TORREY PINES NEWS
Edited by Martin
"Rick" Olivera
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DECEMBER 2000
- Non-Conforming Golf Clubs-- For those following this
issue, let me remind you that the club's position is to abide by
The Rules of golf as issued by the USGA. Therefore, our
tournaments may NOT by played with non-conforming clubs, and scores
from a round of golf played with a non-conforming club in the bag are
NOT to be posted for handicapping purposes. Read through the USGA
Press Release
for further clarification on this issue. In addition, it may be worth
your time
to read through the
USGA List of Non-Conforming Driving Clubs for a thorough detail of
what you may NOT use in tournaments played by The Rules. If you read through
this list, in addition to the Callaway ERC and ERC II drivers you'll
also find, among others, the new TaylorMade R300, R320 and R360
drivers.
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- Newsletter Now On Line-- The TPMGC monthly newsletter
can now be downloaded or viewed from the club's web page. It's in MS Word
format and about 500 kbytes in size. Those of you who use MS Word as an
application
within your browser may be able to view it on line, and those who are not
able to view it on line can
download it, then use MS Word to view it off line or print it and then read
it.
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- Scholarship Recipients-- The recipients of our annual
scholarships for junior golfers are Ryan Kholer from Rancho
Bernardo High School, and Adrienne Cipparone from Poway High
School. They both had the highest combined scoring average and grade
point average, and they both intend to participate in college golf
when they finish high school.
As you may remember, the $800 scholarships -- soon to be raised to an
amount not yet determined -- are raised for local junior golfers through
the entry fees collected during the club's annual Sanderson Charity
tournament held in May. The tournament honors our charter members Grady
and [the late] Flo Sanderson.
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NOVEMBER 2000
- SPECIAL TOURNAMENT- The club will have a special
SUNDAY tournament to say good bye
to the year 2000. It'll take place on December 31, 2000, on
the South Course, Stroke Play format. The sign-up
for this tournament will be on Saturday, December 16th, 6am, TP
lounge (I'll take care of it). The Tournament Chairman is John
Hoffman.
- NOVEMBER GENERAL MEETING- Among other items, Art
Stromberg was elected to the Board of Directors. Art has been a
member of the Handicap Committee for some time, and of the club for
quite some time. Welcome aboard! Hal Boston, past-president
and also long time member of the club, decided not to run for re-election
and take a break from his Board duties. Current Board members Dean Creech,
Mark Doyle, Claude Gigoux, John Hoffman, Hank Johnson, Steve Larson, and
Jack Petrick were re-elected for another two-year term.
- CALLAWAY ERC-II DRIVER- As you may already know, this golf
club as been deemed "non conforming". Callaway Golf itself deemed this
club "illegal" per USGA standards, even before submitting it to
the USGA for approval. The ERC-II driver is legal per R&A Rules (i.e.,
all over the world but the US and Mexico) and has been selling quite well
abroad.
In fact the club is so popular that it's being re-imported into the US
and sold here, against Callaway Golf marketing policies and regulations.
In order to avoid this loss in revenue in the US market, Callaway began
selling it here too.
However, since the club does not conform, it will no be
accepted in any competition governed by USGA rules of golf. Since the
Torrey Pines Men's Golf Club plays by The Rules of Golf (USGA Rules), the
ERC-II driver
MAY NOT be used in any of our tournaments. Players who use this
club in any TPMGC tournament will be assessed the penalty of
DISQUALIFICATION per Rule 4-1a.
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OCTOBER 2000
- Flodell W. Sanderson (2/8/1918-9/29/2000) --
Flo, a long time Tournament Coordinator for the Torrey Pines
Men's Golf Club and wife of 40-year Handicap Chairman Grady Sanderson,
passed away on Friday, September 29th. She passed on from complications
surrounding another stroke suffered two weeks earlier, and an abdominal
aneurysm. Besides Grady, she left behind two sons, four daughters,
thirteen grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren.
