots.
We discussed the December tournament format. We’ll have another shotgun start play a 4 man
scramble with alternate tees. 9 holes
from the white tees then 9 holes from the red tees.
GIVEN THE FACT IT IS A SHOTGUN
START WITH
TEAMS STARTING ON DIFFERENT HOLES, THERE’S GOING TO BE A LOT OF CONFUSION WITH
SCORING!
AS
OF
THIS WRITING I SUGGEST THE TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE MAKE SURE THAT THE BACK NINE IS
HIGHLIGHTED ON EACH SCORECARD AS TO BE PLAYED FROM THE “RED“ TEES! PLAYING
FORMAT SHOULD BE PUBLISHED AND GIVEN
TO EACH PLAYER!
An election for board members will take place after
the December
tournament.
Victoria Senior Men’s Golf Club
GENERAL
MEETING MINUTES
NOVEMBER
18, 2014
Dennis Peterson, President presiding.
CALL TO ORDER:
Pledge of allegiance performed.
The meeting was opened at
approximately 1:30pm after a SPICY Lunch of spaghetti ‘n meat balls.
NOTES/DISCUSSIONS
An introduction of the board
members was
performed.
George Ortiz
– our parliamentarian reported that three general rules of order should be followed
at our meetings.
- Raise your hand to be
recognized by the podium ( President)
- Talk to the podium
(President) not to other members. .
- ..this stops inter
member discussions /cross talk.
- Be courteous! Do not interrupt other member when speaking, wait your
turn to be recognized by the
podium (President),
Dennis Peterson – President.
Presented the perpetual club champion’s plaque to Danny
Butler the 2014 champion.
Gave a brief summary of club bank balance of $4100,
minus upcoming expenses for the November “Turkey shoot” tournament.
Due to the lack of interest in the meeting by members
who played, the president, in lieu of an annual election asked for an up or
down vote from members present to retain the existed board members. The vote
carried by a majority of ayes.
A New Procedure for Tournament Winnings will
instituted.
Gift
Cards will replace Script effective today.
Old
Script will be honored only till expiration of six month date on face of
script.
We will have four Away Tournaments:
First Tuesday of January, April, July,
October
We will have A change in procedure for Regular Tuesday
Tee Times:
For
2015 we will block out 7:30-9am. Set Tee
Times will no longer be used.
Members
will be put together their groups and when they are all there Ray Lampkin or
one of the Tournament Committee will
send them out.
Norm Potter.
Gave a summary of the upcoming
Christmas tournament. Entry is $55 with
many gifts, prizes, and goodies to follow.
Also, a raffle will be held for nearly $1000 worth of tee times
at various local courses.
Meeting adjourned.
NOVEMBER 2014
MESSAGE
FROM YOUR BOARD
UPCOMING
TOURNAMENT REMINDER: November 18th - THE ANNUAL
TURKEY SHOOT, with the traditional 7:00AM Shotgun Start (6:30 AM check
in). A General Meeting follows the
tournament. Lunch will be served..
WE NEED TO KNOW
THE NUMBER OF
PLAYERS SO AS TO ORDER TURKEYS AND TO SET UP THE SHOTGUN START!
PLEASE Get your
entries in early!!
PLEASE NOTE; a board
member election will be held. If you
want to throw your hat in the ring for a position on the board, please respond
during the meeting.
The Annual Turkey Shoot format will
be a “true scramble.” THE BOARD AND THE TOURNAMENT CHAIRMAN WOULD DO ALL THE
PAIRINGS. NEWS ITEMS:
Thanks to our Vice-pres. Danny Butler for arranging
these times while Victoria is undergoing aerification of the greens !!!
| Course: | Chester Washington GC | | Date of Play: | Tuesday, October 28, & November
4, 2014 | | Time of Play: | 7:00 am | | Number
of Players: | 32 | | Reservation Name: | Victoria Seniors | | Confirmation Number: | 340115908 |
TOURNAMENT SUMMARY;
The
October tournament was held ONE WEEK EARLIER due to upcoming
aerification of the greens at Victoria.
The course was so wet as if it had rained 10 inches!! We played “lift
clean and place!” The greens were OK, but you could see they
needed some work. There were 3 flight
designations and fine scores were posted, nonetheless! It was a nice day, too! Congrats
to the following golfers:
A
Flight LOW GROSS went to Bruce Appledorn. B Flight
LOW GROSS,
in a tie, went to Charles Kirksey and
Louis Gray. C
Flight winner was “Q” (Wil Montague) with a
78!! 78?
