04-30-2014 Regular Meeting A_
Advisory Board Meeting
Wednesday,April 30,2014
Present: L.Mennes,M. Mennes,M. Wilcoxen,B.Brown,M. Rionda,M. Gallo,T.Allison,
R. Strickland and Alberto Pozzi
Meeting was called to order at 5:30 pm
A. Pozzi—
• Coming to the end of the season
• We did match last year's numbers for rounds of golf played
• The dining room and bar are doing very well
• Banquet numbers are down slightly from January through April
• Preparing for summer maintenance projects
• Had a very good Easter,close to 600 covers
• Reservations are coming in strong for Mother's Day
• Quoted an article from Golf Inc.which cited statistics from the National Golf Foundation on the
state of the golf industry, the most startling being that the total number of golf courses in theU.S.
has decreased by 643 since 2006 and a prediction that the U.S.will lose between 130-160 golf
courses annually for the next several years.
New Business:
M. Wilcoxen—
• The MSWGA is going to have the closing luncheon tomorrow
• The ladies association had an idea to invite a guest to play on a Thursday,once a month
• Hopefully this will get more lady golfers to join the ladies golf association
A. Pozzi—
• Likes the idea a lot
• Will come up with a special rate for the guest players of the ladies association
Alberto welcomed Miguel Rionda as a guest to the Advisory Board—Walked in at 5:53 pm
M.Wilcoxen—Chuck Wilcoxen fell in the canal and was cut up pretty badly, very lucky the accident was
not worse
A. Pozzi—From Howie Orlin
• Member day play has continued to increase as well as night play
• Membership revenue continues to increase
• The women's tennis team won their division in the South Florida Women's League
L. Mennes—the tennis courts have been busy,nice to see all the activity
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M. Mennes—
• There is less and less sand in the bunkers
• Is there a plan for the summer for the sand traps?
A.Pozzi—Will add sand to those bunkers that need it
M. Gallo—
• The golf course is in great condition
• The bar is excellent
• The Club had a great Easter Bunny
B. Brown—Why did we aerate the greens like we did? '
A. Pozzi -
• The lines you see on the greens are not the result of aerification but rather the application of a
pesticide to treat nematodes
• The nematode counts are very high on some of the greens and the insects eat the roots of the turf
• There is new product that is called Curfew and the application has to be made by a licensed
company and they inject the product into the soil directly leaving what appears to be aeration marks
• The application cost$8000
• We now have to wait 30 days to see what the nematode counts are
T.Allison—
• The greens aerification schedule will be posted soon,we planned for 3 times
• Going to verticut the tees next week
• We have a new Wednesday night league
• Tagwol is back
R. Strickland—Make your mother's day reservations now
With no further business,meeting was adjourned at 6:35 p.m.
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