CDGA 2013 ANNUAL REPORT
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I have read that if we focus on the really important things in life, we will run out of golf balls. Accounting for only the four largest golf ball manufacturers, 660 million golf balls were made in 2012. Factoring in all the other manufacturers, there are probably close to a billion golf balls constructed annually. Additionally, according to the internet, these companies have actually increased their capacity to be able to make even more. That’s good food for thought! My initial reaction is, these golf ball company CEOs must think that interest in golf is on the rise again. Truthfully, interest in golf likely never dips—our lives and the world around us have just changed, which, in turn, has changed the landscape within the game.
Following the economic downturn in 2008, the CDGA saw membership numbers drop nearly 10% from 2008 to 2011, as these external factors forced a retraction within our industry. Over the past two years, the market—at least in the Midwest—has stabilized as we have seen modest increases in membership. Since the downturn, the average membership numbers for state and regional golf associations have decreased 13.1%, while the CDGA has only experienced a 7% decline. The question is: why do we as an association appear more stable than others? I would assert it is because we, as an association, took a broader approach a few years ago. We took an approach that we wanted to be more than just an association that provides tournaments, handicap indexes, and course ratings for its members. We decided to be a “one-stop shopping” experience for all our member and member club needs. The list of services we provide for the golfers and clubs is quite impressive. And each year, we work even harder in an effort to bring better value to those existing services.
» IN THIS ISSUE President’s Message.......................................................................... 2 2013 Board of Directors..................................................................... 3 Foundation Focus............................................................................... 4 Foundation Board of Trustees............................................................ 4 Sunshine Club.................................................................................... 4 Turfgrass Program.............................................................................. 5 Course Rating/Education................................................................... 5 Communications................................................................................. 6 Corporate Partners............................................................................. 6 Member Offers/Communications Program......................................... 7 Membership & Competitions.............................................................. 8 2014 Tournament Schedule............................................................... 9 2014 Nominating Commitee Report.................................................... 10 Professional Staff..............................................................................11 In Remembrance...............................................................................11 In Memoriam: Carl Hopphan.............................................................11
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I have enjoyed the privilege of being a part of this continuing process. The CDGA is an organization with an enormous base of knowledge vested in its Blue Coats. This knowledge base is being tapped to make the organization even more viable for the future. Thank you to the Blue Coats for all of your time and thoughts as we continue our efforts to improve. For the record, I only go through roughly two dozen golf balls each year. I lose about half of them, while the rest end up in a shag bag. This makes me wonder, where do the other 999,999,976 other new golf balls end up every year?
Keith Frankland CDGA President
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PRESIDENT Keith Frankland Village Greens of Woodridge
VICE PRESIDENT AT LARGE Steven S. Birky Danville CC
TREASURER C. Daniel Cochran Biltmore CC
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT David Haverick Pine Meadow GC
VICE PRESIDENT AT LARGE Gary B. Koch At Large
GENERAL COUNSEL Sheldon Solow Briarwood CC
SECOND VICE PRESIDENT Michael J. Grandinetti Calumet CC
SECRETARY J. Loren Hall Blackstone GC
EX-OFFICIO Matthew L. Pekarek Village Links of Glen Ellyn
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William R. Buecking.............................................................................. Biltmore CC Edward T. Clissold...................................................................... Westmoreland CC Kevin Gratkowski....................................................................................Lost Dunes John Henderson, M.D. .....................................................................Arrowhead CC Jack Kieckhefer...................................................................Mauh-Nah-Tee-See CC James B. Madison, M.D. ............................................................................. Illini CC Mike Nass............................................................................................ Cantigny Golf Dennis A. Reed..........................................................................................Pekin CC Michael J. Scheer.............................................................................. Oak Brook GC Don Schwarz....................................................................................... Prestwick CC
Lawrence W. Schweik..................................................................... Bartlett Hills GC Lorraine Scodro.................................................................................. Midlothian CC Phillip Shannabarger............................................................. The Den at Fox Creek Gerald Skoning..................................................................................Cog Hill G&CC Richard J. Skrodzki.............................................................................LaGrange CC Rebecca A. Smith.................................................................................Oak Park CC Christine L. Stevens........................................................................Cress Creek CC A. Glenn Stith.................................................................................... Arrowhead GC Robert J. Stracks................................................................................Northmoor CC Mike Sullivan...................................................................................Bloomington CC
David Allard................................................................................ Olympia Fields CC Philip Angelini......................................................................... Edgewood Valley CC Thomas R. Artz..............................................................................Sportsman’s CC Guy Arvia................................................................................................Exmoor CC Robert Bach..................................................................................... Mt. Hawley CC Randall Becker....................................................................................Winnetka GC Daniel M. Blouin......................................................... Village Greens of Woodridge Dan Callahan...............................................................................................At Large Michael Camino..........................................................................Conway Farms GC Dan Cermak..............................................................................Downers Grove GC Ralph Chapman..........................................................................................At Large Frank Charhut......................................................................................Wilmette GC Steven L. Cherveny.........................................................................White Pines GC John A. Childers.........................................................................................Elgin CC Michael J. Choate............................................................................North Shore CC Michael E. Clark, D.P.M. .................................................................. CC of Decatur Henry Close.............................................................................................Aldeen GC David Crockett.............................................................................................At Large Robert J. Cunningham.....................................................................Indian Hill Club Robert L. Cunningham....................................................................... Turnberry CC Robert Dewey.......................................................................................CC of Peoria Michael J. Dickman...............................................................................Calumet