May 2015 Volume 18 Issue 7

Robert Scarpati Brook Bell Pro Shop Staff

Head Golf Assistant Golf Professional Mario Mora Professional Dave King Mark Dule Snack Shack, & Rangers, Leo Glover, Sherry Jensen & Rick Shields Irene Kin

P.O. Box 1589 Solvang, Ca. 93464 (805) 688-6042 FAX (805) 688-8229

Attention Women’s Golf Club Members ! ! !

The May 23rd tournament has been

CANCELLED

Due to unforeseen circumstances.

See you in July.

CURRENTS

Many of you have been wondering, “What is going on at the River Course? What’s all the construction that’s taking place opposite the practice putting green?” Well, the River Course is about to introduce a brand new way for you to enjoy our facilities – Bocce. We are in the process of constructing two regulation-sized Bocce courts. Bocce has become the rage in the Santa Ynez Valley and we want to be a part of that trend. Starting in July, in conjunction with Solvang Parks & Recreation, the River Course will be launching a coed Bocce league. On Thursday nights, from July 9 through October 18, we will be offering two seven-week seasons, including playoffs. The River Grill Restaurant and Bar will be open on league nights and the Grill will be serving family-style dinners. We will also have a wonderful end-of-season barbecue for all players and their families following the championship games.

Please stop by the River Course Pro Shop for further information. If you would like to sign up a team, please contact Solvang Parks & Recreation at 805-688-7529. We look forward to seeing you and your family at the River Course on Thursday nights this summer. Hope to see you there, Boo

Bocce Anyone

It’s happened again – this time on April 18th

!

Kevin Hall made a HOLE-IN-ONE on hole #17. The pin

was 106 yards away and he did it with his trusty pitching

wedge.

Most Improved Golfer Report

For Revision Dates 11/1/2014 - 4/15/2015

The only women shown are

ACTIVE Women’s Club Members

Starting Ending

Name HDCP HDCP

Takeuchi, Lori 17.1 14.9

Watkins, Sue 26.0 23.7

Everson-Cannon, Darla 17.4 16.0

Sweeny, Shirley 24.0 22.3

Parker, Susan 17.2 16.1

Brooks, Pam 20.8 19.6

Telesmanic, Marsha 18.1 17.1

Lucchesi, Joanna 28.7 27.4

Joyce, Donna 24.5 24.0

Lebeau, Denise 20.9 20.5

Carbine, Carol 21.3 21.0

Reuter, Diane 23.4 23.2

Esposito, Tammy 24.6 24.4

2010- 2011 RCWC BOARD MEMBERS

P.O. Box 1589

Solvang, Ca. 93464 (805) 686-5983

Diane Reuter President/Newsletter

Pam Eagar V.P. Ladies’ Day

Gretchen Smith Treasurer/ Membership

Sherry Jensen Hospitality

Carol Carpenter Secretary

JUNE PUB LINKS ASSOCIATION DAY

The next Public Links Association Day

tournament will be at Cypress Ridge on

Thursday, June 14th

The format is “ Middle Nine .”

The fee is $50with car t . Soft spikes only.

The entry mailing window is

MAY 18th

– 21st

9 A.M. shotgun For other courses participating see the board in the

women’s foyer or look in your handbook for an

application or contact Diane.

LINK to Pub Links –

http://www.womensgolf.org/wplgasc/

LINK to GHIN http://www.ghin.com/index.shtml

Have picked up your Handbook yet?

I sank a long and curling putt,

It's like I've seldom seen;

It would have helped my

scoring but,

'Twas on the practice green.

-Richard Armour,

Golf Is a Four-Letter Word

If only I kept my eye on the

ball,

Looking downward as does the

pro there,

I might not see where it was

going, at all,

But there might be a chance it

would go there.

- Richard Armour,

Golf Is a Four-Letter Word

The golf course being rather

far,

I have an excuse to take the

car.

And since the holes are far

apart,

I have an excuse to use a

cart.

But one thing has me still

defeated—

You cannot hit the ball while

seated.

