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THE CHARBONNEAU VILLAGER 19
June 2019
Charbonneau
Men’s Club
By JOHN MCLAIN
Golf-themed gifts make
good presents for dad
It’s June, and that
means Father’s Day
is here this month.
Last year I wrote an
article about
suggested gifts for
golfing dads, and to
my surprise, I received a Scotty
Cameron Putter from my wife —
wow. I have some bragging rights
about how lucky I am to have been
together these 50 years. This year,
golfing dads might appreciate some
of those new golf balls that Tiger
Woods uses, a stylish ball marker
with his favorite college logo, or
perhaps a complete new set of golf
clubs (OK, so that’s over the top).
Since my handicap has risen by four
strokes lately, perhaps a gift of a
lesson or two from Cory at the Pro
Shop might be both appreciated and
have some long-term benefits. Most
dads simply want to play a round of
golf with a few family members,
followed by a dinner surrounded by
family and close friends. Dads like to
keep it simple and be appreciated
once in a while.
Planning for the 2020 season
The Men’s Club Board of Directors
meets once per month, usually at 2:30
p.m. in the Country Club Lounge on the
first Tuesday of each month. These are
open meetings and we often have
guests interested in supporting golf
and social events at Charbonneau. The
September meeting is the start of
developing plans and a budget for year
2020. We are scheduling the meeting
for 6:30 p.m. so that members who
work during the daytime can attend a
meeting, especially a meeting where
the board discusses ideas and plans for
year 2020 social and golf calendar.
Contact John McLain if you have ideas
and suggestions for next year; perhaps
you can attend this September
meeting.
Non-golfi ng walkers on the course
during play
The board is following up on some
member suggestions about
encouraging safety on the course
regarding non-golfing people walking
on the pathways. A special committee
will work with Chris Bensel to develop
a guideline for Men’s Club members to
take some non-aggressive actions
when confronted with non-golfers on
the course during Men’s Club play.
Three suggestions so far:
■ Yell loudly “Fore!” and nothing
else — use of aggressive or
threatening language is not
acceptable member conduct. After all,
you might be yelling at a Men’s Club
family member or visiting guests.
■ Call Pro Shop and Chris Bensel
or his staff will visit the walkers to
explain the safety risks.
■ Take photo or video of walkers
and send it to Bensel’s cell phone with
notes on time, date and hole.
In summary, Men’s Club members
should be known as gentleman
golfers who are concerned with
people’s safety on the course. Only
the head pro and staff can take
corrective actions against non-golfing
walkers or dogs on the course.
The Scoring Committee
Last year, board member Mike
Lucich led the initiative to learn
software that does the scoring of
golf games. It was a lot of work, but
Mike got the results posted quickly
to the website and printed too,
which was greatly appreciated by
the members. This year, Bill Moir is
leading a group of members who
volunteered to learn to use the
“Golf Genius Software” program to
print scorecards, and then enter
completed scores for the
Wednesday and Saturday play
days. Results are posted quickly on
the website and posted on the
bulletin boards at the Pro Shop.
Please say “thank you” when you
see them in the turn with their
laptops entering all the scores. I
invite more of our members to
contact Moir to volunteer to learn
this software and be part of this
team effort.
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