Oct 2015 - Avondale Golf Course

AVONDALE GOLF CLUB
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
OCTOBER 2015
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5
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MNF
LIONS @ SEAHAWKS
9 Hole Ladies Closing
7
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
Ladies 18 Hole
Closing Day &
Awards Banquet
2
Prime Rib Night
Live Music with
Truck Mills
3
8
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10
Men’s Club Closing
Night Light
Tourney
Day
ANNUAL ELECTION
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15
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NIC INVITATIONAL
9AM SG
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NIC INVITATIONAL
9AM SG
MNF
STEELERS @ CHARGERS
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18
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MNF
GIANTS @ EAGLES
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MNF
RAVENS @ CARDINALS
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Sun
Mon
Tue
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Live Music with
Dan Mills
MNF
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Halloween Party
With D.J. Todd Deming
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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Live Music with
Dan Mills
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13
World Kindness
Day
Live Music with
Dan Mills
14
20
Live Music with
Dan Mills
21
World Hello Day
27
Black Friday
Live Music with
Dan Mills
28
9
MNF
Bears @ Chargers
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11
Forget Me Not Day
Veterans’ Day
16 MNF
Texans @ Bengals
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18
23 MNF
Bills @ Patriots
24
30 MNF
Ravens vs Browns
17
Live Music with
Truck Mills
Day Light Savings Colts @ Panthers
Ends
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16
Take a Hike Day
12
19
Board Meeting
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26
Thanksgiving
AVONDALE GOLF CLUB
OCTOBER 2015
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Dear Members,
Proshop
PGA Golf Professional
Dan Porter
Assistant Professionals
Taylor Porter
avondaleproshop@
avondalegolfcourse.com
208-772-5963
The Avondale Grill
Restaurant Manager
Malinda Street
Mal@avondalegolfcourse.net
208-772-4273
Since coming on board at Avondale two of my objectives were to create a quality food and
beverage program that is not solely reliant to the golf course and to be profitable. I am happy to say
that with the help of our dedicated team we have accomplished both of these goals.
The next step in redefining our brand is the introduction of our new menu on Friday,
October 16. Chef Tony Usher and I have developed an Italian themed menu that will complement
the success we have had with our pizzas. This new menu is intended to give us brand recognition in
traditional and nontraditional Italian dishes and should appeal to both men and women. In addition to the Italian menu we will continue to offer our pub menu consisting of great burgers, sandwiches and salads available at anytime. On Friday nights we will offer our delicious “Prime Rib”
dinner specials and schedule occasional live entertainment for your enjoyment. This is an exciting
and bold move for us and I hope to see all of you for the launch of our new restaurant. We are optimistic that you will be happy with this new direction.
Regards,
Course Maintenance
Randy Folk
Greens Superintendent
General Manager
Tim Mack
The Grill at Avondale
Greens Assistants
Nick Becker
Winter Hours. Beginning November 1, 2015
Tim Lynam
avondalegolf@frontier.com
Sunday
9am- close
Breakfast- Sunday Football
208-772-6172
Club Office
General Manager
Randy Folk
rjfolk@
avondalegolfcourse.com
Office Manager
Vicki Bradley
vbradley@
avondalegolfcourse.com
208-772-9423
Fax:208-762-8302
Specials
Monday
3pm- close
Monday Night Football Specials
Thursday
3pm – close
Pasta Specials
Friday
3pm- close
Prime Rib Night
Saturday
12:00 pm – close College Football Specials
Website
avondalegolfcourse.com
avondalegolfcourseblogspot.com
NOVEMBER 2015
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NOTES FROM
THE FAIRWAY
Tim Mack
Happy October, as I
write this newsletter the
leaves have begun to
we have had a very light
frost in a few spots.
Now for what’s going on around the course.
By the time you read this we should be wrapped up
with aeration. I have been asked a few times “why do
we start aeration on Sunday afternoon?” The top three
reasons are: Labor-I am able to use crew members who
have went back to school. Drying time- before we can
even think about dragging sand into the aeration holes
the
morning dew is gone. By starting in the afternoon we
can start dragging the sand in within 20 minutes of
applying; finally Sunday afternoon there is usually not
much play.
Talking about aeration we are looking at an aerator
that has virtually no disruption to play and I feel could
permanently remove the need for spring time aeration.
The following link is a YouTube video about it the
machine https://youtu.be/4G95f7eb3NE
Landscaping- We have installed 25 new privet hedges
on the left of 3 green as an experiment to see if we can
hide the ugly cable fencing which surrounds the golf
course. We owe a thank you to Steve Hill for donating
the money for the bushes. We have also planted 58
juniper shrubs on the side of 14 tee. In the spring we
will add mulch to fill the void between the bushes, but
in time they will all grow together making for a nice
looking low maintenance landscape.
We are heading into the season where we will be having
frost delays if there is frost at your house there is a good
chance we have frost here. I keep the ProShop updated
so if you give them a call they will know if the course is
playable or not. We also have a weather station that
you can access through Weather underground it is listed
as Avondale golf course here is the link:
http://wxug.us/1p6cb Keep in mind just because the
ambient temperature reads above freezing the shady
areas may still have frost.
Well until next time enjoy some nice late season golf
and the beauty of the color changes on the course and
Maverick and I will see you out there.