LOW NET WINNERS ARE: A Flight: Roman
Peebles B Flight: Bobby Smith.
C Flight: Dexter
Moon.
Christmas Tournament
December 16th 7:30AM
Shotgun
$55.00 per player
1.)
First 50 Players
with Money to Tournament chair Nate Brown. 2.)
Turkey Lunch at Denny’s
(Carson), Open Bar immediately following. 3.)
Tee Prizes plus
Christmas gift for everyone. 4.)
Raffle Tickets. 5.)
Gross and Low Net
prizes. 6.)
Closest to the Pin and
Long Drive prizes. 7.)
Prize for Best Outfit.
SEPTEMBER
SAD NEWS TO
REPORT:
Willie
Armstead and former
member Tom Blackmon have
passed away.
MESSAGE FROM YOUR BOARD:
Your board members had a
meeting after the tournament to discuss some items about the golf course. We
talked with a gentleman from Los Angeles
County Department of Parks and Recreation.
He explained to us that they are trying their best to work with the
issues that arise with Victoria.
We reported many problems
with the course. For example, the ground squirrels, the sand traps and their
lack of sand, the flag poles that don’t fit in in the cups, and other issues.
Now
according to Victoria grounds super Arnie Peredia:
“Feedback on course condition
its well appreciated, it helps us to take care of details that sometimes we
don't see.
Cups and flag poles are on
order will let you know once we get ‘em installed.
Water pooling on bunkers, we
had a couple situations where sprinkler heads got stock and rand longer than
supposed to causing that problem but it’s been taking corrected.”
Also,
in our meeting it was decided to have 4
away rounds of golf at various local courses. These rounds will have our regular
skins
games and our closest to the pin
contests on the par threes!
TOURNAMENT RESULTS:
Our
August tournament went well. A nice
weather day, somewhat cool and a small bit of wind that helped on the 13, 14,
& 15th holes! RAY YOUNG led the way in the A flight with a fine 74. A really good round considering how long
n’tough the ol’ course is getting.
RAY
LAMPKIN walked away with the B
flight prize
BILLIE PROCTOR claimed the C flight going
away.
A
flight low net prize went to GENE HARDY.
B
flight low net prize went to 4 members,
who tied, JESSIE FANIEL, TERRY CONANT, CHARLES KIRKSEY,
& JACK HAYES C flight low
net prize went to 3 members, who tied, ROLAND
HAWKINS,TOM EGGLESTON, and ROY ALBERTSON.
Nice
playing, guys!
Rules Corner:
Golfers;
we are playing, as ground under
repair, the mounds of sand that are to the right of nine green and to
the left and right of # 4 fairway.
Remember the maintenance area left of 4 green is out of bounds. Any questions
ask a board member.
ON
THE DISABLED LIST:
It’s come to my
attention that 3 members are out of action indefinitely. Tony Fruitt had a 2nd
MRI on his back.
Bob Acosta had a
blood vessel burst in one eye and has to wear a patch.
William Waddell is on
the mend with skin cancer.
Get
well soon, guys!!
| TOM EGGLESTON ACED NUMBER 5 IN AUGUST |
|
AUGUST NEWS
Sad news to
report! Sherman Shoupe passed away
on Saturday July 26th.
THE 2014 VSMGC CHAMPIONSHIPS
Congratulations
to the champion golfers of the year:
A
Flight – DANNY
BUTLER! B
Flight –
SAM
WILLIAMS!
C Flight – CHARLES HENDRIX!
The
Club championship was held on schedule on a two
really nice days for golf. Couldn’t ask
for better weather! I (President)
requested that the course (second round) not to be watered, because we were
playing the ball down! Well, the powers
that be did not listen to me and the course was too wet again! The course rough
for the first round was brutal. Somewhat
like US Open rough. It gave guys fits! As
you can plainly see the scores were way way up, as well! For the second round
they at least they cut
the rough a bit!
Some pin positions were Brutal!! Like # 3 or
#’s12 and 14!
For Example: The 3rd hole killed
me! I, Peterson, totaled 13 stokes on 3!
2
‘chili dips!’ the first day and One 4 putt the next round! UGH!
Danny Butler had a 2 shot
lead after the first round over Shane Carlson and a 5 shot lead over
defending champ Bob Acosta, but that
lead evaporated after the first nine.
