Jan. 2015

Volume 18 Issue 3

Robert Scarpati Brook Bell Pro Shop Staff

Head Golf Assistant Golf Professional Mario Mora Professional Dave King Irene King Snack Shack, & Rangers, Lou Testa, Leo Glover, Sherry Jensen & Rick Shields

P.O. Box 1589 Solvang, Ca. 93464 (805) 688-6042 FAX (805) 688-8229

River Course Currents

I would like to take a moment to thank all the Men’s and Women’s club members. This past year we had great participation in tournaments and in monthly memberships. The River Course appreciates all the patronage throughout the 2014 year. We will be adding some new and fun activities throughout the year so make sure to join in on the fun. Thanks again for a great year. Robert Robert (Boo) Scarpati, PGA

Head Golf Professional River Course @ the Alisal

“There is a golf God, and may she

shine on all of us in 2015!

Wishing you a year of health,

wealth, happiness, luck, warmth…

And loads of love of your dear ones!

Hope the New Year

showers you with…

All that is beautiful!

Happy New Year!

January is National Oatmeal Month!

Course conditions hotline – 686-4467

Just a Reminder of our events for 2015

Ladies

Day 1st

Thursday of each

month

Saturday Tournaments

11/7/2014 11/15/2014 Turkey Shoot

12/5/2014

1/2/2015 Also a Home and Home TBA Alisal 8th & R.C. 15th

2/5/2015 2/21/2015 Can -Am

3/3/2015 3/21/2015 St. Patty's Green Ball

4/2/2015

5/7/2015 5/23/2015 Best Nine

6/4/2015

7/2/2015 7/18/2015 Patriotic Celebration

8/6/2015

9/3/2015 9/19/2015 Criss Cross

10/1/2015 10-11, 10-12 Club Championship

Begins the next club year

11/6/2015 11/21/15 Turkey Shoot

11/12/2015 Pub Links Association Day at River Course

NEXT PUB LINKS ASSOCIATION DAY

FEBRUARY12, 2015

The next Public Links Associat ion Day

tournament wi ll be in February.

Thursday, Feb. 12th

.

At BLACKLAKE

More information in The format is “Low Gross.”

$40 w/car t sof t spikes required .

The entry-mailing window is

JANUARY – 12th

– 15th

LINK to Pub Links –

http://www.womensgolf.org/wplgasc/

LINK to GHIN http://www.ghin.com/index.shtml

2015 RCWC BOARD MEMBERS

P.O. Box 1589

Solvang, Ca. 93464 (805) 686-5983

Diane Reuter President/Newsletter

Volunteer needed V.P. Tournaments

Pam Eagar V.P. Ladies’ Day

Gretchen Smith Handicap/Treasurer

Sherry Jensen Hospitality

Carol Carpenter Secretary

HOME AND HOME

On Thursday, January 8th

we will be

playing at the Alisal ranch course.

On Thursday, January 15th

we will be

playing at River Course.

Deadline: Please sign up to play by

…Jan 5th

Thursday, January 8th

at Ranch Course

at the Alisal Entry fee : $5.00 cash and a third of the

field will be paid in cash

Time: 8:30 A.M. Shotgun

Price: For River Course members $16

with or without a cart

Lunch: All players will pay for their own

lunch.

Deadline for signing up will be Tuesday

Jan. 5th

.

Thursday, January15th

at River Course

Entry fee: $5.00 cash and a third of the

field will be paid in cash

Ranch Members: $16 with or without a

cart

River Course Members fees: You will

pay what you usually play for a round of

golf at River Course

Lunch: All players will pay for their own

lunch.

Sign Up as an individual by emailing Pam

Eagar or Diane.

Deadline for signing up will be Monday

Jan. 12th

.

January is also Hot Tea Month!

RULE OF THE MONTH

20-1/19 Placing Object Marking Position of Ball

Other Than Behind Ball

Q When marking the position of a ball, must the ball-marker

be placed behind the ball, or may it also be placed to the

side of or in front of the ball?

A There is no restriction. However, if a player positions his

ball-marker in front of the ball on the putting green and in

the process does something to the green that improves the

line of putt (e.g., presses down a raised tuft of grass), he is

in breach of Rule 13-2.

River Course at the Alisal Men’s

Club Board of Directors 2014

Bill Hanke President

Darrel Young Treasurer

Craig Metheany Handicap Chairman

Phil O’Neill Website

Dennis Knecht Secretary

Steve Hartstein Tournaments

Ben Zitello Tournaments

Chuck Pira Tournaments

http://www.rcamensclub.org/

1st Hennessee, Crawford, Worth, & Cooper 55 $51 ea.

2nd

Bell, Giuliano, Knowlton, & Nicholas 56 $36 ea.

3rd

Humburger, Hartstein, Knecht, & Tyng 56.1 $25 ea.

4th Jacobs, Kaatz, Zitello, Dunn, & Dugan 57.5 $18 ea.

