A PUBLICATION FOR THE MEMBERS OF BARTON HILLS COUNTRY CLUB THE BARTONIAN May 2021 BOARD & MANAGEMENT BOARD OF GOVERNORS 2021 Dear Fellow BHCC Members, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS: Spring is finally here, the golf course is hopping, the dining room is full in the evenings, and the atmosphere is fun and PRESIDENT festive. It’s wonderful to visit with friends Susan Edwards and enjoy activities that feel as close to normal as possible. Let’s continue to VICE PRESIDENT keep our club a safe haven for members Mike Huget and staff by following safety protocols… masks on unless seated at a table. If you TREASURER Susan Edwards are reminded to add a mask, please com- John Ternes CLUB PRESIDENT ply promptly. We are all in this together! SECRETARY The pool pavilion is set to open Wednesdays through Saturdays on May Bob Hensinger 5th, until the official opening of the pool on May 28th, members may bring as many guests as they would like. The kitchen will be open and DIRECTORS & seating will be available under the pavilion, at poolside tables, and on COMMITTEE CHAIRS: the hillside (including the fire pit). Once the pool opens there will not, unfortunately, be enough capacity for unlimited guests, so please enjoy this opportunity to invite friends before the pool officially opens. DIRECTORS Janine Molloy Jim Ressler Mark, the staff, and the Board are looking for every opportunity to im- prove our facilities and add amenities, while being fiscally responsible. GOLF CHAIR James Landi A new roof was added to the pool house, new balcony furniture arrives early May, the first stage of the ballroom transformation (carpet, paint, GREENS CHAIR Will Ellender wallpaper) begins in June, the tennis courts will be resurfaced in July, and we are pursuing options for simulators for fall and winter. A large FINANCE John Ternes tent will be placed on the patio May 15-October 15th to accommodate COMMITTEE banqueting requests. HOUSE CHAIR Colleen Finn We are off to a sound start financially. Membership continues to grow at a faster pace than recent years, and fewer members have resigned. SOCIAL CHAIR Gayle Hood Our major renovation project is complete, and work in the foresee- able future will be within the capital or operating budget. We recently MEMBERSHIP Shirley Randall invested in a Capital Reserve Study, which will identify repair and CHAIR replacement needs over the next several years, and allow us to bud- get accordingly. Mark, the Board, and I are committed to a plan which NOMINATING Byron Foster meets our present and future repair and maintenance needs, while CHAIR also providing new amenities to meet the expectations of present and potential members. P & C CHAIR Mike Huget It’s an exciting year. Please come join the fun! Kindest Regards, Susan Edwards JUNIOR LIASON Evan Owen BHCC President SOCIAL LIAISON David Barfield OPERATIONS UPDATE Dear BHCC Members, I hope that you are as excited as the staff and I for all of the fun things to come this May! From the handful of golf demo days, the ladies, couples, and men’s golf events, the Mother’s Day brunch, Pool dining pavilion opening with Cinco De Mayo specials, and the Memorial Day weekend pool party, we are confident that there will be no shortage of things to enjoy at BHCC. A fun new thing that we’re trying on May 23rd is going to be Yoga & Brunch at the Pool! Stay tuned for more details on that. In addition to these “can’t miss” events, each of the departments have a number of great things in store for you! The F&B team will be rolling out two new partnerships, the first with a local gourmet cheesecake business: 24th Cheesecakerie, and the second with Mark Klinger, PGA the famous Roos Roast coffee. New menu items are continuously popping up along CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER with updates to the cocktail list. GENERAL MANAGER The pro shop has received a good bit of new merchandise for the Spring that includes Galvin Green, G4, Sport Haley, Gretchen Scott, Sofibella, Sport Haley, Greyson, RLX, my favorite: Peter Millar, and a really strong new brand for Barton: Holderness & Bourne. Be sure to check out the shop and remember if you don’t see your favorite brand, Kelly will be happy to special order whatever you’d like. Member/Member, The Tradition, and Ladies Invite will be here in no time! We are really excited for these events as it gives us an opportunity to try to raise the bar and make you extra proud of BHCC. Be sure to sign up if you haven’t already! Andrew and his agronomy team will continue working hard to implement his cultivation practices that are aimed at strengthening green health, in preparation for a busy summer and the years to come. You can look