Maumelle Country Club Newsletter July 2007

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1 Volume 6, Issue 7 Maumelle Country Club Newsletter July Club Manor Drive, Maumelle, AR Fourth of July Celebration! Wednesday, July 4, 2007 Pool Hours 10:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m. (DJ will be provided for your entertainment from 11:00 am 4:00 pm) Family Games! Guest Fees $10.00 Fireworks Display Join us at Dusk on #2 Fairway to watch the spectacular fireworks provided by the City of Maumelle. A bar 190 will be provided for your enjoyment. (Cash or Member Tickets) Only private carts will be allowed on the golf course after dark. All carts must stay on cart path. The Maumelle City Ordinance pertaining to fireworks will be strictly enforced. There will be no discharging of fireworks on the golf course! Chef s Made to Order Breakfast Served in the Mixed Grill and Men s Locker Room 7:30 am 10:30 am Hamburger & Hot Dog Cookout with all the Fixin s! Served Poolside 11:00 am - 3:00 pm (The kitchen will close at 3:00 pm) Adults $6.95 / Children $4.95 / Children under 4 FREE 4 th of July Flag Tournament! Players will be given a small flag with their names attached. Using full handicap, players will play until they reach the number of strokes equaling par, plus their handicap. The player who plants their flag the furthest around the course will be the winner. Payout will be determined by the number of entries. Men s & Women s divisions will be competing for separate prizes. All players must tee off before 2:00 pm and play will be in your normal weekend group. Entry is $10 / participant. Sign up in the Pro Shop that day! ***SALE*** Take advantage of our 4 th of July Independence Day Sale! Men s & Women s apparel and other items will be priced to move. We need to make room for our late summer apparel and now is your chance to save.

2 President s Message The month of July is here along with the typical Arkansas heat! Drink plenty of water to stay hydrated while you are out playing golf and tennis. Please be mindful and patient while Jason and his crew syringe the greens to keep them cool. We are so happy to welcome our new members to MCC! We added 19 new members during the month of June. This is bringing us closer to our goal of 400 golf members. The Membership Committee is continuing their membership drive so please continue to bring out friends and encourage them to join our wonderful Club. You will see and enjoy more improvements as we get our membership back to a desired level. A special thank you to our staff and all of the volunteers that helped make the Make*A*Wish Celebrity Golf Tournament another success. Everyone had a wonderful time meeting the stars and playing golf while helping to support such a meaningful charity. The happy children and their smiling faces is what makes it so special. The media coverage for this event is always good for our Club. The Board has received a lot of positive feedback from guests and players in outside events. We have received nothing but praise for the course and how well the greens play. The calendar is not as full now that we are out of the extremely busy months of May and June. Continue to check your calendars as you bring your friends out and enjoy 324 a round of golf or participate in our ever popular Club events. Be sure you sign up with Monica for events that require a reservation. MCC and summertime is in full swing! Come out and enjoy everything we have to offer. Mary Lynn Dickey President of the Board WELCOME NEW MEMBERS FULL ACTIVE Virgil & Sandra Lyons David & Nancy Priest David Chu & Joy Noble James & Trish Scott Phillip & Leila Alston Danny & Debra Thomason Steve & Laura Sink Dan Chapman JUNIOR John & Leslie Bennett (May) Mike Himmelman & Nicole Bennett Ben & Teresa Nimmo NORTH HILL TRIAL Wayne Dill Steve Halley James Doyle Pat McClafferty Joel West Matthew Hill NON-RESIDENT Bob & Nancy Neighbors Jeff & Kam Harrell SOCIAL Charles & Lisa Archer Jack & Carlene Reynard Scott & Lisa Ginn David & Tammy Laney Jim Dennie Monte Marley Clay & Peggy Walls

3 Manager s Message Summer is officially here and the schedule is loaded with great events for the entire family! Make plans to spend the 4 th of July weekend at the Club. Activities will be held on Wednesday, July 4 th, with the City of Maumelle fireworks display bringing an end to a fun filled day. Call for reservations as we look forward to making your 4 th a special one! The City of Maumelle has issued an Ordinance regarding the discharge of fireworks. Any violator of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and could face up to a $100 fine plus court costs. Please educate your family and neighbors on this ordinance and refrain from discharging fireworks on the golf course. There will be no warnings issued for violations. Thank you for your compliance and have a Safe and Happy Fourth of July. June was a very productive month with several large outside events and clubhouse functions that produced much needed revenue. As the hot temperatures of July & August approach, we will be limiting the outside events to save wear and tear on the bent grass. With the absence of this revenue, we need all golfing members to bring your guests to the Club in order to keep the revenue stream flowing in the right direction. Our membership drive is still producing positive results and MCC continues to receive positive comments so let s keep the momentum and work hard on recruiting new members and making all members feel welcome at the Club! Congratulations to MCC Employee of the Month for June Bill Bush. Bill is the Men s Locker Room Attendant and has provided great service to our members for many years. Thanks for all of your hard work, Bill! Cimarron Grubb General Manager SUMMER Events at MCC June 29 Low Country Boil w/ Willie Nelson Impersonator Wallace Poole July 4 Fourth of July Celebration July 27 Entertainment Night w/ Bob Hayes August 3 Couples Nite Lite Golf August 17 Entertainment Night w/ Fire & Brimstone August 31 Entertainment Night w/ The Magnificent Bastards

