~Hyde Parker~ April 2012
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~Hyde Parker~ April 2012 Hyde Park Golf & Country Club 3740 Erie Ave. Phone: 871-3111 Fax: 871-7374 “Welcome New Members” Board of Governors Kevin and Jacqueline Sheridan with Ron Johnston President their children Henry and Oliver Steve Eha Vice President Emmy Waterkotte Secretary Lynne LaMacchia Treasurer Bruce and Meredith Atherley with their children Scott, Mike Felton Eric, and Ryan Doug Greiwe David Groenke Trey Savage Ken Schuermann, Jr. Please make them feel welcome and at home when Chairmen of Committees you see them around, Grounds David Groenke Hyde Park Golf & Country Club Golf Ken Schuermann, Jr. Membership Mike Felton Governance Steve Eha Activities Trey Savage House Doug Greiwe Finance Lynne Lamacchia Property Emmy Waterkotte Staff General Manager Eric O’Bryan Golf Professional Larry Drehs, PGA Asst. Golf Professional Jeff Radatz Asst. Golf Professional Marshall Maynard Golf Course Superintendent Pat O’Brien Asst. Golf Course Super. Mike Keller Asst. Golf Course Super. Greg Nickerson Caddy Master Pat Stricker Paddle Professional Heather Prop Tennis Professional Eric Toth Property Engineer Rick Spivey Bar Manager Les Hemingway Executive Chef Ralph Cipollo Restaurant Manager Esen Turgut Banquet Manager Angi Neises Office Manager Sandi Wessendorf Rules of Golf and Handicapping Seminar We welcome any news or items of More than 80 people attended the March 14 Golf Seminar, presented interest from all club groups. Please by the Greater Cincinnati Golf Association (GCGA). contact the office at 871-3111 with your items for the newsletter by the A big thank you to Art Fischer for all of his efforts to make this event 15th of the month. a success! From the President Can you believe this weather? By now, I am sure that you have been to the course and hit a few balls. Opening Day at the Club is only a few days away!! The Masters is less than two weeks away! The Drehs Cup is less than two months away! The zoysia is trying to turn green already! 2012 promises to be one of the best years at the Club. The golf schedule is loaded with several new events. The social calendar is packed, including several new parties. You may have noticed the improve- ments to the interior of the Club, and these improvements will continue for a few more months as new carpet, furniture and exercise equipment will be delivered. The best news of all…we are under budget! Hyde Park Country Club is really a special place. We have a lot to offer, whether a business meeting in the Board Room or a graduation dinner, a porch dinner outside, or just “hanging” in the Donald Ross room after a golf game on a Friday afternoon with your buds. For new members this year, I know that you will find the Hyde Park community easy to meet and get to know people. We were all new members once, so I ask the “old timer” members to try to include the newer members in your events. The Hyde Park Country Club community is a sense of family, friends and neighbors that support each other. There is no other Club like ours in Cincinnati that has our sense of belonging. Celebrate the beginning of spring with us at Hyde Park Country Club and make this a year to remember at your Club! Ron... From the General Manager Dear Member, Change, alteration, modification, adjustment and different …these are words that can strike fear in the most accomplished of persons. Throughout our life, we constantly invoke change to improve a task, career, golf swing, relationship etc. When we initiate these adjustments, our attitude towards the variation is, typically, far more positive than the times when they are chosen or performed for us. Call that common reaction human nature, personality or comfort, but regardless, ad- aptation and improvement is a necessity in successful relationships, life, business and yes, even Country Clubs. Chef Ralph has instituted a new Ala Carte menu that has received awesome reviews by many members. However, as anticipated, there have been a few concerns voiced regarding the “change.” Ralph is infusing new life into the food aspect of your Club, but with the knowledge and understanding that the menu is not etched in stone but on paper, and will require modifications once dislikes / likes, popular / not popular are figured out. Chef Ralph is asking for your honest input as he genuinely desires to offer you, the member, what you want at your Club. You may notice old favorites not on the menu, but please ask your server if the kitchen can prepare you what you have always ordered. Nine times out of ten, the kitchen staff has the