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The Divot April 2021 Issue 4
INDEX The Divot April 2021 issue 4
1. Ladies League Pg. 1-2
2. Food and Beverage Manager Pg. 3
3. Pro Shop Pg. 4-6
4. General Manager Pg. 7-8
5. Events and Marketing Manager Pg. 9
6. Superintendent Pg. 10
7. Tournament Calendar Pg. 11
8. Calendar Pg. 12
Index
Page 1 The Divot April 2021 issue 4 April Divot 2021 It’s SPRING! Let’s Get Together!!!! Are you getting a bit tired of snow, cold and wind? The brightest spot is that the course is OPEN. I’m ready for some sunshine and warmer weather for sure. I am glad we had the opportunity to get some ‘swings’ in at the club this past fall and winter by using the simula- tor. TUESDAY April 27th 6 P.M. GMCC Ladies Association invites ALL women of GMCC to the an- nual SPRING FLING!! This event is for all women whether you play golf or not. It is a fun evening to mix and mingle, win prizes , enjoy some Chef inspired appetizers with delicious wine and beer. Morning and Evening League play will begin Tuesday May 4th. The first Tuesday of each month (May, June, July and August) will feature ‘Scramble’. Morning League will have a shotgun start at 9 A.M. where Evening League will have a shot gun start at 5:30/5:45. There is also a monthly Association meeting on the first Tuesday of each month after the ‘Scramble’ at approximately 1 P.M. All League members are invited to attend. The remaining Tuesdays of each month will provide Tee Times for both Morning and Even- ing Leagues. The morning league will begin at 9 A.M. with progressing tee times. Please call the pro shop by Sunday Eve to register if you decide to play. Our Sports Committee will coordinate weekly competition, pairings, updating handicaps monthly, and process score- cards weekly. The Morning League dues are $40, Evening League dues are $20 and if you want to play in both leagues the dues are $60. We have put together a calendar for all league members which will show all the Tuesdays League games and events for our golfing season. The Evening League coordinators , Sara Dobbins (dobbinsara@gmail.com) and Lena Havron (lhavron22@gmail.com) have put together an exciting format for everyone! For starters it is only $20 to join evening league, however you will have a voluntary choice to participate on each Tuesday game night for a cost of $5 and also a dollar ($1.00) for closest to the pin
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and birdie prizes. These fees can be charged to your account when you check in at the pro
shop to obtain your scorecard. The pro shop will be blocking off tee times on Tuesday
afternoons from 2:30-6:30 P.M. Please call the pro shop by NOON on Tuesday so that they
can reserve a tee time for you.
We want to invite all the ladies of the club to join either the morning or evening leagues. It
doesn’t matter if you are a beginner or a seasoned golfer. League play is fun and it is a
great way to improve your game, meet other women golfers and have a fun day/night out
once a week.
Below is a Ladies League Registration form for your convenience to register for either
leagues or both. Please drop off at the pro shop in an envelope addressed to Mary Bryson,
Sara, Lena, or myself.
Contact the following if anyone should have any additional questions:
Linda Cockhill (Pres) 439-6528 8smomum@gmail.com
Marcy McLean (VP) 431-1535 marcy769@bresnan.net
Lynn Snyder (Secretary) L.G.Snyder2006@gmail.com
Mary Bryson (Treasurer) 461-4873 mbryson327@yahoo.com
Sara Dobbins dobbinsara@gmail.com
Lena Havron lhavron22@gmail.com
REGISTRATION FORM;
NAME:
EMAIL:
PHONE:
Morning League $40___________________ Evening League $20____________________
Both Morning and Evening League $60_______________
PAID BY CASH_____________ CHECK #___________________
Hope to See you Soon!!!!!!!!
Linda Cockhill, Ladies League PresidentPage 3 The Divot April 2021 issue 4
Hello to all,
Just a few words from the Food and Beverage dept:
The golf season is upon us, that means weather is changing. I hope you have been
enjoying the amenities of the CC. With our membership full, it presents a lot of possibilities,
as well as hurdles. Covid-19 has been a silent spectator for us to deal with for over a year
now. After a full year of this, the restrictions on the Food and Beverage dept has become
less stringent.