Danny came back on the back nine but Bob Acosta and Shane were coming on
strong only to falter on the somewhat easy 15th hole. I believe the
wind was a factor playing the
15th.
A similar circumstance happened last year.
The 15th hole was pivotal in Bob
Acosta’s win!
Danny subsequently “eeked” out a one stroke victory.
Sam
Williams walked away with the B flight prize winning with 2 nice rounds.
Charles
Hendrix survived those difficult days and claimed the C flight going
away.
Regardless of the
course condition there was OUTSTANDING Play!
A
flight low
net prize went to BOB ACOSTA.
B
flight low net prize went to
CHARLES KIRKSEY.
C
flight low net prize went to
BILLIE PROCTOR.
Nice playing, guys!
After
seeing the scores for the tournament and the way the course is now, WITH REAL
GRASS FAIRWAYS, I wonder if we may have to petition for an adjustment
of the slope of the “new” Victoria!
JULY 2014
Message
from your President.
HEAR YE HEAR YE, O GOLFERS:
WE ARE RETURNING TO The Links
at Victoria on
Tuesday July 1st. Mark your
calendar!
Tournament summary:
The JUNE tournament (Member
guest/Partner’s Best Ball) was played as scheduled, at
Lo Amigos
golf Course. We had many
guests and I hope they enjoyed the day.
The greens there that day were rather poor. It seems that they didn’t
mow them that day.
(?) That didn’t stop many players, though.
There were good scores as usual.
NOTE:
There were no flight
designations for this tournament
Taking the low gross prize for the member/member was the team of Roman Peebles & Ray Young with
a 63!!
JJJ
Those
guys are pretty pretty good!
Taking the low gross prize for the member/guests was the team of Bob
Acosta & Bob Dee with
a 64!!
WOW! JJJ
First Low net prize went to the member/member team of Louis Gray & Wil Montague with
a net 61!! JJJ
First
Low net prize went to the member/guest team of
Phil Glover & A.
Watson with
a net 56!! 56? Yes, I even double
checked their score… JJJ
This is another example of AMAZING
LOW SCORES FOR THIS TOURNAMENT.
JUNE 2014
MONTHLY
NEWS ITEMS:
A
HOLE IN ONE! DANNY BUTLER ACED NUMBER 5 again on
May 17, 2014!!
He aced #5 Four years ago
almost to the day, on MAY18, 2010!
Tournament
summary:
The MAY
tournament was played as scheduled,
a week
early on May 13th due to the fact the greens were to be punched on
the 20th.
The format was a 4-man
scramble and there were some spectacular scores.
A 60 by the team of Danny Butler, Sam Williams & James Brown
took the low gross
prize. Danny had the ACE On 5 to
go along with the previous 4 birdies and a nine-hole score of 28. WOW!
2nd low gross
went to the team of Bob Acosta, Frank Louie
& Norm Potter with a 61!
3rd low gross
went to the team of Bruce Appledorn, Terry Conant, Wil Montague
&
Greg Dupre with a gross of 63.
As usual there were good scores all around!
A semi-annual
club meeting was held after the May tournament. Dennis Peterson as the new president
presided
over the meeting. We had a nice lunch of
chicken Fajitas w/rice and beans.
The main item of discussion in our semi-annual club meeting was whether
we should play the ball “down” during tournaments.
The motion was that the issue would be decided by the
Board and come back to the Club with our new Policy. It was seconded and the
vote was a unanimous Yes. We did
not vote on playing the ball down, but
discussion seemed unanimous that NOT playing it down is what the club wants.
Wood chips, gravel and balls up against the curb can all be factored into that
decision.
Tuesday May 20th
Charles Kirksey and I had a discussion with the course super Arnie
Peredia. He agreed to take the ropes
down, but we would have to do a "90 degree" with the carts.
That seems reasonable to
me. Especially on holes 7, 11, 12, 13,
the ones we have to walk clear across the fairway to get to your ball!
Victoria
Senior Men’s Golf Club
GENERAL
MEETING MINUTES
May
13, 2014
Dennis Peterson,
President presiding
CALL
TO ORDER:
Pledge of allegiance performed.
The
meeting was opened at approximately 12:30pm after a “Tasty” Lunch of Chicken
Fajitas.
NOTES/DISCUSSIONS
An introduction of the
board members was
performed.
