OCTOBER 2019 T H E JUMPSTARTER THE OFFICIAL JUMPSTART NEWSLETTER FOR ALL THE HAPPENINGS AND NEWS AT GRAND HAVEN GOLF CLUB Before and After pictures of the Palm Tree trimming that was complete October 1st. FROM THE GENERAL MANAGER ANDREA KNOX IN THIS ISSUE How can you tell it's Fall at Grand Haven? The temperatures have finally dipped below 70 in the morning and 90 during the day (even if just briefly), we are seeing a few more faces around the club, The WGA and LGL have hosted their season opener's and the MEN’S INVITATIONAL Men's Invitational register is filling up! What an exciting time of year! Many thanks to everyone that hung in there all summer playing golf and attending events; your support is truly appreciated. TAIL TRUNK SHOW As we welcome more folks back for season, it is probably a good time to re-visit our golf cart usage policies. Yes, I just heard a few of you groan out loud. As we enter Fall, we begin to experience a decline in plant growth due to cooler temperatures and shorter daylight hours. Add increased cart traffic to 50’S & 60’S NIGHT less rigorous grass growth and you begin to see an impact to course conditions and playability. The rules are fairly simple and when everyone cooperates, everyone wins! First and foremost, keep carts on the path around all tees and greens and the entire length of all Par 3's. Scatter your cart traffic patterns as you enter and exit the fairway. Don't drive straight down the middle of the OCTOBER 2019 CHECKING IN FOR GOLF fairway, keep your cart in the rough when possible and cross to your ball at 90 degrees. When approaching the green, exit the fairway to the cart path before the green Please be reminded that if a stake. Cart path curbs are a simple reminder that were built into the golf course. When a Cart Attendant is not present curb is present, your cart should be on the cart path. And if improved golf course esthetics when you arrive at Bag drop, and playing conditions don't get you excited, remember that those extra few steps you'll take you are asked to check in at on the golf course could help you get to closer to that goal of 10,000 steps a day! the golf shop. This will help For those needing special exceptions to the cart usage guide lines, we re-implemented the us know who is on the course blue stake program over the summer. For golfers with a handicap flag, each hole has a blue or practice area in case of stake positioned approximately 30 feet from the green indicating the spot you may park your emergency and to record the cart and allows you fairly level access to the green. Please don’t move the stakes, and keep correct charge (if any) to your your cart on the outside of the stake away from the green. Never drive your cart between a account. Most days after bunker and greens edge or on severe slopes, and always keep the cart at least 30 feet from the fringe of the green. 2:30pm, you will need to come in the golf shop to check October kicks off the fall tournament schedule with the Men’s Invitational. We are gearing in and retrieve a cart key. up for another great event and look forward to welcoming all of your guests to the club. In addition to all the work that is put in by the committee (Bill Boyer, Al Chrigwin, Larry Geiser, and Paul Gillis), our golf shop, food and beverage and course maintenance teams are also working hard to plan and prepare for this exiting competition. There is still time to sign up! If you are interested, please stop by the golf shop! GOLF CART GUIDELINES Fall is also the time we begin to receive new stock in the golf shop! Stop by and check out 1. Observe the 90 degree some of the latest additions in fashion, foot wear and equipment. To help us make some rule room for the new items, we are hosting a Tail Super Clearance Sale on our current in stock Tail th apparel on Tuesday October 8 from Noon to 2pm in the Nicklaus room. Great “Two For” 2. Obey the green post and opportunity buys are available and the sales rep, Missy Long, will be here to help us out! exit the fairway to the Missy is bringing a limited supply of a “gift with purchase” too! Everyone is welcome to stop cart path by! Congratulations to our LPGA AGA/ Grand Haven members: Joan Callahan, Melody Kimmel, 3. Keep carts on the cart Jackie Poole, Amy Lamb, Suzette Sweeny and Jane Walter, for advancing to the next stage of path around all tees and competition. Check out details later in the newsletter. Way to go!!! greens and on all par 3’s. Ladies don’t forget to come join our #36 group on Wednesday’s at 3:15pm through the 4. Handicap flag carts month of October! It’s a great way to learn, practice, improve, meet new people and have should keep the cart at some fun. Are you up for the challenge? least 30 feet from the Now get out and Play! green as much as possible. Avoid slopes Andrea and limit travel to the shortest route possible. 5. Scatter cart traffic when UPCOMING SAVE THE DATES entering and exiting the fairway November 2nd GHWC 9 & Dine 6. Always buddy up in November 5th Birthday Bash carts. No single riders November 7th-9th Women’s Member/Member unless in a threesome. November 17th Karaoke November 22nd Prime Rib Night November 23rd Gridiron November 28th Thanksgiving OCTOBER 2019 GOLF SHOP HOURS FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT Tuesday ~ Sunday TJ WEST 7:00 am ~ 5:00 pm Mondays vary - check the club I would like to start off by thanking the membership for all the support that has calendar. been shown to myself and the team at Golf Maintenance during what has been a “crazy” few months! It means more to us than I can put into words! We will Tee Time reservations can be continue to work hard in order to put out the best possible playing conditions! made by calling the Golf Shop during regular hours During the month of September we recorded 5.25 inches of rain. Most of that (3.5”) fell during Dorian. We were extremely lucky to have that storm miss us! We experienced some gusty winds and Score posting after Golf Shop had a ton of small debris down…but it could have been much worse! hours can be done from home at” The first day of Fall has come and gone. In October we will begin our preparations for the Winter and http://www.ghin.com/ what we hope is another busy golf season! 12 tons of fertilizer will go out wall to wall during the first scorePosting.aspx week of the month. That application will be followed by a slow release fertilizer on October 21st. For the most part, the turf has stayed strong throughout the Summer and these two applications will aid in it DRIVING RANGE HOURS staying strong throughout the Winter. Tuesday, Thursday-Sunday As turf growth slows down, our focus will turn to catching up on our detail work. You will notice us begin to address line of sight issues, edge bunkers and cartpaths (bunkers are almost finished and cart paths Front of Range 7am to 5pm will begin soon), as well as begin to remove dead pine trees. Back of Range 7am to 4pm As always, I can be reached for question or comments by email [email protected] Wednesdays Front of Range 7am to 4pm Back of Range 7am to 3pm FROM THE MGA An early close is needed to accommodate a clean pick for MIKE TEBBANO mowing the following morning. Mondays - check calendar Many people ask MGA members about the “Shootout." It is a good question, and while we assume everyone knows about it, we forget about the basic idea of how this format got started. The “shootout” is a competitive form of play that includes the top ten scoring league members who have accrued the most points from weekly games. Each week during a period of the golf season our MGA members play in HELP US a different game. Points are awarded to the golfers based on the leaderboard of winners for that round. For instance, the first-place winner for the week earns 10 points for the Shootout Leaderboard. The HELP YOU BY . second-place winner receives 9 points, the third-place winner 8 points, and so on right down to the last Filling divots with sand and place finisher who earns one point. These weekly points accumulate so that by the end of the period repairing ball marks there is a leaderboard of the top ten scoring golfers. on the green At the end of the period, there is a “Shootout” round that occurs on an arranged date where these top Keep your cart on the path ten golfers meet on the back nine of the course and play all-together in an elimination round. The last on all par 3’s man standing is the winner and earns a hefty financial prize from the league as well as the “Shootout” trophy, the “fickle-finger of fate” award. Keep carts on path around all tees & greens It is important to remember that all league members are eligible to participate and even win the shootout.