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M O N T H L Y G U E S T D A Y S

4th Thursday

Ladies

8:30 am

JUNE 27

Tunes on the Terrace Thursdays in June ~ 6:00 pm to 9:00 pmJoin us on the Terrace every Thursday and enjoy a different band and buffet each week, no reservations required. This is a fun night and a great way to meet new members, so come on down and join the fun.

Lads & Lassies TournamentSaturday, June 10thThe Lads & Lassies tournament is right around the corner. So it’s time to put your team together and register below. Stop by theGolf Shop to sign up. This is a fun annual event hosted by the Catta Verdera Woman Golfers that you won’t want to miss.

Father’s Day in Quixote’sSunday, June 16thCelebrate Father’s Day at the club and enjoy specials in Quixote’s all day. So bring Dad and join the fun. No reservations required.

Luau NightFriday, July 12thJoin us for our 3rd Annual Luau Night at the club! There will be fire dancers, hula dancers, music and great food. The buffet featuring huli-huli chicken, Lomi-Lomi Salmon and a whole roasted pig, along with pineapple fried rice, sesame stir fried vegetables, tropical fruit salad and Macadamia nut cookies. The fun night will begin 7:00 pm. No reservations are required.

The Eclectic TournamentJune 21st & 22nd ~ 1:00 pm ShotgunThe always popular Eclectic Tournament is back for 2019. This 2 round tournament has you playing a ‘best ball’ with yourself over the 2 rounds. That is then added together with your partner’s ‘best ball’ to give you your team total aggregate eclectic score. Teams will be made up of 2 men or 2 women golfer, no mixed teams. You must both play from the same tees.

Format: The tournament is essentially a one-man best ball event completed over two days. You play your own ball on both days and record your score. Then take the best score our of the two rounds for each individual hole to get your 18 hole “Eclectic Score.” Both players “Eclectic Scores” will be added together to obtain the team tournament score.

Cost: $35 Per Player. Includes dinner and awards after the round on day 2.

Please contact the golf shop to sign up by June 18th. If you have not played in the past, this is a great event that you will not want to miss.

Gift cards make a great Father’s Day gift! Give

your Dad the gift of golf.

Cleveland Golf Scoring ClinicThursday, June 13th ~ 3:00 pmDid you know that 2 out of every 3 shots occur from within 125 yards of the hole? The key to scoring is learning the secrets from 125 yards and in. You’ll receive 90 minutes of expert short game instruction that will help you in all critical situations - chips, pitches, bunkers, flops and more. $130 per person, which includes the clinic and a Wedge! Contact the golf shop or email pshorts@cattaverdera.com to sign up.

Mimosas and XXIOThursday, June 13th ~ 10:00 am - 2:00 pmDue to the popularity of our XXIO and Mimosas event last year we are bringing it back on Thursday June 13th, from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM. Sign up with the Golf Shop in advance to reserve your spot at this XXIOExperience Day. Or just show up on Thursday the 13th and we’ll work you in. We will be serving complimentary Mimosas so even if you aren’t interested in Easy Distance, come on up for a drink!

Taco & Tequila TuesdayEvery Tuesday 5:00 pm - 7:00 pmCome in to Quixote’s this Tuesday and enjoy our new Taco & Tequila Specials! Join us every Tuesday from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm. All Specials are for Dine In ONLY.Cheers!

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Ladies Mini Invitational ~ ResultsThe Ladies Mini Invitational was held on Thursday, May 30th. The ladies had a great field of 88 for their annual themed guest day. This year’s theme was borrowed from the movie Ocean’s 8. Being a golf tournament it was rebranded as Ocean’s 18.

