Annual Men's Club Meeting

Prior to the meeting Garrett Smithson, Head Pro and Director of Group Sales addressed the audience with praise for the best men’s club around and a special thanks to Richard Clendening for all he does for the course and club. Also, Chad Wagner, General Manager and Director of Golf discussed the ongoing improvements to the course with emphasis on tree removal, future renovations of hole # 8, and improving the bunkers, tee boxes and cart paths on the course.  Due to the expense of bunker sand, etc. the course will see renewal of bunkers a few holes at a time in the upcoming years. 

Meeting was called to order by Vice President Russ Veenema at 2:40 pm.

Present were, Vice President Russ Veenema, Secretary/Historian Jim Jaqubino, Competition Chairman Richard Clendening, Rules Chairman Harry Phillips, Team Captain Robert Bourns, Handicap Chairman Ron Grant, and WA golf representative Don Flores.

Absent were President Bill Berry who had a prior engagement and was unable to attend and Treasurer Steve Collatz.  It should be noted that Steve Collatz has taken ill and our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family for a full recovery.

As a Memorial Tournament we would like to acknowledge the passing of 4 of our members this past year.  They were Steve Lewis, Bill Rucker, Sean Butcher and George Switzer.  RIP gentlemen, you will be missed.   A toast was raised in their memories. 

A special thanks to Jerry Allen as our CEO for the continued dedication to making Cedars At Dungeness the finest facility around. 

The minutes from the previous meeting were approved and seconded. 

Secretary/Historian Jim Jaqubino addressed the membership in thanking them for coming out today and attending the meeting.

Handicap Chairman Ron Grant announced the top 10 most improved golfers for the year.  They were Glynn Brown going from 11.9 to 6.3.  Trevor Wright, 14.6 to 10.8.  Jim Boekoff, 17.4 to 13.9, Ron Grant, 5.0 to 3.0, Derek Perkes, 12.5 to 9.8, Mike Bertsch, 27.7 to 23.7, Dwain Sparrowk, 41.9 to 36.6, Glenn Smithson, 15.6 to 12.9, Jim Carroll 13.9 to 11.4, Adam Shantz 14.6 to 12.1.  Congratulations men.

Top 10 number of rounds posted were Richard Clendening with 166, Anthony Bubenas with 113, Bernie Fryer with 95, Ron Grant with 88, Richard Bigham with 80, Bill Schless with 76, Arni Fredrickson with 74, Steve Carpenter with 72, Jim Boekoff with 70 and Robert Bourns with 69. 

It was noted that posting ends on November 14^th. 

Russ Veenema stated that we have $3313 in the bank and that there are 203 members this year as compared to 193 last year.  Russ also reviewed all the holes in one that were made this year along with the members that recorded a score the same or better than their age.  

Richard Clendening wanted to thank the members that participated in today’s tournament and also the pro shop for taking the reins on a weekly basis starting in November.  We all agree that with the fantastic job he does on a weekly basis that a well-deserved break is forthcoming.

Team Captain Robert Bourns added that the 4-course clash is the predominant team event and that we could possibly include play at other fine courses within a reasonable distance for perhaps a weekend gathering or in place of our regular weekly event in the case our course is unavailable on occasion. 

WA Golf representative Don Flores noted that the dues to WA Golf would be going up $3 to $42 to GHIN.  We discussed possibly raising our Men’s Club membership fee $5 a year to offset the increase.  It will be discussed in our next meeting.  Thanks, Don, for doing such a fine job with the Men’s Club web site. 

Rules Chairman Harry Phillips emphasized the rules of golf are available online as well as in print format and encouraged the membership to become familiar with them.

The Board and membership would like to thank Bill Berry and Steve Collatz for their many years dedicated to the Board and membership.  You guys were fantastic. 

Vice President Russ Veenema put forth 3 names of members to fill openings on the board for the next period of service.  Voted on by the membership in attendance it was determined that Russ Veenema would be the next President, Ray Ballantyne as Vice President and Bill Schless as the Treasurer.  Thanks, gentlemen, for your service to the board and membership. 

This concluded the agenda for the meeting and motion to adjourn at 3:25 pm.