OCTOBER 1998
- NOTES from the Board Meeting of 10/27/98:
SEPTEMBER 1998
- NOTES from the Board Meeting of 9/15/98:
- Report by John Walter, Golf Courses Manager:
- South Course: Greens aerated on 9/9/98. Watering was discontinued for
turf renovation (aeration and verticutting).
- North Course: Greens to be aerated on 9/23/98. Irrigation system
improvement project to take place between 3/1/99-8/30/99.
- Both Courses: overseeding to be completed by 10/7/98. They'll have
a 10-day/3-times-a-day watering cycle after overseeding.
- GAC Meeting: Next meeting will be on 10/1/98, 7pm. There
will be a report on he Lodge at Torrey Pines expansion. Also, discussions
will start, and public input will be heard, on greens fees schedule.
There will also be a a GAC report on the current tee times reservation system.
- TPMGC Requests: Torrey Pines is requesting the club to modify
the starting times for the Thursday tournament of 12/10/98 to make it a
6:45 shotgun to accomodate Holiday Bowl Sponsor/Media Golf tournament.
- Pro-Kids Golf: They'd like to have a TPMGC member on their board.
Please see John Walter if you are interested in becoming involved.
- The board unanimously approved a proposal
from Roger Legare and Claude Gigoux
in which they request to take over the running of the Thursday tournaments. In their
proposal, Roger and Claude make valid points in regards of some inefficient current
procedures and propose a number of changes in order to streamline the Thursday
"operation". Their proposed changes hopefully will speed up play, and eliminate
no-shows and late cancellations.
- As you know, on the next General Meeting (November 18th) there will be
elections of board members for the year 1999. It's also a good opportunity
to voice your opinion on club matters. Here is the slate of nominated candidates
(nominations from the floor will also be accepted):
- Hal Boston
- Joe Burwell
- Hugh Chindlund
- Howard DeYoung
- Denny Esh
- John Hoffman
- Steve Larson
- November 1st, 1998 - Make-up tournament: Those who originally
signed up (and didn't cancel) for the Sunday January tournament that got
rained out will have priority to make the field. But these
members will have to call Walt Block to confirm participation. Also,
only those members who have renewed their membership for the 1998-1999
period will be elegible to be part of the field.
- Results form the Sunday Stableford Points
are on line.
- Sign-up date for the Sunday "Turkey Shoot" is Saturday, 10/03/98, 6:00am
at the Torrey lounge.
- As a courtesy to the Torrey Pines Pro Shop, the board usually
listens to monthly presentations made by members of the Shop. They inform the club,
through the board, of specials in merchandise, driving range, lessons, club
fitting, etc. Since there's no room in our monthly newsletter to include this
information, we'll include the Men's and Women's
Club Specials in the web page.
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AUGUST 1998
- NOTES from the Board Meeting of 8/18/98:
- Report by John Walter, Golf Courses Manager:
- North Course Irrigation Project to start in March 1999.
Bid won by same company who did the South Course. They hope to keep
ALL holes open to play (note: when they did the South, they closed
one hole at a time.)
- Turf renovation on the South Course to start 9/14/98.
- TP purchased benches ($1300) with TPMGC donation.
- Five new employees (starter/marshal/admin) selected to replace
outgoing Debbi, Linda, Gene, Don and Cathy.
- The Lodge at Torrey Pines to start expansion rebuilt by March 1999.
It will have 176 rooms with underground parking. The Evans Group will
make a presentation in the next GAC meeting (see below for date/time).
- Long discussion on the 1998-1999 budget trying to determine the
effect of the outgoing "county" fees on the membership. We are currently
1281 members (about 20% are "county").
