Birdie Bugler
February 2013
Happy
Valentines
Day
January
Tim Devaney - President
02/23 General Meeting
1:00 P.M. Lunch
Tournaments
02/09 - Point Par
02/09 - Team Play
- Burbank at RV
02/23 - 2 Man Pinehurst
03/09 - 2 Man Miami
03/23 - Best Nine Holes
04/06 - 2 Man Scramble
04/20 - Low Gross/Low Net
04/25-26 - Spring Fling
05/04 - President Cup
05/11 - President Cup
05/18 - President Cup
05/25 - President Cup
Skin Game
Wednesday and Friday
8:00 A.M.
RVGA Board Members
President - Tim Devaney
Vice President - Vince Mitchell
Secretary - Dennis Walker
Treasurer - Doug Peterson
Tournaments - Kriss Ozols
Handicap - Ken Wheeler
Past President - Steve White
Editor - Mark Gallant
2013 has officially begun With the tournament
and team play well under way. There has been a good
turnout for both tournaments this year and team
play actually has alternates playing. There have been
new faces and old standbys winning the tournaments
this year. Team play controls their own destiny with
Burbank on Saturday the ninth of February. If they
win big they will go to the playoffs.
Our February meeting will be at the second
tournament of the month. The meeting format has
changed a little bit this year. As I mentioned at
the first meeting this year, we will no longer be
subsidizing lunches. That was used to bring non
playing members to the meeting. The board felt it
did not meet expectations so we will use that money
to bolster the tournament prize fund and raffle
prizes.
The board would like to thank the management
and staff at Royal Vista for their continuing support
of our men‛s club. The best way we can show our
appreciation is by coming out and playing the course.
Get involved in the tournaments and experience a
golf course that‛s getting better every day.
20055 E. Colima Road
Walnut, CA
Clubhouse 909-595-7441
Web Site - www.larvga.com
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Joke of the Day!
Tim decided to tie the knot with his long time girlfriend. One
evening, after the honeymoon, he was cleaning his golf shoes.
His wife was standing there watching him. After along period of
silence she finally speaks. “Honey, I‛ve been thinking, now that we
are married I think it‛s time you quit golfing. Maybe you should sell
your golf clubs.”
Tim gets this horrified look on his face.
She says, “Darling, what‛s wrong?”
“There for a minute you were sounding like my ex-wife.”
“Ex wife!” she screams, “I didn‛t know you were married before!”
“I wasn‛t!”
A Flight
2 Man Scramble - 1-19-13
Player A
Player B
Johnson, Michael
Mora, Robert
Emry Frost
Walker, Dennis
Gaither, Jim
Gallant, Mark
Ozols, Craig
Lira, Alex
Jackson, Randy
Vuckovich, Steve
Aleemuddin, Azam
Devaney, Tim
bud Lindsey
Mitchell, Vincent
Zantos, Phil
Citizen, Tim
Bowers, Kevin
Doglas, Trevor
Ozols, Kriss
Kikuda, Grant
Team HC
Gross
Net
15.95
9.10
16.86
11.15
14.72
9.17
10.37
8.30
6.96
17.39
72
67
75
70
74
69
71
69
68
80
56.05
57.90
58.14
58.85
59.28
59.83
60.63
60.70
61.04
62.61
Team HC
Gross
Net
20.18
23.93
20.03
20.49
20.00
19.60
17.64
18.60
20.74
22.48
72
76
74
76
78
78
77
79
82
84
51.82
52.07
53.97
55.51
58.00
58.40
59.36
60.40
61.26
61.52
$60 Per Person + T of C
$30 per person
B Flight
Player A
Player B
Cornejo, Ventura
Branchick, James
Vasquez, James
Giles, Tony
Pascoe, Jerry
Salamon, Carl
Miles, Thomas
White, Steve
Merrill, Scott
Crose, Virgil
Thomas, Johnny
Brown, Isaac
Heffington, Ronda
Williams, Gregory
Harrison, Hanley
Hall, Robert
Smith, Richard
Gross, Ron
Wheeler, Ken
Flemins, Hal
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$60 Per Person + T of C
$30 per person
Vince Mitchell - Vice President
Team Play; I want to thank Tim and the Team for their support while I was
visiting my dad. We seem to be headed in the right direction and are in full control
as we head into our last match. Our record stands at 1-2; but we have again beaten
Mountain Meadows by point differential. This match is very important against Burbank
as they are in contol by beating us by 6 points. There are challenges in front of us; and
weather maybe one of those challenges. I look forward to kicking these guys asses on
Saturday.
