GRAND HAVEN GOLF CLUB JUNE 2022
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GRAND HAVEN GOLF CLUB
JUNE 2022
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WELCOME
Andrea Knox, LPGA Whether you play the game or not, Swing into Summer
with us and celebrate all things Golf! We have something
General Manager for every level of interest and experience. For beginners,
we will be conducting a series of golf classes focusing on
the fundamentals and playing the game. On Thursday
June 9th, join our Head Professional Billy at 3pm on the
driving range for a Complimentary Golf Clinic. And for
our more experienced players we are offering expert club fitting with our own on staff Callaway
Fitting Expert Nick Barth and the addition of a Flight Scope Launch Monitor. Friday June 10th we will also have
Callaway here with their full line up of products for a fitting day. Appointments are still available, call our golf shop
for details. If you just like to get out and play, we have a fun contest lined up for US Open week. Pick your
favorite pro as your partner for a round and add your net score to your pro’s score for the day. Details on all this
and more can be found in this newsletter or feel free to call any of us for more information.
Now that things are slowing down a bit, we are anxious to get started on several projects that need attention. First
up will be replacing the clubhouse sound system and the draft beer tap system. The new sound system will allow us
to use a mic and play music in separate rooms or all the rooms together at the same time. And of course the draft
beer system will be a welcome improvement after fighting with loss of pressure, air in the lines and too much foam!
We plan to add extra taps as well so we can expand the offerings. Our Club Car fleet is finally getting the new speed
controllers installed this month. About a third of the fleet is already complete! We also have several other projects
that are in varying stages of planning and gathering bids. So, having said things slow down here in the summer is
really dependent on your perspective. We’ll keep you posted as projects move forward and get underway.
Did you know that the movie “The Greatest Game Played” tells the story of the US Open underdog Francis Ouimet’s
triumph winning the title in 1913 at The Country Club? The Country Club is once again site of this years US Open on
Father’s Day weekend June 16th thru 19th. Be sure to tune in and catch the action and of course this would be a
great time to watch the movie if you haven’t already! You can find it on Google Play, You Tube, Disney Plus and
Apple TV—and maybe even in a Red Box rental!
Now get out and play!
Andrea
MEET THE TEAM
Andrea Knox, LPGA David Hillhouse
General Manager Superintendent
(386) 445-2327 ext. 9 (386) 445-2327
AKnox@GrandHavenGC.com DHillhouse@GrandHavenGC.com
Billy VanArsdale, PGA Jeri Harper
Head Golf Professional Food & Beverage Director
(386) 445-2327 ext. 4 (386) 445-2327 ext. 6
WVanArsdale@GrandHavenGC.com JHarper@GrandHavenGC.com
Debbie Delarosa Billy Hodges
Membership Sales Director Executive Chef
(386) 866-5213 (386) 445-2327 ext. 7
AKnox@GrandHavenGC.com BHodges@GrandHavenGC.com
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ABOUT THE CLUB
IN THIS ISSUE
From the GM 2
GOLF SHOP HOURS
From the Membership 3 Monday: Club Closed
From the Superintendent 4 Tuesday - Sunday: 7am - 5pm
From the Pro 5
From the Grille 6
DRIVING RANGE HOURS
League Updates 7 Monday: Closed
Club Championship Results 8 Tuesday - Sunday: 7am - 5pm
Upcoming Events 9
NICKLAUS GRILLE HOURS
Monday: Closed
Lunch: Tuesday - Sunday: 11am - 4pm
Dinner: Wednesday - Friday 5pm to 7pm
(386) 445-2327
500 Riverfront Dr.
Palm Coast, FL 32137
www.GrandHavenGC.com
NEW MEMBERS
Debbie Delarosa We are excited about offering a summer series of New
Member Socials starting in June! Time for all members
Membership Sales Director new and alumni to spend some fun times socializing with
their Grand Haven Family!
One of the many great things about our club membership
is building relationships, making new memories and new
friends. Quality time, enjoying golf and dining amenities,
at a place that is an extension of home for our members
is our priority.
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS It was exciting to see the camaraderie and laughter at the
Marcell and Tyla Crawford Ladies Golf clinics on Thursdays! Meeting our members
and all your referrals is the best part of my role, so please
joined us as Grand Social Members reach out anytime.
Vince & Jeane Stigliano We have some summer promotions, so if you have friends
joined as Grand Social Members considering membership, now is a great time!
