Torrey Pines Adaptive Golf Championship (message from from Michael Rodriguez and Matt Reyes) – posted 5-7-25
Hello Everyone,
Yesterday was an awesome day! On behalf of Michael Rodriguez and myself, we want to express our gratitude for everyone’s support and sponsorship of the third annual Torrey Pines Adaptive Golf Championship.
We received nothing but wonderful feedback, and many thanks for continuing to host our adaptive tournament.
Thank you to Justin Coxey, Kim Shoemaker, Jon Logan, and Carl Johnson, Torrey Pines Club Corp, for your staff’s great teamwork and customer service in assisting players with their tournament needs and contributing all the tee prizes, driving range, and cart services.
Thank you to Jakub Skyvara, Madison Shobe, and Richard Wallace of The Lodge at Torrey Pines for providing first-class customer service and an excellent luncheon.
Thank you to Megan Mahoney and Chris Spence, San Diego Junior Golf Association, for assisting with player registration and tournament scoring.
Thank you to TPMGC, Larry Prosi, the Club President, and Board Members for your amazing donation, which made the Tournament happen.
Thank you to all the TPMGC Volunteers. We greatly appreciate your time and support as ball spotters and player assistance. You provide a complete tournament experience.
Thank you to Kristi Fenick and Nick Hurd for your support, and Therapeutic Recreation Services for continuing to collaborate with the Golf Division.
Thank you to Greg Gagliardi, Chris Boudreau, Mark Wiese, Nico Sigala, Miguel Castillo, Gerry Garcia, Robert Geiler, Mark Brown, John Carterette, Vic Kramitz, and Caleb Olsen for your outstanding teamwork in managing daily and tournament operations.
Thank you to Devin Cullen, Travis Rebischke, and the entire Maintenance team for the great course conditions and setup. Players expressed how fair but still challenging the conditions were.
Thank you to David Lanni, Tim Graham, and John Howard for your support and leadership.
Best regards,
Michael V. Rodriguez Therapeutic Recreation Specialist & Volunteer Coordinator City of San Diego Parks and Recreation Therapeutic Recreation Services
and
MattyWayne Reyes Golf Course Manager City of San Diego Parks & Recreation – Golf Division
Balboa vs Torrey – 2025 City Cup Tournament Videos (posted 4-26-25)
See YouTube videos of our recent club matchup with the Balboa Mens Club (courtesy of Josh Ginsburg):
All-Member Club Meeting at Alesmith Brewery on Nov 19 at 6 PM (posted 11-7-24)
We are required by our by-laws to have two general membership meetings each year. We had one in June and our second will be coming up on Tuesday November 19 2024 at AleSmith brewery! This is the annual board election meeting, with final voting by acclamation for the slate of 8 candidates for the 8 open 2025/2026 Board positions. As a special added feature, AleSmith is hosting the first round of either a beer or soda for those in attendance! Plus, they are making their “golf simulator” available from 4:30 to 5:45. The Club will be hosting a special par 3 contest on the simulator for all members that arrive during that timeframe. Prizes to be awarded for closest to the pin!
We will also answer as many of your questions as we can. As in the past, I am asking that you send me your questions in advance, if possible, although we will be taking a few at the meeting. Please send your questions to Lprosi@san.rr..com by Monday the 18th. As always there will be many raffle items with the always exuberant Bob Hood presiding!
General Meeting ORDER OF BUSINESS:
Introduction of all guests.
Reading of minutes of previous meeting.
Treasurer’s report.
Secretary’s report – By acclimation, newly elected Board members announced
President’s report.
Adjournment
We Won! (Grand/Torrey Championship)(posted 8-2-24)
TPMGC Team (alphabetically): Duane Admire, George Arthur, Zach Borba, Wayne Brubaker, Roy Burchill, Steve Chang, Inho Choi, Sinhong Choi, Kelly Chong, Marc Couillard, Stuart Gross, Dan Hendrey, John Hoffman, Isaiah Ireys, Krishnarao Knandipati, Mark Moede, Nik Neal, Tim Nou, Jamie Ogle, Matt Regan, David Schock, Ganga Sharma, Duke Won, Michael Zucchet
Five years ago, The Grand, a private Golf Club in Del Mar asked our club if we would be interested in a home and away match. They wanted to offer this is a new benefit for membership at their club as their members were asking for access to play Torrey Pines. We made it happen on short notice in 2019 and now it’s an annual competition where all TPMGC members have a chance to qualify. It’s been a great five-year tradition… with one exception… we lost each year…. until 2024!
The 2024 matches took place at Torrey South on July 30 and at The Grand on July 31. Each of the 12 matches is a Fourball Nassau with 1 point for a win on each 9 and overall (0.5 for a tie). Since The Grand held the Cup, our team needed 36.5 point to capture it while the Grand needed only 36 to keep it. TPMGC prevailed at Torrey South by a score of 20.5-15.5. We have led each year after round 1 and each year The Grand beat us at their course by a larger margin. But not this year. At the Grand, we held on with a score of 16.5-19.5 resulting in an overall match result of Torrey 37 – The Grand 35. A key to our victory was two 3-0 match results at the Grand by the John Hoffman/Duane Admire team and the George Arthur/Isaiah Irey’s team.
We now proudly own the trophy and plan to keep for a long time. When the 2025 tournament schedule comes out, take note of the GT Cup Qualifying events if you want to try to qualify for the 2025 team.
Important Information About Your TPMGC Member Account(posted 8-6-24)
Payment from your member account is automatically taken to pay your tournament fee, penalties and green fees for some away tournaments.
Each member is responsible to ensure there are sufficient funds in his account to make these payments. Your CC on file with the SCGA cannot be used to fund this account, you must use PayPal on the website.
If you sign up for a tournament without enough funds in your account, you will receive at least two system generated emails reminding you to add funds to your account. If you fail to do so prior to the cancellation deadline, you will be removed from the tee sheet without notice.You cannot be reinstated into the tournament, so please ensure you have sufficient funds.
Tournament fees were recently increased to $20 so keep that in mind as you fund your account.
TPMGC Tournament of Champions(posted 2-21-24)
Your Board is pleased to announce a new annual major competition for TPMGC members –
The Tournament of Champions.
This will be a net tournament with 3 champions crowned each year – one each from the green, white and yellow tees. Each champion will receive a commemorative plaque and the honor of winning this competition. Since this will be another major tournament, the prize pool will be significantly larger.
How do you qualify? You must finish first or T1 (net winner only) in your flight in any TPMGC individual 2024 tournament. We already have several qualifiers from tournaments played since January 1. There will be tie breakers in effect if needed.
The tournament will be held during the first weekday tournament at Torrey Pines North in March 2025 and at the same time each year. Those competing from the white teeswill play Wednesday and those competing from green and yellow tees will play Thursday.
We hope you are excited about this new major tournament competition during 2024!
