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As you can tell, I've stopped playing golf and posting in this blog. Follow my retirement travels by going to Joe and Marie Retire and you'll see filtered links to my blog. Enjoy

Still Room For Bayonet

Call Moon or Hime if you can make it for the last outing before Daddy Longball. Time's a'waisting.

Event Cancelled

This month's event has been cancelled due to a lack of members signing up. This means that Jim loses his deposit and for Bayonet next month the course demands 100% payment 30 days in advance. So, you need to have your money in by the 21st for Bayonet.

Total Concentration

Thanks to Tony B for the picture.

July's Outing

Black Horse in Seaside is the Club's destination for July. Cost is $105, due by the 14th.
Here's the link. We've played both Bayonet and Black Horse and it is a popular event for the members. Get your money in today.

June 2013 Results

Sundays results,

A-Flight
1. Rick Weston 85/72
2. Jim Valencia 81/73
3. Dave Gamboa 87/73
Long drive - Mark Quinzon

B-Flight
1.Mike Reardon 99/74
2. Ron Katen 102/77
3. Kelly Shelton 104/78
Long Drive - Mike Reardon
Low Putts - Ron Katen 31

Par 3's
3- Jim Valencia 21'5
6- Chuck McKee 5'2"
8- Kyle Uno 16'1"
14- Mark Hoffman 18'4"
16- Dave Gamboa 10'

Making Golf Fun

Pasadera In June

Paul has sent out the announcement for June's Daddy Longball Golf Tournament. Pasadera is in Monterey.  Our outing is on Sunday the 23rd, with your commitment due by the 14th. Pasadera.com will have all the info.

I Could Use Some Help

I've been working most all weekends and have yet to make one of our 2013 events. Moon and Hime have plenty to do without being bothered to take pictures, so it wouldn't kill me to have one of you step up with a camera and do picture duty when I'm not there.
Sometime next year I'll be retiring and living at least 9 months a year in my RV. Posting on the blog is easy, I can set all of that up. C'mon, step up and help.

Results From Spanos Park

A FLIGHT
1. ED CHOCK 69/83
2. TOM MALONEY 70/91
3. DAVE GAMBOA 71/83

LONG DRIVE DAVE FERNANDEZ
LOW PUTTS ED CHOCK

B FLIGHT
1. OSCAR DOMINGUEZ 63/103
2. MEL THAYNE 67/100
3. TONY BALLESTERO 67/100

LONG DRIVE OSCAR DOMINGUEZ

PAR 3'S

#4 RICK QUINZON 23FT
#8 TONY BALLESTERO 8'7"
#13 DAVID NICARIS 9'2"
#15 JIM THAYNE

Results From Greenhorn Creek

A Flight-

1.Rick Weston 68/81
2. Dave Gamboa 69/83
3. Mark Quinzon 72/85
Long drive - Jim Valencia
Low Putts - Mike Sexton

B Flight-

1. Rick Quinzon 64/89
2. Jim Miller 64/92
3. Al Christy 66/85
Long Drive - Bob Valencia

Par 3's

#3 - MOON 1' 10"
#6 Bill Roush
#8 Ron Katen 26' 8"
#13 Bucket 8' 9"
#15 Jim Miller 8' 9"

Golf Humor

Quail Lodge Results

Winners from Quail Lodge;

A Flight

1. Bucket 66 net 90 gross
2. Dave Gamboa 68 net 83 gross
3. Hime 73 net 80 gross
Long Drive - Ed Chock

B flight

1. Al Christy 66 net 87 gross
2. Mike Sexton 69 net 96 gross
3. Rick Quinzon 71 net 98 gross
Long drive - Mike Sexton

Low putts - Al Christy 28
Par 3's
#5 Dave Gamboa 25'9
#8 Rick Weston 35'5
#12 Hime 10'1
#17 Bucket 30'

April's Money Due Monday

Your money or a phone call is due by Monday to play Greenhorn Creek on the 24th. The fee is $85 for the usual shared cart round. Greenhorn Creek is in Angels Camp, off SH-4. You know the numbers to call.

Diablo Grande Opens The Schedule For 2013

Our first tournament of the new year will be the Legends Course at Diablo Grande in Patterson. Sunday January 27th at 1000 is our first tee time. The cost will be $70 and that's with lunch. Payment is due by the 16th, so get your money is as soon as you can as there are only 28 spots available.

www.diablogrande.com will answer your other questions.

2013 Schedule Announced

Check your mailer for next year's schedule. We start in January and usually play on the last Sunday of the month, or the second to last Sunday. Our date in May at Spanos Park in Stockton is on a Saturday, so make note of that. If you didn't get a schedule, or a mailer for that matter, call Hime or Moon right away. Don't get left behind.

Steve Fleming Passes Away

Late last month, Past Club Champion and Tournament Winner Steve Fleming passed away. He was only 61 years old and had been retired from the Teamsters for less than 6 years. You may remember Steve as the large, tall, easy going African American that I introduced to the Daddy Longball gang through working at the Mercury News.
Steve fought prostate cancer for the last few years of his life, so he only got in a few years of retirement and thrice weekly golf playing. There's a couple of lessons here to be learned.
1) Get your PSA checked and take the gloved finger of death. It isn't fun, but neither is cancer.
2) Retire as soon as you can.
3) Enjoy every day of your life as best you can.

