January/February 2018 www.athenscc.com ACC’ENT Official Newsletter for the Athens Country Club

New Club Software

New Club software has been installed this month. It is iPad and cloud-based, which makes it very portable and does not depend on a server (computer) CONTENTS in-house. Wait staff will be using the iPads to enter your orders table-side most of the time. Our goal is to speed up order entry time and ensure accuracy of Social Committee News, p. 2 orders. Please be patient with the staff as they learn.

Club News, p. 4 We are no longer using account numbers. If a server is not sure of your name, you will be asked. Your email Christmas Dinner Pics, p. 5 address is now used as a verification, so we need up- Santa Brunch Pics, p. 5 dated email information, if it is not already on file.

Club History, p. 6 Your monthly statements will be different and much easier to understand. Robin will be able to look up Cover photo by Nancy Rue tickets in question more quickly and easily. There are Design by Kim Barlag some changes that are still being worked out by the software provider that will come down the road. Jan/Feb 2018 | Page 1 Social Committee

REGISTER NOW! Fifth Annual Wine Dinner ** Next Friday Social ** Friday, February 2 4:30-6:30

Drink Specials • Free Appetizers

Dinner to follow 6-9 p.m. Make your reservations!

Men’s Caroling & Dinner On December 17, we had our annual Men’s Caroling and Dinner. It was a festive evening and a great time was had by all!

ACC and Keller Blackburn are pleased to offer the 5th Annual Wine Dinner on Saturday, January 27. This is a great opportunity to spend your January-February minimums, enjoy great food and wines, and socialize.

The evening begins with cocktails at 6 p.m. with dinner beginning at 6:45 p.m. • The first course is assorted fine cheese paired with La Marca Proseco. • The second course is butternut squash soup with grilled shrimp paired with 2014 Chateau Mont-Redon Chaeteauneuf-du-Pape. • The third course is lobster Wellington paired with 2003 La Jota Howell Mountain. • The fourth course is shaved roasted tender- loin paired with 2015 Orin Swift Machette. • And the fifth course is vanilla bean and Don’t forget to get your Queen of Hearts tickets. chocolate crème brulée. The drawing is on Fridays at 7:30 p.m. through This is an evening not to be missed! It is $75 plus the winter. Tickets are six for $5 and 13 for $10. tax and gratuity. Please call for reservations. Good luck!

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Valentine’s Day Dinner ** Save the Dates ** Wednesday, Feb. 14, 6-9 p.m. • Reservations Required Each entree comes with choice of soup, side house salad, or Feb. 2-First Friday Social special side salad. For every two entrees purchased, you get an appetizer to share. (Oysters are not included.) Feb. 17-Bingo Night ENTREES: • Aglio Bow Tie Limone Feb. 24-Seafood Dinner Al dente bow tie pasta mixed with sautéed broccoli tossed Fish Dinners every in a house made garlic Friday during Lent! lemon sauce, served with Parmesan garlic bread. Also available with chicken or Mar. 2-First Friday Social shrimp. • Poached Salmon with Mar. 3-Pub Trivia Night

SOUP & SPECIAL SIDE SALAD: Hollandaise New England Clam Chowder A six-ounce salmon March 24-Basketball, fillet poached in seasoned Roasted Beet Salad Beer and BBQ poaching liquid then topped with house-made hollan- Oysters On The Half Shell: Half Dozen $9 • Full Dozen $16 daise and fresh dill weed. Served with your choice of two sides. APPETIZERS A LA CARTE: • Shrimp skewer hearts • Surf-N-Turf • Chicken Spinach Puff A seasoned grilled six-ounce Pastries filet mignon cooked to tem- perature then topped with a steamed lobster tail. Served SIDES: • Grilled Jumbo Asparagus with clarified butter and • Baked Potatoes your choice of two sides. • Mashed Potatoes • Boston Strip Steak • Steamed Green Beans A seasoned grilled eight- • Gala Red Harvest Rice ounce Boston strip steak • Sourdough Stuffing cooked to temperature then • Spinach and Mushroom topped with caramelized Sauté onions and a veal demi glace. Served with your choice of two sides. (Add a DESSERTS: lobster tail for extra charge.) • Chocolate Covered • Veal Marsala Strawberries A six ounce veal cutlet • Angel Food Cake with We still have some nice coated in seasoned flour Strawberry Topping ACC-logo’d items in the and pan-seared until gold- • Angel food cake with en brown served on top of Pro Shop. Check with strawberry topping. linguine noodles and topped Greg for hours. • Seven Layered Jello Mold with Marsala wine sauce. Jan/Feb 2018 | Page 3 Club News Website Gets a Face-Lift Jan. & Feb. Hours The hours of operation for January and February will be shortened, as we always do each winter season. Club Food and Beverage hours will be as follows: Kitchen Bar MON ------CLOSED------TUES 11-2:30 1-5 WED 11-7:30 11-7:30 THU 11-2:30 11-5 FRI 11-8 11-9 SAT 11-8 11-9 SUN 8-2:30 8-3

*Please note the bar may close early if there are no members in the Clubhouse. We will be glad to host events any night, even if it is a night we do not have In addition to the new software, the ACC is redesigning the regular hours. website. It has a lot of the same important information as it did before, but with updated photos and features. We are still updating some of the information, but wanted to go live ASAP.

Some of the new features to discover are: • The site’s opening banner is Frank Cargould’s video footage. • We have a photo gallery of recent events and tournaments. • We link to the most recent newsletter. • You can purchase ACC Gift Cards for your friends and family! • The site is more sophisticated and informative. Now is the best time Please check out the site, and let us know what you think. to get your clubs re-gripped.

Stop in or call the www.athenscc.com Pro Shop for details.

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From the Archives: Athens Country Club Hosted Ohio’s Best Golfers in the Ohio Open

The Athens Country Club, founded in 1921, quickly established its reputation among pro golfers and top amateur players in the state of Ohio as it hosted 38 golfers in the 1923 Ohio Open tournament. This annual competition has seen notable winners over the years; among them are Byron Nelson, Denny Shute, Tom Weiskopf, and Jack Nicklaus. As the venue for such a prestigious event, the newly-opened Athens club had an opportunity to make an impression upon elite golfers with its facilities, golf course, and hospitality.

The 36-hole event was staged on July 30 – 31, 1923, for participants from across the state, as well as from Parkersburg. The field included George Sargent, the Scioto Country Club professional who designed the ACC layout as played then. Sargent’s young son Alfred, later a star of the Ohio State golf team, played as an amateur. F. Stanley Crooks, an amateur from Scioto CC who often partnered with Jules Blanton, then ACC golf pro, competed; Crooks was a life-time member of the ACC, an honor bestowed for his role in the ACC’s founding. Long hitting Lloyd Gullickson, professional at the Columbus Elks golf club was a gallery favorite, as was 19-year old Bobby Shrieve of Cleveland.

During the first day of play, only five players broke 80 on the course. Few were able to improve on the second day. The winning score of 155 (76-79) belonged to P. O. Hart, the pro at the Marietta Country Club. Gullickson took second place with 156 (77-79). Shrieve, who had problems on the 17th hole in his first round, scored 161 (82 – 79) and shared third place with George Sargent (80-81) and Charley Lormes, another Columbus pro. ACC’s Jules Blanton tied a player from Cleveland at 168 and divided 15th place money.

Blanton, after competing in Shaker Heights later that summer, returned to Athens and declared, “The professional open tournament held at the Athens Country Club last July has surely put Athens on the map in golf circles.” Those who played here, he reported, found the Athens course “to be one of the most difficult and interest[ing] links in the state.”

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