She was a charter member of the Torrey Pines Women's Golf Club, but
will be forever remembered for the cheerful greetings and handling of
all our Sunday's group tournaments for a long long time. She and Grady
were both
constant fixtures at the golf courses for the 40+ years Grady served
as the only Handicap Chairman the club ever had known since its
formation in 1958. For a time, in the 1960's, they ran the concessions
for the golf courses.
In 1998 the club started an annual tournament called "The Sanderson" to
honor the devotion, energy, and enthusiasm that both, Flo and Grady,
demonstrated to golf in general, and the Torrey Pines Men's Golf Club
in particular. It is the rare dedication from people like Flo and Grady
that makes it possible for the club to run as efficiently as it does.
We owe Flo and Grady a debt of gratitude.
Flo, you'll be sorely missed.
Steve Larson, TPMGC President
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- SCHEDULE CHANGES- Due to
conflicting schedule with Torrey Pines, two tournaments this month will
have shotgun starts. They are the Thursday Sweeps on October 5, and Sunday's Hero-Bum
on October 22. In both cases, tee times
had already been assigned or signed up, so tournament chairmen had to
redo the schedule giving each foursome a starting tee, instead of a tee
time. If you had signed up for either tournament, make sure to check the
revised tee assignments so you know in which tee you'll be starting.
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SEPTEMBER 2000
- Club Championships - Prize Allocation: For prize allocation
go to the prize report issued by Steve
Larson.
- Stableford Points--
Winners of the Sunday Stableford tournament were:
Steve Roberts (Low Gross: +8 points),
Don Rickman (1st Flight: +9 points), and
John Lomac (2nd Flight: +14 points). Closest to the Hole: #3,
Jim Powell; #8, Pat Shea; #11, Jack Miller;
#16 John Lomac.
John Lomac aced #16 from the new tees set up between the 15th green and the
canyon to the west. See the schedule for
complete final results. We had six unfilled spots. Three
were due to no-shows: Kurt Nelson, Bob Imlay, and Shane Hadley. And
three were just unfilled because there were no players on stand-by.
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AUGUST 2000
- Club Championships - Final Results:
Andrew Kissick is the new club champion. He defeated
Josh Breier 1-up in the final match. Andrew birdied the last hole
hitting a great second shot with a 3-wood from the left rough, short of the
fairway bunker, to the right fringe, pin high. He then chipped on and
made the putt. Josh had to settle for par. Both, Andrew and Josh, are
Callaway employees, so it seems there will be some bragging going on at
the office this coming week.
Andrew was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. First and foremost a
hockey player, he took up golf at age ten. He won several junior golf
tournaments and was the Junior Champion at Weston Golf & CC for three years
straight. He earned a golf scholarship at Florida International University in
Miami. He played in their team for four years while earning his BS degree.
Andrew is currently a Senior Test Analyst in Research and Development at
Callaway Golf. Andrew has been a member of the club since December
1999.
James Mintun, seeded #1, won the
first flight. Steve Giallombardo
won the second flight with a deadly short game in the final match.
Mark Moede
won the third flight when his opponent, Bruce Miller, had to leave
town unexpectedly therefore forfeiting the final match. The fourth flight
was won by Fred Cartwright. The
fifth flight was won by Robert Palmer
while Jerry Lucas prevailed in the sixth
flight.
Congratulations to all the winners!!
During the qualifying rounds, Paul Gillen aced #17 North with
an "easy" 7-iron in the thick fog on Saturday. And Bud Rollison
aced #8 South on Sunday.
Check the brackets in the Sunday
Schedule for more detail on the matches.
- Pat Perez-- son of TPMGC member Tony Perez and
older brother of TPMGC member Mike Perez, won last week on the
Buy.com tour at the Ozarks Open. His tour bio says
that he plays out of Torrey Pines and one of his special
interests is sleeping. According to Tony, Pat's teacher is
Mike Owen (Torrey Pines). Pat, now 24, won the Junior World
Championship back in 1993 (10-under 278, Torrey South) and
worked at Torrey's driving range at age 14 through high school.
