Rancho Bernardo Inn Men’s Golf Club

Minutes of the Meeting of the 2025 RBIMGC Board of Directors

June 19, 2025

 

The meeting was held in the RBI Veranda bar. In attendance were:

David Schwartz, Johnny Watson, Jerry Canning, Joe Walkington, Scott Hamelin, Tom Christopher, Mike McKinnis, Brad Sandstrom, Bryan Murphy.

The following board members were absent;  Jeff Bondesson, Bob Lohneiss

 

The meeting was called to order at 9:00 AM by President David Schwartz

 

Director of Golf’s Report – Matt Loflen

Matt reported for Evan Biundo.  He told us the greens were cut onTuesday and lightly sanded and rolled.  They try to do this two times a month.  Fairways are improving from three years ago but still have problems.  Tom Christopher asked about areas on 18 and 12 and could they be marked as GUR with a circle.  Matt will look at 18 and 12 and discuss with the Maintenance team.  Also the greenside bunkers on 13 need renovating.

 

Secretary’s Report – Johnny Watson

Johnny noted that the minutes of the May 15 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  was not present but had submitted his report.  He reported that the Club was financially sound.  

 

Membership Report – Jerry Canning:

Jerry reported on activity from May 15  to June 19, 2025.   We have 1 new member, 11 renewals, no non-renewals and 4 applicants in the pipeline.  Total membership is now 171 vs. 175 at this time last year.    

 

Handicap Chairman – Brad Sandstrom:

Brad had nothing new to report.

 

Tournament Chairman – Joe Walkington:

Joe reported we have an average tournament attendance of 70 players and the tournaments are running smoothly.  

 

Rules Committee Chairman –  Scott Hamelin: 

Scott said the Club should extend the current rule allowing players to “lift, rake the soil and replace their ball” in the sand bunkers for another month. The Board agreed with Scott.

 

Web site – Tom Christopher:

Tom had nothing new to report.

 

Open Discussion:

After discussion, the Tournament Directors agreed to consider using a greater variety of team formats in upcoming tournaments in order to reduce the number of 2-best net ball tournaments.

 

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:30 AM.

Respectfully submitted,  

Johnny Watson, Secretary

 

 Rancho Bernardo Inn Men’s Golf Club

Minutes of the Meeting of the 2025 RBIMGC Board of Directors

May 15, 2025

 

The meeting was held in the RBI Veranda bar. In attendance were Tom Christopher, and Jerry Canning,  Dave Schwartz,  and Scott Hamelin, Jeff Bondesson,  Bob Lohneiss, Brad Sandstrom, Joe Walkington, Mike McKinnis

The following board members were absent: Johnny Watson, 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 – Matt Loflen reported to the group for RBI golf management. Matt noted that the aerification of last month was “filling in” the plugged areas nicely as expected.

 

Secretary’s Report – Johnny Watson/Tom Christopher:

Dave Schwartz reported for Johnny Watson that the minutes of the April 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 April 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..

 

Membership Report – Jerry Canning:

New Members Jerry reported that the Club added no new member(s) since the last Board meeting.

Non-Dec 31st renewals: there are 4 member(s) whose membership renewal is due before the next board meeting.

Non-renewals Non-December31st Jerry reported there was 1 non-renewal.

New applicant(s) in pipeline Jerry also reported that there is 2 new applicant(s) in the pipeline.

Renewals Due by the June Board Meeting Jerry reported there were 3.

The total membership asl of May 15, 2025 is 170: 163 full members and seven Courtesy members.

This number compares to 177 at this time last year.

 

Handicap Chairman – Brad Sandstrom: Brad noted that he will be attending a SCGA handicap seminar in early June.

Tournament Chairman – Joe Walkington: No items to report.

 

Rules Committee – Scott Hamelin:

Scott noted that the published club rules need several updates to the verbiage in several areas. Those were all minor wording changes. He reviewed with the board and asked for a motion to approve. MSUA

 

 

Web site – Tom Christopher: No update. Scott needed access to the Google Docs Local Rules document. Tom updates Scott’s access privileges.

