Key Moments Huey Lewis Gives a Stellar Surprise Performance for the Membership on Saturday Night of AT&T Week During the Historical Bing Crosby Clambake
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Spring 2017 MPCC 2017 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Commemorative Issue Key Moments Huey Lewis gives a stellar surprise performance for the membership on Saturday night of AT&T Week during the Historical Bing Crosby Clambake. Turn to page 23 for tournament and special event photos! WINE & Friday, September 8 7:00 PM with Movie at 8:00 PM MOVIE NIGHT $45 (inclusive of wine and on the Golf House Lawn heavy appetizers, service charge and sales tax) ) ) The Golf House Lawn showing Casual Attire. Guests Welcome! “ ” To view the complete menu and Sideways make your reservation, please A Paso Robles Wine Experience visit mpccpb.org or call the Front Desk at (831) 373-1556. WINE & Friday, September 8 7:00 PM with Movie at 8:00 PM MOVIE NIGHT $45 (inclusive of wine and on the Golf House Lawn heavy appetizers, service charge and sales tax) ) ) The Golf House Lawn showing Casual Attire. Guests Welcome! “ ” To view the complete menu and Sideways make your reservation, please A Paso Robles Wine Experience visit mpccpb.org or call the Front Desk at (831) 373-1556. steve mcnichols PRESIDENT Goals for the New Board am honored to serve as your President for 2017. as a considerable number of the matters the current I am acutely aware of and appreciate the trust Board will deal with are either ongoing or have been and confidence that you have placed in me, and under consideration and development for a number of recognize the responsibility to each of you that years, and are now in position for resolution. comes with this position. I will do my best to The Board of Directors met in January of this year I understand and carry out your collective vision and set its goals for 2017. First and foremost, we will for MPCC. exert every effort to achieve this year’s operating and Every time I look at the beautiful setting in which capital budgets. Despite cold and thankfully rainy we find ourselves, or set foot on one of our truly ex- weather during the first quarter of the year, the Club is ceptional golf courses, I think about how fortunate I am to be a Member of this unique Club. MPCC not only provides us with two of the best golf courses in the world, but is also a source of many wonderful Steve McNichols Elected President friendships, as well as an extraordinary environment Kile Morgan, Roger Peirce and Mike Shute for social and dining experiences. MPCC is a magnifi- Join Board of Directors cent refuge from the turmoil that swirls around us. It provides us with an ideal place to rejuvenate; and is a source of camaraderie, fellowship and plain old fun in the midst of a very intense and complex world. I am delighted to be able to contribute in a small way, to preserve and improve these conditions. It is my good fortune to be serving with an excep- tional team of management professionals and a Board of Directors made up of dedicated, conscientious, ex- Kile Morgan Roger Peirce Mike Shute perienced and diverse people who are united by one idea; which is to continue to help this Club exceed 2017 Officers your expectations. However, as those of you who have The Club’s elected officers for 2017 are: served on a Country Club Board know, there are fre- President: Steve McNichols quently almost as many opinions as to what those ex- Vice President: Rich Fineberg pectations look like, as there are Members in the Club. Treasurer: Linda Sinsar The result of this situation is, that regardless of what Secretary: Steve Moore the Board does, there will be well-intentioned Mem- Assistant Secretary/Treasurer: Michael Bowhay bers that agree and others that disagree with the cho- sen course of action. Our task is to receive all available 2017 Committee Chairs Member input, balance conflicting interests to the best Admissions: Steve Moore of our ability, and take actions that we collectively be- Audit: Rich Fineberg lieve are in the best interests of the Club. Budget and Finance: Linda Sinsar Each Board stands on the shoulders of our past Compensation: Steve McNichols Boards. That is to say, various projects, policies and Golf Activities: Mike Shute practices are conceived, developed and implemented Greens: Andy Gabelman over the terms of a number of different Boards. During House: Kile Morgan this incubation time, circumstances change and prac- Law and Bylaws: Steve McNichols tices, policies and projects are constantly evaluated Long Range Planning: Rich Fineberg and re-evaluated in light of current conditions, while Membership Activities: Bill Messick at the same time, we are working to maintain a consis- With thanks and appreciation to our outgoing Directors: tent direction. Archie Robinson, Leigh Iverson and Chris Baumgart As a general observation, this will be an active year, 2 / MPCCP