Rancho Bernardo Inn Men’s Golf Club
Minutes of the Organizational Meeting of the 2026 RBIMGC Board of Directors
December 18, 2025 in the Veranda
In attendance were Dave Schwartz, Jerry Canning, Jeff Bondesson, Joe Walkington, Tom Dubuque, Tom Christopher,
Mike McKinnis, Bryan Murphy, and Scott Hamelin. Gregg Gattuso and Bob Lohneiss were absent.
The meeting was called to order by President Dave Schwartz.
New Business
President Dave Schwartz announced the slate of officers for the 2026 Board of Directors. They are:
President Dave Schwartz
Vice-President Jeff Bondesson
Secretary Gregg Gattuso
Treasurer Bob Lohneiss
After a motion and second, the new board officers were unanimously approved.
Dave Schwartz then presented the list of Board member committee assignments for 2026.
Joe Walkington TD Director Dave Schwartz, Committee
Jerry Canning Membership
Tom Dubuque Handicap Jeff Bondesson, Committee
Jeff Bondesson Nominating Committee
Scott Hamelin Rules Joe Walkington, Committee
Dave Schwartz SCGA Representative and Special projects
Tom Christopher Website
The next board meeting will be January 15, 2026 at 9:00 am in the Veranda Bar
TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION:
President Dave Schwartz put forth for discussion the option of raising the sweeps for 2026 from $8 to $9 or $10. The
Inn has raised the number of players required for a free round from 25 to 30 meaning we will need to purchase more
rounds to be able to award 4 free rounds in foursome events.
After much discussion President Dave Schwartz made a motion to raise the sweeps to $10 which will assure we have
the funds to maintain the current payout goal of 40% and purchase rounds as required. The motion was seconded and
passed with one member abstaining. President Schwartz will send a Christmas greeting to the membership detailing
the change in sweeps and also announcing the raise in the price of Monday rounds for the membership from $60 to
$64. He will also announce the new 2026 start time of 8:00.
President Schwartz asked Jerry to review the comp memberships we offer to select individuals each year.
The SCGA gives us 4 free memberships for Inn employees. Currently those 4 are Jamie Lemon, Evan Biundo, Matt
Loflen, and Paul Kipfstuhl, Additionally, the Men’s Club, as a courtesy, pays for 3 additional memberships for certain
employees. Currently, these 3 are Adair Warren, Jeff Baz, and Dave Buckles. After some discussion, a motion was
made, seconded, and unanimously approved to maintain the same 7 current comp memberships for 2026.
President Schwartz mentioned that a new log in password for our website will be required for 2026. Tom Christopher
will create and distribute it after the first of the year. Joe will also invite the new board members so they will be able to
log into Golf Genius.
Joe Walkington will create a schedule for 2026 incorporating the input he received when he polled the membership on
what tournaments they would like to see in the coming year.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Gregg Gattuso, Secretary
Rancho Bernardo Inn Men’s Golf Club
Minutes of the Meeting of the 2025 RBIMGC Board of Directors
December 18, 2025
The meeting was held in the RBI Veranda Bar. In attendance were: David Schwartz, Jeff Bondesson, Johnny Watson, Joe Walkington, Bryan Murphy, Tom Christopher,
Jerry Canning, Scott Hamelin. Mike McKinnis, Brad Standstrom.
The following board members were absent: Bob Lohneiss
The meeting was called to order at 9:00 AM by President David Schwartz.
Director of Golf’s Report – Evan Biundo:
Evan thanked the board for a good year. He said there was nothing major to report. Team play for 2026 is set. 2026 improvements include work on the channel on holes 1 and 2. Work will continue on the fairway bunkers. The concrete work around hole #4 is about finished. Greens are in good shape. There will be spot sodding in the summer.
Secretary’s Report – Johnny Watson:
Johnny noted that the minutes of the November 20th meeting had been circulated for comment, revised and posted on the website. Johnny asked for a motion to approve the minutes.
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Treasurer’s Report – David Schwartz:
In Bob’s absence President David summarized the Treasurer’s report Bob had circulated to the board for the period ending November 30, 2025 and reported that the Club was financially sound.