George Ortiz – our voluntary parliamentarian
reported that three general rules of order should be followed at our meetings.
- Raise your
hand to be recognized by the podium ( President)
- Talk to the
podium (President) not to other members. .
- ..this
stops inter member discussions /cross talk.
- Be
courteous! Do not
interrupt other member when speaking, wait your turn to
be recognized by the podium
(President),
Dennis Peterson made a short Treasurer’s report
for Treasurer Tony Fruit who is laid
up with back problems. As of March 31,
2014 total club funds are $3,394.98.
Norm Potter (SCGA Rep.) was called upon to
update the members of a meeting and items discussed with Plaza golf owner
Roy. Norm discussed the benefits gained
from Plaza Golf in their recent lunch with Roy.
Roman Peebles brought up the issue of “Bumping”
the Ball and after a lively discussions, it was voted that the board would come
out with a policy that would be adopted by all members.
Norm Potter, suggested that we have the rules
for each tournament posted on the first tee or handed out prior to the
tournaments, so everyone would be on the same page. Nate Brown said he would do
that in the future.
Nate Brown, tournament chairman, re-iterates
if you are not going to make you tee time, please call someone!
Nate gave the Tournament Results.
Nate informed us that the next
Tournament would be the “Member/Guest” on June 17th.
Charles Kirksey (Handicap chairman) asked why the
ropes can’t be taken down for our Tournaments, as they do for the Women’s Club.
Dennis said he would look into it.
Danny Butler (vice-President) brought up the
next week’s “Skin Game” and suggested, that because our greens will be freshly
punched, that we look into playing somewhere else for a couple of weeks and
Nate said “He would look into it and advise us.”
Normally A drawing for new Tuesday
tee times is held, but I as president and due to low turnout on the regular
Tuesday play decided to keep the current times until the next general meeting
in November. .
Meeting adjourned.
MONTHLY NEWS ITEMS:
THE LINKS AT VICTORIA NEWS - 2014 AERIFYING BEGINS MAY 20th.
Therefore our May tournament will be played on Tuesday May 13th.
Remember there will be a general club meeting after golf. Lunch will be provided.
Recently, board
members Butler, Potter and Peterson met with Plaza golf owner Roy. The results of that meeting are as follows:
1.) A proposed Christmas Tournament where Roy would sell us prizes at cost and provide a Gift Card
($10 off when you spend $50) to be used as Tee Prizes.
2.) Plaza’s annual Tent sale in August (Fri, Sat, Sun), we would come Thursday evening with Wine
and Appetizers so we would get first call on all the discounted merchandise.
3.) Twice a year after our Shotgun Starts, Roy would arrange for Golf Reps. to be at our range for Demo’s
and Fittings.
4.) Plaza would provide a $10 Gift card for all new members.
5.) We would feature a monthly “Banner” ad on our web site for discounts just for our members.
6.) We also discussed personal “Club Fitting Sessions”.
We will discuss these points in detail at a board meeting, as we have made no commitments ‘til
the board discusses these matters in detail.
Tournament summary:
The APRIL tournament was played as scheduled, on a cloudy cool weather
day. The wind came up strong then dissipated. Still the wind made some holes play tough. Some of the greens were slow
due to the Poa Annua seed heads that made
putting difficult.
I changed the format around for this version of “Red, Gold, &White” to White, Gold, Red.
As it turned out the wind came up and made the Red tee holes play just a bit longer. Also, due to the
new sod, I thought that the back nine holes 13 and 18 would play really long from the white tees!
There were good scores as usual.
A flight.
Roman
Peebles carded a 71 for
the top low gross prize. And, there was a two-way tie for 2nd low gross with SHANE CARLSON & RAY
YOUNG both coming in with 72s! J
J
J
Low net went to SAM WILLIAMS with a 76 net 65! Great!
B flight.
Low gross went to Dennis Peterson with a score of 77. Second low gross with Terry
Conant carding a 78. YES!! Low net went to James Brown with an 80 net 65! J
J
J
C flight.
There was a three-way tie
for low gross with DANNY MCKENNA, VICTOR SHIMA, & BOBBY UEHARA each carding an 87. Low net went to GREG DUPRE with a 97 net 70.
APRIL 2014
A Message from your President:
As of this writing, Danny Butler our Vice-President
and Membership Chair reports that we now have 101 members!
Our next task is to get better turnouts for our tournaments!
SUGGESTIONS ARE WELCOME!
