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September 2015
A Newsletter for the FHCC Members
It’s Football Season!
Labor Day Buffet
September 7th
11:00-3:00 $12.50
Potato Salad
Baked Beans
Potato Chips
Hotdogs & Polish Sausages
Hamburgers
Smoked Pork Loin
Cookies & Brownies
KITCHEN AND BAR
CLOSES AFTER 3:00 ON
LABOR DAY AND CLUB
WILL BE CLOSED
TUESDAY THE 8TH
Have you seen the New Menu?!
Come try out “what’s new” at the club and leave your thoughts on our
suggestion cards! We may even name something after you!
Kids Korean Night with
Shina! Wednesday
September 15th
The Oilman’s of Fort Smith
Tournament September
23rd-25th.
Club Closed Wednesday
evening, Thursday, and
will open back up Friday
night.
Club News
Back to School!
We wish our FHCC students a great start to the 2015-2016
school year! This has been a memorable summer here at the
club and we thank you for letting us share in on these great
times. We plan on keeping up this momentum with events that
are great for the whole family.
Tuesday, September 15th Kids Korean Night
with Shina
Drop off your kiddos in the PDR at 6:00PM for a fun culinary
experience and a Korean language lesson! Parents can go enjoy
a quite dinner while we hang out and have a blast with your
kids! $10.50 Per Child
Tennis News
Tennis Tip for the Month!
Results of the FHCC Junior Championship:
Boys (Singles) 18s Champion– Eathan Eddleman
Boys (Doubles) 18s Champions– Andrew Anderson, Paxton Evans
Boys (Singles) 14s Champion– Vikram Balasekaran
Girls (Doubles) 16s Champions– Gwyneth Gifford, Vanessa Salinas
Girls (Singles) 16s Champion– Sophie Davis
“5 R’s for great tennis, footwork and movement.
READY. READING. REACTING. RESPONDING. RECOVERY
We give a big Thanks to our Sponsors:
Coca Cola
United Federal Credit Union
US Lawns
Medlock & Gramlich
GREAT JOB KIDS! See you next year!
Coach Brent
LGA News
Congratulations to Suzanne Herzig and Nancy Ciulla, for
winning third place, low net, in the Fayetteville Country
Club Two-Lady Tournament, held August 5th & 6th.
GREAT JOB LADIES!!!
The ladies Golf League held their mid-season Scramble on
August 26th. Winners were team, Janie Short. Members of
Janie’s team were Debbie Hartsell, Eileen Camet, Judy Jackson, and Becky Crawford.
Congratulations!
Coming up in September, the Ladies League will be inviting
their husbands or best male friend to join them in the
scramble and potluck!
We give a happy WELCOME to our
newest Ladies Golf League member,
Debbie Hartsell!
Suzanne Herzig and Nancy Ciulla
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All Things Golf
Schedule of Events
Mixed Couples “Déjà vu” Scramble
September
7th– Labor Day (Open Play)
10th– Nabholz Outing (Nine Holes Closed until 1:00)
12th– MGA Scramble
19th- “Pig Pen” Scramble
23rd-25th– Fort Smith Oilman’s Tournament
27th– Greens Aerification
October
17th-18th– Fall Team Championship
September 13th 1:00PM Start
Entry Fee: $40.00 per couple
Format: 2-person Mixed Scramble
Teams will play holes 1-9 recording scores. The teams will
replay “deja vu” the same holes trying to improve upon the
previous scores. The teams with the lowest nine hole total
will win the event!
Fall Team Championship
Men’s Club Championship
Club Champion– Dalton Frost
Senior Club Champion– Donny Davis
President’s Cup Club Champion– John Swenson
Ladies Golf Clinics
A fun and informal program designed to improve your
game as well as your confidence in playing the course. The
month long program covers all aspects of the game and
ends with a three-hole, on course learning experience.
Wednesday’s 5:00PM-6:00PM
September
16th– Putting
23rd– Short Game
30th– Mid Irons
October
7th– Driver
14th– Playing Exerience
Registration Fee $50.00
October 17th-18th
Entry Fee: $200.00 per team
Format: 2 person teams 36 Holes Stroke Play
Holes:
1-6 Scramble
7-12 Best Ball
13-18 Modified Alternate Shot
Flighted after first round– Daily Hole Prizes
Cash Skins Game/ Complimentary Beer
September 23rd-25th
Tournament Results
Mike Taylor, Steve Jones, Hugh MacKay
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Senior Club Champion, Donny Davis
Club Champion, Dalton Frost
All Things Golf
MGA NEWS
The MGA had another strong tournament in August. Very
nice weather with the exception of the last 10 minutes where
we got some much needed rain. Our hats are off to a core
group of 26 players that have participated in at least 60% of
the tournaments. 15 players have shown up for at least 4 of
the 5 tournaments. With this commitment we have a good
foundation to grow from.