Congratulations Pat (and the Perez family) !!
- It seems this month has some club members playing in prestigious
tournaments. In addition to Mike Hartford playing in
the US Amateur, we also have current board member and former
president John Hoffman playing in the British Mid-Amateur
at Royal Troon. Good luck, guys!
- Notes from Board Meeting of 8/15--
- Jim Allen's Report:
- Jim indicated that the 5-year-plan
is still under revision by the City Council. Next GAC meeting is
on 9/21. As part of the club's deal with the City, Jim mentioned
that it is expected more TPMGC involvement in the Buick Invitational
and San Diego City Amateur in the form of volunteer work.
- Changes/Maintenance on the Courses:
Beware that the OB limit on #18
South is now the EAST edge of the cart path. There will be a sign at
the tee box indicating so, and there will also be markings on the
cart path. Also, the area west of the service road on the left side of
#15 South will be marked OB. This is to protect the green nursery located
there. The tee box by the service hut left of #16 South will be available.
It makes for a quite different #16.
The almost-gone tree on the right side of #7 South (150 marker) will
be replaced by another tree when the re-construction of the TP Lodge
takes place. They'll bring in a special machine that will allow removing
and re-planting of large trees.
Courses renovation will start
on 9/5 (water shutoff to dry out the courses) and will continue through
9/26.
Lastly, due to a "suggestion" from PGA TOUR agronomists, the fairways
will be brought in (narrowed), but the rough will remain low to allow
for faster play.
- Phone Reservation System: A new one will be acquired and
installed to replace the current one, which is full of problems.
- Local Rule: #6 South Boundary: FYI, a TPMGC local rule
makes the
fence on the right side of #6 South an IMMOVABLE OBSTRUCTION. This means
that you can take relief from the FENCE by dropping within one-club-length
from the nearest point not interfering with your stance and swing.
- Membership Fees: The Board voted to have the Renewal
Fees at $65 (from $60) and Late Renewal at $70 (from $65).
New Membership Fees will remain at $90, and Junior Membership Fees will remain
at $15. These changes will be effective for the upcoming renewal period
(September/October/November, 2000).
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Sunday Hero-Bum: The sign-up for this tournament will be
on Saturday, September 2nd, 6am, TP lounge.
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- Club Championships-- Check out the
Sunday Schedule to view the seven brackets and starting times for
this year's matches. Please notice that the starting times on Saturday 8/19
are for the NORTH course. For the remaining matches (8/20,
8/26, and 8/27), the starting times are for the SOUTH course.
Due to lack of participants, one full flight (7th) was cancelled and
absorbed into the 6th flight.
- Club Championships-- As you probably can tell by looking
at the tee times for Saturday, August 12th, the sign up for the
higher flights this year has been very poor. In fact, we had to
give tee times back to the City, since we were able to fill time slots
only through 9:42am. There were 12 other slots we could have used to
enter 48 more players. Up until last year we had complaints because
members were unable to enter tournaments due to the high demand for
tournament tee times. Now we
have the opposite. With few exceptions (SCGA Better-Ball, President's
Cup, Xmas Scramble), we seem to be unable to play Sunday tournaments with
full fields. Please notice that due to the poor turn up for this
Saturday, and to be able to accomodate the City, Steve Larson, the
Club Championships tournament chairman, had to make some changes to
the tee times, moving players up to squeeze them at earlier times.
If you signed up to play this Saturday, make sure you verify your
tee time.
- Torrey Trivia-- Did you know that the lone tree in the
middle of the 14th fairway on the North Course is the only tree that
was already planted before the construction of the courses? All the
other trees you see were planted during or after construction.
NOTE: If you know other bits of Torrey Trivia
that you'd like to share with the rest of the membership, please
send them to me and I'll post them here, and Mark Doyle will put
them in the Newsletter.
