Grand Haven Golf Club F ROM THE G ENERAL M ANAGER A ND D IRECTOR OF G OLF A NDREA K NOX February 2016 2016 Tournament Schedule February 20 & 21, 2016 Couples Championship Chairperson, Paul and Karen Gillis March 19 & 20, 2016 Club Championship April 7 - 9, 2016 Women’s Member/Guest Chairperson Kenny O’Connor April 21 - 23, 2016 Men’s Member/Member Chairperson Bill Holland May 14 & 15, 2016 Grand Haven Cup Chairpersons Larry Geiser and Bob Aiken October 6 - 8, 2016 Women’s Member/Member INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Turf Talk 2 From the Golf Shop 3 SenseSational Golf 6 Great Golf Shots 7 Upcoming Events 4-5 Club Events Calendar 9 GHMGA 6 GHWGA 7 LGLGH 7 The Hub of the Club 11 Pub Nights 8 Director of Sales 11 Kitchen Corner 10 Handicap Committee 4 What happened to January? Luckily this is a leap year so we have 1 more day to squeeze in all our activities! The February club calendar is available on our Web site and hard copies can be picked up from the wall file by the pro shop doors inside the clubhouse. Make sure you have a copy handy and make your reservations early. With our new Food and Beverage Director Carrie Dibble and new Chef Joe Ronan at the helm, we are all very excited about increasing your dining options and enjoyment. We will of course need your help! Over the next month we will be introducing new items and updating all of our menus; please come give us a try and let us know how we are doing. Our goal is to have you think of our club as “your first choice for dining and entertaining”. On the golf side I want to draw your attention to our new Monday schedule. With the exception of tournaments, events or necessary course maintenance; we are now open for golf all day on Mondays! Special rates for guests of members on these Mondays are available! This is a great opportunity for our Associate and Social members to enjoy the course at a great rate as well! Grab your friends and neighbors and come out and play! A rate sheet is available at the golf desk. This months “Pub Night” will be featuring an open house style evening to give us an opportunity to communicate more information about your club. Come out and meet our staff, golf league coordinators, committee members, gather information on events and happenings or just to mix and mingle. We want to be sure you have the most up to date information and know who to contact when you need help or have questions. Pub Power is scheduled for Wednesday February 24th, look forward to seeing you there! On the competitive side of golf; this month we are searching for our “Couples Club Champions”. This 36 hole event will combine four 9 hole formats of Best Ball, Scramble, Modified Alternate Shot and Aggregate. The combined score for the two days will determine the overall gross and net winners. Everyone is encouraged to join us for dinner after Sunday’s round to help congratulate all the participants and recognize the winners! While we are talking championships, mark you calendar for the “Club Championship” which will be contested in March on the 19th and 20th. Not into playing competitively yourself but love to watch the pros play? Consider taking a day trip to Orlando for the Arnold Palmer Invitation presented by Master Card at Bay Hill March 17—20th, 2016. Daytona native “Matt Every” is the two time champion looking for a three-peat! Rumor has it that Matt Every shot the non-competitive course record here at Grand Haven years ago when he was a high school golfer. Go help cheer him on and check off a “must see” tournament and venue. Maybe you’ll even get to meet Mr. Palmer himself! Just a couple of golf reminders in closing. Please help us provide you the best service by providing all the players names for your tee times. If you arrive at bag drop and there is not a staff member present to check you in, please be sure to come inside to the golf shop. It is very important for many reasons that we know who is on the course. Also, please let us know if you only play 9 holes or if your round is shortened to 9 holes so that it is correctly reflected on the tee sheet. This will help us be sure you are charged correctly for golf and help the Handicap Committee when reviewing score posting. Big shout out to all our members that volunteer their time and effort across a variety of functions. Your support and enthusiasm is crucial to the success of the club and very much appreciated. Remember to mark your calendar to attend this months Pub Night, where you can meet and greet some of these great people! T HE N INETEENTH H OLE Happy Valentines Day!
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Grand Haven Golf Club
F RO M T H E G E N E R A L MA N AG E R A N D D I R E C T O R O F G O L F A N D R E A K N OX
Febr uar y 2016
2016 Tournament Schedule
February 20 & 21, 2016
Couples Championship
Chairperson, Paul and Karen Gillis
March 19 & 20, 2016
Club Championship
April 7 - 9, 2016
Women’s Member/Guest
Chairperson Kenny O’Connor
April 21 - 23, 2016
Men’s Member/Member
Chairperson Bill Holland
May 14 & 15, 2016
Grand Haven Cup
Chairpersons
Larry Geiser and Bob Aiken
October 6 - 8, 2016
Women’s Member/Member
I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :
Turf Talk 2
From the Golf Shop 3
SenseSational Golf 6
Great Golf Shots 7
Upcoming Events 4-5
Club Events Calendar 9
GHMGA 6
GHWGA 7
LGLGH 7
The Hub of the Club 11
Pub Nights 8
Director of Sales 11
Kitchen Corner 10
Handicap Committee 4
What happened to January? Luckily this is a leap year so we have 1 more day to squeeze in all
our activities! The February club calendar is available on our Web site and hard copies can be
picked up from the wall file by the pro shop doors inside the clubhouse. Make sure you have a copy
handy and make your reservations early.
