January 2024 Meeting Minutes

STLDGC January Meeting 1/17/24

Next Meeting: 2/21/24

Board Members: Hayley Elam, Brett Elam, Robert Eich, Ray Vuichard, Joe Jaegers, Jeff Willems, Charlie Akers, Taylor Thomas, Jeff Irwin

Memberships

• 2024 Memberships – 230 sold
• Ace Pool: $630 (pays $472)
  • BDO 11/17: $164 + $97 = $261
  • Turkey Toss 11/24: $261 + $136 = $397
  • BDO 12/1: $397 + $89 = $486
  • BDO 12/24: $486 + $72 = $558
  • BDO 1/1: $558 + $72 = $630
  • Next eligible: Ice Box (first shot with bonus bounty) on 1/20, BDO on 1/26

Finances

Outstanding liabilities

• Endicott Tee Signs
  • Ryan paid in full for the artwork
  • Need to turn artwork into physical signs next
  • Sponsorships to be sold for these at $150
• Willmore Tee Signs
  • Hooper and Hellwig working it

Sponsorships

• Hillside Benches – all sold (plaques through Kyle Potter)

General Discussion Items

• St. Louis County Meeting Review
• Board Ambassadors and Course Caretakers
  • Each person assigned a board member for questions/etc
• Gateway and Vouchers
• 2024 Schedule Finalization
  • Board members to pick one of STLO or the B-Tiers to play (please help at other)
  • Schedule
  • Booked Shelters/Courses
• 2024 Projects: JB Teepad Resurfacing
• St. Charles County Bylaw Share
• By-Laws Rewrite
• Course Captains – Develop complete list and application link to the public (Captain, Co-Captain, etc)

Events

• 4 Hands Putting League
• 1/20 – Ice Box – Endicott – Hooper – Club Event
  • Need permit for portapotty to come back
  • Portapotty official booking
  • Need Tim to get COI so we can get to Maggie
• 1/26 – BDO – Hudson – Brett – Flex C Tier
• 2/24 – Noodle Arm – Carrollton – Jeremy – Flex C Tier
• 3/23-3/24 – Killer Bs – Sioux/Creve Complexes – Taylor/Robert – B Tiers
  • The Passage / Creve Coeur Classic
• 9/20-9/22 – STLO – Multiple – Brett – A Tier
  • Player Pack

Courses

North

Sioux Passage – Coaches – Freddie Schaljo

• Maintenance: Fix damaged pins, few small tweaks
• Projects: Tee signs eventually (Daniel Doss)

Briscoe Woods – Coaches – Paul Schnieder

• Maintenance: Parks to maintain hole 8 prairie (less than promised but after discussion they have trimmed back), widen hole 10, stone drop zones (Joe can help make)
• Projects: Concrete pads holes 12 and 13, hole 11 retaining wall behind tee pad or extend tee pad, hole 17 retaining solution in front of tee pad, official tee signs

Carrollton – Coaches, Ray Vuichard, Alex Seamon

• Projects: Concrete pads (short 1, new 2 to come back to “3” and remove 14, long 3, long 8, short 11, short 13, long 18), Irwin to update teesigns (limited changes), resurface teepads of holes 1-3, more tree planting in the winter

Endicott – Jeremy Muehling

• Maintenance: Replace damaged pins and locks (we have new sleeves and locks)
• Projects: Replace teesigns (Ryan Koster for new design), retaining wall redo on hole 9, hole 13 cleanup or flip

West

Creve Coeur Hillside – Mike Fritz, Jeff Irwin

• Projects:

Sunset Lakes – Eric Peal

• Maintenance: Now working with a landscaping company for mowing (full clear out 1st week of December)
• Projects: Different tee posts (red, white, and blues)

Creve Coeur Lakeside – Jim McGowan, Mike Fritz, Jeff Irwin

• Projects: Fixing up the OB areas, repairing the benches gradually

Logan – Jeff Irwin

• Maintenance: Last scheduled dive was after STLO
• Projects: Tree planting to replace downed trees

South

Jefferson Barracks Park – Aaron Walther

• Maintenance: Parks has rotomillings they are willing to drop off throughout the course, cleaning up hole 16
• Projects: Bridges and benches, create a drainage solution on holes 3 and 4 with parks, resurfacing of teepads

Jefferson Barracks Bunker – Allen Hooper, Taylor Thomas, Scott Houska

• Maintenance: Cleanup of trees/honeysuckle, rock additions gradually, large tree removal, damaged pin repair

Unger – Dan Adams, Joe Jaegers

• Projects: Expansion near hole 10 (at least a year out), greenway 2024 (holes 4, 6, and 8 will have to go away)

Willmore – John Hellwig, Allen Hooper

• Maintenance: Repair old and add new pin positions, damaged pin repair

• Projects: Retaining wall, tee signs eventually