Spring Fling is starting to take shape. I looked this year at a few more courses;
and cost was one of the killers; plus we could not bring our own food and drink to the
Thursday night Fling. With that said, yes we are back at the Fairfield Inn; and our
golf will be at Taquitz. I am working on finishing the cost; and signing contracts this
weekend. I will have a flyer our this month for everyone to sign up. More to follow
in the next few weeks. The dates for the Fling are April 25th and 26th. I am really
looking for a large crowd of players; should be fun.
Team Play Schedule/Results
January 12 - Royal Vista 21 at Burbank 27
January 19 - Bye Week
January 26 - Mt Meadows 21 at Royal Vista 27
February 2 - Royal Vista 22 at Mt Meadows 26
February 9 - Burbank at Royal Vista
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Kriss Ozols - Tournament Chairman
So it has been a month in to my first year of being tournament chairman and so
far we have not had too many complaints, I will take this as a sign that everyone is happy
with my work so far. We have had good turnouts for the first 2 tournaments with 42
people in the 2 Man Scramble and 38 people in the Match vs. Par.
I would like to congratulate Alex Lira and Isaac Brown for winning their flights and
getting into the TOC for the Match vs. Par, well done! As well a congratulations to the
winners of the 2 man scramble in their flights, Mike Johnson and Azam Aleemuddin for
shooting a net 56.05 in A flight and Ventura Cornejo and Johnny Thomas for carding a
blistering 51.82 in the B flight.
As you may have noticed during the scramble we played from the white tees,
this is a trend that will be followed for team events, for individual events the tees will
be mixed up throughout the year we might not always tee off from the Blue or White
monuments. We will play it forward to allow everyone a comfortable distance that
they are accustom to playing from, but with that being said there might be one or two
holes that might even the playing field a little. For Majors we will be playing all rounds
from the blue monuments.
If there are any questions or comments on upcoming tournaments please feel
free to contact me directly at [email protected].
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Doug Peterson - Treasurer
From the Treasurer--Since you didn‛t get a “rhyme” last month, hopefully you
did find the “rhythm” of your golf swing for the new year…my apologies but spell
check involves another layer of techiness on my part that hasn‛t evolved yet. What
is evolving is our plans for Palm Springs and Laughlin and their costs, along with the
costs of Team Play and SCGA fees. Each will bring a contribution from our treasury,
some a bit more that others. We will be “solvent” as the year progresses nontheless.
Should we need a dime or two, maybe we can ask one of our Super Bowl pool winners
to donate to the cause…you know who you are…!!! It‛s amazing how 5 seconds at the
end of a 60 minute game, can change the size of your wallet so quickly. Or how a
perfect putt from 20 feet can be in the heart of the cup 6 inches away, do a 180
around the lip and turn a “legendary” 59 into just an “awesome” 60...so be the fates
of golf and Phil Mickelson at the Phoenix Open. His winners share at $1.1M is not
a bad consolation prize though. And is it just me or am I hearing familiar names of
old among the leader boards again…??? Snedeker, Stricker, Harrington, Woods and
Mickelson. Okay, there is a Russell Henly in there too, but the “young guns”, maybe
they better not discount the older set just yet.
Not that the “young guns” aren‛t entertaining. Their numbers in Hawaii were
quite impressive and they hit it, find it, and hit it again with such ease. Dustin
Johnson, among others, hit many 350 plus drives, with a few at 400. Keegan Bradley,
despite his fidgety set up routine, hitting a 273 yard five iron to the green at 18 or
Bubby Watson hitting the same green from 260 yards with a 6 iron…just numbers
we at LARV can only dream about until we get the new technology that‛s out, maybe
for Valentines Day? Oops, you can‛t buy it for yourself on this occasion so be nice to
someone else and maybe they will get it for you. Yeah, right!
Speaking of sweets, Girl Scout Cookies are now out and its almost un American
not to buy any. Try the “Thin Mints” with a nice glass of Pinot Noir for dessert.
They go well together and since its “thin” food, there aren‛t many calories in it. Ha!
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