John Concannon, Publicity This month my subject for this column is someone known, not only to IMGA members, but throughout IronOaks; not because of his golf prowess, but, because of his current occupation. Don Dinkelman, in addition to his activity in IMGA, is what I call a vacation watch manager, but more on that later.…
John Concannon, Publicity The 2015 IMGA Member Guest Tournament was completed on February 17 and according to the reports, it was one of the most successful, if not the most successful, Member Guest tournaments held in recent years. The flight winners are (with guest in brackets): Flight 1: Joe Vitton (Greg Heimemann); Flight 2:…
My golfer of the month for April is none other than “Deano” Dean Bierly. Deano is probably one of the most recognizable IMGA members because of his many years behind the desk of the Ironwood Pro Shop. Deano was born in Washington, D.C. and was raised in suburban Maryland. While attending Oxon Hill high school…
John Concannon, Publicity This month the IMGA golfer of the month is none other than our six time club champion, Jack Lehmkuhl; (he also placed second five times in club championship competition). Jack grew up in the small town of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, located about 40 miles north of Green Bay. He was always active…
John Concannon, Publicity The main focus this month is on one of the premier events of our year, The Ironwood Cup Tournament. The overall winner is Mike Woldt. He also won the 1st flight with a total three day score of 177 followed by Bill Beltz (181) and Mark Saylor (185). Flight 2 was won…
John Concannon, Publicity As predicted in last month’s issue, the new Board of Directors was elected unanimously by the general membership in mid-December. The new board consists of Vice President John Skoworn, President Bill Beltz, Treasurer Dan Jonker and Secretary Gene McIntyre. Based on the initial board meeting I attended, IMGA is in good hands…
John Concannon, Publicity This month’s edition of the IMGA golfer of the month features a member who is well known to most if not all the members of IMGA. I guess every club has a member who stands out from the pack. One who, because of his physical presence, or his booming voice, or his…
John Concannon, Publicity January is here and I for one am not ready for 2015. What the heck happened to 2014? But, time does not stop for any of us, so onward we go. For those of you not present for the vote on the updated constitution (yes we have a constitution), it passed by…
John Concannon, Publicity The inaugural IMGA Golfer of the Month is none other than our outgoing president, Barry Ediss. Barry was born in Vancouver, B.C, several years ago and spent the first 33 years of his life living, learning and working there. Barry has always been active in sports playing soccer, slow pitch and rugby,…
John Concannon Publicity First of all, I want to thank the outgoing Board of Directors for the service to the Ironwood Men’s Golf Association during the past year. The Board members along with the dedicated chairmen have kept the association viable and enjoyable. Speaking of viability, Dan Jonker advised me that he has paid out…