This month, the Board of Directors finally approved a mid-year budget

for ACC. It’s about a month late, but I am happy to report we will remain in the black through the remainder of the year! Wayne Austin and the Finance Com-mittee worked through five versions of the budget, examining different options to keep us solvent and allow continued reduction of our debt. I want to extend a huge “Thank You!” to Wayne and the Finance Committee for their efforts.

The Board will give you specific de-tails about the actions taken in the next week or so in a letter to all Equity Mem-bers. The letter will address our member-ship situation (a slow bleeding of Equity Members but slight gains in other cate-gories) that reflects a net loss of income – so the balancing of the books has not come about without cost. The letter will itemize these costs and spell out changes we are making. It will also give specific cost estimates for over seeding and how we plan to address that situation.

Our credit card program for payment of dues/monthly bills is in place and sev-eral members have signed up. Enrolling in this program has a direct benefit to the club as accounts are paid on time and this greatly helps manage our cash flow. If you are interested in paying that way, please see Tisha in the office and sign up.

Continued thanks to Sergio, Wayne, Elise and the Pro Shop staff for their ded-icated efforts in bringing outside events to ACC. These tournaments, banquets, luncheon groups, weddings and the like have provided us with additional income to help our finances.

One other set of thanks goes to our housekeeping staff, our kitchen staff and our servers. All their hard work every day makes our club a real pleasure to be part of.

-Gary

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Arrowhead Country Club Newsletter

Gary Schelin - PresidentGary Schelin - President

Arrowhead Country ClubMembers of

WE ARE NOW ACCEPTING THESE MAJOR CREDIT CARDS IN PAYMENT

OF YOUR MONTHLY BILL!

A $10 convenience fee only applies to your monthly dues transactions.

It only takes a few minutes to sign-up! All we need is your credit card information & signature.

Come to the Front Office to Sign Up!

For more information please call (909) 882-1735

Thursday, August 28th

Monday, Sept 29th

Tuesday, Oct 28th

Posting Dates for the next 3 months are as follows:

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rrowsACongratulations Connor Davis!

Conner is the Arrowhead C.C. Junior Club Champion for 2014. A great round of 2 under par 70 from the blue tees was Conner’s winning score. Also competing were Willem Elsdon second place, Corrie Elsdon third place and Cameron Moore fourth place.

Winners of the men’s Play It Forward tournament were Doug Forcheskie, Tony Ankrum, Mike Richey, and Charlie Wang. They drew professional Adam Scott and their score of 181 gave them a 3 stroke victory. The men’s PGA mixer will be Saturday August the 6th with an 8:30 shotgun.

Jack and Jill’s continue every Friday

night during August, with a 5:30 shotgun start. We play a different format each Friday and have dinner afterward.

We will be hosting a mens summer team play on Wednesday the 13th with a 1:30 shotgun. Our club hosts

Redlands CC, Victoria Club and Redhill CC. If you are

interested in playing, please see Alan or Sean in the golf shop.

The golf course will be closed on Monday, August

11th for the Inland Empire 66ers golf tournament.

See you on the course.

AWGA Arrowhead Women’s Golf AssociationJuly 1st was the last formal meeting of AWGA for this fiscal year. The day began with a Play Day golf game

sponsored by the ladies board. The theme was “Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer”. Great fun was had by all with creative table decorations in themes of summer activities and flowers. Results were:

Most Improved Player of the Month of June was Shelby Obershaw followed by Vicki Goeres, Sue Pederson, Denise Work, and Cindy Haas.

Unfortunately, Ladies Team lost in the second round of play-offs to Braemar Country Club. However, Braemar went on to win the entire competition. We are very, very proud of our small, but mighty, team for getting as far as they did!!

Closest to the line, hole #3 - Ann DotyClosest to the pin, hole #4 - Kathrine Falkner; hole #8 - Eve Clayton;

hole #10 - Pat Lyons; hole #12 - Marilyn Albert; hole #15 - Sandy CooperGolf was followed by end-of-year awards as follows:

Elaine Tully Most Improved Player of the Year - Pris KrasneyPutter of the Year - Eve Clayton

Most Birdies - Eve Clayton & Lisa Richey (tie-25 each) Most Net Eagles - Cherrie Lubey (15)

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The golf shop guys.

