Rancho Bernardo Inn Men’s Golf Club
Minutes of the Meeting of the RBIMGC Board of Directors
May 21st, 2026
The meeting was held in the Veranda Bar. In attendance were Jerry Canning, Gregg Gattuso, Tom Dubuque, Dave Schwartz, Joe Walkington, Scott Hamelin, Mike McKinnis, Jeff Bondesson, Bryan Murphy, and Tom Christopher
Absences: Bob Lohneiss
The meeting was called to order at 9:00 AM by President Dave Schwartz
Report from Pro Shop – Matt Loflen
The maintenance crew has been taking down ropes allowing more access to the fairways on several holes. It was asked when the ropes will come down on 15. Matt will check with the Superintendent.
It was also mentioned that in some of the sand traps, there is an abundance of sand on the sides of the traps, but very little in the bottom of the traps resulting in hard ground and difficulty getting out of the trap cleanly. Matt will look into this as well.
A board member brought up marking with white paint as ground under repair the bare spots in the fairway in the forward part of 12. This will be suggested by Matt to the Superintendent.
The robot mowers are doing a great job in the rough on 10, 18, 1, and 2. There are 4 more mowers being ordered to handle areas like the rough left of #1 and #3 which are hard for the large mowers to get to. The mowers can also go under barrier ropes so there won’t be tall grass in those areas.
Matt also suggested it might be a good idea to periodically have a representative from the Superintendent’s staff attend the Men’s Club meeting to give updates on upcoming projects and to answer our questions.
Secretary’s Report – Gregg Gattuso:
Gregg noted that the minutes of the April 16th, 2026 Board Meeting have been distributed and posted to the web site and Google Sheets with the additions and corrections suggested. Copies were also sent to past Presidents. He asked for a motion and second. The minutes were approved unanimously.
Treasurer’s Report – Bob Lohneiss:
Bob was not present but submitted his Treasurer’s Report. Dave Schwartz noted that there have been more holes in one this year than in the recent past, but overall, the club is on sound financial footing.
Membership Report – Jerry Canning:
Since the last Board meeting the Club added four new Full members – Henry DeMatteis, Dave Walton, Marty Benjamin, and Mike Bouvier.
There were 4 membership renewals (non-December 31st) and one non-renewal, Brent Greenwood.
3 members are due for renewal by the June Board Meeting.
The Club has two applicants for membership in the pipeline: Bob Lakes, Neil Sjoholm.
As of May 21st, the Club has 178 members: 171 Full, 7 Comp and courtesy comp members. Last year at this time there were 170 total members.
Handicap Chairman – Tom Dubuque:
Tom reported that all new members have enough rounds in their record to allow them to compete for prizes in the weekly sweeps tournaments.
Tournament Chairman – Joe Walkington:
Joe noted that attendance is up; we averaged 78 in March, 84 in April, and so far, 75 in May. With the larger number of players weekly, we have more money in the prize pool to pay out. Joe discussed raising the amount we pay out for low gross and low net by flight from $18 to $20. A motion was made and unanimously approved to make this change.
Rules: Scott Hamelin:
Scott reiterated that those using range finders with a slope feature must turn this feature off during our Weekly Tournaments.
Website – Tom Christopher
It was brought up that many items on our web site are very out of date. Tom asked Board Members to review the site and make suggestions for updating. Tom will them make the changes.
Open Discussion:
The finals of the President’s Cup will be held on June 15. The A flight final will be Marty Mullins vs Dan Chmielnik and the B flight final will be Gregg Gattuso vs Rob Helin.
It was brought up that a few members inquired about moving to the forward tees for our weekly tournaments. Presently, our rules dictate that a player who is 75 or older and has a handicap index of 25 or more can move to the forward tees. That does result in a loss of 6 to 7 handicap strokes.
After much discussion, it was decided to table this item until the June Board Meeting
President Schwartz was approached by several foreign-born members who suggested our holding an international tournament pitting some of our foreign-born members against American born members. Dave would assign 2 team captains and the tournament would be held in conjunction with one of our regular Monday tournaments.
He will further research to see if it is feasible.
There being no other new business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:08.