1st Place Tom Cusumano, Don Wright, Michael Rogers, Richard Rodgers
As football season arrives it tends to be the time for a lot of
golfers to put away their clubs until next year. One of our
goals this year has been to finish strong . We scheduled our
last two tournaments so that we would not conflict with the
Razorbacks. We have a nice group of players competing for
Top Ten awards so we do expect some good competition for
the last two outings.
And finally, the Top Ten standings are really tight, led by
Mike Taylor and KW Donelson. By the way, if Mike loses by a
point he will look back to the bogey we had on number 8 in
the middle of a thunderstorm.
2nd Place Carl Brown, Jack Hood, Jim Woodward, KW Donelson
3rd Place Colby Garrett, Steve Jones, Richard Bost, Craig
Buckman
Our Top Ten Leaders are:
Mike Taylor
27.5 pts
Duke Clement
22.5
KW Donelson
27.5 pts
Tom Cusumano
21.5 pts
Congrats to the following golfers who placed in our August
Don Wright
tournament.
24 pts
John Swenson
20.5 pts
Hugh MacKay
23.5 pts
Steve Jones
20.5 pts
Craig Buckman
22 pts
Doug Neely and Todd Riechen 19.5
From Jay Randolph, CGCS
The previous update for the Central Region discussed the
importance of venting greens to prevent the further loss of
roots. Minimally invasive forms of cultivation like venting
will continue to be extremely important as summer begins to
heat up. In addition, take the extra time to closely monitor
the density and depth of the root system and make adjustments to automatic irrigation and hand watering accordingly.
Finally, fall is around the corner. This summer has been one
of the most difficult in the last 25 years. It was definitely the
hardest in my 15 years at the club. The last time we lost any
grass on the greens was in 2010 and this year was even harder on the greens. The whole state has battled and I know every superintendent is glad to see September here at last. The
greens have been seeded and we will be cautiously growing
them in over the next month.
Shallow-rooted turf is notoriously unforgiving during periods
of very hot weather, and only a few hours of moisture stress
I have included an article from the United States Golf Associa- can spell the difference between live grass and dead grass. No
tion that explains a lot of what happened to many golf cours- doubt, the table is set for extensive turf loss should Mother
es in the state. No roots and disease really took its toll this Nature decide to add triple-digit temperatures to this season’s mixture of quirky weather patterns.
year.
Frequent heavy rainfall across the central U.S. has become Source: Bob Vavrek (rvavrek@usga.org)
much more than an inconvenience, it’s gotten to the point
where only 0.25 inch of rain turns a golf course to mush because the soil is constantly at or near field capacity. Important sources of revenue from outside events and cart fees
are practically impossible to recover later in the season once
they are lost.
Turf is beginning to suffer as much as the bottom line. Turf
roots need oxygen, and a considerable amount of root die
back has been observed in chronically saturated putting
greens during recent Course Consulting Service visits. Sandbased greens have fared somewhat better than soil-based,
push-up greens, but all greens are slowly drowning to one
degree or another.
Thank you for all of your support!
Hope to see you out on the course,
Jay Randolph, CGCS
Certified Golf Course Superintendent
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September in the Bar
Happy September Everyone!
First, I would like to thank everyone for such a success in the bar during August, including the huge turnout for The Crumbs! We are planning to have them back soon,
more information to come.
September Music Lineup
3rd– Sports Night in the Bar
10th– Willin and Able
Starting September 3rd, we will not be having a performance in the bar because we
will be kicking off the 2015 NCAA football season! We are calling all sports fans to
come join us in the bar at 4:00PM (more information on the cover). On the 10th, we
welcome back the duo of Willin and Able, featuring David Cross and Ben Gordon. They
will be playing some soft rock, country, and even a little bit of bluegrass along with
some comedy. Then we happily close out the month again with The Gregory Brothers,
featuring Don Gregory, on the 17th!
17th– The Gregory Brothers
The club will be closed the 24th for “The Oilmans” Tournament, therefore we will not
have entertainment in the bar that night.
September 9th– Italian Night
Make sure to bring the whole family out to try the new menu! As always, we wish you
a fantastic month and hope to see you soon.
Cuisine
Keith Jeremiah
Bar and Restaurant Manager
Wednesday Night
Specials
September 2nd- Fried and
Rotisserie Chicken
September 16th– Southern
September 23rd– CLOSED for
Oilman’s
September 30th– Build your
own Burger Bar
COMING SOON!
Tuesday, September 15
Our very own Chef, J.T., was selected to be a
participant in the Celebrity Chef Cookoff!!!
Kids Korean Night with Shina!
6:00PM in the PDR
We will share more information about this
wonderful opportunity in the October
Newsletter, but for now lets give, J.T. a big
CONGRATS for being selected to represent
our Club!
$10.50 per child
Happy Hour Specials
Tuesday-Saturday & Sunday
1/2 Priced Drinks:
Salad Bar and Lunch Specials
Domestic Beers
Well Drinks
Where are you going on your lunch break?
We would love to have you here at the club!
Tuesday through Friday we have lunch
specials from 11:00– 2:00PM and if you
prefer to eat a lighter lunch you should come
try our salad bar. J.T. does something new
everyday that is always pleasing to your
taste buds! We encourage you to bring a
guest and show them one of the many great
things about being an FHCC member!
