18 THE CHARBONNEAU VILLAGER
Men’s Club
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sector of the economy — and ev-
ery major brand does at a time
when consumers have so many
choices on how to spend their
recreational time and discretion-
ary income — there are many
reasons for optimism. This starts
with the fact that our participa-
tion numbers are up in key cate-
gories — beginners, avid golfers
and those who experience the
game at off-course options. A re-
cord-tying 2.6 million golfers
played for the first time in 2018 —
matching the all-time high set in
2017, which was the fourth con-
secutive year that number in-
creased. These new golfers are
more diverse and younger than
the overall golf population: 31%
are women, 26% are non-Cauca-
sian. There could be more new
golfers on the way: 47.4 million
say they are “somewhat” or
“very” interested in trying golf,
an increase of 6%. The number of
women playing golf has grown
approximately 7% over the past
six years. Of note, 36% of junior
golfers are girls, as compared to
23% of all golfers. Total on-course
participation increased to 24.2
million golfers last year. When
factoring in off-course participa-
tion options, such as Topgolf, to-
tal participation climbed to 33.5
million in 2018, up 4% from 32.1
million in 2017.
John McLain: I am optimistic
January 2020
for golf at Charbonneau. For the
Men’s club, our total membership
has grown each year, and a quick
survey of the other clubs have
noticed a similar trend over the
past several years. All the holi-
day couples golf events were sold
out last year, and we expect the
same in 2020. Our only limitation
for having larger participation is
that we don’t have a place big
enough to sit down for dinner af-
terwards. The Charbonneau
Country Club may solve this
problem with a new building.
The Men’s Club Board is busy
planning for over 100 educational,
social, and play-day golf events in
2020. There will be continued im-
provements in the use of the web-
site, emails, and Golf Genius soft-
ware to schedule and organize
golf events. There will be a focus
on new guidelines on signups,
tee-sheets, and money manage-
ment, to make things go smooth-
er for golfers, as well as volun-
teers who organize and score
events. The list of Major Events
is already posted on the Men’s
Club Website under the Golf
menu.
My personal golf New Year’s
resolution is to play more golf; in-
crease by 12 rounds, the number
of rounds posted to GHIN. I man-
aged to post 43 rounds in 2019,
and I think I can get that number
up to 55 in 2020. The average for
Men’s Club is 36 rounds posted in
the 2018-2019 season. I have a sec-
ond New Year’s Resolution; no
gimmies, means always putting
out on the greens so that my
handicap is an honest representa-
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tion of my golf profile. When
playing with close friends, golfers
can tend to say “that’s good”
when the ball is within a putter
length of the hole. In 2020, I will
putt it out.
Chili Cook Off
The Chili Cook Off will be
Saturday, Feb. 7, at the
Charbonneau Country Club
Dining Room. Contestants set
up at 5 p.m. Doors open to
tasters/voters at 5:30 p.m.
The Charbonneau Men’s Club
is hosting a social event for the
community of Charbonneau for
those staying home to enjoy the
wet, cloudy, cold, windy, icy,
foggy Willamette Valley winter.
Bring the whole family and
guests to have good food and
the company of friends.
Mark your calendar now,
more details will come later.
Be a contestant
Trophy and Cash Prizes: Six
quarts of hot chili and a pan of
cornbread will get free entry
for two. Call John Meyers to
register as a contestant at
503-866-2200.
Be a taster and vote
Cost is $6 per person for all
the chili and fixings you can eat,
then vote for the best one.
Cheese, onions bowls, cups,
plastic ware, etc., will be
provided.
This is a BYOB event.
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