Jacksonville Area Golf Association

 

Directors Meeting

The Palencia Club

January 15, 2008

 

 

 

Jacksonville Area Golf Association

 

Directors Meeting

The Palencia Club

January 15, 2008

 

Officers Present:  Lee Crowe, Jerry Kay, Joe Power, Bob Streightiff, Jim Edwards, Barney Poston, Tom Tierney, and Jim Andrews.  President-Lee Crowe called the meeting to order at 10:32 AM. and immediately welcomed Director Earl Strickland of Orange Park CC back. A moment of silence followed for all those who have left us and for all our brothers that are fighting illnesses. Sixty-nine Directors and guests were introduced to one another. New Marsh Landing director, John Arnold, was welcomed by all. Palencia Pro, John Upton, welcomed JAGA on behalf of the Hines Corporation and introduced Pud English. Pud briefed us on the progress of Palencia and provided Maps and a DVD for additional information about Palencia real estate. Treasurer’s Report - Jerry Kay reported a Base of $9,793.44. $5775 of that base is Membership dues for 2008.

Secretary’s Report – Joe Power reported that the minutes of the November meeting had been passed out to everyone just prior to the meeting. A motion to approve those minutes, without further reading, was approved. Vice President – Tournaments, Bob Streightiff,   1) Reminded all that players must come from licensed and certified clubs in order to be eligible for prizes in JAGA tournaments, (2) Beginning in February, JAGA directors play and scoring will be governed by Stableford points (based upon current USGA indices submitted by directors) and the tees to be played selected at the time of sign up. Make sure you designate both current USGA index and desired tees at time of your sign up. Web Master-Barney Poston reported that Josh Anderson is the new Head Professional at Magnolia Point Golf and CC. Keep a constant eye for updates and changes relating to JAGA and/or golf events by way of the Web site. Scholarship Committee Chairman- Tom Tierney reported that all is going well. There is one opening for a scholarship this next semester. Get your candidate in quickly, if you have one. Contributions to the JAGA Scholarship Fund: Joe Herring gave a check in amount of $300 from Quail Heights.  Earl Kelly presented a check for $500 from an event sponsored by Blue Cypress Golf and CC in memory of Bob Cuartero. Ed McDonald presented $546 from the Marsh Landing CC Senior Men’s Association . Thank You All! Vice President-Administration, Jim Edwards announced that next months meeting will be at the Country Club of Orange Park. Let’s hope that attendance matches today’s. Check the locations for next year’s meetings on the JAGA Web site. Old Business -None. New Business – (1) President Crowe announced two policies recently passed by the Executive Committee: (A) A Director who signs up for a meeting and fails to attend without giving proper and/or prior notification to Ed Tormollen, must pay $50 to JAGA before attending another meeting. (B) In order to play golf following a JAGA Directors meeting, one must attend both the business meeting and lunch that precedes the play of golf. (2) Steve Wyand (Sawgrass) found that JAGA was not as well known as it should be and suggested that we get more coverage for our activities. Carl Arnold suggested that we invite Garry Smits to be a guest speaker. (3) Lee Crowe congratulated  this years President Cup winners: Jud Ammiano, Jack Meyer and the remainder of the Marsh Creek team. The Presidents Cup needs to expand to 36 teams in December of 2008. Steve Wyand introduced the Guest Speaker – John Hayt.  The University of North Florida (UNF) has produced countless benefits to much of the Jacksonville region. UNF has approximately 16,000 students, a faculty in excess of 500, better than a one billion dollar impact on the local economy, 17 Division I teams ( as of 2004), better than 240 athletes who carry GPAs of 3.125 and a top notch Golf Program. College golf today is HUGH. There are more than 13,000 college golf teams today covering various Division levels. UNFs Golf program has been around since 1980 but did not received its NCAA Division I status until the 1995/96 year. Nicknamed the Ospreys, UNF has been ranked as high as 9^th out of the 400 NCAA Division I golf programs. Much of the Ospreys success can be attributed to John Hayt and his contributions to the Hayt Learning Center. This McCumber Golf managed facility is lighted, has 4 holes with various angled tees, covers 38 acres of land and cost about 2 million dollars to build in 2002. It is an outstanding facility for Coach Scott Schroeder and student golfers including Chris Kennedy, J.C. Horn and Mike O’Neal. You may see them and other top  golfers in the 2008 Hayt Collegiate Invitational this coming February 17-19, at Sawgrass Country Club.

This year will feature 15 college teams including many from the top 25 college team in the USA. Mike O’Neal is a JAGA Scholarship recipient who maintains a 3.8 GPA at UNF and is the current JAGA City Amateur champion. He addressed the Directors, thanked us for the Scholarship, and said he has learned to be both consistent (with his short game) and tough at handling adversity (slow starts). “Golf allows me to meet many nice people and many good players.” Thanks you Mike and John for a most informative and interesting program. Pairings Coordinator, Ed Tormollen announced   pairings for the day’s golf. The Blessing for Lunch was given by Tom Philyaw.  Meeting Adjourned at 11:38 AM.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

Joe Power, Secretary