Respectfully submitted,
Gregg Gattuso, Secretary
Rancho Bernardo Inn Men’s Golf Club
Minutes of the Meeting of the RBIMGC Board of Directors
April 16th, 2026
The meeting was held in the Veranda Bar. In attendance were Jerry Canning, Gregg Gattuso, Tom Dubuque, Dave Schwartz, Joe Walkington, Scott Hamelin, Mike McKinnis, and Jeff Bondesson.
Absences: Bryan Murphy, Bob Lohneiss, Tom Christopher
The meeting was called to order at 9:00 AM by President Dave Schwartz
Report from Pro Shop – Evan Biundo
Evan reported that course conditions are very good. No major projects at this time. There will be some spot aerification in the problem areas of several fairways, and there will be a little bit of sodding. That sod will not come from sod farms; it was determined that our growing conditions are different than those at the sod farms and it was a challenge getting new sod to thrive. We will utilize sod from areas on the course as we have done in the past, for example in the areas behind the 16th tee and 17th green.
President’s Cup hats are coming soon after a short delay.
With regard to the cards on which prize money is credited each week, Jeff Baz is working to make sure all money winners have an active JC membership which is a JC Golf requirement for participation in the RBIMGC.
It was brought up that during the recent hot days there has been no water in the water containers on holes 13 and 7. Evan said that it is a staffing issue; the superintendent is having a hard time keeping fully staffed and some services such as replenishing the water containers suffer. Evan did state that is one of the reasons they added ice and water stations on holes 4 and 17. Those stations are situated so golfers are never too far from fresh water.
Two battery operated remote mowers are now operating to trim the grass on parts of 10, 18, 1, and 2.
Secretary’s Report – Gregg Gattuso:
Gregg noted that the minutes of the March 19th, 2026 Board Meeting have been distributed and posted to the web site and Google Sheets with the additions and corrections suggested. He asked for a motion and second. The minutes were approved unanimously.
Treasurer’s Report – Bob Lohneiss:
Bob was not present. Dave Schwartz noted that in Bob’s Treasurer’s Report, we seem to be in good shape with some money in reserve for contingencies. Overall, the club is on sound financial footing.
Membership Report – Jerry Canning:
Since the last Board meeting the Club added four new Full members – Scott Hall, Larry Jones, Joon Kim, and Dale Rieger
There were 8 membership renewals (non-December 31st) and one non-renewal, Bart Volen
The Club has four applicants for membership in the pipeline: Bob Lakes, Neil Sjoholm, David Walton, and Henry DeMatteis.
As of April 16th, the Club has 175 members: 168 Full, 7 Comp and courtesy comp members. Last year at this time there were 171 total members.
Handicap Chairman – Tom Dubuque:
Tom did a handicap review on the whole club as suggested by the USGA. Tom noted that for 34 of our members, we are not their home club. For this group, should any handicap adjustments be indicated, we could not do it. It would have to be referred to the handicap chairman at their home club.
Tom noted that for our entire club, the USGA recommended adjustments for only 20 of our golfers, and most were by only one point.
Tom explained that the review looks at how many of a golfer’s scores are above and below the standard deviation. Too many low scores well below the standard deviation, for example net 66 vs. a net 70 or 71 show a golfer is actually better than his index and a downward adjustment is indicated.
With only 20 guys with any adjustment at all and the vast majority of those adjustments being only one stroke, Tom reported that our membership is in good shape in that regard.
Tournament Chairman – Joe Walkington:
Joe noted that attendance is up; we averaged 78 in March and 83 in April. It appears that our new members are playing more regularly than the guys who have left the club.
Evan said they have booked the course for June 1 and we will have to find an alternate location on that day.
Rules: Scott Hamelin:
Nothing to report.
Website – Tom Christopher
Tom was not in attendance
Open Discussion:
The club has a Facebook page, and although we are not aware of anyone posting to it, posts and photos appear regularly. Dave will check to see if Tom Christopher can explain how this is happening. We can then decide if we want to continue it or close it down.
There being no other new business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:48.
