May 2023 THE CHARBONNEAU VILLAGER 15
Charbonneau Men ’ s Club
By DON MASON
We ’ re bringing back the invitational this year
The weather will get better
Weather has dominated Men ’ s Club play during much of this spring and some of our planned events have been cancelled due to
MASON wet , cool and windy weather including our official “ Opening Day ” golf . We had over 100 members at our opening Kick Off Breakfast , which was to be followed by a four-person team scramble . Given the weather , many of our members chose to “ pass ” on the game , but others chose to go ahead . Those who moved ahead were greeted quickly with a downpour that flooded several of the greens and the event was cancelled . All our members look forward to more favorable weather .
Men ’ s Club Invitational returns this year
After several years without having the Men ’ s Club Invitational , we are in full planning mode this year to bring this event back Aug . 3-4 . Surveys have been conducted of our members and we are moving full speed ahead . We have been told that this is one of the best events of this type around as we are able to play three different golf games using all three of our courses . Spencer Groshong is leading our team ’ s Invitational efforts .
Rule review
The following rules were adopted by our board last year to assist in making sure we have the best golf experience .
No show : When members sign up to play Saturday team games and don ’ t show to play , and don ’ t email the Scoring
Committee or call the Pro Shop to let them know they aren ’ t able to play , the game organization becomes disrupted . Any member who has signed up to play and needs to cancel should cancel as soon as possible by sending an email to the Scoring Committee changing his registration to “ Not Playing ” using his Golf Genius confirming email , or the day of play by calling the Pro Shop at least an hour prior to his tee time . Repeat offenders will be notified by a board member and advised to please notify the Pro Shop or scorers when not able to keep the reservation . If the member continues to sign up and not show up , board action may be required .
Cancellation : Team games and individual games can be changed or canceled at any time . When players pay their game fees and do not complete their round , the game fee will not be refunded . On questionable weather days , the Pro Shop will not collect the $ 5 game fee until 30 minutes before the first tee time . The tournament chair , or his designated representative , will determine whether to play a scheduled game or not . For individual games , if determined that the scheduled game will be played , the same game will be played as scheduled . For team games , on questionable weather days when it is determined play will continue , the game will be changed to an individual low gross / low net game . A member who has registered to play in a team game but doesn ’ t play in the individual game because of the weather will be entitled to a refund of his $ 5 entry if paid .
Withdrawals and “ no shows ” that occur after 8 a . m . on the morning of the scheduled game make it difficult to have a team game because it is very difficult for the Scoring Committee to rearrange the tee sheet in a fair manner . Therefore , when 15 % or more of the members who have registered to play either withdraw after 8 a . m . or simply don ’ t show up to play , the team game will automatically be changed to an individual low gross and low net game .
This lovely display is provided by our photographer , Rick Cady
Rick enjoys sharing the beauty that surrounds us through his photography . He ’ s been a Charbonneau resident for six years and is involved with the Charbonneau Arts Association . You can see his works in our Activity Center . He began taking photographs , processing them , and delighting in this process , at an early age with his dad . Beginning in the mid- 80 ’ s Rick was fortunate to enhance his photography by traveling and photographing the beauty of the Pacific Northwest , southwestern United States and Europe . His work has been published in Oregon Coast , Unity and other magazines . You can contact Rick at cadyfoto @ gmail . com .
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Saturday , June 10 from 10 am-Noon
The shredding truck and prescription drug disposal bin will be located in the north parking lot of the Market Place in Charbonneau .
The event is free however a $ 5 donation may be made to the Wilsonville Food Bank in the form of cash or check .
Sponsored by Windermere Real Estate and CCC