Arrows Newsletter July 2014

T his month, I would like to apprise you of recent Board of Directors discussions

and actions. We had our June meeting and our focus was on three continuing topics: our budget, membership and over-seeding. Our total membership is remaining pretty steady in terms of numbers, but we have a disconcerting trend in the makeup of our membership. For the past several years, there has been a slow decline in the number of equity members in our club and non-equity members are, by and large, replacing them. When members resign, they summarize their reason for doing so, but we have not been able to recognize any consistent trends that we can counteract. The net result is a net loss of income for the club and I would like to commend Wayne Austin for his attentive efforts to cope with our cash flow.

Over the next few days, we will be scrutinizing Wayne’s new budget projections for the last half of this year. These projections will reflect the discussion above, but also reflect the success Wayne, Sergio, Sean and the rest of the staff have had in attracting more outside activities to ACC. These include weddings, banquets, tournaments

and group luncheons. Once the budget is approved, I will communicate any actions it may demand.

At our last meeting, the Board enabled use of popular credit cards by all members to pay their monthly bills. This is totally voluntary, of course, but provides a convenience to members who prefer to pay that way. If you are interested, stop by the office to set up this new service.

The last topic of Board discussions has been over-seeding the golf course. For the past two years, we have done a partial over-seed (tee boxes, some areas in the rough and approach areas around the greens). The partial over-seed is in the budget. Lack of a full over-seed, however, has led to the loss of some members and disgruntlement across a large number of others. Full over-seed is not in our current budget, but we now have collected accurate estimates of the increased cost. This issue seems to divide the club into “two armed camps” that are very vocal. Stay tuned for breaking news soon…

-Gary

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Arrowhead Country Club Newsletter

Gary Schelin - PresidentGary Schelin - President

Arrowhead Country ClubMembers of

Arrowhead Country Club Newsletter July 2014

rrowsAPro Shop Update

We have to start this months article with a big

congratulations to Chester Marcel. On June 6th Mr. Marcel recorded his 10th lifetime hole in one on hole #10. A perfectly struck driver for the “ace” Mr. Marcel can be found everyday out on the course looking for #11.

Congratulations to Vicki Goeres and partner Pris Krasney. Ladies Dixon champions for 2014. They defeated the team of Judy Graves and Sue Pederson in an exciting down to the wire match. Great golfing ladies!

For July our summer Jack and Jills will begin on Friday the 11th. We will have one the remaining Fridays in July and August. Shotgun start is 5:30. Find another couple to play with. Come on out for golf and dinner.

Format will differ each time.

The mens Play it Forward will be on the 19th with an 8:30 shotgun start. Sign up in foursomes in the golf shop. This is a fun event and a chance to “GO Low”

We are going to have a Jr. Club championship on the 26th with tee times starting at 11:00. This event is open to all of our juniors that are able to play 18 holes of golf. More information for this event will be available in the golf shop.

See you on the course.

NEWLY APPOINTEDACC BOARD MEMBERS &

APPOINTEESGary Schelin, President

Gene Tate, Vice PresidentWacy Armstrong, Club Attorney

Robert Martin, SecretaryEve 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

Merrily Roesch (2nd yr.) - HouseKarl Doerner (1st yr.) -

Social, AWGA, & PublicityBernard Kersey (1st yr.) -

Energy & Membership Roger Work (1st yr.) - Finance

STAFF MEMBERSWayne Austin -

General ManagerSergio Victorio -

Food and Beverage ManagerJordan Perl -

Assistant Food and Beverage Manager

Rachele Rechou - Chef DeCuisineSean Cherry - Director of Golf

Alan Briggs - Head Golf Professional

Brian Hamilton - Director of Instruction

Elise Campbell - Membership Director

Tisha Cable - Office ManagerPeder Rauen -

Course Superintendent

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AWGA Arrowhead Women’s Golf AssociationThe following AWGA Board officers for 2014-15 were elected at the General Meeting on June 5:

Vicki Goeres, PresidentPris Krasney, 1st Vice President/Tournament ChairLisa Richey, 2nd Vice President/MembershipSandy Cooper, Treasurer

Nancy Hedding, SecretaryKatie Ankrum, Thursday Play ChairLinda Foster, WSCGA LiaisonPay Lyons, Will continue as Parliamentarian

Most Improved player for May was Cindy Haas followed by Linda Foster, Carol Bond, Katie Ankrum, and Heather Hundley. Gina Schelin was Platter winner for June with a Net Score of 75 and Denise Work had fewest Putts (27).