CC Anthony Dobush........................................................................... Randall Oaks GC Rich Dowsek.................................................................................. St. Andrews GC John Drennan......................................................................................Ivanhoe Club Keith Dunkelbarger..........................................................................Sunset Hills GC John Dushney...............................................................................Bowes Creek CC Jeffrey D. Echt..................................................................................Lake Shore CC David A. Esler.................................................................................Black Sheep GC Bill Fates................................................................................................... Itasca CC Anthony Ferino................................................................................. Arrowhead GC William Finn, M.D. ..............................................................................Riverside GC Michael Forde..............................................................................................At Large Buzz Frank.............................................................................................. Skokie CC Dennis Freund.................................................................................. Blackstone GC Larry Fulgenzi...................................................................................Old Wayne GC Thomas Gehr.................................................................................Sportsman’s CC Ronald Gray................................................................................. Twin Orchard CC Bill Green........................................................................................ Lake Carroll GC Michael Griem........................................................................................Exmoor CC Gregory Grygiel.......................................................................... Heritage Bluffs GC Howard Haberkorn.......................................................................... Terrace Hill GC James J. Hager............................................................................ Randall Oaks GC Eugene N. Halladay.............................................................................Hinsdale GC John L. Hammond, II...........................................................................Evanston GC Robert Hinton..............................................................................Panther Creek CC James Hundman............................................................................ White Eagle GC Jack Ingold.........................................................................................Lake Bluff GC
Deborah Taylor Johnson.....................................................................Evanston GC Betty Kaufmann............................................................................... Knollwood Club Peter Keffer.............................................................................................Aldeen GC Karl Keller, D.D.S. .....................................................................Kankakee Elks GC Laurence J. LaBoda....................................................................Kemper Lakes CC Frank LaFranco............................................................................... Knollwood Club Josh Lesnik.......................................................................................The Glen Club R. Scott Malmgren...............................................................................Glen Oak CC John Mattson.........................................................................................Big Foot CC Hugh R. McCombs..............................................................................Oak Park CC Michael Millhouse........................................................................... River Forest CC David Mortell............................................................................Balmoral Woods CC Thomas E. Mott....................................................................................Rockford CC Edward Mulcahy.................................................................................Midlothian CC Kenneth Murphy................................................................................... Medinah CC Rudolph E. Nelson........................................................................ Schaumburg GC H. Steven Nichols.............................................................................Champaign CC Clay Nicolsen......................................................................................Mistwood GC James J. O’Hagan............................................................................ Park Ridge CC Ronnie Oakes........................................................................... Indian Lakes Resort John Ozag....................................................................................Rolling Green CC John Paladino...................................................................................Forest Hills CC Arthur W. Peters.................................................................................Ruth Lake CC Roger L. Peterson................................................................ Lincolnshire Fields CC Ronald Potter................................................................................. White Eagle GC John Reid............................................................................................ Deerfield GC James Rolfe......................................................................................Northmoor GC Michael Rooney.......................................................................... Butler National GC Tom Roth............................................................................................ Inverness GC James F. Rudwall................................................................................Ivanhoe Club Samuel M. Sallerson.........................................................................Bryn Mawr CC Brian Shahinian..............................................................................Foxford Hills GC James Siemers........................................................................... Steeple Chase GC Laura Spring..................................................................................... St. Charles CC Darryl Stock...................................................................................Red Tail Run GC C. Nelson Strom................................................................... Stonewall Orchard GC James Troy................................................................................ Crystal Tree G&CC Kenneth Urbaszewski.......................................................................... Deerfield GC David A. Usiak.................................................................................. Crestwicke CC Kyle Vasel..................................................................................................Elgin CC Anthony M. Viola.............................................................................. Park Ridge CC Ben Waldie....................................................................................... St. Charles CC David A. Walters.............................................................................Crystal Lake CC Joe Williamson.................................................................................Briar Ridge CC James E. Winslow.............................................................................. Inverness GC J.C. Wise.............................................................................Plum Tree National GC John Zver...................................................................................Harborside Int’l GC
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In advance of its 70th anniversary in 2014, the Sunshine Through Golf Foundation continues to be a shining part of the Chicago District Golf Association. As the CDGA’s official charity, the Foundation works towards the mission of bringing joy to people with special needs through the game of golf. This year, the Foundation’s camp program held steady with 92 camps held throughout the summer, touching the lives of more than 1,200 special needs athletes. In addition to the camps, four Tournament Series events were conducted to help more advanced campers hone their golf skills in advance of competitions such as the Special Olympics Illinois State Tournament. The Sunshine camp program would not be possible without the volunteerism of the CDGA Blue Coats, personnel from various regional special recreation associations (SRAs), and the generosity of facility use and time of the golf professionals at those clubs hosting Sunshine camps. In 2013, 30 CDGA Blue Coats volunteered at camps which benefitted 40 SRAs. Camps were held at 50 golf facilities in the region with their golf professionals participating.
