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AUGUST 2008

A Few Words From Our Greens Keeper

The golf course has responded to the nice weather so far this summer. It has seemed to heal up rather well from this past winter. We fertilized the Bermuda grass heavily to help with the spreading of the turf into the bad areas caused by the winterkill.

I am confidant that we have the right dominant turf grass on the golf course. Bermuda grass is still one of the less expensive turf grasses to manage because of the reduced use of pesticides. Fuel, fertilizer, and pesticides have almost doubled from around 2 years ago. With that, we can still manage our course for $100,000.00 less than what an average golf course costs to run in Indiana.  We are also able to complete a few projects along the way to help the golf course long term.

The greens committee is going to address the problem with the dormant Bermuda playing conditions that we had in early spring. However, we will not jeopardize the health of the Bermuda turf without doing our research first. 

  

Kelly Robbeloth

 

Around the Golf Shop                                                                       August 2008
By Tom Maled PGA
 Hello Golfers!The weather is great today and the course is in great shape! We just finished up the Club Championships and boy do I feel blessed. I thought we were going to get rained out at one point and at least delayed, but as fortune would have it we got all four rounds in with out a hitch. Congratulations to all the winners and runners up and thanks to all who participated and made this year’s club championship one of the best yet. Here is a list of the results. 

Ladies Division

2nd Flight:          Winner- Verla Beavin                  Runner-up- Phyllis Andres Foreman
1st Flight:           Winner- Carolyn Duff                  Runner-up- Joyce Arnold
Champ Flight:    Winner- Susie Peters                  Runner-up- Becky Cox 

Men’s Senior Divisions

Super Senior:                Winner- Dan Luckett       Runner-up- Bob Hublar 
Senior 2nd Flight:            Winner- Mike Harpe        Runner-up- Herb Goodale
Senior 1st Flight:            Winner- Phil McClure      Runner-up- Stan Farrell
Senior Champ Flight:      Winner- Mike Edrington   Runner-up- Roger Dahl 
Men’s Regular Division:
5th Flight:           Winner- Dan Himmelhaver          Runner-up- Larry Foreman
4th Flight:           Winner- Gerald Lamb                  Runner-up- Ed Kochert
3rd Flight:           Winner- Andy Shutz                    Runner-up- Mike Robison
2nd Flight:          Winner- Michael Weick               Runner-up- Ben Clark
1st Flight:           Winner- Cody Conley                 Runner-up- Mike Schladant
Championship:   Winner- John Shackelford           Runner-up- Ben Engle 
Congrats! To all the winners and runner-ups. 
VALLEY VIEW INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT WILL BE HELD ON AUGUST 9TH AND 10TH. MEMBERS ENTRY FEE IS $100.00  GUEST ENTRY FEE IS $120.00 DEADLINE FOR SIGN-UPS IS MONDAY AUGUST 4TH 5:00PM.  WOW!!!!!!!!!!!  LOOK AT THESE BARGAINS!!!!!!!!!Your golf shop is having a mid season blowout sale and it’s just for you.  (MEMBERS ONLY)Men’s shirts all brands take an additional 10% off! Women’s shirts all brands take an additional 10% off!All hard goods Drivers, Fairways, Utilities, Bags, Putters, and wedges take an additional 15% off.This sale is good for the month of August so don’t delay, shop and save today! 
Upcoming Events:
Junior Club Championship                 July 30th and 31st                   11am start times
2-man Best Ball Tournament            Aug.   2nd                                   8am shotgun
Ladies Guest Day                             Aug. 5th                                  9am back nine shotgun
Valley View Invitational                 Aug 9th and 10th                           Course Closed all day Beat the Pro                                   Aug 16th                                   tee off before 2pm
Senior Blind Draw                            Aug 20th                                      9am tee times
Ladies Blind Draw                            Aug 21st                             9am tee times
Valley View Summer Scramble          Aug 31                               2pm shotgun
Ladies Fall Cities Tournament            Sept 2nd                            8:30 shotgun
Final Wed Night Scramble                Sept 6th                             2pm shotgun
Ladies President’s Cup                    Sept. 13th                                     9am tee times   
PLEASE HELP US!Take care of the course and our property by:Placing trash in receptacles, picking up and disposing of broken tees on the tee boxes.Sand your divots and fix ball marks properly by placing divot repair tool around perimeter and pushing in towards the center of the ball mark! Thanks !  

JUNIOR
Alex Beyer                            Bethany Huber
Parker Mccullough            Trevor Schultze
HUSBAND & WIFE
Lauri Kraft (joined her husband)
SINGLE
                    Shawn Bishop                      Wiley Brooks                     
Timothy Corley                   Brian Gripe 
John Hughes                      Brent Myers
Barry Poling
YOUNG ADULT
Andrew Mercuri  Jason Zajac

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Letter from the President

The Club Championship is over. Congratulations to all who participated. If you didn’t play, you missed an excellent chance for four guaranteed weekend tee times to play with members whose games are close to yours.

Our course is in very good condition and the weather has been typical, hot and humid. Take some time to come out and enjoy all that our course has to offer. Remember that your input helps the Board to make educated decisions for the best outcome for our course.

The next Board meeting is August 4th at 7:00 p.m.  The first part of the meeting is for member input and questions.

Thanks for your time,

Roger Dahl, President

 


A WORD FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Board of Directors would like to remind our members that membership dues are non-refundable. In the event of a member’s illness or injury, it has been the long-standing policy of the Board of Directors that membership dues will not be refunded. Instead, the member has been placed on a medical leave status, so that additional initiation fees would not be charged when the member is released by their physician to resume golfing. Regardless of whether members choose to pay their membership as a lump sum payment or monthly debit payments, membership fees are non-refundable. If monthly debit payments are chosen in lieu of a lump sum payment, all members will be expected to honor the one-year contract for payment of the full membership fees.

 

This has been the longstanding policy of the Club’s Board of Directors. Of there are any questions, please feel free to attend the next scheduled Board meeting on August 14th at 7:00pm. The first 15 minutes of all monthly meetings are specifically set a side for members to address any questions or concerns.