Membership Report – Jerry Canning:
Jerry reported on activity from November 20, to December 18, 2025. We have 1 new member, 2 renewals, 1 non-renewals and 5 applicants in the pipeline. Total membership is now 176 vs. 181 at this time last year. The December 31 update has 42 out of 56 full members with 12/31 renewal dates having renewed their membership for 2026. Of the remaining 14 members, 2 have said they will not renew (due to health issues) and Jerry is waiting to hear from the other 12 .
Handicap Chairman – Brad Sandstrom:
Brad had nothing new to report.
Tournament Chairman – Joe Walkington:
Joe reported that the Anniversary Cup went well with 83 members participating. We congratulated the winner Jerry Canning for his fine play. The survey that Joe had distributed showed those responding favored 2 and 4 man tournaments, 8 ILN tournaments and 8 scrambles for 2026. Joe will use the results as a guide to plan the 2026 tournaments for 2026.
Rules Committee Chairman – Scott Hamelin:
Scott said we will continue the LCP rule on the fairway.
Web site – Tom Christopher:
Tom said there were two links now on our web site, one for 2025 scores and another for 2026 year scores which began with the Dec. 15 tournament.
Open Discussion:
President David thanked the departing board members Brad Sandstrom and Johnny Watson for their service.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:25 AM.
Respectfully submitted,
Johnny Watson, Secretary
Rancho Bernardo Inn Men’s Golf Club
Minutes of the Meeting of the 2025 RBIMGC Board of Directors
November 20, 2025
The meeting was held in the RBI Veranda Bar. In attendance were: David Schwartz, Jeff Bondesson, Johnny Watson, Joe Walkington, Bryan Murphy, Tom Christopher,
Bob Lohneiss, Jerry Canning, Scott Hamelin. Mike McKinnis, Brad Standstrom.
The meeting was called to order at 9:00 AM by President David Schwartz.
Director of Golf’s Report – Evan Biundo:
Evan gave us an update on the course maintenance. He thanked the membership for our pace of play that allowed for better scheduling. The tee boxes have been improved. They are over-seeding them with rye grass. Jerry Canning thanked Evan for help with the prizes for the Annual Dinner raffle.
Secretary’s Report – Johnny Watson:
Johnny noted that the minutes of the October 16 meeting had been circulated for comment, revised and posted on the website. Johnny asked for a motion to approve the minutes.
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Treasurer’s Report – Bob Lohneiss:
Bob had distributed the treasurer’s report for the period ending November 1, 2025. He said he was waiting for some bills from October to be received in November and they would be paid on time. Bob reported that the Club was financially sound.
Membership Report – Jerry Canning:
Jerry reported on activity from October 16, to November 20, 2025. We have 2 new members, 9 renewals, 0 non-renewals and 4 applicants in the pipeline. Total membership is now 176 vs. 181 at this time last year. He reminded us 7 members (out of 56) with December 31, 2025 renewal dates have renewed their membership for 2026.
Handicap Chairman – Brad Sandstrom:
Brad had nothing new to report.
Tournament Chairman – Joe Walkington:
Joe reported that participation has increased over the past several weeks. We discussed the need to link the playing schedule to Golf Genius Portal so our members can look ahead at the games scheduled. We discussed various playing formats on a monthly rotation. This includes ILN, 2M BB Pick partner, and scrambles. Scrambles draw more participants. David recommended a monthly schedule of one ILN, a 2M BB Choose your partner and we should have one scramble format per quarter. Joe will act to implement the recommendation.
Rules Committee Chairman – Scott Hamelin:
We discussed the LCP rule for bare spots on the fairway. It was decided to leave the rule as it is, and play the ball where it lies. The SCGA forbids use of range finders with slope capability and says you may not post a score if such a device is used. The BOD was not aware of our members using them to improve their score and did not think it necessary to have a separate rule on this subject.
Web site – Tom Christopher:
Tom said there were no updates to our website..
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:55 AM.
Respectfully submitted,
Johnny Watson, Secretary
Rancho Bernardo Inn Men’s Golf Club
Revised Minutes of the Meeting of the 62nd Annual Members ‘Dinner and Meeting’
November 4, 2025
The Annual Meeting and Dinner of the members of the Rancho Bernardo Inn Men’s Golf Club was held on November 4, 2025 in the Santiago Ballroom. The meeting was called to order at 6:40 PM by President David Schwartz.
