T his month, I would like to apprise you of recent board discussions and actions. We had our member meeting in December that was very well attended. Since then, the board’s focus has been on sorting through the three options discussed at the meeting to solve (or at least relieve) the financial pressures on the club. By the time you read this, all equity members should have received a ballot on which they will mark their preference for a direction the club should take and authorize the board to take actions in that regard. When the votes are counted, I will let you know the outcome. e other high intensity activity underway is finalizing the 2015 budget. Our “fluid” membership makes this a particularly difficult task. is is normally done in December, but we now have new club software installed that is up and running. e staff has been trained to use it and the transition of data from our old system to the new is complete. Wayne is using the new software to project our budget for this year, subject to review by the finance committee and approval by the board. Hang in there and keep looking for new members! Arrowhead Country Club Newsletter Gary Schelin - President Arrowhead Country Club Members of February 2015 February 2015 3433 P ARKSIDE D R S AN B ERNARDINO , CA 92404 (909)882-1735 -Gary Dinner Save the date Saturday February 14 th at 6:00 pm
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This month, I would like to apprise you of recent board discussions and actions. We had our member meeting in December that was very
well attended. Since then, the board’s focus has been on sorting through the three options discussed at the meeting to solve (or at least relieve) the financial pressures on the club.
By the time you read this, all equity members should have received a ballot on which they will mark their preference for a direction the club should take and authorize the board to take actions in that regard. When the votes are counted, I will let you know the outcome.
The other high intensity activity underway is finalizing the 2015 budget. Our “fluid” membership makes this a particularly difficult task. This is normally done in December, but we now have new club software installed that is up and running. The staff has been trained to use it and the transition of data from our old system to the new is complete. Wayne is using the new software to project our budget for this year, subject to review by the finance committee and approval by the board.
Hang in there and keep looking for new members!
Arrowhead Country Club Newsletter
Gary Schelin - President
Arrowhead Country ClubMembers of
February 2015February 20153433 Parks ide dr san Bernardino, Ca 92404 (909)882- 1735
-Gary
Dinner
Save the date
Saturday February 14 th
at 6:00 pm
Arrowhead Country Club Newsletter February 2015
rrowsAHeaven & Hell
The Men’s Heaven and Hell tournament took place Saturday, January 10th. This events official form of play is “Four Ball Stroke Play” or to some, the unofficial but more commonly known form of play is two man best ball. Many who have played this form of play may be familiar with the phrase, “ham and egg.” Like a well-rounded breakfast, you need to have some of each to be Champions for the year. Even though Heaven and Hell was a team event we saw some great personal rounds of golf carded. Congratulations go out to the Team of Dennis Stout and Dean Didier with a score of 71 for the Gross Championship. Your Net Champions for 2015 are the Hudson brothers, Bill and Jim Junior, with a score of 60. The Championship teams receive $160 scrip each. We also had an optional $20 team skins game. There was only one hole where two skins were captured. Dennis Stout and Dean Didier made a gross 3 eagle which gave them a net 2 double eagle on #6. Gentlemen, you two get the badge of honor for that one, too bad it only pays for one. The only other team to capture two gross skins was won by Jeffrey Tesone and Dan Sweet scoring a birdie 2 on hole #8 and a birdie 3 on hole #16. The rundown
for net skins starts at #4 with a net 1 Dennis Pringle and Wayne Reid, #5 with a net 2 Bill and Jim Hudson, #12 Doug Fettel and Don Courtney with a net 1, #14 Ken Williams and Don Barman score a net 2 and to wrap up the events highlights, with another net 1 on hole #15.
Men’s Thursday Team Play2015 SCGA Thursday Team Play
began January 15th with a solid win to kick the season into g e a r .
Our first opponent was Sierra La Verne. Team Captain, Larry Fletcher decided on his starting roster for the home match and several very good individual and team scores were posted by both Arrowhead and Sierra La Verne. With one match remaining on the golf course, Arrowhead needed one more point to capture the win. Team Keith Cooper and Gary Schelin came home with 4 points to wrap up the win. The 2015 SCGA Thursday Team Play schedule comes back to Arrowhead to host Spring Valley Lake January 29th.
Jr. GolfJust because its winter doesn’t
mean we can’t talk Junior Golf. Now that we’re moving through January into February, parents and grandparents should make a mental note that junior golf is not far away. High school golf teams are officially practicing now and the 2015 tournament season is right around the corner. Then it will be time for the golfers 17 years old or younger to come make new golfing friends and learn to play the great game of golf.