4 From the Pro Shop The first annual PGA McGladery Team Championship was held on June 16 th. This new format was introduced as a replacement for the Buick Scramble and special thanks to all who participated. We had 7 teams compete for the chance to advance to the Regional qualifier in Broken Arrow, OK. The team of Roland Anderson, Mike Chapman & Joe Beckham were our Champions, with a great score of 60. Congratulations to this team and good luck as they try to advance to the National Championship in Pinehurst, NC! The MCC Personal Tee Junior Camp is underway. Our first camp was well attended with 15 juniors! There is one camp remaining (July 10 th 13 th ). The cost is $100 per junior and includes all camp equipment, beverages and lunch. July 4 th weekend is a very busy time around the Club and on the golf course! Make plans to participate in the 4 th of July Flag Tournament. Players 669 will be given a small flag with their names attached. Using full handicap, players will play until they reach the number of strokes equaling par, plus their handicap. The player who plants the flag farthest around the course will be the winner. Payout will be determined by the number of entries. Men s & Women s divisions will be competing for separate prizes. All players must tee off before 2:00 p.m. and play will be in your normal weekend group. Entry is $10 / participant. Sign up in the Pro Shop that day! The 2007 MCC Men s Match Play Tournament will be held on July 28 th & 29 th. The field is limited to the first 32 entries. Once field is full, players will be placed on a waiting list. Tee Times will begin at 9:00a.m. Format Match Play ( 9 Hole Matches ) The low handicapped player in the match will play to scratch and the other player will receive 100% of the difference of the 9-hole handicap. ½ strokes will be rounded up. All players under 65 years of age will play the White Tees. All players 65 years of age & older will play the Green Tees. Handicaps will be adjusted accordingly. Players losing their first match will be placed in a consolation bracket. If a player placed in the consolation loses his second match, he is eliminated from the tournament. Players winning their first match and losing their second match will be eliminated from the tournament. Entry Fee - $25.00 Entry Deadline July 25 5:00 pm Sign up in the Pro Shop ***SALE*** Take advantage of our 4 th of July Independence Day Sale! Men s & Women s Apparel and other items will be priced to move. We need to make room for our late summer apparel and now is your chance to save. Flag Day Tournament Tuesday, July 4 th AR PGA Junior Tour Friday, July 6 th 8:30 SG MCC Junior Camp July 10 th 13 th 8:00 12:30 MWGA Mixed Event Sunday, July 15 th 1:00 SG MGA Saturday, July 21 st 8:00 SG Parts Warehouse Outing Friday, July 27 th 10:42 12:18 TT Men s Match Play Championship July 28 th & 29 th 9:00 TT Couples Golf July 5 th, 12 th, 19 th & 26 th 5:30 SG

5 MGA NEWS Thanks to everyone who participated in the special June Nite-Lite event. 1 st Place 2 nd Place 3 rd Place George Toombs Mike Nolan Terry Roberts Rick Price David Parks Pat Johnson Shane McClary Rex Cherry Chris Albright Barry Pipkin Tom Kratzke Ed Benton We hope you will join us for this month s event on Saturday, July 21 8:00 a.m. The format for this event is Individual Stableford w/ players receiving full handicap. Sign up in the Pro Shop by Wednesday, July 18 th. Thanks to all MGA members whose support this year has allowed us to fund projects & improvements to the course. The new tee markers look great and have brought a much needed change to our tee boxes! Tim Pipkins MGA President NEW MEMBER SPONSORSHIP REWARD PROGRAM (Within THIS Calendar Year) First New Member------$100 Gift Certificate to be used at the Club Third New Member-----One Month FREE Dues Fifth New Member------Expense Paid Trip for 2 to Las Vegas or Branson (3 days & 2 nights) A Current Member (any classification) must sign the application of a new member that they are responsible for introducing to the Club. Applications are available in the Membership Packages located throughout the Club or you can get them from Monica Young. Sponsorship Rewards program only applies to sponsors of Full Active, Junior, Senior and/or Non-Resident new members [excludes Social]. MWGA NEWS We lost a dear friend and golfing partner earlier this week. Betty Renaud passed away on June 25 th. She was a great asset to the MWGA, serving as President and in many other capacities over the years. She will be missed. Many, many thanks to Sandy Carpenter & Lynette Pipkins and everyone who worked so hard to make the Mixed Invitational Tournament another huge success. Also, thanks to Wanda Jett for her work on the Willie Odom Invitational. The event is always a fun and challenging two days. Our scramble and monthly meeting will be July 18th. The scramble will begin with an 8:30 am shotgun followed by a luncheon meeting. Please contact the Pro Shop ( ) if you will be staying for lunch. The MWGA Mixed Event will be Sunday, July 15 th. Deadline to sign up is Wednesday, July 11 th. If we have enough teams sign up, we will have a 1:00 pm shotgun start. Please plan to stay for dinner following play. We have been having a good turnout for our weekly play on Wednesdays. It is great to see so much participation! Donell Daniel MCC Jr. Golf Camp July 10 th 13 th MCC Jr. Tennis Camp July 16 th 20 th Socials Members can be sponsors, but the new member must be a Golf level member for the sponsor to qualify.