Gross Net1. Goeres, Richey, Lubey, Krasney 1. Davis, Spears, Sofia, Martin2. Doty, Ankrum, Lyons, Haas 2. Hedding, Roesch, Foster, Albert3. Clayton, Work, Fletcher, Hundley 3. Standley, Schelin, Adair, Forcheskie4. Cooper, Graves, Obershaw, Austin 4. Falkner, Garcia, Terrell, Lidstrand

NEWLY APPOINTEDACC BOARD MEMBERS &

APPOINTEESGary Schelin, President

Gene Tate, Vice PresidentWacy Armstrong, Club Attorney

Robert Martin, SecretaryEve Clayton, Treasurer

BOARD ORGANIZATIONLarry Fletcher (3rd yr.)-

Greens and Mens InvitationalGene Tate (3rd yr.) - Pool, Tennis & Skeet

Dr. Monty Maples (2nd yr.)- Pro Shop & Risk Management

Ken Williams (2nd yr.) - Golf, Jr. Golf & Handicap

Merrily Roesch (2nd yr.) - HouseKarl Doerner (1st yr.) -

Social, AWGA, & PublicityBernard Kersey (1st yr.) -

Energy & Membership Roger Work (1st yr.) - Finance

STAFF MEMBERSWayne Austin -

General ManagerSergio Victorio -

Food and Beverage ManagerJordan Perl -

Assistant Food and Beverage Manager

Rachele Rechou - Chef DeCuisineSean Cherry - Director of Golf

Alan Briggs - Head Golf Professional

Elise Campbell - Membership Director

Tisha Cable - Office ManagerPeder Rauen -

Course Superintendent

NUMBERSArrowhead Country Club

(909) 882-1735Fax-(909) 882-7262

Pro Shop-(909) 882-1638Office email-

office@arrowheadcc.orgPro Shop email -

sean@arrowheadcc.orgWebsite: www.arrowheadcc.org

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August 2014

August is officially here, and with

the warm tempera-tures has come great golfing conditions, beautiful sun-kissed landscapes and an appreciation for the cool environment and shade our golf course provides us. July was an ex-tremely busy month as we tackled several projects while still maintaining the high level playing conditions you all expect. This past month saw us take on a huge lake cleaning project, the sod-ding of several tee boxes, and managing the disease pres-sure that comes with the high humidity we received toward the end of the month.

The Lake cleaning project, while working wonderfully, took a tremendous amount of dedication and hard work

to be accomplished in the time frame we were allowed. Because of our irrigation de-mands and the way in which our irrigation ponds are en-gineered to function, we had a very small amount of time to accomplish our goal of cleaning the algae and aquat-ic weeds that polluted two of the three lakes on property. We began by pumping wa-ter out of the lake adjacent to #7 fairway and into the lake bordering #14 green. Because the lake on #7 is strictly gravity fed into the adjoining and interconnect-ed lake on #14, this allowed us to shut down our one well on property (which feeds di-rectly into #7 Fairway Lake) and drain the most polluted of the three lakes. The water was pumped using two trash pumps that required refill-ing of gasoline every 3- 3.5 hours throughout the night and early morning. As dawn broke, we could see that the lake was nearly dry and then began the difficult and la-borious job of removing the weeds and muck that had accumulated over the past 50 plus years. Because the weeds that were being seen on the surface of the water were rooted into this muck, this was the only surefire way to safely and non-chemically remove these weeds that had become such an eyesore. The

entire day was spent remov-ing as much material as we possibly could as we were forced to turn the well pump back on that evening because of our irrigation demands. The final result has been very encouraging as 95% of the water’s surface is now clean as compared to the 20% that had been free of weed activi-ty prior to this “deep clean”.

Also in the month of July, we spent some time sodding several tee boxes that were in particular need after this winter’s over seeding. The first, and largest of those tee boxes was the men’s tee on #7. Because of the two, very large Eucalyptus trees that were removed from the right side of this tee box, the turf in this area was harshly in-troduced to a vastly different and much hotter micro-cli-mate this summer. Because of this, the “cool-season” turf types growing in this area could not sustain the amount of direct sun it was receiving. As a result, the entire teeing surface has been re-sodded with hybrid Bermuda grass. With the same sod purchase, the ladies tee on #6 was done as well as parts of the teeing area on hole #15.

During much of the month, we have been ex-periencing both warm and very humid temperatures at times. These periods near-

ly always result in putting surfaces be-coming susceptible to fungal or bacte-rial disease pressure. These types of con-ditions are very wor-ry-some to Superin-tendents as it is not

uncommon for these diseases to destroy (down to dirt) 18 putting greens in a matter of days. Because of the practices we employ through the Gre-enway Method, and the ge-netically stable nature of our 100% bent grass greens, we are able to fend off these in-terruptions to good playing conditions.

