June 2023 Meeting Minutes

STLDGC June Meeting 6/7/23

Next Meeting: 6/21/23 (STLO TD)  &  7/5/23 (Regular Meeting)

Board Members: Hayley Elam, Brett Elam, Jake Anderson, Allen Hooper, Calvin Kinsella, Ray Vuichard, Taylor Thomas, Ethan Livaudais, Joe Jaegers

Board Ambassadors: Charlie Akers

Course Captains/Caretakers: 

Other Attendees: CJ Novak

Review Action Items

 

Memberships

• 2023 Memberships – 259 sold
• Ace Pool: $468
  • Logan Memorial: $230 + $93
  • BDO#5: $323 + $99
  • MOST Flex: $422 + $20
  • MOST: $442 + $26
  • Next eligible: 6/17 Ironman
  • Ace payout cap: $500

 

Finances

• Outstanding liabilities

• • Hillside Concrete Teepads – Quote coming soon
    • Avoid late August for this work to not conflict with tournaments
  • Endicott Tee Signs – We have a quote for art and a proof (need more detailed proof before we approve)
  • Willmore Tee Signs – Ready when we have the capacity 

 

General Discussion Items

• Storage unit
  • Brett quotes from two mom and pops
  • Hooper quote from workplace
• Gateway Titans
  • Ordering more baskets for Carrollton (2 on each hole)
  • Add two baskets for Willmore practice baskets
• Club apparel 
  • Make sure we are displaying these well at events
  • Go through a third party and make it so members can custom order items with our logo
• Role transitions within the board/ambassadors
• Non-Club Events
  • 7/16 John McDale Circuit Event at Unger
  • Philip Wall Charity Event
  • Al Kennon Discmania Combine at Willmore

 

Events

• 5/27 – Logan Memorial – Logan – Irwin – C Tier Flex
  • Event Report
• 5/29 – BDO – 27 at Sioux/Briscoe – Brett – C Tier Flex
  • Event Report
• 6/2 – MOST Flex – Sioux – McDale – C Tier Flex
  • Event Report
• 6/3 – MOST – Sioux/Briscoe – Brett – C Tier
  • Event Report

 

• 6/17 – Ironman – Multiple – Jeremy/James – Club Event
  • Partnering with George
  • Splitting a portapotty with JC for graveyard
  • Ten hole layout at graveyard and red pads at Sunset
  • Same as 2021 courses: Willmore Unger Graveyard JB Complex Sunset
• 7/4 – BDO – Bunker – Brett – C Tier (Shotgun or Flex)
• 7/22 – JB Open – JB Complex – Willems – C Tier
• 8/19 – Doubles Event – JB Complex – Brett – XC Tier
  • This is the same weekend as Outlaw so it may be moved
• 9/15-9/17 – STLO – Various – Brett – A Tier
  • Registration open – so far so good with about 150 signed up
  • We should flag junior tee pads this year
  • Tournament Ace Pot – If not hit, it rolls into 2024 STLO ace pot
  • FPO Logan layout – Will move baskets between FPO and MPO (FPO practices to landmark in their pin positions)
  • Bands – MARU Boogie Coach
  • 4 Hands providing beer for the player party – they want to do stouts but maybe we try not to

 

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 (not going super well so far), 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

• Projects: Long baskets in progress with Gateway, 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 already and have ordered new locks)
• Projects: Replace teesigns (Ryan Koster for new design), retaining wall redo on hole 9, hole 13 cleanup or flip

 

West

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

• Projects: Holes 3, 6 (small bit), 7, 14, 15 teepads (part of the Hillside teepad project), teesign redo on holes 6 and 13, fixing up the OB areas, repair the benches gradually, elevated pin finished on hole 18

Creve Coeur Hillside – Mike Fritz, Jeff Irwin

• Projects: Concrete teepads and retention around a few with Hooper (multiple quotes for different sizes) – recycle the turf teepads to a different course

Sunset Lakes – Robert Eich

• Projects: Different tee posts (red, white, and blues)

Logan – Jeff Irwin

• Maintenance: Last scheduled dive was 5-30-23

 

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

Jefferson Barracks Bunker – Allen Hooper, Taylor Thomas

• 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 2025 (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 ready when someone is willing to captain this project