Riverhill Reporter October 2016

Joe Finger Hall Of Fame Induction

Joe Finger, one of the founding designers of the Riverhill Golf Club is now joining Byron

Nelson in the Texas Golf Hall of Fame(TGHoF). A celebration will be held this October

10th, 2016 to honor Finger's accomplishments. Join us in celebrating our Riverhill Pride!

"A Houston native, Finger, who passed away in 2003 will be honored in the Lifetime

Achievement category. He spent 45 years as an architect designing courses all over the world,

and his widow Julia said he would be so very pleased to be included among the great Texas

architects. 'He started playing golf in Texas at a very early age and played until he was a very

old man here. The Texas courses and the ones he did elsewhere meant so much to him.' Finger

teamed with fellow TGHoF member Byron Nelson to design the Riverhill Golf Club in

Kerrville in 1998 near where he lived and also did a total renovation of Scott Schreiner Golf

Club in Kerrville for his final project."

From the Press release on Texas Golf Hall of Fame. For more information on the 2016 induction

banquet, October 10, and ceremonies along with sponsorships, contact Mary Carriker, Managing

Director of the TGHoF at mary@golfsanantonio.org or 210-736-8701.

From the Desk of John Junker

General Manager

As we enter into the 4th Quarter of this year, our appreciation goes out to our incredible

membership for what is looking like another successful year at the Club. Membership has

almost reached our goal for year end. Our success is driven by the support of our great

membership. Please give Bryan a call if you know of any potential members for Riverhill.

Winter projects are right around the corner. We will begin scheduling to complete the bunker

renovations and are in the final year of our Riverhill Tree Program. In January we will be

reroofing the Club again after the June hail storm. One of the most important projects will be the

remediation of the Bermuda grass infestation in the greens.

Thoughts on Riverhill…

To most of our members, Country Club living is about camaraderie and fellowship. It is about

comfort and enjoying Club activities with your friends and family. Sharing special times together

and feeling the ultimate sense of belonging, and living life to its fullest.

Food For Thought….

Did you know that our food and beverage program is based on living life to its fullest? Not only

do we desire our membership to enjoy each experience they have at The Club, we promote

eating well. Enjoying great food that is sensible, sustainable, local and delicious.

The goodness we prepare for our Members begins with each serving. The freshest available,

all-natural ingredients. Our beef, chicken and seafood is never, ever given growth hormones or

antibiotics. Akaushi beef also has a high ratio of monounsaturated to saturated fats, which is

beneficial to your heart. Our vegetables are mostly farm fresh, locally grown free of

preservatives, pesticides and herbacides. Starting in November, our lunch meats will only be

Boars Head brand. The meat contains high concentrations of oleic acid, a heart-healthy fatty

acid.

We know this is different, but we care about each and everyone of our Members.

Now when it is time to indulge, just ask the Chef and we will have a few sinners dishes. We

understand that all things in moderation are good.

On behalf of the staff, we would like to truly thank you for all you do.

Riverhill Proud!

Sincerely,

From the Desk of Bryan Hargrove

Membership Director

The holidays are right around the corner. However, it’s never too early to count your blessings

and reflect on the good things that happened this year. Here are few things that I am happy

about:

1. Given the opportunity to come back to Riverhill. This has always been a special

place to me. As I come to work each day, I ask myself if Mr. Nelson would be proud of

Riverhill over 40 years later. For the most part, I think he would. We can always improve

and if we keep that in mind, then things will continue to get better. Riverhill Proud!

2. The timely rains we have had this year. How often have you seen the course as green

as it is in September? Not very often, I bet.

3. A membership that really cares about Riverhill. All comments we receive, both good

and bad, are taken seriously. If our membership didn’t care about our club, we would

never know how we are doing.

As we inch closer to our goal of 525 members, remember that our referral is still going on. Bring

in a new member and receive a credit equal to a month’s dues of the member you sponsored.

I hope you feel blessed to be a part of the Riverhill family. I know I do!

Riverhill Proud!

Bryan Hargrove

Welcome to our new members that joined in September:

RIVERHILL WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION

Only a few seats available!

RWA October 13th Program:

We will be on the Road!

A trip to the Pearl Brewery

With a River Cruise thru the Locks

A bus will pick us up at the club at 9:00 am. We will depart on the river cruise from the Hotel

Emma. The trip is 2 hours. After the trip, you will have time to eat luncheon and/or shop near the

Hotel Emma. The bus will pick us up at the Hotel Emma at 3:30 pm for our ride home.

The cost of the trip is $53.00. This includes the bus ride and the river cruise. Lunch will be on

your own. Reservations will be confirmed with your check. If you have any questions, please call

me at 830-377-5195 or email at krm@winstream.net.

