JACKSONVILLE
AREA GOLF ASSOCIATION
DIRECTORS
MEETING
APRIL 15, 2003
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HEIGHTS
GOLF CLUB
President
Don Haws opened the meeting at
10:03 a.m.
We had 29
directors present, including two new directors, Arch Copeland of
Deercreek and Ed Tormollen of
Jacksonville
Beach
.
Treasurer
Jerry Kay reported we still have eight clubs who have not paid their
dues. We currently have a balance of $8,119.39 in the bank. Jim Andrews
reminded us that the May meeting will be at
Pine
Lakes
and the June
meeting at Magnolia Point. The August meeting at Ponte Vedra is the
meeting to which we will be inviting our club pros and general managers.
Since there have been quite a few changes in recent years, this will
help each group to get to know each other better.
Tournament
Up-date: The Bill Black Golf Classic is set for
October 4,
2003
and all is
progressing well. The Senior Tournament had 84 players and started 30
minutes late the first day. This made for a long, slow day, but play was
at a much better pace on the second day. It was brought up that at all
of our tournaments JAGA Directors should be the starters and thus better
able to control the pace of play. We also need more directors to help
with each of our tournaments. The Mid-Am Tournament to be held May 9th
and 10th has only 10 players so far. Hopefully there will be
many late additions as there was last year. The Father’s Day
Tournament on June 7th and 8th will be held at
Ponte Vedra. The first day best ball net on the Ocean Course and day two
modified Pinehurst on the Lagoon Course. Barney Poston, Chairman, said
they would like to get 120 players this year. Also, $5.00 from every
entrance fee of every tournament will go to the Scholarship Fund.
Ed
Witten reported that next month is the deadline for submitting
nominations for JAGA scholarships. As of now, we expect to have eight
openings. It was also suggested that we make June our scholarship month
when we invite current scholarship recipients to our meeting instead of
later in the summer. We should get better participation. Tom Tierney,
Past President, is going to take over as Scholarship Chairman. It’s
time to give Ed a break. He has performed this job for 14 or 15 years.
Thank you, Ed, for a job well done. He will still be here to assist when
necessary.
Jacksonville
Beach
donated
$1,000.00 to the Scholarship Fund. There was some discussion of moving
the meeting back to
10:30 a.m.
instead of
10:00 a.m.
This was
turned over to the Ways and Means Committee for further review. Emerson
Darst, our host Director, introduced our guest speakers Mike Lee and
John Piersol from
Lake
City
Community
College
. They thanked
us for helping with scholarships and gave us an overlay of the programs
available at the college.
Meeting
adjourned at
11:27 a.m.
Cordially,
Mike
Cooper
Secretary