THE SAND TRAP Sacramento Chapter Mexican-American Golf Association

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1 2019 Leadership President Art Vejar Vice President Alfred Martinez Secretary Gracie Vasquez Treasurer Joyce Baral Sgt. At Arms Jesus Galvan Board of Directors. Celia Cervantes, Ernie Cervantes, Jamie Kirk, Marta Martinez, Mickie & Rudy Hernandez,, Gil Zaragoza, Diana Galvan Handicap Tourney. Dir. Mickie Hernandez Membership Juniors Gil Zaragoza Rules TBA Social Volume 20, Issue 1 Art Vejar January 2019 Sunshine/Historian Celia Cervantes THE SAND TRAP Sacramento Chapter Mexican-American Golf Association President s Sand Shot JAN 2019 Greetings Sacramento MAGA Golfers, Welcome to the 2019 golf season. I hope everyone enjoyed the holidays and are now ready to play some good golf. Forget last year's bad golf, we are going to play some good golf this season - "More birdies". I hope everyone is paid up for this year's membership, if not you can call our Membership Chairperson,, and she will help you. Please visit the web site for the latest information, our web site manager is Mike Gutierrez, and he has done a great job handling our site. The web site is: sacmaga.org. If you need the 2019 schedule, you are in luck. This issue contains the 2019 Schedule and you always find it our web site or you can get it from our Tournament Director, Mickie Hernandez. SacMAGA's big event is coming up real soon. The Annual Dinner/Dance and installation of officers will be on January 26. Please plan to attend with your family and friends. We especially want last year's champions to attend so that they can receiver their awards. Mickie will notify these members. Our caterer for the dinner will be Mike Andrade. He also catered for us last year. His food is delicious and we are honored that he decided to come out of retirement to cook for us again. For your entertainment, Latin Touch, will perform for us. They are a great band with very talented musicians, so even if you don't dance, come and enjoy the music. An integral part of this annual event is our raffle. This raffle is important because it provides us with the necessary funds to keep our club going. We have great raffle prizes so please purchase your share of raffle tickets to help this organization continue to thrive. Your officers will be selling these tickets. All the information about this dinner/dance is provided in this newsletter. Please plan to attend and prepare to have a great time and also help keep this club going strong. Thank you for your membership and I hope to see you all on the golf course. Arturo "Art" Vejar President SACMAGA Chartered 1968

2 January The Sand Trap Page 2 Tournament Director Welcome to Sacrament MAGA s 51st Annual Golf Season I hope you and your family had a happy and safe holiday. February is the beginning of our chapter s golf year. The Coupon books and Schedule cards are at the printers, so as soon as I get them they will be mailed to you. I know that sending a check along with your coupon is a problem for some members who do not have a checking account. If this is a problem, please call me at (916) I hope you enjoy the tournaments scheduled for you this year. All of the tournaments are shotgun starts so that you can spend time after, visiting and getting to know your fellow MAGA members, while waiting for the final scores. All of the prizes are given out as soon as possible. We are very fortunate to have Reene Smith and doing the scoring and Joyce Baral, our treasurer, and I preparing the gift certificates and prize money. Special Events: Awards/Dinner Dance Presentation January 26, 2019 The awards to our 2018 Club Champions will be presented at our annual Dinner Dance. Art Gavia Susan McAlister Overall Mens Low Gross Champion Overall Ladies Low Gross Champion Art Gavia 1st Flight Low Gross D. (Lucky) Gonzales 1st Flight Low Net Alfred Martinez 2nd Flight Low Gross Alex Fortis 2nd Flight Low Net Travis Jager 3rd Flight Low Gross Larry Lasick 3rd Flight Low Net Susan McAlister Ladies Flight Low Gross Marta Martinez Ladies Flight Low Net Mickie Hernandez Ladies Flight 2nd Low Net Tournament of Champions Red Jacket Art Vejar Joyce Baral Men Flight Ladies Flight

3 January The Sand Trap Page 3 Tournament Director - Continued Western Regional Tournament San Antonio, Texas May 31st June 1, 2, Fliers to follow Northern Council Club Championship and 8-Person Team Tournament June 8, 2019, Chardonnay GC, Napa, California The team representing Sacramento will be selected from the members playing in the February, March, and April chapter tournaments. MAGA State Tournament August 30,31, September 1, 2019 This year the Sacramento Chapter will be hosting the MAGA State Tournament. We will be playing Turkey Creek and Lincoln Hills Golf Courses for the state tourney. In order to make this tournament a success we are going to need the support of the whole chapter. We will be putting together committees to handle the different phases of this tournament. Please volunteer to help your club. More information to follow once we get this year started. Wishing you a Happy New Golfing Year. Stay Healthy. See you on the course. Mickie Hernandez, Tournament Director (916) , mickierudyh@sbcglobal.net Membership 2019 Happy New Year Sacramento MAGA Golfers, Welcome to our 2019 season. I want to thank the 60 members who renewed their memberships before the December 31, 2018 deadline. I hope the remaining members will renew before our February 9th tournament. Remember to add $10 to the dues you would have paid prior to December 31, Call, text, or me if you don't have a membership application. Let's give a big welcome to our eight new members: Sandi Ballou Steve Fierro Susan Mano Gen Martinez Bernie Robledo Robert Valenzuela Jason Viramontes Loren Wallin Also welcome back Val & Becky Cassidy and Rodney Whitaker, who have been away from MAGA for a year or two. Please introduce yourselves to our new members at the course, and make them feel at home when they play in our tournaments. If you know any golfers who want to join MAGA or they have questions about our club, tell them to call or me or give me their name and phone number. I will provide them with information and membership applications. Membership Chairperson stephanie.hernandez2626@yahoo.com (916)