- The bad news is that Mike Hartford,
current San Diego City Amateur and Torrey Pines Men's Golf Club champion,
will not be able to defend his club title this year. The REALLY good
news is that the reason Mike won't be able to defend his title is because he
has qualified to play in this year's US Amateur. Mike qualified by
shooting a sizzling 136 (8-under-par) over 36 holes
at Warner Springs Ranch. He'll be
playing 36 holes of
medal-play at Baltursol on August 21st to try to earn one of
the 64 spots in the match-play brackets. Great going Mike, and good
luck at Baltusrol !!
- Former club champion Mike Riley added
another
big feather to his already featherish cap by winning the California State
Senior Amateur at Poppy Hills. Mike shot 73-76-72=221 under very difficult
"Monterey Peninsula" conditions, which was enough to win by two shots. Among
other titles, Mike won the TPMGC Club Championship in 1998, and the San Diego
City Senior Amateur in 1998 and 1999. Congratulations Mike !!
- Sunday Tournament Results-- This will save you an email
to me: Unless I am the tournament chairman, I have no control over when a
specific t.c. will email or fax me the results of his event. If you
are really anxious to know the results, call or email the corresponding t.c.
This does not apply
to the Thursday group, which have a pretty good team of t.c.'s (Claude
and Roger) and scorer (Bob Crabb) who, with the help of other volunteers,
take care of all their tournaments.
- Stableford Tournament (Sunday Group): The sign-up for
the September tournament (Sunday) will be on Saturday, August 5th, 6am,
Torrey lounge. The tournament chairman is Rick Olivera (yes, me), so
if you have any questions please send me email (I check my email more
often than I check my answering machine).
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JULY 2000
- Not much going on in July, is there? Traditionally a "slow" month for
the club, with lots of members on vacation.
Ah! The Member-Guest took over 6 hours to complete,
which for some of the participants must have felt like an entire
vacation (... in hell).
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JUNE 2000
- SCGA Better-Ball-- The overall winners are
Jack Miller and
Dave Monahan. They shot net 129 on the Sunday version
of the tournament, and then beat Thursday winners Steve O'Connell
and John Westwood in 22 holes, after both teams had tied the
playoff round with net 63 (North Course). Jack and Dave move on to
the regional qualifying tournament to be held sometime in August.
Don Rickman and Scott
Stewart won the Low Gross of the Sunday version of this
event shooting 136. Don and Scott have won the low-gross of
this event for, at least, four straight years!. That's as far back
as records are kept (website). It wouldn't surprise me if they won it
also in years prior to 1997. The Low Gross winners on Thursday
were Mike Hartford and
Brian Teaff with a score of 135.
- Thursday Group - Slow Play Policy --
The Thursday Section of the TPMGC has offered to cooperate with
the new marshaling policy at Torrey Pines by providing the marshals with our
starting times sheet and encouraging their feedback to identify slow players.
The purpose of this reporting is to identify those players who cannot
keep up with the group in front of them. These slow players will be assigned later
tee times in subsequent tournaments.
We realize that not all players within a foursome are slow players, but the faster
players have a responsibility to see to it that the foursome keeps up with the
group ahead. When that cannot be done, it means the foursome is playing too
early in the morning to maintain the pace. Therefore, the solution is to give
them a later starting time which usually corresponds with a slower pace.
The penalty for these players will be to assign each of them an "Earliest
Starting Time" which is ONE HOUR LATER than their starting time when
the offense occurred. This penalty will be IN EFFECT FOR THE NEXT SIX
MONTHS. If there are no additional citations for slow play during that
period, the restriction will be removed.
ROGER LEGARE - CLAUDE GIGOUX
THURSDAY TOURNAMENT CO-CHAIRMEN
-
City Amateur: TPMGC swept the top three of the seven Open
flights at the 200 City Am. Reigning club champion Mike
Hartford is now also the San Diego City Champion. He
scored a 282 (6-under) with rounds of 71 (South), 68 (North), 69 (Balboa),
and 74 (South), beating Russ Bloom and TPMGC member Vic Zayas by three
shots. In the First Flight, TPMGC member Robert
Harutunian won by one with a 292. In the Second Flight, Eric Price, also a Torrey Pines member, shot 281
to win by six shots. In the Senior divisions, fellow member Bruce Andrews won the Third Flight by one shot
with a 215. In the Super Senior division, TPMGC Board member Jim Kerr shot 219 and beat Chuck Tuller in a
playoff in the Second Flight. Former club president Denny Esh
tied for first place in the Fifth Flight (Senior) with 204, but lost the
playoff to Ronald Nolf of Vista Valley. Congratulations to you all on a
fine performance!!