The most significant change will be the day and time change
from previous years. If any of our members connected to junior golf can recall, we would have the clinic on Friday’s at 5:00 PM. This
year please make note that we will
AWGAArrowhead Women’s Golf Association
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NEWLY APPOINTEDACC BOARD MEMBERS &
APPOINTEESGary Schelin, President
Gene Tate, Vice PresidentRobert Martin, Secretary
Eve Clayton, Treasurer
BOARD ORGANIZATIONLarry Fletcher (3rd yr.)-
Greens and Mens InvitationalGene Tate (3rd yr.) - Pool, Tennis & Skeet
Dr. Monty Maples (2nd yr.)- Pro Shop & Risk Management
Ken Williams (2nd yr.) - Golf, Jr. Golf & Handicap
Most Improved Player for the month of December was Sandy Cooper followed by Lisa Richey, Eve Clayton, Heather Hundley and Nancy Hedding.
January’s Platter winner was Gina Schelin with a Net 69. Gina, Cherrie Lubey, and Lisa Richey tied for Putts with 30 total putts each.
Ringer results for 2014-15 2nd Quarter were as follows:
ACC will be hosting a WSCGA Grandmothers’ Tournament at ACC on March 9, 2015. Volunteers will be needed to help. More information and signup sheets will be provided at the General meeting on February 5.
“A” Flight Gross Net1. Eve Clayton 1. Miyako Fletcher2. Katie Ankrum 2. Pris Krasney3. Sandy Cooper 3. Judy Graves4. Heather Hundley 4. Marilyn Albert
“B” Flight Gross Net1. Susan Smith 1. Margy Spears2. Linda Foster 2. Julie Garcia3. Cherrie Lubey 3. Nancy Hedding
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February 2015
As we forge our way into 2015, this remains an ex-
citing time for all of us work-ing on the greens crew. The weather has been beautiful and temperatures mild with occasional wind bursts keep-ing things interesting out here on the golf course. As we look back on the month of January, our focus has been in large part on debris cleanup, mon-itoring potential frost delays and as always, maintaining the health of our putting greens.
Due to the high occurrence of wind storms we have had here at ACC, we have allocat-ed considerable labor hours to debris cleanup. This was most evident during the beginning of this past month when sever-al days of high winds knocked down numerous trees and countless branches around the property. Because of the ab-breviated staff we are currently carrying and the enormity of the trees that fell, the cleanup took several days to complete. All of this work was done in house, giving us an opportu-nity to feel like lumberjacks for a few days.
This beautiful time of year brings with it the distinct pos-sibility of frost delays and un-fortunately delayed tee times for many eager golfers. Walk-ing or driving on frosted turf-grass is damaging because the cells that make up the tissue of the plant freeze solid and
become susceptible to shatter-ing when pressure is applied from an outside force such as a golf cart. Luckily, frost in this region of the country is generally mild and only takes a few hours to wear off in most cases. Because of this, tee times are typically delayed for only a couple hours before regular play can resume. There is however a separate set of circumstances where several days of below freezing tem-peratures can cause not only frosty conditions, but frozen soil beneath the turf canopy. As many of you who played in the first few days of the year can attest, this results in put-ting greens as hard as concrete and approach shots that will frequently bounce 20 feet in the air and through the green.
Maintaining healthy put-ting greens throughout the winter months is of para-mount importance to any turfgrass manager. As I have spoken towards previously, the shade and traffic patterns that presents themselves this time of year can create con-siderable challenges to an oth-erwise healthy stand of grass. There are numerous ways to overcome and manipulate these hurdles, however there are several obvious and easy ways to minimize the chances of weakening the turf. First-ly, making sure to vary traffic pattern throughout the year
is particularly important. This is most easily done by chang-ing pin locations on the put-ting green to hopefully ensure (with good architecture) that the entrance and exit points are not in the same places day after day. Also, it is important for an educated turf manager to monitor putting greens on a daily basis. Because of the low height of cut present on a putting green (.90 inches), these tiny turf plants are very susceptible to disease. Keep-ing a close eye on every square foot of the two acres of put-ting greens here are ACC en-sures that either fungal of bac-terial diseases will be quickly spotted, identified and treated before significant damage oc-curs.