Results were as follows:Overall NetEdde Nanchy, Tina Paschke, Lisa Whitman and Kelli Rosdail

Overall GrossMichelle Helzer, Riye D’Ambra, Lisa Wood and Jennifer Douglas

Heist Flight

1st – Perlita Beso, Cheryl Dibachi, Stacey Wiegandt and Margaret McIntosh

2nd – Lorraine Christensen, Sue Perry-Smith, Liz Griffin and Sheilah Gall

3rd – Arleen Wong, Nankyung Choo, Michelle Inouye and Sandra Parks

Toussaint Flight

1st – Evelyn Owsley, Judy Getty, Jan Sward and Lesley Kleemann

2nd – Lory Vasko, Camille Sylvester, Cynthia Arico and Lisa Vandesteg

3rd – Karen Anderson, Julie Domenick, Jody Allen and Carina Miyagi

Mini Gross ChampionsMichelle Helzer, Riye D’Ambra, Lisa Wood and Jennifer Douglas

Mini Net ChampionsEdde Nanchy, Tina Paschke,

Lisa Whitman and Kelli Rosdail

F R O M T H E H E A D G O L F P R O F E S S I O N A L

May was a very eventful month. The Match Play Championship is underway, the Ladies Mini Invitational had a great field, and the 2019 Cabrillo Classic in officially in the books. Despite a few days of crazy weather in May, it has been an amazing golf month with spectacular course conditions and outstanding weather (despite a few midwesterny type down-pours.

We’re getting new merchandise in the shop all the time (including a couple new Scotty Cameron putters just this past week). We’ve also got a new line of sunglasses by Bendetti that are fully polarized and sell for just $40. These things have a shockingly good lens and a lifetime warranty. Something I’ve never seen at this ‘disposable’ price-point. And don’t forget, we have demos from Callaway, Mizuno, Ping and XXIO for you to try on the range or the course. Be sure to ask next time you’re in the golf shop and we’ll get you set up to try something out.

The NCGA will be out in early June to do a new course rating. This will most likely affect our slope and rating ever so slightly. They re-rate each course every several years to make sure minor changes haven’t significantly altered the rating. It’s getting this rating system exactly right on each different golf course that enables our Handicap Indices to travel fairly between golf courses.

See you at the Club,

~ Paul

Paul Shorts Head Golf Professional

We had 2 aces this past month; both on the same hole and on the same day!

Congratulations to Caron Poole for making her ace on Hole #17 on May 31st! Caron aced it from 133 yards.

Then about 2 hours later Bryan Bullard decided to duplicate the feat, scoring his own hole in one from 190 yards on hole #17 as well. Congratulations to both of our most recent ace-makers!

Congratulations to Caron & Bryan!

Acer’s Alert!

Catta Verdera Women’s Group…we have something for you!Like to play during the week, we have Thursday Ladies Day. Work during the week, but like to play a fun nine after work – we have Tee It Up Wednesday’s at 5:30 for you. Busy during the week and like to play on weekends – we have Saturday Ladies Day at least once a month and several other ladies play on Saturday and Sundays. We have formats for the beginner, for those who love the competition, and for those who love to get out and enjoy our beautiful course (thanks Ram and his team!). This truly is a group that has something for everyone.

We have lots of exciting events coming up so read on… Save the Date, Save the Date, Save the Date for Catta Bella 2019 on September 5th, 6th and 7th. Start setting up your team now. More details to follow.

Beth Hoblit – Tee it Up Wednesday ChairWe continue to have great participation in our Tee It Up Wednesdays. Thank you to all who have joined. We will continue June with play dates on June 5th and June 12th. Our next clinic will be June 5th at 5:00 on the chipping area. Come early to get your cart and warm up. We will have a shot gun start at 5:30. Any Questions? Call me at 916-792-9373 or email bzbieg@hotmail.com. P.S. – Tee it Up Wednesday qualifies for Verdera points.

Congratulations to Caron Poole for her Hole in One on May 31st, 2019 on Hole 17 - 133 yards.

Verdera Cup

Cami and I are working through tallying all the Verdera points earned for 2019. We will have an update on the points race by the end of the month.

Lads and Lassies Tournament - The Lads & Lassies tournament is right around the corner. If you want to play please sign up! Either as a team with another CVWG member or as an individual. I will do my best to put you

on a team. We have been getting signups and will need to fill some teams. Fellas, if you want to play call me and I will add you to my list. This is such a great tournament and we have men hoping to get asked to play, so don’t be shy I will find you a partner.

