What Can YOU Do for YOUR Course?

Men's Club Members!

I want to hear from the membership what they think the Membership can do to help the playing experience @ Mountain View G.C.

Remember --- ideas should focus on the "contribution" to the efforts by those in charge of the course, by the Membership as a group or as individuals.

Let's hear from you whose experiences at the course are "good, but ..."

[posted by Peter]

September 24th - Skins Results

Skins - $38
#1 - Larry Pape
#2 - Tom Garagliano
#9 - Rob Olivera
#13 - Peter Henne
#14 - Mike Miller
#16 - Doug Whitney

Closies - $34
#3 - Al Perez - 4' 7"
#6 - Rick Henry - 8' 5"
#16 - Doug Whitney - 11' 10"
#18 - Ralph Corona - 7' 7"

September 10th - Skins Results

Skins - $48
#6 - Doug Whitney (never seen a 24 foot put he didn't like as much as this one, until he made it)
#7 - Doug Whitney (the lone par)
#10 - Doug Whitney (the lone birdie)
#16 - Hector Macias
#18 - John Arnold

Closies - $36
#3 - Tom Gentilcore - 30' 4-1/2"
#6 - Aaron Cunningham - 8'
#16 - Hector Macias - 3' 2"
#18 - John Arnold - 2' 4-1/2"

How to Cut Down on the Complaining

We need to understand that Mountain View IS NOT a Country Club. You get what you pay for. Many of us appreciate and enjoy the course for what it is: Reasonable green fees, excellent greens, improving course conditions, a great staff, a preferred Sunday tee time and an enjoyable Men's Club (which is much more enjoyable when there isn't so much bitching going on). Based on the above, you're getting more than your money's worth.

The owner of the course IS NOT going to invest in more staff, equipment or fertilizer to improve the course conditions. I've seen the "condition of the course" improve dramatically over the last few years, due to mainly one person's efforts. (Thanks Mr. Corona) Even with all of his hard work, there seems to be an over abundance of complaining about the course lately.

If you want the COUNTRY CLUB experience: Concrete cart paths, defined fairways, perfect sand in bunkers, a course maintenance staff of 25+ and some LARGE $$$ Green Fees/Membership Fees, then GO PAY FOR IT; otherwise appreciate Mountain View for what it is and the continuing efforts to improve it.

How To Cut Down Ralph's Work

Men' Club Members!

I have often thought of ways to actually improve the course aesthetics whilst REDUCING Ralph Corona's workload.

I appreciate the condition of the greens @ Mountain View G.C. They are the proper firmness and roll pretty true. Save for the ball marks others leave behind, these are very nice greens!

This layout, though short, is TIGHT. Some fairways are barely 25' wide at important locations. Several tee boxes are occluded with overhanging tree canopies. Suffice it to say, if you don't pay attention to your position on the tee box, you quite possibly will have the tee shot deflected by a branch!

My suggestion is to get better-defined fairways through REDUCED MOWING effort. The grasses in the rough are such that even if you mowed them only once a month, you could still find and play your ball. But the return of mowing a defined fairway would be significant. The eye-appeal of seeing where the hole actually goes would enhance the golfing experience.

Fo example, the parallel 1st and 10th Holes. The 10th is especially "non-descript" in it's appearance --- it is a dogleg right, with an oblong trap protecting the major part of the front of the green --- but you can't really tell that from the teeing area, now can you?

Another one is Hole #8, which is straight until approximately 75yds. out, then is a dogleg right, again with a bunker protecting half of the front of the run-up on the right.

What I am trying to have you picture in your mind is a course with defined fairwways and, yes, something resembling "rough."

What say you?

September 3rd - Skins Results

If you weren't on Team Garagliano or Team Corona, you probably should have stayed home...

Skins - $31
#6 - Ralph Corona
#11 - Tom Garagliano
#13 - Tom Garagliano ( made the 3' putt for eagle)
#14 - Jeff Garagliano (two weeks in a row on this hole)
#15 - Tom Garagliano
#16 - Ralph Corona (50' putt for birdie and the dagger in Rocky's heart)

Closies - $28
#3 - John Arnold - 10' 10"
#6 - Doug Whitney - 13' 7"
#16 - Rob Olivera - 8' 1-1/4"
#18 - Al Perez - 11' 11" (Al, did you hit your 11 wood?)