Congratulations to Sally Derr, our monthly raffle winner!! We will have board elections in

November, if you are interested in being on the nominating committee or board, please let me

know.

If you have any questions, please call me at 830-377-5195 or email at krm@winstream.net.

Thank you, Berna Jean

Golf

Congratulations to our first place Member-staff Scramble Winners: Chipper Loggie, Jay Dunn, Harold Danford, Dwayne Davis, Carol Powers and Bryan Hargrove

Fall is finally here! The course is in the best condition it’s been in several years. It is great golf

weather so come out and play.

Our next Member-Staff Scramble will be October 27th with a 5:00 Shotgun start. Our next club

event and final Collins Cup qualifying event is the Member-Member Match Play, Friday-Sunday,

October 7th – 9th . The format is Best Ball match play with one 9 hole match on Friday, 2 9-hole

matches on Saturday and 2 9-hole matches on Sunday. The tournament is open to all members,

men, women or mixed teams. Entry is $70 per player.

The Collins Cup dates are November 4th & 5th with the Top 32 players on the points list receiving

automatic invites. The Collins Cup Parings dinner will be on Wednesday, Nov. 2nd. The current

points list is posted on the bulletin board and on the website.

Ladies golf clinics start back on Thursday October 6th and will run thru October 27th. Clinics start

at 10:00 and are $10 per session.

Our Jr. Golf Clinics are taking place every Wednesday at 4:00 for $10 per session. We average

about 9 juniors each week so send the juniors out to meet some new friends. We focus on the

fundamentals, on course shot selection and rules.

Our Fall Demo Day will be Tuesday October 18th from 10 -2. Taylor Made, Callaway, Ping,

Cleveland and Cobra will be on hand with all their latest equipment. Mark and I will be on the

range to help custom fit and answer questions.

We have a new event for the Couples October 29th and 30th, The Couples Club Championship.

The entry will be $100 which include food after both rounds and prizes. The format will be a

Shamble counting 1 low net. Come out and meet some other golf couples, sign-up in the golf

shop.

Christmas will be here before we know it and soon we will be receiving new merchandise. The

Golf Shop Christmas Sale will be Friday December 2nd from 3 – 6. Wine and appetizers will be

served while you shop.

Upcoming Events:

Oct. 7th – 9th Fall Member – Member Match play

Oct. 18th Demo Day – Callaway, Cleveland, Cobra, Ping, Taylor Made - 10:00-2:00

Oct. 27th Staff Scramble – 5:00

Oct. 29th – 30th Couples Club Championship

Nov. 2nd The Collins Cup Dinner

Nov. 4th – 5th The Collins Cup

Nov. 7th – 10th Greens Aerification

Nov. 17th Staff Scramble – 3:00

Dec. 2nd Golf Shop Christmas Sale - 3:00 – 6:00

Dec. 3rd Christmas Scramble – 2-person teams

Fairway Feats:

Aug. 26 – Gary Cochrane – Shot a 69 from the gold tees for his lowest round at Riverhill

Aug. 30 – Jenny Mitchell had her first Hole-in-One on #2

Sept. 8 – Mark Bosma – shot a 36 on back nine for a 78

Sept. 14 – Syl Kutach – shot a 75 for his lowest round of the year from the Collins tees

Sept. 18 – Carol Powers – shot an 86 for her career low round

Sept. 21 – Marlene Grothues – birdied #17 for the first time

Congratulations to Diane

Henry on her 7th Ladies

Club Championship win a

row. Diane shot 78 – 82 for

a two-day total of 160.

2016 Men’s Club Championship

Championship Flight 2016 Champion

2nd Place BK Cody 3rdPlace

Clay Malson

Congratulations to our 2016 Men’s Club

Champion, Tray Tyner. Tray defended his

title by shooting rounds of 71-72-70 -213

to win by12 strokes over runner-up BK

Cody.

Our other flight winners were:

1st Flight Gross Bill Woodley - 147 Net –

Tyler Campbell - 139

2nd Flight Net – Ed Corley - 147

3rd Flight Gross Pete Peters - 148 Net –

Mart Hanna - 146

4th Flight Net – Mike Smith - 140

Men's Golf Association (MGA)

Here we are in that special season – right between heat stroke and frost delay. This is probably

the very best season for golf here at Riverhill, and you can expect the club to be very busy with

MGA play, tournaments, and just plain golf! In the MGA, we have our annual match play event,

the fall cook-out, and our annual meeting – all in addition to normal play days. So let’s get right

down to what’s going on this fall.

The annual fall cook-out is Thursday, October 20th. It starts with golf at 1PM, drinks at 5:30, and

dinner at 6PM. Your meal is already paid for (not your beer – no way could we afford all that!),

and your significant other can join in for a nominal fee. If mother nature cooperates, we’ll be

outside on the veranda or the lawn. Mark your calendars now and look for details in an

upcoming email.