- Club Championships: Martches underway. Here's the list of
Closest To The Pin for the Qualifying rounds:
| NORTH | SOUTH |
| #3: Jim Schorr | #3: Jake Johnson |
| #6: Tom Alberta | #8: Jim Luschen |
| #12: John Hoffman | #11: Lloyd Hartford |
| #17: Steve Roberts | #16: Dennis Hill |
- Golf Advisory Council (GAC) : Next meeting will be
held at the Balboa Park Golf Course clubhouse on August
13th, 1998, 7:00pm. Please note the change of location.
The meeting of October 1st, 1998 will be held at the usual
place (Balboa Park, Santa Fe Room, 7:00pm). It'll deal with first
round of greens fees proposals.
- The results from the Hero-Bum
(Sunday) July tournament are now available.
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JULY 1998
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JUNE 1998
- City Amateur: There were
87 (of 355 total) Torrey members playing in the Open division,
with 24 (of 120 total) in the Championship Flight.
Our best show in this flight was Bob Stermon, who tied for 6th with a 295
(7-over). Best Torrey performers (top-5 finishers) in the other flights were:
Mike Cooney (2nd, 1st flight), Patrick Kelley (5th, 2nd flight),
Rich Silber (tied for 3rd, 3rd flight), Larry Olivas (3rd, 4th
flight), Jake Johnson (4th, 5th flight), and Joel Erickson (tied
for 5th, 5th flight).
In the Senior division there were 33 (of 123 total)
Torrey members in the field. The best performers (top-5 finishers)
were: Mike Riley, Low-Gross Champion with a
221 (5-over) total; Gary Pietila (2nd, Championship flight); Jack Miller, Champion, 1st flight; Dick Hill
(3rd, 1st flight), Ben Rollison (4th, 3rd flight), Mayer Hecht
(tied for 5th, 3rd flight), Jack Petrick (2nd, 4th flight), and Denny Esh
(4th, 5th flight).
In the Super Senior division there were 16 (of 47 total) Torrey members in the
field. The best performers (top-5 finishers) were: Dick Cheney,
, Champion, 1st flight; Art Dioli (2nd, 2nd flight ... lost
playoff for championship), Dick McKesson (5th, 2nd flight), and John Andrews
(2nd, 3rd flight ... lost playoff for championship).
So we had 18 top-5 finishers, 6 in the Open division, and 12 in the Senior and
Super Senior divisions. Congratulations to you all !!
- NOTES from the Board Meeting of 6/16/98:
- Hero-Bum: Sign-up for this tournament took place on Saturday
6/13. There are open spots to be filled up. The sign-up sheet is on the
bulletin board in Torrey's lounge.
- Club Championship: This tournament will take place in August.
Entry forms will be included in the July's newsletter.
- Golf Course Report by John Walter, Golf Operations Manager:
- Maintenance on the South Course will include verticut greens and
narrowing of several fairways.
- This month the course will host the Marvin K. Brown tournament (Junior Golf
match-play competition, 6/22-6/26). In July it will host the
Junior World Championships (7/6-7/10) and the USGA Public Links
(07/11-07/18).
- The North Course Irrigation Project has been postponed because the bids
came in late. The project has been re-bid. Those winning the bid will have to
start right away and work 12-hr days to finish by September 30th, or else start in
March 1st, 1999. Some of the work co-funded by the PGA Tour will be carried
out, however (back tees of #4, etc). Other PGA Tour co-funded renovation work
will have to wait because it involves irrigation issues.
- Next Golf Advisory Council meeting will be held on 8/13/98 at
the usual place (Balboa Park, Santa Fe Room).
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MAY 1998
- NOTES from the General Meeting of 5/20/98:
- The pre-meeting Pitching and Putting contests were won by John
Walter (second year in a row ... he set up the tee and hole), and Matt
Lees, respectively.
- A representative from the Southern California Public Links made
a presentation asking for volunteers to help during the USGA Publinx
tournament that will take place on Torrey South between July 10th and
18th. They need forecaddies and van drivers for the nine days. Volunteers
will get a shirt and hat as a token compensation. Please contact Hal Boston or
John Walter if interested in volunteering.
