Forward press March 2016

THE FORWARD PRESS 1 February 2016

March 2016 The Newsletter of the Members of Woodland Hills Country Club


21150 DUMETZ ROAD

WOODLAND HILLS, CA 91364

(818) 347-1511

PRO SHOP (818) 347-1476

WWW.WOODLANDHILLSCC.ORG

OFFICERS & DIRECTORS

Richard Brown, President

Mike Williamson, Vice President

Jim Nahigian, Secretary

Lee Dukehart, Treasurer

Dave Wild, Director

Lee Alpert, Director

Steve Valentine, Director

Bob Young, Past President

GREEN COMMITTEE

Jim Nahigian, Chairman

Chuck Underhill

Bob Rossberg

Nancy Mundy, WGA

David Osborn

Jeremy Abaranok

Ed Robertson

GOLF COMMITTEE

Bob Young, Chairman

Bryan Rickard, Handicap Chair

Jim Nahigian, Green Chair

Doug Gray, Girard ‘16 Chair

Arlene Gray, Women’s Golf

Couples’ Golf

Dominick Bruno

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE

Dave Wild, Chairman

Jack Morrow, Vice Chair

Chuck Champion

Brad Chapman

DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE

Billy Robbins

Tom Klarin

FOOD & BEVERAGE COMMITTEE

Lee Alpert, Chairman

Arlene Alpert

Vicki Wilson

Doug Booth

Jess Stevenson

Paula Rice

Phil Mundy

Arthur Stone

BYLAWS COMMITTEE

Richard Brown, Chairman

Lee Alpert

Arturo Jacinto

Tom Klarin

Billy Robbins

FINANCE COMMITTEE

Lee Dukehart, Treasurer

Steve Valentine

Chuck Underhill

Tom Klarin

Marty Paravato

Greg Houge

Don Baker

FACILITIES COMMITTEE

Mike Williamson, Chairman

Marty Valentine

Phil Mundy

Nancy Mundy

Joan Golden

Janet Seitz

Niqi Cindric

Alan Gerson

Betty Paravato

Nancy Hengstler

LONG-RANGE PLANNING

COMMITTEE

Bob Young, Chairman

Steve Valentine

Phil Mundy

Mark Hamermesh

Lee Alpert

Bob Egan

Richard Brown

CLUB DEPARTMENT HEADS

Jeremy Duda, PGA, General Manager

Steve Sinclair, CGCS, Golf Course

Superintendent

Rick Stegall, PGA, Head Golf

Professional

Rebecca Bauman, F&B Manager

Joseph Puga, Maitre d’

Kevin Schott, Executive Chef

Nicole Spahr, Membership and

Tournament Director

WOMEN’S GOLF

ASSOCIATION

Marirose Dirstine, President

Arlene Gray, 1st Vice President

Marty Valentine, 2nd Vice President

Sara Goldberg, Secretary

Sue Lloyd, Treasurer

Gale Johnston, Rules/Team

Joan Golden, Membership

Nellie Roch, Handicap

Linda Duffield, Social/Publicity

Gina Irvine, Guest Days

Nancy Hengstler, Parliamentarian/

HISTORICAL COMMITTEE

Betty Bowler

Jim Nahigian

Chuck Underhill

Peter Anderson

March 2016

Features 6 Ladies Valentine’s Tournament 7 Sadie Hawkins Day 10 & 11 Valentine’s Day 12 Valentines Couples’ Tournament

Columns 17 Golf Course Update 3 Manager’s Message 3 President’s Message 16 Shop Talk 8 WGA News

Other News 4 Easter Brunch Flier 5 Couples’ St Patty's Tournament Flier 13 Complimentary Beverage Tasting 9 Divoteers 13 Dress Code 19 Sunday’s at the club 13 Happy Hour at the Club 14-15 Men’s Girard Save the Date 18 Most Improved Golfers 20 Tournament Bridge Results


Manager’s Message Jeremy Duda, PGA,

General Manager & COO

When evaluating the golf

course recently, I noticed an inordinate amount of unrepaired

divots and ball marks, as well as bunkers not raked properly. I

would like to take this opportunity to remind the membership

that it is the responsibility of everyone to leave the golf course

in better condition than you found it. This includes repairing

divots, using the large container of sand found in the carts, or

the smaller bottles provided for walkers; properly repairing ball

marks on the greens and raking bunkers, whereby you leave the

surface in the condition that you would want it should your ball

go into a bunker. In addition, I also ask the smokers to please

not throw cigarette and cigar butts onto the golf course. These

are not only unsightly, but ecologically unsound.