ingredients to do so and is more than happy to fulfill your request. It appears Mother Nature has donned her summer wardrobe early, yet we know having lived in Cincinnati long enough, that wardrobe can quickly morph back into sweaters, jackets and mittens. Regardless, staff is busy scrambling to accommodate the opening of amenities and facilities much earlier than typically planned. Please be patient as this transformation occurs. A friendly reminder to make sure your email address is current with the Club, as the season is quickly approaching for Club emails to begin churning out regarding golf, tennis, swimming, events, etc. Also, if you would like to receive this Newsletter electronically, please contact Karen at the Club, 871-3111 or [email protected] and she will remove you from the mail list. (Club website access is always available to view the current month Newsletter as well as past months and print from there if necessary). Thank you. Eric O’Bryan We will be holding our annual Junior Sports Round-Up on Sunday, April April 22nd from 12:00pm-2:00pm. This is the perfect opportunity for Mom and Dad to save yourselves some time and stop by the club to Golf News get your juniors signed up for golf, swimming and tennis programs. Be sure to visit us in the club house on this day. 2012 The driving range will open March 28th. Jeff, Marshall and I will Spring seems to have sprung early this year, be available for golf lessons and club fittings. Our club fitting will and that can only mean one thing ...“IT’S again feature interchangeable head and shaft systems. Additionally, TIME FOR GOLF!” The golf course and Jeff Radatz has once again emailed information about his 2012 golf your Golf Pro Shop are ready for a very instructional programs. He is offering the very popular “Players exciting 2012 season. Package, Short Game Lesson Plan, and Lesson Insurance” available to all players interested. New for the 2012 season is Jeff’s Fantasy New merchandise is beginning to arrive from Adidas, Cutter & Golf Competition where each week you try to pick the winner for a Buck, Under Armour, Vineyard Vines, Tail, Foot-Joy, EP Pro, FREE Video Lesson. There will also be an email explaining the Ahead and be sure to keep your eye out for our NEW LOGO on rules for the Fantasy Golf Competition. If you did not receive the selected lines! emails about any of the above offerings, contact the golf shop and we will be happy to resend it to you. Also, Marshall is going to have If you would like to stock your locker for the coming season with a special offering for juniors and other players looking to dust off the the new 2012 Titleist Pro V1 and Pro V1X golf balls, I can save you rust. Purchase 4 lessons with him and receive 1 FREE. Regular money. Titleist and I are so sure that the Pro V1 line is suited to lesson fees apply, and as always junior rates are half-priced. Take 90% of all golfers that we are trying to help. Don’t let price be the advantage of both Jeff and Marshall’s great specials to jump start the only obstacle to playing the right ball for your game. We will be 2012 season. running the same promotion as 2011 where you may purchase three dozen Pro V1’s and get a fourth dozen for FREE. The only stipula- Caddies will be available beginning Saturday, March 31st and tion is that all four dozen must be imprinted with the same imprint. will be here on weekends until school is out. Caddie training will This program will run from March 15th – April 15th , and all orders be taking place throughout the months of March and April with must be placed within that time frame the dates are firm. If you are returning Caddie Master, Pat Stricker. Pat, along with some very interested, please call the pro shop to place your order. Remember, helpful members of Hyde Park, will be dedicated to improving our we cannot take advantage of this promotion after April 15th. caddie training program. If you would like a caddie during the week, you may make a reservation with the golf shop after school is There is new golf equipment on the way from Titleist, Callaway, out with a minimum of 24 hours notice. In the interest of keeping Taylor Made, Cobra, and we are also featuring a new line for the our caddie program strong, I would appeal to those of you who pre- 2012 season- Adams Golf. We will have demo days with all these fer to walk to please call and schedule caddies this summer. We find manufactures beginning with Taylor Made on Saturday, May 5th that keeping caddies active during the week helps kids stay involved 12:00pm-4:00pm. Adams and Callaway will be on Friday, May 11th and makes for a better caddie.