On the Cover

Golf Advisory Chair Eileen Buskirk 206-450-6146 SCOVgolfadvisory@gmail.com Sep.-May, first Wed., 2 PM, WC3

Bermuda grass is now dormant. Painting is underway on both fairways and greens. Please use the email above to inform the advisory committee of your thoughts about course conditions. Remember, golfers need to follow the signage in place to control cart traffic and minimize wear and tear. Mike and his crew are Please keep all four tires on the cart path when by the tees and greens working to cut back vegetation that has been blocking views of the fairway from the tees. Hopefully, this is cutting down on errant golf shots and improving experiences. There’s also been more time dedicated to the bunkers. While sand is in short supply (they’re not making as much now) the crew is grooming them more often and working to make the sand more playable. Since the temperatures have dropped, the greens are being treated with the surfactants and hand watering. This will decrease the wet areas on the green surrounds. The Views 18-Hole Men’s Golf Club Pres. Michael Gerber 520-237-9767 Membership Darwin Priebe pribedar@msn.com Play Wed. AM

Now is a good time to appreciate the beauty of our golf course. Please remember to drive golf carts in designated areas. Divots in the fairways should be filled with sand and divots in the tee boxes should be filled with seed mixture. A good habit is to repair your divot and another close by if needed. The Views Golf Course etiquette stipulates that players use only designated restrooms located on the course.

This month’s play:

December 1 - Yellow Tee Scramble

December 8 - Bash

December 8 - 2 Man Shamble

December 15 - 2 Man Better Ball

December 22 - Individual Low Net

December 29 - Individual Stableford

Men’s Nine-Hole Golf Club Pres. Tod Milton 520-256-0962 theodore.r.milton@gmail.com Play Thu. morning

The Nine-Hole Club is now in full swing, and if you want to be a part of a great group of guys, you should join. We’d love to have you in our group. Just call our membership chair, Dave Chatterton 520-204-5636. More information about our club is available on the SCOV website. Welcome to adult winter camp everyone. We love it here, right? Locally grown red poinsettias Photo courtesy of Green Things Plant Nursery

The Views 18-Hole Women’s Golf Club Pres. Beckie Harkey bharkey2@gmail.com VP/Membership Rob Ranson phyllisranson@yahoo.com League play Tue. mornings

The Catalina Cup is a match play competition involving several nearby women’s golf clubs. Established in 1991, five clubs played in the first competition: Ventana, La Paloma, El Conquistador, SaddleBrooke and Vistoso (now known as The Views). Current club members, Barbara Hall, Margie Wischer and Rita Quinn are charter members of the Catalina Cup.

The Cup has now grown to ten local clubs. Six team members are divided into three flights and travel to each of the ten participating clubs to play one another. The Catalina season is November to May.

Each club designates team captains, who create the player roster each month. Our current Catalina Cup captains are Darlene Lamb and Patti Thompson. If you are a club member with a handicap of 26 or below, and are interested in participating in the Catalina Cup, please contact our captains: Darlene Catalina captains Darlene Lamb, left, and Patti Thompson dslamb48@gmail.com or Patti pattithompson914@gmail. The Views 9-Hole Women’s Golf Club Pres. Marilyn Tyreman thunderlaw70@yahoo.com 520-548-4483 Membership Carol Johnson johncjj@frontier.com 425-343-7138 Play Thu. mornings

We celebrated our first official game of the season with an ice cream sundae at our first general meeting. Thanks to JoAnn Matty and Sue Devaney for their creative genius. Thanks to Carol Johnson for increasing our club membership to 80-plus. We are open to new members any time of the year. Please visit The Views Golf Club website for additional information, or contact Carol Johnson. Our next general meeting is Thursday, December 2, 11:30 AM, Catalina Vista. Download the new Views app for mobile phones–it is a great resource for keeping score and has GPS capability.