Debbie Delarosa
Ddelarosa@grandhavengc.com
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GOLF
can greatly affect the uptake of vital nutrients that the
David Hillhouse plant needs to grow. Extended periods of affluent water
Superintendent use cause a bicarbonate buildup which makes all nutri-
ents unavailable to the plant. With that being said, we
have implemented a by-weekly soil flush to release these
nutrients and make them readily available to the plant.
We have already noticed greens are starting to get there
color back.
May started very dry continuing the trends from April.
With growing season upon us the maintenance team is Aerification
hard at work. May was a busy month with multiple things Course aerification was completed and things are starting
being done to the course. As many can see we have had to fill back in. Rough mower was utilized for chopping up
more irrigation issue that we are quickly resolving. We plugs in the fairways which put us behind in the rough
have had multiple boxes that control our system go down areas. The rough unit received new blades and went out
causing irrigation shortages in some key playing areas. over the weekend, unfortunately the unit went down
Also, we have had a couple of visits from our Toro techni- again and parts are ordered. Weeds have been a main
cian to help repair these problems. At the end of May, concern
irrigation is about 95% and things are heading in the right
direction. Upcoming Events
We have started weed control around the course and have
Irrigation equipment problems are not the only factor hired a spray tech that will be dedicated to eradicating
that we are challenged with. When only having .8 tenths our weed issues. Also fairway fertilizer is scheduled for
of an inch of rain in the last month we must rely on our Monday, with additional fertilizer to tees, and bunker
reclaimed water or effluent water. faces. Sod work will be scheduled for the end of the
month and drain work on #6 second week of the month.
One of the problems we are facing is the water quality
that we are pumping onto our property. Our water is re- Thanks,
claimed water, so the quality is not that of mother na- David
tures. So why is water quality so important, the quality
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GOLF
Billy VanArsdale, PGA
Head Golf Professional
Be sure to mark your calendar for June 10th, we have
Callaway Fitting Day scheduled from 10:00am to
2:00pm. In order to get custom fit you do need an
appointment. The Callaway reps will get your
personal specs to ensure that you are maximizing your
clubs in order to suit your swing. We always match
Callaway’s website pricing and if you have any clubs
you want to trade in Callaway will give you 50% more
than their normal trade value based on
Callaway’s trade website. Your trade in clubs have to be
a top name brand and reasonably good condition. The
clubs also need to be no more than 5-6 years old. If
you have an appointment and are curious about your
trade values I can give you an estimate. Callaway does
reserve the right to inspect the clubs but I have never
seen them lower the value that their website quotes.
Also during June Nick and I will be hosting a Wedge and
Putter fitting day. Please contact the golf shop for the
dates.
GREAT GOLF SHOTS
Tuesday, May 3rd Tom Smith scored a hole in one on
the par 3 Eighth hole using an 8 iron from the White
Tees. Tom’s ace was witnessed by Frank Large and
Terry Donahue.
Art Fadden scored a hole in one on the par three 5th
hole, Friday, May 27th using a six iron from the Blue
Tees. Art’s ace was witnessed by Shaun Porter and Bill
Lundy.
Please use the
grandhavengc@grandhavengc.com
address for any league sign-ups, tee time
requests or cancellations, or major
tournament sign ups.
AFTER YOU POST YOUR SCORE PLEASE
REMEMBER TO TURN IN YOUR SIGNED
AND DATED SCORECARD AFTER EACH
ROUND. THE HANDICAP COMMITTEE
IS AUDITING SCORECARDS
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DINING
Jeri Harper
Food & Beverage Director
Summer is finally here and season is over! We still have
our favorite events scheduled throughout the month.
Don’t miss Trivia Night on Wednesday, June 22nd. We
also have BINGO on Wednesday, June 29th as well as
everyone’s favorite Prime Rib Night on Friday, June
24th. Please make reservations as these events do fill
up!
Hey Beer Lovers! Have you tried the new IPA on tap?
Currently we have Wicked Weed IPA. New IPAs coming
in weekly. We also have lots of bottles and cans of
unique local brews. A personal favorite; Hoegaarden!
An oldie but goodie from Belgium. This unfiltered
wheat beer is best with a cold glass and an orange
slice. This is just one of the many new beers we’re
bringing in weekly!
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FROM THE LEAGUES
WGA
The Women’s Golf Association concluded its
2021-2022 season with a scramble tournament and a
luncheon in May. Newly elected officers for the
2022-2023 season were confirmed They are: President
– Margaret Subers, Vice President – Diane Olbrys,
Treasurer – Linda Kantakevicius, and Secretary – Pat
McClellan. They will assume leadership of the
association beginning June 1, 2021.
Summer play for interested participants will continue to
be every Tuesday with a game designated each week.