Six lucky Sunshine campers had the opportunity to participate in the annual Play With a Pro Day, held at Knollwood Club during BMW Championship week. Reigning champion of the PGA Championship Jason Dufner, three-time
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Illinois State Amateur and two-time PGA Tour winner D.A. Points, and touring professional Chris Smith played a few holes with groups of athletes on a funfilled day for all involved. From a fundraising perspective, the annual golf outing and golf marathon continued to be the Foundation’s bread and butter fundraising events. Both the 13th annual Golf Outing, at Knollwood Club this year, and the 5th annual Golf Marathon at Zigfield Troy Golf, netted more than $70,000 each for the Foundation. In its second season, the Foundation’s Par-3 Championship continued to gain traction, bringing in more than $16,000. The event, contested at Lost Dunes Golf Club, will be revamped in 2014 and conducted by the CDGA, with all proceeds of the event benefitting the Foundation. Going back to its roots as a charity originally established to assist wounded warriors from the second World War, the Foundation expanded its partnership with RevelationGolf in 2013. RevelationGolf is a not-for-profit which works with disabled veterans utilizing golf as a therapeutic tool. In 2013, RevelationGolf held more than 100 clinics for disabled vets, with the vast majority being conducted on the Three-Hole Sunshine Course at Midwest Golf House. The organization also had a pair of Veterans Golf Days, one at Willow Glen and the other at Cog Hill and Midwest Golf House, contested the second annual Veterans Tournament at Cantigny Golf and advanced the education of PGA teaching professionals with a pair of clinics focusing on teaching golfers with physical disabilities. Four new clubs joined The Sunshine Club (italicized at right), bringing the total number of members to 40 clubs. These clubs continue their support of the Foundation as part of this annual giving program with contributions on a per member basis. The program is a major source of funding for the camp program and other services of the Foundation.
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Aurora Country Club Beverly Country Club Biltmore Country Club Bryn Mawr Country Club Butler National Golf Club Butterfield Country Club Calumet Country Club Conway Farms Cress Creek Country Club Crystal Lake Country Club Crystal Tree Golf & Country Club Edgewood Valley Country Club Evanston Golf Club Geneva Golf Club Glen Oak Country Club Glen View Club Hinsdale Golf Club Ivanhoe Golf Club Inverness Golf Club Kankakee Country Club Knollwood Club La Grange Country Club Lake Shore Country Club Midlothian Country Club Naperville Country Club North Shore Country Club Old Elm Club Olympia Fields Country Club Ouilmette Golf Club Park Ridge Country Club Ridge Country Club Ridgemoor Country Club Riverside Country Club Rockford Country Club Ruth Lake Country Club St. Charles Country Club Twin Orchard Country Club Village Greens of Woodridge-Legends White Eagle Country Club Winnetka Golf Club
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President: Michael J. Grandinetti Vice President: Sheldon Solow Treasurer: C. Daniel Cochran General Counsel: Jack Childers Ex-Officio: David Haverick Secretary: Carolyn Nagle Trustee: Tom Allison Trustee: Tom Artz Trustee: Jeff Echt Trustee: Keith Frankland Trustee: Kevin Gratkowski Trustee: Ed Hockfield Trustee: Matthew Pekarek
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Dr. Ed Nangle took over as Director of Turfgrass Programs in May after the departure of Dr. Derek Settle following a period of extreme success in research, diagnosis and name recognition for the CDGA Turfgrass Program at a national and international level. The focus was on how to increase this success and prestige while also providing continuity as if the service provided had not missed a step.
