New Commish as of 2/6/2025

 Hi everyone,

It is official. The transition is complete or in progress. Mostly complete.

Your new Commissioner is Dave Carlson. Dave is on Team Rieves. He took over for Ambuj mid season last year. 

Dave will be a fair and honest Commish. He likes to hike. His favorite food is liver and onions. In high school he was the lead in Mary Poppins and his favorite beer is Foggy Geezer. Please welcome Dave as your new Commish.

I enjoyed my two year run as Commish. I will miss doing it believe it or not. If, when I finish hiking the Appalachian Trail, there is a spot in the league for me I would gladly take over being Commish. Until we smack our balls around the course again, I bid adieu.

Regards,

Dan Steinhoff

2025 Blog Test

 Happy January 19th

The league is still in need of a Commish. 

I have generated a 2025 schedule with the assumption that the city will approve a April 29th start. This will finish us in mid August giving us a couple of weeks in case of rainouts. But that will never happen. Tee he 😏

This year league fees will go from $40 to $45. Increase is due to increased green fees for the Commish, mid-level prize ball cost are up a little, and we are giving out more prize balls. This was voted on at our end of year banquet and approved unanimously. I want to wait until the new Commish is up to speed before we collect league fees.

That's all for now.

Regards,

Dan Steinhoff

Lame Duck Commish

2024 End of Season Banquet

 Congratulations to everyone for a awesome 2024 season. 

We had outstanding attendance for the banquet of 22 golfers. 

Congrats to all the different team and individual winners.

Team Mack - Champs

Team Larson - Runner up

Flight Winners - Tom Thieding, Tom Stafford, Dan Steinhoff, and Todd Robinson

Scramble Winners - Team Larson and Team Downing

Low Gross - Tom Thieding

Sy Brandt - Jeff Mautz

The end of year budget balance was -$69 due to increase in Commish green fees, increase volume of prize balls (low net), and increased cost for each individual prize ball. Prize monies were donated back to the budget to leave our balance at $1. With that, a discussion was held and with a vote of hands, it was unanimous to raise league fees to $45 per golfer next season. This will allow us to build a small balance to offset any future increased cost and keep prize money the same.

Discussion was held regarding the upper and lower tees on the 8th hole. A vote was held with a show of hands, it was unanimous to alternate the upper and lower tees for next season.

Discussion was held regarding the number of  putts during scrambles. A vote was held and a 2 putt max/hole will be used for the spring scramble and reevaluate the results for future scrambles. 

Also regarding the scrambles, how about using the back tees on #4? Please send thoughts and opinions. 

I informed the group, that I spoke with Andrew, in the clubhouse, regarding a drop zone for the 8th hole for next season. He would look into it. He seemed to agree that it would be a good idea.

I thanked Scott Larson for his efforts throughout the season with the Results and Handicap spreadsheets. Without his assistance I would be hand calculating everything weekly. For this he received a sleeve of Bridgestone balls.

Thanks again for a great season. I truly look forward each and every week to golf with the group. I have a great time even if my golf game is off. As I told a few of you, I enjoy being Commish. Getting home on Tuesday nights eagerly putting in the scores. Seeing who did what and how that affected the standings. We had tight competition all year long with each half of the season coming down to the last week. I don't know what is up for next season in regards to being Commish. I will continue being Commish until a determination regarding hiking the Appalachian Trail in 2025 happens.

I might be forgetting something. For now that is all I have.

Regards,

Dan

Commish