- The Pro-Shop has special rates for club fitting, golf lessons, golf
cart cards, driving range cards and general merchandise for TPMGC members. They
have a computerized system that compares your swing with that of one or more PGA
TOUR professionals. Worth checking out some of these deals. (
Editor's Note: If there is enough interest, I can have an on-line list of weekly
or monthly specials for club members).
- There was some debate on how to improve the quality of our "Member-Guest"
tournaments. Apparently this month's didn't go so well and club president Hal
Boston apologized to the membership in that regard.
- Sign-up for July's tournament will take place on Saturday, June 13th,
at 6am in the usual place (by the Pro-Shop at Torrey). On that day Torrey will be
busy with the second week of the City Am, so beware of the crowd.
- Golf Course Manager's Report (by John Walter):
- South course to be aerified on 5/27. It's a bit too close to the City Am, but
the USGA required this aeriation as part of the preparation for the Public Links
tournament. The North course has already been aeriated and its greens should be in
great shape for the City Am. The rough will be at 2.5" on the South and up to 3"
for the Junior World competitions.
- City Am: Entries still available for Super Senior division (70+ years
old)
- Golf Advisory Council: Next meeting will be on June 4th, 7pm, at
Balboa Park (Santa Fe room). Among other items: Balboa Park master plan (parking,
club house, driving range ... No, the 4th hole won't be discussed).
- Fee Increase: 18 holes will be up $1.00; Tournament Player Reservation
Fee will be $5.00 weekday, $10 weekend; Senior Daily Play Fee: $10; Senior Monthly
Ticket will be at $66. Look for the entire new fee schedyle in the Torrey and
Balboa pages at the SDGP (www.golfsd.com) web site later in June.
- North Course Irrigation: Bids opened today (5/21/98). Construction to
start in late June. It WILL affect the Girls 15-17 Division of Junior World
Championships. This work will take 90 days to complete, including cart paths.
- PGA TOUR Suggested North Course Improvements: The TOUR will fund 50% of the
work required to lengthen the course 200 yards by adding 11 new tees. To make the
course more difficult for the Buick Invitational players, two fairway bunkers will
also be added (#1 and #15), as well as several trees (some to replace fallen or
removed trees). This championship course created by the mentioned improvements
will be available for (public) tournament play, but NOT for everyday play.
- CLUB THEFT !!!: Five set of clubs were stolen in 10 days. It's believed
is a well organized group of thieves who operate smoothly (driving golf
carts to the parking lot and then taking the clubs, for example). Make sure you
point suspicious behavior to Torrey's management.
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APRIL 1998
- NOTES from the Board Meeting of 4/21/98:
- The club is donating $1600 to Junior Golf, for a scholarship to
that junior golfer with the best scoring average AND academic grades.
The money is donated on behalf of Flo and Grady Sanderson, and
comes from the proceedings of the February tournament, the Sanderson Pinehurst.
- So you all know, the club is now SPIKELESS. This applies to
ALL club's tournaments, SUNDAY and THURSDAY. If you tee off
with spikes in any tournament, you WILL be DQ'd.
- In a move to make tournaments more open to the membership, there is a
consideration of changing the format of the May tournament, starting in 1999.
There is a good chance that the 2-Day Member-Guest will be replaced by a 2-day
major tournament not involving guests (members only). On Sunday, the second day
of this major tournament, there would be a shotgun start for
this event, followed by a 1-Day Member-Guest shotgun in the afternoon.
- Good news for those unlucky with tournament lotteries:
- If your team did NOT make the lottery for the Sunday Christmas
Scramble last December, make sure you indicate that to Dan
Groszkruger, the tournament chairman, somewhere in the envelope
with your entry form for the next Christmas Scramble. Your team will
then get preference over those who played in this tournament last
December.
- In an unanimous decision, the board decided that tournament chairmen
keep a list of stand-bys from major tournaments including those
players who did not
make the field for that particular event. These members will then receive
preference to make the field in that event the following year.
