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CRYSTAL LAKE COUNTRY CLUB UPDATE October, 2016

Crystal Lake Country Club UpdateCrystal Lake Country Club Update October, 2016

October FeaturedDining Events

Date NightOctober 14th

Will’s Wholesale Wine NightOctober 15th

Bourbon and Cigar NightOctober 19th

Family Halloween PartyOctober 30th

Tailgate PartySaturday October 29th

1:00 p.m.

The Tailgate Party is an outdoor event with a classic carshow and a tailgate atmosphere. We will have a rib andchili cook-off judged by members as well as a wingeating contest, DJ, bags tournament and live music.

Will’s Wholesale Wine Night

Saturday October 15th6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Come sip some wine

and let Will help you find some

new favorites for your wine cellar.

Family Halloween PartySunday October 30th2:00 p .p. - 6 :00 p .m.

The Club will be decorated for Halloween,and we will have special games, prizes

and food for everyone. Put on your bestcostumes, and come to the Club

for a fun Halloween Bash.


Crystal LakeCountry Club

721 Country Club Rd.Crystal Lake, IL 60014

Club Phone NumbersClub House 815-459-1237Golf Shop 815-459-1068Pool 815-459-7130Tennis Courts 815-459-7210Ground Supt. 815-459-7240Email [email protected] http://www.clcountryclub.com

Board of DirectorsCliff Jackson PresidentJerry Zich Vice PresidentJohn Piumbroeck Secretary/Treasurer

Standing CommitteesSteve Slack FinanceTom Kierna GolfDave Lenhard GreensPat Morehead HouseJerry Zich Member Promotion & DevelopmentRoly Izquierdo MD SocialSteve LeFevre Tennis/Swim

Club ManagerJeff Ashton

Assistant ManagerWill Herman

Executive ChefNeil Steiner

Golf ProfessionalCasey Brozek

Golf Course SuperintendentSteve VanAcker

ControllerMary Bartosh

UPDATE, the Newsletter of Crystal LakeCountry Club, is published monthly

February thru December

CLCC Family

The Membership has spoken, and loudly! At the Special Meeting heldon September 19th to discuss the proposed Bar Expansion, PatioPlan, and Pool Screen Porch projects, the vote was overwhelmingly infavor of proceeding with the Plan. Very soon, work will commence onthe Patio Plan segment of the work. When finished, there will be noother area Club with as beautiful and functional an outdoor, upscalemeeting place for Members and guests to enjoy the excellent foodand spirits CLCC offers. In early January, work will commence on theBar Expansion, transforming the existing screen room into anextension of the main bar, with all new windows, flooring, doors,heating and cooling, and updated interior. By Spring, 2017, thepoolside Screen Porch will be completed, offering protected seatingfor swimmers by day and casual diners by night.

We have hired Bill Maddock of Maddock Builders, Inc. for the BarExpansion, Patio Outside Bar, and Poolside Screen Porch. Bill is atalented General, Remodeling, and Carpentry Contractor, with vastexperience in all facets of the trade. Our Landscape Contractor isTom Alford, of Unity Landscapes. Tom has presented a gorgeousCrystal Lake Country Club design that incorporates stone, granite,pavers, lighting, fire pits, plants, trees and more. We have the best ofthe best working for us, and the finished result will transform ourfacilities to best in class.

We are lucky to have Luke Wehrheim on the team! When the Boardof Directors promoted Luke from maintenance man to FacilitiesManager last year, it was to recognize Luke for past accomplishmentsand future responsibilities. He has been invaluable in the processtoward fruition of the Expansion Plans, and will be the Club’severyday liaison between Contractors and Board of Directors as theprojects unfold.

Crystal Lake Country Club will indeed have a very differentatmosphere next year. It will become a destination place forMembers, who will bring Guests, who will become Members. You mayrecall a while back I quoted David Bowie’s “Changes” as a musicalreference to what I felt was happening at the Club. It is appropriate,in a lot of ways, to change that theme to the Chamber Brothers“Time Has Come Today”.