b.ORG / SPRING 2017 ahead of the budget for the quarter. The first quarter Club Staff operating results show a positive variance to budget of $170,500. Our capital revenue generation (Member- GENERAL MANAGER ship sales) shows an improvement of $216,000 over Michael J. Bowhay budget. The Board and management will continue to (831) 333-2200 / [email protected] identify potential financial risks throughout the year and develop mitigations as necessary. Executive Assistant, Lisa Rasmussen Our second goal is to relieve the golf course com- (831) 333-2209 / [email protected] paction the Members experienced last year by improv- ing golf course access and availability. Our third goal is CLUB OPERATIONS in some ways related to the second Board goal, which Director of Finance, Rick Busman is to make appropriate adjustments to Non-Proprie- (831) 333-2215 / [email protected] tary Membership categories and to realign and rebal- ance privileges and costs for these Memberships. Our Human Resources Director, Heather Malafronte-Smith objective here is to ensure that the value of Proprietary (831) 333-2228 / [email protected] (Regular) Membership is protected and that when our Non-Proprietary Members, who aspire to Proprietary Assistant General Manager/Member Services, Rachel Carter Membership, do become owners, that Membership (831) 333-2208 / [email protected] will have the benefits and value they expect, including ready access to the golf courses. Assistant General Manager/Food & Beverage, JJ West These two issues have been addressed in several (831) 333-2202 / [email protected] ways. First, the Board revised the rules of play to cre- ate more access to the golf courses for Proprietary Director of Catering and Banquets, Khadija Coley-Mason Members. Second, we reduced some playing privileges. (831) 333-2206 / [email protected] The Board reported to you on the actions taken in the March “Directors Report.” In addition, the Board sent Facilities Manager, John Derichsweiler all Members a detailed report regarding these Board ac- (831) 333-2225 / [email protected] tions. I will not repeat what has been said in this report. However, I would like to make it clear that this Accounting Manager, Joan Lucido was a very difficult issue for the Board. We are acutely (831) 333-2218 / [email protected] aware that this is a sensitive and complex matter with many moving parts and interests. The Club Bylaws, Health & Fitness Director, Jennifer Manniello which control the rights and privileges of all Members, (831) 333-2284 / [email protected] specifically give the Board the power to revise privi- leges previously granted to Non-Proprietary Members. Golf House Manager, Rey Mariano We exercised this right and made every effort to make (831) 333-2268 / [email protected] as few changes as possible to achieve the two goals set out above. Executive Chef, Colin Moody CEC Since the Board approved the changes, we have re- (831) 333-2205 / [email protected] ceived a number of emails and letters from Members. Virtually every Member in every Membership category GOLF OPERATIONS understood the reasons for the changes and supported Head Golf Professional, David Vivolo the objectives. However, many of the Non-Proprietary (831) 372-8141 / [email protected] Members thought that some of the changes were not necessary to achieve the established goals and have COURSE OPERATIONS made alternative suggestions. Director of Greens and Grounds, Bob Zoller The Board welcomed these constructive sugges- (831) 372-1479 / [email protected] tions, and is in the process of examining the merits of these suggestions. It is likely we can adopt some of Magazine Editors – Rachel Carter and Anne Musson these suggestions and options, and still accomplish our goals. Our primary objective is not to prove what we have done is right; but rather, to achieve our goals with as few changes as possible. The Board will continue to strive to do this by monitoring future play. Our fourth goal is to complete the preconstruc- tion analysis and implement the Clubhouse Master Plan that was approved by the Members last year. [continued on page 5] SPRING 2017 / MPCCPB.ORG / 3 michael j. bowhay GENERAL MANAGER Activity Around the Club onterey Peninsula Country Club has in late 2016, and early this year, but in no way did it experienced quite a bit of activity deter the avid golfers at MPCC. Throughout the wet these past few months. Our 2017 weather months, golf play was still robust, and now AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am was a that spring has arrived, the pace is picking-up. We look tremendous success despite the in- forward to the Invitational Tournament Season which M clement weather. We accommodated will be upon us soon, with your fellow Members from large crowds of Members and guests, not to mention out of town eager to be at the Club to enjoy golf, social the golfing world, who braved the weather to come see events and camaraderie.