More than 100 different courses were visited in 2013, with nearly 150 total “house calls” being conducted by the turf doctor, including assistance at several tournaments in the area. Field diagnosis was made on approximately 20 different issues, including disease, insect and abiotic stresses, such as shade, irrigation and fertility issues. The program continued to bolster its reputation by participating in research projects initiated with Purdue University and Ohio State University. Year after year, the turf staff continues to work and expand in the area of research for regional golf course superintendents, conducting studies on par with major universities from across the country. In addition to the research, the CDGA Turfgrass Program remained active in a collegiate community by participating in research field days at Michigan State University, Ohio State, Purdue, the University of Illinois and the University of Wisconsin. Beyond scholarly research, the program entered into an international research project with the New Zealand Sports Turf Research Institute and private
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researcher Dr. John Dempsey from Ireland. The purpose of the research focuses upon poa bent management strategies. This year, the program garnered around $30,000 in funds for research projects. The focus of these studies was to analyze new fungicides, the use of environmentally-friendly biosolids for fertilizer and winter control products. In all, the CDGA completed four research projects in 2013, with two more currently ongoing. The Association’s ability to
conduct research should expand in the future with the vacated Manager of Turf Research position expected to be filled in early 2014. Dr. Nangle has been invited to speak at several events over the offseason, including a trio of superintendent education events and the winter turf conferences in Illinois, Wisconsin and Ohio. Dr. Nangle has also been published personally or collaboratively in five peer-reviewed journal articles this year, on topics including nematodes, seed germination and fertility. He also jointly completed the submission of a patent with three other individuals for Anthocyanin Elicitation. The program produced and distributed 23 scouting reports this season via email to superintendents, industry personnel and subscribers. The reports focused on information regarding climate, disease, weeds, insects and management strategies, with the purpose being to assist course superintendents through day-to-day processes with insights on best practices.
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Course Rating/Education Forty-seven CDGA member clubs received new course ratings in 2013, 34 clubs in the Chicago area and 13 in central Illinois. Participation was at or near capacity at each rating, with many ratings being oversubscribed due to the efforts of the Blue Coats and members of the course rating committee. Along with the ratings, the board and committee members came out in force to attend an annual USGA Course Rating Seminar at Midwest Golf House in May. The year marks the end of an era for the course rating committee, as Lawrence Schweik, retires from the post after serving more than a decade in that capacity. From an education perspective, the Association continues to hold the Club Leadership Conference in conjunction with other allied associations. The conference, held in March at Medinah Country Club, saw more than 200 individual attendees representing 50 private clubs from the Chicago District. The annual conference focuses on issues private clubs face in the areas of membership, finance, clubhouse, golf and greens. During the preseason, the Association hosted seven Rules of Golf workshops, both open to the public and for member clubs. Three basic Rules of Golf workshops were conducted in March, along with three member club workshops and a seminar on rules for the Chicago Women’s District Golf Association. Attendance across all seven workshops was nearly 250 individuals. In the fall, the CDGA hosted its annual Public Golf Round Table at Midwest Golf House. The event brings together course managers, owners and operators from public facilities to discuss the challenges they face and best practices in the current golf landscape. A total of 40 representatives attended the event.
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It was a challenging, yet successful, year in 2013 in communications for the CDGA as the Association continues to search for new ways to tell its story and communicate its value to golfers. Chicago District Golfer magazine continued to find its stride with timely features and lifestyle pieces delivered monthly during the season to members’ homes. Two features this year, “Golf’s Dream Day,” written by Matt Baylor in the August issue, and “Spare No Expense,” written by Len Ziehm in the September issue, generated more positive feedback to the staff than any other features published in the past five years. The third season of the Chicago District Golfer television show saw the production of a seventh episode, airing in November, focusing on travel and offseason tips. The other six episodes aired monthly between April and September on Comcast SportsNet Chicago. A total of 130,000 viewers caught one of the first six episodes (Nielsen data for the November/ December airings is not yet available). The My CDGA smartphone app is in use by more than 16,000 members who have downloaded the app onto more than 20,000 devices. Advertising was added to the app this year in order to capture the growing number of members utilizing the app as the portal to their CDGA membership. Socially, the Association’s following continues to expand, with more than 1,000 followers of @CDGAGolf on Twitter and more than 1,100 individuals choosing to connect with the CDGA
on Facebook. The CDGA Facebook page has expanded its fanbase by more than 20% this year, while the Association’s Twitter following grew 56% in 2013. The CDGA continues to maintain a presence on LinkedIn and YouTube and also expanded to add a Flickr account in 2013, showcasing photography by staff at various Association and Foundation events. The communications staff underwent a transition this year, with the manager of communications role being vacated at the beginning of the year. Jen Beshansky, a recent Northern Illinois University graduate, joined the CDGA in that capacity in June.