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5 January The Sand Trap Page Officers Several members were contacted in hopes of adding new officers to the Executive Board and Board of Directors. Some of our elected Board members agreed to stay on for another year. We are very thankful to them for all the work they do to keep our chapter of MAGA going. We do have a young lady who was our Junior Golfer, a regular member, went off to College, got her degree and is now a member of the Board of Directors. We welcome Jamie Kirk as a member of the Board and thank her for committing her time. Congratulations to the 2019 MAGA Officers! Executive Board Art Vejar Al Martinez Gracie Vasquez Joyce Baral Jesus Galvan President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Sgt. At Arms Board of Directors Celia Cervantes Diana Galvan Rudy Hernandez Jamie Kirk Gil Zaragoza Ernie Cervantes Mickie Hernandez Marta Martinez On behalf of our membership I wish to thank all of the newly elected members of the Executive Board and Board of Directors for their dedication and invaluable service to the Sacramento Chapter of the Mexican American Golf Association. Rudy Hernandez, Election Chairman Chairs & Tourney Committee Appointed Chairpersons Tournament Committee Handicap Juniors Membership Sunshine Webmaster Social Rules Gil Zaragoza Celia Cervantes Mike Gutierrez Art Vejar TBA Tournament Director: Mickie Hernandez Scoring Committee: Joyce Baral Reene Smith

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7 January The Sand Trap Page 7 Oct. - Haggin Oaks, T.O.C 1st Flight: LG Joe Angel 79, LN Jack Prioletti 65 2nd Flight: LG Art Vejar 83, LN Darold Facchini 67 3rd Flight: LG Bobbie Cross 90, LN Don Noyes 72 Wmn Flight: LG Rubie Herrera 89, LN Patsy Serviss 69, 2N Lillie Blea 70 Closest To The Pin: # 3 David Gonzales 24'2", Janet Lasick 24'6" #$6 Darold Facchini 18'4" #12 Patsy Serviss 24'4", Travis Jager 31'9" #14 Robert Valenzuela 8'9", Jack Prioletti 19'6" #16 Robert Valenzuela 6'1", Tom Fortis 6'3" Joe Angel - Did you buy yours yet? Skins 1st Flight: #6 Jack Prioletti, #8 Alex Fortis, #16 D. (Lucky) Gonzales Skins 2nd Flight: #1 Travis Jager, #5 Bobbie Cross, #6, #8, #9 Patsy Serviss, #11 Jesus Galvan, #14 Nov. - Bart Cavanaugh, Turkey Shoot First Flight 1st Art Vejar & Christian Osuna 61 2nd Ray Gomez & Mike Gutierrez 65 3rd Joe Angel & Joe Garcia 65 Second Flight 1st Rosendo Garcia & Rosendo Jr. 52 2nd Rudy & Mickie Hernandez 66 3rd Joyce Baral & 68 Closest To The Pin #$5 Christian Osuna 4'3" # 8 Art Gavia 4'4", Joe Garcia 7' #12 Art Vejar 20'11.5", J. Barrenchea 24'11" #17 Joe Angel 6'5", Jack Prioletti 10'6"

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9 January The Sand Trap New Rules Page 9 The 20 Most Important 2019 USGA Rules 1. Search Time - Reduced from 5 minutes to 3 mins. 2. Ball Moved During Search - Replace no penalty. 3. Embedded Ball - Free relief anywhere through the course. 4. Measuring a Drop - Use longest club (except putter). 5. Dropping - Drop from knee height rather than shoulder. 6. Taking stance on wrong green is not permitted. Move ball off green no closer to hole, no penalty. 7. Ball Unintentionally Hits Player or Equipment - No penalty. 8. Double Hit - No penalty, now only counts as the 1 stroke. 9. Touching sand in bunker incidentally is permitted. Touching sand directly in front of or behind ball, still 2 penalty strokes. 10. Loose impediments can be removed anywhere including hazards. 11. Dropping a Ball Out of Bunker - 2 penalty strokes 12. Water Hazards - Now called "penalty areas." 13. Touching Ground in Penalty Area - No penalty. 14. Ball Moves on Green After Being Marked - Replace no penalty. 15. Ball Accidentally Moved on Putting Green - Replace no penalty. 16. All damage to green can now be repaired. 17. Positioning a club for alignment is not permitted. 18. Caddie assisting with alignment is now not permitted. 19. Putting with flag stick in hole is now permitted. 20. Ball wedged against flag stick and side of hole is now deemed as holed. These Rules of Golf went into effect January 1, Click on the USGA URL (web address) to see further details online. NCGA Indexes Please remember to post all your scores, even your 9-hole scores. If you are unable to post your score, call or text me ( ). Please include the date you played, golf course, tees you played from, and your adjusted score. I will post your score. Handicap Chairperson

10 In Chinese philosophy, yin and yang, ("dark-bright", "negative-positive") describes how seemingly opposite or contrary forces may actually be complementary, interconnected, and interdependent in the natural world, and how they may give rise to each other as they interrelate to one another. The Sand Trap, Sacramento MAGA, P.O. Box , Sacramento, CA 95816