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Page 1 In This Issue: Page 2:-Owner Article Page 3- Superintendant Article Page 4 - General Manager Article Page 6 -Golf Shop Manager Article Page 7 Food & Beverage Manager Article Page 8 Golf

1 Page 1 In This Issue: Page 2:-Owner Article Page 3- Superintendant Article Page 4 - General Manager Article Page 6 -Golf Shop Manager Article Page 7 Food & Beverage Manager Article Page 8 Golf Academy at Wildwood Green Page 9 Dues Prepayment Details Page 13 Adopt Adopt-A-Hole Page 15 Member Monthly Specials Page 17 Upcoming Events Page 22 - Monthly Events Calendar Page 23 - Member Accomplishments Page 24 -Rule of the Month Page 26 - Employee Contacts Carolinas Golf Group Facility

2 Page 2 Roger Watson Owner We are nearing the end of our 1 st phase of our improvement plan at Wildwood Green! We hope you are enjoying the results of these improvements and we certainly appreciate all the input from the members, especially the advisory board. We are currently formulating a newlist of items to continue to improve the course, facility and service. In order toget some newideas we are forming a more structured seven member advisory board. If you are interested in becoming a member of the advisory board, please submit your name in writing to Jeff Engelhaupt, before September 1, The term of each advisory board member is one year. However, a member can serve up to three consecutive terms. We thank all the current board members for their service. We could not have accomplished these recent improvements without their support. We would like to point out a few issues that we can improve on. We are currently averaging over $4,000 LOSS OF REVENUE WEEKLY due to no shows on the tee sheet. You can help by calling in to cancel times or adjust the number of players. We would like to spend this money on improvements! Pace of play is an issue when twosomes or threesomes are playing among foursomes and the course is full with golfers. PLAY READY GOLF! Wemakeeveryeffortto keepyourduesaslowaspossible,howeverwecan notcontrol fixedcostswhichcontinuetogoup. Wewantto continue improving all services, facilities and the course. As you can see from the recent improvements the owners have spent over $272,000. We have to make a small approximate 3% dues increase, effective August 1, However, you can prepay for 2017 and save 10% off dues, cart and range club, plus other free and discounts, if you pay in August. Thank you for your support! We hope you are proud of Wildwood Green and will recommend your friends, neighbors and others to visit and join the club. Would you like to pay no dues for a year and reduced dues for another year? Sponsor four new members! That is all it takes! Thank you for beingamember!iwant toaddabigthank youto theentireexcellentstaffattheclub.wearefortunate tohavethemhere!

Page 3 Rick Durham Superintendent 2016 has gotten off to a good start as it pertains to the weather. We are now starting to see the standard July seasonal heat and humidity.

3 Page 3 Rick Durham Superintendent 2016 has gotten off to a good start as it pertains to the weather. We are now starting to see the standard July seasonal heat and humidity. Now that summer weather has arrived there are several agronomic practices that we will implement over the next few months to aid in the success of Wildwood Green. Hand syringing of greens will be one of the most important. Simply syringing a green can lower the canopy by 10 degrees or more. Please be aware that you may encounter one of our maintenance team members hand syringing frequently this summer. A simple wave and acknowledgement from the team members assures that we are all paying attention of approaching golf shots. The course will be closed on Monday, August 22 nd due to a small aerification. We will be doing a small aerification on all of the greens. This helps the roots grow deeper providing a healthier plant. This aerification willnotbeverydisruptive whichmeansthegreenswillhealfast. New fans on #3 and #9 will be turned on during hot humid days. The fans can also cool and circulate air which benefits the cool season bentgrass. All bermuda grass is off to a healthy start. We will be consistently aerifying high traffic areas over the next few months along with a fertility program that will promote healthy strong turf. Thank you for all your comments and as always I can be reached via at rdurham@wildwoodgreen.com.

4 Page 4 Dear Members, Jeff Engelhaupt General Manager It is an exciting time of year with the golf season in full swing! We are having great luck with the weather and personally, I think this is the best the course has looked at this time of year since I have been here.weare hearing thoughts like thisechoedfromall ofyouaswell!weappreciate you taking time to fill out and return comment cards and you expressing what you would like to see improved around the facility. Continue to do so on a regular basis as our comment cards are gatheredevery Mondayanddistributed tothemanagerssothatweknowwherewe canimprove at. Our event season is roughly half way through and we recently hosted the Club Championships. Congratulations to our defending Women s Club Champion, Denice Short. She has successfully defended her title and it will be an interesting time next year as she looks to 3-peat. Congratulations to our men s Club Champion Lennie Barton! This is not Lennie s first title as Club Champion as he has had success over the past years in this tournament. Lennie will look to defend at next year s event. I also want to thank this year s participants in general. We heard numerous positive comments and appreciate all of you who played! With August just around the corner we are busy preparing our prepayment plan and have detailed that here in the newsletter. We will also send out numerous s and place signs around the shop. (continued on next page) Upcoming Events: Sunday, July 3 rd Flag Tournament Saturday, July 9 th Skins Day Sunday, July 10 th Couples Golf Sunday, July 17 th CGA One Day Event Monday, July 18 th Jack Ratz Jr. Tournament Saturday, July 23 rd Package Event #4 Sunday, July 31 st Parent Child Tournament Saturday, August 6 th Package Event #5 Saturday, August 20 th Skins Game Sunday, August 21 st Couples Golf Monday, August 22 nd Aerification

