FROM THE CLUB PRESIDENT TODD HALL
Thank you to our great golf and agronomy teams for another successful Club Championship. Congratulations to Robin Cole, Woman’s Club Champion, Steve “Bergie” Berg, Men’s Club Champion, and Jay Kernan, Men’s Senior Club Champion. Well played! You recently voted to elect Dick Danais, Sue Molina, and Gary Thalhuber to 3-year terms of the Tonto Verde Gold Club Board of Directors. The new Board recently elected the following as the 2025-26 officers: President Todd Hall Vice President Brenda Knott Secretary Gary Thalhuber Treasurer Sue Molina We all owe a huge thank you to Don “Doc” Holliday, who has served our Club as president for the last three years and has been directly involved in many projects, highlighted at Monday’s Annual Meeting, that have elevated our Club to premiere status.Doc will continue to serve on the Board until April 2026. Let’s also give a shout out to Carolyn Carter, who has served as Treasurer of the TVGC Board for the past three years. Carolyn has been a great steward of your monthly dues and capital fees and she is leaving the Club in a solid financial position.
Doc and Carolyn are just two of the many volunteers who generously give their time and talents to make golf-life better for the 859 golfers at our Club. By my rough count there are more than 90 members who selflessly volunteer as group commissioners, on committees, golf associations, golf event planning teams, and other activities…thank you all. “The greens are too slow…fast… inconsistent, the rough is too thick…too wet, the bunker lips are too steep…sand is to hard…too fluffy, the tee markers are the wrong colors, the green approaches are too wet, the patio furniture is the wrong color, etc., etc., etc..” We’ve all heard complaints like these over the last few years and my experience is they come after bad rounds of golf, three-putts and triple bogeys. Not so much after career best rounds. Let’s pause for a moment and consider how fortunate we are to call Tonto Verde Golf Club home. My wife, Lori, refers to Tonto Verde as my happy place; I hope it’s your happy place too. We should all give those Tonto Verde Golf Club volunteers and our golf and agronomy staff the benefit of the doubt that their actions are meant to improve our experience here. We can do this by treating each other (staff, volunteers and fellow members) with respect… assuming best intentions.
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