The Men’s President Cup tournament is scheduled to

start the first weekend in March. This is always a great event

with a full field. This year, the event will run three consecutive

weeks with a skin game open to all on Sunday, March 20, fol-

lowed by the award presentation to the winner of this year’s

event.

As many of you already know, there is no better place

to celebrate Easter than Woodland Hills Country Club. Please

join us on Sunday, March 27, for this exceptional holiday cele-

bration and delicious brunch. Reservations are between 11:00

a.m. and 3:00 p.m., with the Baby Egg Hunt for children three-

years old and under at 12:00 noon, and the four-years-and-older

Egg Hunt at 1:00 p.m. Of course, our wonderful Easter Bunny

will be here for both of the hunts and he will definitely want to

be in your family pictures!

In closing I would like to remind everyone we will

begin aerification of greens on April 4th followed by aerifica-

tion of tees and fairways.

President’s Message Richard Brown, President

In this month’s column, I would like to

list goals for the present and near fu-

ture. These priorities have been embraced

by the Board and are reflective of the in-

put of a majority of the membership. In

setting any priorities, it is absolutely im-

perative to reflect the wishes of the major-

ity of the membership. However, oftentimes it is difficult

to distinguish between what the majority of members want to

see accomplished as opposed to what a vocal minority wishes

to accomplish. We have tried focus groups and town hall

meetings in the past and although these forums have provided

excellent input, they have not proven to be a reliable indicator

of the desires of the majority of our mem-

bers. The method best proven to capture the input of the ma-

jority of members is simply to send out surveys to members

and request their input. The physical improvements to our

Club addressed below are based upon the priorities set forth

by a majority of the membership in recent surveys. These

improvements are, of course, subject to the availability of the

required capital at the time of anticipated commencement.

Shortly, I will ask the membership to once again vote

on the sale of the three parcels of land discussed, and voted

upon last year, WITH THE PROVISION that any such mon-

ies derived from these sales will be spent on projects approved

by the vote of membership at the time such monies are re-

ceived.

Outdoor Dining Area

This exciting project will be adjacent to our club-

house’s current inside dining areas and will include fire pits,

dining tables and spectacular sunsets. An artist’s rendering

will be provided in the near future.

Driving Range

Our spectacular golf course has

one deficiency: Poor practice facilities. I feel it is time to re-

commence looking at designs that will accommodate better

practice facilities, including a driving range. Done properly

and timely, the benefits are immeasurable to both current and

new members. Speaking for myself, revenues from the sale

of the aforementioned parcels of land could not be put

to a better use.

Grill Room

I am pleased to announce the remodeling of the foyer

and our Grill Room. Although not complete, it is underway in

the most positive sense. Just wait till you see the redo of the

Grill Room.




WGA VALENTINE “PRETTY IN PINK” ABCD TOURNAMENT

by Arlene Gray, WGA Tournament Chair

Ladies dressed in all shades of pink came out to play in the WGA Valentine Tournament on

Tuesday, February 16, 2016. The temperature rose to 90 degrees on this February day, but

the ladies remained perfectly poised and focused. The teams competed in a “Hit and Sit”

format followed by awards and lunch in the Oak Room on tables decorated with hearts and

chocolates. Ladies were encouraged to “THINK PINK”

P - PUT ON A HAPPY FACE

I - INSPIRE YOUR TEAM

N - NEVER GIVE UP

K - KEEP ON SMILING

All in all, it was a fun day for the “Pink Ladies.”