5 Page 5 Jeff Engelhaupt General Manager Continued You can find more details about prepayment further through this newsletter and be sure to prepay in August for your greatest discount of 10% off. If you prepay for the dues, you can then prepay for club services like range plan, cart plan, lockerandclub storage. Wewill have prepayment sheets for you to fill outlocated at thegolf shop counter. Stop by as soon asyoucantograbone! As you can see on the previous slide, we have numerous events and happenings during the month of July. Be sure to take part in our package event and for a more challenging event, sign up through the CGA for our one day tournament on the 17 th. Our next major golf event will be the fall member-member in September. This is the one you wait for all year..the event will feature 5 nine-hole match play events and is always an enjoyable time! Ilookforwardtoseeing youatthe club soon andthanks forbeingamemberatwildwoodgreen!

Page 6 Mindy Glatfelter Golf Shop Manager The summer is really flying by. I want to thank everyone who has come out and participated in our member events so far.

6 Page 6 Mindy Glatfelter Golf Shop Manager The summer is really flying by. I want to thank everyone who has come out and participated in our member events so far. We have many more member events planned through the rest of the summer. We even have a few majors left on the schedule. The Fall Member-Member is booked in September, the Member-Guest is booked in October and we havethe Couples Member-Guest in October aswell.youdonot wantto missanyofour majorsthisyear. We have also added a new event to our calendar. We will be hosting a Parent-Child 9 hole tournament on July 31 st. The Parent-Child Tournament will be played from our new USGA rated family tees. Anyone over the age of 18 will play from Level 2 and any player 17 and under will play from the Level 1. Sign up your 2 person team in the golf shop today! For more details please refer to slide Congratulations to Paul Pratto for being the winner of a new desktop. They were randomly pulled from our members only drawing. The more new members you sponsor the more you will be entered into our member only raffle. All the prizes on the table in the golf shop will be raffled off to our dedicated members in good standing. If you have any questionsaboutthe detailsof our membershipdrive,askamanagerin the golfshop today! Please help us by continuing to fill out comment cards about the facilities. Tell us about an event you would like to see,aformatyou wouldlike to playor even anyimprovements you wouldlike to see.happy 4 th ofjuly!

7 Page 7 Jennifer McLendon Food & Beverage Manager July already? Summer is in full swing. Bogey s is now running weekend breakfast specials and we always have breakfast biscuits for you before you head to the course, so no need to stopforbiscuit beforeyou gethere!wealsohavedailylunch specialsso check those out too! We are running the beverage cart on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Holidays. We are going to test the waters on Thursdays depending on the scheduled tee times. We are currently in the process of planning a Summer Fling cookout. I am trying to put feelers out for what kind of things people would like. I.E Barbecue, seafood boil. Any suggestions would be welcomed and appreciated. Wehopeeveryonehas asafeandhappy4th!!

Page 8 Jimmy Hamilton Director of Instruction The Academy is pleased to welcome two new members to our teaching and coaching staff. Ronnie Reitz is a long time teaching professional in this region.

8 Page 8 Jimmy Hamilton Director of Instruction The Academy is pleased to welcome two new members to our teaching and coaching staff. Ronnie Reitz is a long time teaching professional in this region. Ronnie actually started his professional career as an assistant to Ralph Lang at the original Wildwood CC. Ronnie was the Head Professional at North Ridge CC for many years and helped the Bagwell family start River Ridge GC and was at Wake Forest CC for quite a few years. Ronnie has been awarded the Palmer Maples Teacher of the Year award in the Carolinas PGA and has been awarded Junior Golf Promoter of the Year twice. Ronnie has worked with tour notables Chip Beck, Scott Hoch and Bob and Ed Byman. Ronnie has over 50 years experience teaching and coaching the game. Dave Snyder joins the Academy after working at Lochmere for 5 years. Dave has fine record in coaching the girls team at Athens Drive High School and has coached young people in many sports. Dave was able to teach golf at Lochmere as well and has worked with over 140 different people. Dave has a great reputation of keeping the game fundamentally sound, simpleand fun. Youcan tmissdavewithhisbig grin and Loudmouthslacks. TheAcademyhashad a verybusy and productive spring and early summer. From junior players learning the game and some performing very well ontheregionalandnationaleventstoadultslookingtohavemorefun withtheirgame,contact usandletushelp youhavemorefunwithyour game!