Welcome remarks, Introduction of RB Inn Guests – Schwartz
David welcomed the members to the 62nd annual dinner for the Rancho Bernardo Inn Men’s Golf Club. He thanked the past board members who had made the club a success over the years. He introduced several guests from the Inn and thanked them for their help on Monday mornings with the check-in and staging of golf carts. David acknowledged past Board Presidents in attendance and introduced this year’s Board of Directors.
Guest Speaker: Jamie Lemon
Jamie Lemon, General Manager made a few brief remarks and thanked the RBIMGC for the many years of support and activity for the Inn and our outstanding group of members.
Allan Casper: Allan acknowledged those former members who have passed away since our last Annual Meeting.
Recap of 2025: Schwartz
David noted in addition to our standard Monday tournaments, we held an exciting President’s Cup as well as our Spring Member-Member and the just completed Golf Day. He said trophies for those events
will be handed out later tonight and he thanked Jamie Lemon and the Inn for the improvements to the golf course. He went on to thank Joe Walkington and all of our Tournament Directors for their fine work this year. David also recognized our SCGA team play winners for 2025 and noted the plaque in the Pro Shop with the names of this year’s players.
Secretary’s Report – Johnny Watson:
Johnny noted that the minutes of the November 12, 2024, annual member meeting had been circulated for comment, revised and posted on the website. Johnny asked for a motion to approve the minutes. MSUA.
Membership Report – Jerry Canning:
Jerry reported that the Club added 20 new members since January 1, 2025, there were 91 members with non-December 31 renewal dates who renewed their membership since January 1, 2025. There were 16 members who did not renew their memberships during 2025. He noted all members with December 31 renewal dates should have received the first renewal notice from the SCGA (unless you are one of the auto renewal) and he encouraged the members to renew their membership.
The total membership as of November 4, 2025 was 176: 169 full members and 7 courtesy members. This compares to 181 members at this time last year.
Treasurer’s Report and Top 10 money winners –Bob Lohneiss:
Bob discussed in detail the Treasurer’s report for the one-year period of time ending November 1, 2025. Bob Lohneiss announced the top money winners. He reported that the Club is financially sound.
Dinner Break: 7:00 to 7:33
Election of 2026 Board of Directors- Johnny Watson. The nominees were announced: Tom Christopher, Bob Lohneiss, Bryan Murphy, Mike McKinnis, Jerry Canning, Joe Walkington, Jeff Bondesson, Dave Schwartz, Scott Hamelin, Gregg Gattuso, and Tom Dubuque. Johnny asked for a motion to accept the slate of nominees. MSUA.
Guest Speaker Evan Biundo
Evan thanked the membership for support during the year. He noted the several improvements to the course in the past year and is looking forward to an exciting 2026.
Presentation cash cards and trophies for 2025 Special Tournaments – Joe Walkington
Spring Member-Member winners: Ed Derian and John Johnston. Johnston was not able to be present. Joe Walkington presented them with their trophies.
President’s Cup winners: Joe Walkington announced the winners, David Schwartz passed out the cash cards and trophies to the winners. A flight winner: Bart Volen and B flight winner: Bryan Murphy.
Annual Golf Day winners: David Schwartz announced the winners, Craig Ellinghausen and Al Allison. Jeff Bondesson handed out the trophies.
After the adjournment of the formal part of the meeting at 7:46 PM, raffle prizes were awarded to almost 40% of the members in attendance. Jerry Canning selected the prizes and David Schwartz announced the winners. Board members and RBI staff delivered the prizes to the winners.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:03 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Johnny Watson, Secretary
Rancho Bernardo Inn Men’s Golf Club
Minutes of the Meeting of the 2025 RBIMGC Board of Directors
October 16, 2025
The meeting was held in the RBI Veranda Restaurant Patio. In attendance were: David Schwartz, Jeff Bondesson, Johnny Watson, Joe Walkington, Bryan Murphy, Tom Christopher.
The following board members were absent: Bob Lohneiss, Jerry Canning, Scott Hamelin. Mike McKinnis, Brad Standstrom.