What does that actually mean to you as members, well, it means we can have
larger gatherings, but, still not up to capacity. We ask you to call and make reservations
when you know that you are coming. We still have to limit the number of people at tables
to 10. We still where masks and remain socially distant and clean and wipe like there is no
tomorrow. We are currently planning a Kentucky derby party. This event will have limited
seating, check in on it with the Clubster app. The next event on the calendar would be
Mother’s Day brunch. We are currently planning on how to do this safely, effectively, and
efficiently. We will be finalizing details on the brunch and will update you through the Club-
ster app. There will be limited food service on Easter Sunday. We are serving brunch until
3:00 in the afternoon. All day long, we will have Country Club wraps with house chips avail-
able. The kitchen will not be open at all Easter Sunday.
The lunch menu is currently under revision and should be put into play the first
week of April. The dinner menu is being offered Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings on-
ly, with dinner specials each night. We look forward to the golf season and seeing all of you
that have been hibernating. And remember the pool opens Memorial weekend.
We also have a wine event scheduled for April 22. Please check with Megan Peterson
for details and reservations. Also the patio tables and chairs have been put out for you to
enjoy outdoor dining and just a relaxing cocktail.
Thank you,
Jeff HielPage 4 The Divot April 2021 issue 4 Greetings from the Golf Shop We are officially open for play!! The driving range is now open from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. for the next week or so and we will expand hours once mother nature allows. The golf course is open to walking each day once the frost is gone. We will get carts going as soon as the course can accommodate the traffic. For our second year in a row we have opened be- fore our target date of April 1st. The course looks as though it wintered well, and the greens look to be in excellent shape for the 2021 golf season. Tee times can be made through the Clubster Mobile App., the gmcchelena.com website or by calling the pro shop. We expect to be very busy once the weather improves so I would encourage everyone to make tee times if you plan to play. Tod recently sent our GMCC Club Policies attached to an email regarding the opening of the golf course. Please take a moment to review. We have had quite a few dress code issues this winter so please read that section of the policies. Our tee time policy states that you can re- serve a time up to 7 days in advance so if you are planning to play, we again encourage mem- bers to book tee times. Our pace of play is one of the benefits of being at Green Meadow. Please continue to allow faster players and groups to play through while maintaining a pace of 4 hours or less for 18 holes. On busier days you may see Golf Shop Staff out on the course to help maintain our pace. April 14th is our scheduled start date for men’s league. We are anticipating a very large turn- out on Wednesdays so please be sure to book your tee times in advance. Due to the large number of participants we will be requiring groups to make tee times each week rather than booking a time for the duration of the league season. We will block select times for men’s league only play on Wednesdays until 12:00 p.m. the day of. If those times are not booked by 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, we will at that time open those spots for the general member- ship. We will continue with our format from last season. There will be weekly events with closest to the pin and deuce pot competitions. This season we will also keep our formats to a max of 4 players. This will aid in us being able to stay within our pace of play guidelines. We will post each format a week in advance as well as send results the day following play. Ladies leagues are scheduled to begin Tuesday, May 4th. The previous Tuesday, April 27th, the club will be hosting the Ladies Spring Fling. This is a great opportunity to meet new playing
Page 5 The Divot April 2021 issue 4 This is a great opportunity to meet new playing partners and to get some information on both the morning and evening leagues. Keep an eye out for an email with a Spring Fling invi- tation. The golf staff will be present to outline some special programs we have scheduled for the 2021 season. The morning league will play 18 holes each Tuesday morning beginning the 4th of May while the evening league will play 9 holes each Tuesday afternoon/evening. This year the evening league has decided to use a hybrid tee time format. The first Tuesday of each month with be a 5:30 p.m. shotgun start scramble, while the remainder of the Tues- day’s will be tee times with a different format each week. Linda Cockhill is our Ladies League President