forward to Andrew’s bi-weekly updates to begin soon which will outline what you can expect to see on the course. You have probably seen many new faces while out on the course because we have officially welcomed 43 new members since December, with 20 having joined in April! You will find a listing of those that joined in April on page 4 of the Bartonian. Please help us in welcoming them to our family! As Mrs. Edwards mentioned, we are committed continuous improvement and are looking forward to focusing on many great things ahead to keep this momentum going. Thanks for checking out this May edition of the Bartonian. Enjoy the team’s articles and we’ll hope to see you in the dining rooms and out on the course! Kindest Regards, Mark R. Klinger, PGA Chief Operating Officer/ General Manager MEMBERSHIP NEWS Dear BHCC Members, We are excited to welcome several new members into the Club this Springtime! April was a great month for membership – we added nearly 20 new members to our Barton Hills family across all membership categories. We continue to have promising conversations and have scheduled many tours of the facility. All in all, we have had more interest in BHCC then we have had in many years. As many of you are aware, we had a wonderful Fall promotion which called Makiah Huebner perspective members to action and encouraged individuals thinking DIRECTOR OF MEMBERSHIP about joining to do so before our initiation fees increased. We have several ideas for how to keep this momentum going and look forward to introducing new promotions and recruitment strategies in the future. We believe the beautiful renovations of the clubhouse and pool complex are responsible for the increase in membership traffic. Although recruiting new members is a vital part of sustaining our Club, keeping our existing Members and their families happy and engaged is always our priority. We have several events in the month of May that we encourage you to attend! The pool dining pavilion will be open following the Cinco De Mayo Party on May 5th and the Pool Opening Ryan Hovermale Party is scheduled for May 28th - we hope to see you there! DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Don’t forget to download the BHCC mobile app and follow us on social media as we are always looking to post fun content as well as reminders and event updates. Scheduling a tee time, or making a dining reservation on the app is simple and convenient. If you have questions about how to download the app or how to use any of the functions, please let us know and we would be happy to walk you through these actions! We also want to take moment to remember those that have past recently. Our condolences are with the family and friends of Ralph Boehnke and Ronald Cresswell, both long time members of the club. As always, we are here to help. Please let us know how to make your BHCC experience the very best it can be! We look forward to seeing you at the Club, on the course, or at some of our fantastic Spring events very soon. Sincerely, Makiah Huebner Director of Membership Ryan Hovermale Director of Marketing and Communications MEMBERSHIP NEWS Jay Mullick & Erin Cantrell Social Scott Kovanda & Stevie Kovanda Junior Sarah & Varun Kurup Junior David & Claire Boduch Social Please join me in extending a warm welcome to the following new Members Emily & Aniket Dhadphale Junior in April: Jennifer Conlin & Daniel Rivkin John & Judith Melick Social National Non-Resident Lindsey & Peter Gudritz Paul & Lianne Sefcovic Legacy Junior Resident Sheena & Manu Anand Joshua & Stacie McNulty Social Social Jeff & Regan Backus Diane & Michael Leoni Resident Social Joe Nelson Jeff & DeeDee Varick Resident Social Erin Chimney & Greg Sampson John & Beth Grant Social Resident Jim Eubank Tyler Stipe & Lisa Saunders Resident Junior Welcome to Barton Hills, We’re Glad You’re Here! GREENS Course Report Dear BHCC Members, Spring is always an exciting time of the year on the golf course. The grass begins to grow, the trees start budding, but it seems one day the grass is brown and the next day it’s green. Just like temperatures, grass growth var- ies throughout the springtime. One day it’s 70 degrees and beautiful, and the grass is growing like crazy; and the next day there is snow, and it shuts right down. Andrew Christesen GOLF SUPERINTENDENT The greens department has been hard at work preparing for the 2021 golf season. We are working on the bunkers by edging, trimming, and cleaning them up after the winter. Cultural practices which include aerifying, topdressing, seeding, and verti-cutting are taking place. Getting these cultural practices done in the spring time will set the golf course up for success in the summer months.