March 2011
GOLF ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
March 2, 2011
The meeting was called to order at 3:00 p m. Present were Dennis Igoe, Bob Mazzei, Tom Lewis, Paul Squeri, Steve Naples, Monica DeCicco, Al Regan , Joe Jacangelo , Head Pro Jeff Babbino, and course superintendent, Mike Tardogno, along with representatives from Billy Casper Golf, Brian O’Hare, Ryan Phelps and Matt Auerbach. Jim Ritter also attended.
Head Pro Report
The pro shop will be open Monday March 7th. Jeff will be working with Sam to familiarize himself with the Chelsea system and other systems as necessary. Hiring of staff is going well and Jason is expected to be the Assistant Pro again this year. Ordering of items such as balls, hats and tees is being done and our logo has been purchased for use. The range will be cleaned and Jeff and the board will work together to make improvements. Ideas were discussed how best to operate the range when it first opens. Handicapping methods were discussed and Jeff will address this for tournament play.
Course Superintendent Report
Mike reported that he has been out on the course and new cups, flags and poles will be ordered. John Deere is sending small tools, then large equipment like mowers will be arriving within 10 days. An aggressive aeration schedule will be followed to get the course to improve each day. The ball picker for the range will be serviced and be ready to go for opening day. Mike stated that he will not allow any residents to be in the maintenance area at any time. He questioned what the group thought about pin sheets. Fans for holes 1 and 9 will be temporarily set in place to start using them before permanent slabs are completed. Fairway grass height was discussed and Mike said he will work with the golfers to give them best playability.
Tournament Sub- Committee
Tom Lewis has given the preliminary tournament schedule to Jeff, the Head Pro. It will be finalized after review and by opening tournament day April 13th. Tom made it clear that the head pro will be responsible for decisions made regarding play on tournament days.
General Discussion
Dennis Igoe led the discussion on the presentations at the general golf meeting to be held on March 9th. Logistics about seating, audio visual equipment usage, etc, were reviewed. Dennis reminded everyone to try to think of alternative fee structures to present to the Ad Hoc committee for review. Joe Jacangelo reviewed the necessity of this saying it was partly due to our changing demographics in the coming years. Brian O’hare said BCG was very familiar with this and would gladly give input to the Ad Hoc committee later in the year.
BCG suggested that the golf course be kept open until dusk every day and said they will have someone to accept rental carts coming in late.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:08 pm. The next meeting will be Thursday Apr 7th at 3 pm.