Tournament summary:
The MARCH tournament was played as scheduled, on real nice day. The wind was in the opposite direction than what we are used to. For example number 15 was downwind! Normally after noon the wind comes in off the ocean in our face
on 15! The course dried out after that hard rain we had a couple of weeks ago. The
greens could not be better!!.
The pin settings were brutal on some holes! Like #S 5, 6, 8 13, and 16!
My (Peterson) putt for par on 5 from 25’ went past the hole
on the left then, due to gravity, backed into the hole! Amazing!
Here’s a shout out to Bob Acosta and Norm Potter for bringing some goodies for us!
There were good scores as usual.
A flight.
Danny Butler took the top low gross prize with
a 68! Ray Young carded a 70 for 2nd!
Low net went to RAY LAMPKIN with a 76 net 65! All right All right All right!
Nice rounds by Roman Peebles and
Bruce Appledorn (a new member).
B flight.
NORM POTTER won low gross prize with an 80.
Low net went to CORRNEL TODD and
LEADIE PHILLIPS with a net 68’s.
Very Nice!!
C flight.
ROY ALBERTSON
won low gross prize with an 80. OK!
Bobby Uehara took low net score of 67. Nice!
See complete results on the following page.
THE LINKS
AT VICTORIA NEWS
The latest course news is that holes 11 and 13
may open up for regular play as early as the week of the 31st of March, or sooner!
That would leave only #7 to play as a par 3. I’m sure you noticed
Tuesday that they were just putting down sod on 7. Apparently the grass they
tried to grow there did not take.
ALSO, as far as I know, AERIFYING OF GREENS COULD BEGIN
IN APRIL! If so, we will probably take our April Tournament somewhere else. Stay tuned.
Norm Potter, our SCGA Representative Chair has an idea
I want to pursue.
Would you like to have a MONEY PUTTING TOURNAMENT after one of our regular tournaments? Let a board member know if you’d like to participate in a $$$ Money putting tournament??
MARCH 2014
MESSAGE FROM YOUR BOARD
Big news!
WE ARE RETURNING TO THE LINKS AT VICTORIA! MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
TUESDAY MARCH 4TH!
Remember starting time is 7:30 AM.
Overall the fairways are in good shape now.
I can’t say enough about the greens!! They are about as good as I’ve seen!
There are still some par fours that are shortened
to par threes, though. Number’s 7, 11, and 13 are par threes. Those holes should be ready for normal play in April. The
only holes that haven’t changed much are 14, 15, 16 & 17.
We will be playing the ball ‘down’
from now on.
Obviously, there will still be areas of ground
under repair. Those areas will be very visible.
It’s easy to get around with carts as
well. There are ‘cut-across’ accesses on some holes that will help
you ‘older’ guys!!
Tournament summary:
The February Partners
best ball tournament was held as scheduled at Chester Washington. The weather was pretty good, cool mornings. Play was a bit slow, but that’s normal for busy CLW!
Scores were pretty
good too.
Low
gross went to Shane Carlson and Howard Hudson with a 65.
Low
net went to the James Brown and Bobby Smith team with a net 54!
Yowzer!!
There
were fine scores by the teams of PEEBLES/NICKLEBERRY, ACOSTA/BUTLER,
FRUITT/HARDY,
DUDLEY/PROCTOR, H. DAVIS/QUICK, GORDON,
JACQUES as well.
See all results
on next page.
FYI HANDICAP CALCULATION using the course
rating, and slope for Victoria (white tees).
A golfer's handicap is determined by two factors, which are the course rating and the slope
of the golf course. First subtract the course rating (69.8) from a golf score,
then multiply by 113, then divide by the slope (117), and finally multiply by .96 to find a handicap.
The following algorithm example is if you shoot a 79 at Victoria.
This Algorithm - [((79 - 69.8)*113)/117]*.96
The following is how one would
work the algorithm.
[((79 - 69.8) * 113)/117]
[(9.2)
* 113/117]
[1039.6]
8.89 * .96 =
8.5 is YOUR HANDICAP
FEBRUARY 2014
THE
JANUARY TOURNAMENT!
@ CLW
We had an amazing sunny
& warm (80) day for golf.
--
Eagles, Birdies galore
--
Bob Acosta eagled #12 & Ray Young Eagled # 8!!
--
There were some great scores!
--
WINNER winner,
Chicken dinner!
