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Public Golfer Assurance policies now in place! Baltimore County Golf Launches Rain Check Policy New Summer Rewards Program Rain checks are now determined by your playing location when the staff determines rain checks are to be issued. Hole 1-3 - receive 100% of your playing fees Make plans to play your Baltimore County courses this Summer. You’ll not only save Hole 4-13 - receive 50% of your playing fees on gas by playing locally, but with the new Summer Rewards Program, you’ll earn Frequent Player Card holders earn 100 Hole 14-16 - receive 25% of your points per dollar while Advantage Card playing fees valuable discounts that can be applied towards playing fees after Labor Day holders earn 75 points per dollar. Your For players that begin play on the and merchandise purchases beginning cumulative point total will be listed at back nine, hole #10 is equivalent the bottom of your receipt each time you to hole #1 November 1. make a purchase. Heat Check Policy Simply put, the more you e points are redeemable beginning the play, the more you earn! You decide if it’s too hot to play! day after Labor Day for specific dollar e new promotion is open to all current value discounts on playing fees and after If the temperature reaches 90 Advantage Card or Frequent Player Card degrees* by the time you finish November 1 for merchandise sales. holders and there is no additional fee to the 9th hole, we will give you the www.BaltimoreGolfing.com participate! Summer Rewards is another Visit or visit option to finish your round or one of our golf shops for full details on discontinue play and receive reason why Baltimore County Golf’s a 50% “Heat Check.” courses are the region’s Best Golfing Value! Summer Rewards and to see the chart offering redemption rates for accumulated *As indicated by clubhouse thermometer. How it Works: points. Money-Back Guarantee As an Advantage or Frequent Player Card Also visit www.BaltimoreGolfing.com and If you are unhappy with your holder, you’ll earn points for every dollar read our regular blast emails for updates round of golf and decide to stop you spend on greens fees, cart fees and range on this new program, including special playing before the 4th hole, our balls from Memorial Day to Labor Day. double points offers and promotions! staff will offer you a 100% refund. Please note: the Money-Back If You’re Not a Frequent Player or Advantage Guarantee cannot be substi- tuted for our Rain or Heat Check Card Holder Already – Act Now! policies in instances where they are e Summer Rewards Program is just one more financial applicable. incentive to own an Advantage Card or Frequent Player For more information on any Card. Both cards offer golfers exclusive privileges and money of these policies, ask your golf #OUNTsaving discounts every time they it up. professional or visit us online at Both cards can be purchased online at www.BaltimoreGolfing.com. www.BaltimoreGolfing.com or in person at our golf shops.