 

Open Discussion:

The Board talked about the Presidents cup progress. Joe Walkington noted that most matches were already played with several matches being played at the time of the meeting and that the finals would be played next Monday.

The board confirmed that the Play it as it Lies update is in effect going forward.

 

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 09:45 AM.

Respectfully submitted,

Tom Christopher, in place of Johnny Watson,  Secretary

 

Rancho Bernardo Inn Men’s Golf Club

Minutes of the Meeting of the 2025 RBIMGC Board of Directors

April 17, 2025

 

The meeting was held in the RBI Veranda bar. In attendance were:

Dave Schwartz, Johnny Watson, Jeff Bondesson, Jerry Canning, Joe Walkington, Scott Hamelin, Tom Christopher, Mike Mckinnis, Brad Sandstrom.

The following board members were absent;  Bryan Murphy, Bob Lohneiss

 

The meeting was called to order at 9:00 AM by President David Schwartz

 

Director of Golf’s Report – Evan Biundo

Evan told us the course continues to improve.  All fairways have been aerated two times. Rain continues to help and postpone the use of well water until mid May.  The #14 bunker remains to be completed.  Work on the creek between #15 and #16 fairways are still to be completed.  Tom Christopher asked about the CPO on #15 and #16 and noted it affects POP since the golfer has to walk across the fairway to complete the hole.  Evan suggested the RBI GPS system may be able to track POP via the cart number.  

 

Secretary’s Report – Johnny Watson

Johnny noted that the minutes of the March, 27 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  was not present but had submitted his report last week and reported that the Club was financially sound.  

 

Membership Report – Jerry Canning:

Jerry reported on activity from March 27 to April 17, 2025.   We have 1 new member, 4 renewals, 1 non-renewals and 2 applicants in the pipeline.  Total membership is now 171 vs. 177 at this time last year.    

 

Handicap Chairman – Brad Sandstrom:

Brad had nothing new to report.

 

Tournament Chairman – Joe Walkington:

Joe reminded that March 31 would be the last day to qualify for the President’s Cup competition.  We have 31 members signed up and the lowest 16 scores (8 A and 8 B) will compete for the award. 

 

Rules Committee Chairman –  Scott Hamelin: 

Scott had nothing new to report.  

 

Web site – Tom Christopher:

Tom had nothing new to report.

 

Open Discussion:

  • The scheduling of the President’s Cup may be affecting the membership and timing to play.  Jerry Canning suggested moving the competition to the fall to increase the competition.  Others suggested the qualification rounds could be using the 2 best net scores over a month regardless of the date.  Other suggestions were also made.  Jerry made a motion for next year to use the 2 best scores in April to qualify for a President Cup event in May. 

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  • Change our  local rule to remove LCP throughout the course.  Several board members had input and the decision was to “play it where it lies”  and adhere to the USGA Rules of Golf.  Scott Hamelin will send a memo to all members about the change.
  • Pace of Play (POP) was discussed again and recent long rounds were noted from the TD’s report each week.  After lengthy discussion it was decided to send out a reminder to our members and that  there would be no punitive action at this time.

 

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:10 AM.

Respectfully submitted,  

Johnny Watson, Secretary

 

 

Rancho Bernardo Inn Men’s Golf Club

Minutes of the Meeting of the 2025 RBIMGC Board of Directors

March 27, 2025

The meeting was held in the RBI Veranda bar. In attendance were:

Dave Schwartz,  Joe Walkington, Johnny Watson,  Scott Hamelin, Jeff Bondesson, Tom Christopher, Bob Lohneiss, Mike McKinnis, Jerry Canning, Bryan Murphy

 

The following board members were absent;  Brad Sandstrom

 

The meeting was called to order at 9:00 AM by President David Schwartz

 

Director of Golf’s Report – Evan Biundo

Evan thanked the RBIMGC for the win in our league  team play event.  Evan noted that the 15th fairway is now in good condition and the club will soon reopen the 15th fairway to carts.  He also noted that the inn is considering an ongoing project of closing 1-2 fairways on a rotating basis so that needed maintenance can be performed on those fairways like they did with the 15th fairway, keeping the repaired fairways closed to carts until the fairways completely recover from the maintenance.  We asked about more oversight on the 90 degree rule for carts and Evan agreed it would be desirable but hard to enforce on a public course.  The RBIMGC could stress this to our members.   