--
A flight - Gross
DANNY BUTLER
A flight - Net
FRED JONES
B-flight - Gross
WILLIAM KILGORE
B flight - Net
ROBERT UEHARA
VSMGC
ROSTER
INCLUDED
MEMBERS:
A QUESTION?
When we return to Victoria, would you like to have a MONEY PUTTING TOURNAMENT after one of our regular tournaments?
P.S. Sorry, that
girl won’t be there!
JANUARY 2014
THE
DECEMBER TOURNAMENT
At Chester L. Washington golf course!
The weather was beautiful! Sunny & warm.
Bob Acosta wants to thank all for showing up for his invitational tournament!
JUST KIDDING!!!
Bob does well anywhere!
There were some special scores posted!
GREAT SCORES!
A flight
Bob Acosta,
Shane Carlson, Eugene Hardy,
James Jackson
Charles Kirksey
B-flight
Terry Conant,
Billie Proctor
Mike Taylor
Roland
Hawkins
MEMBERS NOTE:
If you have not renewed your membership, this will be the last newsletter you will receive.
As of this writing these are the members who have not renewed for 2014. Renewal is
$65.
AMOS, GERALD
BROWN, JAMES
CLEMENTS, STEVE
CONANT, CRAIG
DIMARTINO, JOHN
DUPRE, GREG
GRAY, LOUIS
HAWKINS, ROLAND
HAYES, JACK
JACKSON, GILBERT
JAGATICH, STEPHEN
JONES, FRED
LOUIE, FRANK
MACK, JAMES
MATTIS, CHARLIE
MITCHELL, ROBERT
OMIYA,
CLARENCE
SAKAMOTO, KEN
SMITH, JAMES
VARNADO, BOB
WAGNER, LOUIS
WHITE, RONNIE
WILLIAMS, WILLIE
YAMAMOTO, CLIFTON
December 2013
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
THE
NOVEMBER (TURKEY SHOOT) TOURNAMENT.
At Chester L. Washington golf course!
AGAIN, There were some amazing low scores posted!
The weather was cool ‘n partly sunny for the early shotgun start!
We played a 4-man scramble again.
GREAT SCORES! LOW 60’S BY THE Ray Young, Bob Acosta, teams.
Shane Carlson, Danny Butler, Tony Fruitt and Roman Peebles.
Posted good scores,
too
General Meeting Notes:
Billie Proctor club president presiding.
Call to order – Pledge of Allegiance was conducted.
An Introduction by the president of current board members was conducted.
Dennis Peterson (Secretary/Treasurer) read minutes/items from our last
meeting in May. Then he informed the members about the conditions at Victoria
and when we will return. It appears the course won’t be ready until March
2014 at the earliest. Now there are 3 holes played as par 3’s and the other
holes with new sod are ‘cart path only!’
Dennis handed out
a 3rd quarter financial summary for members to review.
Floor discussions and comments:
Questions: James Jackson inquired about who decided who is going to be the President and Vice-president?
According to the by-laws, as follows.
ARTICLE VI. ELECTION OF OFFICERS
a. President. The Vice President shall succeed the President with a simple majority of the Board.
b. Vice President. The Vice President shall be nominated from the current Board of Directors
c. Board of Directors: Any member who meets the qualifications according to the By-Laws is elected
by a simple majority of the club members voting.
Terry Stevens inquired about
the saving account the club has. Due to the fact we can avoid bank surcharges
for minimum balance, check writing etc.. The president set up that $100 be set aside each month. The savings account can be accessed at any time.
Election results are as follows:
Dennis Peterson - Now assumes the duties as President for 2014.
Nate Brown, Incumbent reelected.
Walter Johnson, Incumbent reelected.
Ray Lampkin, Incumbent reelected.
Tony Fruitt, Incumbent reelected.
Danny Butler, Incumbent reelected.
Norm Potter, New Board Member elected.
Charles Kirksey, New Board Member elected.
Chuck Holt, our resident parliamentarian, conducted a swearing
in of elected board members. Congratulations to all.
Also, weekly tee times for 2014 were drawn.
Meeting adjourned.
NOVEMBER 2013
NEWS ITEMS:
UPCOMING TOURNAMENT REMINDER: November
19th - THE ANNUAL TURKEY SHOOT, with the traditional 7:00AM Shotgun Start (6:30 AM check in).
A General Meeting follows the tournament. Lunch will be served..
Get
your entries in early! Entry Fee $50.00.
