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New Years Eve Dinner & Dancing

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

7:30pm - 12:30am $70 per person (tax & tip not included)

Dancing & Celebration Only

9:30pm - 12:30am $25 per person (includes drink tickets & entertainment)

Reservations Required, call 760.444.1881 or email: sprinzivalli@kempersports.com

The Super Bowlof Golf Tournament

Sunday, February 7th, 2010 Morning Shotgun Start

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CaLEnDar of EvEnTS SavE ThE DaTES

December 31 new Years Eve Dinner and Dancing Celebration

January 29 around The World Wine and food Tasting

February 4 The Super Bowl of Golf Tournament

14 valentines Day 5 Course Dinner

All events open to public

Important NoticeIf you have a handicap with the SCGA you need to know that the cut off to keep your handicap active and to guarantee the same number* is Tuesday, December 15, 2009.

The SCGa will be converting to the Ghin handicap system and will be accessible virtually nationwide.

To obtain a handicap through The Crossings at Carlsbad you must join The Crossings Club.

Memberships for:Carlsbad Residents $149,

San Diego County Residents $159 and Others $199

*Your number will most likely have an addition of a new pre-fix (the number 3) in most cases.

Congratulations to David Emerick

Awarded the Junior Golf Leader

of the Year for all of Southern California

by the Southern California PGA

Jeff Perry General Manager

This is the final part of a 4 part series on the history of The Crossings at Carlsbad. Part III can be found in our October Issue of The Currents. Avail-

able at the Clubhouse or online at www.thecross ingsatcar lsbad.com.

Golfers aren’t the only ones who benefit from The Crossings at Carlsbad. The new facil-ity offers a place for the community to meet, recreation in the form of expansive walking trails and a golf experience utilizing a parcel of land that would not have otherwise been de-veloped with such a focus on preserving the natural beauty and open space. The venue’s design encourages active recreation without disturbing nature.

Bridges – or crossings – were designed into the course to meet specific existing environ-mental and topographic conditions. The five crossings span protected areas and include environmentally sensitive design elements. The large rock and waterscape feature at holes 2 and 7, visible to passersby on College Boule-vard and Palomar Airport Road, recycles more than 6,500 gallons per minute.

The City’s approach to developing the golf course gave careful thought to ensuring a quality product for the end-users -- the people and organizations that work, play and visit the City throughout the year. The golf course was carefully incorporated into an important core area of the City of Carlsbad’s Habitat Man-agement Plan. This plan protects important environmental areas of the City and provides linkages with open space corridors. The trails system that weaves through the course is only one component of a much larger part of the City wide trail system. It is the hub of an exten-sive, connected trail system that will link with all City parks and provide an alternative mode of travel to citizens.

The course design incorporates a multitude of features that allow the player to choose not only the length of the hole but also the manner in which they play it. Different options for club selection from the teeing area and approach shots will compel players to think twice before making their choices as they move through the golf course surrounded by the natural coastal habitat environment which has been painstak-ingly conserved by the course designer. The contrast of color and design of “nature vs. man-made” presents a unique artist’s palette perspective. While the predominant theme of the design was to preserve the existing habi-tats and expansive City trail system, the course offers an aesthetically pleasing yet challeng-ing and fun experience.

The two decade development process included working with multiple government agencies and community stakeholders to deliver an exemplary product for not only the golfers who will enjoy a challenging, recre-ational and beautiful golf experience, but for the community as a whole.

To help pay for the project, two large industrial pads have been set aside for future development. They are located on both sides of College Boulevard near the intersection of Palomar Airport Road. Those pads are zoned Planned Industrial and currently valued at over $15 million. The sale of both pads could pay back much of the debt to the City of funds it advanced to the Golf Course Enterprise Fund for this worthwhile community project.

THE HIsTORy BEHInD THE CROssInGs AT CARlsBAD PART Iv

Butkys wins Carlsbad City Amateur

Championship

By ElI MIllERPublished: December, 2009

Kris Butkys won a pair of prominent local amateur events in november — the Carlsbad City at The Crossings at Carlsbad in san Diego County and the High Desert Amateur at Green Tee Golf Course in victorville.

On november 7-8, Butkys shot a 7-under-par 137 at the par-72 Crossings layout to win the overall net title. Jim Mun-yon won the overall net flight and Richard Trejo captured the overall senior flight also with scores of 137.

Other scores from the second annual Carlsbad City Championship:

Batiquitos Flight (up to a 1 handicap, gross)

sejoon yoon, 138Raghan Wahi, 140Greg Garcia, 146

San Elijo Flight

(2-8 handicap, net)

Parker Huston, 144Mark niess, 145

Martin Junor, 146

Palomar Flight (8 and above handicap, net)

John Usilton, 138John Ackerman, 146

David Pennington, 150

This article orginally appeared on southland’s Golf website:

www.southlandgolfmagazine.com.