Cliff [email protected]

President’s Message


Fellow Members:

Twenty-five Tradition guests have taken advantage of themonth long honorary membership at CLCC. They areplaying golf, dining with their families and guests, whileenjoying the comradery of or current membership. Webelieve this has been a rewarding experience for all, andwe hope to realize new members as a result of thissuccessful endeavor.

In speaking with our members, your Membershipcommittee has learned that membership is becoming tiredof all the different promotions used to increase the numberof members. The Membership committee designed apromotion that we believe will continue to grow ourmembership, The CLCC board of directors agreed and thisprogram went into effect September 1st.

The Yearlong Promotion

Golfing member’s (less MLAP) signup a:

New golfing member (Regular, Associate) and receive a$100.00 reduction in dues for Twelve months for each newRegular / Associate member they sign up. New memberRegular / Associate member receives the same monthlyreduction for Twelve months.

New Tennis / Swim member and receive a $50.00reduction in dues for Twelve months for each new Tennis /Swim member they sign up. New Tennis / Swim memberreceives same monthly reduction for Twelve months.

New Social / Dining member and receive a $15.00 reductionin dues for Twelve months for each new Social Diningmember they sign up. New Social / Dining member receivesthe same monthly reduction for Twelve months.

Tennis / Swim signup a:

New golfing member (Regular, Associate) and receive a$50.00 reduction in dues for Twelve months for everymember they sign up. New Regular / Associate memberreceives the same monthly reduction for Twelve months.

New Tennis / Swim member and receive and $50.00reduction in dues for Twelve months for each new Tennis /Swim member they sign up. New Tennis / Swim memberreceives same monthly reduction for Twelve months.

New Social / Dining member and receive a $15.00 reductionin dues for Twelve months for every member they sign up.New Social / Dining member receives the same monthlyreduction for Twelve months.

Social / Dining signup a:

New golfing member (Regular, Associate) and receive a$25.00 reduction in dues for Twelve months for everymember they sign up. New Regular / Associate memberreceives the same monthly reduction for Twelve months.

New Tennis / Swim member and receive and $25.00reduction in dues for Twelve months for every memberthey sign up. New Tennis / Swim member receives samemonthly reduction for Twelve months

New Social / Dining member and receive a $15.00 reductionin dues for Twelve months for every member they sign up.New Social / Dining member receives the same monthlyreduction for Twelve months.

New members signed up under this program receive a 50%reduction of current initiation fee.

New member eligibility:

New members must not be a current CLCC member. Newmembers must not have been a CLCC member for morethan Twelve months at time of signup.

Members lose the reduction in dues, if the new signupleaves the club before the initial Twelve month period.

Members’ dues reduction reflects the dues discount level ifnew signup chooses to move to another membership levelduring the initial Twelve month period.

Sign up is easy just let Randy Erd or Myself know of thenew potential member and we’ll take it from there.

This is a great opportunity to increase membership andlower your monthly dues.

Jerry [email protected]

From The Member Promotion & Development Chairman


“We couldn’t think of a better way to

celebrate fall than here at CLCC! We kick

off the month of October with a Wine

Tasting Night on Saturday, October

15th. Come sample some great varietals

and purchase some to take home or stash

away in your wine locker.

Our highlight of the month is our much-

anticipated first annual Tailgate Night the

evening of Saturday, October 29th. We will

feature a classic car show in the afternoon

followed by a parking lot party like no

other! Come on out and be sure to wear

some serious fan gear – it’s all about

football! There will be a chili cookoff, rib

fest and some awesome tailgate apps to

sample. And no tailgate is complete

without music - the Zach Matthews Band

will be performing all night!

The Kids’ Halloween Party will take place

during the day on Sunday, October

30th with our favorite DJ, Matty D,

providing awesome entertainment! We look

forward to seeing everyone around the club

this fall!