The meeting was called to order at 9:00 AM by President David Schwartz.
Director of Golf’s Report – Evan Biundo
Evan gave us an update on the course maintenance. He said the aerification was complete. On the back nine holes they will be using “square blocks” to direct carts around worn areas and allow them to heal. Over the next two weeks the greens maintenance will first be rolled smoother and then later be rolled for faster rolls.
Secretary’s Report – Johnny Watson
Johnny noted that the minutes of the September 18 meeting had been circulated for comment, revised and posted on the website. Johnny asked for a motion to approve the minutes.
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Treasurer’s Report – David Schwartz in lieu of Bob Lohneiss:
Bob had distributed the treasurer’s report for the period ending September 30, 2025. David and the board reviewed the report and found no discrepancies. David reported that the Club was financially sound.
Membership Report – David Schwartz in lieu of Jerry Canning
Jerry reported on activity from September 18 to October 16, 2025. We have 0 new members, 9 renewals, 1 non-renewals and 4 applicants in the pipeline. Total membership is now 175 vs. 180 at this time last year.
Handicap Chairman – Brad Sandstrom: absent
Tournament Chairman – Joe Walkington:
Joe reported that participation remains a problem. We discussed various formats on a monthly rotation. This includes ILN, 2M BB Pick partner, 4 man pick partner, and scrambles. Scrambles draw more participants. David suggested we review the formats this year to see which are most popular.
Rules Committee Chairman – Scott Hamelin: absent
Web site – Tom Christopher:
Tom will post the nominees for board of directors on the front page of the website.
Open Discussion:
- David Schwartz met with Evan to discuss changes in our green fees and other rates. More information will be available next month.
- The Golf Day and Annual meeting is set for November 3rd and 4th. We will be able to keep the cost similar to last year. The Annual Meeting will be held in the Santiago Ballroom on the lower level. We discussed plans for the board of directors to host the meeting. Jerry Canning will work with the Pro Shop on raffle items. There will be an increase from last year.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:50 AM.
Respectfully submitted,
Johnny Watson, Secretary
Rancho Bernardo Inn Men’s Golf Club
Minutes of the Meeting of the 2025 RBIMGC Board of Directors
September 18, 2025
The meeting was held in the RBI Veranda Restaurant Patio. In attendance were: David Schwartz, Jeff Bondesson, Bob Lohneiss, Johnny Watson, Jerry Canning, Joe Walkington, Scott Hamelin, Mike McKinnis, Brad Sandstrom, .
The following board members were absent: Bryan Murphy, Tom Christopher.
The meeting was called to order at 9:00 AM by President David Schwartz.
Director of Golf’s Report – Paul Kipfstuhl for Evan Biundo
Paul told us on Oct. 6 RBI will hold a large tournament and we will play at Dos Osos GC on that day. Jerry Canning brought up several maintenance issues and Paul said they had been short staffed recently but were interviewing for more people. David Schwartz said while driving around the course as tournament marshall, he found empty water coolers and delivered them to the cart staging area for the Pro Shop staff to fill them . Brad commented the greens were good and fast.
Secretary’s Report – Johnny Watson
Johnny noted that the minutes of the August 21 meeting had been circulated for comment, revised and posted on the website. Johnny asked for a motion to approve the minutes.
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Treasurer’s Report – Bob Lohneiss:
Bob reviewed the budget report for income and expenses. He made a motion to add $30 per week to increase the prize pool. This would only be for the remainder of 2025. MSUA. David Schwartz motioned that Tom Dubuque be reimbursed for the First Place SCGA Mens Club plaque our golfers won in August. MSUA Bob reported that the Club was financially sound.
Membership Report – Jerry Canning:
Jerry reported on activity from August 21 to September 18, 2025. We have 5 new members, 10 renewals, 1 non-renewals and 3 applicants in the pipeline. Total membership is now 176 vs. 177 at this time last year.
Handicap Chairman – Brad Sandstrom:
Brad had a short discussion about new members requiring to have posted 10 rounds before they can participate in the prize sweeps.