- Donna Evleth

Our little Easter Eggs

Golfing truths, sayings

and clichés

If there is one solitary tree located on

a hole, your ball will find it with

unerring accuracy.

If you are giving strokes in a match

it's always too many: if you are

receiving them it's never enough.

If you are playing well in a

competition, your partner will tell

you that if you keep it up you must

win. This remark ensures that you

finish with a string of double-bogeys.

If you find your ball in the woods, it

is unplayable. If a professional finds

his ball in woods, not only is it

playable but he can hit it onto the

green.

If you have a hole-in-one in a

competition you are in the last group

and the bar is packed when you come

in.

If you have difficulty meeting new

people, try picking up someone else's

golf ball.

If you're out in 39 and home in 45

you're playing wartime golf.

Immediately you put on your

waterproofs it stops raining. Continued on next page

Tournament Results April 3rd

, 2015

Individual Blue Tee

A Flight

1st gross Paul Wallace 76 $41.00

2nd gross Jorgan Staal 77 $29.00

3rd gross Rocky Bell 78 $20.00

1st net Paul Wallace 66 $64.00

2nd net Bob Bott 69 $45.00

3rd net Dan Nielsen 71 $31.00

4th net Jim Vreeland 72 $22.00

5th net Rocky Bell 72 $17.00

6th net Mark Worth 72 $16.00

# Playears 9gross / 21 net Payout $480

B Flight

1st gross Celete Knowlton 78 $48.00

2nd gross Gus Aguillon 86 $33.00

3rd gross Rex Rossoll 87 $23.00

1st net Celete Knowlton 64 $64.00

2nd net Darrly Young 68 $45.00

3rd net Tom Parks 71 $31.00

4th net Bill Mace 71 $22.00

5th net Rex Rossoll 72 $17.00

# Playears 12 gross / 20 net Payout $462

Closest to Pin $25 each

#4 – Joe Meehan 32' 11" #9 – Dan Fitzgerald 7' 4" #12-- Dave Marshall 1' 6" #17-- Mike Crawford 6' 6"

“If you want a really slow round, just

play behind a foursome of proctologists!”

It’s Barbecue Month!

RULE OF THE MONTH

Loose Impediments

Twigs, stones, fallen branches, leaves and living

creatures are considered loose impediments as long

as they are neither embedded or growing into the

ground nor stuck on the golf ball.

Moving Loose Impediments

Under the rule of golf 23-1 any loose impediment

can be removed from around the golf ball if both

the ball and loose impediment are not in a hazard.

For example, if a ball comes to rest in the rough

and there are leaves all around, the golfer can clear

away the leaves and not incur a penalty. If the ball

comes to rest in a bunker and there are leaves all

around, the golfer cannot clear away the leaves

because both are in the same hazard.

Penalties

When clearing away loose impediments a golfer

must be careful that the loose impediments being

cleared away do not cause the ball to move.

If movement of the ball occurs because of the

removal of loose impediments, the golfer must

replace the ball and incur a one stroke penalty.

But, if the ball is on the putting green and it moves

because the golfer is clearing loose impediments,

there is no penalty provided the ball is replaced to

its original position

Tournament Results April 18th

, 2015

4 Man Best Ball

A Flight - Net

1st LN Bott/ Belster/ Worth/ Rossoll 212 $48 ea

2nd

LN Mace/ Engstrom/ Lindstrum/ Richards 212 $39 ea

3rd

LN Mireles/ Blakeboro/ Meehan/ Meehan 213 $31 ea

4th

LN Nicholas/ Knowlton/ Bell/ Giuliano 64 $25 ea

# player teams 13 net Total Payout $572

Closest to the pin $25 each

Hole #4 Pat Flatley 18' 11"

Hole #9 Kevin Belster 8' 1"

Hole #12 Alan Blakeboro 8' 11"

Hole #17 Kevin Hall HOLE IN ONE!!!

Golfing truths, sayings and clichés

Always concede the fourth putt.

Bunkers have the unnerving habit of rushing out to meet your ball.

Coincidentally the only remaining set of clubs in the professional's shop was made especially for you.