In closing, I would like to thank all the members who opened their wallets to pro-vide us with new bunker rakes throughout the golf course. This was a much needed upgrade, and some-thing that all the golfers out there surely appreciate. It is the details like those that make a golf course stand apart from the rest! Thank you again for you dedication and passion.

Arrowhead Women’s Golf Association

Happy Golfing!

Peder RauenGreenway Golf Superintendent

Arrowhead Country Club

4th Quarter Ringer Results“A” Flight

Gross Net1. Eve Clayton 1. Ann Doty2. Lisa Richey 2. Pris Krasney3. Katie Ankrum 3. Irene Davis

“B” Flight Gross Net1. Shelby Obershaw 1. Gina Schelin2. Linda Foster 2. Julie Garcia3. Cherrie Lubey 3. Rita Lidstrand, Nancy Hedding (tie)

REMINDERRegular AWGA activities will resume September 4th

with Putts and Platters golf, 8:30 a.m. shotgun, followed

by our General Meeting.

Greetings from

Your golf course maintenance crew

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Ladies’ Play Date Tournament

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10th tee & Course Open at 12:00pm

Bar Open at 2:30pm

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10th tee & CourseOpen at 12 pm

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Golf Tournament 11:00 am Start

10th tee & Course Closed

Bar Open at 2:30pm

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10th tee & CourseOpen at 12 pmBar Open at

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Jr. TennisAdult Tennis

Mens Club Championship

Round 3 8:00 am Start

DinnerWestern Buffet

5-8:30 pm

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DinnerWestern Buffet

5-8:30 pm

Jr. TennisAdult Tennis

Summer Team Play Tournament1:30 pm Shotgun

StartDinner Pasta

Buffet5-8:30 pm

Jr. Tennis Adult Tennis

DinnerReal Taco Bar

Buffet 5-8:30 pm

Jr. TennisAdult Tennis

DinnerStir Fry Buffet

5-8:30 pm

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Ladies’ General Meeting

8:00 am ShotgunPutts & Platters

Jr. Tennis

Mens Club Champ1:30 pm Start

Dinner Prime Rib & Fresh Fish Special

5-8:30 pmWine Tasting 6pmJack & Jill 5:30pm

Dinner Prime Rib & Fresh

Fish Special 5-8:30 pmJr. Tennis

Jack & Jill 5:30pm

Dinner Prime Rib & Fresh

Fish Special 5-8:30 pm

Karaoke NightFree Jr. Tennis

Jack & Jill 5:30pm

Dinner Prime Rib & Fresh Fish Special 5-8:30

pmLive Entertainment

One in the JarJr. & Adult Tennis - Jack&Jill 5:30pm

Mens Club Championship

Round 2 8:00 am Start

High School Tennis

High School Tennis

Mens PGA Championship

Mixer8:30 am Shotgun

High School

Tennis

High School Tennis

From 10 am to 1:30 pm

All New 3 rd Sunday Brunch

- Mondays Clubhouse Closed

- Breakfast every Saturday and Sunday From 7:00 am to 1:00 pm(Unless marked on the calendar)

- Lunch, Tuesday to Sunday from 11:00 am to 2:30 pm(Unless marked on the calendar)

High School Tennis

Dinner Prime Rib & Fresh

Fish Special 5-8:30 pm

Jack & Jill 5:30pm

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Desert Mice Tournament

Shotgun 8:30 am

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Over seeding to Start

Tentative date

10th tee & Course Opens at 12pm

Bar Open at 2:30pmJr. Tennis

Labor DayRestaurant and Bar

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Jr. Tennis

10th tee & Course Opens at 12pm

Bar Open at 2:30pmJr. Tennis

Citrus Cup Tournament8:30am Shotgun Start

Ontario Reign Golf Tournament9 am Shotgun

10th tee & Course open at 2pm Bar Open at 2:30pm

Jr. Tennis

BNI Golf Tournament9 am Shotgun

10th tee &Course open at 12 pmBar Open at 2:30pm

Jr. Tennis Adult Tennis

Gale StocktonJunior Tournament

7 am start

Course Closed

DinnerPasta Buffet

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Ladies’ General Meeting

8:00 am ShotgunPutts & Platters

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8:30 am Shotgun

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Citrus Cup Tournament1pm & 4pm