The 2013 season was rewarding for the Association in terms of corporate partnerships, as many corporate partners renewed deals with the Association, and four new partners entered into agreements. This year’s revenues declined slightly from all-time highs in 2012, but still managed the second-highest total in the history of the program. Partners have a variety of advertising options available to them throughout the CDGA’s communications vehicles, as well as the opportunity to present CDGA members with exclusive offers, which increase the value of Association membership. This year, on top of the traditional inventory of the magazine, television show, E-Revisions and website, the CDGA added a set of “Fairway Getaways” emails. These emails focused on special offers from CDGA member clubs and clubs within the region during the season and on travel destinations in the offseason. Fantasy Golf continued to grow this year, another opportunity for sponsors to engage with members. More than 1,200 members participated in at least one event, with the opportunity to win a prize by finishing in the top 10 or by winning a random participant draw. In addition, those participating throughout the season had an opportunity to win a season-long prize, a trip to Erin Hills.
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» MEMBERSHIP & COMPE TITIONS DEPAR TMENT The 99th year of the Chicago District Golf Association was a successful year from both a membership and competition perspective as the Association witnessed an increase in membership, while tournament registrations held steady. Association membership in 2013 topped 81,000 golfers, up slightly over the 2012 numbers. The number of CDGA member clubs stood at 399 at the end of the season. From a competition perspective, more than 2,000 individuals entered CDGA-sponsored events in 2013, with 2,443 total tournament entries submitted for the calendar, which runs from April through September. The Better Ball of Pairs series continued to show its popularity with 659 teams entering eight series events in an attempt to earn the right to advance to the annual series championship in September. A move to July for the Illinois State Amateur Championship saw a reduction in entries, down to 608 from more than 700 in 2012. The Association’s championship, the CDGA Amateur, had 312 entries for its 94th edition. New to the calendar in 2013 was the CDGA Super Senior Amateur Championship, which garnered 69 entries in its inaugural season. The 18-hole championship is played in gross and net flights, with CDGA members 65 years of age and older eligible to compete. In competition, recent NIU grad Bryce Emory won the 94th CDGA Amateur Championship, defeating Blake Johnson, 2 and 1 in the 36-hole final match at Edgewood Valley Country Club. Emory is a CDGA member at Aurora Country Club. Tom Miler,
a member at Kewanee Dunes, won the CDGA Senior Amateur Championship for a record third time, besting Dave Ryan at Elgin Country Club. In state competitions, Tee-K Kelly, a Wheaton native and member of the Ohio State University golf team, carded four birdies in the final 10 holes to win the 83rd Illinois State Amateur Championship at Aldeen Golf Club. Todd Mitchell of Bloomington extended his own record number of victories in the Illinois State Mid-Amateur, winning for the fourth time in the past six years. At the Illinois State Senior Amateur, Dave Ryan of Taylorville won by eight strokes, denying Tom Miler’s bid to become the first three-time winner in that event. With a victory in the State Mid-Am, a top-5 finish at the State Amateur and a quarterfinal appearance at the U.S. MidAm, Todd Mitchell easily locked up both the CDGA Player of the Year and Central Illinois Player of the Year awards. It was a record-tying third CDGA award for Mitchell, equalling the trio Rich Dukelow earned in 1996, ‘99 and 2001. The Central Illinois award extended Mitchell’s record haul to eight; no other player has won that award more than three times. On the strength of a U.S. Mid-Am appearance, a victory in the State Senior Am and runner-up finish at the CDGA Senior, Dave Ryan added a fourth CDGA Senior Player of the Year award to his trophy case. Ryan has won the award in all but one year of his senior eligibility. The fourth award breaks a tie with Joel Hirsch for the most Senior POY awards of all time.
» BY THE NUMBERS: CDGA MEMBERSHIP
81,228: Total number of individual CDGA members 43,266: Members of private clubs (53.3%) 35,843: Members of public courses (44.1%) 2,119: IJGA members with CDGA membership (2.6%) 36,245: CDGA Gold members (44.6% of total members) 34,870: Private CDGA Gold members (96.2% of Gold) 1,375: Public CDGA Gold members (3.8% of Gold)
399: Total CDGA member clubs 234: Public course members of the CDGA (58.6%) 132: Private club members of the CDGA (33.1%) 17: Clubs without real estate (4.3%) 16: Semi-private clubs with CDGA membership (4.0%) 380: Number of clubs within the state of Illinois (95.2%) 19: Clubs outside of the Land of Lincoln (4.8%) 88: CDGA Gold Member clubs (22.1%)
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DATE EVENT TBA-Apr. or May Centennial Team Championship April 22 Better Ball of Pairs #1 May 5 U.S. Open Local Qualifying May 6 CDGA Senior Better Ball of Pairs Championship May 12 Better Ball of Pairs #2 U.S. Open Local Qualifying May 13-14 23rd Illinois State Amateur Public Links Championship May 19 USGA Women’s Open Qualifying May 19-22 13th CDGA Senior Amateur Championship May 21 CDGA Amateur Qualifier May 27 14th CDGA Amateur Public Links Championship CDGA Amateur Qualifier May 28 CDGA Amateur Qualifier June 4 53rd Radix Cup Matches Better Ball of Pairs #3 USGA Women’s Amateur Public Links Qualifying June 5 Illinois State Amateur Qualifier June 9 Illinois State Amateur Qualifier CDGA Amateur Qualifier June 10 Illinois State Amateur Qualifier June 12 Illinois State Amateur Qualifier Illinois State Amateur Qualifier Illinois State Amateur Qualifier June 16 Illinois State Amateur Qualifier June 17 U.S. Amateur Public Links Qualifying June 18 Illinois State Amateur Qualifier Illinois State Amateur Qualifier June 19 Illinois State Amateur Qualifier U.S. Amateur Public Links Qualifying June 23 U.S. Senior Open Qualifying June 23-26 95th CDGA Amateur Championship June 30 U.S. Junior Amateur Qualifying July 