Minutes of the Lake Wildwood Golf Committee Meeting on September 9, 2008
by Bob Martin
Approved October 14, 2008
I. The meeting was called to order by Duane Mayfield at 2:04 p.m.
II. Roll Call
A. The following members were:
1. Present: Mike Byrne, Linda Campbell, Ed Lauchner, Bob Martin, Duane Mayfield, and Tom Watson.
2. Absent: Maddie Graham, Cathy Hendrickson, and Jerry Lane
B. The following liaison personnel were present: Jim Knight, Don Streseman and Ken Wolford.
III. Minutes
The minutes of the August 12, 2008 meeting were approved as submitted (Vote).
IV. Reports
A. Golf Course Superintendent - Ken Wolford
1. Contract/Scheduling Cart Path Replacement (13 & 14) - Ken expects to have a contract by September 11 and to have it signed by September 12. He anticipates that the work could be scheduled for the first two weeks in October.
2. Greens Aerification - The process is going well and is expected to be completed by September 15.
3. Adjustments to 08/09 Budget versus Revenue Shortfall - (Administrative) staff is working on the issue and hopefully the August financials will be available soon.
4. August Golf Course Inspection (back nine) Actions -
5. Cost Report for Forward Tees on #7 & #15 - Ken submitted a memo to the Golf Committee summarizing the labor and materials costs for the subject two forward tees.
6. Golf Course Inspection Summary of August 2008 - An inspection was performed in August of holes #10 - #18. Ken distributed a handout which summarized the findings of the inspection and his anticipated action response dates.
7. USGA Greens Report - A copy of the USGA Green Section, Turf Advisory Service Visit Report was distributed to the Golf Committee. In summary, there is a strong recommendation that all of our greens be replaced as soon as reasonable. This report will be posted online at Golf Central.
8. Kudos on the Music In The Mountains Tournament - Dave Doench spoke of the good condition of the course for the tournament and offered his congratulations to Ken.
B. Golf Professional - Jim Knight
1. NCGA Course Rating - On Wednesday October 1, the Northern California Golf Association will be rating the men’s tees, Blue, White, Red and Black. Interested people are invited to come and watch the process.
2. The next outside golf tournament is Roots and Wings the first week in October.
3. The question was raised again about allowing people to make reservations on the weekend which could be limited to foursomes only. Jim promised to determine if this could be done within our rules and with the computer system.
V.
A. General Manager - Edward Simpkins (Absent)
B. Board Liaison - Don Streseman
1. Tenant golf - The Board will be considering Tenant Golf at the 9/23 meeting.
2. The Swingalong Golf Tournament - Don was a co-chair for the tournament and also offered his congratulations to Ken as well as noting that the event went very well in all respects.
C. Special Projects Subcommittee - Gary Turzak (No report)
In Gary’s absence, it was announced that P.A.D.s to build all of the remaining planned black tees will be submitted to the Board in September.
D. Course Inspection Subcommittee - Gary Turzak
The fall inspection was noted above.
E. Irrigation System Subcommittee - Bob Pleski
1. Hunter Meeting - The subcommittee met with Manny Pina, the sales rep for Hunter sprinkler heads on Sept. 4, 2008. They are willing to provide us with 10 of the Hunter sprinkler heads at no charge if we want them. Their heads are slow turn-on and slow turn-off.
2. Rainbird Testing - A catch-can water test on the 15th fairway was performed on Sept. 5th. This tested the uniformity of watering of the existing Rainbird heads. The sprinklers were run for 25 minutes and collected water in approximately 180 bowls, spaced at 7' x 7' centers. The average water collected was 137 grams and the distribution uniformity, using the industry standard method, was 88%, which is very good. There does appear to be a correlation of the stressed-grass areas where the water collected was 100 -115 grams, which is not much below the average of 137 grams collected. Therefore, it appears that we have some soil problems that resists the uniform penetration of water into the soil in some areas of the course.
3. Toro sprinkler heads have been received and will be installed in the same locations as soon as Ken Wolford can do this work. We will then repeat this water-collection test using the Toro heads.
F. Turf Enhancement Subcommittee - Ed Lauchner
Ed said that due to illnesses and other problems the last couple of sessions of the Divot Stompers had been cancelled but they are now back on normal schedule.
G. Club Reports
1. Ladies’ 18 Hole - No report
2. Men’s 18 Hole - No report
3. Ladies’ 9 Hole - Linda Campbell reported that their Invitational went very well except for several reports of problems with rental golf carts. Jim Knight said that he is considering replacing the fleet.
4. Men’s 9 Hole - No report
VI. Old Business
A. Golf Calendar - Maddie Graham and Cathy Hendrickson were absent.
B. Black Tees - Joan Bundick (audience) asked about the status of the new black tees on #7 and #15, specifically when they would be useable. Ken said that the target date had been October 1, but that the grass has not been growing well. No specific new date was stated.
VII. New Business - None
VIII. Correspondence - None.
IX. Adjournment - The meeting was adjourned at 3:33 p.m. (Vote).