- Torrey and Balboa Greens Fees Up: Greens fees for
Torrey Pines and Balboa Park,
18-hole and 9-hole
golf courses will increase as of July 1st. In the case of Torrey Pines,
the increase will only affect city residents and the twilight rate for
county residents, whereas visitors fees will remain unchanged.
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MAY 2000
- Sanderson Charity: The tournament took place on 5/20 (South)
and 5/21 (North) under marginal green's conditions (recent aerification).
The format, "Torrey Pines Eclectic" provided for aggresive play and was
well received by most players. However, out of 156 available spots only
136 members signed up to participate. Low-Gross winner was Don Rickman with a 64. Flight winners were Rob Phillips, 62; Melvin
Servi, 56; Paul Latchford, 54;
and David Perlow, 55. There were two
aces scored during this event: Scott Herdman on #8 South (6-iron)
on Saturday, and Chris McCann on #3 North on Sunday. Check the
Sunday Schedule for final results, and
the tournament report for scoring
details.
- Thursday Tournaments: New Low Gross policy is implemented
for the Thursday subsidized, a.k.a. monthly, tournaments:
- Only MT (subsidized) Tournaments will have Low Gross Prizes.
- In the past, all players were considered for both Low Gross and Low Net
prizes. Now a player or team (2 or 4 players) will have to indicate whether
he/they wish to compete for Low Gross when they enter a chit or call for a
time. If they do not so designate, they will be considered for Low Net prizes
only.
- Players who have indicated on the submitted chit or phone reservation that
they intend to compete for Low Gross prizes will be identified by the symbol
*LG following their name on the Start Time/Shotgun Position sheet that
is posted in the lounge and club's web page.
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Players who have indicated that they are competing for Low Gross Prizes
will be competing for a pot which is made up of their entry fees plus the
percentage of the Club Subsidy that the number of Low Gross entrants
represents in the total number of entered contestants.
Roger Legare
Thursday Tournament Co-chairman
- President Cup:
Chris McCann is the 2000 President's
Cup Champion. He beat Eric Groessl, Alvin Nagata, and Dallas Creech in the
flight winner's playoff. Chris shot net 140 (4-under) last weekend to win the
Vice-President's Flight, and then net 72 (even) in the playoff. Congratulations!
- Auld Course: Former Torrey Pines Golf courses Operations Manager
John Walter indicated that the Auld Course is scheduled to open by mid-November.
John retired from his position at Torrey (with the City of San Diego) to
dedicate himself full-time to the Auld Course project.
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May General Meeting: This month's General Meeting will take place on
Wednesday, May 17th, 7pm. All members are encouraged to attend. There will
be at Putting and Pitching contest preceding the meeting, starting at
6pm. As usual, there will be free drinks and a a raffle of golf equipment and
apparel. New members attending the meeting are entitled to one free raffle
ticket.
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APRIL 2000
- Thursday Schedule: The tournament schedule
for the month of April
has been altered, placing the Spring Fiesta in the last two Thursdays of the
month. Please call Claude Gigoux (619-223-3673) if you have any questions. I was
unaware of the change, that's why the old schedule had remained on line. The
corrected schedule is now in place.
- Another Private Course: According to GOLF Magazine sources, the
company Starwood Development reached an agreement with Bing Crosby's
family to name its San Diego property The Crosby Estate at Rancho Santa Fe.
It will include the Crosby National GC, designed by Fred Couples and Brian Curley.
No dates or schedule were included in the press release.