Here are the tournament details:

Saturday June 15th7:00 Registration & Breakfast8:30 Shotgun startFormat: Step Aside ScrambleLunch and awards to follow the round

Questions: Email Stephanie McCarthy loanqueen@ymail.com or call at: 916-223-9491

Oceans 18 – Mini Invitational - The weather couldn’t have been better for our Oceans 18 Mini Invitational. We had 84 players, an increase from last year, and tons of fun.

Congratulations to the winners:

1st Net Overall: Nanchy, Whitman, Paschke, and Rosvail; 1st Gross Overall: Helzer, Wood, D’Ambra, Douglas;

Toussaint Flight 1st place: Oswley, Sward, Getty, Kleeman; 2nd Place: Vasko, Arico, Sylvester, Vandersteeg; 3rd Place: Anderson, Allen, Dominick, Miyagi.

Heist Flight 1st Place: Beso, Wiegandt, Dibachi, McIntosh; 2nd Place Perry-Smith, Griffin, Gall, Christensen; 3rd Place: Wong, Choo, Inouye, Parkes.

A very special thank you to Michelle Helzer, Riye D’Ambra, Cheryl Dibachi for communicating early and often and putting on a great event. Way back in April Cheryl dressed up as a crab and posted the announcement of this great event on Facebook. If you missed it check it out.

Sierra Gold Match Play – Linda BunkerWe had our first match of the season at Winchester Country Club on May 20th. Thank you to Laura Faber, Cami Sylvester, Sandy Bailey, Riye D’Ambra, Wanda Cotton, Trudy Havis and Susan Bishop who participated this time. Everyone is encouraged to participate. The next Sierra Gold Match Play will be at North Ridge Country Club on June 20th. Contact me if you are interested in playing.

Catta Verdera Women Golfers

Lisa Pae - EC Tournament ChairWe are wrapping up partner EC as the last date to play these rounds was 5/31. Please turn those cards in right away to make the scoring job easier and keep current. If you have not purchased your Individual EC cards yet, contact Lisa Pae (Lpae@aol.com or 916-581-3856). You have until 10/31 to finish these so lots of time! Did you know you also earn Verdera Cup points for each card you purchase and participate in?

Lory Vasko - MembershipIf you know anyone that’d like to join have her reach out to Lory!

Cami Sylvester - Thursday Chair

In June we will have four Ladies Thursday Play days. Thursday, June 6th will be Putts and Medallions and Thursday, June 20th will be our Ladies Play day with sweeps. The pro shop is trying to accommodate our last minute changes but please ensure you notify the them if you have to cancel or are able to join last minute. Paul, Kyle, and Matt are trying their very best to take good care of us. Communication with them is very important.

Stephanie McCarthy - Saturday TournamentsCome one, come all, let’s come out and have a ball. Our next Saturday Ladies Play day will be Putts and Medallions on June 8th tee times beginning at 8:30 am. Email loanqueen@ymail.com to sign up.

Laura Faber - Open Day Chair Open Days are in full swing and the weather is inviting. This wonderful weather is here to stay. Look at the Open Days emails to see if any of the upcoming Open Days is of interest to you. Call your golf buddy and sign up so that you can enjoy these amazing courses in Northern California. The link below will give you the LOIs for the Open Days when they become available. http://www.wganc.com/calendar/

Susan Bishop – Handicap ChairCongratulations to Lisa Pae - Most Improved for May going from a 17.01 to a 14.6. Wow!

Did you know that the Golf Shop conducts several random handicap audits of all CV members on a monthly basis? The purpose of these random audits are to ensure that all players are posting their scores on a timely basis to create a fair and equitable playing field for all players. If during an audit, it’s determined that a CVWG player has not been posting scores on a regular basis, that person will not be eligible for the Most Improved Player award for any given month.

Also, if you signed up to play with the Golf Shop but then opted to not play, please let the Golf Shop know so that you are not on the tee sheet. This will help with the auditing process as well. Questions? Contact Susan Bishop.