6 Golf Course Update Well no doubt about it summer is here!! Bermuda loves it but the bent grass hates it! There are several things we have and will be doing to reduce the stress on the greens. For one, we will aerify this month using a solid star tine. This allows the roots to breath and helps us regulate the moisture levels. Another thing we have done is switch the front roller on our greens mowers. The rest of the year we use a grooved roller which helps us achieve a tighter cut. The solid roller lays the grass down before cutting; this creates a fatter leaf blade and causes less stress to the plant. Also, as the summer progresses we probably will raise the height of cut on the mower. Allowing the plant to grow taller reduces the amount of stress and has a direct impact 1830 on the root length. Raising the height of cut and changing the roller affects how the ball rolls. We try to moderate everything in order to give you the best possible playing surface without being too detrimental to the turf. As always, please be patient with our crew as they Wilt Watch on the greens. Give them a minute before hitting onto the greens; they are doing all they can to provide you with a great putting surface! Have a great round! Jason Baker, GCS Thank-you! Tom Pangburn and John Jennings have sponsored two new members this year! Keep up the great work- Vegas is calling you! Free Steak Dinners Somewhere hidden in the newsletter are four Member s club numbers. Find your member number and win one free steak dinner. Congratulations! Jim Jowers on your Hole-In-One on #13! *****Weekly Reminders***** Every Wednesday Night is Family Night at Maumelle Country Club Kids 11 and under EAT FREE off the kids menu with purchase of Adult Entrée. Happy Hour Tuesday Friday 5:00 PM 7:00 PM 10 % off all Beer, Wine and Cocktails

7 Board of Directors Officers President Mary Lynn Dickey Vice President Tom Pangburn Secretary Rolfe Kennedy Treasurer Gib Carpenter Directors Tom Frazier Bill Collins Todd Holcomb Erick Elder Ellen Aistrup Staff General Manager/Head Golf Professional Cimarron Grubb Course Superintendent Jason Baker Membership/Events Monica Young Office Manager Lisa Durham Executive Chef Tony Mitchell Clubhouse Maintenance Wayne Reed Member Payments For your convenience, we have a payment box on the lower level of the clubhouse. The box is located in the hall right across from the accounting office. We ask that all payments be put in the locked payment box. All member bills are to be paid to the accounting office by the 15 th of the month. All accounts not paid will be charged a late fee of $20.00 on the 16 th of the month. The late fee will be assessed as in accordance with the Club s bylaws (Article IV, Section 5). Thank you for your cooperation. If you have any questions, please call the club office at Hours of Operation Dining Hours Mixed Grill Tuesday - Friday 11:00 a.m. 9:00 p.m. Saturday 7:00 a.m. 7:30 p.m. Sunday 8:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Dinner will be served beginning at 5:30 p.m. Pool Window Service 11:00 a.m 5:00 p.m. Pro Shop Hours Tuesday Sunday 7:30 a.m. 7:00 p.m. Administration Hours Tuesday Friday 8:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m. CLOSED MONDAYS Telephone Numbers Restaurant/Reservations Mixed Grill To Go Orders Club Office Men s Locker Room Golf Course Maintenance Fax Pro Shop Membership Update We want to keep you informed of upcoming events and activities at the Club! If you have recently changed your address, phone, address and/or added new members to you family, please forward to monica.young@maumellecc.com or by calling the club office at

4 th of July Extravaganza!

4 th of July Extravaganza! Volume 3, Issue 7 Maumelle Country Club Newsletter July 2004 100 Club Manor Drive, Maumelle, AR 72113 www.maumellecc.com POOL ACTIVITIES & TIMES Pool open from 10 a.m. 7 p.m. DJ will be poolside from 11