Corena Green Classic Tournament for Junior Girls

The 32nd Corena Green Classic Tournament for Junior Girls’ Golf was held this year on Thursday, July 28, 2022 at the Del Rio Golf and Country Club in Modesto. The purpose of the tournament is to promote girls’ golf.  

The Cold Springs Lady Niners proudly sponsored Ellie Spencer, Cameron Glynn, Danielle Jastrab and Sharon McFarland, pictured here.  All four girls golfed well and a good time was had by all. Sharon McFarland won special recognition for placing 3rd in her age group.  

As a testimony to the enduring spirit of the Corena Green tournament, it should be noted that two of the girls, Sharon and Danielle, are both planning to play golf at college this coming school year.  Danielle Jastrab, between her golf and academic achievements, earned a sizeable golf scholarship to attend the University of New Haven in Connecticut. (The back story is that she was to attend a college in San Diego but that school rescinded her golf scholarship as the school was discontinuing its golf program. Upon hearing this news, she contacted the golf coach there who had accepted a position with the school in Connecticut -- Danielle was then offered the golf scholarship to that school.) That’s making lemonade out of lemons!

Funds to support the girls’ participation and a chance to earn education certificates are raised through the Lady Niner’s “Cuss Piggy Bank” and a putting contest at the Men’s Invitational.  Support was outstanding. On behalf of the girls who benefit, the Lady Niners thank you!

Watch the Mulligan in the Spring for information on the 2023 tournament.  

The Cold Springs Professional staff would like to say thank you for such a wonderful summer of golf and tournaments. We have hosted nearly a dozen different tournaments over the months of May, June, and July and, as you know, Lance and I are both new to these recurring Cold Springs events. We are pleased to say that these events have been fun, contributed to a greater sense of community here at the club, and have been extremely competitive. Some highlights that stuck out to us were the Cinco-De-Mayo Ladies event, both the Men’s and Ladies Invitationals, and the Sr. Club Championship, which was made even better by a great showing of sportsmanship in the semi-final and final matches, as Bob Daniels and Russ Hasemeier waited for Bill Uruqhart to return from a family emergency instead of moving on without him. 

As the summer went on, we also continued our range plan development. Our brand-new ball machine is now up and running and it compliments are beautiful new range mats. We do ask that you limit yourself to taking only the number of tokens you need for immediate use, even if you’re on the unlimited range plan, and refrain from taking them home with you. This will keep our systems functioning at the highest and most efficient capacity.

We are getting better with the cart keys! Over the 2021 calendar year, we lost nearly one hundred keys. We have only lost six keys so far this year and this saves a lot more money than you may expect for the club. Thank you for taking good care of our carts and returning our cart keys – every little bit counts.

We hope you enjoy the last few months of excellent weather and that you have a great August.

Daniel Spaite

Please join us on the second Thursday of each month for breakfast and golf. It is $10 annually to join the Senior Men's Club. Then, a $25 entry to the Thursday tournament that includes breakfast and prize money. Sign up sheet is in the men's locker room. Cutoff to sign up is one week in advance of event. We hope to see some new faces!

 Score: 207    Pays $ 115.00    Each $29.00

         Dan Boeshans                Jim Suhoza      

  Brian Amacher                   Don Hueber

  Second Place  

Score: 208    Pays $ 76.00    Each $19.00

  Jim LaBerge           Mike Worley

  Rory Manley   Ron Wermes

 Score: 209     Pays $38.00   Each $10.00

  Bob Durand         Chris Vlamis

                Gary Logan      Jeff O’Donnell

  SENIOR OF THE MONTH – LOW NET  

       Jim Suhoza Pays $20.00

        Gross Score: 84  Handicap: 15 Net: 69 

    SENIOR OF THE MONTH – LOW GROSS 

         Dan Boeshans     Score: 84 Pays $20 

     Hole# 12 CLOSEST TO THE PIN

     Chris Vlamis  Distance: 17ft 5in Pays $10.00

Number of Participants: 24

Well, it took us awhile but the long stretches of upper 90’s to 100 degrees days did eventually show up mid-July. We had been holding up well on the course so far. When it gets that hot for a while the stress areas on the course appear. The cool season grasses, especially the “Annual Bluegrass,” will start shutting down in attempts to survive. We do what we can to hold ground to keep those areas from burning out too much. Greens seem to be holding up well with no real stress points and summer decline. We are battling the hot days with spot watering with hoses and individual sprinkles. As well as running a one turn cooling cycles with the sprinklers to keep temperatures down when it is up over 100. We are not able to do a whole lot of extra watering for a couple of reasons. first, we must follow some request by the Water Resource Board to conserve water. Second, the flow of water coming into our diversion area has slowed up a lot. It takes all day to fill our main irrigation pond to capacity to get a night’s worth of irrigation out. Now that the flow has slow up in the creek, we will get back into to move any loose gravel and rock that had washed in from winter to allow more flow if possible.

