2024 Membership Meeting
Meeting called to order by David Mahoney on December 7th at 10:00am.
David Mahoney / President
2024 Governor’s Open. The Governor’s Open was successful having 172 participants. Troy Woody and the entire Governor’s Open Committee was recognized for their efforts on the tournament, especially Kyle Fisher for his work on the GO website. Recognition was given to the sponsors: WesBanco ($7k), FRMC ($5K), Bluestone Landscape ($3K), and a host of $1K donors. Proceeds from the Governor’s Open will be going to the following charities: $2500 – Access Soup Kitchen & Men’s Shelter, $2500 – Simon House Family Shelter, $1500 – local high school golf teams, $1000 – JHLGC, $1000 – Humane Society, $500 – Knight’s of Columbus. Juniper Hill GC will receive $3000 for course improvement projects (tee box leveling).
Warren and Mark were recognized for their continued work throughout the year.
Warren Mitchell / Vice President
2024 tournament schedule. Reviewed the schedule and participation per tournament. It was noted that our 2-man events are the most popular. There are 14 tournaments on the schedule – 12 are JHGA member tournaments and two (The Frankfort City Tournament and the Governor’s Open) are “open” tournaments hosted by JHGA.
Tournament payouts. Reviewed association tournament receipts and payouts. 97% of tournament entry fees were paid out to tournament participants.
Membership dues. Association dues ($50) will remain unchanged in 2025. $27 per membership goes to KGA for GHIN handicap system. The remaining $23 per membership covers JHGA operating expenses.
2025 tournament schedule. The dates and formats for the 2025 schedule will remain essentially unchanged. It was requested by members present at the meeting that the Bean Soup format be changed from a gross to net event. It was also requested that in the future, pairings for all tournaments be emailed to all JHGA members regardless of whether they are playing in the tournament.
Default Tees. In 2025 default tees will be determined by Handicap Index: H.I. of 13.4 and below will play from the blue tees, H.I. of 13.5 and above will play from the white tees. This change will allow for more equitable distribution of flights and fairness within each flight.
One exception to the default tee breakdown will be the Club Championship: any member who wishes to compete for the title of Club Champion must declare their intention to play in the Championship Flight when they register for the tournament and play from the black tees.
Mark Whelan / Treasurer
2024 budget summary. Starting balance was $6,420.76. Ending balance was $13,160.46 plus $1,900 in outstanding payments for sign sponsorships. It was noted that the increase to the budget surplus was made possible by the success of the Governor’s Open as well as several cost saving changes made by the JHGA Board.
Board of Directors
Awards presentation. Jeff Bibb was recognized as the winner of the 2024 “Race for the Cup” and formally presented the JHGA Cup (sponsored by Ben’s Affordable Roofing, Ben Boggs). Brian Hiles was recognized as the 2024 Match Play Champion and presented the match play trophy in absentia. Warren was recognized as the senior champion of the City Championship, Club Championship, and Governor’s Open.
Election of Officers. The presiding officers were nominated (by Jeff Bibb) for reelection to their respective offices. The nomination was seconded and approved by unanimous vote of the members present.
2025 Officers. President - David Mahoney, Vice-President - Warren Mitchell, Treasurer - Mark Whelan, Secretary - Ken Phillips.
JHGA Officers present JHGA Cup to 2024 winner, Jeff Bibb