President's Letter
May 11, 2024
Well, it’s looking like our usual season of sunshine and blue sky has finally arrived so that everyone can get back to playing more golf. Here are a number of items for your information and consideration:
VENUE FOR OUR AUGUST 15th EVENT CHANGED TO SPRING HILLS
We were recently informed by Monterey Pines that they had a conflict with our previously scheduled event at their course on August 15th. Therefore, we have changed the venue for that day’s event to Spring Hills. The schedule of MBSGA tournaments that is presented on our website has been updated to reflect this change in venue for that date. If you have entered this year’s schedule of MBSGA events into your own personal calendar, you may also wish to update your personal calendar to reflect this change so as to avoid any confusion in the future.
NEED TO RECRUIT NEW MEMBERS
As a senior golf organization of ages 50 years and older, we have a continuing need to recruit new members in order to maintain the overall vitality of the organization. With each passing year our long time members get a bit older and the number of rounds they play each year tends to gradually decrease. Therefore, in order to maintain the overall health and viability of our club, it is necessary that we continually maintain focus on the need to actively recruit new members. Please take a moment to identify those senior golfers you know that would enjoy some friendly golf competition and then to actively encourage them to join our club. Information regarding the games we play, which course we play, how often we play and how to join our organization can be found at our MBSGA.org website.
SEEKING VOLUNTEERS FOR CLUB OFFICER POSITIONS
The MBSGA is run entirely by people who volunteer their time and efforts to assure that the club continues to run smoothly and remains vibrant and prosperous. As such, it is incumbent upon each and every member of the MBSGA to “do their fair share” and volunteer to be a club officer. At this time we have a number of open (or soon to open) club officer positions which need to be filled. The specific activities involved in these positions can vary widely but the only requirements are that you are willing to commit some time and energy to the club, are comfortable using email communications and (for some positions) have some general familiarity with computer spreadsheet applications.
If you are interested in volunteering to be a club officer, please contact me or any of the other club officers.
LATE CANCELLATIONS AND “NO SHOWS” NEED TO BE AVOIDED IF AT ALL POSSIBLE
At our recent MBSGA event at Monterey Pines, a couple of our members that had signed up to play that day did not show up and the course charged the club for those missing players. The usual contract arrangements that we have with the courses we play is that we are basically committing to provide the number of players that is shown in the tee sheet that we send them on Monday morning prior to our Thursday events. Most of the courses we play do not rigidly enforce those contract terms as long as we keep them informed of any changes to our tee sheet that may arise prior to the event. Unfortunately, some courses (i.e., Coyote Creek, Del Monte and now Monterey Pines) have not shown the same level of understanding in regard to late cancellations and No Shows and have charged our club for missing players. (Note that as a reminder, if you cancel your participation within 3 days of an event or are a No Show at the event and the golf course demands to be paid for that open tee slot, then you will be responsible for refunding that amount to the MBSGA at the sign in table the next time you play in a MBSGA event.)
Please do not be a late cancellation or a No Show. If you have signed up to play in a MBSGA event and subsequently change your mind, make sure that you cancel your participation before the regular sign ups close 3 days prior to the event and do not wait until after the event’s tee sheet has been published on Monday morning. Further, if it becomes necessary for you to cancel your participation after the event’s tee sheet has been issued, please contact the Tournament Director as noted at the bottom of the event’s tee sheet email transmittal so that any unnecessary charges from the course may be avoided.
TURN IN SCORECARDS TO THE MBSGA ENVELOPE LOCATED AT THE COURSE’S NCGA TERMINAL
This is just a reminder that our standard practice is to provide a manila envelope in the area of the NCGA score entry terminal for the collection of MBSGA scorecards at the completion of each round. If you are unfamiliar with the location of the NCGA score entry terminal at the course you’ll be playing, please ask the personnel at the MBSGA event check in table that morning for guidance as to where the MBSGA manila envelope can be found for depositing your scorecard at the end of your round.
That’s all I have to share for now. If you have any questions or comments regarding any matters related to our club, please let me or any other club officer know and we will do our best to address the issue.
Regards,
Monty Ross
Monterey Bay Seniors Golf Association
P.O. Box 2250
Boulder Creek, CA 95006