It was an exciting final day of the Ladies’ Dixon when the team of Vicki Goeres and Pris Krasney won 2 up on the last hole against the team of Judy Graves and Sue Pederson. Congratulations to Vicki and Pris and to both teams for getting to the finals.

Congratulations to the Ladies’ Team for winning WSCGA’s Division I. They also won their first play-off competition on June 19 against Porter Valley. Their second play-off round will be on June 26 against Braemar Country Club. Good Luck Ladies!

Because of the Ladies’ Team competition being played on June 26, Play Day which was scheduled for that day has been moved to July 1. The theme for Play Day is “Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer”. Several “crazy” twists and turns are planned for this day. A prize will be awarded for the best decorated table.

J & J Twilight games will begin on July 11 and continue throught the end of August. These 9-hole competitions will be

every Friday evening with a 5:30 p.m. shotgun. This is a great opportunity for couples to meet and play with new, and old, members.

A reminder to AWGA ladies--There will be no formal AWGA activities in July and August (except for Play Day on July 1). Thursday will still be considered “ladies’ day” and ladies may complete Ringer cards every Thursday. The Ringer cards will be made available on these days.2

Jack & Jill winnersMay 25th

Gross Net1. Fletcher/Richey 1. Hendrix/Hiltabide2. Haas/Work 2. Albert/Foster

June 22th

Gross Net1. Richey/Work 1. Hedding/Hendrix2. Fletcher/Foster 2. Mackinnon/Bond/Schelin3. Cooper/Standley

The golf shop guys.

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July 2014

Summer is officially here, and with it has come warm

weather, long days and great golfing conditions. This warm weather we see throughout the summer months is producing an enormous amount of growth across the property. This growth, along with annual agronomic practices and several memorable golf tournaments colluded to-gether and made for a very busy and productive month of June. The major focus for the month lied primarily in completing the annual practice of aeration, the scheduling and strategic trim-ming of several overgrown trees on property, and aggressively treating for the algae and aquat-ic weeds in 2 of our 3 lakes.

During the first week of the month, we began the annual practice of aerating the fair-ways, approaches and teeing surfaces. This cultural practice went well and will benefit us greatly throughout the upcom-ing summer months. The aera-

tion process aids in promoting the growth of our Common Bermudagrass, which, in these closely mowed areas, is the turf we entirely depend on to sus-tain us throughout the summer months. Additionally, several of the approaches were upgraded to a Hybrid Bermudagrass (Tif-way 419), which is a much more cold tolerant grass species and will sustain itself and remain much healthier throughout the cold, winter days we get in the San Bernardino Valley. This Hy-brid Bermudagrass was sodded in the third week of the month and has already recovered from the stress of transplanting quite nicely. The approaches where sodding has been done are as follows:

•#7, #9, #11, #15, #16, #17

Another issue in need of ad-dressing was the pruning of several key trees around the golf course. Although there is quite a list of trees needing to be trimmed, the deciding fac-tor when selecting the trees of highest priority is the impact

they have on the roughly 2 acres of putting surface here at ACC. Because the greens are truly the “heart” of our golf course, it is of utmost importance that we provide the best possible grow-ing conditions for the putting greens to thrive. Because many of the trees surrounding the green complexes cast massive shadows across the turf for much of the day (particularly in the winter when the sun is low-er in the sky), these trees need to be “thinned” out to allow for sunlight to penetrate the tree canopy and reach the underly-ing turfgrass. The green com-plexes to be addressed and the specific trees being trimmed are as follows:

•#5 - Olive Tree (back left)•#10 - All Palms in Green

Complex (relatively in-expensive and primarily a safety/aesthetic issue)

•#15 - All Palms in Green Complex (relatively in-expensive and primarily a safety/aesthetic issue)

•#18 - Coast Live Oak Tree (Back left)

With temperatures on the rise and the days being the longest of the year, the potential for al-gae blooms and aquatic weeds rises dramatically. In addition to warm weather and increased day length, there are several other challenges that we face regarding our lakes. First of all, the well water that is used to fill these lakes has been shown through multiple tests to be very high in nitrates. It is these ni-trates in the water that produce the algae blooms that we see and also encourages rapid and dense growth of the aquatic weeds that root themselves in the bottom of our two shallower lakes (#7 fwy and #14 green). Further-more, we must be extremely cautious when selecting prod-ucts and chemical application rates to treat these aquatic weeds because this is also the water we irrigate the turf with on a night-ly basis (the lakes act as “hold-ing ponds” for irrigation water). That being said, there are several treatment methods currently in place that I feel confident will improve the appearance of these much beloved lakes.

As a final reminder, I ask that all of you take good care of the golf course while you are out en-joying its beauty. As always, it is important 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 understanding as it truly does take a team effort to sustain the high level playing conditions that you have all be-come accustomed to.

Arrowhead Women’s Golf Association

Happy Golfing!

Peder RauenGreenway Golf Superintendent

Arrowhead Country Club

Your golf course maintenance crew

Greetings from

Activities planned for July:

Tuesday 1st

Ladies Play Day,“Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer”

8:30 a.m. shotgun,General Meeting and installation of officers

following golf.

Fridays 11th, 18th and 25th Jack & Jill Twilight - 5:30 p.m. Shotgun.


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10th tee & Course Open at 12:00pm

Bar Open at 2:30pm

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Bar Open at 2:30pm

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Bar Open at 2:30pm

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DinnerPasta Buffet

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DinnerStir Fry Buffet

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DinnerPasta Buffet

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DinnerReal Taco Bar Buffet5-8:30 pm


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4th of JulyBBQ Lunch

11am to 2pm& BBQ Dinner

4pm - 7pm

Dinner Prime Rib & Fresh

Fish Special 5-8:30 pm

Wine Tasting6 pm

Free Jr. TennisJack & Jill5:30pm



Live EntertainmentOne in the Jar

Free Jr. TennisJack & Jill5:30pm



Live EntertainmentOne in the Jar

Jr. Tennis Adult Tennis

Jack & Jill5:30pm

High School Tennis

Alligators Vs South Hills

9 am

High School Tennis

British Open Mixer

8:30 amAlligators

Vs Glendora9 am

High School Tennis

Junior Club Championship

11:00 am

High School Tennis

From 10 am to 1:30 pm

All New 3 rd Sunday Brunch

- Mondays Clubhouse Closed- Breakfast every Saturday & Sunday

From 7:00 am to 1:00 pm(Unless marked on the calendar)

- Lunch, Tuesday to Sunday from 11:00 am to 2:30 pm(Unless marked on the calendar)


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Shotgun 8:30 am

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Over seeding to Start

Tentative date

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10th tee & Course Opens at 12pm