while Lena Havron and Sara Dobbins are the organizers of the evening league. They will be taking over for Susan Lagerquist for the 2021 season. Susan has been a great ambassador for the ladies evening league for many years and we would like to thank her for all her time and effort in growing the league. Our tournament schedule is just about finalized. We will send a copy of the schedule once we have all dates confirmed. Our first club event will be the annual Moose Milk Tournament, Sunday, May 2nd. We will also be hosting a club DEMO Day on April 30th from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Callaway, Cobra, Taylor Made, Ping and Cleveland/Srixon will be present. We will be scheduling fitting times for those that want to spend some time with our professional staff and representatives from the manufacturers. We are officially open, so we hope to see everyone on the course and driving range. Keep an eye on Clubster and your email for more information regarding upcoming events. Here’s to a great 2021 golf season. Respectfully, Chad Carlson, PGA
Page 6 The Divot April 2021 issue 4 We’re thrilled to announce a new partnership for Green Meadow Country Club with Open- Rounds. OpenRounds is a platform created to streamline private club accommodations and provide club members direct access to private clubs nationwide. Access to the OpenRounds network is included in your membership and easy to navigate at your convenience. Register now and unlock access to OpenRounds’ extensive network of partner clubs throughout the country. OpenRounds is partnered with over 300 clubs nationwide, including 30+ Golf Digest Best in State courses and multiple PGA Tour and PGA Champions Tour event hosts. Members who arrange play through OpenRounds rave about their ability to extend their private-club experi- ence during their travels to areas like Arizona, Las Vegas, Hilton Head, Florida, New England, and more. Whether you’re looking to drive to a club locally or fly to another area of the country this summer and beyond, OpenRounds enables YOU to book exclusive rounds on YOUR time as a part of your club membership. And if you ever need suggestions on where to play, or ques- tions about the process, the OpenRounds Concierge Desk can be reached at yourcad- dy@openrounds.com or 888-765-7707. Subject Line: Exciting New Member Amenity with OpenRounds CTA: REGISTER NOW CTA URL: https://openrounds.com/users/sign_up
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April 1, 2019
FROM THE GENERAL MANAGER
What a start to the golfing year! The mild temperatures have allowed us to open the golf course earlier
than our typical April 1st date. The course is in great shape for spring conditions. I look forward to seeing
everyone back out at the club enjoying the facility. We will still be following Lewis and Clark County Covid-
19 restrictions. We will be changing our restrictions as more people become vaccinated and our county
cases continue to decline. It is our goal for everyone to be safe and to feel safe at our club.
Our Annual Meeting of the Members is scheduled for May 3rd at 6:00 p.m. We will be going over a 2020
financial review, capital spending, simulator, membership status and changes, dues, food and beverage,
and a question-and-answer period to address membership concerns. This is your opportunity to meet
GMCC staff and your elected Board of Directors. Hope to see you here on Monday, May 3rd.
Green Meadow Country Club and SMA Architects have partnered together to create a building master plan.
We have taken information from our surveys to come up with ideas to improve your social and dining expe-
rience inside and on the west patio. SMA architects have created a virtual rendition of what this club could
look like with a few changes and how it could function better for member enjoyment. We will be having a
presentation of the proposed future changes on April 6th. SMA will be at the club presenting our ideas be-
tween 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., or a zoom option from 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Each
time slot will be limited to 40 people. Please email me or call me at 442-5750 ext. 122 to reserve your spot.
We will keep you informed with more information and a reminder next week.
Membership interest in our club is still growing. Currently our membership is full, and we have a waiting
list to join. If you know of anyone who would like to get on the waiting list, please contact April or me. I
would like to welcome the following new members to GMCC: Adam and Abigail Long, Amie and Art Butler,
Greg and Wendy Olson, Walter and Marlo Gibbs, and Chelsey George. Thank you for being a part of our
great club.
We have been asked by multiple members about the differences in our three membership classifications. I
have listed some of the differences for you to review. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact
any of our management staff.
