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Green Committee Minutes
February
2, 2012
Attendees
Members: Bill Burke, Ruth Bott, Jan Urban, Clay Pokorny,
Fred Barre, Barry Golliday (Chair)
CCMA Liaison:
FCCC: Steve Schmidt, Dan Elliott, Bruce Szafran
1. Course Update (Steve Schmidt)
January update
- Marsh Hawk #11 tee replaced 130 foot of 15”
drainage pipe
- Sprayed wall to wall pre/post emergence
herbicide on Blue Heron and started Marsh Hawk
- Sprayed out club house grounds
- Replaced High Pressure tank in Marsh Hawk pump
station
- Removed trees on Blue Heron and stump ground
behind them
- Low limb and removal of trees on Blackheath
- Worked on some cart path drainage issue
throughout the Blackheath
- Made some new tee markers
- Started Mulch work throughout the courses
- Worked on Cleaning up and pruning back plant
material on Blue Heron #9 bathroom
- Sub-contractor fixed bridge between Blue Heron
#4 and #5
- Attended Virginia Turf Grass conference and
five people renewed their pesticide license for two more
years
Goals for February
- Have bridge on Blue Heron #3 completed
- Replace floor boards on Marsh Hawk Bridge at #13
green
- Finish replacing pipe right side of Marsh Hawk #10
green
- Install 4” drain tile in driving range. Range to be
closed Feb 13-16.
- Spray pre/post-emergence Marsh Hawk, Blackheath, and
driving range
- Prune crepe myrtles around club house
- Paint all the parking lot signs
- Work on ball washers
- Install pipe for Blue Heron
2. Old Business
Marsh Hawk Bronze Tees (#2 & 10)
· Dan, Steve
& Bruce to present plan at March meeting
Bunkers on Marsh Hawk
· Planned
for mid-summer
· Tied into
sale
3. New Business
Premier Golfing Experience in Wmbg - “Restoring FC as one
of the nation’s premier clubs” - Doug M
2012 Focus - Best Greens in Wmbg
- Rationale
- Courses are in much better condition now,
in general
- With courses in good condition, greens are
arguably the most important determinant of course
evaluation. Good greens; good course. Bad greens;
bad course
- Prior to May, FC greens were a source of
major dissatisfaction from members and had poor
reputation in Wmbg due to being soft, slow and bumpy
- Improved greens should be a source of
increased revenue
- Will build on new Affiniti maintenance
schedule. Bruce to get Steve S up to speed.
- Do the best with what we’ve got
- “Adopt a hole”
- Sponsored divot repair tools. Dan to
pursue.
- Need qualitative (e.g. smooth, true roll,
firm) and quantitative (e.g. Stimpmeter) objectives
for Greens
Need 2012 objectives for overall course conditions.
· Steve to
develop for Bruce.
Pampas Grasses on Blackheath #1 and Marsh Hawk #11
· Balls roll
into and slow play.
· Steve to
check out and decide what, if anything to be done.
Cart Path Ruts
· Multiple
causes (golf carts, maintenance carts, heavy machinery,
security)
· Steve to
check out and determine what needs to be done.
Blue Heron Black Tee Distances
· Dan to get
yardages and put on scorecards
· What about
Combo Tee distances?
4. Other Topics
Green Sand For Divots
· Steve to
check out price upcharge
Course Closure Due To Wet Conditions
· Steve
decision
· Winter
different than summer due to number of players
Sand Piles (e.g. Blue Heron #2)
· To be
removed soon
5. Next Meeting Date: Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 3PM
The 2012 Green Committee consists of the following members.
Barry
Golliday – Chair
CCMA liaison (John Tinker)
Bill Burke
Ruth Bott
Jan Urban
WINTER TEES REPORT TO CCMA BOD
BACKGROUND
In winter (for this purpose, defined as December 1 to
February 28/29), the lower temperatures can cause the normal
playing difficulty of our courses to change materially. This
occurs because the lower temperatures result in
significantly less ball carry and/or the courses take
significantly longer to dry out after rain/snow, resulting
in low/no roll.
To restore normal playing difficulty, some CCMA members
proposed that the longer holes on each course be shortened
by moving the tees up, e.g. Gold to Silver.
A Group was formed consisting of the HRT Committee Chair (Al
Davis), MGA VP Handicaps (Ken Ruszkowski), Director of Golf
(Dan Elliott) and Greens Committee Chair (Barry Golliday) to
evaluate the proposals. In addition, Dan contacted the VSGA.
GROUP OBJECTIVES & FINDINGS
The Group’s objectives were to:
- Stay within the USGA Handicapping System rules
- Maintain the courses’ playing difficulty under
normal ( March 1 - December 1) playing conditions and
while avoiding the cost of a change in course
rating/slope
- Maintain acceptable wear and tear on the tee boxes
The following rules from “USGA Handicapping System
2008-2011” apply:
- Section 7 Preferred Lies (Winter Rules): 7-3.
Maintaining Normal Scoring Difficulty
- Section 14 Installing Course Ratings In A
Region: 14-5-a Modification f Courses, Temporary Changes
- Section 15 Course Set Up: 15-1 Keeping Course
Difficulty Constant and 15-2 Balancing Placement of Tees
The rules (7-3, 15-1 & 15-2) recognize two relevant
“Abnormal Conditions” and allow adjustment of tee markers
for weather and turf conditions to maintain the course’s
playing difficulty under normal conditions:
- “Soft & Slow”
- “Extreme” Slow
Under “Soft & Slow” conditions, half of the tee markers
are placed in the front of the Front Half of the teeing
ground and half of the tee markers are placed in the front
of the Back Half of the tee ground.
Under “Extreme” Slow conditions, all tee markers are placed
in the Front Half of all tees.
These adjustments are allowed within the “usual” (e.g. Gold)
teeing ground. If some of the Gold tees were moved forward
to the Silver teeing ground, the rules (14-5-a) require
notification of the VSGA to determine whether scores are to
be accepted for handicap purposes and whether ratings/slopes
should be modified temporarily.
These adjustments should be applied to all teeing grounds -
Black, Gold, Silver and Bronze.
GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS
Adjust the tees per the USGA rules.
The Director of Golf (Dan Elliott) and the Golf Course
Superintendent (Steve Schmidt) will have day-to-day
authority to determine if, and which, abnormal conditions
exist and the appropriate placement of the tee markers.
- Exact placement will be consistent with the three
objectives stated above
- Forward teeing grounds will be used for those holes
that have them (e.g. Marsh Hawk #7)
- Cart path only will be a criteria for Extreme
Conditions
The Green and HRT Committees will monitor and
periodically review the effectiveness and implementation of
these recommendations.
COMMENTS
No CCMA member or individual player has the authority to
change the location of the tee markers. It creates a
different course for the players who play after the change
versus those who played the holes as originally set up.
Al Davis, HRT Committee Chair
Barry Golliday, Greens Committee Chair
Ken Ruszkowski, MGA VP Handicaps
Dan Elliott, Director of Golf
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