Shoreline Golf Links Advisory Greens Committee
Minutes of Meeting held
on JULY 15, 2008
In Attendance
Absent:
2008 WOMEN’S MONTH
Jack mentioned that the 2008 Women’s Month program was quite successful. A total of 55 women attended one or more of the various clinics or took advantage of one of the discounted play opportunities. This participation was doubled from the 26 participants in 2007. Additionally, 3 of the participants have signed up for lessons at Shoreline Golf Links.
Junior
Tournaments
Jack
reported the results of the two junior tournaments held in June.
US Kids Qualifying Tournament
A US Kids Northern California World Championship Qualifying Tournament was held Thursday, June 19 at Shoreline Golf Links. Age Group Winners: Girls 6 and under Grace Chen 42; age group 8: Quyan Dueng 43; age group 9: Naomi Lee 49; age group 10: Michelle Xie 39; age group 11: Chloe Corriveau; age group 12: MacKenzie Perez 47. Boys 6 and under Ethan Chung 33; age group 7: Vivek Vasireddy 39; age group 8: Saransh Saxena 39; age group 9: Eddy Lai 34; age group 10: Daniel Dimaculangan 35; age group 11: Daniel Connolly (18) 71; age group 12: Tanner Hughes (18) 77
Shoreline Jr. Classic
The Shoreline Jr. Classic a Junior Golf Association of Northern California sanctioned tournament was held on Friday, June 20th, with 226 players. Age Group Winners: Girls 15-17 Jacqueline Williams 70; 12-14 Mariko Tumangan 67; 10-11 Kimberly Liu (9) 34; 7-9 Lillian Torres (9) 47
Boys 16-17 Sean Kawaguchi 71; 14-15 Patrick Grimes 72; 12-13 Kent Park 73; 10-11 Sunny Yan (9) 31; 7-9 Ryan Vaughan (9) 34.
Boys Overall: Champ Adam Ichikawa 66
Girls Overall Champ Hannah Suh 67
Migratory Bird Management
Jack advised the committee that the new Goose Poop Remover had been down for about two weeks waiting for a new brush that had been back ordered. Losee’s Goose Control has been providing Goose Control 5 days a week and it is going well. Jack mentioned that Jones and Stokes have started to work on a constraint analysis and cost estimate for a nuisance bird management program at Shoreline Golf Links. Jones and Stokes has met with City Staff and Gary Linn recently and has started to contact outside agencies such as golf courses and regulatory agencies to review existing information and identify potential management practices. Jack will report back at the August meeting on how the process is proceeding.
Superintendent’s Update
Steve advised the Committee that the greens have been verti
cut and top dressed this past week. The eleventh tee area, eighteenth rough and
the rough on thirteen have been hydro seeded. Steve also reported that some
bunkers have had sand added to them.
Questions from Committee Members
Harry asked when the 200yd blue Kirby markers will be installed. Steve and Jack said that they will be looking into this year. Harry also asked about the new cards that were given out on Monday. Jack said he would check it out. Jack talked to Joe and found out that they were not supposed to be put out yet and were done so by mistake. They were pulled and will be put back out when we finish using the old cards. Joe will put a notice out when we start using the cards. You should have received the following information regarding the change in hole handicap allocation.
Committee Members
The change in hole handicap allocation was made to bring our scorecard and the hole handicaps into alignment with the USGA Handicap System. The earlier allocation was based upon how difficult the individual hole was when compared to the par for the hole. That is not the foundation of the hole allocation as defined by the USGA.
The hole handicaps should be allocated such that a higher handicap player competing against a lower handicap player will get assistance on the hole that it is needed. This is defined by comparing more than 200 scores of two groups of players (Group A and Group B) on each individual hole and assigning the handicap based upon the difference on individual hole scores of each group. This was done using scorecards from the Shoreline Golf Club, Shoreline Senior Golf Club and the Shoreline Women’s Golf Club from each of the various tees.
Additionally, the USGA recommends that the handicap allocation for the low numbered strokes not be assigned to the holes near the end of each nine so that players receiving strokes will have an opportunity to use these strokes before the match is decided. Nor should the low numbered strokes be assigned to the first or second holes on a course in the event that a hole by hole play-off is required.
All this means is that the hole allocations on the new card are the handicaps that would apply in a match play or better ball event and our scorecard now is in compliance with the USGA recommendation.
If you have further questions about this matter please contact Joe at 650-903-6135.
Francie reminded Steve and Jack that there is a big Women’s Club Tournament August18, and wanted to make sure that no course projects will be happening that day. She also asked that the possibility of a course news letter for the general public be looked into.
Next Meeting
The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 19, 2008