Social Members:
Must be 18 years of age. Includes husband, wife, and dependent children, until their 23 rd
birthday. Social members have access to the dining room. Social members may golf 4 times
a year and pay the member’s guest rate. Social members may utilize the range with the pur-
chase of a range pass.Page 8 The Divot April 2021 issue 4
Social Fitness Members:
Must be 18 years of age. Includes husband, wife, and dependent children, until their 23 rd
birthday. Social members have access to the fitness center, swimming pool, and dining
room. Social fitness members may golf 4 times a year and pay the member’s guest rate.
Social fitness members may utilize the range with the purchase of a range pass.
Golf Members:
Must be 18 years of age. Includes husband, wife, and dependent children, until their 23 rd
birthday. Golf members have access to the golf course, fitness center, swimming pool and
dining room. Driving range is included in the membership. Reciprocal play at Missoula CC,
Riverside CC, Butte CC, Meadowlark CC, the Ranch Club, and Briarwood GC is included in
membership.
Now that the golf course has opened, we do have some course rules that need to be followed. I sent out
an email that had our policies attached to the email. If you did not receive a copy or you would like an ad-
ditional copy, please email me at tfitterer@gmcchelena.com.
We have been experiencing challenges with our website. I apologize for the inconvenience. Our hosting
company has gone “out of business”. We had not received any information from the company prior to ex-
periencing our technical difficulties. We are in the process of finalizing a new hosting company to manage
our website. If you have any difficulties with the website, please contact a staff member or me and we will
get the problem fixed. Again, thank you for your patience.
Just a reminder that minimum spending obligations were reinstituted on January 1, 2021. Please contact
April if you would like to make changes to your minimum spending. April has also asked me to include the
following in my divot article: “This is just a reminder to please send me a picture so I can add it to your ac-
count on our software system. Also, the member directory will be completed by the end of the month so
please let me know what you want, if anything, eliminated from the directory. AG” Please respond to
April’s request if you haven’t done so already.
“No matter how good you get, you can always get better — and that’s the exciting
part.”
Tiger Woods
Sincerely,
Tod Fitterer, PGAPage 9 The Divot April 2021 issue 4
From events and marketing
Happy spring everyone!
March seemed to fly by and now we are already here in April, and we have a lot of exciting
things coming up event wise. Our Easter brunch is set to happen on Sunday April the 4th with
two seating's for brunch and our Easter egg hunt at 11:30. Due to covid we had to limit our
numbers slightly from the past but we are just excited we get to do the brunch this year! Also
coming down the line in April is going to be a wine 102 class that will take off from our last
wine event, this is set to happen on April the 22nd with more info to follow on clubster. We
also have the spring fling coming up on April the 27th. This is a women's only event to come
learn about league and get more information about how to join. Closely following April on
May 1st we will have our first Kentucky derby party here at the club which will also be our
debut event in our brand new tent on the west patio. This event will be limited to number in
attendance so be on the look out in April for the signup via clubster.
A few new things we are going to start this summer is taco Tuesdays with a margarita
special each Tuesday for the duration of the summer which will be starting the first week of
June. We will also be having live music on the patio a few nights this summer as well. Eventu-
ally we are hoping to bring back game nights which will be posted on to clubster when we
start back up. If you have any questions or event needs please reach out to me at (406)442-
5750 ext.121 or by email at mpeterson@gmcchelena.com.
Thanks all!