Tournament Chairman – Joe Walkington:
Joe reported that the tournament format for the next few weeks will be 4-man 2BB at the Vineyard on the 22, then a 2-man BB 5 club pick your partner at RBI on the 29th followed by a 4-Man scramble at Dos Osos on Oct, 6.
Rules Committee Chairman – Scott Hamelin:
Scott said he had nothing new to report.
Web site – Tom Christopher:
Tom was not present.
Open Discussion:
- David Schwartz noted that potentially three board members will be leaving the board at the end of the year and he is aware of interest from 2 members to fill the board seats for 2026. David announced that the Board Nominating Committee will consist of himself, Jeff Bondesson and Bob Lohneiss. The nominees for the 2026 Board of Directors will be posted to the web site 30 days prior to the Annual Meeting on November 4.
- The Golf Day and Annual meeting is set for November 3rd and 4th. We will be able to keep the cost similar to last year. The Annual Meeting will be held in the Santiago Ballroom on the lower level.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:05 AM.
Respectfully submitted,
Johnny Watson, Secretary
Rancho Bernardo Inn Men’s Golf Club
Minutes of the Meeting of the 2025 RBIMGC Board of Directors
August 21, 2025
The meeting was held in the RBI Veranda bar. In attendance were Tom Christopher, and Jerry Canning, Dave Schwartz, and Scott Hamelin, Bob Lohneiss, Joe Walkington, Mike McKinnis
The following board members were absent: Johnny Watson, Jeff Bondesson, Brad Sandstrom and Bryan Murphy.
Due to the absence of Secretary, Johnny Watson, President Dave Schwartz announced that Tom Christopher would record the meeting minutes.
The meeting was called to order at 9:00 AM by President Dave Schwartz
Director of Golf’s Report – Evan Biundo: Evan stated that the sweeps were going well from the pro shop perspective. Evan noted that the fairways were undergoing aerification. The are limiting to 2 fairways at a time to reduce the disruption to playing conditions.
Secretary’s Report – Johnny Watson/Tom Christopher:
Dave Schwartz reported for Johnny Watson that the minutes of the July 17, 2025, Board of Directors meeting had been circulated for comment by Johnny, revised and posted on the website. David asked for a motion to approve the minutes. MSUA.
Treasurer’s Report – Bob Lohneiss:
Bob discussed in detail the income and expenses incurred by the Club during the month of July and compared the year-to-date actuals vs the Club’s budget. Several items on the report were clarified and after all questions were answered by Bob, the Board accepted the Treasurer’s Report. In conclusion, Bob reported that the Club is financially sound. Bob reported on some budget item updates. He asked for the board to approve the updates. MSUA
Membership Report – Jerry Canning:
New Members Jerry reported that the Club added 4 new member(s) since the last Board meeting.
Non-Dec 31st renewals: Jerry reported that 3 member(s) renewed their membership in the Club since the July 17, 2025 board meeting.
Non-renewals Non-December31st Jerry reported there were 3 non-renewals.
New applicant(s) in pipeline Jerry also reported that there is 5 new applicant(s) in the pipeline.
Renewals Due by the September Board Meeting Jerry reported there were 7.
The total membership as of Aug 21, 2025 is 172: 165 full members and seven Courtesy members.
This number compares to 175 at this time last year.
Handicap Chairman – Brad Sandstrom: Dave reported for Brad that the latest two new members had their required minimum # of posted rounds and can be eligible to win prizes in the future tournaments.
Tournament Chairman – Joe Walkington: Joe noted he recently updated some tournament schedule items and he updated the schedule on the web site. There was some discussion of some discrepancies in the 2 score cards in a recent tournament. Joe stated that he will be drafting an email to the members with some follow up on this issue.
Rules Committee – Scott Hamelin: No update
Web site – Tom Christopher: Tom noted that the tournament sub menu on the RBIMGC web site has been updated with a link to the Golf Genius Portal.
Open Discussion:
The Board talked about the Presidents cup. Joe Walkington noted that the board had discussed an update to the way qualifying rounds are played/presented by/to the members. Dave is going to review the past board meeting minutes to make sure the discussion was fully reviewed and voted on.
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There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 09:45 AM.
Respectfully submitted,
Tom Christopher, in place of Johnny Watson, Secretary