Chester Washington charges $5 extra for shotgun tournaments!
(See the last page for entry form).
PLEASE
NOTE; a board member election will be held. If you want to throw your hat in
the ring for a position on the board, please respond during the meeting.
The Annual Turkey Shoot format will be a “true scramble.”
THE BOARD AND THE TOURNAMENT CHAIRMAN WOULD DO ALL THE PAIRINGS.
The pairings would be of PLAYERS OF VARIOUS HANDICAPS. He would
BUILD teams with APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TOTAL HANDICAPS (as of Nov. 2013). All
subject to change.
IT WOULD GIVE GUYS A CHANCE TO PLAY WITH OTHER PLAYERS IN THE CLUB.
SCRAMBLE RULES SHEET
Each group competes as a team for the LOWEST TEAM SCORE for the 18 holes.
METHOD OF PLAY
1.
Each group will select a Team captain prior to teeing
off.
2.
Play begins with each member of the group teeing off.
3.
With the agreement of the other members of the group,
the team captain decides which drive is the most desirable.
4.
The other members of the group pick up their balls
and proceed to the spot of the selected drive, where they will hit their second shots.
5.
The better of the second shots is then chosen. The
group will then hit all their putts (or third shots) from that spot.
6.
This procedure continues until the ball is in the hole.
7.
At the end of each hole, the score for the group
is recorded on the card.
Note: The maximum score allowed is double par. After that, simply pick up the balls
and move on to the next hole.
Links at Victoria Renovation Status:
Sodded Holes: 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 12, and 18
Holes 2, 3, 9, and 12 are set to be open to foot traffic only on Nov 8th
Holes 1, 10, and 18 are set to be open to foot traffic only on Nov 15th.
Seeded Holes: 7, 11, and 13
Seeded holes are projected to open between middle of March 2014 and
middle of April 2014.
Carts will remain off-limits on the holes with new sod for a period
of 90-120 days.
We want to give the sod the best possible chance for survival and growth,
so the course will remain cart path only in most areas for the next three to four months, especially through the rainy season.
We did secure additional sod
acreage after we completed the original three phases of the renovation project, so there will be certain small areas of the
course that will be closed to any traffic. These areas will be clearly marked as ground under repair for those playing the
course.
MEMBERS NOTE:
To avoid disqualification, please check
your scorecards before turning them in. Players turned in cards with arithmetic errors.
The October tournament was held at Chester L. Washington Golf Course due to recent
renovations at Victoria. There were 2 flight designations due to only 33
players but some fine scores were posted, nonetheless! The greens at CLW were tricky, some were fast and some were bumpy bumpy!
LOCAL KNOWLEDGE: The greens near Western Ave to the East, break uphill and downhill towards Van Ness
Ave. to the West or (El Segundo (the city).)
Congrats to the following golfers:
A Flight LOW GROSS went to
Bob Acosta. B Flight LOW GROSS went to Sherman Shoup.
LOW NET WINNERS
WERE: A Flight: Fred Jones. B Flight: Bobby
Smith.
See complete results on the following
pages.
REMINDER: 2014 MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL $60.00. DEADLINE DECEMBER 1st , 2013
AUGUST 2013
Message from your board
This
year our club championship had a rather low turnout. Disappointing! Is there anything we can do to get more players? Do you have
any suggestions? All comments would be extremely helpful and confidential. Please
do not hesitate to voice your opinions to the board!
Monthly News Items:
THE 2013 VSMGC CHAMPIONSHIPS
Congratulations
to the champion golfers of the year:
A Flight – Low Gross - BOB ACOSTA. B Flight – Low Gross -
TERRY MEEKS!
The Club championship was held
on schedule on a two really nice days for golf. Couldn’t ask for better
weather! We (President & VP) requested that the course not to be watered,
so as to eliminate too much of ‘lift clean and place’ (no mud balls!) activities.
We would just have to contend with the normal ‘ground under repair’ rules.
Regarding the second round? It had rained some the days before AND according
to the course supervisor (Arnie Peredia) it was watered. That didn’t help some of the ‘short’ hitters to get a bit more distance
(“mud balls”) off the tee! Did you like those pin positions? Brutal!!
Bob Acosta overcame a 2 shot deficit to win the
club championship (A-flight) for the
THIRD year in a row! Besting first round leader Tony Fruitt by
two strokes.
Bob
was very humble in his victory, stating he was somewhat lucky to win, even though his 2nd round score of 70 was
the best of the day!