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THE CROSSINGS AT CARLSBAD | December 09

Gary GlaserPGA, Director of Golf

Ground under repair and the definition of its boundaries often create ruling questions. Hopefully, this example will shed some light on the situation. Rule 25-1a/1 - Ball outside of Ground Under Repair area but tree within area interferes with swing.

Question – I know the margins of Ground Under Repair area do not extend vertically upward. If my ball lies outside a Ground Under Repair area and a tree rooted within Ground Under Repair area interferes with a my swing, but there is no interference with my stance, am I entitled to relief?

Answer – YES. The definition of Ground Under Repair states: “All ground and any grass, bush, tree or other growing thing within the Ground Under Repair is part of the Ground Under Repair.

Therefore, you may take relief under Rule 25-1 as the tree within the Ground Under Repair interferes with the area of your intended swing.

As always, good golfing.

Gary

GLASER ON GOLFSteve Vaughan PGA, Director of Instruction

Hitting Fat and thin shots

One of the biggest complaints or problems many people have is hitting the golf ball either fat or thin. Although these seem

like very different shots, what causes these shots is actually the same mistake. The answer is simple; you have too much weight on your back foot at impact. Not being able to get off your back foot at impact is usually caused by a few different things.

One thing that causes this is having the golf club too open throughout your swing and then hitting the golf ball to the right. Once the ball starts going to the right you will start staying on your back foot in an attempt to give the club more time to close. Another reason you could be on your back foot could be that you’re moving outside your back foot during the backswing and then you are unable to get back to a proper position at impact. Your weight should stay on the inside of your back foot during the back swing and this will give you the best chance of getting to the proper position at impact. Remember, staying on the back foot during the swing is the symptom the actual cause could be somewhere else in your swing.

GOLF TIP

This Holiday SeasonPurchase a Gift Certificate for

a single golf lesson with Steve Vaughan and receive $10 dollars off, or purchase a

series of:3 – 1 Hour Lessons,

5 – 1 Hour or 6 – 1/2 hour lessons

and receive $25 dollars off the Series.

Purchase gift certificates in the golf shop or call Steve Vaughan

directly at 619-540-4653.

For details and prices visit thecrossingsatcarlsbad.com.

Offer ends Dec. 24, 2009

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From ThE CorNEr oF ThE barA San Francisco tradition

Irish Coffee was originated at the buena vista Café in san Francisco, where the late Chroni-cle travel columnist, stanton Delaplane, often frequented. on a trip to Ireland in the early fif-ties, Delaplane noted the custom of bolstering airport coffee with whiskey.

Intending to elaborate on these crude airport toddies, he and his cronies at the buena vista settled on a recipe; three sugar cubes, an ounce and a half of Irish whiskey, coffee, float of whip cream.

ChEF’s kITChENChef Phil hoy

Sausage Puff Pastry Appetizer(Great for holiday parties)

Cut andouille sausage or any other chicken or pork sausage link into ¼ inch coins.

Cut 2’x2’ squares of puff pastry.

Place sausage coin on top of puff pastry and fold the puff pastry over the sausage.

Cook at 350° for 15 minutes or until golden brown. serve with a whole grain honey mustard.

ask mImI

I became engaged earlier this year and am trying to figure out how to plan my wedding on a budget. I was laid off this past summer, which put our wedding planning on hold. I have since found another job, but during the time of unemployment, we used a lot of our money that we had put aside for the wedding. any suggestions for cutting costs?

Thanks! angie

hi angie,

Thank you for your question. We get asked this a lot and, there are quite a few options you can do! There is always the standard of having your wedding on a Friday or sunday, but here are a few more that you may not have thought of…

The first is making your date flexible. If you are willing to get married in the next six months, a venue will have a lot more flexibility with you. Usually, venues expect to book a wedding more than nine months in advance, so with a shorter planning window, you have more room for negotiations.

If you are looking for a prime saturday, ask what upgrades you can have, instead of how a venue can discount. For instance, maybe ask for additional hors d’oeuvres, upgraded linens, additional room rental hours, etc. Upgrades are sometimes easier for the venue to offer than a discount.

look at hosting your rehearsal dinner or day after brunch at the venue as well, and see if these additional events can be applied towards the food and beverage minimums.

I hope these suggestions give you a few additional ideas and good luck!

mimi.

If you would like to submit your question, please email mgrier@kempersports.com.