First Place Carolina Garcia, Geri Thabit,

Vicki Wilson, Jocelyn Turnier

Second Place Charo Richards, Hannah Gold,

Sue Lloyd, Arlene Gray

Best Dressed

Gina Irvine

Closest-to-the-Pin

Vicki Wilson

#7, 8’7”

Third Place Yingzi Potts, Dee Lawrence,

Ann Bisio, Gina Irvine


First Place Nellie Roch and Keith Scheuer (Not Pictured)

Second Place Gina Irvine and George Lawrence

Third Place Pam Montagnino and Arturo Jacinto

Best Dressed Marirose and Hugh

Dirstine Closest-to-the-Pin

Dominick Bruno - #2, 8’7”

Closest-to-the-Pin Pam Montagnino - #7, 20’1”


March madness is upon us! Our team captain, Gale Johnston, arranged for a Rules Clinic

on March 1st for all women golfers. Betsy Gretton from the WSCGA Rules Education commit-

tee conducted the clinic with both an indoor classroom session and an outdoor hands-on demon-

stration. Our women members had many questions and it was great to get answers to so many

situational and technical issues. Recently, WSCGA held it’s annual Senior Singles tournament at

El Caballero CC. This is a major tournament on their calendar and our Hannah Gold won 1st

Gross in her flight and Tamiko Handlin won 3rd net in her flight. Congratulations to both ladies

for outstanding play and representing WHCC so well against a very talented field of players.

Our women's team is in full swing competing this year against Braemar CC, Bakersfield

CC and North Ranch CC. We have a strong roster of players and expect a great season. Our first

match is against Braemar on March 22nd. Go team!! Our women's Club Championship tourna-

ment is also happening this month with rounds on March 8th, 10th and final round on March

15th. Good luck to all participants and special thanks to Tamiko Handlin for organizing the tour-

nament.

We are happy to welcome six new members to the WHCC WGA this year; Jocelyn Turnier,

Cindi Tate, Diane Leavitt, Sam deRecat, Terese Reckley and Irene (Yingzi) Potts! I hope every-

one will get a chance to meet these wonderful ladies soon and join them for friendly round of

golf. Each new member has been paired with a “golf buddy” from the board to help get oriented

around the clubhouse and on the course. Thanks to Joan Golden for all her efforts in welcoming

new members! The WHCC Women's Golf Association is open to all women in our club interest-

ed in learning the wonderful game of golf regardless of ability and experience. If you are inter-

ested in joining and participating in our many fun events you may contact me, Marirose

Dirstine, president of WGA, or Joan Golden, our membership chairperson.

Let the Madness begin!!

Marirose Dirstine, President

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Divoteer fever is spreading!

This month, VICKI WILSON and ARTURO JACINTO have been

selected as Divoteers of the Month.

Vicki energetically fills every divot she sees. Arturo takes great pride in our course and shows it

by consistently repairing his divots as well as other divots. GOOD JOB, VICKI AND ARTURO.

You are each entitled to one free drink in the bar. REMEMBER THE GOLDEN DIVOTEER RULE: FIX MORE DIVOTS THAN YOU MAKE




Second Place Harvey and Terry Welles

Nancy and Dave Hengstler

Third Place Dave Wild and Paula Rice

Arlene and Doug Gray

Closest-to-the-Pin Bob Patterson – #15, 10’ 11”

Closest-to-the-Pin Nellie Roch - #7, 5’7”

First Place Chris and Janet Seitz

Marty and Steve Valentine


A friendly reminder to please make sure your guests are informed of and abide by

WHCC’s Dress Code. As a member, it is your responsibility to make sure that your

guests are dressed properly. Please review the rules below.

Men All men are required to wear a collared shirt on the Golf Course and in the Clubhouse

Golf/Polo shirts must be tucked in at all times

Men must remove hats when inside the Clubhouse

Hats are to be worn bill facing forward only

Denim may be worn only in the Members’ Bar and Members’ Grill. No denim of any type will be allowed on the

Golf Course or in the Oak, Sunset or Terrace Rooms (No Exceptions). Clean, not torn, denim only

Sweat suits of any type are not allowed in the Clubhouse or on the Golf Course

Spikeless or Softspike golf shoes must be worn on the Golf Course

Women Ladies may wear hats inside the Clubhouse with bill facing forward only

Denim may be worn only in the Members’ Bar and Members’ Grill. No denim of any type or color will be al-

lowed on the Golf Course or in the Oak, Sunset or Terrace Rooms (No Exceptions). Clean, not torn, denim only

Sweat suits of any style or fabric are not allowed in the Clubhouse or on the Golf Course

Shorts must be no shorter than mid-thigh. This includes the Golf Course and Clubhouse

Spikeless or Softspike golf shoes must be worn on the Golf Course


Established in 1954, The Girard is WHCC’s

premier member-guest event of the year.