 

Secretary’s Report – Johnny Watson

Johnny noted that the minutes of the February 20 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  discussed in detail the Treasurer’s report for the YTD period of time ending Feb. 28.  He reported that the Club is financially sound. 

 

Membership Report – Jerry Canning:

Jerry reported on activity from Feb 20 to March 27, 2025.   We have 3 new members, 8 renewals, 5 non-renewals and 3 applicants in the pipeline.  Total membership is now 171 vs. 177 at this time last year.    

 

Handicap Chairman  : Brad Sandstrom, absent.

 

 

Tournament Chairman – Joe Walkington:

Joe reported the President’s Cup Club Championship qualifying rounds were progressing satisfactorily.  The status of the Presidents Cup qualifying rounds has been updated thru March 24.  The qualification round results are posted under the category “President’s Cup” on the Club’s website at www.rbimgc.com.  

 

Rules Committee Chairman –  Scott Hamelin: 

Scott reported that Local Rules remain in effect.  We discussed a return to regular play sometime in the future. This would include LCP and play in the bunkers.

 

Web site – Tom Christopher:

Tom said he had nothing new to report on the web site.

 

Open Discussion:

  • We discussed the President’s Cup qualifying rounds and that of the 54 entries many members still need to play the first round.  Joe was confident the contestants would be able to play on the dates they signed up.
  • Spring Special-Pick your partner, 2 man scramble.  This event will be held April 14 and David said we need to notify members to begin to pick their partners. After discussion it was decided to change the format from a scramble to 2MBB and still pick your partners.    

 

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:57 AM.

Respectfully submitted,  

Johnny Watson, Secretary

 

Rancho Bernardo Inn Men’s Golf Club

Minutes of the Meeting of the 2025 RBIMGC Board of Directors

February 20, 2025

The meeting was held in the RBI Veranda bar. In attendance were David Schwartz, Brad Sandstrom, Jerry Canning, Joe Walkington, Johnny Watson, Tom Christopher, Bryan Murphy.  Absent: Bob Lohneiss, Jeff Bondesson, Scott Hamelin, Mike McKinnis.    

The meeting was called to order at 9:00 AM by Pres. David Schwartz. 

Director of Golf’s Report – Evan Biundo 

Evan noted the course maintenance continues and the fairway aerification had been completed. Concerning the course condition he commented that the greens were not as  fast.  Evan said every greenside bunker had been reworked except for 14 and 2.  He also reported he had worked with Scott Hamelin to clarify  the local rules for LCP.  

Secretary’s Report – Tom Christopher for Johnny Watson:

Johnny Watson was absent for the January meeting and Tom Christopher acted as Secretary for the meeting.  The minutes of the January 16, 2025 meeting  had been circulated for comment, revised and posted on the website. Tom  asked for a motion to approve the minutes. 

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Treasurer’s Report – David Schwartz for Bob Lohneiss:

David discussed  the Treasurer’s report for the period of time ending January 31, 2025.  He reviewed the income and expenses.  We discussed the reporting format and asked that the January 31, 2025 format be used in the future.

Membership Report – Jerry Canning:

Since the January 16, 2025 Board meeting, the Club added two new members, had eleven members renew their memberships and no members declined to renew their membership in the Club. There are two applicants in the pipeline.   Total membership is 173 compared to 176 this time last year.  

Handicap Chairman – Brad Sandstrom:

Brad said he had notified USGA that he is the new handicap chairman for our club.

   

Tournament Chairman –  Joe Walkington:

Joe commented that participation in our tournaments was increasing but we are not the same as pre covid numbers.  

  

Rules Committee – David Schwartz for Scott Hamelin:

David reported no changes for the last month other than the LCP clarification of local rules.

Web site –  Tom Christopher:

Tom discussed the value to TD’s to use new versions of Golf Genius to complete the weekly reports.  This is for future action.