As always, I ask that all of you take good care of the golf course while you are out enjoying its beauty. It is im-portant to repair ball marks, fill your divots and be sensible about where you are driving your golf cart. Thank you all for your help and understand-ing as it truly does take a team effort to sustain the playing conditions that you have all become accustomed to.
be holding our Junior Golf Clinics on Saturday’s at 11:00 AM. Please feel free to contact your PGA Head Pro Alan Briggs for any information regarding junior golf or any of your family’s golfing needs.
DonationsThe golf shop is hoping to
make some improvements in the most cost effective ways possible. Therefore, we are encouraging members to contribute items that could make the golf shop, the bag room and the cart barn cleaner and more efficient. One item on our wish list includes a cold water power washer for our golf carts. It would be a much more efficient way to clean our carts using less water and time. The second idea is for the golf shop. Specifically, we want to keep the merchandise and other items off of the golf shop counter so it is not as cluttered and allows people to use the space. Currently we have a small table but would like a podium to display all the scorecards, pencils, handicap information, tournament information and any other golf literature. It would also be ideal to have a small golf library in the shop. So, if you have an extra book case you do not want, we may be able to utilize it.
See you on the links!Alan Briggs, PGA
Arrowhead Women’s Golf Association
Happy Golfing!
Peder RauenGreenway Golf Superintendent
Arrowhead Country Club
Greetings from
Your golf course maintenance crew
Ladies Events for February:
February 5th 9:00 a.m. shotgun - Putts and Platters,
followed the General Meeting
February 8th Jack & Jill –
12 Noon ShotgunFebruary 12th, 19th & 26th
Ladies’ Ryder Cup
“B” Flight Gross Net1. Susan Smith 1. Margy Spears2. Linda Foster 2. Julie Garcia3. Cherrie Lubey 3. Nancy Hedding
I mentioned in the last chapter that the installation of our first automatic
irrigation system in 1977 necessitated changes in number fourteen green, but not in a positive way. Number Fifteen was also affected by the 1977 disruptions but the result was a huge improvement.
The biggest improvement, however, was the new automatic irrigation system itself. This was a huge deal for us in 1977, probably as equal in importance as any clubhouse relocation, and looking back one could say a demarcation as shortly afterwards, both Guy Potts and Howard Ellis retired.
With the advent of our new irrigation system we went from 1920’s technology to state of the art 1970’s technology in a matter of a few months. The 1920’s technology was known as a quick coupler system whereby one employed a night waterman, who toured the course at night in a cart full of sprinklers, and was charged with the task of coupling (quickly if possible) those sprinklers to valves that were spaced approximately 70 feet apart.
An automatic system on the other hand is a matter of running electric wiring or hydraulic tubing from a controller (timer) which is one of several that are stationed strategically in various locations on the course to a valve that controls several sprinklers (a battery system) or directly to the sprinkler (valve-in-head system). An electrically wired system is deemed “normally closed” which is significant because that means if something goes wrong in the system the sprinklers won’t come on. They are closed. A hydraulic system on the other hand is “normally open” which means that if something goes wrong all our golfers get wet. We have a normally closed or electric system.
The designer of an irrigation system is charged with the task of making sure water is applied evenly throughout the entire golf course. If he or she can achieve this uniformity then the superintendent can apply as little water as possible.
When I’m on the 15th tee, however, I‘m not thinking of sprinklers coming on but of Henry Picard, the 1938 Masters and 1939 PGA champion. Around 1951 I got word that Mr. Picard was at Arrowhead with Alex Morrison and I ran out and tracked them down on the 15th hole. Alex Morrison’s teachings made Picard a winner and Mr. Picard made Alex Morrison famous, so I was very excited about meeting the great Henry Picard. But that excitement and
anticipation came to an abrupt halt, as it was very obvious Mr. Picard resented the intrusion. I was maybe 12 or 13 at the time and had always been welcomed to tag along when Alex brought out his high profile pupils such as Frank Stranahan, but not this time.
Many years later I was thumbing through Herbert Warren Wind’s “The Story of American Golf” and ran across a full page photo of Henry Picard with a notation in the caption of his being a pupil of Alex Morrison. More interesting to me, however, was the phrase on the facing page: “Henry Picard was a tall, clean-cut Yankee from Plymouth, about as gregarious as Greta Garbo.” So after many years of pouting I decided to quit taking it personally.
