Coronado Men’s Golf Club

The Coronado Men’s Golf Club (CMGC) is actively seeking volunteers to be a part of the Board of Governors (BoGs) for 2020.  Computer skills are a must.  Anyone interested in serving on the CMGC BoGs starting in 2020 should email Joe Preimesberger at jpreimes@san.rr.com before the end of September 2019.

The Nominating Committee is expected to convene at the beginning of October to select qualified nominees.  Those nominated will be approved by the current BoGs and confirmed by majority of the votes cast at the Semi-Annual General Membership Meeting on November 12, 2019.

Please consider this highly rewarding work, and thank you for your support.

Congratulations to the team of Randy Dorris and Nate Wilson which won the 2019 July Member/Guest/Member Tournament with a net eclectic shamble 57 with 11 natural birdies on Saturday.

First Flight:  Steve Burchill and Clinton Parker came in 2^nd place with the teams of Robert Castro and Tyler Moore, and Dick Watts and Ron Scurr tying for 3^rd place.

The weather was great all weekend, thanks to all of the CMGC members and the 50 guests who participated.

We will be rolling out the new Food & Beverage process in July – See notice below titled “New Tournament Food and Beverage Procedures.”  So, if you are playing in the Member-Member/Guest, please allow yourself a few extra minutes before teeing off to stop by the Check-In Table on Saturday, July 20, to sign for and pick up your Food & Beverage Card.  And please be patient as we roll out this new process; there’s likely to be a glitch or two … or more. Thank you!

Congratulations to John Hoffman who won the 2019 CMGC Senior Club Championship for the fifth time!  John played the weekend with a gross 138, 6 under par.  Congratulations again and thanks to all those who participated.

First Flight:  Rob Mills won with a net 137, Dante Togliatti, Robert Bixby and Rick Caraballo tied for 2^nd place.

Second Flight:  Jamie Elwell won with a net 143, with Ken Peterson in 2^nd place and Paul Varelia in 3^rd place. 

Third Flight:  Ron Scurr won with a net 136, Al Kulp, Jeff Olson and John Chessman tied for 2^nd place.

Fourth Flight:  Kirk Ferris, Bob Stuermer and Gordon Volpi tied for 1^st place with a net 136.  Congratulations to our Super-Senior Club Champion Bob Stuermer who turned 80 last year.

Another congratulations to Clark Bixby, who had a hole-in-one on the 11^th hole on Saturday.  The weather was great all weekend, thanks to all of the CMGC members who participated.

The Coronado Men’s Golf Club has been informed by the City of Coronado that they will be instituting a rate increase beginning July 1, 2019.  The new rates will be as follows:

• Non-resident General Play Regular Green Fee $42
• Non-resident Regular Weekend/Holiday (Prime Time) $47
• Coronado Resident General Play Regular Green Fee $38
• Coronado Resident Regular Weekend/Holiday (Prime Time) $43
• Non-resident Frequent Player Card (FPC) $32 x 40 rounds or $1280
• Non-resident Frequent Player Card (FPC), single or family, $32 x 80 rounds or $1920
• Resident Player Card (RPC) $28 x 40 rounds or $1120
• Resident Player Card (RPC), single or family, $28 x 80 rounds or $1760
• Non-cardholders Tournament Play Fee $49
• Pre-paid Card Tournament Play Fee $7

The single greatest challenge facing the Coronado Men’s Golf Club Board of Governors (BoG) over the last couple of years has been providing food and beverage (F&B) services (breakfast, lunch and drinks) during our tournaments while operating within the established budget set each year for those offerings.  Over time we’ve considered many options, including cancelling F&B service altogether, raising dues and/or tournament entry fees, and using other vendors off the premises for our F&B service.   

In December of 2018 we solicited your opinion on the importance and priorities of our F&B services when compared against other tournament benefits such as chits and asked for ideas on what changes you’d like to see.   We’ve considered your input, read through your comments and settled on a few great ideas which will offer our members various alternatives regarding F&B while also allowing the BoG to be fiscally responsible stewards of the Club’s funds.  

Following the reconstruction and reopening of the restaurant, the most obvious changes to tournaments that you will notice include (1) no breakfast buffet; (2) no lunch tickets; and (3) no more drink tickets.  (Suggestion: if you have any drink tickets lingering around, use them as soon as possible.)