1 Better Ball of Pairs #4 July 7 U.S. Amateur Qualifying U.S. Women’s Amateur Qualifying July 11 U.S. Amateur Qualifying July 15-17 84th Illinois State Amateur Championship July 21 U.S. Amateur Qualifying July 24 Better Ball of Pairs #5 July 30 U.S. Mid-Amateur Qualifying July 31 U.S. Mid-Amateur Qualifying August 4 Better Ball of Pairs #6 U.S. Mid-Amateur Qualifying August 5 Illinois State Mid-Amateur Qualifier August 6 Illinois State Mid-Amateur Qualifier August 7 Illinois State Mid-Amateur Qualifier August 11 Better Ball of Pairs #7 August 13 2nd CDGA Super Senior Championship August 18 USGA Senior Amateur Qualifying August 21 Illinois State Senior Amateur Qualifier August 25 Illinois State Senior Amateur Qualifier August 26-27 22nd Illinois State Mid-Amateur Championship September 2 7th CDGA Better Ball of Pairs Championship September 8 3rd CDGA Par-3 Championship September 9 12th CDGA Mid-Amateur Championship Sept. 15-17 28th Illinois State Senior Amateur Championship September 18 43rd CDGA Mixed Championship September 22 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Qualifying September 29 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Qualifying October 6 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Qualifying October 16 Centennial Founders Club Championship
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SITE (CITY) Midlothian CC (Midlothian) The Glen Club (Glenview) George Dunne National (Oak Forest) Flossmoor CC (Flossmoor) Ruth Lake CC (Hinsdale) Knollwood Club (Lake Forest) Harborside Int’l GC (Chicago) Indian Hill Club (Winnetka) Calumet CC (Homewood) Evanston GC (Skokie) Whisper Creek GC (Huntley) Royal Hawk CC (St. Charles) Pontiac Elks CC (Pontiac) Oak Park CC (River Grove) Prestwick CC (Frankfort) Sportsman’s CC (Northbrook) Kankakee Elks CC (St. Anne) Fox Bend GC (Oswego) Innsbrook CC (Merrillville, Ind.) Steeple Chase GC (Mundelein) PrairieView GC (Byron) Panther Creek CC (Springfield) Green Hills GC (Mt. Vernon) Lake Bluff GC (Lake Bluff) Ironwood GC (Normal) Sanctuary GC (New Lenox) The Den at Fox Creek (Bloomington) Bartlett Hills GC (Bartlett) Senica’s Oak Ridge Golf (LaSalle) Village Links of Glen Ellyn (Glen Ellyn) Hinsdale GC (Clarendon Hills) Schaumburg GC (Schaumburg) Stonewall Orchard GC (Grayslake) Weibring GC (Normal) Ravisloe CC (Homewood) Heritage Bluffs GC (Channahon) Cantigny Golf (Wheaton) Onwentsia Club (Lake Forest) Calumet CC (Homewood) Riverside GC (North Riverside) Bull Valley GC (Woodstock) Hawthorn Woods CC (Hawthorn Woods) Red Tail Run GC (Decatur) Balmoral Woods CC (Crete) Stone Creek GC (Urbana) Highland Park CC (Highland Park) Itasca CC (Itasca) Kankakee CC (Kankakee) Rich Harvest Farms (Sugar Grove) Marengo Ridge G&CC (Marengo) Blackberry Oaks GC (Bristol) Flossmoor CC (Flossmoor) Kemper Lakes CC (Kildeer) Lost Dunes (Bridgman, Mich.) Bridges of Poplar Creek CC (Hoffman Estates) Royal CC (Long Grove) River Forest CC (Elmhurst) Deerpath GC (Lake Forest) Highlands of Elgin GC (Elgin) Cinder Ridge GC (Wilmington) Hinsdale GC (Clarendon Hills)
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PRESIDENT David Haverick The Club at Strawberry Creek
VICE PRESIDENT AT LARGE Steven S. Birky Danville CC
TREASURER C. Daniel Cochran Biltmore CC
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT Michael Grandinetti Calumet CC
VICE PRESIDENT AT LARGE Gary B. Koch At Large
GENERAL COUNSEL John A. Childers Elgin CC
SECOND VICE PRESIDENT Sheldon Solow Briarwood CC
SECRETARY Mike Nass Cantigny Golf
EX-OFFICIO Keith Frankland Village Greens of Woodridge
GOVERNORS
Thomas R. Artz...............................................................................Sportsman’s CC William R. Buecking.............................................................................. Biltmore CC Edward T. Clissold...................................................................... Westmoreland CC Robert J. Cunningham.....................................................................Indian Hill Club Jeffrey D. Echt..................................................................................Lake Shore CC Kevin Gratkowski....................................................................................Lost Dunes Michael Griem........................................................................................Exmoor CC J. Loren Hall..................................................................................... Blackstone GC John Henderson, M.D. .....................................................................Arrowhead CC Jack Kieckhefer.................................................................. Mauh-Nah-Tee-See CC
James B. Madison, M.D. ............................................................................. Illini CC Dennis A. Reed..........................................................................................Pekin CC Michael J. Scheer...............................................................................LaGrange CC Don Schwarz....................................................................................... Prestwick CC Phillip Shannabarger............................................................. The Den at Fox Creek Gerald Skoning..................................................................................Cog Hill G&CC Richard J. Skrodzki.............................................................................LaGrange CC Rebecca A. Smith.................................................................................Oak Park CC A. Glenn Stith.................................................................................... Arrowhead GC Mike Sullivan..................................................................................Bloomington CC