Respectfully submitted,
Gregg Gattuso, Secretary
Rancho Bernardo Inn Men’s Golf Club
Minutes of the Meeting of the RBIMGC Board of Directors
March 12th, 2026
The meeting was held in the Veranda Bar. In attendance were Jerry Canning, Gregg Gattuso, Tom Dubuque, Jeff Bondesson, Bryan Murphy, Dave Schwartz, Joe Walkington, Bob Lohneiss and Tom Christopher, and Mike McKinnis
Absences: Scott Hamelin
The meeting was called to order at 9:00 AM by President Dave Schwartz
Report from Pro Shop – Matt Loflen:
Matt reported that the aeration went welll with the Superintendent trying some new methods to avoid the green damage which occurred during last October’s aeration. The greens are just about fully healed.
The ropes on 16 were moved to allow players access to the fairway down the right side. 15 still remains cart path only. The maintenance crew still is not setting up the tees on 4 and 14 to the Men’s Club requirements based on our Men’s Club Course Rating which differs from the Course Rating from the white tees. Matt will meet with Lupe and Dave to make sure Monday tees are properly set and asked the TD’s in their weekly email to the Superintendent to remind them to make sure we get the Men’s Club setup.
Secretary’s Report – Gregg Gattuso:
Gregg noted that the minutes of the February 2026 Board Meeting have been distributed and posted to the web site and Google Sheets with the additions and corrections suggested. He asked for a motion and second. The minutes were approved unanimously.
Treasurer’s Report – Bob Lohneiss:
Bob went over some projections on expenses which during the year can vary from the budgeted amount. He reported that financially, the club is in very sound shape.
Membership Report – Jerry Canning:
Since the last Board meeting the Club added three new Full members – Karl Johanson, Tom Stoddard, and Del Richhart. Del was a reinstatement.
There were 5 membership renewals (non-December 31st) and no non-renewals.
The Club has five applicants for membership in the pipeline: Bob Lakes, Neil Sjoholm. Scott Hall, Larry Jones, and Henry DeMatteis.
As of March 12th, the Club has 172 members: 165 Full, 7 Comp and courtesy comp members. Last year at this time there were 171 total members.
Handicap Chairman – Tom Dubuque:
Tom completed a required club assessment which lets the SCGA know we are doing everything according to their standards. This included sending contact information for the Handicap Chairman.
Tournament Chairman – Joe Walkington:
Joe reported that through 13 tournaments our average attendance was 79, significantly higher than last year. It was speculated that this is probably because the course is in much better condition than last year and many of our new members are playing more often than those members who did not renew and were not playing much before they left.
Disappointingly, there are only 18 members signed up for the President’s Cup. Several reminders will be sent out to hopefully generate sign-ups.
Rules: Scott Hamelin:
Scott was not in attendance.
Website – Tom Christopher
Nothing new to report.
Open Discussion:
A member asked President Schwartz if, because we play on a public course which sees a lot of play, whether we can institute a local rule that a ball in the fairway can be moved. The suggested length of that movement would be no more than the length of a scorecard. It was discussed and the conclusion was that we would not institute that rule as it violates the rules of golf. Occasional bad lies in the fairway occur and should be viewed as “The Rub of the Green.” Play it as it lies.
Dave also asked that we be consistent in how we report the breaking of ties on the results page in Golf Genius. Traditionally we have listed who won and lost card offs, This is cumbersome especially when there are 4 and 5 teams tied. After some discussion, it was decided to not list the card off details and instead put something in the weekly instructions explaining that ties are broken according to USGA tie break rules.
There being no further discussions, the meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Gregg Gattuso, Secretary
Rancho Bernardo Inn Men’s Golf Club
Minutes of the Meeting of the RBIMGC Board of Directors
February 19th, 2026
The meeting was held in the Veranda Bar. In attendance were Jerry Canning, Gregg Gattuso, Tom Dubuque, Jeff Bondesson, Bryan Murphy, Dave Schwartz, Joe Walkington, Bob Lohneiss and Tom Christopher,
Absences: Scott Hamelin, Mike McKinnis
The meeting was called to order at 9:00 AM by President Dave Schwartz
Report from Pro Shop – Matt Loflen:
Matt reported that our gift cards onto which sweeps winnings are loaded have been restored after RBI underwent a security breach. No sensitive data was lost.
Evan Biundo will be on paternity leave for the next few weeks. In his absence, Paul and Matt will be handling Pro Shop duties and any requests we have will be routed through them.