- Dale Peterson, a long-time board meetings attendee, has been selected
by the board to complete Bob Kerfoot's term on the board.
- As customary, we will have our May General Meeting at the lounge at
Torrey Pines on Wednesday May 20th, 7:00pm. The meeting will be preceeded
by a chipping and putting contest, starting at 6:00pm. There will be
a raffle of golf stuff at the end of the meeting. Those new members attending
the meeting will receive one free raffle ticket. As usual, there will also
be free beverages for all present.
- Golf Course Report by John Walter, Golf Operations Manager:
- Both courses are being fertilized and greens will be aerified in May
(with small tines , so the effect on play will be minimal).
- As you all know, the North Course will undergo a change in the
irrigation system, and paved cart paths will be installed. This will
happen between June 15th and September 30th. The course will
remain open to play as much as possible throughout this period.
- The Public Links Championship that will take place from July
10th through 18th, South Course, is getting more entries than usual. The
USGA believes this is due to the popularity of Torrey Pines.
- The PGA TOUR would like to see the North Course about 2 shots
tougher for the pros playing the
Buick Invitational. Among the considerations are: lengthening
the 2nd, 5th, 11th and 13th holes by placing the tees farther back; adding
trees and bunkers.
These changes should not increase playing difficulty for the
average public player,
since the bunkers would be strategically placed to catch the 260/280-yard
drive. The conversations are in progress, and among the items to cover are
who will pay for these modifications.
(Editor's Note: When the "way back" tees on
the 6th hole were set up for a Buick Invitational of a few years ago, this
hole was the toughest par-3 on that PGA TOUR season. They asked not to use
those tees anymore ... now they want a tougher course).
- Golf Advisory Council (GAC) - 4/2/98: The council met as scheduled and
quite a few members of our club were present, including all but two board
members.
(In case you didn't know, our president Hal Boston and TPMGC board members
Hugh Chindlund and Walt Block are also members of the GAC.) This
meeting was of
particular concern because the GAC was to vote on a few tournament
policy recommendations. These recommendations were motivated, according to
John Walter, Golf Operations Manager (City of San Diego), by complaints
coming from the general public regarding the
unavailability of tee times at Torrey Pines, and the fact that whenever our
club holds a tournament, slow play causes afternoon tournament and
post-tournament players not to be able to finish 18 holes (as starting times
get pushed forward considerably). As a result, Staff Recommendation #2, which
would "limit continuous tee time tournament to a maximum of 120 players or
four hours", was proposed. This would include, among other, our Men's and
Women's clubs. So we were at risk of losing 24 tournament spots (6 tee time slots)
in ALL our monthly and weekly tournaments.
Before proceeding to discuss and vote on recommendations, the GAC gave
the opportunity to voice his/her view to any member of the public who wished to
do so.
There was one person condemning
the Men's and Womens's clubs because their "greed for tee times restricts the
availability of tee times for the 'residents'". His comments were promptly
answered by TPMGC members Bill Pultz, Matt Lees, JF Baebler,
and Dan Groszkruger, who remarked that the TPMGC is composed of
city and county residents, that the Men's and Women's clubs are
the only opportunity San Diego residents have to play tournament golf
in their golf courses, and that, if anything, the proposal should be
reversed and give these two clubs MORE tee times, not less.
Following the comments from the public, the GAC proceeded to discuss the
recommendations. All but one GAC member who commented on the "120 players"
recommendation were opposed to reducing the number of players for Men's and
Women's clubs' tournaments. The slow-play issue was addressed by Hal
Boston and Walt Block, with some members of the public sneaking in a comment
every now and then. Hal Boston offered to review the TPMGC slow-play problem
and asked for the club to be given the opportunity to address the problem.
Among others in favor of not limiting Men's and Women's clubs play was
Debbie Miller, an LPGA professional currently working at the Torrey Pro
Shop. She highlighted the need for the existence of both clubs. Her
kind words in favor of our clubs were vividly applauded by the public.