Megan PetersonPage 10 The Divot April 2021 issue 4 April 2021, We made it out of winter and spring feels like it is kind of here. The course is open, and we have seen some of you out and about already. Mostly the turf did well for the winter months, meaning we didn’t lose much anywhere. As always there is much do to. You will see us con- tinue to clean up, begin to groom playing areas, put out course amenities, start up the irriga- tion system, test systems, and generally doing our thing. From now until about late May much focus is on greens health and root growth. This is needed to sustain them throughout the ac- tion-packed months of summer and stress they endure within that time period. There are al- so many little projects we need to get to that had to wait till spring. We always start out with walking golf for a week or two, as we await frost heaved soils and ex- cessive moisture to dissipate properly before we allow carts. Generally speaking, it’s around April 1st and this year the conditions are on that same pace. As we get to golfing, keep in mind for morning rounds that there is high potential for the inconvenient frost delays until late May. Right now, holes on the south side of the MRL Railroad tracks, 1,9,10, and 18 all have some phase of construction on them. We are not going to rope these areas off, nor paint around any of them as it is easy to tell they are work zones. Inevitably, golf balls will end up in these are- as. It is to be played as “Ground Under Repair”. You should pick you ball up from these areas, find and take nearest relief, and continue to play the hole from there. We would appreciate it if you wouldn’t play from the dirt/construction areas. Upon the last visit with Chip Roe (our Contractor) he hopes to be mobilized in and working strong with his crew by early to mid- April. As things happen, we will update status of construction daily with the Pro-Shop so you as golfers can inquire what you might encounter throughout your round. Examples would be something like a green is closed for a couple hours, or tees moved forward on a given hole to accommodate work for the day. There will also likely be some email communication with up- dates on status of project as things move along. That’s is it for now, see you out there and enjoy the spring. Derek Hofer
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2021 Green Meadow Golf Event Calendar
APRIL 14 Men’s League Begins Wednesday
27 Ladies Spring Fling Tuesday
30 Demo Day Friday
MAY 2 GMCC Moose Milk Sunday
4 Ladies League Begins Tuesday
JUNE 3 Bobcat Scramble Thursday
JULY 10/11 Hunthausen Classic Sat/Sun
21-24 Gold Rush Thurs-Sat
Golf for the Cure Tue
AUGUST 7-8 GMCC Club Championship Sat/Sun
13 St. Petes
14-15 Gre-Bill Sat/Sun
16 WMCPGA PRO AM Monday
22 Ladies League Final Sunday
28/29 GMCC Member/Member Sat/Sun
SEPTEMBER 1 MSGA State Seniors Best Ball Wednesday
17 Carroll College SAA Friday
24 YMCA Friday
OCTOBER 3 GMCC GRIND Sunday
MSGA STATE EVENTS
State Junior – 6/22-6/22 Cottonwood
Men’s State/ Sr. Am – 7/15-7/17 Canyon River
Women’s State/Mid/Sr. Am – 7/29-7/31 Meadowlark
State Seniors Men– 8/3-8/5 Butte
Men’s Mid Am – 8/19-8/21 Polson Bay
State Senior Men Best Ball – 9/1-9/2 Green Meadow/Bill RobertsPage 12 The Divot April 2021 issue 4
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Easter
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Bowling league
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Wine 102
25 26 27 28 29 30
Spring Fling
GMCC STAFF
Clubhouse Hours
Tod Fitterer…….……...……….…………..………....General Manager
Chad Carlson………...……………………...…...PGA Golf Professional
Derek Hofer…………..….....……………..Golf Course Superintendent
Monday 3pm-8pm
Tuesday–Friday 11AM– 8 PM
Tom Hayes…….…………………………………….Facilities Manager
Dining and Take Out
April Greene…………………………………………...Office Manager
Saturday-Sunday 9 am—8 pm
Jeff Hiel…….……………………….…….Food and Beverage Manager
Reservations Required
Megan Peterson………….………………..Events & Marketing Manager
Steve Fawcett..…..….……………..………………………..President Pro-Shop Hours
Dan Mazurek.. …….…………………………...……….....Vice President
Monday –Friday 9AM-9 PM
Sat-Sun 9am-5pm
Mary Bryson....………………..…………….….......................Treasurer
Please Make Tee Times
Jeanne Etchart…………………………………………………..Secretary
Chuck Casteel * Mark Burzynski* Mike Wong
IMPORTANT TELEPHONE NUMBERS
You may reach all departments of the club…………………442-5750
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