October 2011 www.coosawcreek.com COOSAW COURIER Adult Halloween Costume Party and New Member Social Friday, October 28th 7 PM 11 PM Gremlins and Goblins and Witches on brooms You are invited to party under the moon! More information on Page 5_ Halloween Festival Saturday, October 29 4:00 PM 7:00 PM Live Entertainment, Bounce Castle, Bobbing for Apples, Face Painting, Games, Arts and Crafts, Costume Contest, Hay Ride and More More information on Page 5
2 President: Board of Directors Vice-President: Treasurer: Director: Director: Director: Director: Director: Director: Palmetto Grill Hours of Operation Lunch Tuesday-Sunday:11AM-3PM Dinner: Wednesday-Saturday: (Reservations Preferred) John Bennett Kit Graves Bar Service: Tuesday-Sunday: 8AM-7PM Monday: 10AM-4PM Marion Phillips Ira Marshall Mark Schultz Chip Fallon Dick Shaw Judy Hair Aubrey Bell Every Friday: Members Night Out 5PM-??? Reservations Required for ALL Special Events: Cancellation Policy will apply for no-shows and cancellations made within 24 hours of Event start time. (50% of the price of the event will be charged to member s account) Staff and Hours of Operation Club Staff Mike Benner: General Manager/ Director of Golf Email: mbenner@coosawcreek.com Ext. 208 Mike Scioli: Administrative Manager Email: mscioli@coosawcreek.com Ext. 201 Karen Vaughn: Member Services Email: kvaughn@coosawcreek.com Ext. 207 Bob Clark: Golf Shop Manager Email: bclark@coosawcreek.com Ext. 203 Ken Hammock: Food & Beverage Director Email: khammock@coosawcreek.com Ext. 205 Mike Hirshfield: Head Chef Email: mhirshfield@coosawcreek.com Ext. 205 Gordon Williams: Superintendent Email: gwilliams@coosawcreek.com Phone: 767-9140 Jaeson May: Aquatics Director Email: jmay@coosawcreek.com Phone: 343-5629 Club Phone 843-767-9000 Tee Times...843-767-8988 Fax Number..843-207-7438 Security Gate 843-760-9111
3 Saturday, October 8 Spanish Wine Dinner 6:00 PM $59.95 per person *Reservations Required* 1 st Course Salmon Ceviche Paired with Conde de Subirats Cava Bru 2 nd Course Goat Cheese Croquetas, Roasted Red Peppers, Black Olives, Chorizo Vinaigrette Paired with Adegas Gran Vinum - Mar de Vinas Albarino 3 rd Course Espelette Rubbed Beef Tenderloin, Patatas Bravas, Zucchini, Sherry Mushroom Sauce Paired with Bogedas Rejadorada - Tinto Roble 4th Course Crema Catalana Paired with Vinedos de Nieva - "Ermita de Nieve" Verdejo Palmetto Grill Thursday, October 13 Ladies Monthly Luncheon (Reservations must be made prior to October 12 at 12PM) Reservations Required 12:00 pm 2:00 pm Contact Brenda Cosker for Details 843-552-9319 or email at blc13@live.com First Course Roasted Acorn Squash Bisque, Pancetta, Pecorino Second Course Roasted Gnocchi, Asparagus, Mushrooms, Tomatoes, Basil Third Course Red Wine Poached Pear, Vanilla Ice Cream, Port Reduction Saturday, October 22 Seafood and Prime Rib Buffet 6pm-9pm $29.95 per person $12.95 kids 5-10 Free kids 4 and under Crab Legs with Drawn Butter Prime Rib with Horseradish and Au Jus Peel and Eat Shrimp Roasted Potatoes Seasoned Haricot vert Caesar Salad Station Black Bean Soup Rolls and Butter Chef s Selection Dessert
4 Palmetto Grill October Community Nights Friday, October 7 Team Trivia Dinner Menu Available Game Starts at 7:00 pm $5.00 per person for Prizes Friday, October 21 Bingo Dinner Menu Available Game Starts at 7:00 pm $5.00 per person for Prizes No Electronic Devices Permitted for Trivia Night, Including Cell Phones Couples Nine & Dine Saturday, October 1 4:00 pm Golf 6:30 pm Dinner Family Style Dinner (Reservations must be made prior to September 30 at 12PM) First Course Bruscetta Second Course Lasagna Baked Penne with Chicken Sautéed Squash and Zucchini Third Course Spumoni Pig Pickin Saturday, October 15 6:00-9:00PM Reservations Required $19.95 per person $6.95 kids 5-10 Free kids 4 and under Salad Station Roasted Whole Pig Potato Salad Cole Slaw Marinated Cucumber and Tomato Salad Baked Beans Corn on the Cob Rolls and Butter Chef s Dessert Selection
5 Palmetto Grill Adult Halloween Costume Party and New Member Social Friday, October 28th 7 PM 11 PM Gremlins and Goblins and Witches on brooms You are invited to party under the moon! It`s the Coosaw Halloween party that ll be such a fright, Dancing and eating and music all night! See your newest neighbors like you ve never seen them before! *Dinner Menu Available* *Prizes for Best Costumes* DJ Burt Lawson *Drink Specials and More Halloween Festival Saturday, October 29 4:00 PM 7:00 PM Reservations Required Mexican Buffet 5:00 PM 7:00 PM $9.95 per person $5.95 kids 5-12 Free kids 4 and under Build Your Own Taco Station,: Corn and Flour Tortillas, Ground Beef, Braised Chicken, Spanish Rice / Refried Beans, Topping Station Live Entertainment, Bounce Castle, Bobbing for Apples, Face Painting, Games, Arts and Crafts, Costume Contest, Hay Ride and More, Full Buffet as well as Kid's Menu and Dessert Menu Available