Roly Izquierdo

Chairman Social Committee

CRYSTAL LAKESCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION

On behalf of the Foundation, thank you for your supportthis year. We have two main events that you’ve supportedthe Fritz Franz Golf Day and the September $25 donationdrive. Thank you.

The Fritz Franz Golf Day is our most important and biggestfunding source (about 80% of our total), and I am pleased toreport that this year’s event was well supported (as you’veprobably seen on the activities updates on the screens inthe bar and foyer). We netted $45,268 running our FF GolfDay, 9-year total to over $360,000. We receive about$9,000 from our September donation drive, and we thankyou for that too.

Last year we awarded $54,400 in scholarships to 19 CLCCstudents (almost $2900 per person), and we donated$10,000 to the WGA’s Evans Scholarship Foundation. Thisyear we have already received 19 applications from ourstudents and the CLCC Foundation will meet next month toreview and award 2016 scholarships. I will provide an updatelater in the year.

So again, thank you for your support this year. We lookforward to your participation in our golf day event next year.

Gratefully,

Charles EbannPresidentCLCC Scholarship Foundation

From The Social Committee


Clubhouse HappeningsDear Club Members,

It’s getting cool, and the sun seems to disappearfaster and faster each day. My favorite thing to pullout of the closet is the cozy hoodie, and I loveautumn, but I know in the back of my head what iscoming next. Well, before snow begins to fall, wewant to make sure the Members get their fill of thehappenings around the Clubhouse and all theamenities we have to offer. We have some greatevents coming up in October, and with the hard workof Chef Neil and his team, we have rolled out ournew seasonal menu.

October events and happenings:

Friday October 14th we will be hosting another“Date Night” for our Members and their families.This is the new monthly tradition that allows parentsto bring their kids to the Club for some greatentertainment and food while they have a relaxing,adult dinner with each other or friends. Thefestivities for the kids begin at 5pm and go until theparents pick them back up. If you make reservationsprior to this event, we are offering a complimentarybottle of red or white wine.

Saturday October 15th will be “Will’s WholesaleWine Night” from 6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. This is theannual event where we invite our wine vendors tocome and bring their best juice to sell to ourmembers at wholesale pricing. This was a hugesuccess, and extremely fun event last year, and wewant it to be even bigger this year. Specialappetizers and lots of wine will be consumed bythose that enjoy this event. You will definitely wantto make room in your wine cellars for this one!

Wednesday October 19th will be another Bourbonand Cigar night. If you enjoy the finer things, makeroom in your calendar for this fun, social event. For aflat price, we offer all the bourbon and cigars you canyou can enjoy. We also have a delicious, inspiredmenu that Chef Neil is famous for. Each Bourbonand Cigar night gets better and better. Come outand join us from 6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Outside guestsare welcome!

Saturday October 29th we will be hosting one of ourbiggest events of the year! There has been a “buzz”about this event circulating the Club for months, and

it’s finally here. “Tailgate Party” is an outdoor eventthat begins at 1:00 p.m. with a classic car show and atailgate atmosphere. Call or email Jeff with yourreservations, because we will have assigned parkingspots for your vehicles. We encourage team colors tobe represented, and best tailgate set-up will win aprize. Bring your tents, card tables, and of courseyour favorite tailgate food to share. We will have arib and chili cook-off judged by members. We willhave a wing eating contest, DJ, bags tournament andlive music. I have had 3 BBQ sauce recipes turnedinto me for the rib cook off. If you have a great BBQrecipe, email it to me and we will make it and enter itfor the grand prize of $150. Put this event down onyour calendar and bring the whole crew out tocelebrate the end of the season with friends.

Sunday October 30th will be Family HalloweenParty. The Club will be decorated for Halloween, andwe will have special games, prizes and food foreveryone. Party begins at 2pm and ends at 6pm. Puton your best costumes, and come to the Club for afun Halloween Bash. Make your reservations today!