For the most part we will continue through August in survival mode and trying to keep up with our maintenance program. One of the biggest challenges we have had is with manpower and operating equipment. Well, our large rough mower that is over 10 years old has been giving us problems. We have been forced to mow all the rough with our newer deck mower that is designated for tee surrounds and steep banks and 2/3 the cutting width of the main rough mower. Unfortunately, with a smaller deck its mowing productivity is less than the larger mower. A distributor service tech. was finally able to come out and narrow down the issue on the old mower. But parts are on back order and may take a while to get. An order for a new rough mower was put in this past spring. Right off distributor is under promising availability and told us spring or summer of next year. Hopefully sooner than later.

Summer is in full swing, if you pardon the pun. The course is playing well despite all the heat.

I hope everyone had a safe 4th of July

Results for July:  

July 5th: Second Round of the Lois Brown tournament and Ace of the Month

The Lois Brown winner will be announced at the Holiday Luncheon

Flight 1 - HC: 11-21 (5 ladies)

Low Gross (84) - Heidi Caldwell 

Low Net (72) - Ann Pendleton 

Flight 2 - HC: 23-25 (6 ladies)

Low Gross (93) - Heidi Matlack 

Low Net (70) - Ellen Page 

Flight 3 - HC: 26-29 (5 ladies)

Low Gross (100) - Carol Yates 

Low Net (78) - Gloria Gaetano 

Flight 4 - HC: 30-41 (6 ladies)

Low Gross (104) - Helen Glenn

Low Net (76) - Lillie Fuentes 

July AOM: Heidi Matlack (Net 70) 

Closet to the Pin Hole 17: Susie Hendrix

and did she make the birdie putt? Just a Par!

Congratulations, everyone!

July 12th: Back 9 Eclectic:

Flight 1 - 9-Hole Back HC: 3-12 (5 ladies)

Low Net (31) - Heidi Matlack 

2nd Low Net (33) - Linda Robbins 

Flight 2 - 9-Hole Back HC: 14-21 (7 ladies)

Low Net (30) - Rosemary Authier 

2nd Low Net (31) - Gloria Gaetano 

3rd Low Net (33) - Lillie Fuentes 

Congratulations—well played!

July 19th was a casual MYO4 day…but a large number of our ladies went to the Legacy Team Challenge tournament held at El Macero. Unfortunately, none of our groups were in the money this time. Challenging course conditions were the order of the day. Participants included: Heidi Matlack, Michele Bailey, Linda Robbins, Sharon Wilson, Elaine Boggess, Ann Pendleton, Laurie Tennant, Helen Glenn, Bev Edwards, Gloria Gaetano, Carol Yates, Melissa Frenn, Bolet Salvador, Nancy Tenley and Jenny Hayworth

July 26th: Par Points/Modified Stableford.

Flight 1 - HC: 5-21 (6 ladies)

1st Place (43) - Melissa Frenn 

2nd Place (36) - Ann Pendleton 

Flight 2 - HC: 22-24 (5 ladies)

1st Place (38) - Heidi Matlack

2nd Place (34) - Ellen Page

Flight 3 - HC: 25-27 (6 ladies)

1st Place (38) - Elaine Boggess 

2nd Place (36) - Karen McCaughern 

Flight 4 - HC: 30-37 (5 ladies)

1st Place (34) - Kathy Goldman 

2nd Place (34) - Debbie Brink 

Well done—good scores, all!

Schedule for August—please be sure to check for updates from Heidi M in the Sunday Note, as well as additional emails. Signup sheets are posted on the bulletin board.

August 2: MYO4, 2-Best ball of foursome/sweeps. General meeting has been moved from August 9th to this date.

August 9th: Draw Day/Sweeps/August AOM

August 16th: Casual Guest Day/No Sweeps

August 23rd: No 18-er Golf: Niner Team Play Championships

August 30th: Draw Day/Sweeps/September AOM

See you all on the course!

Heidi