A Message from StaceyI’m looking forward to our sunny June! Let’s all get out and enjoy our great group of ladies. I have one challenge for each of you this month. Pick up the phone and text or call someone you’ve never played with and invite them out to play. Let’s try and get every CVWG member out in June.

Email me when you’ve have met this challenge. Your name will go into a drawing for a prize.

Are you messages from CVWG going into your gmail “Promotions” folder? To have a mailchimp message go straight to your inbox, drag and drop the message into your “Primary” folder. You will be asked if you want to make this message permanent - say yes and the CVWG messages will go straight to your primary folder in gmail.

Don’t forget, upload your pictures to our CV Women’s Group Facebook page or email/text me any pictures you take playing with the ladies.

See you all out on the course!

San Miguel Flight1st Place: Kris Palmer & Arnold Hardy2nd Place: Reid Scarff & AJ Hohn3rd Place: Roy Fernandez & Jonas Ulrich

Oaxaca Flight1st Place: Brent Chaffee & Roger Bales2nd Place: Fred Grinder & Lonnie Dyer3rd Place: Bob Leppek & Kevin Spraggins

Santa Barbara Flight1st Place: Blake Rosendahl & Keith Rosendahl2nd Place: Mike Zaslove & Paul Humphrey3rd Place: David Giese & Ian Rodgers

San Diego Flight1st Place: Patrick Kirk and Dennis Williams 2nd Place: Mark Savickas and Shane Kittle3rd Place: Joe Feuerborn and Rich Igou

El Niguel Flight1st Place: Adam Ruggles & Garrett Mendes2nd Place: Darryl Vasko & Andrew Vasko 3rd Place: Johnny Wynne & Jay Amaro

Santa Clara Flight1st Place: Collin Brown & Scott Robbins 2nd Place: Todd Johnson & Roy Sampson3rd Place: Mark Zajec & Steve Schroedere

2019 OVERALL CABRILLO CLASSIC CHAMPIONS

Runner-Up: Collin Brown & Scott Robbins

Blake Rosendahl & Keith Rosendahl

Cabrillo Parrish Barker Memorial HorseraceThis past year we lost a dear friend and perennial Cabrillo competitor, Parrish Barker. To honor Parrish’s memory we renamed the Cabrillo Horserace after him. We also used the horserace to generate a Memorial fund which will be used to help area junior sports. This year we raised $1540 to go toward junior sports. It was a good feeling knowing the horserace this year had a ‘higher purpose’.

Horserace ResultsWin – Stan Chambers and Ed KellerPlace – Costa Tzikas and Mike ReutherShow – Reid Scarff and AJ Hohn

Thank you to everyone who played in this year’s Cabrillo Classic. We had to stay loose and adapt to and roll with the weather, but when all was said and done we had another outstanding event.

F R O M T H E H E A D G O L F P R O F E S S I O N A L

2019 Junior Golf Camps -- Nike Golf!

Catta Verdera and Nike Junior Golf Camp is proud to announce the newest summer youth camps in the Sacramento area at Catta Verdera Country Club. Join Catta Verdera’s staff of qualified teaching professionals for a week of top-notch instruction and fun this summer!

FULL DAY CAMPSOur full day camps are a wonderful way for our campers to enjoy a full day of golf. Each day starts with proper warm up, followed by three hours of instruction on all facets of the game. After a short lunch break, participants head out onto the course with the staff where emphasis is placed on course management, shot selection and strategy. Full Day Camps run from 9:00am - 4:00pm each day and are suitable for low intermediate and advanced players. Lunch is included for full day campers each day.

HALF DAY CAMPSOur Half Day camps are designed to pique the interest of potential new golfers and offer experienced golfers the instruction they need to improve. These camps give the same quality instruction our full day camps provide. Each day starts with proper warm up stretches and exercises, followed by three hours of small group instruction. Half Day Camps run from 9:00am - 12:00pm each day. Lunch is NOT included.

All camps run Tuesday - Friday.

