MARCH 2020 Volume 25, Issue 3 SIMI HILLS 5—1 IN TEAM PLAY This year Olivas Links in Oxnard, San- However, reality hit ta Barbara Men’s club, Simi Hills and hard when Simi Glen Annie made up the 4 teams in traveled up the Group 2 of the SCGA 202 TEAM Play coast to S.B. the competition. Our team, captained by next weekend. San- our reigning club champion, Terry ta Barbara came Robuck, played each of these other alive and handed clubs once at home and once at their Simi Hills it’s first Terry Robuck course for a total of 6 weeks of golf. loss of the year, 31— 17. Heads jerked unceremoniously Our first opponent was Olivas Links out of the clouds. Simi finds itself in Men’s Club. This kickoff event was second place in the league, 3—1, be- Saturday January 18th and was at hind Glen Annie’s 4 and 0. home. The team absolutely smoked INSIDE THIS ISSUE Olivas in the team four ball events Then finally the Glen Annie games. (two man best ball), not losing a begin. Glen Annie has won the team Team Play 1, 3-5 single point! (15 wins and 1 draw.) play league 7 years in a row. That President’s Message 2 In the singles matches, our guys won quirky course across the freeway from Editors Comments 6 14 out of 16 matches. Total jaw- Sandpiper with the 6 Million Dollar Pace of Play policy 7 Tournament of Champions 8 dropping score was Simi Hills, 44— “Amphibian Walk” across the 12th, Tournament Results Olivas Links 4. Nice Start, eh? 13th and 14th fairways has been in- TUKWET 9—10 vincible in Team Play these past 6 Olivas may have still been shaken up March Home 10—12 years. the next weekend when the matches Upcoming Events were held at their ‘beach-adjacent’ Week one found us hosting them with March Events 13 course in Oxnard for round two. Total the hopes our course knowledge April 2020 14 after the day of golf, Simi Hills 31 Oli- would help slay the dragon. In the vas 17. The team starts the season 2 Singles matches, Simi took a lead go- Tournament Schedule 15 and 0. ing 18—14. The team cards were then WHS World Handicap System Instructions: 16—19 tallied and through teamwork and ca- The second Opponent was Santa Bar- maraderie our guys won the fourball bara Golf Club. Round one was at matches 11—5 to pull out a total 29 – home. The Team played steady, carry- 19 victory. Guess what, all tied at 4 ing on their excellent play from the and 1 between us and those frog loving weeks before. Simi took the match Glen Annians. 32—16 to move to 3—0 in the league. (continued on page 3) 1 courses. Thanks to all the play- ers that put their hearts and souls into this and many, many hours of practice time to be prepared for each match. Two months into the new year and we Thanks to Ash Danee for doing just hit a milestone of sorts. Our membership just yardage books for Glen Annie, hit 250 players. I say players because over half great help. (127) have played in at least one of our only four tournaments that we have run so far this year. Our first Pace of Play monitored home tourna- Thanks to the Simi Hills Golf Course and staff for ment was a complete success as the very last all their help and support throughout the years. group finished in 4 hours 45 minutes. The group The 2020 Board of Directors with the addition of in front of them was 4 hours 36 minutes. Thank Ash Danee, Keith Miler and Demetri Pagalidis you all that played and pushed to keep up with running tournaments has been nothing short of the group in front of you. I know our 4 ½ hr. goal amazing. Thanks to the whole Board for all your is attainable. hard work and effort you put into our club. In April we will start our Horse Races back up I would also like to thank Tim Crable for just an before our monthly meetings. Starting time is outstanding job on our Newsletter. I look forward 5:00 pm with a maximum of 24 players. Field will every month to read his work. I just hope the LA be split into two flights with a random draw of one Times does not find out about our talented author A player and one B player to make up each team. and makes him an offer. Thank you so much Tim Everyone playing together in an alternate shot for all you do. format. We play three holes with the lowest three aggregate scores plus ties moving to hole 4 for a Our regular season of Team Play