6 Note from the Pro By the time this newsletter reaches you, we will have crowned our new mens and ladies Club Champions. However, the golf season is not over yet, as the Club Championship was the final event to qualify for Player of the Year Tournament. Now that the points are final, we will be accepting sign-ups for the top 50 men and top 25 women to fill the field. This new event will play out similarly to the PGA Tour Fed Ex Cup race and should be fun and exciting, so I encourage everyone who qualifies to keep October 17 & 18 open to play. And, don t forget about the Club s Open House on October 1st and 2nd. We will have a demo day on both days and club trade-in, as well as a special 2-day membership drive. This event is designed to promote our facility to the community, with the goal of creating long-term customers and recruiting members. It will be a busy weekend at Coosaw Creek, so please plan accordingly if you plan to play golf or use the Clubhouse, and help us make this event a success. Mike Benner, Director of Golf Pro Shop Upcoming Tournaments Oct. 1 Couples 9 and Dine Oct 8 & 9 Player of the Year, 9am Nov 6 LGA Pot Luck 12:30pm Nov 12 End of Year Shamble Nov 20 Turkey Shoot Outside Tournaments Oct 1 SCGA Junior Amateur Qualifier, 12pm tee-times Oct. 17-18 Wendy s Invitational hosted by Charleston Southern University 8am tee-times Oct. 26 Flooring Services Golf tournament 1pm Shotgun Oct. 27 Charleston County Education Foundation Tournament 1pm Shotgun ALL NEW FALL BLITZ SCHDULE White Tee Blitz Tuesday and Thursday morning @ 8:30am Ladies LGA Blitz Wed. and Sat. morning @ 9:30am Blue Tee Blitz Friday @ 1pm & every Saturday @ 9am Please don t forget to sign up by the day before. Call the golf shop for more details on these events. Demo Day October 1st and 2nd 11am 3pm Join us on the range to try the latest in clubs from all of our major vendors. On Saturday, Oct. 1 st we will have Callaway, Cobra and Cleveland! On Sunday, Oct. 2 nd we will have Titleist & Ping. Special weekend only pricing will be available on all purchases and special orders!
7 Pro Shop All summer apparel must go! Buy 1, get 1 half-off on all apparel including Antigua, Footjoy, Nike, Page & Tuttle, Puma and Slazenger apparel) Fall Glove Special FJ Weathersoft/Sta Cooler 2 for $20; FJ Spider 2 for $22; Titlist Players 2 for $32 Golf Balls Used ProV1 Dozen - $24.99 and deals on all Titlist balls by the Dozen ALL Headwear Buy 1, get 1 half-off Shoes FJ superlites Originally $109.99; Now available for $74.99 Rock Bottom pricing on all in stock clubs Let s Make a Deal! See golf staff for more details. FREE Junior Clinics FREE Junior Clinics through-out October. Every Monday we will host a junior clinic at 4 pm. Available for all juniors under the age of 13. The Clinic will last approximately 1 HOUR and will include on course play with an instructor. And parents, we also encourage you to stay and participate in the clinic as well. Please contact the pro shop for any questions or to sign-up Family Tees (Tee it Forward Initiative) The PGA has implemented the Tee it Forward initiative to help golfers enjoy the game as well as to grow the game in an attempt to attract new junior golfers, families and beginning golfers to the game of golf. There is a flyer located at the handicap computer to help golfers identify which tees they should play. Most people already know that we have 3 sets of tees (blue, white and green), but many are unaware that we also offer 3 blended tee options (blue/ white, green/white and green/gold) for golfers to play, as well. Scorecards are available in the proshop to provide tee and handicap information. We have also re-implemented family tees throughout the course. You will see these markers (Gold and Red) located in the fairway to provide adequate starting points for juniors and beginners, as well as for families to come out and play together. During Twilight Play (after 3pm), we will also allow juniors under the age of 16 to play for FREE when accompanied by a paying adult. Family tee scorecards are also available in the proshop.