The following recommendations made by the GAC Tournament Subcommittee
were approved by the GAC, before dealing with the Staff Recommendations:
- Raise tournament fees on a per player basis to $5.00 per player
on weekdays and $10.00 on weekends.
- Fifty-percent of the tournament fee is refundable up to 30 days prior to
the event, and no refunds are given if the tournament is canceled less than
30 calendar days prior to the event.
- Torrey Pines Men's and Women's Golf Clubs should continue to be exempt
from tournament fees.
APPROVED Staff Recommendations:
- Limit organizations, companies, or golf groups to two tournaments per
year at Torrey Pines Golf Course, only if the organization or tournament group
plays one tournament at Balboa Golf Course prior to the second tournament at
Torrey Pines Golf Course. Current policy limits groups to two tournaments per
year and approximately 20 tournament groups are scheduled for two tournament
events.
- Limit the number of tournament requests from "sponsors" (San Diego
groups representing non-city entities) to three requests per day. Currently
there is no limit to the number of requests a "sponsoring" group can submit.
- Schedule tournaments 18 months in advance to be submitted on a monthly
or quarterly basis, instead of on a yearly basis. This will assist companies
or organizations who are scheduling golfing events in conjunction with
conferences or seminars.
The following recommendation WAS NOT approved the the GAC,
with all but one member voting against it (the other vote was an abstention):
- Limit continuous tee time tournaments to a mximum of 120 players or four
hours. This would apply to all tournaments except those annual events waived
by City Council Resolution. (examples: San Diego County Junior Golf Association,
City Amateur Golf Championships, Buick Invitational.) The Torrey Pines Men's
and Women's Golf Clubs would not be exempt from this policy.
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MARCH 1998
- Bob Kerfoot, former club president, board member, and
co-chairman of the Thursday Tournaments, lost a long battle with
cancer and passed away last Thursday, March 19th. Our deepest
sympathies to his familiy, especially his wife Romi. Among many of
his innovative ideas, Bob was the one who pushed to have a web site
for the club to better serve its membership. He'll be missed.
- Please take a look at the very interesting
Time of Play study conducted by Roger Legare and Claude Gigoux,
co-chairmen of tournaments for the Thursday group.
- The results of the Sunday (February) tournament
Sanderson Pinehurst are in.
- NOTES from the Board Meeting of 3/17/98:
- Sunday "Best 3 of 4" Tournament (1/11/98): As you recall,
this tournament has been rescheduled for November 1st, 1998, North
Course. Initially there was going to be a new sign-up for it. Due
to numerous requests, particularly from those who were up at Torrey
very very early in the morning in December to sign up for this tournament,
those who were
in the field by tournament day on Jan 11th (i.e., did not cancel their
entry) will retain their tee time
for Nov. 1st, PROVIDED THAT THEY ARE MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING BY NOV.
1st (i.e., they renew their membership this coming October). Those who
cancelled their entry in January WILL NOT be automatically included in the
Nov. 1st
tournament. And since there was nobody left in the waiting list in January,
another one will be made for November to fill in the spots left open by new
cancellations. Call Walt Block, chairman of this tournament, for
details or if you have questions.
- MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION DISCOUNT: The club's board decided to
have a Special mid-year membership application discount at $60.
It will start on April 1st, 1998 and will end on September 30th,
1998.
This membership will be good through September 30th, 1998. On October 1st,
1998 membership renewal and new member applications will go
back to the original prices ($60 and $90, respectively). Those who apply
through this special mid-year rate will have to renew by October 1st,
1998 to continue their membership onto next year. New application forms
will be available in the lounge by April 1st, and also through this web page
(make sure you follow the instructions).
The club has currently 1,202 members. Last Oct-Dec period about 150 members
did not renew membership for this year.