Bar Open at 2:30pmJr. Tennis

Labor DayRestaurant and Bar

Open at 7 amCourse Open at 7:30 am Jack & Jill Open at 1pm

Jr. Tennis

10th tee & CourseOpen at 2:00 pm


10th tee & Course Opens at 12pm


Citrus Cup Tournament8:30am Shotgun Start

Inland Empire 66ers

Golf Tournament 11:00 am Start

10th tee & Course ClosedBar Open at 2:30pm

Jr. Tennis

Ontario Reign Golf Tournament9 am Shotgun

10th tee & Course open at 2pm Bar Open at 2:30pm

Jr. Tennis

10th tee & CourseOpen at 12 pm

Bar Openat 2:30pmJr. Tennis

BNI Golf Tournament9 am Shotgun

10th tee &Course open at 12 pmBar Open at 2:30pm

Jr. Tennis Adult Tennis

10th tee & CourseOpen at 12 pm

Bar Open at 2:30pm


Gale StocktonJunior Tournament

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Summer Team Play Tournament

1:30 pm Shotgun StartDinner Pasta Buffet

5-8:30 pm Jr. Tennis Adult Tennis

DinnerReal Taco Buffet

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Ladies’ General Meeting

8:00 am ShotgunPutts & Platters

Ladies’ Invitational Tournament

9:00 am Shotgun Start

Ladies’ Member Member

Tournament1st Round

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Ladies’ Member Member

Tournament2nd Round

8:30 am Shotgun

Ladies’ General Meeting

8:00 am ShotgunPutts & Platters

Citrus Cup Tournament1pm & 4pm

Dinner Prime Rib & Fresh Fish

Special 5-8:30 pmFree Jr. Tennis


Special 5-8:30 pmJr. Tennis

Jack & Jill 5:30pm


Special 5-8:30 pmWine Tasting 6pm

Free Jr. Tennis

Mens Club Champ1:30 pm Start

Dinner Prime Rib & Fresh Fish Special 5-8:30 pm

Wine Tasting 6pmJack & Jill 5:30pm


Special 5-8:30 pmJack & Jill 5:30pm


Special 5-8:30 pmFree Jr. Tennis


Special 5-8:30 pmKaraoke NightFree Jr. Tennis

Jack & Jill 5:30pm


Special 5-8:30 pmLive Entertainment

One in the JarJr. Tennis Adult Tennis


Special 5-8:30 pmLive Entertainment

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High School Tennis

Mens Club Championship

Round 2 8:00 am Start

High School Tennis

Mens Club Championship

Round 3 8:00 am Start

High School Tennis

High School Tennis

Mens PGA Championship Mixer

8:30 am Shotgun

High School Tennis

Citrus Cup Tournament8:30 Shotgun StartCitrus Cup Dinner

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Men Hole in One Tournament

8:30 am, shotgun start

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Breakfast 7:00 am - 1:00pmLunch 11:00 am - 2:30pm

Clubhouse Closed

Breakfast7:00 am - 1:00pm

Lunch11:00 am - 2:30pm

Clubhouse Closed

August

One of the oldest photos in our collec-tion shows number Eight green on the

occasion of Arrowhead hosting the Califor-nia Open won by Fred Morrison in 1938.

Arrowhead being the venue for a championship golfing event is not rare,as is evident in that 1938 photo and also the 1928 photo included with this article. And as we members know, just having recently experienced the San Bernardino Coun-ty Amateur Championship, these events can have their pluses and minuses. These events are of two types: the fund raisers for some local charity or institution, such as our hospitals or Universities that usually fill up a Monday and come and go almost unno-ticed, or a true championship tournament that will on occasion take up the better part of a weekend morning and are higher main-tenance.

The San Bernardino County Amateur Golf Championship is the latter. The staff is involved in the conduct of the tourna-ment such as checking the players in as they arrive, starting them off and furnishing the contestants with a rules sheet, etc. and then setting up a scoreboard and recording the rounds. Our Major championships such as the US Open and PGA Championship rely on our truly great courses to open their doors in order to provide the proper setting for these prestigious events; some more than others are glad and even proud to oblige, others not so much. Pine Valley for in-stance hosted the 1936 Walker Cup Match-es and nothing since. I would conclude that they consider themselves much too elite to expand on that one contribution to the welfare of the game; however, they allowed me on the premises for 54 holes (Stockton’s never played it...hee hee) so any presump-tion of eliteness goes right in the toilet by that slip from grace of abiding my presence.

