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Upcoming Events

September

September 2013

BRENT JESSUP PGA HEAD GOLF PROFESSIONAL

CLEMSON WOMEN’S GOLF TEAM “MEET & GREET”

After years of wishing and hoping, it is finally a reality. Clemson women’s golf is

here! So, to celebrate and welcome our new team, The Walker Course will host a

“meet and greet” for our members to meet these young ladies on Saturday afternoon,

September 14th at 2:00pm.

Every member is invited to come out to the practice range to meet and watch these

new stars practice. Coach J.T. Horton will introduce each player and share with us

their playing backgrounds. Then following the intros, we will have drinks and snacks

for everyone in attendance. To assist with planning, please call the golf shop to

RSVP.

Their fall schedule begins this weekend, September 8-10, at the Cougar Classic

hosted by the College of Charleston at Yeamans Hall Golf Club in Charleston. Other

fall events include the Lady Paladin Invitational at Furman September 20-22; The

Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational at UNC October 11-13; and The Landfall Tradi-

tion at the Landfall Country Club in Wilmington, NC. If you have a chance to watch

them play, don’t miss out!

Super Saturday: September 21st

Round five of six for this year will take place on September 21st. Please call the

golf shop to sign up for the next-to-last round of the year. If you have not posted

three rounds for the season, it’s time to get busy! Deadline for entry is Thursday, at

5pm.

Congratulations to Julie Fletcher for her Round Four, Low Net Field (62). She

collects from 34 participants!

Round Four (Included) Leaders

Red Tee Gross Division 243 Hannah Roark

Red Tee Net Division 207 Hannah Roark

White Tee Gross Division 230 Jerry Crabtree

White Tee Net Division 205 Jerry Crabtree

Purple Tee Gross Division 223 Phil Shirley

Purple Tee Net Division 213 Jerry Walker

Later Daylight

With the end of summer drawing nigh, morning daylight comes a bit later. There-

fore, beginning September 3rd our first tee time of the day (weekdays and weekends)

will be at 8:00am. The range will open at 7:45 barring frost delays and the golf shop

will now open daily at 7:30am.

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02 Open Monday (11am)

06 Home Football Friday

06 Alumni Challenge (PM)

07 SC State at Clemson

09 Closed: Greens Aerify

10 9 Holes: Greens Aerify

14 Clemson Women’s Golf Event

16 Open Monday (11am)

19 Clemson at NC State

21 Super Saturday # 5

23 Open Monday (11am)

27 Home Football Friday

28 W. Forest at Clemson

30 Salvation Army Tourn. (9am)

October

02 LGA Member Guest

03 Super Senior Club Champ.

04 Super Senior Club Champ.

05 Super Saturday # 6

06 WCMA Fundraiser (11 am)

07 Open Monday (11am)

10 NHC Tournament (12pm)

11 Home Football Friday

12 Boston College at Clemson

14 Open Monday (11am)

15 Carolina Auto Auction Tourn.

(PM)

18 Home Football Friday

19 Florida State at Clemson

21 PGA Playing Ability Test

22 LGA Championship

23 LGA Championship

25 Senior Club Championship

26 Senior Club Championship

27-29 Fall Trip

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Golf Pro News Continued:

Match Play Championship is Complete!

Congratulations to the winners of the eight flights that participated in your annual match play championship. Listed be-

low are the results. Thanks to everyone that played! We hope to see even more participation next summer.

Men’s Championship Mickey Plyer defeated Dan Day 2 &1

Championship B Mark Leising defeated Alan Gall 1 Up

First Flight Steve Finger defeated Howard Bodenhorn 4 & 3

Second Flight Russ Roark defeated Jerry Handegan 7 & 6

Third Flight Carl Ford defeated Ben Deaton 3 & 2

Fourth Flight Ed LeGette defeated Tom Turpin 3 & 2

Women’s Championship Hannah Roark defeated Susan G. Hehir 2 & 1

Women’s Championship B Mary Anne Rice defeated Fran Moseley 1 Up

Final Couples Twilight Results

It took all summer, but we finally got an entire nine hole round in on August 9th. The format was criss-cross-partners

captain’s choice. With an uneven number of couples, the team of Pete & Janet Santora had to double their score and when

they tallied the double score, it was the winner (70). Following play, everyone retired to The Cookout for burgers, dogs,

and shakes. After the treat, the Santora’s still received a nice golf shop credit total for their efforts.