With our new Food and Beverage Director Carrie Dibble and new Chef Joe Ronan at the helm, we
are all very excited about increasing your dining options and enjoyment. We will of course need your
help! Over the next month we will be introducing new items and updating all of our menus; please
come give us a try and let us know how we are doing. Our goal is to have you think of our club as
“your first choice for dining and entertaining”.
On the golf side I want to draw your attention to our new Monday schedule. With the exception of
tournaments, events or necessary course maintenance; we are now open for golf all day on
Mondays! Special rates for guests of members on these Mondays are available! This is a great
opportunity for our Associate and Social members to enjoy the course at a great rate as well! Grab
your friends and neighbors and come out and play! A rate sheet is available at the golf desk.
This months “Pub Night” will be featuring an open house style evening to give us an opportunity
to communicate more information about your club. Come out and meet our staff, golf league
coordinators, committee members, gather information on events and happenings or just to mix and
mingle. We want to be sure you have the most up to date information and know who to contact
when you need help or have questions. Pub Power is scheduled for Wednesday February 24th, look
forward to seeing you there!
On the competitive side of golf; this month we are searching for our “Couples Club Champions”.
This 36 hole event will combine four 9 hole formats of Best Ball, Scramble, Modified Alternate Shot
and Aggregate. The combined score for the two days will determine the overall gross and net
winners. Everyone is encouraged to join us for dinner after Sunday’s round to help congratulate all
the participants and recognize the winners! While we are talking championships, mark you calendar
for the “Club Championship” which will be contested in March on the 19th and 20th.
Not into playing competitively yourself but love to watch the pros play? Consider taking a day trip
to Orlando for the Arnold Palmer Invitation presented by Master Card at Bay Hill March 17—20th,
2016. Daytona native “Matt Every” is the two time champion looking for a three-peat! Rumor has it
that Matt Every shot the non-competitive course record here at Grand Haven years ago when he was
a high school golfer. Go help cheer him on and check off a “must see” tournament and venue.
Maybe you’ll even get to meet Mr. Palmer himself!
Just a couple of golf reminders in closing. Please help us provide you the best service by
providing all the players names for your tee times. If you arrive at bag drop and there is not a staff
member present to check you in, please be sure to come inside to the golf shop. It is very important
for many reasons that we know who is on the course. Also, please let us know if you only play 9
holes or if your round is shortened to 9 holes so that it is correctly reflected on the tee sheet. This
will help us be sure you are charged correctly for golf and help the Handicap Committee when
reviewing score posting.
Big shout out to all our members that volunteer their time and effort across a variety of functions.
Your support and enthusiasm is crucial to the success of the club and very much appreciated.
Remember to mark your calendar to attend this months Pub Night, where you can meet and greet
some of these great people!
THE N INETEENTH HOLE
Happy Valentines Day!
January brought our coldest temperatures and
some of the wettest weather yet this Winter. On
the 19th and 20th, the golf course experienced
its first frost delays as temperatures bottomed
out in the low 30s. On January 23rd there were
rumors of snow flurries in Palm Coast and the
following two days the course saw heavy frost. In
comparison, we had seen seven frost delays to
this point last Winter. Mowing fairways and rough
has ceased and will resume when sustained
warm temperatures arrive. Tees and collars are
mowed as needed. While the greens are getting
rolled more than mowed. The golf course has
remained green for a long period of time and is
holding up reasonably well to Mother Nature.
The biggest issue this winter has been traffic
control. We continue to rotate rope/stake posi-
tions, but seem to be fighting an uphill battle.
Roped areas do not recover quickly enough
before another ,nearby, area is trampled by carts.
Try not to continuously follow the same traffic
patterns! A new rotation for the placement of tee
markers has been implemented in order to
alleviate wear patterns in both the walk ups and
the tees themselves. Recently we have begun the
process of aerifying these areas. You may also
notice that the placement of many tee markers
are different. The reason is to give worn out tees
a break and to perform maintenance to the tee
boxes. This is a short term fix to
a long term problem as we
explore ways to prevent heavy
turf damage throughout the
winter months. Please adhere to the big green
posts/rope stakes, do not drive on tee and green
slopes, and change driving and walking patterns.
We need member cooperation with traffic control
as well as filling divots, repairing ballmarks and
raking bunkers after a shot is hit.
In February a new 5 location pin placement
format will be implemented. This will allow for
more variety and less repeated pins than the old
3 location system. Please feel free to contact
myself, Andrea, and/or Billy for more information!
Spring is just around the corner and preparations
are being made for a successful Spring/Summer.
The first of four-12 ton bulk fertilizer applications