On the opposite side of the country from Pine Valley sets Cypress Point. If

Cypress Point isn’t elite nothing is and they have a history of having hosted events such as the Crosby which is now the AT&T and also hosting the California State Amateur, and they somewhat inadvertently hosted perhaps the most famous “game” of all time. This legendary event was just a whisper in golf lore until Mark Frost gave it a voice in his 2007 book about “The Match.” This was a game that was put together in a mat-ter of 24 hours and was a result of nothing more than two millionaire friends arguing in the bar after their rounds about my guys can beat your guys; and the next thing one

knows the four greatest players in the world are standing on the first tee of the greatest golf course in the world. “The Match” pit-ted Ken Venturi and Harvie Ward against Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson and was played at Cypress in 1956. There was no promotion of the event; in fact, there was an attempt to keep it somewhat hush-hush, but word got out and golfers and golf fans starting swarming to Cypress from all over the Monterey Peninsula. It was taxing on the caddies, as spectators were picking up the divots before they could be replaced, taking them home and preserving them like

Ted Williams’ body. They knew they were witnessing a memorable and rare event.

I had the opportunity of meeting and speaking with Ken Venturi about five or six years ago in Palm Springs. He was especial-ly gracious and receptive. I told him that I’d first heard about the “Match” in 1958 while it was still being just whispered about and at that time the rumor was that it was you and Don Cherry against Ben Hogan and Sam Snead and that you had personally beaten the best ball of Hogan and Snead. In 1956 Ken Venturi was regarded by most to be the heir apparent of Ben Hogan as he had

just missed winning the Masters as an am-ateur, and so that rumor fit the perception. He laughed and said he’d never heard that version of the “Match.” He looked very fit and healthy and young so I was somewhat dumbstruck and sorrowful when I heard of his passing a short time ago.

So, regardless of the event and the venue, there will always be those who like to keep their course private and resent the intrusion, and those who like to show it off and let people know what they’re so proud of and what these tournament players are missing by not being a member of our club... so why not join?

Now having said all that let me add that these are lean times in the golf world and some of the business periodicals that come across my desk bespeak the concern: “golf has been a crummy business for a long time,” Paul Swinard from Morningstar Inc. reports, and from the editorial page in the National Review one hears “ Golf which boomed for many years is on the decline.” So, regardless of how possessive we might be eliteness comes at a price, and the good thing is that these tournament participants feel like honored guests while providing that sorely needed funding.

So let’s ruminate a bit on the tourna-ment golf that was played here May 25th and talk about a few of the most interesting aspects of the scoring in the Championship Flight.

First of all let me gloat a bit by stating that my grandson Zachary Hammond, a member of Arrowhead, won this, the 44th staging of the event, with scores of 73 73 66 = 212.

The event was over the Memorial Day weekend, with the first days play taking place at Sierra Lakes on Saturday, Sunday at Arrowhead and the final day at San Ber-nardino Golf Club.

Other Arrowhead members who par-ticipated were Jordan Brusig, Mathew and Scott Daniels, Nicholas Martinez and Justin Sandoval.

The toughest course was Arrowhead with an average 18 hole score of 79.4, then Sierra Lakes at 77.2 and finally San Ber-nardino GC at 75.1. The highest 9 hole average was the front nine at Arrowhead at 41.02. As I said before these and the following stats reflect the Championship Flight only.

The toughest hole as compared to par was #2 at Arrowhead with an average score of 4.84. The easiest was #18 at San Ber-nardino a par 5 that averaged 4.75.

The toughest holes in the tourna-ment were: #2 at ACC, #14 at ACC, #13 at SBGC, #16 at SBGC and #6 at Sierra Lakes.

The top five holes at Arrowhead as far as difficulty were: #2, #14, #18, and #4, while numbers #1, #9 and #16 played to a total of 205 strokes each which made them equal in difficulty with an average of 4.56.

Both #2 and #11 at Arrowhead played in 218 strokes, which made their average equal also at 4.84, but #2 is a par 4 as we all know and #11 is a par 5. Number two measures 413 yards from the blues while #11 is 90 yards longer at 503. It’s not appropriate here to say ergo, but the result is that #2 is the most difficult and #11 the easiest as per the judgment of the data from the San Bernardino County Amateur, and exactly as they are rated by the SCGA on our score card.


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July 2014

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(909)882-1735Fax

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