IN THIS ISSUE New Members Pro Shop News President s News Maintenance Golf Results A Monthly Publication of Bent Tree Country Club April 15th 2013 Membership has been growing in the last two months. Be proud to be a member at Bent Tree Country Club, because that is a major reason why we are getting new members. Also, the fact that the golf course is in great shape is another reason for growth. Gail and I hear this in the office all the time when people are inquiring about membership. Our great staff is complimented as well. Thank you to everyone who came out to fill divots and pull moss down from the trees. WELCOME OUR NEW MEMBERS! Frank Burns William Weaver John Sabin Brian Hedman April 10 MGA Horse Race/ Dinner 12 Titleist Fitting Day 17 Trivia Night 18 Niners Closing Day 24 Farewell Party/ In door Golf Accounting Head Golf Professional Golf Professional F&B Manager Grille Room Gail Bundy Doug Mochrie John Wolfe Laurie McBride 371-5854 371-5854 371-8200 371-8200 371-5094 377-1997
Pro Shop News The Reciprocal Program is in full swing, we expect to have a full list of participating courses by May 1st. Be on the look out for our end of the Season Merchandise Sale email, lots of great deals to come! Don t forget to take advantage of our Shop Games as they will continue through the summer. News from the President Golfing with 50+ of My Best Friends One of the best things about Bent Tree Country Club is the comradery of its members. Last Wednesday at the MGA s final event my partner, Glen Jackson, and I were lucky enough to get to the finals of the Horse Race, starting on the hole #17. I was hitting second off the tee. After I teed my orb I looked at the green and saw a sea of my fellow members surrounding the green awaiting my tee shot. I thought I would be nervous but then I realized that I had 50 of my best friends playing with me. My shot was high with a slight drift to the right and finally rolled to a stop on the putting surface. A loud roar with horns beeping welcomed my shot to the green. That was a great thrill to receive the appreciation that my fellow members displayed. I believe that what you put into a club is what you get back. If you put involvement into the club it will reward you by expanding your friendships and activities. We only have two things to offer the membership at Bent Tree Country Club, golf and socializing at the clubhouse. I think we do a great job in both categories. The days are slowly ticking by till the 17 th of April when we should hear back from are friends at D.R. Horton regarding the acceptance of our contract. All signs are pointing in that direction. This past week core drillings where taken on the grounds around the club. I also heard that Horton has hired an engineer to proceed with engineering and drawings. This has been a two plus year happening but someday soon we will be rewarded. -Bob Haase
Club News Continued Maintenance News Spring Ahead With the season coming to an end the golf course held up fairly well with all the play the club had this season. It was a cooler winter than most and coldest March recorded on the books, with that we lost around a month of growing season coming into spring. Our average cool temperatures last March were 62 degrees, this year 50 degrees. The last week of March this year we recorded temperatures in the 40 s. Ok what does that mean, Bermuda growth is stunted with temperatures in the 50 s. It is not the day temperatures that control the growth it is the night temperatures. With the low temperatures that affects soil temperatures. Ideally you want your soil temperatures in the 60 s which they were not this spring, in turn affects the growth of the plant. So this March we did have a setback for growing conditions. Now our objective is to start preparing for next season, our first aerification of greens will be the end of this month. We will be applying our wall to wall fertilizer application at the same time. We will start our aerification process on tees, approaches and fairways in the coming months. Also plans to continue to repair drainage in the problem bunkers, we completed 8 bunkers so far and the results have been great. Our staff hopes everyone had a good season and is ready for next season, as we start preparing for next season. We appreciate everyone s help on the course filling divots and repairing your ball marks it Books to Read The next book club meeting will be held Wednesday April, 24th. This months selection is The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar by Junot Diaz