8 Pro Shop Tournament Results Patrick Beale Memorial Tournament- This year we had 88 players participate in our charity tournament to benefit MUSC Hollins Cancer Center. Due to the enormous efforts of AB Bell and the wonderful Coosaw Creek community, we were able to raise $10,000 for the charity, which made all of the participant s winners! Thank you for your participation and great support. LGA Scramble- The LGA Scramble was played on Wednesday September 14 th and we had 26 participants Congratulations to the team of Judy Hair, Karen Gaag, Tonya Martin and Ardys Vegas for winning the event with a net 56. Closest to the Pin honors went to Judy Hair and Terri Bell for their exceptional par 3 play. And please notice in the photo, the Pink Hats that were donned as a salute to the terrific job Judy Whaley has done as LGA president to bring the 18 and 9 hole groups together and grow the LGA tremendously over the past year. Congrats LGA! Couples 9 and Dine We had another great turn-out for Couples 9 and Dine with 38 players attending. Congratulations to the winning team of Mike & Jennifer Poland and Ira & Sally Marshall with a net score of 27. As usual, everyone enjoyed the dinner prepared by Chef Mike. Club Championship Congratulations to our 2011 Club Champions! Jeff Hemphill won Men's Overall Gross honors with a two day total of 152 and Leigh Anne Cone won Ladies Overall Gross honors with a score of 180. Overall Net honors went to Mark Schultz with a net score of 135, while Melissa Butynski took Ladies Net honors with a total score of 147. Thanks to everyone who participated in this year's event. Flight Results Blue Flight Gross Winner - Jeff Hemphill 152 Net Winner - Ryan Shaw 147 White Flight Gross Winner Mark Schultz 155 Net Winner Bill Boan 140 Green/White Flight Net Winner Rick Slagle 144 Ladies Flight Gross Winner Leigh Anne Cone 180 Ladies Winner Melissa Butynski 147
9 Course News Locker Room Shoe Service- Please drop off your golf or dress shoes in the golf shop office for shoe cleaning service. Pick ups and drop offs will occur weekly. Please fill out a service card and place it in your shoes. Shoes will be dropped off when ready. Shoe Services and Rates Cleaning $10 for one color shoes; $15 for 2 color (saddle) shoes Shoe Laces Changed $5 Golf Spikes Changed $15 Pro Shop Golf Committee Note The Golf Committee works hard to ensure that our member tournaments are run according to member satisfaction. We would like to hear from you regarding your tournament feedback. We are in the process of creating the tournament schedule and book for 2012. Please contact one of your Golf Committee Representatives if you are interested in participating or providing feedback. Peggy Beale, Aubrey Bell, Lew Briggs, Jeff Hemphill, Bob Potter, Dick Shaw, Judy Whaley, Rusty Woodall, Mike Benner GM/Dir. of Golf Greenside with Gordon Course Conditions and Overseeding It has been another year of extreme weather conditions. We experienced near drought conditions throughout the summer which resulted in a rain deficit of -9.12 inches. Now it seems that we have been fighting very wet conditions due to frequent mid-day down pours. These extreme conditions have proven to be very stressful to our Bermuda based grasses on the golf course, as well as for the staff in trying to maintain optimum course conditions and turf health through adverse weather conditions. However, we are very happy with the overall turf quality as we start to head into the fall season. Earlier in the year, we had an independent course survey conducted by IGM (International Golf Maintenance) to help us evaluate overall turf health and improvement needs, as well as recommend new or different agronomic practices that may have a positive impact on the course. One overwhelming point that was identified in the survey was the positive impact that not overseeding has had on the turf health and condition of our fairways, as well as the green on hole #11 and the putting green. As many will remember, those two greens were routinely showing the worst health each year. But, since we have skipped overseeding and removed some trees that were not allowing adequate sun, those greens have responded very well. Due to that point, IGM recommended in their survey that we skip overseeding on all greens in an effort to improve the turf health and playing condition of the greens and to help prolong the life of our existing turf on the greens. Our greens are now approaching 20 years old. While most courses have resurfaced their greens to newer ultra dwarf turfs, we are still maintaining the original tif-dwarf greens used when the course was built in 1992. With that said, we have made the decision to not overseed the greens and fairways this year. This will be the first time that the greens will not be overseeded since they were built. We still plan to overseed all tee s and the practice range. We will also be using a new chemical application (Chloro Green) on the greens throughout the winter that allows the dormant grass to keep its green color. This spray pigment is not a paint and does not cause any stress to the grass plant. We have already made two applications to the greens so that the pigment can be absorbed into the grass before they go dormant this fall. We will also make additional applications every month after they go dormant to keep the green color throughout the winter season. So, hopefully they will look and play just like they would normally, but we can also give thegreens a much needed break from overseeding for the first time. Please contact me if you have any questions about this or anything else on the course.