On the 21st, the MGA Championship match play starts. This is invitation only based on the

number of points you earned in MGA play through September. Given my year, I’m guessing I

won’t be invited! But those that are invited will find out at the fall cook-out.

Next up, we’re participating in the RWGA’s “Great Pumpkin” event on Wednesday, October

26th. It begins with a deli lunch at 11AM, followed by golf, followed by a Harvest Buffet in the

mansion.

Admission gets you golf, lunch, and prizes (assuming you win, of course!). This is a really fun

event, with two men and two women on each team. The pro shop is keeping a list of men and

the women are picking the teams! (Kind of a Sadie Hawkins event, if you remember those).

November is a bit of a breather for special events, but then we start right up again with our

annual breakfast meeting on December 1st. The meeting will be at 7AM (!!) followed by golf at

9:30. We’ll present a summary of the findings of our annual survey and planned changes for the

next year. What, you’ve not answered your survey??? Well, it was supposed to close by the

end of September, but you still have one last

chance: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RMGA2016.

With such a busy social calendar, we’ll be down to three play days a month for the fall. The new

schedule is published on the website, but here’s the gist of it:

We’re all about Thursdays in October: The 6th, 13th, and 20th. Times and formats vary,

including two afternoon starts for those that need to skip out of work to play.

In November, we have two Thursdays and one Saturday: The 3rd, 12th, and

17th. Thursday will again be a 1PM shotgun so start thinking of your excuse for missing

work now.

In December, we’ll also have two Thursdays and a Saturday: The 1st, 8th, and 17th. After

the 17th, you’ll just have to wait until you get your new clubs for Christmas and try them

out before the first play day in January.

Whew! I’m exhausted just typing up all this. And this is just the MGA – the club has a lot of

events happening this fall. Get out there and enjoy the wonderful fall weather.

Niel Powers

Publicity

Riverhill MGA

Riverhill Women's Golf Association - RWGA

Fall is a favorite time of the year for many of us and with October comes the Julia Finger

Challenge and the Great Pumpkin. The Julia Finger Challenge players are determined through

a points system described in the RWGA Directory. It is twelve players only, with blue and

yellow teams, played over two days which are October 11th and 12th this year. If you are

interested, points begin to accumulate in October for play next year.

Another favorite event is the Great Pumpkin, coming October 26th. This year the women are

inviting the men to join us with each foursome made up of two men and two women players, no

spouses in the same foursome. The format is a scramble with deli lunch and golf games

beginning at 11:00 with a 12:30 p.m. shotgun start. Post play we will await scores and prizes in

the Antler bar. All players are encouraged to stay for dinner in the Mansion on your own so invite

your non-playing spouse and friends to join you for a harvest themed dinner.

The RWGA election is coming up in December with the offices of President, Vice-President,

Secretary and Treasurer open to candidates for one year terms. If you want to volunteer or to

recommend another for office, please contact Vice-President, Terry Terrell. We all pitch in when

needed and good officers will help keep us out there playing golf with friends.

September had some exciting games with contests for Women’s Club Champion and with Matt

Trevino in Beat the Pro.

Results:

GREEN TEES ONLY

August 31, 2016

1st Gross – Carol Swanson - 85

1st Net – Linda Ehrenreich - 70

2nd Net – Terry Terrell – 72

PUTTS ONLY

September 7, 2016

Red Flight

1st Place – Lynn Perilloux – 31

2nd Place – Nancy Wilson - 31

3rd Place – Rhonda Taylor - 33

Green Flight

1st Place – Nancy DeYoung - 29

2nd Place – Sally Peterson -

30

3rd Place – Marlene

Grothues – 30

September 21, 2016

BEAT THE PRO

Matt Trevino – 66

Nancy DeYoung – net 66

No other players matched

or beat Matt’s score!

Tennis

Fall is here and hoping for some cooler temperatures to play more tennis. Mark your calendars

for a new addition to the tennis calendar in October. We are having a Tennis Mixer on Saturday

October 8th at 9am with Houston ladies group. We will eat at the Turning point following tennis.

Cost is $30. Sign up now and invite some of your friends as guests to play. Let make this

another great tennis event.

Las Vegas Tennis Pro-Am is scheduled for October 24th and 25th at the Westgate Resort in Las

Vegas. The tennis will be held 9am to noon followed by lunch, then evenings planned on own.

Every year this is a great event and it’s getting better each time. Riverhill members: Mark Benak,

Mark Hoffman, Shaun Randall attending along with Tennis Director Garry and Kimberly

Nadebaum will be playing with several other players and Pros from around the country. Look for

pictures and results next month.

