JACKSONVILLE AREA GOLF ASSOCIATION

DIRECTOR’S MEETING MINUTES

JULY 16, 2002

SELVA MARINA COUNTRY CLUB

 

The meeting was called to order by President Bart O’Leary at 10:05 a.m. Other officers present were Vice President Don Haws, Vice President of Tournaments  Jim Andrews,  Secretary Lee Crowe ,  Executive Secretary Bill Black and Scholarships Ed Witten. Treasurer Jerry Kay was not in attendance. There were 48 members and guests present. Assistant Pro David Tatge welcomed JAGA to Selva Marina. The Secretary’s minutes were accepted as read. Lee Crowe gave a “special thanks” to Homer Nix’s secretary, Mary Carroll, for getting the meeting notice and minutes to Barney Poston to enter on the web site and e-mail to those with e-mail addresses. Don Haws announced that the August 20th meeting will be held at Palm Coast ’s Matanzas Woods, a great golf course, so we expect a full slate of directors to be present. The September meeting will be at Fernandina Beach . Jim Andrews reported on the AJGA Tournament. He gave thanks to all the volunteers who worked, but expressed some concern about volunteers who did not show up. Bart announced that we had 73 players. Played for 36 spots in the JAGA Amateur Hillyer Championship. Mike Ellison was Medalist with a 68. The qualifier was at Deerwood. The 3-day event will be held Friday July 19th at Deerwood and July 20th & 21st at Deercreek. Jim spoke about the Mixed 2-Ball to be held at Ponce de Leon on August 24th & 25th. Lee Crowe spoke about the 2-Man on September 19th & 20th. Also the JAGA Junior will be held at Hyde Park on August 10th & 11th. Dean Blankenship gave special thanks to JAGA directors for all their help with balls and equipment that was donated to Junior Golf and First Tee.

Old business: Ed Witten spoke about the Florida Vanity Golf license tags now available. A special thanks to Bill Tyler from Deerfield Lakes who headed up everything. Bart mentioned that all new committees will be formed in August. Jerry Wood, President of Mill Cove Mens’ Association, announced they were having a special golf event on September 11th. Call Mill Cove for more information. This will be held on September 7th beginning at 8:30 a.m. On July 27th, the annual Memorial Tournament at Hyde Park will be held to raise money for the JAGA scholarship fund. For further information, contact Homer Nix at 634-1707.

Our guest speaker was Tom Dudley, who is the General Chairman for the 2002 USGA Senior Amateur at Timuquana Country Club. Tom spoke about the FSGA and the upcoming Senior Amateur at Timuquana. We had a good question and answer session.

Charlie Hoenstine announced golf pairings and the meeting adjourned for lunch at 11:30 a.m.

 

Cordially,

 

Lee Crowe

Secretary