Highlights Include: Instruction from recognized golf instructors with a low student-to-teacher ratio Fun, engaging competitions and games to improve skills learned Daily supervised course play with the camp staff Camper amenity package including a Nike hat, drawstring bag, SRIXON golf balls, camp workbook,

and graduation certificate A healthy and positive learning environment designed to help every camper get better

The camps will be led by PGA Head Professional, Paul Shorts, and PGA Professional, Phil Dawson, and all registrations are taken through the URL below. The camp dates and structure are as follows:

Camp Details:

Session Dates: July 23-26 and August 6-9

Full Day Camps (9:00am - 4:00pm) ~ Full Day Tuition: $475

Half Day Camps (9:00am - 12:00pm) ~ Half Day Tuition: $275

Coed, ages 7-16 (varies by program), all skills welcome!

To see full details and to register, please visit this link to Nike US Sports Camps.

Where everyone wants to be.

1111 Catta Verdera Lincoln, CA 95648 www.cattaverdera.com

June 2019Calendar at a Glance - Club Events

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Saturday, July 6thSaturday Men’s Play

Friday, July 12thLuau Night

Saturday, July 13thRyder Cup

Sunday, July 14thRyder Cup

Saturday, July 20thLadies’ Saturday Play

Friday, July 26thMadelena’s Fine Dining

C L U B S TA F F

Jeff Wilson x226General Manager Ram Sena x215Golf Course SuperintendentPaul Shorts x202Head Golf ProfessionalJim Braden x205Director of Food & Beverage Keelan Glenn x207Executive ChefYanti Jensen x206ControllerCurtis Landa x213Membership Director/Tournament Sales

P H O N E N U M B E R S

Clubhouse 916.645.7200Fax 916.645.6729Membership 916.645.6745Events 916.645.6722Quixote’s 916.645.6742

H O U R S O F O P E R AT I O N

Administrative OfficeTuesday through Friday8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Golf ShopTuesday through Sunday6:00 am - 6:00 pmFirst Tee Time: 7:00 am

Range HoursTuesday through Sunday6:30 am - 6:00 pm

Stables GrillTuesday through Sunday10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Quixote’s Members’ LoungeTuesday 11:00 am - 8:00 pmWednesday 11:00 am - 8:00 pmThursday 11:00 am - 9:00 pmFriday 11:00 am - 9:00 pmSaturday 9:00 am - 9:00 pmSunday 9:00 am - 8:00 pm

Coming in July...July 1st, 8th, 15th, 19th, 22nd, 29thCourse Closed

July 4th, 11th, 18th, 25thTunes on the Terrace

July 4th, 11th, 18th, 25thLadies Day

Fine Dining

Ramiro Sena Course Superintendent

Silver Oak Wine

Dinner

Tunes on the Terrace

Superintendent UpdateIs it true that the more strict the regulations are on the course the better the turf conditions will be?

We want to continue encouraging all our players to help us prevent some unnecessary turf compaction and share some of the ways to prevent irreversible turf damage during the Summer months.

The soil structure gets too compacted to the point that water does not penetrate. Also, it starts to lose macroporosity; therefore, it depletes the oxygen availability. Irreversible consequences such as Poa annua and weeds will be the only plant capable of growing there. Long term consequences can be detrimental to turf quality, but we can prevent some.

Here’s how you can help! Pair up with another player to avoid taking an extra golf cart. We ask to avoid the Rough areas (turf adjacent to the fairways) pick a designated area to go into the fairway, but

leave the cart inside the fairways while you go hit the ball. The turf inside the fairways is more tolerant than rough areas. The turf in the fairways is warm season turf. It tolerates the heat and more stress. The rough on the other hand, is more susceptible to heat and poor compaction levels. That is the main reason we ask to avoid turning on the roughs and by maintaining carts in the fairways will prevent soil compaction.

Thank you for helping us maintain your course in better conditions!

Thank you for your support ~ Your Turf Care Team

Ladies’ Guest Day

The Eclectic

Course Closed

Course Closed

Course Closed

Men’s Senior 4-Ball

Qualifier

Course Closed

The Eclectic Tunes on the Terrace

Ladies Day

Tunes on the Terrace

Ladies Day

Tunes on the Terrace

Ladies Day

Saturday Ladies Play

Father’s Day in

Quixote’s

Scoring Clinic