14 teams net Payout $520

Closest to the pin $25.00 each

Hole #4 Mike Crawford 9' 3"

Hole #9 Matt Nation 5"

Hole #12 Kevin Belster 10' 4"

Hole #17 John Nuss 4' 7"

Great Golf One-liners:

Golf is like chasing a quinine pill around a cow pasture: Winston Churchill

It took me seventeen years to get 3,000 hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on

the golf course: Babe Ruth

Columbus went around the world in 1492. That isn't a lot of strokes when you

consider the course: Lee Trevino

These greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the

shadow: Sam Snead

If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball: Jack Lemmon

If you're caught on a golf course during a storm and are afraid of lightning, hold up a 1-iron. Not even

God can hit a 1-iron: Lee Trevino

The people who gave us golf and called it a game are the same people who gave us bag pipes and called

it music: Anon

I would like to deny all allegations by Bob Hope that during my last game of golf, I hit an eagle, a

birdie, an elk and a moose: Gerald Ford

After all these years, it's still embarrassing for me to play on the American golf tour. Like the time I

asked my caddie for a sand wedge and he came back ten minutes later with a ham on rye: Chi Chi

Rodriguez

Three Cheating Golfer Jokes

Golf Swindler:

While sitting at a table in the clubhouse after a game, Padraig remarked to a fellow

club member', I'm not going to play golf with Jim Lawler anymore. He cheats.'

'Why do you say that?' asked his friend.

'Well, he found his lost ball two feet from the green', replied Padraig indignantly.

'That's entirely possible', commented his friend.

'Not when I had his golf ball in my pocket', retorted Padraig with finality.

Golf Partner

Alex comes home after his regular Saturday golf game and his wife, Amanda asks why he

doesn't include John Gumby in the games anymore. Alex asks, 'Would you want to play

with a guy who regularly cheats, swears outrageously over everything, lies about his score,

and has nothing good to say about anyone else on the course?'

'Of course I wouldn't,' states Amanda.

'Well,' mutters Alex, 'neither does John Gumby.'

Why'd I Do That? You flub a chip, and then hit it again in mid-air

BY RICK SMITH

ILLUSTRATION BY GOLDEN COSMOS

October 2014

There are certain things you see on the golf course that

make you go, “What the hell just happened?” Like a

shank, or when someone misses a one-foot putt. Another

one is the double-hit chip shot. Typically, this happens in

thick greenside rough: You chunk the shot so the ball comes out weakly, then your club catches it again

on the through-swing. (Under the Rules, you don't count the second hit, but you're penalized one stroke.)

The problem here comes from thinking too much about the follow-through. If the clubhead gets stuck in

the grass at impact, causing the ball to float out in slow motion, your instinct is to keep the club moving.

When you force the follow-through, the club can catch the ball again, before it gets out of the way.

Instead, think of the clubhead going down at impact and staying low, either remaining in the grass or

coming up no more than a couple of feet. It's similar to the way you play a buried lie in the bunker, where

there's little to no follow-through, and the clubhead stays in the sand.

Keeping your clubhead in check will stop you from hitting more than one chip per hole—well, at least

only one per swing.

GET YOUR BRAIN BACK TO NEUTRAL

After you make an ugly mistake like a double-hit, you need to change your mind-set. First, tell yourself

that another double-hit is not an option. Next, plan a different shot: Change clubs, change ball position,

change technique. You need a new focus. I tell players at Arizona State, where I research

psychophysiology, to take 10 steps and count each one. This kind of objective thinking might not get you

from negative to positive, but it'll get you to neutral. And you can play from neutral.—Debbie Crews,

Ph.D.

ANOTHER REASON TO CHIP LIKE PHIL A good thought for avoiding the double-hit chip is to make sure the club swings through to the inside (toward

your front foot) while keeping the face open to that path. Phil Mickelson is a great model for this. He'll never

double-hit a chip because his clubhead tracks along a different path than the ball. Trouble comes when you

swing out toward the target.

Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. 1

HAPPY NEW

YEAR!

2 3

Fruitcake Toss

Day

4

5 6

RC MEN’S

TOSS UP

11:30

SHOTGUN

7

8 SBCC 9:00 A.M.

TEE TIMES

AWAY

Women’s

H & H at

Alisal 8:30 A.M.

SHOTGUN

9

10

Houseplant

Appreciation

Day

11

12

National

Pharmacist Day

13

RC MEN’S

TOSS UP

11:30

SHOTGUN

14

15

HOME

Women’s

H & H at

Alisal 8:30 A.M.

SHOTGUN

16

17

Ditch New

Year’s

Resolutions

Day

18

19

20

RC MEN’S

TOSS UP

11:30

SHOTGUN

21

National

Hugging Day

22

Ladies’ Day

8:30 A.M.

23

24

25 26

Spouse's Day

27

RC MEN’S

TOSS UP

11:30

SHOTGUN

28

29 Ladies’ Day

8:30 A.M.

30

WAGSTAFFE

MEDIA 9:30 A.M.

TEE TIMES

31

January 2015

COURSE

OPENS AT

10 A.M.

MEN’S TOURNAMENT

8:30 A.M.

SHOTGUN

MEN’S TOURNAMENT

11:30 A.M.

SHOTGUN

MEN’S

AWARDS TOURNAMENT

11:30 A.M.

SHOTGUN

Team

Play 9:00 A.M

Team

Play 9:00 A.M

Don’t

forget