Author: Kay B

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General Mtg Agenda 7/13 (Donna)

DISCOVERY BAY WOMEN’S GOLF CLUB
GENERAL MEETING AGENDA FOR JULY 13, 2010

Call to Order

Approval of Minutes of March 16, 2010

Treasurer’s Report: Cathy Houston

Tournament Report:

  • Pace of Play
  • Winter Hours

Invitational Report:

  • In need of Hole Sponsors and Gift Cards for Raffle.
  • Purchased Raffle Tickets – Will be called by name on back of ticket, instead of calling numbers.
  • Team Buy-Outs – lower amounts.

Team Play Reports: Becky Frazier and Raquel Myers

Old Business:

  • Donation: Re-Vote on balance of $250.00.
  • Amended Wording Tournament Regulations #12, adding Saturday Play Days – deferred to end of year.
  • Rally for the Cure – still in need of gift cards or baskets.

New Business:

  • All participants in Annual Invitational must have a current GHIN#.
  • Reminder – All ladies please play “ready golf”.
  • 18 Holer Score Card Box will be removed – not required per pro shop.

Other:

Saturday 7/10 Play Day Results (Frani)

First a story (nothing to do with golf, but I really like this one):

An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which she carried across her neck.

One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water.

At the end of the long walks from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.

For a full two years this went on daily, with the woman bringing home only one and a half pots of water.

Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments.

But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it could only do half of what it had been made to do.

After two years of what it perceived to be bitter failure, it spoke to the woman one day by the stream. ‘I am ashamed of myself, because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house.’

The old woman smiled, ‘Did you notice that there are flowers on your side of the path, but not on the other pot’s side?’

‘That’s because I have always known about your flaw, so I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you water them.’

For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table.

Without you being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty to grace the house.’

Each of us has our own unique flaw. But it’s the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding.

You’ve just got to take each person for what they are and look for the good in them.

So, to all of my cracked pot friends, have a great day and remember to smell the flowers on your side of the path!

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Now on to a less serious matter… golf!

Today was our 2nd Saturday Play Day and we had 15 ladies turn out for the 8:00 am shotgun. It was very warm, and we all looked pretty “wilted” by the end of the round, but I think everyone had a good time. The format was Stableford – Par Points. Each player earned 3 points for a NET Eagle, 2 Points for a NET Birdie and 1 Point for a NET Par. Here are the winners:

First Flight (0-25 HCP):

1st Jackie Amthauer – 19 points, $5.00

2nd Christina Gray – 17 points, $4.00 (Tie broken on back nine)

3rd Raquel Myers – 17 points, $2.25

Second Flight (26-36 HCP)

1st Brenda Reisinger – 18 points, $5.00 (Tie broken on Hole #12)

2nd Marti Fowler – 18 points, $4.00

3rd Joanne Smith – 17 points, $2.25

Chip-ins

Liz Lord – Hole #6, $7.50

No Birdies —

Closest to the Pin

Raquel Myers – Hole #2, 16’ — $7.00

Christina Gray – Hole # 14, 14’16” — $7.00

As always, thank you all for your support of our Ladies Golf Club and your Tournament Committee.

Frani

Either war is obsolete or men are.

R. Buckminster Fuller

2010 SHT Survey Results (Frani)

I have attached the results of the survey, as well as all of the comments that were included in the survey responses. There were 18 responses submitted.

The intention of the “Best Two of Three” format was to accommodate those players who could not commit to all three tournament days in an effort to increase participation. The downside to the format is that if a player does poorly in one of the two first rounds, they have an almost impossible task to overcome that deficit in the third round against players who did very well in the first two and are not required to count the third round, even if they decide to play. Those players who signed up to play, knowing they would only be able to play two rounds, did so knowing that risk in advance.

To summarize briefly, we had 25% more participation in 2010 (26 players) than we did in 2009 (20 players).

There seemed to be at least a few ladies that felt the participation had dropped off because 6 ladies who played last year did not come out this year. I called each player that played in 2009 and not this year to find out why they did not participate this year: 1 had moved and left the area, 4 had schedule conflicts that prevented them from playing, 1 was not reached for comment. What is important to note is that we had 14 ladies play this year that did not play last year, for a net increase in participation of 25%.

Of the 18 respondents, 14 ladies indicated they liked, many even preferred the best two out of three format. 3 did not like the format at all, and 1 did not indicate an opinion.

One option I thought we might consider for next year that would address both the desire for less of a schedule impact AND a equalized play requirement would be to have the tournament only be two rounds, played in one week (Tuesday & Thursday). Think about it.

Thank you for taking the time to respond to the survey and for your additional comments.

Frani