David Allard................................................................................ Olympia Fields CC Louise Allard................................................................................................At Large Tom Allison.............................................................................................Beverly CC Philip Angelini......................................................................... Edgewood Valley CC Robert Bach..................................................................................... Mt. Hawley CC Randall Becker....................................................................................Winnetka GC Daniel M. Blouin......................................................... Village Greens of Woodridge Pryce Boeye................................................................................TPC at Deere Run Dan Callahan...............................................................................................At Large Michael Camino..........................................................................Conway Farms GC Dan Cermak..............................................................................Downers Grove GC Ralph Chapman..........................................................................................At Large Frank Charhut......................................................................................Wilmette GC Steven L. Cherveny.........................................................................White Pines GC Henry Close.............................................................................................Aldeen GC David Crockett.............................................................................................At Large Robert L. Cunningham....................................................................... Turnberry CC Timothy Daw..................................................................................... Flossmoor CC Robert Dewey.......................................................................................CC of Peoria Michael J. Dickman...............................................................................Calumet CC Anthony Dobush............................................................................Randal Oaks GC John Drennan......................................................................................Ivanhoe Club Keith Dunkelbarger..........................................................................Sunset Hills GC Martin Durkin...................................................................................... Butterfield CC John Dushney............................................................................... Bowes Creek CC David A. Esler................................................................................. Black Sheep GC Bill Fates................................................................................................... Itasca CC Anthony Ferino................................................................................. Arrowhead GC William Finn, M.D. ..............................................................................Riverside GC Michael Forde..............................................................................................At Large Buzz Frank.............................................................................................. Skokie CC Dennis Freund.................................................................................. Blackstone GC Jim Fruin........................................................................................... Crestwicke CC Larry J. Fulgenzi...............................................................................Old Wayne GC Thomas Gehr.................................................................................Sportsman’s CC Ronald Gray................................................................................. Twin Orchard CC Bill Green........................................................................................ Lake Carroll GC Gregory Grygiel.......................................................................... Heritage Bluffs GC Eugene N. Halladay.............................................................................Hinsdale GC John L. Hammond, II...........................................................................Evanston GC Robert Hinton..............................................................................Panther Creek CC Bill Inglese..............................................................................................Exmoor CC Jack Ingold.........................................................................................Lake Bluff GC George Jameson............................................................................. Glen View Club
Deborah Taylor Johnson.....................................................................Evanston GC Betty Kaufmann............................................................................... Knollwood Club Peter Keffer.............................................................................................Aldeen GC Karl Keller, D.D.S. .....................................................................Kankakee Elks GC Tom Kierna.....................................................................................Crystal Lake CC Laurence J. LaBoda....................................................................Kemper Lakes CC Frank LaFranco............................................................................... Knollwood Club Josh Lesnik.......................................................................................The Glen Club R. Scott Malmgren...............................................................................Glen Oak CC Bob Malpasuto...................................................................................Kankakee CC David Matasar........................................................................................Idlewild GC John Mattson.........................................................................................Big Foot CC Hugh R. McCombs..............................................................................Oak Park CC Michael Millhouse........................................................................... River Forest CC David Mortell............................................................................Balmoral Woods CC Thomas E. Mott....................................................................................Rockford CC Edward Mulcahy.................................................................................Midlothian CC Kenneth Murphy................................................................................... Medinah CC H. Steven Nichols.............................................................................Champaign CC James J. O’Hagan............................................................................ Park Ridge CC Ronnie Oakes..................................................................................Bartlett Hills GC John Ozag....................................................................................Rolling Green CC John Paladino...................................................................................Forest Hills CC Arthur W. Peters.................................................................................Ruth Lake CC Ronald Potter................................................................................. White Eagle GC John Reid............................................................................................ Deerfield GC James Rolfe......................................................................................Northmoor GC Michael Rooney.......................................................................... Butler National GC Tom Roth............................................................................................ Inverness GC James F. Rudwall................................................................................Ivanhoe Club Joe Salierno..................................................................................Bowes Creek CC Martin Salzman................................................................................Lake Shore CC Brian Shahinian..............................................................................Foxford Hills GC James Siemers........................................................................... Steeple Chase GC Laura Spring..................................................................................... St. Charles CC James Troy................................................................................ Crystal Tree G&CC Kenneth Urbaszewski.......................................................................... Deerfield GC Debbie VanSistine.............................................................. Mauh-Nah-Tee-See CC Anthony M. Viola.............................................................................. Park Ridge CC Ben Waldie....................................................................................... St. Charles CC Joe Williamson.................................................................................Briar Ridge CC James E. Winslow.............................................................................. Inverness GC J.C. Wise.............................................................................Plum Tree National GC
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MATT BAYLOR Senior Director of Communications
ANDREW LOUTHAIN Senior Director of Corporate Partnerships
BRITTANY OTTOLINI Senior Director of Administration
JEN BESHANSKY Manager of Communications
ROBERT MARKIONNI Executive Director
CHRISTOPHER PAINTER Green Superintendent & Facility Manager
LYNN BOYD Director of Handicapping
NICOLE MUNROE Assistant Green Superintendent & Facility Manager
JOHN PETRARCA Senior Director of Club Relations
JODI CIOTTI Senior Director of Membership & Competitions
DR. ED NANGLE Director of Turfgrass Programs
SHEILA PETRARCA Director of Association Administration
RYAN GODFROY Manager of Information Technology
ALEX NOLLY Director of Foundation Administration
NICKOLAS SCILLIA Manager of Competitions & Rules
RICK LeHEW Director of Field Services
CHRIS OFLOY Director of Finances
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TIM SCHMIDT Foundation Camp Intern
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Edward O. Miller Mr. Edward Miller, a CDGA Past President from Rolling Green Country Club, passed away in November. Mr. Miller served as a Blue Coat for 13 years. During his tenure, he held the office of president (1995-97), course rating committee chairman and made contributions to the Foundation.
» IN MEMORIAM: C ARL HOPPHAN (1932-2013) Carl Hopphan, Illinois Golf Hall of Fame member and Sunshine Through Golf Foundation employee, passed away in May at the age of 80. After a hall of fame career as a golf course superintendent at Aurora Country Club and Evanston Golf Club, Hopphan officially joined the Foundation staff in 2006 as a consultant, assisting with both the fundraising for and upkeep of the Three-Hole Sunshine Course at Midwest Golf House. Though he only worked at Midwest Golf House for seven years, throughout his time as a superintendent, he was active with the CDGA and was one of the driving forces in the creation of the CDGA Turfgrass Program in the mid-1980s. Hopphan also was involved in the design and construction of the Sunshine Course in 2003. Because of his tireless efforts, he received the CDGA’s highest honor that year when he was presented with the Association’s Distinguished Service Award. Working 43 years as a superintendent, Hopphan also garnered many awards and accolades, including serving as President of both the Midwest Association of Golf Course Superintendents and Chicagoland Association of Golf Course Superintendents. In addition to the CDGA DSA honor,
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Hopphan also received the same honor from the Illinois Turfgrass Foundation. He spent more than half a century as a member of both the regional and national golf course superintendent associations. Hopphan dedicated his life to the game of golf, first bringing more enjoyment to golfers by innovative greenkeeping methods, ensuring that golfers for decades had the best possible turf to play the game. Over the past decade, his focus changed, working to bring joy to special needs individuals, both by his volunteerism and dedication to the Sunshine Through Golf Foundation camp program, and by his tireless efforts to fundraise and promote the Foundation--even competing in the organization’s 100-hole golf marathon in 2011 at the ripe young age of 78. His contributions to the Association, the Foundation and the game of golf will be missed. In honor of Hopphan’s dedication to the game and the Sunshine Through Golf Foundation, an oak tree was planted next to the first tee of the Three-Hole Sunshine Course at Midwest Golf House following his passing. Next spring, a bench will be erected next to the tree along with a plaque of remembrance.
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