- Golf Advisory Council: A VERY IMPORTANT MEETING, THURSDAY, APRIL 2nd,
7PM, BALBOA PARK, SANTA FE ROOM (west of the Aerospace Museum parking
lot). The Torrey
Pines Men's Club, a club whose members are City and County residents AND
taxpayers, is at risk of losing playing privileges (tee times) at
Torrey Pines. If you are a member you SHOULD attend this meeting.
Please read, in the March TPMGC newsletter, President Hal Boston's statement.
- Thursday Tournament Slow-Play: There will be a crack-down on slow
play on the Thursday tournaments. Players will be on the clock and those
who lose position (not keeping up with the group ahead) will be placed last
in the field next time they enter a Thursday tournament (the "12:07" penalty,
you may call it).
- Golf Courses: North course greens were aerified. South greens
will be aerified on 3/25. Rough mowed to 2 inches. Irrigation turned back
on/off since late January. A break on the rainy season will help maintenance:
fertilization coming up.
- Upcoming "Major" Tournaments (at Torrey): City Amateur (6/6 to
6/13); Junior World (7/6 to 7/10); USGA Public Links (7/11 to 7/19).
- The Saturday Team ended up 2-4 this season.
- Attention Club Members! If you are reading this and are
a TPMGC member please send me e-mail to
golf@golfsd.com. I'd like to know how many members are benefitting
from this web page. Comments and feedback are sure welcome.
Thank you ...
Martin "Rick" Olivera
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FEBRUARY 1998
- I apologize for the delay in putting information on-line. I was
out of town for a couple of weeks. Tee times for Thursday tournaments of
March 5th and
March 12th and for Sunday tournament of March
22nd are on line, as well as the results
from the February 12, 19 and 26 tournaments.
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JANUARY 1998
- NOTES from the Board and General Meetings of 1/21/98:
- Sunday "Best 3 of 4" Tournament (1/11/98): The tournament
has been rescheduled for November 1st, 1998, North Course.
Tournament chairman, Walt Block, will have a new sign-up day at a date
to be determined.
- Schedule Change!! - The Sunday, October 18th tournament
has been moved to Sunday, October 11th by the Tournament Coordinator
at Torrey Pines to accomodate the course schedule. Consequently, the sign-up
fo the Turkey Shoot (Sunday version) will be held on October 3rd
(instead of October 11th).
- Golf Advisory Council: Next meeting will be on Thursday, February
12th, 7:00PM at Balboa Park Club, Santa Fe Room. If you want your voice
heard, you should attend. Tournament policy recommendations will be discussed.
- Due to health-related problems, Thursday Chairman Bob Kerfoot will
not be able to be in charge of organizing the weekly Thursday events. The TPMGC
Board is seeking a member, or members, to help Mark Rabwin (Thursday Co-Chairman) with
this matter. Contact Hal Boston if interested.
- Fifty percent of the entry fee for the Sunday February tournament, the
Sanderson Pinehurst, will be donated to Junior Golf. The
tournament honors Flo and Grady Sanderson who have done so much
for the club since its beginning 40 years ago.
- A lottery will be held tomorrow, Saturday, January 24th, 5PM
to establish the field for the Sanderson Pinehurst. Steve Larsen,
the Tournament Chairman, will hold this event at Torrey Pines (somewhere).
- Sign-Up Reminder !!: The sign-up for the March tournament (Sunday
group) will be held at Torrey Pines on Saturday, February 14th, 6:00AM
- Check the new list of unpaid members I posted on the board at
the Torrey lounge. It's a long list and your name, or one of your buddy's, may
be on it. You MUST be an active member in order to be able to play in our
tournaments. Also, if you changed your address or phone number make sure
you let me know so I make the change in our database and with the SCGA.
- Correction to the 1998 Schedule (Sunday): The Club Championships will
start a week earlier (August 8th-9th) than previously scheduled. The change was
made to accomodate Torrey Pines tournament schedule. Note that your wallet schedule
has the correct dates in them.
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