Steve was a great guy to golf with and he'll be missed at Daddy Longball.

Joe's Email Hacked

My email, one I've used for years, was recently hacked into and I can't get it back. My new address is diceshooter1960@yahoo.com

Membership Dues Are Now Due And Payable

You should have gotten something in the mail from Moon. Dues for 2013 are still only $65. Right now, get your checkbook out, write the check and mail it off.

Keep An Eye Out

Soon, the announcement for the 2013 Club and NCGA dues will be coming in the mail. Keeping your membership in the Club and the NCGA allows you to keep a GHIN (index) number. It also allows you to play Poppy Hills and Poppy Ridge at the member rate. And, you get to compete in the Club events, instead of playing as a guest.

Speaking of the GHIN number, I noticed when I was passing out the stickers at Dayton that some of you are not posting all your scores. Not posting all your scores defeats the purpose of the GHIN system. One of the members has played over 25 times this year and had 8 posted scores. Post all your scores, good and bad. Let your GHIN number reflect the current state of your game.

Cave Rock

Cave Rock has great meaning to those of us who knew and miss Donny. It has become tradition to stop at Cave Rock after the Sunday round and toast Donny and have a taste of Crown Royal.
It is also kind of traditional, at least I still do it, to honk your horn and wave when you travel just south of the tunnels, right in front of the entrance to where we sip the toast. Every time. No matter the day or month.

Kelly And Joe's Big Belly At Cave Rock

Panoramic Of Lake Tahoe From Cave Rock

Joe On The Memorial Bench

That's Moon and Kelly right behind the bench.

Toasting Donny

Moon Speaking From The Heart About His Brother

Moon Pouring Out The Tastes

Gathered At Cave Rock

This Year's Winners

That's Mark W, Dale P, Joe and Jeremy.

Daddy Longball Club Champions

A Flight:
Champion- Dale P             143
1st Runner Up-  John V     146
2nd Runner Up- Ed C



B Flight:
Champion- Mike R           133
1st Runner Up- Al C         140
2nd Runner Up- Cameron  143

Dayton Valley Closest To The Pin

4) unreported
6) Earl       10'
13) Ed C     10'7"
16) Mark Q   3'10"

Dayton Valley B Flight Winners

B Flight Winners:
1) Joe         58
2) Al C        65
3) Mike R    65
4) Kent K     65 (lost in tiebreaker but his 65 needs to be noted)

Long Drive- Kelly

Dayton Valley A Flight Winners

A Flight Winners:
1) Jeremy G      67
2) John V           68
3) Dave F          70

Long Drive- Spiro
Low Putts- Mike R  29

More From The Back 9

Scenes From Datyon Valley

That's Hime in the middle pic and Chuck B in the bottom  pic.

Getting Ready At Dayton Valley

There were two other outings besides ours on the Sunday of Daddy Longball. There was even a woman's group, something I don't think I've seen when we play any of the courses come Tournament time.

Wolf Run Closest To The Pin

5) Scott S        21'
7) Cameron      25'
14) Bucket       6'9"
17-Money Hole) Rick W      4'9"

Wolf Run B Flight Winners

B Flight Winners:
1) Mark W        61
2) Mike R           68
3) Cameron        69

Long Drive- Al C

Wolf Run A Flight Winners

A Flight Net:
1) Dale P         70
2) Hime           72
3) Ed C            73

Long Drive-  John V
Low Putts- Hime
 

Waiting For The Results

I'm waiting for Chuck B to send me the hard copies of the Saturday and Sunday results. Once I get these I'll update the club blog. I'll have Moon email the mail list when the update is complete.

Scenes From The Dinner

The Members enjoyed the spread that Harrah's puts out on Saturday night. We've eaten here now for more than a couple of years in a row and they do a really good job for us.
Hime got up and spoke a bit, thanking the Members for coming to Tahoe. He also thanked Chuck B, Rick W and Moon for the help running the monthly club.
Joe spoke about Donny's friends and how close they were to Donny and the Valencia/Reardon families. He added that Donny is missed by his close friends each and every day.
Then Moon got up and expressed his heartfelt thanks to the assembled group as Donny's brother. Moon also reminded everyone that they were invited to drink a toast to Donny at Cave Rock in Tahoe after Sunday's round.
Speaking at the dinner is something very important to Hime, Joe and Moon.

No Pics From Wolf Run

I learned a valued lesson Saturday morning. I set my alarm on my cell phone for 5:10. When I woke up and saw daylight, I thought, "oh shit, no golf today." Later, after the players dinner, Jerry F and I were talking and I told him that I always turn off my phone when I sleep. He was surprised that I didn't know that if you turn your phone off, your alarm doesn't work. I'm on my first smartphone and on my old phones, the alarm always worked when the phone was off. I tested it out back in my motel room and sure as shit Jerry was right on the money.
To solve this issue, the first thing I did when I got out of the motel was to drive straight to Rite Aid in South Lake Tahoe and buy an alarm clock with battery backup. I also bought an extension cord so I could reach the plug in any part of a motel room. I now know not to depend on my cell phone alarm.
I was pretty sheepish at the dinner and ate a lot of shit from my fellow Members. Deservedly so.

Jimmy B And Joe On The 17th

The 17th at Thunder Canyon is one of the prettiest par 3's around. Though the top pic is off 15 tee.

On The Back 9

You can just see Washoe Lake through the trees.