10 Join the Club in Welcoming our Newest Members to the Coosaw Creek Community! Kevin and Susan Duvall 4312 Club Course Drive Admin/Tennis News FOOD MINIMUM REMINDER! Make sure you meet the $150 food minimum by October 31st if your account falls within the range indicated below: CC30010 CC30439 CC70011 CC72999 It is time again to prepare for the election of Board of Directors and the Nominating Committee is now in the process of seeking Equity member candidates for the election that will be held in February, 2012. Three members will be elected to the Board at that time for terms ending 2015. Contact Karen Vaughn to receive a short questionnaire by email to fill out for the nominating committee. Tennis Lessons Our Tennis Pro Heinz Maurer is now offering tennis lessons. If you are interested in private or group lessons please contact him at 843-343-4454. Rates are $20 for ½ hour and $40 for 1 hour lessons. Stringing, re-gripping and other tennis services are also available through Heinz. Please contact him to set up your next tennis lesson.
11 Admin News Congratulations to Coosaw Staff s New Arrivals! Congratulations to Chef Mike and his wife, Becca, on the birth of their baby boy Avi Hirshfield! Congratulations to Nicole Wallenfelsz and her husband, Nathan on the birth of their baby girl Ainsley Wallenfelsz
12 Club News Coosaw Creek Women s Club Save the Date Saturday, December 3 rd 2011 Christmas Boutique 11:00 3:00 Featuring 25 local artisans Tour of Homes 1:00 5:00 Featuring 8 beautifully decorated Holiday Homes and a garage of a Vintage Train Town www.coosawcreekwomensclub.org $20 per Adult Tickets are limited and available Oct. 15 th @ 224-2962 Find us on Facebook @ Coosaw Creek Women s Club for a chance to win a free ticket! Coosaw Creek Garden Club October Yard of the Month: Diane and Brett Reissener 8688 W. Fairway Woods Dr
OCTOBER 2011 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 Couples Nine and Dine Demo Day 11-3 2 Demo Day 11-3 3 Bridge 9:30AM Art Class 10AM 4 5 6 7 Team Trivia starts at 7PM 8 Wine Dinner 6-9PM Player of the Year 9 Player of the Year 10 Bridge 9:30AM Art Class 10AM 11 12 13 Ladies Luncheon 12PM 14 15 Pig Pickin 6-9PM 16 17 Bridge 9:30AM Art Class 10AM 18 19 20 Bunco 10:30AM 21 Bingo Game starts at 7PM 22 Seafood and Prime Rib Buffet 6-9PM 23 24 Bridge 9:30AM Art Class 10AM 30 31 Bridge 9:30AM Art Class 10AM Fri, November 4 th Team Trivia Sat, November 5 th Wine Dinner Thurs, November 10 th Ladies Monthly Luncheon 25 26 November Save the Dates Fri, November 11 th Oyster Roast Sat, November 12 th Nine and Dine Fri, November 18 th Bingo 27 28 ADULT Costume Party/ New Member Social 7-11PM 29 Halloween Festival 4-7PM Sat, November 19 th Pasta Night Thurs, November 24 th Thanksgiving Buffet Sat, November 26 th Seafood and Prime Rib Buffet