Each team is comprised of one member and one guest.

Find a partner and save these dates.

You do not want to miss this event!

The field is limited to 60 teams,

so make sure you sign-up

online as soon as registration opens,

8:00 a.m., Wednesday, April 13, 2016.

Initial registration will be limited to

Equity and Executive members.

Registration for all other eligible players

will be April 15, 2016.

Men’s

Girard June 9, 10 & 11, 2016


Schedule of Events

Thursday, June 9, 2016

Richard Fields’ Scotch Derby - 3:00 p.m.

Opening Night Dinner and Wagering Party - 6:00 p.m.

Shopping Experience - 4:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Friday, June 10, 2016

Breakfast Buffet - 7:30 a.m.

Match #1 - 9:00 a.m. Match #2 - 12:00 p.m.

Barbecue Lunch - 2:00 p.m.

Match #3 - 3:30 p.m.

$100,000 Hole-in-One Shootout - 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, June 11, 2016

Breakfast Buffet - 6:30 a.m.

Match #4 - 8:00 a.m. Match #5 - 11:00 a.m.

Lunch Buffet - 1:00 p.m.

Championship Shootout - 2:30 p.m.


February, 2016

We all need to do our part to make sure the golf course is in the best condition possible. I have seen several occasions around the golf course,

some forgetfulness as to proper care and etiquette. The most noticeable, is the driving of golf carts in restricted areas. On Hole #8, we had

someone drive down into the natural area and leave very deep cart tracks while turning around. I have also seen members drive past the cart

signs in the fairway, and even down the slope into the barranca on Hole #4.

Carts do the most damage to turf in the winter or non-active growth periods. Besides the benefit of helping the grass stay healthy, it also

helps the player stay healthy by walking as much as they can. Make sure that you follow the rules, and go that extra mile to do your part to

help the course improve.

Practicing on the course has become problematic. Players have been using the course as their driving range - hitting many shots from the

same location, and causing extra damage to the turf. If you are going to practice on course, please fix any and all damage you create. It is

recommended that you only practice with drivers and long clubs that you cannot hit on the range. Do not use our range balls

on the course. When playing/practicing, please only hit a few balls, so as to not hold up play, or take extra divots.

Another item is rakes and bunkers. We ask that rakes be placed head-first in the bunker, with the handle resting on the edge, or where there is

a sign directing you into the bunker. Let’s take pride in our course by continuing to rake bunkers, fill divots and fix ball marks even if they

aren’t yours.

Speed of play is becoming more of an issue. We experienced some very long tournament rounds recently, so we need to come up with ways

to fix this problem. The following tips may help:

* If each group would do their best to keep up with the group in FRONT and don’t look BACK, we would help the problem.

* On an individual basis we all need to play ready golf when possible.

* Try continuous putting to help keep play moving.

* Make sure you park your cart or trolley between the flag and the next tee of hole you’re playing.

*Make sure you take extra clubs so you won’t have to return to your cart in case you picked the wrong club.

*Make sure scouting of yardages and conditions are done BEFORE it becomes your turn.

* Record scores when you have time on the NEXT tee and not on the green before leaving.

* When you share a cart, drop off your partner, or leave the cart for them and take your clubs to proceed to your own ball to be ready when

it’s your turn.

* Tournament play may have slightly different rules such as: No continuous putting, or ready golf is not allowed, but you can still make

every effort to stay up with the group ahead by being ready when it’s your turn.

I hope with these tips we can all enjoy our round of golf a little more.

The Golf Shop Staff

We all need to do our part to make sure the golf course is in the best condition possible. I have seen, on sever-

al occasions around the golf course, some forgetfulness as to proper care and etiquette. The most noticeable, is the

driving of golf carts in restricted areas. On Hole #8, we had someone drive down into the natural area and leave very

deep cart tracks while turning around. I have also seen members drive past the cart signs in the fairway, and even

down the slope into the barranca on Hole #4.

Carts do the most damage to turf in the winter or during non-active growth periods. Besides the benefit of

helping the grass stay healthy, it also helps players stay healthy by walking as much as they can. Make sure that you

follow the rules, and go that extra mile to do your part to help the course improve.