Tournament News

Tennis Director Garry Nadebaum was runner up at USTA

National Mens 45's Grass Court Singles held at the

Germantown Cricket Club in Philadelphia. This was Garry's

5 straight year to be in the singles finals. Garry had won the

title in 2012, 2013, 2014 and was runner up in 2015 and

2016.

In the singles Garry Nadebaum was seeded #2 and won 3

matches before he was beaten in final in a close match 3/6,

3/6 by #1 seed Oren Motevassel from California. Overall another great tournament at the USTA

National Grass courts for a 5th year.

Fall junior tennis Clinics

Session #2 September 25 to October 20

Session #3 October 24 to November 17th

Session #4 November 21 to December 15

Beginner Tennis Clinis - 10 & Under

This fun, innovative skill-building program is designed to develop

children’s motor skills though exposure to the fundamentals.

Perfect for kids!

Monday 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Thursday 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Cost: $45 a month (4 weeks, 1 day a week)/85 a month (2 days a week)

Daily drop in Charge-$15 each time

Intermediate Clinic

Players will work on Stroke Analysis, Point Play, & Strategy & Movement

Monday 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm

Thursday 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm

Cost: $65 a month (4 weeks, 1 day a week)

$125 a month (4 weeks, 2 days a week)

Daily drop in charge is $20.00 a clinic

Advanced Junior Clinic

Players will work on Stroke Analysis, Point Play, & Strategy & Movement

Tuesday 6-7 pm & Saturday 9-10:30 am $20.00 each clinic

Remember the great adult clinics we have going on all year round. Come on out and improve

your tennis games and stay fit while playing "tennis the sport of a lifetime”.

Weekly Events

Tuesday 6pm Adult Mixed Drill and Doubles

Thursday 9am Ladies Drill

Saturday 9am to 10:30 Mens and Womens Drill

Children's Clinics Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

Dining Menu's

Call For Reservations 830-896-1400

Steak Night

October 5th, 5-8pm

True Beginnings

Crab Cake Fried Quail Shrimp Cocktail

$11

Wedge or Julia’s Caesar

Warm Rolls w/ Sweet Cream Butter

Featuring

Aged Prime Rib $24

6 oz Center Cut Angus Filet $24

10 0z 1855 Ribeye $26

8 0z Statler Chicken $16

Grilled Scottish Salmon $20

Special

Grilled Halibut

$34

Sides

Mashed Potatoes Steak Fries Seasonal Vegetables

Acorn Squash Glazed Carrots

Dessert

Crème Brule

$4

Pasta Night

Wednesday, October 12

Create your own Pasta Dish $16.95

Riverhill Salad & Soup Bar

Italian Bread

Pasta Choices

Angel Hair Linguini Penne

Sauce of Choice

Marinara Alfredo Olive Oil

White Wine & Butter

Choice of Proteins

Meatballs Chicken Shrimp

Other Choices

Bell Peppers Jalapeno Peppers Onions Garlic

Cherry Tomatoes Black Olives

Mushrooms Spinach

Sun Dried Tomatoes Cilantro

Cheeses of Choice

Shaved Parmesan Asiago Mozzarella

Chef Feature

Penne Rustica

Shrimp, Ham, Sausage, Chicken, Peppers and Onions in a creamy Tomato Sauce

Dessert

Flan

Birthday & Anniversary Celebration Night

Wednesday, October 19

True Beginnings

Crab Cakes Fried Quail Shrimp Cocktail

$11

House Salad

Breads & Sweet Cream Butter

Included w/ entrees below

Main

6 oz Center Cut Angus Filet $24

10 0z 1859 Ribeye $26

Oven Roasted “Statler” Chicken $19

Grilled Scottish Salmon $22

Shrimp “Three Way” $16

Sides

Mashed Potatoes Asparagus Loaded Potato Gratin

Glazed Carrots

Dessert

Cake, Cake & more Cake

Friday Nights at The Mansion

Dinner at the mansion, Fridays from 5pm-8pm

New Beginnings

Crab Cakes Pork Wings

Fried Quail Shrimp Cocktail

$11

Salad or Soup

Julia’s Caesar Riverhill House

Gumbo Soup of Day

Served with warm bread & sweet cream butter

Main Stays

Angus Filet 6oz $24

Angus Ribeye 12oz $28

Shrimp Three Way $19

Salmon 8oz $20

Oven Roasted Chicken 8oz $16

Chicken Fried Steak 8oz $13

Shrimp Alfredo $16

Riverhill Burger ½ lb $9

Chef Recommends

Akaushi Coulotte

7 oz $14 14oz $24

Sides

Mashed Potatoes Asparagus Baked Potato

Green Beans

Endings

Riverhill Pecan Ball Chefs Choice $4