Happy the
Landings Yacht, goLf & tennis cLub
VOL. 37 NO. 4
IN THIS ISSUE
Landings Another Seabreeze Publication
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APRIL 2024
Scenes from 12th Annual Landings Music Festival
Keeping the greens…green!
See LMGA page 1 This Year’s Champs!
See LMGA page 1 See Tennis Corner page 9 See Mariner’s Cove page 12 Meet the Easter Bunny
See Festival page 3 Busy as a Beaver!
See Golf Corner page 6 Reporters Needed!
See Bulletins page 6 Happy Landings
Rob Hannen and his “It’s 5 O’clock Somewhere” show and “Chart Busters,” featuring music from the birth of rock and roll through to today’s styles and sounds. Another fun and exciting night to remember!!
LMGA: Around the Greens By Bentley Collins The big event for February was the LMGA Club Championship which was intended to be a threeday tournament with play on Saturday the 17th, Sunday the 18th and a final round with just the top 40% of the field participating, on Wednesday the 21st. But due to poor weather on the 18th, the event was shortened to two days. This was a new format for 2024 and time will tell if the members favor this or the match play format that had been played in the past. The 2024 Club Champions in their respective flights are as follows: Championship Flight (no handicaps) 1st Place - Pat Milkovich 2nd Place - Dick Cooper 3rd Place - Don Eichenberger Flight 1 1st Place - Jim Koeger 2nd Place - Steve Hooper 3rd Place - Rick Suter Flight 2 1st Place - Gary Mizzi 2nd Place - Marlin Konstant 3rd Place - Joe Wolcin Flight 3 (players over the age of 75) 1st Place - Bob Carlson 2nd Place - Charles Tylander 3rd Place – Joe Brennan
Congratulations to all winners! You can proudly carry the title of “Club Champion” until next year’s event. Occasionally I am asked about the finances of the LMGA. We do carry a healthy balance in our accounts for most of the year, but our only revenue source is membership fees which all come in during December of each year. - Our monthly brunch charges from Food and Beverage have risen to almost $20 per person. - We support several causes during the year including an employee Christmas bonus. - We take Rocky Ford and his entire staff out for lunch in March each year. - We help individuals in need when events such as the tornado of 2020 and Hurricane Ian, which devastated our community and caused tremendous personal losses for some of the golf course employees. - The LMGA added funds to the Club Championship this year in order to keep participation fees to a minimum. Year on year we try to break even but keep a strong balance available for special PRSRT STD needs. We are in US POSTAGE a good financial PAID condition at this FT MYERS FL PERMIT 751 time. Hit ‘em straight and enjoy these fine April days on the best maintained golf course in SW Florida.
Annual thank you luncheon for Rocky Ford and his amazing staff