White Hall, MD Windsor Mill, MD Windsor Mill, MD Essex, MD Timonium, MDY Kingsville, MD Amenities Increase, Cash In On Our Free Play Price Drops on Program While You Can! Frequent Player Card Hundreds of golfers have already as one of earned a free round of golf with our the top e price for a Frequent Player Card exciting Free Play program. e pro- five public was dropped to just $249 on June 1 gram is open to all Advantage Card courses in Maryland and is also des- ($219 for Seniors). If you are already holders. Golfers earn a free round ignated as a “Four Star Places to Play an Advantage Card holder, you may at any of our courses after playing 5 Award Winner” by . apply the $25 fee you’ve already paid non-discounted rounds* at 5 differ- On the southwest side of the county, and upgrade to a Frequent Player Card. ent courses in our system and track- escape to our 36-hole facility just off ing them on the Free Play Scorecards Frequent Player discounts the Security Blvd. exit of the Beltway available at no charge at all of our at e Woodlands and Diamond at The Woodlands & facilities. Greystone: Ridge. e Woodlands is another 2008 will be the final year for the “Four Star Places to Play Award January 1 – October 31 Free Play Program in its present Winner” by Golf Digest and is • 50% off General Public greens fee format, so get in on the action now! considered one of the top upscale Monday – Friday Details on the 2009 Free Play Program public golf courses in the state. will be announced early next year. Diamond Ridge is one of our most • 20% off General Public greens fee popular courses that features a on Saturday, Sunday and Holidays Now is the time to take advantage of Baltimore County Golf’s outstand- unique mix of open -style holes November 1 – December 31 ing Free Play Program. Challenge combined with many tree-lined • 50% off General Public greens fee yourself to tee it up at all six courses holes with more of a parkland feel. everyday in the system. en, test your short For full details on the Free Play Program, accuracy at our executive-style visit www.BaltimoreGolfing.com. Additional year-round benefits: course in Kingsville, Gunpowder * A non-discounted round is a standard Weekday, • Receive Advantage Card greens fee Falls. Weekend, Senior or Junior greens fee. Discounted fees pricing at our four classic courses. include Early Bird, Afternoon Specials, Frequent Player Next, tee it up at Longview in Cards, Pass Books and Twilight Fees. • 16-day advance tee time access Timonium. Enjoy a round of golf at • 15% off retail price on all this fun and well-manicured track merchandise and afterwards, do some shopping or grab a bite to eat in the bustling • 10% off all food and beverage I-83 corridor. purchases Located just north of Hereford, • 50% off fee Greystone is ranked by • Complimentary range balls before you play NEW EARLY BIRD SPECIAL AT BALTIMORE • Unlimited use of our outstanding COUNTY’S SIX COURSES practice facilities. BEAT THE HEAT – PLAY EARLY! Until August 31, Baltimore County Golf will be offering a new Nine Hole For more information or to upgrade Early Bird Special at all six courses. Anyone (General Public, Advantage to a Frequent Player Card, visit one Card Holders, Frequent Player Card Holders) may play the Early Bird back- of our golf shops or visit us online at: nine special for the following (cart included) prices: www.BaltimoreGolfing.com. e Woodlands and Greystone $20 Diamond Ridge, Rocky Point, Longview $15 Gunpowder Falls $10 As a reminder, the Early Bird back-nine is limited to the first 10 tee times of the day. Visit www.BaltimoreGolfing.com for more details. 2 Ken Bishop Wins the U.S. Open Challenge! Baltimore County Golf Ken Bishop of Aberdeen took home top honors in our U.S. Open Challenge for Advantage Card holders by picking , , Phil Ace Club Mickelson, Mike Weir and . The following golfers recently recorded hole-in-ones at our courses: Ken wins a $100 gift certificate from Baltimore County Golf and one dozen Titleist ProV1’s. Golfer Course Hole Congratulations to Ken and thank you to all 300+ golfers who entered! James Jeun The Woodlands #8 Winner - Ken Bishop (285 points) Bill Bennett Diamond Ridge #17 2nd Place - John D’Amato (275 points) Frank Equale The Woodlands #8 3rd Place - Richard Young (270 points) Mark Logsdon Greystone #12 4th Place (tie)- Rob Torres, James Doyle, Tim Cottrill The Woodlands #8 Mark Kelman (255 points) Bill Kroll Rocky Point #7 7th Place (tie) - Dong Lee, Anthony Swain, Charles Hammett, Chris Brown, James Yates (235 points) Bobby Tolson The Woodlands #14 Chad Kendrick The Woodlands #2 2005 US Amateur Champion Honed His Donald Tiemann Longview #16 Game at Greystone Before Win at Merion Mark Coyle Rocky Point #7 e crew from Eastern Golf TV with force a playoff against at John Baker Longview #2 Todd Sadowski recently filmed a the British Open in 1995. show featuring Greystone in north- Fast forward to a few weeks later, ern Baltimore County. When asked Sadowski was at Merion Keep an eye on your email what his most memorable moment outside Philadelphia to cover the inbox for our upcoming PGA working on the show has been since 2005 US Amateur Championship it began airing in 2001, Mr. Sadowski for his show. During the final match Championship Challenge. recalls wrapping up a late afternoon on Sunday, Sadowski was struck e contest is open to all shoot at Greystone in 2005. by the fact that the soft-spoken Advantage Card and Frequent “We were shooting our question young Spaniard he’d interviewed at Player Card holders. of the week segment and we still Greystone a few weeks prior was in needed one more golfer to comment fact, Eduardo Molinari, who ended and it was getting late,” said Sad- up winning the 36-hole final at @ owski, “there was one guy left on the Merion against Dillion Dougherty. practice green at Greystone and we Sadowski and his producer couldn’t interviewed him about his favorite believe that the young man they * memory of watching golf on TV.” interviewed by chance was really a e young man, who spoke with a world-renowned player gearing up www.BaltimoreGolfing.com Spanish accent, recounted the thrill for the biggest tournament of his Your Online Resource for of watching Costantino Rocca hole life at Greystone’s full service Booking Tee Times and out a long putt on the 18th green to practice facility. 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3 The Benefits of Proper Ball Mark Repair Paul Spahn Wins During the peak of the season, golf Be sure to make it level enough so Summer Shootout! course greens are subject to hun- it won’t disrupt the line of the next dreds of approach shots that leave putt to roll over it. Paul Spahn stuck a shot to just five ball marks or divots on the putting Many golfers who fix ball marks inches from the hole from 135 yards surface. While it is important to incorrectly insert the tool at the out to win our Summer Shootout remember to fix your ball mark on edge of the mark and lift towards contest at e Woodlands / Diamond every hole, it’s equally important to the center. is raises the soil in the Ridge . Paul won a learn how to fix a ball mark properly. center above the level surface of the SkyCaddie Gift Pack valued at $430 As with any task, the first key is green and doesn’t push the grass back and two tickets to the AT&T National having the right tool. You can use a together at all. While it does create Tournament in Washington, DC over specially designed ball mark repair a smooth surface you can putt over the July 4th weekend. Spahn was also tool, a long tee or even a key. Insert (after it is tamped down), it doesn’t a finalist in our Shootout in 2007. the tool at the edge of the divot promote re-growth of grass. Dave Yanchich finished second and and gently turn it. Work your way Now that you’re armed with infor- won a $100 gift certificate. John Seto around the ball mark gently twist- mation on how to correctly fix a ball finished third and won a $50 gift cer- ing the tool to bring the grass on the mark, there’s no excuse for failing to tificate for his efforts. edges together at the center. Be care- fix them! Also, if you have time and Top finishers: ful not to tear the grass apart. are so inclined, take a moment to fix After the grass at the edges has been a few other ball marks on the green Paul Spahn 5 inches twisted towards the center, gently while you wait for your turn to play. Dave Yanchich 1 foot, 8 inches tamp down the area with the sole It benefits everyone and is bound to John Seto 2 feet, 3 inches of your or your golf shoe. bring you some good luck! Jonathan Nam 2 feet, 5 inches Peter Hong 2 feet, 8 inches Travon Price 2 feet, 11 inches Guess the Golf Hole? Bryan Martin 3 feet, 7 inches Jeff Rubin 3 feet, 9 inches Mike Hwang 5 feet, 11 inches

e County Links introduces a new feature this issue with our “Guess the Joe Rahnis (left) general manager of e Woodlands Golf Hole” contest. Check out the picture below from one of our six public and Diamond Ridge congratulates Paul Spahn. golf courses and submit your guess as to which hole it is on which course. To submit your guess, log on to www.BaltimoreGolfing.com and click on the “Guess the Golf Hole” icon in the news section in the right hand column of the home page.

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