House Wine
~Excluding Specialty Drinks~
Last day for Pool and Cabana is
Labor Day, September 7th
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From the Desk of, Gary Carmack:
I would like to welcome all our new members that have come on board with us in the month of August.
We usually don’t pick up many new members in August. We usually lose members this time of the year.
However, at the time of this writing, we have a net gain of six. So, thank you for becoming a member of
our little family.
Just a reminder, the pool will be closed after Labor Day. The Club house and the course will be closed
Tuesday the 8th after Labor Day.
The Club would like to thank Roy Holland for purchasing two new fan motors for the Club. And thanks
to Jim King for getting the motors at a very reasonable price. We still have some oscillating motors that
need to be replaced. We are hoping to have them replaced before next season. We would like to recognize Mike Taylor for his expertise in getting our two water fountains on the course working again.
Thanks Plum. Thanks to everyone that does those little things that no one knows about in helping the
Club to succeed. Keep up the good work.
We have a new trial menu coming out and would like to have your input before we finalize it in October.
Please come by, try some of the items, look the whole menu over and give us your input. This is your
Club and we want to serve you what you like to eat at a reasonable price. We appreciate your help.
Things are slowly getting better but we are still not there yet. We still need help with Club utilization
and membership growth. Please keep us in mind when planning parties and functions. Let your friends
and neighbors know that you can help them have a party or function at the Club. At least give us a shot
at trying to help you or your friends.
“If an egg is broken by an outside force, life ends. If an egg is broken by an inside force, then life begins.
Great things happen from the inside.”
– Jim Kwik
REMINDER: The pool will
be closed after labor day,
September 7th. Splash
while you still can!
Gary Carmack,
General Manager
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Bulletin Board
HOURS
Sunday- 11:00-2:00
Fianna Hills Country Club Staff
Gary Carmack………………………..General Manager
Monday- Closed
Tuesday- 11:00-2:00, 5:00-9:00
Garycarmack@fhcc.club
Ryan Haley……………………………Financial Manager
Wednesday- 11:00-2:00, 5:00-9:00
Thursday- 11:00-2:00, 5:00-9:00
Rhaley@fhcc.club
Megan Steidley…………………….Marketing & Membership
Msteidley@fhcc.club
Friday- 11:00-2:00, 5:00-10:00
Saturday- 11:00-2:00, 5:00-9:00
Cody Solesbee..………………..........Accounts Supervisor
Cody@fhcc.club
*The golfers’ special menu will be
available between 2:00p.m. and 5:00p.m.
Bar Hours
James Thomas……………………….Dir. Food & Beverage
Jay Randolph, CGCS, Golf Course Superintendent
479/646-4651
Sunday- 11:00-9:00
Monday- Closed
Jason Branch…………………...........PGA Golf Professional
479/646-5134
Tuesday- 11:00-9:00
Wednesday- 11:00-9:00
Brent Pearce……….…………..........Tennis Director
479/739-8310
Thursday- 11:00-9:00
Friday- 11:00-10:00
Saturday- 11:00-10:00
Kim Bell……………………………….Special Events Coordinator
Keith Jeremiah…...…………...…....Bar Manager
*Please note that the Restaurant is closed
For any other questions or need information
Sunday night, but the Bar is open.
please call: 479-646-7861
We give a warm welcome to our new and returning members!
Jessica Williams
Matthew & Samantha Rodebush
Troy & Kim Mulson
Jesse & Jennifer Henson
Frank & Brenda Williams
Jerry & Sarah Parker
Ken & Sandra Mullinax
Don’t forget to…...
1.
Put your member number on your payment check.
2.
Pay your statement in full by the last day of the month to avoid a 10% late charge on the overdue balance.
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September 2015
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
2
1
Take Out Pizza
6
7
A la Carte Brunch
9
8
Labor Day
Family Night
Fried & Rotisserie
Chicken
Club Closed
Family Night
Italian
Open Play
13
14
A la Carte Brunch
16
15
Club Closed
Take Out Pizza
Couples Déjà vu
Scramble
20
21
A la Carte Brunch
27
Club Closed
28
Greens
Aerification
Take Out Pizza
Take Out Pizza
4
10
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Entertainment in the
Bar
Willin and Able
Nabholz Outing
Entertainment in the
Bar
The Gregory Brothers
Family Night
Build Your Own
Burger Bar
Tradition Brunch
8
Happy Hour with
Johnny D
Happy Hour with
Johnny D
12
MGA Scramble
19
“Pigs Pen”
Scramble
Happy Hour with
Johnny D
25
CLUB CLOSED
Oilman’s
Saturday
5
18
24
Club Closed after
2:00PM
Oilman’s
30
29
Club Closed
Family Night
Southern Cuisine
Friday
3
Entertainment in the
Bar
Sports Night in the
Bar
17
23
22
Thursday
Oilman”s
Happy Hour with
Johnny D
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