November 4th is the first Golf Tournament/SocialEvent designed by me. After watching the TGIF andTwilighter events all summer, I was so sad to seethem come to an end. I felt the die-hard membersmight be up for one more golf tournament/socialmixer before the clubs collect dust over the winter.So with room for 9 foursomes we are hosting the firstannual “CLCC Burry Scurry” Golf tournament. Thisis a 9 hole tournament played relay style (see Caseyor Jeff for details). Our shotgun will begin promptlyat 4pm and end when daylight is gone (Daylightsavings is Monday November 7th). We hope to get in9 holes because each hole will have a special warmcocktail to enjoy while playing. We will come up with9 different warm cocktails to offer our Members, sothis should be really fun for all that participate. Youwill get golf and carts, special on-course cocktails, a“CLCC Burry Scurry” logoed stocking cap and foodbuffet after the tournament for a total cost of$55/player. Guests and non-golf members arewelcome to play. Sign your team up soon and makesure your funny bone is in the bag, because this willbe a hoot!

Jeff AshtonClub [email protected]

Grounds & Greens

As the golf season begins wind down, the GreensCommittee starts to evaluate how our year went in aquantitative fashion. Led by Steve Van Acker, Greens andGrounds continues to work towards a better golf course.An important part of our evaluation is the communicationthat we receive from you, our membership. There are afew areas that seem to be discussed more than othersthat include bunkers, rough height, playability, trees andoverall condition. But the most discussed by far, has to dowith our greens.

My guess is like most Greens Chairperson, I had lots ofthoughts on the matter at first (and I still do.) But ofcourse, once I started to learn and ask questions aboutour greens, the answers became a bit more complicatedthan the questions. But with that said, I would like toshare my thoughts on our greens. And maybe it may shift,ever so slightly, your own expectations and views.

In the last two years when members come up to me todiscuss our greens, many times the conversation startsout “I played at Course X the other day and their greenswere perfect!” This mean something different todayversus when I started as Greens Chair two years ago.Let me try to explain…

Our greens are a varied mix of age, soil composition andgrass strains. This has a lot to do with the fact ourcourse is almost 100 years old. Our greens were all notcreated in the same year. Throw in the poa annua andthe mixed amount of sun each green receives and youhave to work differently per green to stay healthy andconsistent (a testament to Steve.) But I have come tobelieve that our soil composition causes us the biggestchallenge. The good news is that CLCC resides on avery fertile piece of property. But it also has a lot ofclay that continues to push up towards the surface. Thiscauses Steve and his crew the need to steel tine punchand sand our greens 2 x a month.

USGA style greens use a very precise mixture of soil/sandthat is different than what we have here at CLCC. USGAroot systems can be as deep as 8-12. The deeper rootsystems allow Superintendents to care differently for theirgreens than what CLCC has to do. Since we have arelatively shallow root system due to our soil composition,our care is a bit more cyclical. We tend to ramp up ourspeeds with an eye towards specific dates on thecalendar. And then back off to allow our greens to healand nourish. We also have to factor in a fair but fiscallyconservative staff budget.

Additionally, we hear the word “consistency”. “I justwant our greens to be consistent.” You can look atconsistency in many different ways, but we tend to hearthe word consistency in the manner of having greenspeeds run the same all the time. This is a challenge forthe reason explained previously, but we have workedvery hard this year and in previous years to achieve thisconsistency. We measure consistency a little different.Overall, our greens will stimp (the method of measuringgreens speeds) 9-12 throughout the week. This is not awide margin but understand where one would want thatspread tighter. But the variance of speed from thisWednesday to next Wednesday has been veryconsistent (something we measure.) Same goes fromFriday and Sunday when we measure green speeds. Soon each day of the week, our speeds have been prettyconsistent from that same day last week.

More to the comment that we hear from members thatplay on other courses and discuss their positive greenexperiences on those courses. Our course is not anexception but rather the norm, especially in the Midwest.Where are they (other courses) at in their process ofgreen care? Are they at their peak condition or are theybacking off and replenishing their greens when you playedon that particular day?