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MARCH 2000
- Jim Allen, the new Golf Operations Manager, is now fully
established in his position, replacing John Walter. Jim attended our
March monthly board meeting (the board meets on the third Tuesday of
every month) and conveyed to
us some of his ideas regarding the golf courses, operations, etc.
Here's a list of some of some of his comments:
- City Amateur: The entry forms will be available on May 1st,
2000 at Torrey and Balboa. Jim Allen will be the Tournament
Director. Former TPMGC president Hal Boston will manage the Championship
Flight, as he's been doing in previous years. One noticeable change from
last year: the Championship Flight will be playing Balboa Park GC on
one of the rounds.
- Handicap: Members don't seem to get it. You must post your
score AND turn in a duly filled score card EVERY TIME you
play a round at Torrey. The score cards MUST have the following
information:
Name, SCGA#, Date, Signatures, Tees Played.
You MUST post the ADJUSTED score. If you
play a round on a course other than Torrey Pines, you post the
score at that course and there is no need to turn in a
score card.
However, if you do not have time or forget to post your score at that
course, you may post it at
Torrey in the "book" (not the computer), and deposit your card in the
box by the computer. Come on, guys, it's not that complicated.
Dallas Creech(619-229-9317),
our Handicap
Chairman, informed that if a member commits two (posting) penalties within
a THREE-MONTH period (please note the correction ... it was posted as "2-month
period" a few days ago), he'll get one penalty round.
- Double-Dipping: One more time --> If you sign up to play
the Thursday Monthy (subsidized) tournament, DO NOT sign up to play
the Sunday Tournament, and viceversa. You can sign up for either, but
not both.
- Membership: We are 1,112 members. Renewals: 963. New Members: 149.
- Sanderson Charity: The May tournament is a two-day
competition. The format is Torrey Pines Eclectic: play 36 holes
(Saturday on the South, Sunday on the North), take the best-10 par
4 holes, best-4 par-5 holes and best-4 par-3 holes. There will be
NET and GROSS categories. The sign-up for this event will
be on Saturday, April 15th, 6AM, Torrey lounge. Remember that
the entry fee for this event is a bit higher than in other subsidized
events because part of the proceedings go into two Junior World
scholarships on behalf of Flo and Grady Sanderson.
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FEBRUARY 2000
- Mike Hartford, our current Club Champion, shot a
67 on the North Course at the Thursday 2/24 monthly tournament
and, oh surprise, won Low Gross prize. Whoa!
- World Match Play: You think you need more distance off the tee?
Think again. Darren Clarke beat Tiger Woods 4&3 in spite of being outdriven
by 30 to 35 yards most of the day. But Clarke missed only one
fairway all day, and hit his approach shots first. He also putted the lights
out in the afternoon. In the final match, Clarke was 1-3-4 on the par-3's
(Clarke 1-under, Woods 3-under), 1-2-4 on the par-5's (Clarke 3-under, Woods
4-under), but on the par-4's Clarke was 7-0-11. Woods did not win a single
par-4 hole of the 18 par-4's they played. Clarke was 7-under on the par-4's,
whereas Woods was 2-over. In the afternoon round, Clarke did not birdie any
of the three par-5's they played.
- 2000 Buick Invitational: The most successful in attendance in
its history. Record TV ratings above 8.0 (beat the NBA game on Sunday),
record revenue generated, record media credentials issued. Tiger who?
- New Golf Operations Manager: John Walter is leaving 2/29/2000.
His replacement, Jim Allen, is already working with John so the
transition is done smoothly. Jim is a PGA Class A professional who previously
worked at Soule Park, Ojai, and Los Robles in Thousand Oaks. Welcome aboard,
Jim!
- Sunday Tournament Rained-Out: It will be re-scheduled to a future
date. No word on when yet. Stay tuned.
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- GAC Meeting: New Date and Location : The GAC Meeting
originally scheduled for February 17th has been rescheduled to
February 24th, 7:00PM at the Balboa Park Golf Course Clubhouse.
