November 2023 Meeting Minutes

STLDGC November Meeting 11/16/23

Next “Meeting”: Hour Meeting Before Holiday Party

Board Members: Robert Eich, Brett Elam, Ray Vuichard, Hayley Elam, Jeff Irwin, Charlie Akers, Ethan Livaudais, Joe Jaegers, Bob Waidmann

Other Attendees: Eric Peal, CJ Novak, James Ly, Jeremy Muehling

Review Action Items

Memberships

• 2024 Memberships – 160 sold
• Ace Pool: $164 (pays $123)
  • Next eligible: BDO11 on 11/17

Finances

Outstanding liabilities

• Hillside Concrete Teepads
  • Irwin, Hooper, and Parks department to coordinate and execute the work
• Endicott Tee Signs
  • Board approved to move forward, down payment made
  • Ethan has ideas for new pins before we finalize tee sign art
• Willmore Tee Signs
  • Hooper and Hellwig working it

General Discussion Items

• Board members pick one of STLO or B-Tiers to play (please help at other)
• Dark Ace Putting League (Now ours, Taylor/James)
  • One format all season, added benefit to club members TBD 
• Spending limits on credit cards should be raised
• By-Laws Rewrite – Irwin made updates and shared
• Board Ambassadors and Course Caretakers

• Auxiliary Positions Opening 12/18: 3 Course Caretakers & 5 Board ambassadors

• • Each person assigned a board member for questions/etc
• Course Captains – Develop list and application link to the public (Captain, Co-Captain, etc)
  • Alex Seamon is now a course captain at Carrollton (vote approved)
• Business cards and flyers with QR codes with to the club membership link
• 2024 Schedule Ideas
• Tag shuffles

Events

• 10/14 – STLDGC Club Championships – Sioux/Briscoe – Brett/Robert/Charlie – Club Event
  • Event Report
  • Maybe Endicott 27 next rotation in place of S/B
• 11/5 – Willmore Open – Willmore – Robert/Hooper – C Tier
  • Event Report
• 11/17 – BDO 11 – Schroeder – Brett – Flex C Tier
• 11/24 – Turkey Toss – JB/Bunker – CJ/James – C Tier
• 12/1 – BDO 12 – White Birch – Brett – Flex C Tier
• 12/16 – BDO Match Play – Endicott – Brett – Flex C Tier

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

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: Holes 3, 6 (small bit), 7, 14, 15 teepads (part of the Hillside teepad project), teesign redo on holes 6, 13, 15 and 18, fixing up the OB areas, repair 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