Finally and for what it is worth, I would like to give you myimpression of our greens. They run smooth without a lotof bumping and the balls continue down the line you hitthem on. With the years of sanding that Steve has done,they are also fairly receptive. I use the term fairly in thesense that they reward a good shot with a fair amount ofrelease once your shot has hit the green. And I alsobelieve they are plenty fast on the days that I get a chanceto play. I still need another putting lesson however!

18th Fairway ImprovementAlong with the 6th hole greenside pond/wall project, wewill also be moving the 18th fairway over about 15 yards atits most extreme. This will be done to route shots to theright off the tee and enhance the visual of the 18thpond/green for your second shot. The green will remainopen while this work is being done.

Dave [email protected] Chairman


Fellow Golfing Members:

Our Tournament Golf season has come to a close. Even though theleaves are starting to fall and the temperatures are getting cooler,there are still several weeks of great golf left to play at CLCCbefore winter sets in.

That being said, please make sure that you keep posting yourscores for handicap purposes through October 31 for roundsplayed locally. Starting on November 1 we will no longer be postingscores played here in northern Illinois. When you go to Florida,Arizona or other locations that post year round, you must also postthese scores even though our season here is over.

On September 16th we held our inaugural Celebration ofChampions event. At that event we crowned our Men’s and LadiesChampion Golfer of the Year. Congratulations to Jeff Gindorf andJanet Priesz, our respective champion Golfer of the Year asdetermined by challenge cup points.

I would like to thank all of our members for supporting ourTournaments, Ladies Leagues, Junior Golf, TGIF Events andCaddy Program this year. We had a great season with goodparticipation at all levels.

Even though our 2016 season is barely in the rearview mirror, theGolf committee will begin the review and planning for our 2017season over the next few months.

As always your comments and questions are welcome.

Tom Kierna [email protected]

From The Golf Chairman



Casey’s Corner

Golf Shop CreditsPlease redeem your golf shop credits byOctober 31st

Fall Golf Operation HoursMondays CLOSEDFirst Tee Time 7:30 amRange Tue – Sun 7:30 am – 5:30 pmGolf Shop Tue – Sun 7:30 am – 6:00 pm

2016 Top CaddiesPaty LohmanIsabel RamirezColleen DaniszWill HuppJames KrolJames MichaelsonTom MeloneGianna PattanudeMallory GehrigJamie VanceJoey KrolAli DobbinsAmy LarsenJulie NewtonBrad MuglerJosh MuglerSam SmithMichael KlineMatt VanHerzeeleGrant Jensen

Total Loops for the CLCC Caddie Season1182

Total loops by Top 20 Caddies706 (60% of the total loops)

Total grades of excellent by Top 20 Caddies672 (95%)

Sherwood Team MatchplayChampionsA FlightMike Curran & Jeff Gindorf

B FlightJeff Bobrowicz & Pat Doherty

October 11-16

Blowout sale!

Clubs, Shoes, Hats, Bags, Balls,& Gloves are on sale

Casey’s Gone Crazy SaleNovember 1-6

GOLF SHOP SALE


Casey’s Corner

Men’s Club Championship

Championship FlightLuke Waggoner

AA FlightMatt Petersen

A FlightTom Kierna

B FlightJohn Piumbroeck

C FlightRoger Sim

D FlightRich Simms

Senior – GrossMike Karney

Senior – NetTom Kierna

Super SeniorDick Allan

Sterling Hamilton ShootoutOn September 17th, we held our first SterlingHamilton Shootout. Throughout the season thosethat entered recorded their season’s best scores.This year, the following players qualified: ScottPappas, Alan Blair, David Maxwell, Chris Jackson,Bob Buthod, Sid Yeomans, Dennis Turek, JasonPero, Jeff Gindorf, Sue Costigan, Steve Green,and Rich Simms. We started with 14 players onhole #1 and eliminated the high scoring players oneach hole. On the 9th tee, the finalists were JeffBobrowicz and John Tyrrell. Congratulations toour last golfer standing and Sterling HamiltonShootout Champion John Tyrrell for his win onthe final hole.