Golf Results by Dick Horvath Niners Low Gross/Low Net March 22 nd 1 st Gross 51 Barbara Semel-Parkhurst 2 nd Gross 54 Nancy Quinn 1 st Net 40 Esther Rachwal 2 nd (Tie) Net 41 Cindy Samwebber/Barb Thierfelder March 18 th Men s Two Best Balls of Four 1 st -14 Marty Schwartz, Ed Hill, Joe Laplume, Dick Williard 2 nd (Tie) -13 Cornell Wright, Glen Jackson, George Mitchell, Dan Foster Dan Canterbury, Rich Pattee, Joe Baggiano, Peter Lund March 19 th Men s Individual Quota Points 1 st +12 Ed Gurile 2 nd +11 Gary Geiring 3 rd +4 Bill Perry 4 th (Tie) +3 Joe Laplume/Dick Williard/Sears Wullschleger March 21 st Men s Member Guest Practice Round 1 st -21 Keith Pope, Tom Mitchell, Bob Haase, Randy Talley 2 nd -18 Clyde Foster, John Jones, Jim Knudson, Jeff Knudson 3 rd -17 Ed Gurile, Dan Bates, Bill Perry, Nick Marsala 4 th (Tie) -16 John Van Vranken, Bill Russini, Chuck Miller, Rocky Miller Michael Harris, Dan Foster, Tom Gruss, Dick Horvath March 22 nd Men s Member Guest Final Results Round Robin Augusta Flight 1 st 68 Clyde Foster/John Jones IV 2 nd 59 Chuck Miller/Rocky Miller Oakmont Flight 1 st 58 Bob Ridgway/John Ridgway 2 nd 52 Joe Baggiano/Ray Paladino Pinehurst Flight 1 st 66 Jim Lanier/Tom Mason 2 nd 56 Dave Hurley/Mark Hurley Winged Foot Flight 1 st 59 Allen Depew/William McNamara (Won in Playoff) 2 nd Mel Garskof/Joe Relling Pine Valley Flight 1 st 72 Robert Haase/Randy Talley (Overall Winner 2 nd 57 Tom Gruss/Dick Horvath (Won in Playoff) 10 th Annual Horse Race 1 st Bob Reeder/Mark Hurley 2 nd Joe Relling/Clete Troyer 3 rd Ray Paladino/Marty Schwartz
Golf Results by Dick Horvath WGA April 2 nd 1 Best Ball Odd/2 Best Balls Even 1 st -15 (Tie) Kathy Auriemma. Sharon Reitsch, Gerry Bain, Fran Horvath Mary Gearhardt, Joan Agnacian, Kim Boucher, Patricia Alfrey April 1 st Two Best Balls of Four 1 st -22 Ed Hill. Glen Jackson, Wally Kahne, Rick Napolitan 2 nd -12 Brian Snyder, Dick Horvath, Joseph Laplume, Cornell Wright April 2 nd Four Man Team Quota Points 1st +12 Jim Knudson, Len Kent, Dave Hurley, Joseph Travers 2 nd (Tie) +10 Gary Geiring, Ed Stambrosky, Clyde Foster, Ed Hill Tom Quinn, Robert Haase, Bill Perry, Joe Baggiano Jim Lanier, Bill Yackey, Rick Napolitan, John Clapp April 5 th Men s Individual Quota Points 1 st +6 Mel Garskof 2 nd +5 Peter Barnhart 3 rd (Tie) +3 John Hyndman, Tom Krejci, Nate Miller April 6 th Men s MGA Individual Gross, Net and Putts 1st Flight 1 ST Gross Tie 81 Rick Pattee/Ray Wentz 1 st Net 70 Gary Geiring 2 nd Net 72 Gary Olson Low Putts (Tie) 29 Tom Quinn/Bob Yowell 2 nd Flight 1 st Gross 82 Glen Jackson 2 nd 85 Don Hartery 1 st Net 66 Rick Napolitan 2 nd 71 Tom Krejci Low Putts 25 Tom Krejci 3 rd Flight 1 st Gross 83 Ed Stambrosky 2 nd 89 Clyde Foster 1 st Net 69 Doug McKinnon 2 nd 72 Bob Desrochers
4 th Flight 1 st Gross 90 Wally Kahne 2 nd 91 Doug Mrstik 1 st Net 69 Ed Hill 2 nd Tie 70 Peter Barnhart/Norm Joly Low Putts 28 Wally Kahne April 7 th Couples Shamble Augusta Flight 1 st 46 Guriles/Wentzs 2 nd 49 Geirings, Barbara Semel-Parkhurst, Mike Fish Masters Flight 1 st 49 (Tie) Jones/Davies Closest to the Pin Harterys/Naces Women #17 11 feet Susan Courbois Men #12 (Tie)11 feet John Clapp/Guy Courbois 2913 OLE PAL Challenge 1 st Flight Winner Len Kent/Rick Pattee Runner-up Ed Faiella/Ryan Zipperer 2 nd Flight Winner Ed Gurile/Ray Wentz Runner-up Michael Harris/Clyde Foster 3 rd Flight Winner Ken Allen/Jim Dean Runner-up Jim Knudson/Norm Newland 4 th Flight Winner Dick Horvath/Glen Jackson Runner-up Allan Depew/Sears Wullschleger 5 th Flight Winner Dan Foster/Doug Mckinnon Runner-up Harlan Milhorn/Max Modrak
Congratulations to our Niners Club Champions! Low Gross Doug Mochrie, Dr. Barbara SemelParkhurst Low Net Norma Hughes, Doug Mochrie, Pat Clapp
2013 Men s Member Guest Horse Race Winner s Doug Mochrie, Mark Hurley, Bob Reeder 2013 Men s Member Guest Overall Winners
Congratulations to this years 2013 MGA Player s of the Year!! Raymond Wentz, Rick Napolitan, Clyde Foster, Doug Mrstik, Doug Mochrie 1st Place Horse Race 2nd Place Horse Race 3rd Place Horse Race Doug Mrstik, Joe LaPlume, Bob Haase, Peter Hansinger Robert Jones Glen Jackson
Around the Club Mr. Clapp taking Precaution!!