The San Clemente Golf Course Committee on Sept. 22, 2025 approved updates to the course scorecard, moved to limit outside tournaments to reduce scheduling conflicts for residents and endorsed a council-requested advance-booking policy for resident cardholders, committee staff said.

Committee members reviewed a mock-up scorecard (prepared by a committee member) and discussed clarifying out-of-bounds notation (notably that hole 15 is out of bounds on the right), removing a separate restaurant number in favor of the snack bar number, and adding map notations to the course layout so players do not have to read the back of the card. Staff (identified in the transcript as Speaker 3) said the committee will redesign the card, check inventory and order once the final layout is approved. The committee voted to move forward with the redesign and return a finalized version at the next meeting.

The committee also discussed outside tournament scheduling and participant caps. Members noted typical tournament sizes of about 30–40 players and agreed that large events (approaching 60 players) create operational pressures and can prompt shotgun starts that are difficult to accommodate. Committee members directed staff to manage outside tournament requests on a first-come, first-served basis with a working guideline not to exceed three tournaments per month in most cases, and to return to the committee for exceptions that would exceed that threshold.

On a separate, council-adopted operating resolution discussed at the meeting, staff described a resident advance-booking option the city council requested. Under the adopted terms staff outlined in the meeting, resident cardholders will be allowed two advance bookings per year, up to 30 days in advance, for a $25 per-player premium that is due at the time of reservation and is nonrefundable. Blackout rules will apply to block reservations, tournaments and men's/women's club days. Speaker 3 told the committee staff are working with the booking software vendor to show pre-booked slots and to prevent the new advance-booking feature from blocking routine morning booking opportunities.

The committee received a quarterly activity report showing participation increases and staff said the course remains popular; staff attributed gains to resident-card renewals and operational changes. Committee members discussed putting parameters on tournament frequency to balance revenue with resident access.

Members also heard updates on operations and maintenance: staff said the operator contract with Wedgwood runs through 2027 and contains automatic-renewal language that prevents the city from unilaterally opting out of renewal unless Wedgwood declines to continue; staff asked members to report instances when services (snack bar, carts, restaurant) are not available so compliance issues can be addressed. Maintenance staff reported a major reclaimed-water leak on the 8th fairway that was repaired; crews used portable on-site well water during repairs and said there was no change in water billing for that incident. Staff also described work to publish an interactive GIS-based bench-donation map and said trash cans will be replaced as budget permits. A committee member proposed installing simple club stands on the driving range (estimated at roughly $115 each); staff agreed to follow up.

The committee agreed to adjourn to a regularly scheduled adjourned meeting on Nov. 20 at 5 p.m.