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Upcoming Events

April

April 2018

BRENT JESSUP PGA HEAD GOLF PROFESSIONAL

Couples Twilight: April 27 Our first couple’s twilight event of the season is scheduled for a 6pm shotgun start on Friday, April 27th. The format will be “Step Away Captain’s Choice” with two couples paired together to form a “team.” Entry fee is only $30 per couple and includes carts and winner prizes. Following the conclusion of play, everyone will congregate at Solé for food and fellowship. The winning team’s Solé dinner tab will be paid. A special invitation is made to all of our NEW MEMBER COUPLES to join in this fun evening event. Sign up in the golf shop by Thursday, April 26th. The staff will make pairings on Friday. Let’s have a big turnout for our evening couples Twi-light on the Links! Super Saturday Report The first Super Saturday event of the season last month, (March 17), got off to a good start. We had (24) members play their first round of the season and Sandy Minder captured the “Low Net Field” prize, carding a “net 64.” Our second competition date is April 14th. With seven events left, everyone that missed the first round last month should plan to sign up and play this month. It only takes three scores to have a “season score” and if you play more events, you get to dump your worse scores as you go! It’s time to get the ball rolling. The entry fee is only $30 for the entire season. Sign up by Thursday, April 12th at 5pm for this month’s round. Match Play Begins in May It is also time to sign up this month for the annual Match Play Championship. Entry fee is only $10 and the winner of each flight will receive $50 in shop credits and the runners up will receive $30 in shop credits. There will be eight players in each flight, based on handicap index as of May 1st. Once the flight determinations and pairings are announced on May 2nd, each player will have four weeks to complete their first round match. Each subsequent match will have a three week window to complete. This event is open to men and women. Entry deadline is April 30th. Sign up in the golf shop. Open Mondays We have reached that time of year again. We will be open on Mondays in April and May. The golf shop will open at 10:30am and the first tee time will be at 11:00am. This gives Mr. Garrett and his staff time to get the major on-course projects done before the golfers reach them. Be aware that the practice range remains CLOSED until noon on Mondays. This allows the crew time to mow and prep that area without dodging balls in the air. We look forward to seeing you on “quiet Mondays”! Continued on pg. 2

2 PGA Playing Ability Test 9 Course Open Monday 13 Clemson Block C Lettermen Tournament 14 Super Saturday #2 16 Course Open Monday 21 JLF Memorial Scholarship 23 Course Open Monday 26 Clemson Construction Science 27 Couples Twilight 28 Beta Theta Pi 30 Course Open Monday 30 Spring Golf Trip Day 1

May 1 Spring Golf Trip Day 2 2 Spring Golf Trip Day 3 3 CAFLS Tournament 5 Super Saturday #3 5 Demo Day 7 Mulligans for Maggie 12 Golfweek Am Tour 14 Blue Ridge Co-Op 15 Carolina Auto Auction 16 LGA Bring a Friend 18-19 Member Invitational 26 Pool Opens 31 Sr. Interclub vs Preserve

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Golf Pro News Continued:

Spring Golf Trip: Metro Atlanta! Our men’s spring golf trip is coming up the last of this month and first of May. We will be traveling to southwest Atlanta with stops at Summer Grove Golf Club in Newnan, Oak Mountain Golf Club in Carrollton, and The Frog Golf Club in Villa Rica, Georgia. All three courses are located just outside metro Atlanta. We will leave Clemson on Monday morning and drive to Newnan and return to Clemson on Wednesday evening, May 2. We will be staying at the Hampton Inn in Carrollton for the trip. The first (20) golfers to sign up and pay make the trip! Cost per golfer is $335.00 for golf, hotel, and travel. The only additional expense will be your meals. Additional information is available on the golf shop promotional sign up flyer. Hope to have you join us for a fun filled three-day trip! Member Invitational, May 18 & 19 This year’s annual Member Invitational will be a 27-hole event over Friday evening and Saturday morning. The official competition will begin Friday evening, following a cookout on the Solé patio. Teams will play 9 holes of best ball on Fri-day evening and then Saturday morning, we will start with a 9am shotgun start. An optional skins game will be included on Friday evening. The Saturday format is Texas Scramble on the front nine and Best Ball on the back nine. Following the completion of the Saturday round, a team “skills competition” will also take place. This year, teams will compete from several different tee set ups, including GOLD, WHITE, and PURPLE/WHITE hybrid tee distances. Each group will compete against themselves for the winner’s prize. Flight prizes will be based on the num-ber of teams in each flight. Entry fee is $200 per team. Our goal is 32 teams. Sign up in the golf shop now! Deadline for entries is May 15 th. Rick Hamilton: Hole-In-One! Congratulations to Rick Hamilton for his recent ace at hole # 12. Mr. Hamilton’s per fectly executed shot was made with his Taylormade 7 iron, from 138 yards. Witnessing his feat of excellence were Jim LaRue, Eddie Brown, and Bob Kelly. Mr. Hamilton was also a member of the Member ’s Hole-In-One club, so he collected the $230 jackpot to help pay the bar tab. Congratulations Rick! Jerry Crabtree: Hole-In-One! Well, hole # 12 was the place to be in March. A second hole-in-one was scored there by Jerry Crabtree on Friday, March 30th. Witnessing his perfect shot were: Dwight Vines, Frank Duda, and Joe Sears. Mr. Crabtree HAD rejoined the hole-in-one club after Mr. Hamilton’s ace the week before, as had several other members. Enough “rejoiners” made Mr. Crabtree’s jackpot winnings only $140, so it’s time to join up AGAIN for the “next” jackpot. In the past 18 years, we have paid out over $3,500 to members of our hole-in-one club. Don’t miss your chance to collect. They say “aces” come in threes! Who will be our third? Member Appreciation Breakfast Thanks to the 50+ members that dropped by last month for our annual Member Appreciation Breakfast. We hope every-one enjoyed breakfast and the chance to chat over coffee. We look forward to hosting this fun event again in 2019. A spe-cial thanks to Seneca Family Restaurant for again allowing us to “take over” the restaurant for a couple of hours! Senior Interclub Team The 2018 CGA Senior Interclub team matches will begin on May 16th. The Walker Course team will again compete in a group pod with: Cobbs Glen GC, The Preserve at Verdae, The Links at Stoney Point, and The Patriot Golf Club. There will be three home matches and three away matches through the end of July before the playoffs begin. Co-captains: Rick Hamilton and Eddie Brown are in charge of the team roster and team match member selections. If you would like to be listed on the team roster, please contact Rick Hamilton or Eddie Brown. Team selections are made based on availability and handicap match ups. The cost to play is $25 per match, per person and covers, golf, carts, and post-golf social Demo Day Demo Day 2018 will be taking place on Saturday May 5 from 12:00-5:00 on the driving range. We will have representa-tives from Wilson, Cobra, Titleist, Ping, Mizuno, and the Orange Whip showing off their new equipment for the 2018 sea-son. Feel free to sign up for a designated fitting session with any of these vendors in the pro shop or just stop by any time during the event

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DON GARRETT, CGCS SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT

SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT April 2018

March Status The weather has been really up and down this winter. Severe cold in January, followed by a warmup (and green up) in February, then some hard freezes have been hard on the turf. In fact there is a forecast low of 37 degrees the first week of April. This is tough on the grass as it bounces in and out of dormancy. No doubt we will see some areas that will be slow to fully green up this spring. Areas with heavy shade, low mowing height and heavy traffic, in combination with the cold are likely to suffer the most damage (think the right side of #1 fairway). A course wide fertilizer application was applied on the 19th. A slow release product was used that will feed the turf for several months. Any areas that are slow to green up as mentioned above will receive an extra shot of quick release fertilizer to push them along. The frequent rains have us behind in a lot of areas, but we hope to start catching up on this in April. April Goals

During April, we begin more routine mowing and maintenance practices and less project type work. We will be brushing, rolling and making light and frequent applications of topdressing to the greens. We will also be treating the course for fire ants and spreading mulch in the remaining beds.

The greens look really beat up from all of the winter play and the lack of growth for the last 4-5 months. We will be pushing them with a little extra fertilizer to get thin areas, ball marks and cup plugs to heal up. Good Luck Ben Ben Wood has taken an assistant superintendent position at the Cliffs at Keowee Springs and his last day at The Walker Course will be April 13th. Please join me in wishing him the best in his new position.

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FOR YOUR INFORMATION

Pro-Shop Operating Hours:

Monday (April, May)

11:00 a.m.—7:00 p.m. Tuesday—Sunday

8:30 a.m—7:00 p.m. Practice Range Hours:

Monday (April, May)

12:00 p.m.—6:30 p.m. Tuesday—Sunday

8:45 a.m.—6:30 p.m. (Weather Permitting)

Brent Jessup Head Golf Professional

656-7516 Don Garrett

Course Superintendent 656-1814

Azenda Thompson Accounting

656-0595 Golf Pro-Shop

656-0236 Club House Grill

656-7518 Sole On The Green

656-7444 The Martin Inn

654-9020 The Madren Center

656-7155

April 2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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13 Clemson Block C Lettermen’s Tournament

14 Super Saturday

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21 JLF Memorial

Scholarship Tournament

22 23 Course Open

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25 26 Clemson

Construction Science

Tournament

27 Couples Twilight

28 Beta Theta Pi Tournament

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30 Course Open Spring Golf Trip Day 1

Resigned Members Anna &Justin Litzenberger

Membership by the Numbers Individuals: 126 Family: 101

Non-Resident: 34 Young Alumni: 10

Inactive: 10 Legacy Life: 11 Life: 26

Total Membership: 318

Welcome New Members Larry & Janal Walton Jones & Tamara Bryan

Frank Lewis