Open Discussion:

  • The board discussed the President’s Cup Qualifying entries and Joe Walkington reported 32 had currently signed up.  Last year we had 50 entries.  The dates had been moved up earlier in the year in the hope of less interference with family vacations in June, etc. Joe reported there were 112 members who qualified to  play this year.  
  • Dave Schwartz had a conversation with the Ladies Club concerning a change in the Veranda Bar menu.  We will need to coordinate with the Ladies Club and then discuss requested changes with the RBI staff.  

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

January 16, 2025

 

The meeting was held in the RBI Veranda bar. In attendance were Tom Christopher, and Jerry Canning,  Dave Schwartz,  and Scott Hamelin, Jeff Bondesson,  Bob Lohneiss, Brad Sandstrom, Bryan Murphy, Mike McKinnis

The following board members were absent: Johnny Watson, and Joe Walkington.

Do 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 discussed the course conditions.

About the greens: He noted that the greens are not being cut or rolled. He noted that the speed of the greens are primarily due the cool daytime and cold nighttime temperatures, the dryness of the air due to the winds and the lack of an rainfall.. The teams do try to find as flat an area for the pin as possible due to the high rolling speeds.

About the fairways: Evan again stated that the lack of rain is causing some fairway conditions to be sub optimal. The well water is not ideal for the poa annua grass nor the seasonal rye grass.  He stated that the kikuyu grass will begin filling in in the March/April time frame and that the course has set money aside for plugging open spots in that March/April time frame.

 

Secretary’s Report – Johnny Watson/Tom Christopher:

 

Tom noted that the minutes of the December 19, 2024, Board of Directors meeting had been circulated for comment by Johnny, revised and posted on the website. Tom asked for a motion to approve the minutes. MSUA.

 

Treasurer’s Report – Bob Lohneiss:

Bob discussed in detail the Treasurer’s report for the overall budget. Several items were clarified and the budget proposal was accepted. He reported that the Club is financially sound.

 

Membership Report – Jerry Canning:

New Members Jerry reported that the Club added 3 new member(s) since the last Board meeting.

December 31st Renewal update:

Of the 70 full member(s) who had December 31st renewal dates, 61renewed renewed their memberships for 2025. The 9 members who did ot renew chose to do so for reasons unrelated to the Club

Non-Dec 31st renewals: there are 6 member(s) whose membership renewal is due before the next board meeting.

Non-renewals Non-December31st Jerry reported there were 4 non-renewals

New applicant(s) in pipeline Jerry also reported that there is 4 new applicant(s) in the pipeline.

 

The total membership on January 16, 2025 is 171: 164 full members and seven Courtesy members and 1 associate member.

This number compares to 175 at this time last year.

 

Handicap Chairman – Brad Sandstrom: no update.

 

 

Tournament Chairman – Dave Schwartz forJoe Walkington: Joe sent out an email in his absence. It was mainly around the Presidents Cup. We have moved that tournament back into March to try to stay away from the June vacation timeline. Toward that effort, Joe sent out an email to the members announcing the upcoming schedule.

 

 

 

Rules Committee – Scott Hamelin:

Scott noted the course conditions have resulted in the Club stating that members can play the fairways as “ground under repair” for the immediate future. However, Scott noted that the Club is incorrectly using the term “ground under repair to describe the relief we are offering our players when we are actually granting players to “lift, clean and place – nearest point of relief” on the fairways.

 

 

Web site – Tom Christopher: Only update was that tournament results are purged for tournaments older than 6 months

 

Open Discussion:

The Board talked about the Pinehurst dinner, date and time and details. Additionally, the Board agreed that we would stop sending minutes to past presidents that are no longer club members.

Dave Schwartz discussed the possibility of the club acquiring the GG tournament Premium option that would allow the players to post their scores directly into GG via their phones. After discussion, the Board decided that more research, additional information and investigations into possible cost offsets were necessary before the Board could properly evaluate the cost / benefit of investing in this software upgrade.

 

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:03 AM.

Respectfully submitted,

Tom Christopher, in place of Johnny Watson,  Secretary