Thanks to everyone that “tried” to play this summer. A very difficult season for twilight, but we will be ready to go

again in April of next year.

No Show Reminder

Tee time demand is at its’ peak for the year during the fall months. Please be sure to sign up only for the actual number

of golfers you plan to have in your group and to cancel any unneeded or reduced size tee time slots 24 hours in advance.

We need all of the space possible to fill the golf course during the crunch time. Thanks for your cooperation.

Pro News Continued on pg. 4

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DON GARRETT, CGCS SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT

August Status

Continued excess rain throughout August has us behind on many things such as edging, mulching, pruning, small

projects and weed control. Hopefully, we can catch up on these things this fall when things slow down a bit.

For the most part, we have been able to keep the greens, tees and fairways in good shape. I had hoped we could

aerify the fairways on holes 1 and 9 this month to break up some of the silt that was deposited during the floods. However

they never dried out long enough to perform the work. We plan to do some slicing in September that will hopefully get us

by until next spring when we will be very aggressive with aerification and topdressing to dilute the flood deposits.

#2 Bridge

The bridge to the back tees has been repaired and is back in operation as of August 26th. There is still some cleanup

work off the sides and some rip-rap to be placed below but we are back in business. We will get to the remaining work

when time permits.

Greens Aerification

Please note that the fall greens aerification is scheduled for Monday and Tuesday September 9th and 10 th. We plan

to use 5/8th inch coring tines and will topdress to fill the holes with sand. Recovery time is typically 10-14 days this time of

year. After all the rain this summer, they can really use it.

September Goals

Along with the greens aerification, we will be treating the course for fire ants which will be emerging with the

cooler temps, treating the tees for insects, applying a pre-emergence herbicide around all of the tees that will be overseeded,

edging bunkers, spraying for weeds, and treating the zoysia grass tees on 2, 4 and 13 for brown patch.

During the first week of September, we will raise the height of cut on the tees and fairways slightly to allow for

some extra cushion prior to the onset of winter dormancy. Overseeding of the practice tees and Par 3’s will occur in Octo-

ber.

#16 Green Renovation

The renovation of #16 green began a day late due to rain. However once we got going, it has gone very well. The

green was seeded on Saturday August 31.

The green will be slightly larger as we took it back out to near its original dimensions. In addition, the surface con-

tour will be slightly different due to irregularities in the existing greensmix depth. The greensmix should be 12 inches deep

and should match the contour of the gravel layer beneath for proper water management. Probing on a grid, we found depths

ranging from 7.5 to 13 inches. Every effort was made to get the final depth as close to 12 inches as possible.

Grow-in is expected to take 8-10weeks and is very weather dependent. In the meantime, enjoy the large cup on the

temporary green!

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FOR YOUR INFORMATION

Pro-Shop

Operating Hours:

Tuesday—Sunday 7:30a.m—7:00 p.m.

Practice Range Hours:

Tuesday—Sunday 7:45a.m.—6:45p.m.

(Weather Permitting)

Brent Jessup

Head Golf Professional

656-7516

Don Garrett

Course Superintendent

656-1814

Teresa Malloy

656-0595

Golf Pro-Shop

656-0236

Club House Grill

656-7518

Joe’s Place

656-7517

Season’s Restaurant

656-7444

The Martin Inn

654-9020

The Madren Center

656-7155

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Open 11 am 3 4

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Challenge (PM)

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SC State @ Clemson

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Closed Greens Aerify

10 Greens Aerify

9 holes Open

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Clemson Women’s Golf

Event

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Open 11 am 17

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Clemson @ NC State

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Super Saturday

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Open 11 am 24

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Home Football Friday

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Wake Forest @

Clemson

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Salvation Army Tournament

9 am

Pool Season Ends

The Walker Course swimming pool closed for the season on Monday, September 2nd. Thanks

to Rebecca Craig and her staff of lifeguards for another safe season of swimming. We will plan

to open for the 2014 season on Memorial Day Weekend.

Resigned Members

Scott & Lisa Wilson

Membership by the Numbers

Individuals: 106 Family: 141

Non-Resident: 35

Young Alumni: 18

Inactive: 8 Life: 27

Total Membership: 335