Curing the faults in your swing can never be affected in just one lesson from a professional.

Curly, downhill, left-to-right putts are usually followed by curly, uphill, right-to-left putts.

Delicate chip shots over bunkers always catch the top of the bank and fall back.

During the first round with a brand new set of clubs, the ball has to be played from a road.

Electric trolleys always break down at the furthest point from the clubhouse.

Finding the key to a better game means opening a lot of doors.

Foursomes golf means always having to say you're sorry.

Golf is like sex: afterwards you feel you should have scored at little better.

Golf is the only game in which you fail to win 99 per cent of the time.

Greens are hollow-tined and dressed the day before a competition.

Handicaps are designed to keep you in your place.

Hitting an iron off the tee for safety means same direction, less distance.

If a golfer wishes to give you a blow-by-blow account of his round, ask him to start with his final putt on

the 18th

green.

If a good course is one where you play to your handicap or better and a bad course is one where you

struggle to break 100, why are there so many bad courses ?

If the club is burgled, your clubs are never stolen. And if they are, you are underinsured.

Ride the Wind How to take advantage of a breeze at your back

I don't know of any caddie-player team on the PGA Tour that competes without knowing two things: (1) The prevailing wind direction for the round and (2) the wind direction at any given moment. It's against the rules to use a compass during a round, but you can use a weather app on your phone to find out the wind speed and direction. Don't underestimate the importance of this in determining club selection and shot shape.

Although you might know what to do into the wind—take more club and swing easier—downwind shots tend to cause players fits, because the ball often reacts counter to what you might expect. Unless you hit a shot on a fairly high trajectory, it won't ride the wind. Instead, it will get knocked down because of a reduction in backspin, and the expected distance gains won't materialize. To take advantage of a breeze at your back, first set up to hit a higher shot: Address the ball farther forward, and let your spine tilt away from the target a little (right). For this tee shot, I have the ball aligned with the heel of my front foot. You can see my shoulders are tilted back. Even though your front shoulder will be much higher than your back shoulder, keep some weight on your front foot so you can shift toward the target on the downswing. To hit it higher, a good swing thought is: Stay behind the ball.

Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. 1

SOLEM 11:00 A.M.

TEE TIMES

2

MICHAEL

O’BRIEN NOON

TEE TIMES

3

World Press

Freedom Day

4

Star Wars

Day

5

RC MEN’S

TOSS UP

12:00

SHOTGUN

National

Teacher’s Day

6

No Diet Day

7

Ladies’ Day

8:30 A.M.

8

9

Lost Sock

Memorial Day

10

11

12

RC MEN’S

TOSS UP

12:00

SHOTGUN

13

14 Ladies’ Day

8:30 A.M.

15

JEFFREY GROUP 11:00 A.M.

TEE TIMES

16

LA NORTH

TELECOM 7:30 A.M.

TEE TIMES

17

LA NORTH

TELECOM 7:30 A.M.

TEE TIMES

ISLANDERS 8:30 A.M.

SHOTGUN

18

19

TRIPLE S 8:30 A.M.

SHOTGUN

RC MEN’S

TOSS UP

12:00

SHOTGUN

20 Pick

Strawberries

Day

21

Ladies’ Day

8:30 A.M.

C.A.C.A.S.A. 1:10 P.M.

TEE TIMES

22

23

DUNN SCHOOL

ALUMNI 11:40 A.M.

TEE TIMES

24

WEDDING ON

THE SIDE #15

4:00 P.M.

31

25

MEMORIAL

DAY

E

26

RC MEN’S

TOSS UP

12:00

SHOTGUN

27 28

Ladies’ Day

8:30 A.M.

29 Learn About

Composting Day

30

MEN’S TOURNAMENT

8:30 A.M.

SHOTGUN

COURSE

OPENS AT

10 A.M.

MEN’S TOURNAMENT

12:00

SHOTGUN

MAY 2015

Older Americans Month Date Your Mate Month National Hamburger Month

*******HAPPY GOLFING******

Thanks for Playing

The River Course