The games are listed on the WGA website and on the
GolfGenius notification. Beginning June 7, participants
can sign up either 9 or 18 holes on Tuesdays. There
will be two notifications each week; participants select
which they prefer to play.
LGL
LGLGH had an inaugural 9-hole invitational scramble tournament on May 9, 2022; “Run for the Roses”. There were
108 players from 16 clubs that participated from Flagler, Orange, Seminole, St John’s and Volusia counties.
Participants received tee gifts and a Grab n Go Feed Bag upon registration. “Place Your Bets” table sold a “Stable
Pass” which included 1 water and 1 sand toss mulligan, a Par 5 (#2 or 11) tee off at 150 yards, plus one chance at a
designated hole to “chip in” - to minus a stroke from the team score. Also there was a 50/50 raffle to benefit the
“Florida Breast Cancer Foundation”; netting $570.00 for the foundation and $570.00 to a raffle winner.
There were two flights; front nine “Seabiscuit” and the back nine “Seattle Slew”. Awards were received for 1st, 2nd,
and 3rd place along with closest to the pin, closest to line, and “DFL”.
Ladies wore their finest Derby golfing attire, hats and fascinators at lunch. Jeri Harper and Andrea Knox were the
judges for best Derby attire and awards were given for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.
Fabulous experience had by all…..new players to GH gave our club a “thumbs up”. As this was an inaugural event…..
maybe it should become an annual event?
MGA remains after play on the 18th hole. Mike Rowlands
Our 2021-22 year is now at the halfway point of its survived a thrilling competition, besting Billy Wood on
eleventh month. My, how quickly this year has passed. the final hole to take home the coveted “fickle finger of
fate” trophy. I’m sure it will be proudly displayed for all
Since our last newsletter, we’ve conducted two of our to see at the Rowlands’ household. The qualifiers are
most significant events of the year. First, our President’s pictured below.
Cup, a Ryder Cup format competition, was conducted The quarter also saw recognition of three Spotlight
during the last two Wednesdays in April. After staging a golfers. Mike Mizak in March, Bob Britten in April, and
strong comeback in week 2, the Blue team, captained by Brandon Hussing in May have been so recognized for
Roger Consolla and Mike Rowlands, bested the Red their stellar play and active participation. Their
team, captained by Bob Mehl and Jan Marsh, by the biographies highlight distinctively different
slimmest of margins. Captains for this event are chosen backgrounds and life experiences yet a common
from the roster of past and present MGA presidents, affection for the game of golf and for Grand Haven and
and the winning captains are chosen to remain as are displayed on the Association’s website,
captains in the following year’s event. The Mehl-Marsh GHMGA.com.
captaincy thus ended after three seasons and the
Consolla-Rowlands team will defend the cup next year. Other than our thrilling weekly play, the most
significant event of the 4th quarter is the election of
Second, our winter-early spring shoot-out was conduct- Board officers for the next year. It will be conducted in
ed on May 5th. Ten qualifiers began on the 10th hole early June, in time for them to be seated by the July 1st
and one player was eliminated after each successive start of a new year.
hole until the last player (the shoot-out champion) 7
2022 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS Men’s Club Champion: Dennis Emerick Runner-Up Art Fadden Women’s Club Champion: Laurie Chatey Runner-Up Amy Lamb 9 Hole Women’s: Champion: Karen Villanova Stableford Division Winners Men’s Championship Flight 1 1st John Subers 2nd Larry Geiser 3rd Alex Bollman Men’s Championship Flight 2 1st Ron Walker 2nd Bob Lamb 3rd Lonnie Ritzer White Flight 1st Bob Britten 2nd Bill Lundy 3rd Tim Mott Light Oak Flight 1 1st Pete Bianchi 2nd Terry Donahue 3rd Bob Aiken Light Oak Flight 2 1st Carl Zimmermann 2nd Tom Smith 3rd Bill Villanova Women’s Championship Flight 1 1st Pat Larsen 2nd Cindy Brogan 3rd Joan Callahan Women’s Championship Flight 2 1st Ann Ducasse 2nd Jane Walter 3rd Lynn Lefler Women’s 9 Hole Flight 1st Jody Ogata 8
CALENDAR AND UPCOMING EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
June 9th | 3pm Coming Soon…
Complimentary Golf Clinic
June 10th | 10am - 2pm SUMMER GOLF PROGRAMS
Callaway Club Fitting
(appt. required through an online link or contact the July - Focus on Fundamentals
Golf Shop and we can help you)
August - Focus on Scoring
July 4 | 9am Shotgun Start
th
Watch for Details!
Red, White & Blue Tournament
Sign up in the golf shop!
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