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JANUARY 2000
- Thursday Schedule Correction: In order to accomodate
a Torrey Pines GC previous commitment, the Thursday tournament on February
24th will be on the North course, instead of the South course as
originally scheduled.
- Sunday March Tournament: The sign-up for this tournament
will be via mail-in, to avoid confusion and conflict with the Buick
Invitational. When you submit the entry form to be included in the
February newsletter, do NOT send the entry fees along with it.
The entry fees will be paid on the day of the tournament, upon checking in.
The Tournament Chairman for this event is Bill Pultz.
- Buick Invitational:
The courses will close to the
public on Wednesday, February 2nd, at 1pm to get them ready for the
tournament. Divot crews will go out on 2/3 and 2/4 to work on the
fairways (call Miguel Castillo at Torrey if you want to be part of
the Divot Crew).
- John Walter's Last Day: John Walter last day at Torrey
will be, unless unexpected developments, Tuesday 2/29/2000. John spent
12 years at Torrey as Manager. He turned the courses from "embarrassing"
to "outstanding" shape during his tenure started in August 1988.
- Next GAC Meeting: It will take place on 2/17/2000 at
the Santa Fe Room (Balboa Park, by the Aerospace Museum) at 7pm. The main
issue will be the 5-year Plan. Those who didn't get to speak at the
last 5-year Plan meeting (held on 1/13/2000) will be given a chance to do
so at this meeting.
- Prize Accounts: Wanna know how much you have on
your account? Now you can do it on-line (see club's home page). You
can request a certificate via e-mail, but the certificate will still
be sent to you by Jack Petrick via US Mail.
- Courses Re-rated: Both courses were re-rated and
re-sloped by the SCGA. These are the new ratings. Notice the ratings
on the North Course from the new Tournament tees. The new tees
on the North will be used on 1/24/200 for the PGA Class "A" Pro qualifier
for the Buick Invitational. The rating/slope
information is also posted on the TPMGC bulletin board:
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Par/Yardage/Slope/Rating
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South Course
72/7055/135/74.6 (blue)
72/6705/130/73.1 (white)
72/6457/127/72.0 (red)
72/5572/117/67.5 (gold)
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North Course
72/????/130/73.2 (trnmt)
72/6647/128/72.1 (blue)
72/6326/125/70.8 (white)
72/6118/123/69.9 (red)
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- Sign-up for February (Sunday) Tournament: Since
January (Sunday) Tournament will be played on 1/29/2000, the
sign-up date for the February tournament will be on Saturday,
01/22/2000, 6:00AM, Torrey Pines lounge.
- January General Meeting: The meeting will take
place on 01/19/2000 at 7pm at the lounge at Torrey Pines.
Make sure to attend to voice your opinions and to find out "from
the horse's mouth" what's the status on the Usage Permit
issued by the City for the club to hold its weekly and monthly
tournaments. As usual, there will be a raffle of golf apparel and
equipment at the end of the meeting ($1 per raffle ticket). If you
are a new TPMGC member, make sure you get your ONE complimentary
raffle ticket.
- "John Walter's" Report: The report John Walter was
told to put together by the Natural Resources Subcommitte for
the City Council will be presented on 01/13/2000 at
7:00pm at Balboa Park - Santa Fe Room (same room where
the Golf Advisory Council meets). Public is invited to attend, but
there will be no public speaking at the meeting. However, the TPMGC
and other local golf-related institutions were invited to have a
representative to address the committee. Bill Pultz will speak
on behalf of our club. This 5-year-plan report will have direct effect
on the survival of tee times for our club. Even though you will not
be able to speak, I encourage you to attend the meeting to show that
our club is really interested in the outcome.
- Schedule Change: You may have noticed that the January
Sunday Tournament (Two-Best Balls of Foursome) will take place on
Saturday, January 29th, North Course, instead of January
23rd. The change was due to a scheduling conflict with Torrey Pines.
Tee times are already posted. Call Mark Doyle for cancellations
(858-270-5655). The rest of the schedule for 2000 is also posted.
The wallet-size cards will be send to you with the January newletter.
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