Aerification will take place on March 2nd. On that day, the Men’s Club will be playing at CCRB. We will also be at CCRB on May 4th due to an outside event at RBI. After the punching of the greens, they will be verticut several times to maintain good health of the turf and to help the holes heal.
Secretary’s Report – Gregg Gattuso:
Gregg noted that the minutes of the January 2026 Board Meeting have been distributed and posted to the web site and Google Sheets with the additions and corrections suggested. He asked for a motion and second. The minutes were approved unanimously.
Treasurer’s Report – Bob Lohneiss:
$200 was paid to Ken Hoisington for his hole in one. He reported that we are on budget and the club is financially sound.
Membership Report – Jerry Canning:
Since the last Board meeting the Club added three new Full members – Vern Linnell, Stephen Smith, and Alan Reinicke.
There were 17 membership renewals (non-December 31st)
There were 2 non-renewals (non-December 31st): Wally Dutton and Terry Conant.
The Club has four applicants for membership in the pipeline: Bob Lakes, Karl Johanson, Tom Stoddard, and Neil Sjoholm. Lakes is working to get his handicap down to our max level and the other 3 have not yet scheduled their evaluation round.
As of February 19th, the Club has 169 members: 162 Full, 7 Comp and courtesy comp members. Last year at this time there were 173 total members.
Handicap Chairman – Tom Dubuque:
New member Alan Reinicke is working to get 10 scores posted so he can compete to win money in our tournaments.
Tournament Chairman – Joe Walkington:
Joe reported that participation numbers are up which is a great sign. Excluding 2 rainy days, the last 6 tournament participation numbers are 75, 77, 87, 72, and 83 with 78 signed up for February 23rd. Hopefully, it is a trend.
Joe brought up our policy for allowing players to play from the forward tees. Such a move does result in their handicap being 6-8 strokes lower from those tees. Our current policy states that a player may request to move up to the forward tees if his index is at least 25 and he is at least 75 years of age. Apparently, queries were made by several players who do not meet those requirements but wish to move up to the forward tees.
It was decided to not change our requirements at this time, but Joe will send the membership an email reminding them that this option is available if a golfer qualifies. If they are interested, they should contact Joe.
Joe noted that a number of members do not respond at all to our Monday invitations to play. If they don’t want to or can’t play, they should respond “Not Playing”. By not responding at all, it makes it more difficult for the TD to report an accurate number of participants to the Pro Shop. Joe will send an email to the 40 or so members who generally do not respond at all, encouraging them to respond one way or the other.
Rules: Scott Hamelin:
Scott was not in attendance. One rules issue will be covered under new business.
Website – Tom Christopher
Within a few months we will give up the Post Office box to which, currently, new member applications are sent. Anticipating this, Jerry will update the membership application and put in his home address as the location to which membership applications should be sent.
Open Discussion:
Budget Modification:
A few years ago it was voted upon to take the weekly tips for the staff out of the treasury rather than out of the sweeps receipts for that particular tournament. With the raise in the sweeps entry from 8 to 10 dollars, it was brought up returning to the previous policy where all expenses for any tournament, including staff tips, come out of the sweeps collected for that tournament. A motion was made and seconded to make this change. It was approved unanimously.
Proposed local rule change:
Presently, balls entering the culvert, which crosses 18, 1, and 2, must be dropped without penalty not from where they entered the culvert, but from where they ended up. It was brought up to create a local rule which allows balls to be dropped not from where they ended up, but from where they entered the culvert. After much discussion, it was concluded that because this proposed local rule would violate the rules of golf, the board will not make the change.
Td Deadlines:
Joe presented a list of deadlines for TD’s to follow when running a tournament. Dave noted that although those deadlines are already in the TD Manual, they are not being followed. Jeff Bondesson will take Joe’s deadlines and put them at the beginning of the TD manual and explain why TD’s must meet these deadlines. If they feel they will miss a deadline, they must let Joe know right away. Jeff will also make some changes to the manual to reflect some recent changes to Golf Genius
There being no further discussions, the meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Gregg Gattuso, Secretary
Rancho Bernardo Inn Men’s Golf Club
Minutes of the Meeting of the RBIMGC Board of Directors
January 15, 2026
The meeting was held in the Veranda Bar. In attendance were Jerry Canning, Gregg Gattuso, Tom Dubuque, Jeff Bondesson, Bryan Murphy, Mike McKinnis, Scott Hamelin, Dave Schwartz, and Tom Christopher.
