September Newsletter
Clubhouse News
· Thank you to everyone who participated in our Summer Food Drive for the Rowley Food Pantry. Here are the results of the drawing for the raffle prizes for items brought in:
Ed Trainor $80 gift certificate
Pat Glennon $55 gift certificate
Phil McGowan $35 gift certificate
Jack Bowles sleeve of Velocity Golf Balls
Ed Trainor sleeve of Velocity Golf Balls
Kyle Peters sleeve of Supersoft Golf Balls
Joe Maloney sleeve of Supersoft Golf Balls
Pat Glennon sleeve of Supersoft Golf Balls
Phil McGowan sleeve of Supersoft Golf Balls
· We a couple’s fun scramble on Sunday, August 24th with 5 teams with 2 couples on each team. Here are the results:
1st Place Dan Grecoe/ Shari Conn 26 $22.50 each
T. Chin-Aleong/ Tammy White
2nd Place Brady & Kelly Woodward 29 $15.00 each
Kyle Peters/ Emily Hayes
· Ryder Cup begins on Friday September 26th and runs through Sunday September 28th. We have official Ryder Cup gear so there is no need to get stuck in New York as we have all of your needs right here in the pro shop.
· We have some outings in September, that will have the 1st tee closed for part of the day.
· Saturday September 6th, the first tee will be closed from 7:50am until 9:40am.
· Saturday September 20th, the first tee will be closed from 11:40 am
until 4:50pm.
· Saturday September 27th, the first tee will be closed from 11:40am until 4:50pm.
· Superintendent's Revenge is Saturday October 18th (9am shotgun), we will be sending out more information, later in September.
· Turkey Shoot is Saturday November 1st (11am shotgun), we will be sending out more information, in October.
· Weather Update
We lose 1 hour and 34 minutes of daylight in the month of September and see a sunset before 6pm in October.
The rapid loss of daylight occurs as the Earth’s axis tilts away from the sun, and it slows down after the Autumnal Equinox on September 22nd.
We will adjust tee times accordingly so that play is during daylight hours.
Please keep in mind when thunder roars go indoors
· Tee Times
· Times will change with changes in sunrise and sunset times.
· Members may book one week in advance
· Public players may book three days in advance
Tip of the Month with Mike Farrell, PGA
When putting you always want a shorter backstroke and a longer stroke to the hole
And concentrate on the pace of the ball as it should slow down near the hole
Until next month, Down the Middle solves the Riddle
Superintendent's Corner
August was quite a month! As most of you know we lost our irrigation system for 8 days. We were relentless in our effort to get everything back up and running and to keep everything alive. We have areas that went into dormancy protection, but we have recovered well and you’ll see a further recovery in the coming weeks. We appreciate your understanding and patience.
We just aerated our greens with 1/4” solid tines and over seeded greens, and In September, we will be aerating and over seeding fairways and tees in several hard pack and problem areas. We just fertilized all our tees and fairways. Many people ask what aeration is and what our process is. We aerify all playing surfaces each fall to open channels in the turf for water movement, provide plants access to nutrients and allow natural gases in the soil profile to escape and oxygen to reach the plants roots. The impact on playability is very small. Most players won’t even notice the tiny holes made during spiking. During this process, players may encounter a few tees undergoing the aeration process, but you will always have a clean area to hit from. This will ensure a green, healthy, beautiful fall.
As always, thank you for your support and please remember to fix ball marks. It takes a few seconds to fix and unfixed ball mark takes 15 days to heal.
Zack Lamkin
Golf Course Superintendent