9 Page 9 We have begun taking names of volunteer members who are interested in becoming part of our revamped Member Advisory Board (MAB). The advisory board will meet at least once per quarter and discuss club operations and improvements to be made to the facility. If you are interested in joining the MAB please submityournametojeffengelhauptinwriting onorbeforeaugust31 st,2016. Information on the Member Advisory Board *Volunteer members will serve one year terms for the advisory board *Members may serve up to three consecutive terms *Meet and discuss club improvements to be made *Promote the facility and help communicate thoughts of management to other members of the club We thank you for your interest in serving on the Member Advisory Board!

10 Page 10 BeginningAugust1 st,2016you canprepay your2017dues andsave between10%off and2%off! -Lock inyour2017membership dues rate andavoid anydues increases that may occur in Beoneof the first 25 to prepay andreceive agolf locker AND club storage spot for FREE! -Beoneof the next25to prepay andreceive afree club storage spotfor 2017! -Thefirst 50 members to prepay willbeenteredto winoneof five $50 gift certificates. -Prepay your dues then receive the same discount on select member services. -Prepay inaugustandreceive 40%off onin-stock apparel untilseptember 1 st, Prepay in August and you are eligible to purchase a gift certificate of $50 or more and receive an additional gift certificate for 10% of the purchased price. -All members who prepay in August will receive an additional entry into our holiday give away.

11 Page 11 Membership Category Monthly Dues Annual Dues 10% August 31st 8% September 30th 6% October 31st 4% November 30th 2% December 31st Junior $65 $780 $702 $718 $733 $749 $764 Weekday/PM Individual Weekday/PM Family of 2 Weekday/PM Family of 3+ Regular Individual Regular Family of 2 Regular - Family of 3+ $131 $1572 $1415 $1446 $1478 $1509 $1541 $150 $1800 $1620 $1656 $1692 $1728 $1764 $173 $2076 $1868 $1910 $1951 $1993 $2034 $194 $2328 $2095 $2142 $2188 $2235 $2281 $225 $2700 $2430 $2484 $2538 $2592 $2646 $253 $3036 $2732 $2793 $2854 $2915 $2975

12 Page 12 Professional Service Annual Fee 10% August 31st 8% September 30th 6% October 31st 4% November 30th 2% December 31st Cart Plan 1 Person Cart Plan 2 People Range Plan 1 Person Range Plan 2 People Range Plan 3 People $1380 $1242 $1270 $1297 $1325 $1352 $2070 $1863 $1904 $1946 $1987 $2029 $320 $288 $294 $301 $307 $314 $474 $427 $436 $446 $455 $465 $567 $510 $522 $533 $544 $556 Golf Locker $48 $43 $44 $45 $46 $47 Club Storage $96 $86 $88 $90 $92 $94

13 Page 13 These are the sign ups to date for the Adopt-A-Hole Program! Hole 1 Sue Edwards & Dean Edwards Hole 2 Don Allen & Tom Stocum Hole 3 Marshall Family & Andrew Reynolds Hole 4 Joe Brennan Hole 5 Pratto League Hole 6 John & Timmy McDonald Hole 7 Bob Hounsell & Ann Ryan Hole 8 Denise Kane & Kelley Taylor Hole 9 Denice Short, Sherry Davis & Charlene Harry Hole 10 Jake Perry & Mike Hinton Hole 11 Joel Silverman Hole 12 Don Allen & Kim Waterhouse Hole 13 Mindy Glatfelter & Joey Davisson Hole 14 Roger Watson Hole 15 Laura Ross & Bowen Ross, Dale Denny & Judy Denny Hole 16 Tom Stocum & Nate Stocum Hole 17 Gary Strawbridge & Cathie Strawbridge Hole 18 Mike Stanley & Dennis Duprey Driving Range Ranger Rick Hofshier Putting & Chipping Area Maryse Koster & Linda Hanks The purpose of the Adopt-A-Hole program is to help keep each hole and the practice areas in good condition and then reward the teams that maintain them the best. We need 20 two person teams in order to have an outstanding program. The most important areas to concentrate on are ball mark repair, sanding divots, raking bunkers, trash, etc. Thank you to all who have signed up to help keep Wildwood Green looking better than ever!

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Page 1. August In This Issue: Page 1 In This Issue: Page 2 -Board of Advisors & Owners Article Page 3 - Superintendant Article Page 4 Pictures of Greens Conversion Page 6 - General Manager Article Page 7 -Golf Shop Manager Article