is over, and playoff to widdle it down to three teams. Hole 5 we are heading to the playoffs for the second will be for all the money $25 dollars gets you time in 3 years. Our record this year was 5-1 with golf, cart and all the fun you can take. Stay after the biggest win that I have ever been part of, golf for our monthly meeting where you have a beating Glen Annie at their course 26 to 22. Glen chance to win ProV1’s and a free round of golf Annie has won their pool the last six years with cart. straight. Thanks to Terry Robuck for being a Captain and putting the lineups together every week. Terry arranged practice rounds and has a great feel for putting the right horses for the right Willie Melancon Ah, the old days. Proba- bly still playable, sort of. 2 (From Page One) TEAM PLAY Hills wins the Game 26—22 and the league title with 5 wins and 1 loss. So the final matches of this year’s league will come down to our guys making the long slog up past San- Well, he (Miler) did! And they (Miler and Adler) ta Barbara to Glen Annie Golf Course with a shot at did ! 26 to 22 Simi Hills Men’s golf club. The en- all the marbles. dangered California red-legged frogs, the benefi- ciaries of the “Amphibian Walk” at Glen Annie It started off great; Terry Robuck with Nabih were croaking their approval. CONGRATULA- Kouhry, and Willie Melancon with Godfrey Row- TIONS TEAM. land winning the first two team matches. Then the ebbs and flows started. By the time 7 of the 8 Four- Captain Robuck did an excellent job with the re- ball matches were done, the score was tied 7 to 7. cruitment, management, and pairing up of 18 guys each week. He also Down to the singles…. They couldn’t have started pushed the players on the importance better with 4 of our first 5 players, Robuck, Kourhy, of practice rounds. A real thankless Melancon and Robert Rodwell all taking wins! job, plus hours and hours of give- Godfrey Rowland played to a draw for a half. 10 away charity time with nothing but a points available and 9 of them were slid over to the crummy better tee time to show for it. Simi Hills side of the ledger. More back and forth Thank you, Terry! throughout the day with Glen Annie chipping away at Simi Hill’s lead until there was only 2 games left. NEXT: Once the 32 Group Champions are final- Simi has taken the overall match dormie at 24 to ized, the “Round of 32” will be played March 21st. 22 after 7 of the 8 Fourball games and 15 of the 16 (The ladder has not yet been released as of press singles matches were done. time.) If our team wins this round it will be eligible to play in the “Round of 16” on March 28th. Like a If Glen Annie took those last two games, they basketball ladder, the field gets cut in half each would win the Group title 26 to 22. If Keith Miler week until there are only 2 teams left. They play could win his singles match and the team of Miler for the championship at Monarch Dunes April 26, and Rick Adler could win their team match, Simi Simi Hills Mens vs Olivas Links GC Olivas Links GC vs Simi Hills Men's Golf club Fourball Matches 18 Holes Fourball Matches 18 Holes SATURDAY January 18, 2020 Played at: SIMI HILLS GOLF COURSE SATURDAY, January 25, 2020 Played at: OLIVAS LINKS GOLF COURSE SIMI HILLS MEN'S GOLF CLUB OLIVAS LINKS GOLF CLUB OLIVAS LINKS GOLF CLUB SIMI HILLS MEN'S GOLF CLUB Points Player Player Points Points Player Player Points 2 Willie Melancon + Mike Dom vs. Maykel Ghorbanzadeh + Brad Kane Maykel Ghorbanzadeh + Dave Stoltz vs. Terry Robuck + Willie Melancon 2 1 Mario Posadas + Robert Rodwell vs. Dave Stoltz + Kevin Rennie 1 2 Terry Porvin + Brad Kane vs. Nabih Khoury + Mario Posadas 2 Godfrey Rowland + Vinod Chhabra vs. Edward Nagelman + Ken Shugerman Kevin Rennie + Ken Shugerman vs. Robert Rodwell + Godfrey Rowland 2 2 Ramesh Lal + Richard Silagy vs. Matt Lim + Robin Anderson Dean Lundquist + Matt Lim vs. Joel Harriott + Mark Porter 2 2 Mark Porter + Chris Denove vs. Theo Fallati + David Fletcher Robin Anderson + Theo Fallati vs. Richard Silagy + Chris Denove 2 2 Dan Stockton + Gary Weller vs. Jan Hethcock + Francisco Almaguer Jan Hethcock + David Fletcher vs. Dan Stockton + John Van Diepen 2 2 Warren Hogge + Erik Dahl vs. Roger Bowen + Daniel Fish 2 Gurmail Sajjan + Brad Zlomke vs.