Dinner Prime Rib & Fresh Fish

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Men Hole in One Tournament

8:30 am, shotgun start

High School TennisFrom 10 am to 1:30 pm

All New 3 rd Sunday Brunch

Breakfast7:00 am - 1:00pm

Lunch11:00 am - 2:30pm

Clubhouse Closed

October

Number nine was number seven in the original 1927

“Billy” Bell routing; other than that, nothing else has changed expect for the planting of ol-ive trees on the left side of the hole, just behind the fairway bunkers. Those bunkers, and the fairway bunker on the right side of the fairway as well as the bunkering around the green were shaped by “Billy” Bell the master shaper himself. Having said that, one should

note that the putting sur-face and seedbed has been redone several times over the years, but the putting surface contours, remarkably, remain similar to those laid down in 1927. However, I think the word

remarkable best describes a bunker shot demonstration on the ninth hole by Hall of Fame golfer Louise Suggs in 1951. The 1951 MacGregor cata-

log stated: “Expert golf writers rate Louise Suggs’ sensational record as both an amateur and a professional, during which time she has won every major title, as one of the most out-standing all-time accomplish-ments in golf.”“As a member of the MacGre-

gor Advisory Staff, she con-ducts clinics and exhibitions in all sections of the country, appearing at schools, colleges and country clubs, in order to promote interest in golf among women and teen-agers.” And it was just such a mission

that brought Louise to Arrow-head one weekday in 1951.Those laudatory phrases

from the MacGregor Co. real-ly didn’t do her justice as she had just recently won the U.S. Women’s Open in 1949 and she would win it again in 1952 with a score of 284, which was

the lowest ever made by a woman over 72 holes in a major competition. When she paid us a visit that day in 1951 she was in her prime, and she needed to be since Betsy Rawls, Patty Berg and “Babe” Zaharias were some of her fellow competitors. So there she was

one weekday in 1951 at Arrowhead conducting a clinic followed by a nine hole exhibition. This memo- ra-ble event took place in the fall so I missed all but the ninth hole of the exhibition because of junior high school classes which prevented me from see-ing the clinic and the first eight holes of the exhibition. I wasn’t totally unfamiliar

with Louise Suggs. When I was ten years old my first full set of clubs included Louise Suggs woods by MacGregor. I was familiar enough with her from news film of the day and photos like the one included with this article to infer that she had a great golf swing, but I

had never seen her play. I got there just in time to see her hit her tee shot off of num-ber nine tee, and what a golf swing. In fact I never saw a better one until I

saw Mickey Wright conducting a clinic in Chicago in 1959.

As I mentioned I only saw the ninth hole but that ninth hole provided plenty

of interesting golf shots and dialogue. We have as you know more than our share of bun-kers and in 1951 they were a much more formidable hazard than they are now because of the way Guy Potts maintained them. Several times through-out the year Guy would aggres-sively re-contour them so they were left with a very severe lip about the height of a city curb. Quite a few of our members questioned this way of shaping the edges of our bunkers and none more so than the Ladies Club, but to no avail for quite

a few years. Then,during the exhibition,

Louise Suggs entered the front bunker alongside #9 green and started to demonstrate bun-ker shots from the center of the sand trap, when one of the ladies asked her about those severe lips. Louise acknowl-edged them as a little severe in a guarded and tactful manner. But ladies club member “Billie” Tomlinson, was not buying it and said “they were impossible.” Billie then stalked into the bun-ker, picked up a few of the balls that Louise had set aside for the demonstration and placed sev-eral against the lip and said to Louise “let’s see how you would get the ball on the green from here.”Now Louise was there as an

ambassador for the game of golf and the MacGregor Company, and our professional at the time was Jim Christie who was on the MacGregor Staff, so she was not about to be perceived as critical of the course our any of its em-ployees or members. But now she was trapped (pun intended). It was then that Louise

demonstrated that she was per-haps even a better diplomat than a Hall of Fame player. She never got the ball out of the bunker from directly under the lip, but as she was narrating her efforts, in the process of trying to do so, she marveled at the overall con-dition of the course, explained what the rules would allow her to do and finished with a philo-sophical discussion of hazards in general. But “Billie” Tomlinson’s

point had been made; if Louise Suggs couldn’t get the ball out from under those lips, nobody could....within the week those steep curb-like lips had van-ished, never to return.

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(909)882-1735Fax

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