Instead, each member will be issued their very own F&B card which will be linked to an individual account established for you within the new restaurant’s (“Feast and Fairways”) accounting system.  Each time you play in a tournament, your account will be credited an amount TBD – current FY19 budget supports approximately $30 to $40 for each tournament, depending on the number of players – that can be used for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and/or drinks.  You can choose to use your credit during the tournament … or not, it’s completely up to you.  Your credits will not expire.  That means you may stockpile credits to take friends and/or family out sometime later rather than use them on tournament days.

Other important points about the F&B card:

• For the time being, it cannot be used on the course to make purchases from the roaming beverage cart; however, we are working to find a solution that will allow us to include the roaming beverage cart in the F&B card use options.
• It cannot be used for tips/gratuities; you will have to use your own cash for that, as was the case with the lunch and drink tickets.
• If the card is lost, stolen or “misplaced,” there will be a $10 replacement charge.

So, for the sake of maintaining comradery among our members, and in support of the new restaurant, we will be offerings you these new choices allowing us to more effectively manage our expenditures, all without raising annual dues or tournament entry fees.  We believe this holistic solution benefits more than just those members who are prone to winning tournaments.  We hope you will appreciate the new way of business and thank you for your input, patience and understanding.

Additional updates will be provided as we get closer to the launch, likely in time for the July tournaments.

Congratulations to Jan Gosewich and Ron Mispagel who won the 2019 SCGA Four-Ball with a net score of 125 with a net 62 on Sunday in the rain.  They will represent CMGC at one of the SCGA qualifying events.

First Flight:  Jan and Ron won, with Bill Wilson and Randy Dorris, Jon Dickie and Al Kulp, and Joji Mangubat and Bob Swisher tying for 2^nd place.

Second Flight:  Nick Monroe and Bob Lucas won with a net 126, Dennis Jacobs and Greg Post came in 2^nd place with Tony Blatnik and Mike Dudas coming in 3^rd place. 

The weather was very bad on Sunday. Thanks to all of the CMGC members who participated and stuck in there.

Congratulations to Jim Richardson who won the 2019 Max Leslie Eclectic with a net score of 62 in a card-off.

First Flight: John Hoffman won with a net 63, Kevin Paulson came in 2nd place with Paul Albitz and Mark Judd tying for 3rd place.

Second Flight: Ponch Malmberg, Rob Morgan and Rich Kersulis all tied for 1st place with net 63s.

Third Flight: Jim Richardson won with Myles Collins in 2nd place and Creig Greaves and Jesus Monzon tying for 3rd place.

Fourth Flight: Al Erojo won with a net 63 with Tony Blatnik in 2nd place and Ed Pietrzak in 3rd place.

The greens were pretty rough but the pace of play was very good on Sunday. Remember, keep up with the group in front, not with the group behind.

Thanks to all of the CMGC members who participated.

Due to the uncertainty regarding the reopening of the restaurant, the CMGC Board of Governors has canceled the General Meeting scheduled for May 7, 2019.  Instead, please look for web announcements, emails, and/or postings at the club, as these will serve in place of the General Meeting to ensure communication of the higher priority club issues and efforts during this time.  Thank you for your support and patience as we roll with the impacts of the restaurant reconstruction.

Ken Hafner, President

Congratulations to the team of George Johnson, David Legge, Gerald Fernandez and Jim Barry which won the 2019 March 2-Day Satellite with a net score of 250.

The team of Ed Bastarache, Chris Murray, Steve Koudelka and Scott Everroad came in 2^nd place with Bob Emerson, Paul Albitz, Thomas Smith and Dante Togliatti in 3^rd place.

Thanks for keeping the time of rounds to less than 4 ½ hours.  Remember, keep up with the group in front, not with the group behind.  Joe Preimesberger had numerous complaints about the bunkers not being raked and not fixing ball marks on the greens.  Always leave the course in better shape than when you arrived.

Also have to mention that Greg Siebenthal’s automated club cart went haywire and ended up in the pond on the 8^th hole on Saturday.  Greg, we hope everything has dried out and you get the kinks worked out with that.

Thanks to all of the CMGC members who participated.