LONG.... HOT.... MUGGY....SATURDAY

Well..six Old Timers spent their Saturday struggling to make their points. But one Charlie V, made it look like a stroll in the park. Charlie led his team (Leroy and Tom) to victory on the back with even, and total -6. Charlie easily swept all three legs of the individual with +1, +1, +2. No one else was close to catching him. Bill, Dave D, and Dennis managed to win the front by one stroke with -5. Leroy, Tom, and Bill tie 2nd on the front with -1. Tom is 2nd on the back with even, and 2nd total -1. Yesterday was definitely a change from the recent solid Old Timer play. And now a few words from our Acting Commish................. It was a hot, muggy day. Typical of summer in Missouri. Most of us are used to it, but it was particularly unpleasant because it took 4 hours and 35 minutes to play. Lots of sitting in the heat and waiting. This past week, we were informed that golf on Mondays, when there isn't a tournament, will be pushed back to a 2 p.m. start at the earliest. When you're still working for a living, that's not a big deal. But when you're an "Oldtimer," it is a big deal. It essentially tells you there will be no golf on Mondays anymore. Not only that, we won't even have the option from October to April, because the club will be closed ... period. But, "that's what other country clubs do." Some of us remember that renting our golf course for outside events was limited to one Monday a month. Well, Boards change and I'm sure no current Board member remembers that rule. I believe this month alone there are three Monday tournaments. My point is simply this. If we want to run FCCC like a country club, then let's do just that. Let's start realizing that membership has its privileges. No more guests on weekends before one p.m. ... like other country clubs ... no more reciprocals on weekends before one p.m. ... like other country clubs ... no more outside tournaments on weekends before one p.m. and then by tee time only, not shotgun starts that close the course for members hours earlier. Let's allow those people who paid to be members of a country club ... and particularly those who work all week and look forward to their weekend golf ... let's let them enjoy the perks of their membership. In other words, let's start treating FCCC like a country club and not like a public course. There were no quota changes. Aholt 27 * Blackwell 30 * Clark 33 * Coleman 33 * Crow 35 * Curtis 32 * Dister 29 * Dunlavy 23 * Eggert 30 * Eichelberger 28 * Gildehaus 29 * Hall 30 * Harrison 25 * Homeyer, Dale 14 * Johnson 30 * Kavanaugh 27 * Kossmann 25 * Loyd 25 * Miller 24 * Moosmann 26 * Morris 22 * Nealis 25 * Purschke 24 * Sharma 31 * Stoehner 25 * Voss, C. 28 * Voss, D. 33 *