Congratlutions Acers• John Winkelmann, September 5th, Highland Park CC

• Jerry Zich, September 8th, hole #11, Crystal Lake

• Jeff Oakley, September 9th, hole #11, Crystal Lake

• Bob Dow, September 11th, hole #5, Crystal Lake


Women’s Golf Association

The Club Championshipwas held for three days inAugust. The 54 holeevent was heralded as“The Road to Rio”.Fifteen golfers competedin five divisions!Congratulations to all ofthe participants, you areall Medal Winners! Thankyou to: Margaret Newson,Julie Nelson, CandyBobrowicz, Barb Dowling,Karen Franz, Laurie Buffo,Janet Priesz, NancyWinkelmann, Alice Zich,Kathy Saldan, CorinneDrew, Diane Steverson,Debbie Oakley, MaryRiordan and SuzyCostigan! Thistournament had some realnail biting! A flight wentto a playoff and B flightwas decided by thescorecards. BUT –returning to the podiumas the Club Champion isour own MargaretNewsom. Margaret wasfeted with a Gold Medal,laurel wreath and anAmerican Flag.

Women’s Golf Association


Congratulations to all of the division winners!!!

Championship DivisionClub Champion: Margaret NewsomRunner-Up: Julie Nelson

Division AFirst: Barb DowlingSecond: Karen Franz

Division BFirst: Janet PrieszSecond: Nancy Winkelmann

Division CFirst: Alice ZichSecond: Diane Steverson

Division DFirst: Suzy CostiganSecond: Mary Riordan

Margaret Newsom and Janet Priesz are Three-peatingtheir wins from the 2014 AND 2015 golf seasons.

Congratulations are also in order to the Women’sChallenge Cup Qualifiers who competed with BoulderRidge on Sunday, September 24th at Boulder Ridge.Good luck to Casey Brozek, Margaret Newsom, JanetPriesz, Candy Bobrowicz, Sue McArdle, Barb Dowling,Barb MacGregor, Barb Notte, Kathy Saldan, Alice Zich,Diane Steverson and Suzy Costigan. We hope to reportto you next month that the cup stayed with CLCC.

The yearly tradition of the HALLOWEEN OPEN will beTuesday, October 4th with a shotgun start at 9 am. ALLLADIES OF THE CLUB ARE WELCOME TO JOIN THEFUN! Sign up in the women’s locker room and beprepared to have a lot of fun.

Closing Dinner for the 2016 Women’s Golf Associationis also on October 4th, the same day as our HalloweenOpen. Dinner will be in The Grill. Cocktails at 6followed by dinner at 6:45. Kathy Saldan and BarbNotte did a fabulous job with the Championship prizes.Don’t miss what else they will surprise us with! Comeand celebrate a fun season with the naming of the mostbirdies and chip ins, who is the most improved player ofthe year and who won the divisions in match play.

2017 OfficersChairwoman: Janet PrieszCo-Chairwoman: Kathy SaldanTreasurer: Candy BobrowiczSecretary: Diane SteversonAdvisor: Suzy Costigan

Please consider what you can do to help the Women’sGolf Association! There are many chairpersons thathelp the league run so smoothly! Join US!!!!!

Don’t forget to make a reservation for the ClosingDinner on Tuesday, October 4th!

Please save Tuesday, October 11th at 1:00 pm for theFall Meeting of the Women’s Golf Association!

Thanks for an outstanding 2016 Golf Season!

Cured Pork ChopCured with maple sugar, salt and spices beforebeing cold smoked and finished on our broiler.

Topped with Roasted squash relish$24

Great Lakes WhitefishPan sautéed and complemented

with watermelon radish and pea shoots$23

October Chef’s Specials

Shrimp CevicheSweet shrimp marinated with lime and tequila then tossed with jalapeno,

red onion and spices. Served with crisp tortilla$13

Entrees

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