Avondale Ladies 18 Hole Division
AVONDALE 9 HOLE LADIES LEAGUE
TUESDAY NIGHT LADIES LEAGUE
What a great September we have had--no more smoke--finally a
bit of rain--a slight chill--the fall colors are popping and golf has
been super.
How beautiful is our course right now? Fall has set it “aglow” and for
those who are able to enjoy a early afternoon on the course, you will
be amazed by the beautiful colors on display!
AS PREDICTED, THE AVONDALE LADIES 9 HOLE LEAGUE
CRUSHED CDA PUBLIC BY AN AMAZING 19 POINTS TO
RETAIN THE TRAVELING TROPHY HELD SEPTEMBER 1ST
AT AVONDALE!
Top Gross- Jenni Whitehead
Top Net- Rita Kostelecky
IENG
Tami Savage will be our new IENG representative for 2016,
replacing Sharron Snyder. Thanks to both ladies for spearheading this
tournament series.
UPCOMING EVENTS
October 6th – Last day of official play for the season. Luncheon to
follow. Sign up for play and Luncheon on sheet located on bulletin
board. At the luncheon we will also be planning for our Christmas
Party scheduled for December 1st. Mark the date.
Gratitude
On behalf of the Avondale 9 Hole Ladies League, I want to extend
a huge THANK YOU to the Management, Staff , Pro Shop and
Grounds keeping . You made it easy to be proud members of
Avondale Golf Club through out our season and especially when
hosting other clubs at our tournaments.
See you on the course this Fall- Jenni Whitehead
We had a remarkable season this year with no rain
cancellations! Top honors go to the Golf Bags with
Twyla Cope, Julie Grabowski, Deb Stoenner, Karen
Robinette and Bailey Wiedmer. Second place honors go
to the Iron Maidens with Jan Leaf, Brenda Burk, Jennifer
Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated; it satisfies the
soul and frustrates the intellect. It is at the same time rewarding and
maddening - and it is without a doubt the greatest game mankind has
ever invented.
Arnold Palmer
It is a wonderful group of women with great spirit and a
giving caring nature.
I want to extend from ALL of us in the Ladies Division a big
thank you to the Grounds Crew for how great our course is to
play, Randy and Dan and all in The Pro Shop for their support
all season, and finally, but not lastly, Malinda and her staff for
being so attentive to us every Thursday. We are so lucky to enjoy
this venue.
We had our Cancer Memorial tournament Sept 17th, with Pam
Rich rockin it, shooting a 64 net. A great round and she earns
her name on the plaque. At last look we had
who helped measure and record for us, with Austin and Taylor
leading the effort. 39 Ladies hit 3 balls apiece at the #9 green.
17 made it. Pam Gross and yours truly are the grand champion
whiners—having not gotten on for 3 years! That’s 9 shots that
can’t find 125 yards! Maybe we need a new golf club! THE
CLOSEST TO THE PIN WINNER this year is Tracie Mantia
with a 4’5” sweet shot that rolled right on track. She was
followed by Taryn Ouren at 5’11”, Barb Hankins with 6’3”, Jenni
Whitehead made 7’5” and Gayle Foote at 8’3”. All 17 who made
the green will share the over $1050 pot that
.
Make sure all you Avondale ‘Members’ get your Avondale Board
vote in for our own Gayle Foote. We are so proud of the work
and effort she puts into Avondale.
translates to a lot of fun golf
and great socializing after play.
We wrapped up our season on August 25th with
fundraising scramble to benefit Pancreatic Cancer.
Our Swinging for Sandy team, Carrie Bengtson,
Cheri Howard, Tara Nelson, Andrea Sadler, Ann
and Julia Jaworski, Keri Schwenke and Laurie Schwenke
did an amazing job raising $1870 that night.
Shortly after the fundraiser, it was brought to their
attention that a local woman suffering from pancreatic
cancer was in dire need of financial support. She is caring
for her niece and nephew following their mother’s recent
death in a car accident. They were able to donate $800 to
her in the form of gift cards.
An incredible $1,070 was also donated to pancan.org, the
non-profit patient-based advocacy group whose mission
is to support patients and create hope for those affected
by this terrible disease.
We'll see you all next spring!
UPCOMING
Go out into the world and especially on the golf course and make
someone smile.
Donna Richardson
President
PORTER’S PUTTS
October brings us towards the end of our golf
season. We hope the weather will cooperate for
all of you to enjoy more days of golf, but fall is
on the way.
The Men’s Club is having their closing tournament - a 4-man scramble on the 3rd. The Ladies 9-hole closing is on
the 6th and the Ladies 18-hole will hold their closing days on the 8th.
On October 10th join us for the Halloween Night-Light Tournament
7pm shotgun. Signup is available in the Pro Shop.
On October 11th NIC will hold their two-day Invitational. Let’s
welcome all the college golfers to our course and wish them luck in
their adventure.
Please remember to use your credits before December 31st, so visit the
Pro Shop this fall and shop with your winning credits.
Happy Halloween!
Dan
Thank you to everyone for helping make our Restaurant
a success this year. It has been a great season so far, and
we are looking forward to seeing all of you come out this
fall and try our new menu that is coming out midOctober and listening to the live music I have booked on
Friday nights.
We are having Truck Mills play October 2nd and 16th .
Dan Mills will play every Friday October 30th through
November 27th.
We are planning another Halloween Party on October
31st, with DJ Todd Deming. More information will be sent
out by email soon.
If you haven’t booked your Holiday party yet, give us a
call. We have a few dates left available!
Malinda
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