Tony
Fruitt had some bad luck on the back nine, the 15th hole proved to be one of the problems. Tony’s second shot was inches from being in play as opposed to being in the environmental area. Tony recorded a bogey on number 15 that was uncommon for a player of his caliber! That bogey combined with previous bogeys on 13 and 14 and subsequently the 16th
hole sealed the deal for Bob.
Also, Bob said he was privileged to play two rounds with no finer group of gentlemen (Fruitt, Danny Butler, Gene
Hardy and Ray Young). I quote, “What a pleasure to play with them!!!”
Terry Meeks just blew away the B flight competition
with 2 nice rounds. Was that the “real” Terry Meeks? Terry putts with one hand! Those of us, who’ve seen
the “one handed” wonder putt, are amazed! His playing partners said
he was “on fire” around/on the greens!!
OUTSTANDING Play!
A flight low net prize went
to Benny Nickleberry (who bettered his age again)
B flight net prizes went to
Bobby Smith and Robert Lee Allen who tied.
Nice playing, guys!
JULY 2013
MONTHLY NEWS ITEMS:
Tournament summary:
The JUNE
tournament
(4 MAN TEAMS - 2 BEST BALLS) was played as scheduled, on
“14 and 1/3 holes of ground under repair” Or, commonly called The Links at Victoria.
I claim editorial
license!
NOTE:
There were no flight designations for this tournament
This format required combining the 2 best scores
from 4 scores on each hole. Therefore, we have some odd looking net scores after
the team’s total handicap was subtracted from the best gross score of the 2 best scores.
WHEW!!
Thanks for the diligence.
Taking
the low gross prize was the team of Bob Acosta, Shane Carlson, Roman Peebles and Benny Nickleberry.
The
best 2 scores from that group produced a gross of 125!! What you
say!
It certainly helps
your score when one player has 10 birdies on his card!
I’ll bet you
know who it was?
Bob
Acosta with 10 birdies actually set a possible course record of 63, but it seems, it doesn’t count because of the 4th
hole construction. OH NO, you say!
Just
think if Bob had made a par on 17 instead of a double bogey, a 61 still
should qualify as a course record!!!
Looks
like Bob’s gearing up for a defense of his club championship. Look out!!
Those guys are pretty
pretty good!
First
Low net prize went to the team of Steve Clements, Greg Dupre, George Ortiz and
Robert
Lee Allen with a 78 net total! WOW!
This is another example of AMAZING LOW SCORES
FOR THIS TOURNAMENT.
See complete
results on the following page.
ATTENTION GOLFERS:
The Victoria Senior Men’s Golf Club will hold its club championship on July
16th and the 23rd.
COME ONE COME ALL TO PLAY IN OUR PRESTIGIOUS
ONCE A YEAR TOURNAMENT.
REMEMBER WE HAVE “FLIGHTS” NOW.
- “A” flight handicaps of 0 to 10
- “B” flight handicaps of 11 to 15
- “C” flight handicaps of 16 to 20
- “D” flight handicaps of 21 and up.
Note: The number of members entering the tournament will determine the number of flights.
This page will have a copy of our latest organization newsletter. We will update the page each month.
JUNE 2013
MONTHLY
NEWS ITEMS:
A semi-annual
club meeting was held after the May tournament. Dennis Peterson was introduced
as the new club vice-President. New weekly tee times were drawn effective
the 1st of July. Members not present had their times decided by the
Board members present.
Tournament summary:
The MAY
tournament
was played as scheduled, at Whittier Narrows Golf Courses. We had a poor turnout for the May tournament, only 24 players,
but all had a good time. It was nice to play on some grass for a change. Before the round, coffee and donuts (Crispy Creams) were supplied
courtesy of Claude Avery and Norm Potter.
The format was
a 4-man scramble and there were some spectacular scores. A 61 by the team of TONY FRUITT, RAY YOUNG,
BOB MITCHELL, and BILLIE PROCTOR took the low gross prize.
I saw their scorecard; they had 6 birdies in a row on that Pine course.
WOW!
2nd
low gross went to the team of SHANE CARLSON, WALT JOHNSON, EUGENE BRYANT,
and NATE BROWN. NICE!
3rd
low gross went to the team of BOB ACOSTA, ED ALSTON, TERRY MEEKS, and LUTHER
DUDLEY.
OK! There were
good scores all around!
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