Practicing on the course has become problematic. Players have been using the course as their driving range -

hitting many shots from the same location, and causing extra damage to the turf. If you are going to practice on

course, please fix any and all damage you create. It is recommended that you practice with only drivers and long clubs

that you cannot hit on the range. Do not use our range balls on the course. When playing/practicing, please

hit only a few balls, so as to not hold up play, or take extra divots.

Another item is rakes and bunkers. We ask that rakes be placed head-first in the bunker, with the handle rest-

ing on the edge, or where there is a sign directing you into the bunker. Let’s take pride in our course by continuing to

rake bunkers, fill divots and fix ball marks, even if they aren’t yours.

Speed of play is becoming more of an issue. We experienced some very long tournament rounds recently, so

we need to come up with ways to fix this problem. The following tips may help:

* If each group would do its best to keep up with the group in FRONT and not look BACK, it would help the prob-

lem.

* On an individual basis, we all need to play ready golf when possible.

* Try continuous putting to help keep play moving.

* Make sure you park your cart or trolley between the flag and the next tee of the hole you’re playing.

* Make sure you take extra clubs so you won’t have to return to your cart in case you picked the wrong club.

* Make sure scouting of yardages and conditions are done BEFORE it becomes your turn.

* Record scores when you have time on the NEXT tee and not on the green before leaving.

* When you share a cart, drop off your partner, or leave the cart for him or her and take your clubs to proceed to your

own ball to be ready when it’s your turn.

* Tournament play may have slightly different rules, such as: No continuous putting, or ready golf is not allowed, but

you can still make every effort to stay up with the group ahead by being ready when it’s your turn.

I hope that with these tips we can all enjoy our round of golf a little more.


It’s the end of February, and our daytime-high temperatures have been in the mid 80’s for a week. Does this

mean our fairways are ready for full time cart traffic? Not quite yet. Our soil temperatures have not risen enough that

the kikuyu is growing vigorously in many areas. There are some very thin areas on 1, 4 and 9 fairways that still need

additional time to recover from winter, so please check with the Golf Shop daily to get the cart traffic instructions.

Short of a March miracle, it appears we will have another below-average rainfall year. To date, we have re-

ceived only 6.9 inches of rain, with only .5 inch in February. This is 4 inches behind our annual average. With less

rainfall, we have had to irrigate in the evening more than normal and hand water during the day. We have been ex-

tremely careful and watered as little as possible, as well as not watering at all when rain is projected.

April is right around the corner, and our aerification dates are as follows:

Greens, Collars and Approaches – April 4 and 5

Tees – April 11 and 12

Fairways – April 18 – 22 We will also aerify around greens and other rough areas whenever possible during these three weeks.

For more updates please visit the golf course maintenance blog at http://whccgcm.blogspot.com/ for more in-

formation.

http://whccgcm.blogspot.com/


February 2016

WOMEN OLD NEW MEN OLD NEW

Georgene Berman 37.4 33.3

Bill Shamma 14.8 13.0

Annette Zajaczkowski

32.1 29.8 Brad Chapman 8.9 7.6

Carolina Garcia 13.6 12.4 Lee Dukehart 13.9 12.4

Terry Welles 30.3 28.8 Kevin Wilson 10.8 9.5

Nellie Roch 19.9 19.1 Michael Tamburro 8.1 7.0

Gina Irvine 23.6 22.9 Dave Osborn 15.7 14.2

Diane Leavitt 29.0 28.2 Kenny Gradney 4.0 3.2

Linda Duffield 35.4 34.5 Ron Villa 12.4 11.2

Yingzi Potts 40.4 39.5 Jon Shuken 15.2 13.9

Gale Johnston 23.4 22.9 Tom Lambert 13.9 12.7



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Grand Slammers - 2/3/16

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2 Vicki Spooner

3 Sandy Collins

Duplicates - 2/10/16

1 Juanita Robbins & Betty Ingalls

2 Bev Simmons & Nancy Riley

3 Sandy Collins & Mary Ann Laccabué

Grand Slammers - 2/17/16

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2 Juanita Robbins

3 Betty Ingalls

Duplicates - 2/24/16 1 Juanita Robbins & Vicki Spooner

2 Sandy Collins & Sylvia Seltzer

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