Absences: Joe Walkington. Bob Lohneiss was not in attendance, but presented his report over the telephone.
The meeting was called to order at 9:00 AM by President Dave Schwartz
Report from Pro Shop – Evan Biundo:
President Dave Schwartz asked why on holes 4 and 14, the tees for our Monday tournaments have been the forward tees. The Men’s Club course rating was calculated from the back tees on those holes. Evan said he would check with Buck and Lupe to see if there was a reason for that and if not, have them move the tees back in the future
Evan mentioned that starting with hole 5 and proceeding forward with 1- 2 fairways per week, fairway aeration and the sprigging of kikuyu grass would proceed. Sprigging worked well in the past and it is felt that it works better than sodding which, when it does not take, has to be torn up. It is being done at this time of year so the sprigs will have established themselves by the time the growing season starts. The fairways have about 90% coverage and it is hoped that sprigging will get us to the goal of 100% kikuyu coverage.
Jerry Canning mentioned that sprigging did not work well on hole 16. Evan said that 15 and 16 are difficult because of the flooding that occurs during heavy rains and the sediment which flows in from the surrounding areas contains containments. He hopes in the future to have the drain between 15 and 16 reworked, but when is not certain.
Evan mentioned a program where employees from other departments spend some time filling in divots on 15 and 16 which has helped greatly.
Team play begins today and the Pro Shop is ready for this year’s team schedule.
Secretary’s Report – Gregg Gattuso:
Gregg noted that the minutes of the December 2025 Board Meeting and Organizational meeting have been distributed and posted to the web site with the additions and corrections suggested. He asked for a motion and second. The minutes were approved unanimously.
Treasurer’s Report – Bob Lohneiss:
Bob presented his report via telephone. He presented the 2026 budget. After much discussion, the budget for 2026 was approved unanimously.
Bob suggested that in 2027 there should be a Budget Committee to assist the treasurer in preparation of the 2027 budget. Dave Schwartz agreed and tasked the probable 2027 President, Jeff Bondesson, with setting this up.
Bob reported that the club is financially sound.
Membership Report – Jerry Canning:
Since the last Board meeting the Club added three new Full members – Kerry McQuade, Randy Howell, and Peter Woodward.
There were 8 membership renewals (non-December 31st)
There were 3 non-renewals (non-December 31st): John Letteri, Doug Lancaster, and Del Ritchhart.
The Club has four applicants for membership in the pipeline: Bob Lakes, Stephen Smith, Vern Linnell, and Alan Reinicke.
As of January 15th, the Club has 168 members: 161 Full, 7 Comp and courtesy comp members.
Jerry presented the final yearend renewal update. 8 members with December 31 renewal dates did not renew: Frank Cambou, Don Glover, Chuck Hurley, John Roe, Tom Smith, Warren Strumfa, Paul Wohlgemuth and Joe Zesbaugh.
Handicap Chairman – Tom Dubuque:
Tom will attend a required Handicap webinar on February 10.
Tournament Chairman – Joe Walkington:
Joe was not in attendance. Dave Schwartz noted that the January 19 Men’s Club Tournament will be held at CCRB.
Rules: Scott Hamelin:
Nothing to report
Website – Tom Christopher
There was discussion on how members can find the tournament schedule. It is no longer on the web site. Tom Christopher will get together with Joe Walkington to send a message to the membership on how to access Golf Genius where they can see the schedule, pairings, results, etc.
Presently only the TD’s initials are on the Golf Genius schedule. Dave will ask Joe to add the TD’s name and number so members can contact them if need be.
Tom asked the TD’s to go to the website and look for items which have to be updated for the year 2026.
Open Discussion:
Team Play Hats:
There was some discussion about providing hats for the RBIMGC team which participates in Team Play against other clubs. Because it would be too late to order them if approved for 2026, the topic was tabled until the August Board meeting.
There being no further discussions, the meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Gregg Gattuso, Secretary
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.
MSUA.
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